I apologize for the delay. I've had a bit of writer's block on this story since I started watching Bleach and playing Tomb Raider again. Lol. It gave me ideas for fics on those fandoms and I just had to write them down. Anyways, that's it for now. The rest of my A/N is in the bottom. Enjoy!
THE LAST OF US
Chapter Eight
Quinn nodded in agreement as she ran a hand through her hair. "You're right, and I know just where we can go for a car." She tells her. She couldn't help but chuckle when the two Latinas tilt their head in curiosity. "Where's that?" Dani asked in interest. Quinn smirked slightly as began to walk ahead. "Let's just say I have a friend who owes me." The blonde said.
"How much farther do we have to go?" Dani asked. Quinn fought the urge to roll her eyes for the umpteenth time at the girl and settled with a sigh. She looked around the dirt street, and let out another sigh in relief. "See that over there?" She asked, pointing to a water tower a few miles ahead. Dani leaned over the guard rail of the street and nodded. "What's over there?" The younger blonde asked.
Quinn gave her a small smirk as she looked at the nearby town. "What's over there is the solution to our problems. I got a friend, Finn, who lives here on his own in that town. I'm sure he can get us a car." Quinn exclaimed. She was about to jump over the guard railing when she heard a scoff. She resisted the urge to show any annoyed reacting but slowly turned around. "Is there a problem now?" Quinn asked, looking at the older Latina.
Santana only looked at her with a quirked eyebrow as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. "What if he doesn't get us a car? You really trust your friend? We won't get far in just our feet Quinn." Santana said. Quinn only shook her head and ran a hand through her hair. "He WILL get us a car." She said sounding sure of herself. Although she knew he could be a bit, weird, Quinn knew that Finn would help them out.
She climbed over the railing and held out her hand to help Dani, who easily jumped over it with ease. "Careful on your way down there." She told Dani, who only hummed in response as she went ahead. She then turned to look at Santana and held her hand out for her as well. Santana couldn't help but quirk her eyebrow and smirk at the blonde. "So now you're being a gentlewoman?" She asked in a teasing manner.
Quinn only rolled her eyes as she held out her hand for Santana to take. "It looks simple but it's a pretty big drop okay. Now, do you want my help or break something trying to jump over it?" Quinn asked, annoyance clear in her voice.
It took a couple of seconds but Santana relented and walked over to the railing. "Okay… Fine…" She mumbled, taking Quinn's hand as she climbed over the railing. Quinn helped pull Santana up, but once she was going to jump over, Santana slipped from the railing. Not even thinking, Quinn wrapped her arms around Santana as she let herself break Santana's fall as the two rolled down the hill.
"Shit…" Quinn groaned. She was still holding on to Santana, who was still on top of her, when they finally stopped. Santana let out a soft sigh when she realized what had just happened. She carefully pushed herself up and stared down at the blonde who stopped her from getting hurt. "You could've just let me go." She said softly. Quinn only let out a humorless laugh as she sat up.
"Yeah, so you could then blame me for letting you go?" She answered, making Santana smirk. "You're probably right." She said, letting out a slight chuckle. The two let out a small laugh as they stared at each other. They weren't paying attention to anything else, except each other that is, until a certain young blonde cleared her throat.
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" Dani asked sarcastically, arms crossed as she shifted her weight on one leg. Realizing how it seemed, Santana pushed herself off of Quinn, which made the blonde fall back on the ground. "Fuck!" Quinn exclaimed, rubbing her head as she slowly sat up again.
Santana walked ahead of the other two, not wanting them to see the blush on her face. Quinn, however, was looking a bit irked at what had just happened. As she stood up, she patted the dirt off of herself. She furrowed her eyebrows when she saw Dani looking at her with a smirk on her face. "What?" Quinn snapped.
Dani only chuckled as she took a step closer to Quinn. "You trying to get at my mom now?" Dani joked, although it still made Quinn red as a tomato. Quinn scoffed as she fixed herself up and walked past Dani. "You're crazy…" She mumbled, to which the young girl only laughed. The three decided to walk the rest of the way in silence; all save for Dani, who was admiring their surroundings.
"Man… this is awesome…" Dani exclaimed as she looked at the life around in the woods. Quinn smiled slightly as she saw the young blonde running around without a care in the world. "Oh man! Look! Fireflies!" Dani exclaimed, standing below a tree where the fireflies where flying around.
The two older women stopped as they watched the young teen try to catch a firefly. "It's like she's not even scared of what's out there…" Santana commented, a sad smile on her face. Quinn peeked over to Santana and sighed as she took in the other woman's appearance. They way the late sun's rays hit the tan woman made her seem to glow. Realizing that she was staring, Quinn shook her head and turned her attention back to Dani. "We should keep moving. It'll be dangerous if we're still here by nightfall." Quinn said, getting the younger blonde's attention as well.
"Aw man…" Dani grumbled as she followed after Quinn. Within a few more minutes, the trio had gotten out of the forest and reached a fence that seemed to go all around the town. Quinn looked up and grumbled when she saw that the top was barbed. "Great…. Now how do we get in?" She asked to no one in particular.
"We can go through here." Santana said, pointing to a small opening in the fence. Santana held open the fence for Dani to step in before she followed after. She helped keep it open after for Quinn to go through.
"Okay, so now what?" Santana asked once the three were in the town. Quinn sighed as she led the girls through the alley to get into the town. She suddenly stopped when she heard growling and looked down. Her eyes widened when she saw a wire that was connected from one building to the other. "Shit! Get back!" Quinn yelled, quickly pushing the girls back as a Clicker walked in and stepped on the wire.
A sudden explosion went off and blew the Clicker into pieces. "Ohh fuck!" Dani exclaimed as she ducked behind her mother. Santana looked at Quinn with shock clear on her face. "What the hell was that?" The older Latina asked.
Quinn gave a weary smile as she ran a hand through her hair. "That was one of Finn's traps…" She said. Dani pushed past Santana and looked at Quinn incredulously. "You're friend a bit paranoid much?" She asked sarcastically, making Quinn snort.
"You could say something like that. Now, you should know by now that Finn isn't really a people person. He prefers to be on his own. When we do find him though, let me do all the talking. He doesn't do well with strangers." Quinn explained as Santana opened the door to what appeared to be storage building. She quirked an eyebrow when she saw a chain tied at the other side of the door.
"Fuck!" Quinn exclaimed when she saw that the chain was tied to a large fridge in the middle of the room. The blonde woman quickly pushed Santana ahead, and was suddenly pulled up into the air, upside down, with a chain around her foot.
Santana turned around to yell at the other woman but stopped when she saw why Quinn did what she did. "Oh my god! Are you okay?" Dani asked, grabbing Quinn's arms to stop her from swinging. Quinn sighed as she tried to look around at how she could free herself.
"Dani, come help me break this off or something." Santana instructed, walking over to the fridge. Dani looked at Quinn, who nodded her agreement before the smaller blonde went to help her mother. Santana boosted her daughter so she could get on the top of it. "Try to unhook the chain mija." Santana instructed. While Dani tried to unhook the chain, Santana walked over to Quinn.
Quinn looked at the other woman with an irritated look. "What?" She asked, showing her current displeasure. Santana chuckled at her and shook her head at the blonde. "Thanks for pushing me out of that." Santana said. Quinn sighed as she shrugged.
The two women stared at each other, as if having a silent conversation before Quinn only sighed and nodded. Their moment was interrupted, however, when they heard a growl. Santana turned around and saw an infected walking into the large room. It immediately broke into a run when it saw its three course meal. Before it could reach the middle of the room, Santana had pulled her gun out and put a bullet between the thing's head.
She walked over to one of the broken down windows, only to start walking back in a quick pace. "Dani, hurry and get Quinn out of that thing." Santana instructed, climbing on a counter. Understanding the situation, Quinn reached upwards to her holster and pulled out her pistol.
Dani's eyes widened in worry as she realized what was going on. She started fumbling with the chain, trying to untangle it as she muttered a few curse words. "Hurry up Dani!" Quinn exclaimed when she saw two infected run into the store. Santana wasted no time in shooting them both down, only for more to come running in. She did her best to shoot at them, trying to make sure they didn't reach her daughter, who was in the middle of the room on top of the fridge.
Quinn was also doing the same that is, until some of the infected saw her. A few ran at the fridge, trying to reach the younger blonde while others ran over to her. "Quinn!" Dani yelled when she saw Quinn doing her best to push an infected back from biting at her face. The older blonde grunted as she struggled, but managed to push the bastard off and quickly shot it down. She glanced over to Dani to make sure the girl was safe, before looking over to Santana.
Santana had a few climbing the counter, but she easily kicked them off, shooting the closest ones down first. Quinn's attention went back to Dani, however, when she was suddenly pulled higher, out of reach of the infected, and saw that a few infected had managed to drop the fridge. Dani quickly pulled her dagger out as she jumped off the fridge and ran to one side of the room. She struggled against one infected as it was trying to bite at her. "Dani!" Both Quinn and Santana yelled. Quinn kept shooting at incoming infected while Santana shot at the ones running for Dani, when all of a sudden, another shot was heard, and Quinn went crashing down to the floor.
Ignoring the pain from her head, Quinn turned around to see an infected jump at herself. She grit her teeth as she kept him away from her, when a machete suddenly appeared through its head. "You gotta a lot of nerve for coming all the way over here on your own!" She heard a male voice say. She looked behind as she pushed the dead infected off and saw a tall man glaring at her as he shot at another infected with a shotgun.
"Finn…" Quinn muttered, taking the man's offered hand as he quickly pulled her up. "Come on! Follow me!" He yelled. Quinn looked behind to see Dani and Santana right behind her. "Let's go." She breathed out. The two Latinas nodded as they ran behind Quinn, with more infected chasing after them.
Was anyone expecting for Quinn's friend to be Finn? We got more stuff this chapter. Santana and Quinn are interacting more! XD What do you guys think about that? A lot will also happen in the next chapter. Let me know your thoughts please!
Anyways, on what I mentioned at the beginning of the chapter. I rewatched the few seasons they have on Bleach in Netflix, and it reminded me how much I love that show and how much I love... YORUICHI AND SOIFON! I'm thinking on writing a story for them two. I can't give you guys a summary since I'm not sure where I'll go with that story, but I can say that it will have some supernatural stuff in there. I had a chapter up but decided to take it down and put it on a vote. The other story I have in mind is a SaLara (Sam and Lara[Tomb Raider]) fic. Again, I can't give you a summary for that one either, but I do have more stuff down for that story. I can tell you it'll be after Yamatai[with flashbacks to it] and a zombie apocalypse.
So, which will it be? Do you guys want a Yorusoi [Bleach] fic? Or do you guys want SaLara [Tomb Raider] fic. Whichever you choose, I will get to both eventually. I'll tell you all now though that if you vote for Yorusoi, updates will come once or twice a month. If you vote for Tomb Raider, updates will come every other week like this story. I'll probably update one week for this story and the next week for Tomb Raider if it comes to it. Anyways, you guys decide what you want me to start on! :) I'll have a poll so you can vote for what story you want! :)
Also, I'm thinking about getting a beta cause I feel like having a beta would help me make the story better. So if anyone is interested or knows of someone please let me know! Not sure how the whole having a beta works but my friend [Hakuna-fuckin-Matata] told me I should cause I'm sure I miss a few things here and there or I could add on to stuff or something. I'd appreciate it if it's someone who comes on regularly so I can talk to them or what not.