The Two of Us Ch.13-A Close Call
~~~Ellie~~~
Ellie heard screaming as she was crouched next to the fire. Her head shot up to see David staring at her, making her squirm uncomfortably as the screaming got closer.
"You hear that?" Ellie asked David. He nodded and they stood. Ellie turned to face the door to the building they were in just as clicker came through the door, it's body twitching and walking awkwardly. It's head turned while it continued clicking, searching for anything moving. Ellie took a step back and her shoe squeaked, causing the clicker's head to snap towards her. It started its wild run towards her, flailing it's arms and clicking rapidly. Just then gunshots rang out as David shot the clicker multiple times, causing the clicker to fall to the ground convulsing.
"You had another gun?" Ellie asked angrily.
"Sorry." David said somewhat sheepishly.
"We're not safe here!" He yelled as infected started to pour into the building. He turned and kicked a door open.
"Let's go!" David yelled, shooting at any infected that got too close. Ellie sprinted through the door and up a flight of stairs.
~~~Me~~~
I trekked through the falling snow, looking for anything that could tell me where Ellie was. I wasn't having the best luck though because the snow was falling faster and it would soon cover any tracks I would find. I was about to give up and go back until I heard gunshots in the distance.
"Oh god." I said to myself as I heard more shots being fired. I turned towards where the noise was coming from and ran towards it.
"I'm coming Ellie." I muttered to myself as I took off through the snow.
~~~Ellie~~~
"How the fuck do we get out of here?" Ellie yelled to David as they found themselves trapped in a room with no exits except where they had entered from.
"I don't know, but there's more of 'em coming, get ready!" David warned her as infected and clickers started to come through their only exit. Ellie started firing blindly not the mass of infected, but there were too many of them and she knew it would be over for them if they couldn't find a way out. Ellie frantically scanned the area for an escape route, but it was impossible, there wasn't a way out.
"We're dead, David, there's no way out." Ellie yelled as the infected approached. David gave her a nervous glance and kept shooting. Ellie had all but given up when it happened. As the horde was nearly upon them, they erupted into flames, the infected's screams filled the air as they burned. Ellie gave a sigh of relief, as the last infected collapsed, dead, onto the ground. She looked at David and saw him staring at the pile of charred bodies.
"Ellie?" She heard a familiar voice call out. She looked over to the hallway that they had entered from and saw Cameron appear from the doorway, clutching at his shoulder and holding an unlit Molotov.
"Cameron thank god!" She cried, she ran to him and kissed him, hard, pretty much throwing herself onto him. She pulled away from their kiss and she buried herself into his good shoulder and just hugged him.
"Whoa! Calm down, it's okay." He said as she started to tremble in his arms. She looked up at him.
"You saved us Cameron, how'd you find me?" Ellie asked him.
"Wait, us?" Cameron asked, looking over her shoulder. Ellie pulled out of their embrace and turned towards David.
"Um Cameron this is David, David, Cameron." She introduced the two, each stared the other down.
"What is he doing here?" Cameron asked her.
"He just wanted to trade some medicine for a buck I killed." Ellie responded. Cameron looked over at David, a strange look I his eyes.
"We should uh, probably get out of here." David suggested.
"Good idea, this place gives me the creeps." Ellie responded. The trio headed back to where the dead buck had been dragged to. Luckily, the infected didn't touch it. David relit the fire that he had made before and they all sat around it.
"We did pretty good back there." David said smiling at Ellie.
"The only we are alive is because Cameron found us, we got lucky." Ellie retorted.
"No, no such thing as luck, you see I believe that everything happens for a reason, and I'll prove it to you." David said leaning back against a crate. Ellie gave him a blank stare.
"You see, this winter has been especially cruel, just a few weeks ago, I sent out a group to look for supplies, and only a few came back." David paused. "The ones that came back said the rest had been slaughtered by a, crazy man." Ellie looked at Cameron nervously and David continued his story. "But get this, it was a man, traveling with two kids." David finished with a malicious smile on his face. Ellie stood up and drew the rifle, pointing it at David. "Now, no need to get upset, it's not your fault, your just kids." David told them. Ellie saw him look behind them and then said, "James, lower the gun." Ellie spun to see the man pointing a gun at them. James looked at her, then at Cameron, and finally to David.
"No way, I'm not..." He started.
"Lower the gun." David said slowly. James hesitated then slowly lowered his handgun. "Now give them the medicine." David added. James gave David a deadly look then tossed Ellie the bag of antibiotics, which she caught. James moved from the doorway as Ellie and Cameron started to leave.
"You won't last long by yourselves, we can help you." David said as they were leaving.
"No thanks." Ellie said as she turned and ran from the building, Cameron close behind her.