CYOA Page 226
Sep. 11th, 2013 03:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lumy12Most people would think it's crazy to knowingly jump right into something that's going to rip a hole through you, but...
...you can't not, when it's about to zip through the person you love most in the world.
Since Joel turned to fire at the hunter and you were still running, the momentum's all on your side -- Joel can't react in time to stop you even if he wants to. Pain sears through your chest as you fall to the ground. You gasp for breath... you're breathing pain and your brain can't seem to form coherent thoughts...
If you had all your wits about you, you would notice with relief that the hunter is also on the ground, incapacitated if not dead, and there aren't any more coming. Which is a good thing, since Joel is now completely, desperately preoccupied with you... attempting to stop the bleeding. Attempting to save your life...
But there's nothing he can do about your fucked-up insides. The internal bleeding... your collapsed lung... even a hardcore hellride to the hospital won't save you: you're going to die.
You're not freaking out about it because you can't even comprehend it. There's no time for it to sink in and you're about to lose consciousness. You want to tell Joel how much you love him and how very sorry you are -- but you can't speak. And the pain is screaming so loud that you can't hear what he's saying... it pulses over your vision and turns everything white... but you feel his love for you! He loves you so much, and now-- now he's gonna have to-- fuck!--
Oddly enough, your brain seems to start working a little better (in the thinking department, if nowhere else) as you start to slip away... you remember Joel saying "having you with me helps a lot" -- helps him deal with the loss of Sarah... so who's going to help him now?!
But the very last thought you ever have is maybe I didn't do him any favors by taking that bullet for him.
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Carlos
Date: 2021-02-21 04:53 am (UTC)Re: Carlos
Date: 2021-02-21 05:08 am (UTC)