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After getting on the helicopter Ellis couldn't help but hide his face in between his knees as he brought them up and holding onto his legs "ellis,honey,it was the best he could've done for you and us"Rochelle said trying to tell the young man but the response she heard was a sob ,Rochelle was tempted to speak but she can tell no matter how much she tried comforting him he will only cry more.coach was just trying to forget about what they had witnessed,a tank chasing after them while they were close to the helicopter,Nick stopping mid way and turned the other way running towards the tanks direction.the tank smacking him across the stairs as he roars loudly showing his target was now nick.nick quickly getting up and trying to run but gets smacked again knocking him down showing he no longer has the strength to get back up.the tank turns around seeing Ellis trying to get to Nick but couldn't due to coach quickly pulling him back as he shut the doors and they flew off.
Coach knew Ellis wouldn't forgive him for that but it was the best to keep them alive.
Ellis,now done with shedding his tears,was looking out the window legs still held in front of him.they were just sitting in silence before hearing a weird groan coming from the pilot they thought it was nothing before hearing a cackling,then that's what made them alerted.Coach went to check up on him to find him gray,not even controlling the helicopter and quickly gotten alerted by coach walking towards him,coach shot the zombie and saw they were about to crash.he quickly ran backwards were Ellis and ro were pulling them into a tight hug to protect them from possible glass and pieces flying at them.
Surprisingly they made it out alive,few cuts but not anything worse.they headed towards a stopped train and opened one of the carts,lucky then it had the supply they need.
They quickly went inside the cart and shuts the door"well....that was shocking" said coach in a humor tone a bit,laughing a little Rochelle and Ellis made one or two laughs and stared at the ground silently "well now what?" Ellis asked still clearly thinking about his other fellow member of the group"we'll just see were we can get to"said Rochelle sitting down and Ellis does the same so does coach "let's just rest,it's been a hell of a ride"said coach they agreed and rest.
5:00am morning
Ellis had woken up before the two he quickly grabbed a gun and checked outside to make sure there wasn't any zombie waiting for him,glad there wasn't.He opened the door a little more and sat on the edge staring at the fence that was already pulled down enough to get through.the other two had already woken up due to how loud the door was," you already ready ellis?"asked coach as he stood up grabbing a weapon and the health kit across from it"yeah.....let's just go already." He says kinda harshly but in the same time kinda dead.Ellis jumped off of the edge of the cart walking towards the gate and jumping over it.
A 1-2 hours has passed
Ellis had accidentally splits up with the duo since a tank appeared out of no where and made them all split up,so Ellis was now on his own.He found a safe house and grabbed the stuff,not even taking a break until he goes to the second safe house after passing by some witches,smoker,hunter,spitter, basically all the special infected including the tank who he immediately killed out of anger.
He now lives in this safe house,alone and finds food in nearby houses around him.
Though every now and then he would hear the loud noise of a smoker but never found it,and it never seemed to try and attack either.As long as that smoker leaves him alone he might as well do the same towards it.
Ellis was already getting used to fighting off the hunters and jockeys,but suddenly he would hear a charger or even a spotter and then head a death cry from them out of nowhere,with the smokers noise at the end.
'where the hell is this son of a bitch' thought ellis,he wanted to kill the smoker that's always making noises but never coming out to attack.he wanted the smoker to stop being a a wuss puss and grab him like he's supposed to.A final groan was enough of Ellis to be done with this smoker,he grabs his gun and opens up the safe house door stomping out "COME OUT HERE YOU SON OF A BITXH"he yelled "YOU AIN'T A DARN WUSS PUSS,GET YO SMOKER GROANING ASS OUTTA HERE!!!" he yells again,he waited for another groan but it was just total silence.He waited for a few seconds before turning around.
He was scared half to death,he fell backwards dropping his gun in the process.
Ellis didn't understand what he was seein,but he was seeing it.it was a smoker(perhaps the smoker who was always around)wearing a white suit and a blue fancy shirt underneath the white jacket.the smokers hair was slicked back in one side the other side was just a mess due to the big bubbles and tongues sticking out from it.the eyes were the most scary part to ellis,it showed it's tired mean face,exactly like how nick would always look at him if he were annoyed.Ellis couldn't believe it.Nick was just there staring at him on the ground,the smoker looking Nick opened his mouth to speak "calm down,overalls.get back up"said the smoker as he was just staring at the small man on the ground"wh-what in the Jimmy gibs jr hell!!" Said ellis , just as he's about to retreat his gun a tongue gotten a hold of the gun and the smoker pulls it back to himself"you really are thinking about shooting me huh kid? "Said the smoker holding the gun"h-hey!! hand that back to me,you-you monster!!" says Ellis as he stood up quickly "do you really not believe it you dumbass"says the smoker who was still giving that look.the smoker sighed as he dropped the gun,stepping back himself trying to show he means no absolute harm.
After a few seconds Ellis finally picked up the gun and picked himself up watching the smoker the whole time," who are you exactly? "Ellis asked,clearly knowing who he was but wanting to make absolute sure " I'm the goddamn President"smoker says in a sarcastic tone "ellis it's me,nick,all that changed is that now I'm a zombie" Nick says pointing at his side of his face that had huge bubbles coming out"you promise me your the Nick I know? "Asked Ellis "actually tell me who I usually talk about" Ellis looked at the dead survivor as he sighed before answering "keith" "alright your the Nick I know"said Ellis smiling.
It was the first smile in a few days,weeks maybe after Nick had died.I
A few hours later it was already dark and Nick was allowed inside the safe house where Ellis kept a eye on him.
"Nick how'd you turn into a,ya know,smoker exactly? " Ellis asked wiping his gun with a wet paper towel,Nick thought about it "well I didn't die from what y'all last saw,I killed the tank and picked myself up before a smoker manage to take a hold of me,but something was off with this one since it was one scratch from him before he suddenly exploded,and then I started feeling dizzy and passed out.only finding myself in this neighborhood and spotted rochelle,then coach,then you."he says,Ellis actually stopped his cleaning "wait...you saw ro???even coach!!? where they at!??" Ellis said hoping to get an answer saying they were okay"coach.....eh how do I say this....he was just hanging on a tree where a dead guy had already been hanging,just replacing him..." Nick says and ellis face changed instantly.
He was tearing up already,he sucked in air "a-and Rochelle?.." Nick looked away for a few seconds before looking back at the other man "rochelle was in a room,outside was a horde and she laid there,looking dead....I killed the horde(took me ahwile)and I checked....she had a huge side of her taken apart and looked like she stabbed herself......." That broke Ellis heart into shreds, "But she did leave a note....." Nick says grabbing onto his pocket and pulling out a dessert eagle with a sticky note on it and tossed it to ellis who caught it with a few tears coming out of his eyes,what the sticky note said was:'if you find this Ellis or coach or another survivor,I might already be dead and you've survived enough to find my body or this note but I'm telling you how there is a rescue helicopter in a place called the sugar mill,you'll find it somewhere there.please take this gun with you and please be safe -rochelle p.s. If you are Ellis or coach remember I'll be watching you and it was nice knowing y'all :)'
Wet droplets fell off of Ellis face down to the sticky note as he smiled a little"oh rochelle..... "Said ellis wiping away his tears.
Ellis looked up at Nick who has been watching him the entire time he was reading the note "well nick......we're technically the only one alive in this group huh" said Ellis chuckling a little "not really but sure." said Nick "well then,would you help me head up to the sugar mill?protecting me through the whole way?" Asked Ellis as he held out his hand for the zombie to shake with but instead gotten a tongue who pulled him closer to Nick "yes but I need to have something in return.." said Nick pulling his tongue off of Ellis hand.
"Well...what do ya want?" asked Ellis staring him dead in the eyes "I want you to do whatever I want when I want it"said Nick and Ellis sighed "is it gonna be bad?" Nick just made a disturbing noise much like an actual smoker just a little deeper " I'll take that as a yes... "Said ellis pushing himself away Nick and heading into the other room where a bed was already laying at "alright goodnight nick" he yelled out before laying himself down sleeping.
The next morning
Ellis yawned as he woke up,sitting himself up and stretching his arms out.
He was tired but forced himself to get up,he walked out of the room going over to the table where his guns were but gotten startled once he saw a smoker in his bathtub sleeping "oh shit!" he said grabbing his gun and shot missing the smoker that gotten startled "WHAT THE HELL!??" Yelled Nick sitting up right looking at Ellis "come on Ellis what the hell!??" said Nick tired "oh...sorry nick..." Ellis said " kinda forgot your....well you"said Ellis and Nick just rolled his eyes stumbling out of the tub.
Ellis was stored with food,cooking up some eggs and bacon "so ellis...I'll be honest..uh I'm surprised your living this long"said Nick grabbing on his tongue and just pulling in it to see how long it is making a few ows or groans "well I may be annoying and shot but I know how to kill sons a bitches"he said sounding proud of himself.