Chapter 5 Search
Even began getting on his way to Saint Mary's hospital not looking forward to meeting the fireflies that he left behind not so long ago, he thought they'd most likely kill him when he got there but he didn't care, he didn't want another person to die because of him especially someone who's family.
"Why did you have to leave?", Even asked out loud he decided that he would stop at the University of Eastern Colorado since it was fairly close and it would have some supplies but he also didn't want to go there because it was the fireflies old base and it brought back some rather unpleasant memories though he didn't have much other choice.
The next day
Even arrived at the university campus with no trouble from infected or hunters, once he arrived he started heading towards the science building that was where most of the supplies were and he knew that place most. When he got there he was reminded of some of cruel and horrifying things there like the experiments on some of the monkeys, Even walked around the building a bit until he saw a decaying skeleton "Eric", Even said and then walked up to the skeleton and saw a digital voice recorder he picked it up and began to listen.
"This isn't the dead guy's recording", a girl said Even then recognised it as Ellie's voice "I'm not really sure why I'm making this recording but I'm going to the fireflies to save humanity hopefully make a cure but they'll have to cut my brain out to get the cure so I'll be dead soon, I guess that's why I'm making this recording. Anyway if you're looking for the fireflies they should be at the Saint Mary's hospital in Salt lake city, good luck getting there", the recording then ended Even then put the recorder on the floor and crushed it with his foot.
"Fucking idiot", Even said then looked back at the skeleton "Rest in peace Eric Griggs", Even then left the room and started looking for supplies he didn't find much just some pistol ammo and health kits he also found a lot of bodies on the way "Guess this is those two did when some hunters showed up here", Even thought then he walked outside onto a balcony and saw a large amount of dried up blood on some broken rebar but no body "Weird", Even started to notice it was getting dark so he went back inside and decided to rest "I never thought I'd end up sleeping here again.
Meanwhile
At the Colorado mountain plaza Ellie was there sleeping in the store she stayed in last winter with Joel she kept the key in case anything might need her to return so she slept on her backpack and left her horse which she called Beauty.
"I wonder if they're coming after me or not?", Ellie thought "Knowing Joel he probably is he probably also killed Even blaming him for me leaving", Ellie then got a little sad by this thought knowing that she was the reason the only family she knew of was dead then she realised that the reason Even's parents were dead was because of her "Even has every reason to hate me I shouldn't expect him to be nice, if he hates then it doesn't really matter if I die ,only Joel would care but I'm still mad at him for lying to me", Ellie then decided she should try and get some sleep
The next day back with Even
Even woke up early in the morning to try and catch up to Ellie as much as possible from what he could tell she only had a few hours head start and he knew that Ellie liked to sleep in a lot so he got out of bed and started getting a move on he got his horse and rode out of the campus "So long Eric", Even said when he left and started ridding away along the way he noticed a dried up trail of blood on the gorund. Eventually he reached the Colorado mountain plaza and saw more dead bodies "What the hell did you guys do?", Even asked out loud he looked around and saw a a shop with garage door with a padlock that wasn't locked he opened it and found some horse shit and a first aid kit with some he stitches missing from it he then noticed that the dried up trail of blood led into the shop "It's dry so it's not recent so it can't be hers, the bodies are also old by the looks of it and so does this horse shit"
, Even said "The blood trail is probably from the guy that got injured on the rebar and was dragged here and this doesn't exactly look like a base for hunters and even if it was I don't think they'd waste supplies trying to save someone so close to death, so when Ellie and Joel came through here last year one of them got injured on the rebar, that would explain how they got close Ellie's not exactly trusting from what I could tell and Joel didn't look like he was either", Even then decided that it was useless thinking about this and then started looking through the mall again too se if Ellie was here but to no avail he then left and started heading
Ellie was on her way to cabin that she spent a lot of winter she new it was mostly safe but she felt uneasy because she knew David's group is not to far away but she also knew that they were mostly dead so that made her feel a little bit better and she definitely knew that David was dead "If any of those fuckers touch me again", Ellie said out loud. She then arrived at the cabin and got comfortable since she'd be here for a day or two.