A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF LAST OF US OR YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS OF BOTH!
Chapter 15: Hospital
Yusei lead the others through a highway as they had landed a couple blocks back. He hadn't talked at all for the passed few hours and his friends were worried about it. They turned a corner and his friends noticed a sign on the highway: "H- Salt Lake City Hospital Exit".
"Yusei, where is the base again?" Leo asked.
"Salt Lake City Hospital," Yusei answered calmly, but his voice had a grimness in there that they didn't like. "We just have to exit this highway and then through a couple subway tunnels. After that, it's a straight shot to the Hospital."
"Yusei, something's bothering you again," Akiza commented. Yusei turned his head the slightest bit to show he was paying attention. "What is it?"
"Nothing," he answered bluntly and sternly.
"Yusei, you know we're not letting this go," Crow retorted. "Might as well come out with it now."
"No matter what the outcome is in that hospital; no matter what is going to happen to me, if you are asked to leave, leave," he told them vaguely. "Don't fight. You'll only get yourself killed."
"Yusei, we're not going to let you die," Jack retorted.
"And I'm not going to let you die unless I can't stop it. And the only thing I can do to stop you from getting killed at the moment is to tell you not to do anything stupid and just do what you're told," Yusei fought. "No matter what happens to me, don't do anything against the Fireflies."
"Yusei…" Luna muttered.
"Speaking of the Fireflies, you never told us why the military sees you as terrorists," Akiza stated as they began to get off the highway and made their way towards the subway.
"It's because of what we do to defend ourselves from them. In order to keep them from getting too much equipment to hunt us down, we will sometimes plant bombs or other explosives in their mobile weapons and armories. Meanwhile, we will take what we need to survive against them," Yusei explained. "We don't try to harm the people, even those in the military. We just survive."
"How many of you are left?" Crow asked.
"Hard to say. Last time I saw them and had a count, there weren't many still," Yusei answered. "Marlene was going to move some of the crew to the hospital in order to survive better. That's why you heard about them moving at the University. So there is no saying how many were lost on the trip here."
"Yusei, you know, you don't have to do this," Jack told the Firefly.
"What's the alternative?" he retorted.
"Just come back to New Domino. Where it's safe and you don't have to die," Crow answered.
Yusei looked at them with a stern glare. "If I don't do this, people will still suffer here. Do you want to have what happened to Henry and Sam happen again to others?" he asked and the others immediately froze. "Do you want to have more families and friend turn or get killed? Do you want the people here to continue to be separated, killed, and live a horrible life?"
"But Yusei, how many people do you think were worried when you suddenly disappeared?" Crow retorted. "Because it wasn't just us. Trudge, Mina, Martha, everyone you ever knew were worried that they would never see you again. And what do you think they'll do if you die and never come back again? How do you think they'll feel?" Yusei didn't answer and looked away as they continued walking.
They reached the subway and he could see the spores in the area below them. "Alright, spores are down there." He tossed the mask to Crow who caught it. "You know what to do." They walked down slowly, the others doing what they were used to doing now. They walked for a bit before they entered the station itself and hid behind the wall as they heard Clickers and Bloaters throughout the entire station. Yusei focused.
"How many, Yusei?" Crow asked nearly silent while breathing a bit with the mask.
"Too many Clickers to count at the moment, a couple Runners, and about three or four Bloaters," Yusei answered.
"Oh, great," Crow responded sarcastically.
"You guys, don't shoot them unless you have to," Yusei answered.
"Yusei, how are we going to kill all of them?" Luna asked.
"We don't," Yusei answered confusing them.
"But there's water. They'll hear us walking through it," Jack responded.
"You really haven't been paying attention about that, have you?" Yusei asked him and he glared. "Remember, as strange as it is, Clickers and Bloaters for some reason don't hear anything walking in water."
"Alright," Crow agreed.
"Let's go," Yusei stated. "And until we're passed all of them, no talking. Got it?" They nodded and Yusei slowly walked out.
They followed him closely and as they walked through the water, the Clickers and Bloaters did nothing. When they passed the Clickers and into another room, Yusei listened carefully again. He nodded before they walked through the next room and into the other section of the station that was separated from the first.
There were the couple of Runners along with about four Clickers and two Bloaters. Yusei pulled out his bow and show any arrow at the two Runners and killed them with ease. They moved through passed the rest of the Infected silently before they came up to a truck blocking their way. Yusei noticed a large box on the top of the truck that would allow all of them to get up and over it.
"Leo, you need to push that box down here," he told the boy, almost completely silent.
"Won't those things hear it falling onto the ground, though?" Luna asked.
"I'll worry about that," Yusei stated. He boosted Leo on top of the truck.
Once Leo was up and getting ready to drop the box, Yusei tossed a smoke bomb where all the Clickers and Bloaters seemed have congregated. It exploded taking their full attention and distracting them. To add to it, Yusei sent a molotov at the center which exploded and the pained screams of the Clickers and Bloaters filled the room. Leo sent down the box and it landed with a loud thud. They all hurriedly climbed up and over the truck.
They all jumped onto the ground and walked up a rocky hill made from the ground that had been dumped inside. They looked around above ground and Yusei pointed to a building.
"There's the hospital," he stated.
"That's still so far away," Leo groaned.
"We're taking the second subway tunnel there. It shouldn't be too much longer," Yusei stated. They made their way through the city a bit. They reached the subway again but there were no spores so they just entered. They stopped as they reached the bottom to see the ground was nearly completely flooded. However, some of the siding could be stood on in order to walk passed it.
"Yusei," Luna called and he looked at her, "do you really think they'll have to kill you for the cure?"
Yusei didn't answered the question. He merely said while walking forward and turning away from her, "Come on. We need to get the the Fireflies."
They walked against the sides for a while before they reached a part where the water had begun to flow extremely fast. On the surface of the water were vents which would allow them to cross safely.
"Guys, follow my lead and be careful," Yusei instructed.
"Alright," they agreed.
Yusei carefully jumped on the vents and looked to see the others following. They walked around until they had to go over a train car. Yusei stepped onto the door lightly but the door fell open and Yusei fell into the water.
"Yusei!" they called.
"I'm fine," he responded. The train car suddenly jerked as the water was pushing it. A window broke a water flowed in like a tsunami and the car began to move. "Guys, get to safer ground. Now!"
"Not without you, Yusei," Akiza refused. But then the car flipped and they were all forced into the water.
The others held onto the outside of the train car and Yusei fell to the back door of it. His friends were immediately at that door and tried to pull it open with Yusei's help. The door snapped open and they all lost their grip.
The rushing water pushed them forward and they struggled to miss debris in their way. When they reached the shore, they pulled themselves up while Yusei stood up and watched the area. His friends were coughing to get the air back in their lungs.
"Yusei?" came a male voice. They looked to see two men in army uniforms.
"Max, Donald, good to see you got here in one piece," Yusei responded.
"You as well, man," one of the men, Donald, stated.
"Who are your friends?" the other, Max, asked.
"Met them in Boston. They decided to tag along despite my warnings," Yusei explained. "Is Marlene okay?"
"She's fine. She's been waiting for you to get here," Donald stated with a grin.
Yusei nodded. "She at the hospital?" he asked and the two Fireflies nodded. "Good. Let's head there. When we get there, escort my friends to a room and keep them in there until Marlene talks to them."
"Yes, sir," Max and Donald agreed in unison. Jack and the others stood up a bit worried.
"Let's get going," Yusei stated. They nodded and the men led them into the hospital. When they entered, the two men began to push Jack, Crow, Akiza, and the twins towards a direction opposite of Yusei. "Keep them in the room." The two men nodded.
"Yusei!" Akiza exclaimed. The man ignored them and walked away.
"Come on," Max ordered pushing them along.
They knew they shouldn't fight as the Fireflies were holding Assault Rifles. So, they followed the two into a room. The men shut the door and locked it before anything could be said and they could see the shadows of the two men guarding the door.
"What do you think will happen to Yusei now?" Luna asked.
"I don't know," Crow answered.
"Well, whatever it is, if it ends with him dead, it's not going to happen," Jack stated.
"Let's… just wait for that Marlene to show up," Akiza suggested. "Yusei said she was going to see us soon. We might as well wait for her to tell us."
"She's right," Crow agreed and they all nodded. They sat down on the beds or chairs in the room, waiting.