While Cameron and Jack had their fun pissing Hazel off, Keith, Nick, Ellis and BB were having some sort of argument about guns. Nick held up his pistols. "I could kill a Tank or a Witch in one shot with just these." He said with a smirk. BB laughed. "You can't kill a Witch in one shot with pistols, You need a shotgun and you gotta get them right in the middle of the spine. I know. I've been trying to find out how for ages and I found out recently." He said with a grin. Nick rolled his eyes as Keith held up his shotgun with a grin. "He wouldn't have found out if it weren't for me." Keith looked at BB and chuckled.
Ellis looked at Nick. "I haven't done nothin' special, But I have saved Nick's ass a lot of times." Ellis grinned at Nick and then at the other two boys/men involved in the conversation. BB laughed. "Well at least you stick up for your team mates." He said with a smile. "Are you saying I don't?" Nick snorted. "No, but you don't strike me as the type to actually care." BB retorted earning a snicker from Keith. Ellis frowned a little, Keith never snickered. Ellis just shrugged it off. He knew what a zombie apocalypse could do. He remembered the helicopter pilot that picked them up off the bridge, Ellis wasn't stupid. He could tell that the pilot had purposely crashed the helicopter. He was sure that the others knew that as well. What Ellis wasn't sure of though was why the pilot had done that. He would sometimes lay awake at night and try to think of a reason why. The only reason he could think of so far was that they were carriers. But then BB wouldn't have let them in..But then again, You couldn't just look at a person and say they were a carrier, or could you? That's what the helicopter pilot had done.
Ellis shook his head and looked at Nick. Had Nick thought about it as well? Ellis decided to simply ignore the urge to ask Nick and started to joke around with Keith and BB as Nick sulked again. Hazel had eventually gotten tired of being poked and wondered over to join in with Nick and his sulking. When Night came it was Ellis and Keith's turn to be up on watch as the other's slept. Keith stood by the door and let Ellis rest but of course, Ellis wasn't speaking he was having a conversation with Keith which would probably become an hourly occurrence now that the two had been reunited.
They were currently discussing about what they thought of the survivors and it went like this. Keith started it with. "Hey El, That Nick guy doesn't look to nice.." Which Ellis returned with a giggled and a small shrug. "I guess he ain't that nice at first but when ya get to know 'em he's alright." Ellis smiled and Keith hummed. "What about the other ones, Coach and Rochelle." Ellis looked at Keith and laughed. "Well, ya see, Coach is like a father to me and Rochelle is like a big sis!" He grinned. Keith gave an approving nod. "And what do ya think so far of my buddies?" He asked.
Ellis gave him a puzzled look. "Well.. B's real cool ya know, he was nice to me an shit and we talked about guns, that Hazel gal seems pretty cool as well, she seems really nice except towards the hooded dude Cameron. And Cameron is okay I guess I haven't spoken to him that much but he seems like a cool guy. The new guy seems alright as well, I saw him harassin' Hazel gal before and it seems he just wants some fun.." Ellis told Keith and Keith nodded. "I think the same 'bout the new guy but I can tell ya a little more about the others and give you my opinion on your little group if ya would like to hear." Keith sat next to Ellis seeing as no infected had come near the safe room.
Ellis grinned and nodded eagerly. "I'd like to hear your opinion." He said, smiling brightly. Keith chuckled. "Well, Nick is an asshole I think, Rochelle seems like a nice lady very nice indeed and so does Coach and as for my group. Well..Hazel is very unstable she'll be hugging you one minute and the next she want's your head on a platter." Keith said laughing. "B is a really nice guy, he can come across as creepy but he's cool." Keith hummed. "Cameron is a very dangerous kid. Always wondering off on his own or some shit, He's always getting pounced it's like Hunters are attracted to him more than any other infected." Ellis nodded his head, showing he understood. Then the horrible cries of a Witch interrupted their conversation. Ellis hobbled over to the door and peaked out through the bars, trying to locate the Witch. The Witch was sitting, sobbing and whimpering a couple of feet away from the safe house door. Ellis looked at Keith and Keith looked back at him, having peeked over his shoulder and also seeing the Witch. "Maybe she'll move…?" Ellis said, he obviously wasn't really sure about it. But it was possible. Keith nodded. "Probably." He kissed Ellis' cheek. "I'm going to have a sleep okay?" Ellis smiled and nodded. Keith headed off to the only free sleeping space left in the safe house.
It wasn't long before Ellis heard Keith snoring. He smiled but then he heard the Witches Cry's again and all his attention was directed towards her. Ellis hummed, he recalled BB saying something about a shotgun to the back kills a witch instantly. The witch was facing away from the safe room…and Keith had given Ellis his shotgun to use.
Ellis opened the safe house door as quietly as he possibly could, The witch didn't notice him, neither did the other survivors. He let out a short, quiet sigh of relief. He tip toed over to the Witch slowly and quietly, he wondered if he failed would he be able to get back to the safe house quick enough? He was still injured pretty badly and it hurt to move to fast. Plus if he didn't make it back then maybe he would be killed, While contemplating these things Ellis didn't realize how close he was to the Witch until he heard her deep growling. He put the shotgun to the Witches back and was about to pull the trigger, but it was too late. She turned and screamed before lunging herself at Ellis. Ellis looked at the Witch, those glowing red eyes, he saw a slight bit of..humanity? Ellis doubted himself a lot here but he was going to die anyway so he might as well try. As the Witch raised a clawed hand he wrapped his arms around the infected and pulled her into a hug.
Ellis squeezed his eyes shut as he hugged the witch waiting for the immense pain. But it never came, the Witch was no longer growling crying or screaming she actually started to calm down and return Ellis' hug. Ellis could've sworn it was a trick or that he was going crazy but he wasn't he felt the Witches claws rest on his back and her head drooped onto his shoulder as she continued to sob, letting out such humane noises. Ellis sighed, the infected really was a sad sight. He began to pat the Witch's back she sobbed. "It's okay..Ellis' got ya no need ta worry now." He whispered to the crying infected. Ellis had always thought the witch was different from other infected. He had just never been brave enough to actually try and approach one.
Everything was going well as Ellis 'comforted' the witch, until a certain survivor woke up due to the sobbing and the hushing noises., this happened to be Nick. The first thing Nick noticed was that the safe house door was open, Keith was sleeping and Ellis was no where in sight. Nick didn't know why but this filled him with a feeling of worry and dread. He jumped up from his spot and ran over to the open door. When he saw the witch and Ellis in such close range, out of instinct, he yelled. "Elis! Get away from the witch!" a horrible screech filled the air, Ellis was pushed to the ground and the Witches claws dove into human flesh. Nick's flesh. It took Ellis a moment to recover from hitting the ground but when he did he ran over to the Witch and placed the shotgun against her back.
The witch looked back at Ellis with sad eyes. Ellis stared into those horrible red glowing eyes and his stomach twisted in a knot. "I'm sorry.." he whispered as he pulled the trigger and the witch let out one final shreak as she feel to the ground. Dead. Nick wasn't hurt to badly, luckily. Ellis kicked the dead body of the witch off of Nick before walking into the safe room without another word. Nick scrambled to his feet and secured the door.
The commotion with the Witch had awoken some of the other survivors. The only one still asleep being Cameron, the kid in the purple hood. Hazel got up first and went over to Ellis, it seemed she was used to getting up suddenly, After seeing Ellis's obviously frustrated face, Rochelle jumped up and also went over to him. Jack just glanced around, shrugged and rolled over, trying to go back to sleep. Coach gave Nick a stern looked which Nick returned with a glare, a sneer, and a mutter of 'fuck off.' BB just sat and stared for a bit before standing up and stating he would be taking over watch duty for the night. Keith stared at Ellis but went over to Nick and they both starting an argument that was quickly ceased by Coach.
Hazel sat next to Ellis who was biting his lip and holding back tears, he had just killed a person. Sure the other things were people but..they weren't humane anymore, they were just human bodies taken over by an infection. Not actual humans..but That Witch, she seemed so sad, those human emotions were so strong. Ellis had just killed an actual person. He chocked back a sob as these things crossed his mind. Hazel patted Ellis's back in an attempt to comfort him. Rochelle soon joined the two and Ellis allowed everything to pour out. About how he had to shoot the witch who was still a person, how the witch had sobbed to him, how she had returned his hug and how he felt about it all. Rochelle allowed Ellis to lean on her and let his tears dampen her shirt. Hazel smiled at the sight, it reminded her of a mother and son. She hadn't seen a bond like that in ages, she decided it be best to leave the two alone, believing Rochelle would be able to do a better job at comforting Ellis and she woyuld probably just make it worse.
Coach was staring at Keith and Nick who were death glaring at each other. It had started when Keith accused Nick of doing something to make Ellis sad, which he technically did and then Nick flipped his shit and the Keith flipped his back, Then Coach flipped his shit causing the two to shut up and just sit and death glare at each other as coach watched them making sure they didn't start up a fight or anything.
Hazel returned to her spot between the sleeping Cameron and the trying to be sleeping Jack. "Hey Jack, How long have you been fighting the infected by yourself?" she suddenly brought up, Jack rolled onto his back and looked up at her. "Since it hit my area, which was about…3 months ago." Hazel looked at Jack sceptically; the boy had survived that long by himself? It was almost impossible. Almost. "How? What about Hunters and Smokers?" her curiosity was growing now. "I was always alert." Was his simple reply. Hazel nodded slowly. "I see…" and with those two words the conversation ended.