As I ran to the gates to see what was going on, a kid tripped and fell right in front of me. He was terrified. His eyes were begging for help and I helped him up and as quick as a lightning his mother took him from my hands and ran to the back of the town. In those brief seconds that I had him in my hands, I could see he was thankful.
I continue to run to the gates and when I finally got there…it was chaos. There were infected coming through the gates and killing people that weren't fast enough to run away. The guards were shooting at them but, with the gates open, more and more were entering and destroying the small population. I grabbed my revolver and started to make my away to the gates. Until I got to the gates I killed some of the infected in my way that shortly fell screeching. When I got to the gates, I yelled to the guards on top of the walls to cover me and started to push the gates so that they would close. How the fuck did this things got open? Who got them open?
-Joel! – I heard someone yell behind me. – Let me help you.
When I looked to my side, I saw Maria trying to help me by closing the other gate. As we were closing them I could see a horde of infected incoming. – Quickly! – I yelled to Maria. A few seconds passed and the gates were finally closed and the number of infected seemed to be decreasing. To help, I grabbed my revolver again and shot the infected down. There weren't any other infected alive in our area and hopefully there weren't any more across the city.
-How did this happen? – I asked trying to catch my breath and leaning against the gate.
Maria looked up to the guards did a thumbs up signaling that everything was ok. – I have no idea. I went home for a couple of minutes and suddenly I heard everyone yelling. I came outside and this was happening. – She looked up again and rested her hands on her hips. – Do any of you guys know?
One of the guards came down the ladder and jumped when he was just a few steps away from the ground. – There was someone here before me. He was the one watching the gates. It's Jake. If you want to know anything about how this happened you should go speak with him.
-Thanks. – Maria said and looked at me. –Thanks for the help, Joel.
-No problem.
Maria walked away alongside the guard. I checked myself to see if I had any bite marks or scratches done by those fucking infected. I was clear, another day without dying.
I looked up and saw one of the guards shooting the outside. There were still runners and clickers outside the gates and, although they couldn't get in, it was for the best that they were killed and have their bodies burnt just to be sure and so that they couldn't release any spores.
Everything was quiet and I could finally see a proper sunset. No more infected or hunters for the rest of day. The orange color of the sunset was beautiful and the wave that it emanates transmitted a sense of tranquility and peace upon the small town. I could feel the rays of sun entering my skin and relaxing every muscle on me. It was….amazing, but I couldn't fall asleep there so I walked back to the house where I left Ellie. Along the way I could see the guards and the people returning home picking up the clothes that spent the day drying, repairing any damage done to their homes and gathering the bodies of the infected that sneaked into the city. Those once beautiful colors were now brown, black or a really dark green. Every other house I could see a piece of colorful clothing. It was sad.
-Hey Joel! – I heard Ellie shouting and looked at her waving the crutch in the air.
I walked to the house and kneeled in front of her. – Is everything ok? Did you have to use the shiv? Was he….
-No. – Ellie said interrupting me. – Everything is fine, no I didn't need to use the shiv but we had some problems and no, he's good…friendly even.
-What kind of problems?
-Well….a clicker found his way here. We fought him together but I panicked a bit because I couldn't really do much since my leg is straight up fucked.
-Where is the body? We have to burn it.
-Don't worry about that. Jake already did that.
-Jake? – When Ellie was about to say something, I heard Maria yelling from inside the house. Her voice was smooth and sweet when calm but when she got angry….oh boy, that woman becomes a hurricane.
-I COULDN'T POSSIBLY KNOW! – A manly voice, that I assumed that was Jake, said. – YOU WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME, FOR FUCK SAKE!
I wanted to do something different with this part so here, i present you with Joel's perspective. Hope you liked it :) again, sorry for the late upload.