CYOA Page 213
Sep. 11th, 2013 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lumy12The idea of someone skulking around in the woods, watching you, is unnerving... but so is the idea of leaving Joel alone and helpless.
Man, it's been a long time since I thought of him as helpless! But he's not hurt that bad this time.
Bad enough to be vulnerable, however. You decide it's best to stay close to him. You can always wake him up if there's a threat, right? He might be a little out of it right now, but he's still Joel: he'll wake the fuck up in a hurry if he has to. ... ...right?
You survey the area from where you are -- with your binoculars, even -- and after five minutes or so, you wonder if you imagined the whole thing. Or if it was just a fucking deer or something. Maybe the fact that Joel is snoozing peacefully means there's nothing to worry about. He has that knack of sensing when danger's afoot...
...right?!?
You're just paranoid, Ellie! you scold yourself, and you go plop your ass down next to Joel. Who looks very peaceful. No way would he look like that if there was someone that close to you.
Yes, you've convinced yourself now that all is well. You settle yourself beside him, leaning against him...
Unfortunately, your senses are not that finely attuned yet, and Joel's are compromised by the medicine. Neither of you picked up on the fact that there's a woman in the woods, hidden in the brush, with a tricked-out sniper rifle... a bitch who wants to help herself to your shit, and doesn't have any qualms about killing to do it.
At least she hits you in the head -- you don't feel a thing. You don't even know what hit you. She's also relieved you of one of your biggest fears: now you don't have to watch Joel die.
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Carlos
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