Writing block sucks. Hopefully this chapter is decent. Enjoy.

Jakes POV

"Kids get ready. We got a whole horde of infected coming our way."

I'd just got done saving Ellie from a clicker and this happens. I don't even know how I made the shot; I was shit with a rifle or a pistol back at the zone and I could never hit any mark with a revolver. So how I made it the shot?, I don't have a clue. At least I saved Ellie; it'd be too much if more people died. Now a bunch of infected are coming are way. Shit.

"Alright, what the hell we're going to do?" I said hoping either Ellie or Joel would think of something because I sure as hell can't.
"How about getting the fuck out of here?" Ellie exclaimed drawing her pistol.

"We're not leaving without those tires, or the truck for that matter." Joel said as he reloaded his gun.

"So we're basically going to make a stand." I said nervously as I drew my revolver.

"Pretty much." Joel said with no hint of doubt in his voice.

"Any chance I can convince him that this is a very bad idea?" I asked Ellie but I already knew the answer by the look she gave me before she opened her mouth.

"Not even in hell." Ellie sighed as we readied ourselves.

Before long two runners wandered in and immediately caught sight of us. Joel fired a shot, It hit the runner right between the eyes as it fell to the floor in a big, bloody, heap.

The other runner ran at me, its arms reached out in a menacing fashion. In the heat of the moment my first bullet completely missed the runner. Second one did a little better, as it tore through the stomach stopping it momentarily in its tracks, long enough for Joel to finish it off by smashing its head against the wall.

Three more infected came, two runners and a clicker, Ellie immediately opened fire on one of the runners, two bullets tore into its torso as one bullet passed through the runners head like it was nothing. Joel scored a direct headshot on the other runner. Me, being the heroic badass that I am I decided it would be cool to unload the rest of my revolver clip straight at the wall behind the clicker. Needless to say it didn't work out well.

The thing bull rushed me, knocking me to the floor, it jumped straight on me with such force that I had to use my revolver as stick to keep its jagged teeth from biting into my neck. It seemed that cauliflower head would stop at nothing to guarantee that it had at least one gaping hole in my neck before someone shot it. I briefly worried that I would die but then I reminded myself that it's stupid to worry about the future.
That's about when Ellie came with her pistol and shot the fucker off me. I usually would get I would follow something like this with a witty remark but I was just glad at that point to be alive. It went on like this for a while, me being a shit shot most of the time occasionally getting a few good hits in, Joel being a complete badass, and Ellie being a smaller, cuter, badass. I sighed a breath of relief when I realized that we finally picked off the entirety of the horde.

"Pretty close shit." Ellie said examining the bodies.

"Hey Ellie, thanks. For saving my ass back there I mean." I said showing her my gratitude.

She smiled "Just repaying the favor. You hurt?" she asked

"Besides my pride? Yeah, I'm fine." I said jokingly

She laughed at that. Me, Ellie and Joel walked back outside to check on the tires. We found four decent tires and proceeded to replace them. When we were done we started scavenging for supplies. I thought back at our little run-in with the infected. I figured it would be probably more productive to stick me with a bat or something so I can at least do some good.

I got my revolver out and held it out to Joel. "You want this back?" I asked him.

He shook his head. "No, you keep it but just for emergencies alright?"

I nodded still pretty doubtful of my abilities to wield a gun. "You have any blunt weapons? Bats, pipes, anything?"

"I might have something." He threw me an iron pipe. "You good with blunt weapons?" He asked me.

"Better at it than guns." I said as I examined the pipe. Nice and sturdy, the way I prefer my weapons of mass destruction to be.

We searched around for a little while longer. Me, finding a roll of duct tape and some scissors and Joel finding some kind of pills and some bullets. After that we all loaded up in the car and took off. To me, cars were awesome, I've only ridden in one a few times before…. All of this happened. We listened to my cassette a few times before I got out my book and began to read.

"You read?" Ellie asked me with half a look of excitement and half of look of curiosity.

"Yeah, all the time." I responded showing her the cover of the book.

She grabbed it from my hands and read the title out loud. "John grasper, A few good hits. She passed it back to me.

"Yeah it's a crime thriller about an ex-military cop and- what are you getting out? I asked seeing her getting something out of her bag.

"This is Savage Starlight." She replied with excitement. Joel laughed and shook his head from the driver's seat.

"Alright, what's Savage Starlight?" I asked. Joel laughed form the seat again.

"Kiddo, you don't know what you just got yourself into." He looked at me with smirk.

"Oh, shut up." Ellie said she hit him on the arm while Joel laughed.

"Am I going to regret this?" I said while nervously smiling. Ellie looked at me.

"No I'm going to tell you all about it and you're going to get it and love just as much as me okay?" Ellie responded with a look of determination.

"Okay, what's it about?" I said feeling I was in for a long talk.

She smiled brightly when she heard that. "Alright Savage Starlight is about Daniela star and Captain James Ryan on their-"

Ellie talked to me like that for a little over two hours discussing every single plot point, footnote, trivia fact, all the way from beginning to the end. Needless to say I was board at first but as she went on I got more and more enveloped in it. Yeah I know I sound stupid but it isn't half bad.

"So it ends on Daniela thinking on the "sacrifice" captain Ryan made for her and whether or not to tell the others the truth." Ellie concluded.

I ran the whole thing over in my head; every intricate detail was examined by my brain. "Wow, so the whole thing just ends like that? No big finale, no big action scene, just that?" I ask.

"Pretty much, you don't like it?" she said suddenly saddened.

"No, actually I like it. It leaves you thinking about the morals of her actions and what would you do in her own shoes." I said thinking over it.

"Holy shit, you see it same exact way I fucking see it!" She smiled in amazement. "That is totally fucking awesome!"

"Yeah that is pretty awesome." We both smiled and laughed together.

Joel suddenly slammed on the brakes. "Kids get your head down; we got three hunters with shotguns standing in the middle of the damn road."

Chapter finished.

Again another cheap ending, I'm sorry. This chapter I also just tried out writing action scenes so if they suck forgive me and leave the reason why in a review. Also I put two little Easter eggs in this chapter the first one is John Grasper, it's a reference to Jack Reacher; a good series of crime thriller novels I've been reading lately. The second one is the conversation between Jake and Ellie on the ending of SS the response Jake gives is basically my opinion on the ending of the last of us. Also I made Jake kinda shit with a gun to move away from the typical OC'S that are either complete badasses or Mary sues. I'm not trying to be either so if you got any advice PM me. Also I'm sorry if the ending is basically the ending of the last chapter I have a few more plot points to cover before we move on to the university.

Until next time

-Jogman