/ Hellur! Next chapter is up, no, you're not hallucinating. Enjoy! ~Smiles-Love-You-Guys-So-Much~ This chapter contains spoilers for TLOU Game.
The Last of Us 2
Kacey Musgraves- I Miss You
Chapter 9
Drake
We learned that the guy, Ish, had been living in the sewers for awhile now. He used to have others with him but none of them survived an infected ambush. "Nice place you have here." I told him. As he showed us to the place he had been staying. "Thanks." He replied. His voice was rough. Kind of like nails on a chalkboard but not quiet as loud or annoying. "So what brings you to the sewers?" He asks us, sitting down in one of his wooden chairs he had randomly lying around. Ellie was the first to speak up. "We're headed to the city." She told him. He nodded and gave them both a curious look. "What are you two doing alone anyway? You can't be older than 16." Drake looks down, suddenly remembering what happened to his refuge camp. "It's a long story." He told Ish. Ish gives him an amusing look. "Does it seem like I have any other place to be? I live in the sewers, son." He chuckles. "I guess you're right." Drake tells him, shyly chucking. Ellie, looks around the place admiring it, not paying them any attention whatsoever. "Okay, so this is how Ellie and I met. Our group found her in the woods, beaten and bruised. One of the women in our group Val-" He swallows. "Valerie, nursed her back to health. We were all worried that she might not make it cause she was hurt so badly. In a couple of days though, she was good as new." He takes a deep breathe to calm himself. Ish listens intently. "On the last day we were there. Our camp got overrun with infected. We found Valerie in one of the sleeping quarters she was already-" He took another deep breathe. "She was already bit. There was nothing we could do." Ish smiles, sadly. "She's in a better place now, son." He slaps him on the shoulder, gently. Ellie is now there, looking as if she is about to cry. When she catches me staring, she smiles sadly. I smile back sadly at her as well. "Are you planning on sticking with us?" I ask him, getting my bearings back. He looks as if he's considering it then finally answers. "I don't see what staying in the sewers will do for me." He shrugs and smiles at both of us. They all smile, sadly at eachother. "Do you mind showing us the way out?" Ellie asks him. "I remember being in here once, but don't quite remember the way clearly." Ish looks at her, interested. "You've been here before?" Ellie nods back at Ish. "I was here once with a man named." She looks down for a moment. "With a man named Joel. We were with two brothers named Henry and S-" A tear falls down her cheek and she rubs her face. "And his little brother named Sam. We were heading to their radiotower." Ish stares at her. I watch too, interested and concerned. "What happened to them? You're obviously not together so clearly something went down." Ellie gulps. "Sam- he was bitten. Henry had to put him down by himself. Henry- he..- he couldn't take it. He had a moment of insanity and just- he ended his pain. He shot himself- in the head..." She holds her face in her hands, crying. She didn't want anyone to see her. "Jesus..." Ish and I said at the same time. I walk to Ellie, wrapping her tight in an embrace. She squirms but I only hold her tighter. "It's okay to mourn Ellie." I whisper in her ear. Ish just stares at the scene in front of him, silent.
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