"Who the fuck are these guys?" Ellie asks as the three of us stay crouched. "Yeah… those crazy fuckers don't know when to quit." I add, keeping my voice low. "It doesn't matter. We know where to go, let's get the hell out of here." Joel replies, pulling out his shotgun.
We move out of that room and start to go back the way we came from. However, a hunter rounds a corner with an ax in his hand. He charged at Joel with the ax raised up. Joel gains the upper hand by using a machete to stab the guy in the torso.
Another guy comes and tries to hit Joel but he grabs the shotgun and blows the guys brains out. We go through the same hallway where a shit ton of more guys came running down the hallway. Ellie and I shot a few men down, killing them.
Ellie had stabbed a guy in the neck three times by jumping on his back. I see her getting grabbed by one of them and come to her immediate aid by stabbing the guy in the eye. He immediately dropped her and I finished him off.
We stealthy made our way down the hallway and back at the staircase that led us up here. At least three more guys run up the stairs. One ended up grabbing me by wrapping his arm around my neck. Ellie comes to my aid by stabbing him in the neck.
Joel had shot down the other two. Joel had run ahead of us while Ellie and I stayed behind to deal with more of the hunters. Suddenly, there was the sound of struggling coming from the balcony area.
Before long, Ellie and I hear the sound of Joel's cry of pain coming from the balcony. The two of us ran towards the sound and were shocked to see Joel laying at the bottom floor impaled by a stray pipe. I felt my skin turn white.
"Oh man…" Ellie says, climbing down from the balcony with me behind her. I was starting to shake in panic when I saw how severe the injury actually was. He had been impaled through his abdomen and was bleeding profusely.
"Joel, what do you want us to do?" Ellie asked in panic. "Move…" he wheezed. We lean closer and try to make out what he is saying. "What?" I ask him. "Move!" he shouted, raising up a bit with his gun aimed at the doors in front of us.
He pushed us aside as two more men bursted through the doors. Joel shot first as one guy came at him with a pipe. Ellie and I kill the other one. We then come back to Joel, not sure of how to help him.
"Joel?" Ellie quivered. "Oh my god…" I say, unable to catch my breath. "I'm gonna need you two to pull." he said, his face twisting at the excruciating pain. Ellie and I look at one another for a minute; I see the sheer panic in her eyes.
"Okay." we say as we each took a hand. "Alright, ready? One, two, three!" Ellie says, starting to pull. I too pull with both of my hands. Joel screamed at the top of his lungs when we pulled him off the pipe.
Once he was off, Ellie and I helped Joel stand up. "Let's get to the damn horse." he tells us, his breathing more labored. "Okay." Ellie says, holding up her pistol. I too held up my pistol, now cautious of the hunters that could still be in here.
"It's all clear. C'mon." I say, looking back constantly to see if Joel was making it. He was limping quite badly as well as bleeding out. We led him to another room that had an open window.
Ellie pushed two boards out of the way. "Can you handle the window?" Ellie asked. "Yeah." Joel replied. He starts to climb over the window but ends up falling to the other side. "Jesus. C'mon, move!" Ellie says as we pull him to a science desk.
Then, a hunter bursted into the room and shot at us twice. Ellie looked up a bit to see where the guy was at. "Alright. Stay here. I'm gonna flank this asshole." Ellie said quietly. "I'm coming too. We're in this together. Let's take the asshole down together." I add. She doesn't argue and we both move forward to sneak up on the bastard.
As the guy was inching his way towards Joel, Ellie and I each took a shot at him. "You little bitches." the guy says, starting to shoot at us. Joel was able to finish him off by shooting him once more.
At that, Ellie and I make our way back over to Joel, who was looking more weaker than before. His skin was starting to become much paler. "We gotta get you out of here." Ellie urged as we helped him to his feet.
"I'm okay…" he says, clearly lying about this. "You're not fucking okay, Joel! Now come on!" I yell, making sure that he was coming. Joel hangs onto the tables as the three of us make our way out of the room.
As we come across another exit, I hear Joel collapse behind us. Ellie and I go back for him and help him back to his feet. "Here, lean on us." Ellie suggests. "No." he refuses, pushing us off.
"Can you walk?" I ask, feeling my heart start to race. "Yes." he replies. "Then fucking walk!" Ellie urged, taking the lead again.
We get to the final room and see the exit in front of us. "There's the exit. Just a little bit more." Ellie said, her voice more panicked. Joel then starts to collapse behind us again as if he was unable to walk anymore.
"Joel!" Ellie and I cry out. "Behind you guys…" he tried to shout but his voice was weakened enough to where we couldn't hear him. I quickly turn around because of footsteps racing towards us. "Ellie!" I cry, turning around with my gun raised.
"Those kids got guns! Watch out!" a hunter shouts racing towards us. "Stay the fuck back!" Ellie cried, shooting at the hunters. "Don't you fucking-!" I shout, shooting them as well.
A hunter had hit me across the face with a pipe as I was trying to reload my gun. My cry of pain alerted Ellie and she shot the guy in the head.
Just as I stand up, another hunter charges at Ellie, knocking her down to her back. "Don't you fucking touch her!" I yell, stabbing the motherfucker in the back, pulling him off of her before stabbing him in the head.
Of course, we didn't have time to thank each other because Joel was on the verge of death and we had to get him the fuck out of this place. We run to Joel and help him stand up, an arm around our shoulders. The walk to the door was a bit slow but it couldn't be helped.
"You're so singing for us after we get you through this." Ellie jokes. "Yeah, it'll be the least you can do." I add. Joel coughs at our joke. "In your dreams." he weakly replies.
We make it to the door and we let Joel lean against a fallen vending machine. Ellie opened the door for us. Joel ends up falling through the last doors and down a small flight of stairs.
Ellie and I follow him outside where we see another hunter trying to steal our horse. Before he could try anything, Ellie and I shot the man dead without question.
"Get the horse…" Joel tells us. I stay with Joel while Ellie goes back for the horse. She brings him over as Joel stands back up. "Can you get on?" Ellie asked, supporting him. He pulls himself up with the little strength he had left. Ellie and I get on after him and we ride off out of there, not looking back.
We'd been riding for a while and it was starting to snow. It was starting to get heavier by the minute. "Are we safe, Ellie?" I ask, trying to slow my heart rate down. She looks behind us and says, "Yeah. Yeah, I think so."
Suddenly, I feel Joel starting to slouch over before falling off the horse. "Joel!" I shout, trying to grab him but it wasn't enough. Ellie and I quickly jump off the horse to help him. We tried to move him but he was too heavy for us to lift.
"Come on! Get up!" Ellie says in hopes of waking him up. "Joel! You can't do this! You gotta tell us what to do!" I cry, starting to panic as his eyes slowly shut.