I decided to make re-caps of the story every few chapters so you guys can remember things that have happened. Basically, I'm just going to put small snippets of past chapters in the beginning so you guys can follow the story better if you forget something. This will only happen between every four chapters, depending how long I make this story. And to those who guessed what Santana could be to Dani, only one person got it right! Unfortunately, they are reviewing as a guest, so I can't exactly pm you.

Yanval: Here's the next update! Enjoy!

Fabray-Lopez: Close! But not exactly. You'll find out what Santana is to Dani in the next chapter. I hope you enjoy this next chapter!

Alexbass: I'm so glad that you like the story! I hope you stick around till the end of it. By the way, killing Beth was hard for me to do. I really didn't want to do it, but I had to if I wanted the characters' feelings to be so much stronger.

The Last Of Us

..."Sam! Get us out of here!" She yelled when she saw more of the infected people coming towards those who were out of their cars. Sam shifted the car into gear and drove out of the street. "Follow the dirt road Sam! That should get us anywhere but here!" Quinn yelled when she saw one of the infected run towards their car. Sam only nodded as he did as his older sister said. They drove through the dirt road for a while until they reached a nearby town...

...She looked up to her daughter's face and saw that she wasn't moving anymore. "Beth? Baby?" Quinn cried. "Wake up Beth… wake up baby girl. Please… wake up for me…" Quinn began to cry. She looked up at Sam with tears in her eyes. "We need to go Quinn… You know we can't stay here." He said softly. Quinn finally let herself cry when she felt her brother pull her up on her feet. She didn't want to leave. She would rather let those infected people get her now, but that wasn't going to happen. Sam had begun to drag her away from there, despite how much she fought. She cried and yelled as she saw her daughter's body grow smaller while Sam dragged them away to safety...

...Quinn grunted at him while they turned towards another hallway. "We were there. It's the New Directions." She informed him. "How's it looking down there, Ryder?" She asked him, referring to the basement under the building. Ryder scratched the back of his head while he followed the duo. "It's all clear. I used it earlier today. Are you gonna go see Karofsky?" He asked. Quinn couldn't help the small smirk that fell on her face at the question. "You know it." She said...

...Puck was about to walk into the room but stepped back and stood on the side when he saw that David had a gun in his hand. "Shit!" He exclaimed. Quinn only stared ahead as she heard a few more gunshots. "Well that's no way to greet anyone Karofsky." She called out...

...Karofsky looked up from the ground when he heard Quinn chuckle. "I think that…" She started as she pulled her gun out. "That is a stupid idea." She said, just as she pulled the trigger. Puck crossed his arms and looked at Quinn. "Now what?" He asked. Quinn sighed as she ran a hand through her hair. "We find ourselves a New Direction." She answered like it were obvious...

...Quinn sighed as she ran a hand through her hair. "We find ourselves a New Direction." She answered like it were obvious. They both look at Karofsky's body when they suddenly hear someone from behind. "You already have one in front of you." A woman said. Quinn and Puck quickly turn around and see a brunette before them. Puck laughs in disbelief and crossed his arms. "Well, will you look at that? Queen of the New Directions… Rachel Barbra Berry…"

..."Those guns he sold you, they weren't really his to sell in the first place. So I'll be glad to take those back." Quinn said. Rachel sighed and pushed back her hair. She looked at Quinn with a calmer stance when she saw that the blonde wasn't going to attack her or anything. "You know it doesn't work like that anymore Quinn. You want your guns back? You gotta earn them." She said. Quinn quirked an eyebrow as she crossed her arms...

...She started to shake her head and stepped forward. "Oh hell no... are you telling me that we're smuggling her?" Quinn asked. Puck looked in shock and stood up. Quinn glared at Rachel when she saw the brunette only look at her. Quinn shook her head again and paced around the room. "We are not smuggling this kid out of the city." She said. Puck only stayed quiet, unsure of what to say...

...Quinn sighed when they finally got to the apartment. She carefully opened the door and stepped in. Dani followed close behind and closed the door. The younger blonde looked around at the room, confused as to why they were there, when she saw Quinn lay down on the couch. "What are you doing?" She asked Quinn. Quinn only sighed as she stretched her legs, crossing her legs at the ankles, and resting her arms behind her head. "Killing time… what does it look like?" She countered. Dani only stood there and looked around again. "Well what am I supposed to do?" She asked. Quinn only sighed and closed her eyes, moving one arm on her forehead while the other rested on her stomach. "I am sure you will figure that out." She said. Dani looked at Quinn in disbelief. She shocked when she saw the older woman go to sleep. "Fucking asshole…" She mumbled, walking around the room...

Chapter Four

Quinn woke up with a small jump. She jumped again when she heard a loud roar and looked around. She saw Dani sitting by the window sill, watching the rain. Dani looked to the older woman and gave her an awkward smile when another roar of thunder hit. "You mumble in your sleep." She commented. Quinn sighed and sat up on the couch, rubbing her eyes. "I hate bad dreams." She said.

The older blonde only sighed and looked at the ground. "Yeah, me too…" She mumbled in response. She then stood up and walked over to where Dani was sitting. The two of them stayed quiet for a moment, just staring at the rain. Quinn looked down at the young girl and watched her as Dani stared outside of the window. "You know," Dani started, I've never been this close before… to the outside I mean." She said, looking up at Quinn now. Hazel green eyes met chocolate brown orbs.

Quinn seemed to freeze as she stared at the light in those young eyes. She was able to walk away from the girl when Dani broke their eye contact to look out of the window again. "It's so dark out there. It can't be anymore worse though. Right?" Dani asked, sitting up from her spot. Quinn turned the lamp that was in the room before looking at Dani. She didn't understand how this girl could look so positive in this fucked up world. She didn't get why they had to take her outside of Lima. "What on earth do the New Directions want with you?" She asked.

Before Dani could respond, the door to the room opened up and Puck walked in. "Sorry it took so long. There were soldiers fucking everywhere." He said. "How's Rachel?" Dani asked, quickly walking to him. Puck looked at Dani with a small smile and nodded. "She's fine. She'll be okay." He said.

He then turned to Quinn and smirked. "I saw the merchandise. It's a lot… like fuck… more than what we had." He said, excitement clear in his tone. Quinn only quirked an eyebrow and looked at him with slight interest. "So, do you want to do this?" He asked her. Quinn glanced from Puck to Dani, who was looking at her intently. "Let's do this then." She said, a small smile struggling to show. Puck grinned and walked out again with Dani in tow.

Quinn sighed and shook her head as she followed after them. They quickly went out of the building. As they were walking out, Puck finally took the time to look at Dani. "So who's meeting us out there?" Quinn asked him. Not looking away from Dani, he answered to Quinn, "A group of New Directions who made it out of the city and are headed to one of their bases outside of Lima." Puck said. He chuckled when Dani gave him a weird look when she caught him staring at her. "So what's the deal with you, kid? You some high and mighty's daughter or something?" He asked.

Dani only rubbed at her chin and looked away from Puck. "Something like that…" She answered. She followed the two partners outside the buildings and into a tunnel. "How long is this going to take?" Dani asked. Puck and Quinn both turned on their flashlights at the entrance of the tunnel. "If everything goes smoothly, then we'll be at the other side of town in a few hours." Puck answered as he pulled another flashlight out of his bag and handed it to Dani.

She mumbled thanks and took it, placing it in her backpack's strap just like Puck and Quinn had theirs. She stopped walking when she bumped into Quinn. "Ouch! What the-""There are patrols out there!" Quinn snapped, cutting her off. Dani only grunted and stepped back from Quinn.

"You could've given a head's up." She snapped back. Quinn looked back and glared at the girl while Dani glared back. Puck sighed and stood between the two of them. "Calm down, both of you. Jesus!" He said. Dani only grunted and turned away where as Quinn turned to look at Puck with an irritated look. Puck sighed at the blonde woman. "We'll be fine, Quinn. All we gotta do is take her to The New Directions." He said.

Quinn knew he was right. She knew that it wasn't too far where they were going, but still. She had promised herself she would never get involved with The New Directions again. "Right…" She muttered out when she saw Puck still looking at her. He gave her a soft smile and glanced back to Dani when Quinn checked their path. "Listen, Dani, when we're out there, I want you to stick by my side. I mean it. Stay right by me." He said seriously.

"Yeah, I got it." She said. Quinn then came back to them after checking if the coast was clear. "Okay, they're gone, but I don't know for how long. Let's be quick about this." She said as she led the way. Puck followed a few steps behind her as Dani stayed right on his trail. They walked through the large opening, staying as low as possible in case someone showed up. Quinn looked up when she felt a drop of water hit her cheek. She sighed when more water started to fall. "Great… this rain isn't going to help us at all." She muttered. She heard Dani chuckle but only grunted. She rolled her eyes when she heard Puck join in with Dani. She couldn't help but wonder how she was able to tolerate Puck. He sometimes acted like he was a kid.

She quickly ran through the large field of wasteland with Dani and Puck a few feet away from her. She didn't want them to stay there any longer. "Why is this the only part of the city that's so open?" Dani asked. Puck knew Quinn would only stare at the girl with an expressionless look, so he turned to the girl to answer her. "Because the government thought they could gather the infected of the city all in one place and bombed it. That's why this part of the city is a wasteland." He explained. Dani only hummed in response and followed the two adults in silence after that.

Quinn led them towards the hill that led to the other part of the city, but saw that most of the wall above was barricaded, except for a crashed truck. She noticed that the container's door was open, and that the door to the other side was open as well. That was their way through. She carefully hopped on into the container, checking to see if it was safe to go through. When she saw that the container wasn't shaking or anything, she peered out to Dani and Puck.

"We can get back up through here. Let's be quick. I don't like being in the open like this." Quinn said. She knew what would happen if they were caught outside of the QZ after curfew. They would either get arrested, or worse: killed. She didn't want either of those things for them. She walked ahead of them to make sure the coast was clear; leaving the two to talk about god knows what. She jumped off the container and turned around to see if they were following, when she felt something hard hit the back of her head, causing her to fall down.

"Quinn!" She heard Puck yell. She tried to push herself up, but was brought down by a foot pressed on her back. She grunted out and looked up as best as she could. She saw two soldiers pulling Puck out of the container with Dani. She grunted as she tried to push herself up. "Get on your knees!" One of the soldiers yelled as he aimed the gun at Quinn. Slowly, Quinn did as she was told and put her hands behind her head as they did to Puck and Dani.

She glanced over to Dani and saw the scared look on her face. So she was afraid of some things after all, Quinn thought to herself. She peered over her soldier and saw the other soldier pull out an instrument that read a person's blood. It helped figure out if someone was infected or not. "We're not infected. We're from the-"" Puck spoke up, but stopped when the soldier hit his head again. He grumbled and stayed quiet as they pressed the instrument on his head. It let out a small beep after a few seconds and they pulled the instrument away from him. "Clear." The soldier mumbled before moving over to Quinn.

Quinn only sighed as she felt them press the thing behind her head before it let out the same beep. "Clear." The soldier said again. As he moved on to Dani, Quinn noticed the younger girl looking nervous. She quirked an eyebrow when she saw the younger blonde's eyes full of fear. Just as the soldier pressed the instrument against her head, Dani quickly pulled out her knife. "Sorry!" She yelled before slashing at the soldier's leg. The soldier backed away and let out a cry of pain, letting Quinn go for the opening. She quickly turned around and punched the soldier as he doubled over to grab at his leg, and pushed him on his back.

Puck took that as a chance to quickly tackle the other soldier when he saw him aiming his gun at Quinn. Dani scrambled away from them, and saw Puck pull out his gun and quickly shoot the soldier, killing him, while Quinn grabbed one of the soldier's knives from his belt, and stab him at his neck. She then crawled off of the soldier and let out a sigh of relief out.

"Holy shit… I thought you were just gonna hold them off." Dani panted. Puck grunted as he got up and dusted himself off while Quinn only turned around and glared at her. "What the fuck?! Puck! We didn't sign up for this shit!" She yelled. She saw him walk behind her but she didn't turn around. Instead, she pulled out her own gun and aimed it at Dani. "Why the hell are we smuggling you out of the city?!" Quinn asked.

Before Dani could say anything, Puck spoke up. "Quinn, you might want to take a look at this…" He mumbled. Quinn finally turned back to him and saw him holding onto the instrument the soldiers had. He tossed it over to Quinn and marched straight to the girl. Quinn looked at the instrument and her eyes widened at the screen. "Holy shit…" She mumbled.

She heard Dani sigh and looked at her. She turned the screen towards Dani so she could see what it read. "You're infected?!" She exclaimed, aiming the gun at the girl again. Dani lifted her hands in a defensive motion and slowly sat up. "I can explain." She started, but Quinn only shook her head. "Give me a reason why I shouldn't kill you right now." Quinn said. Puck quickly walked over to Quinn but stopped when she saw the look on her face. She had her Head Bitch face on and knew he couldn't step in right now.

Dani sighed again and pulled her sleeve up, exposing a bite on her forearm. "Yes, I'm infected… but you see this? This is five weeks old." She said. Puck looked between the two blondes in complete shock whereas Quinn only cocked her gun and shook her head. "No. That's impossible." She said. Dani only sighed again as she held out her arm for them to see. "Just look at it! It's five weeks old! Why would I lie to you?! Rachel wouldn't set you up!" Dani yelled, starting to feel scared when she saw Quinn wasn't going to back down.

Puck slowly approached the blonde woman, careful to not upset her even more. "Quinn…" He tried softly, but Quinn only shook her head and took a step forward to Dani. "It's bullshit." She said. She couldn't believe what Dani was saying was true. They had held on to hope for finding a cure for so long, that now it was just a forgotten dream. She wanted to shoot Dani, but something inside her told her to not to do it. She saw Puck looking at her with a hopeful look. Both of them had hoped for someone to find a cure. Puck still held on to that dream.

Feeling conflicted; Quinn let out a troubled yell and pulled the trigger. "Quinn!" Puck yelled. Dani closed her eyes when she saw Quinn pull it the trigger. A moment of silence went by and Puck only looked between the two in complete shock. Quinn dropped the gun and fell onto her knees as she looked at the now muddy dirt from the rain.

She didn't look up when she heard Puck call out to her, until she heard Dani. "Holy shit… I thought that was it for me…" The young girl muttered. No one said anything as the two girls slowly got up. Dani stared at Dani when the older blonde didn't say anything.

She wanted to thank Quinn for not killing her, but she knew that would only change the woman's decision. Dani glanced at Puck when he moved to step in front of her defensively. "We should get going." He softly said, not wanting to trigger Quinn again. Quinn didn't say anything but nod. She picked up the gun from the floor, put it on her holster, and walked ahead without a word.

"You're still taking me?" Dani asked in surprise. Puck gave her a weary smile and nodded. He walked in step with Dani as he watched Quinn walk a couple of feet away from them. "She might be mad right now, but if there's one thing you should know, is that Quinn never backs down on her word. If she said she'll take you out of the city, then she will." Puck explained.

Dani nodded at Puck's words and stared at Quinn's back. Although Dani was young, she had had her fair share of tragedies. She knew what it was like to suffer and to be alone. She saw that in Quinn's eyes. They were a perfect mirror of her own eyes. She didn't even want to guess what the woman in front of her had gone through the years in this fucked up world, but she couldn't lie. She was curious. She sighed as they kept walking, and kicked an occasional rock every now and then.

"Dammit!" Quinn suddenly exclaimed. Dani and Puck quickly jogged to catch up to Quinn and saw the scene ahead of them. They center of the city was completely destroyed. Buildings were mostly destroyed, as well as the streets. "Whoa… …that's a pretty high fall." Dani mumbled when she stepped at the edge of the cliff. She looked at Quinn, who was only looking down and around the city, wondering what they were going to do now.

"We need to find a way to get down. Going around will take too long for my liking." Quinn said, looking at her surroundings. Puck sighed as he took a couple of steps back, since he wasn't much of a fan of heights. "How about we use one of these buildings? I'm sure there's a way we can get down from inside one of them." He said.

Dani stepped away from the edge and walked over to one of the burned down buildings. Quinn sighed as she backed away and followed after Dani and Puck. She didn't want to go through the buildings. She waited for Puck to jump into the collided building that was near them before she jumped in. She glanced behind to make sure Dani was following behind them. "Lights out." Puckerman announced, turning on his flashlight. Quinn hummed in response and connected her flashlight to her strap as did Dani as well. "Let's try to keep quiet and be fast about it." Quinn whispered. Puck gulped and nodded as they quietly opened the door that led them to the hallway. "Let's just hope there aren't many infected…" She added quietly.

Sorry for not updating sooner. Finals are this week so I've been cramming as many study sessions as I can with teachers and friends. I've been taking less shifts for that same very reason. This is my last week and then I'm in summer. I'll be picking up more shifts though but I will definitely update at least once or twice every other week. Just be patient with me. Anyways, What did you guys think of the chapter? For all those who have been patient, get excited because next chapter Santana will finally be making an appearance!