Last of us x reader chapter four - Doomcoming part 2
Summary: As third month rolls in and nearing the fourth month your patrol outside of Jackson went sideways but your homecoming took a turn for the worst
Warning: mentions of blood and violence
Music: Doomcoming by Craig Wedren
Note: sorry this took longer to put out, so you know when you have an idea for something and the moment your about to write it down and it just disappears so that’s what happened to me so that's why this chapter took awhile to be made
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The third month had rolled in quick, you had been going out on a lot of patrols, Maria was weary of letting you since what happened with you last month
But Tommy had agreed to accompany you on the patrols but it felt more like he was your keeper and you were some feral animal being tamed, you had tried to shake Tommy off and tried to find Joel on the first few weeks but Tommy always caught on before that even happened
So you gave up trying and took up hunting food and scavenging for items in buildings or abandoned camps and cabins, you had found quite a lot of useful items and brought them back to Jackson
When you did go on patrols, you only carried a crossbow and a knife, you believed if you fired a gun it would scare away any prey and it would alert any infected or raiders to your position
But each patrol you went on something felt different, you had noticed you were reverting back to your way of surviving before you had reunited with Tommy, Tess and Joel
Like you would walk or crawl on your hands and feet like Gollum when you were hunting or scavenging and you also started to revert back to your lost boy fashion, some people in Jackson thought this was strange but didn't question it
but at night and sometimes in the day you start feeling different like you were becoming a feral animal, it felt like a switch in the back of your mind would just turn on without you being were of it
So as you neared the fourth month, you ponder to yourself if you should stay out in the wilderness but stay close by cause you felt nothing tied you to Jackson except for the house, yes you had Tommy and Maria but they weren't what you needed, what you needed was …..
A sudden clash in the air startled you as it brought you back to reality, as looked around you remember you were far outside of Jackson with Tommy as a storm had appeared out of nowhere as you's took shelter in a cabin but at the same time the sun was setting as you looked at Tommy with worried eyes
"Tommy I think you should take the bedroom tonight" Tommy looked at you then glanced at the window to see the sun setting then back to you "no it'll be okay, we'll be fine plus I'll be getting dinner ready before that happens" "do you want to test that theory"
"Y/N why do you want me to take the bedroom", you looked at Tommy with unsure eyes "I don't know, I just have this feeling like something is about to happen tonight so that's why I want you to take the bedroom and I don't think Maria would be too happy with me if you return home injured"
Tommy started to think to himself and understand what you were on about but as he looked around the room to notice there were a couple of sharp objects scattered around the room and that's when Tommy decided
"okay Y/N I've decided that you will take the bedroom and I'll stay out here", "are you sure Tommy, that sofa doesn't look comfortable what if your back gave out during the night" "Y/N did you just call me old" "maybe" you let out chuckle before retreating to the bedroom, Tommy watches you retreat to the bedroom he was stunned by hearing your chuckle then smiled himself and shook his head
As the sun set and night had begun, Tommy had just finished making dinner and he called out your name to get something to eat but there was no answer
Tommy got up from the sofa and walked over to the bedroom door he knocked first to hear if there were any signs of life, when there was no answer, he then tried to open the door that's when he noticed it was locked
"Y/N did you lock the door" still no answer "come on Y/N open the door so I can give you some food, you've been starving all day, you got to eat something" that's when he heard it the faint sound of growling
Tommy took his hand off the door handle for a second, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, he thought he was going to hear you do your mimicking of a clicker not animalistic one
But as he placed his hand on the door handle again and was about to give the door a shove, a clash of thunder erupted from outside as it scared him enough that he rushed to look out the window to see that the wind had picked up along with the rain, that's when another clash of thunder happened but Tommy realised it wasn't thunder but it was a window being smashed
Tommy looked around the room to check where the shattered glass was but there was nothing, except for the bedroom that you were in
"Y/N!!!!, Y/N ANSWER ME, I NEED TO KNOW IF YOUR OKAY" once again there was no answer so Tommy walked up to the bedroom door and grabbed the handle and prayed you don't attack him as he gave the door a hard shove with his shoulder
The door broke open as Tommy stumbled into the room to find the bed was destroyed like the bed sheets, duvet and pillows were torn apart but what caught his eye more was the howling of the wind outside
He saw the window that was smashed, only problem was it wasn't smashed inwards as there was no glass on the floor, it was smashed outward and that's when it dawned on him
You had smashed the window and fled through it into the stormy night and Tommy felt like he couldn't breathe as the howling wind cut through the cabin, he knew he had to get out and look for you because this was something new, you had never done this before
Before Tommy left the bedroom he checked around it first to see if you left anything behind, he found your crossbow but not your knife but while he was looking he noticed on the window sill there was blood and all Tommy thought was in that moment was "Maria is going to kill me"
So when it became morning and the storm had passed Tommy left the cabin to go find you wherever you are as he yells out your name
For you, you had woken up very tired and achy as you crawl out of where you sleeping and sat up but as you opened your eyes you noticed you were in the forest and not the cabin but it only got weirder as you could taste cooper in your mouth which alerted you
But as you stood up and look around that's when you noticed your clothes and hair were soaked in blood, your mind became alert with worry thinking you had hurt Tommy but when you looked around to see no Tommy, you were thankful
But you were concerned in how you became bloody in the first place so as you turned around, your foot hit something that nearly made you fall over, so as you looked down to see a very large stag laying dead in front of you made you wide eyed
You looked over the stags body to notice it's chest to it's stomach had been cut open but that's what made you realise that you had done this, you tauntaun a stag during the night
Before you could think of anything, a twig snapped in the distance it was very close you as you ducked behind the stag and looked out for the person or creature that made the noise
That's when you spotted two lone male raiders walking in the forest one had a gun, the other had a bat, they looked like they were hunting for something
They stopped to talk to each other sadly they were to far away to hear what they were saying but that's when you heard a faint yell in the distance
It was Tommy yelling for you but the two raiders also heard him yelling and both decided to head to his position, you decided to follow them but from a far so attack then before they reach Tommy
They eventually stopped as they spotted Tommy from a far so did you, one of raiders spoke to their partner "Ok remember what I taught you, I'll distract him and all you have to do is batter him on the back of his head"
You watched as they explained their plan out loud and all you could think was you needed to get Tommy's attention but without getting caught so you cupped your hands around your nose and mouth and let out a monstrous howl
This spooked the two raiders as they looked around frantically and for Tommy he heard it too but instead of leaving, he decided to follow the noise instead
You watched as the raiders split from each other to look for noise that's when you took the opportunity to ponce
The raider with the gun was looking around until he heard running in his direction but as he turned around that's when you ponced and tackled him to the ground
But his gun went off alerting his partner and Tommy, the both of you went tumbling a bit down hill a bit until he was straddling you in the tussle
You could hear his partner catching up and in that moment he started to talk to you "what did you think was going to happen darling, you've lost"
He leaned into you and started to sniff you as you turned your head to get him away for him to only let out a chuckle
As his partner grew closer, he turned his head to call out to him "we're over hea….." In this moment you took out your knife and stabbed it into the side of his neck
As the blood pooled out of his neck onto your face you closed your eyes in this moment, the now dead raider slummed down on top of you as his partner appeared a few steps away
"Hey are you good man what was that" he was met with no answer except for his partners body being pushed to the side as you started to stand up and look at him
You made eye contact with the dead raider partner and you could tell he was scared shitless he didn't know what to do
You tilted your head and licked your lips as you stared out the raider "this is part where you run"
The raider dropped his bat and went off running as you gave him a running start so when he was slightly far out is when you gave chase
You started running after him on hands and feet, the raider turned his head to see you gaining on him "what the hell" as you gained on him
He wasn't looking where he was going, he tripped and fell down a hill, the moment he reached the bottom was impaled a piece of wood and was bleeding out
You stopped at the top of the hill out of breath but you watched the raider at the bottom of hill struggle then eventually passing out from blood loss
You hadn't noticed Tommy was also at the bottom of the hill looking at you with shocked wide eyes
Tommy was so happy that he found you but he was concerned as he saw your hair, face and clothes were covered in blood
"Y/N" Tommy yelled your name as you looked in his direction with joy and happiness, you started to climb down the hill slowly and forgetting about the raider that was also at the bottom of the hill dead
As you reached the bottom you jumped into Tommy's arms and hugged him not caring that your clothes were staining his
"Tommy I'm so sorry you came out here because of me, I would have eventually returned back to the cabin" Tommy gently grabbed your shoulders and looked at your face
You weren't crying at all, you just looked exhausted "Y/N what happened last night and why are you covered in blood"
You looked away from Tommy "Tommy what happened last night is a blur but I can tell you how I got bloody, I may have tauntaun a stag"
Tommy looked at you with bewilderment "and for your face, why does it look fresh" you chewed the inside of your lip as you looked Tommy dead in the eye "I killed a raider so the blood that's on my face belongs to him and his partner that is over there on the ground"
Tommy looked at the raiders body then back at you, he wanted to ask how but he noticed you were just really exhausted
"Hey how about we head back ho…" "ow" Tommy looked at you as you have your eyes squeezed shut for second as you pull your right glove off to see a small piece of wood sticking out of your hand
"Hey you okay that looks painful" "It is" you let out a hiss as Tommy gently looked at your hand "wait how did you manage to get wood in your hand in the first place" you wouldn't meet Tommy's eyes "i don't know, I must of got it when I tackled the first raider"
Tommy looked at you knowing you weren't telling the truth "hm ok well I'm going to remove the piece of wood, it might sting a bit" as Tommy removed the wood, you let out a hiss and yanked your hand away, there was a small trickle of blood forming from where the wood was
Tommy was about to wrap some cloth around your hand but he watched as you started to lick your wound clean and bleeding stopped
You looked at Tommy with an awkward smile "so I'm guessing now the hunt patrol is over now it's time to head back to Jackson now"
Tommy looked at you and nodded as you's started to walk away from the hill and headed back towards the cabin to collect the rest of your equipment after doing that you's set off back to Jackson
Tommy had handed you your crossbow again as you two walked, it was silent until Tommy spoke up
"Hey Y/N do you ever think about it" you tilt you head in confusion "about what Tommy" "have you ever thought what if Joel returned what would you do"
You stopped for a second but started to walk again "I haven't thought of it much, I think I want to give him hell but Sarah wants me to go easy on him so I'll try my best but if they did return, I don't know what version of me they're going to meet"
Tommy looked at you with pained eyes when you mentioned Sarah "well if Joel does return I'll be giving a good old punch to the face but I'll also explain to them the new rules"
You let out a heartful laugh "I would pay to watch that" Tommy started to laugh too
As you neared Jackson it was already the afternoon but before you reached the gates, you managed to hunt four rabbits and a young buck, you managed to find a thick piece of wood and tie the young buck to it so it would be easier to carry
As you and Tommy watched the gates, the guard's standing at the gate looked at you with concern when they seen you cover head to toe in dried blood and Tommy who only had patches of blood on him
Tommy handed the young buck to the guards, as you two started to head back to your homes, you had noticed there was a lot more people out today
You could hear hushed whispers and finger pointing at you, you tried your best to ignore it but Tommy noticed as you were silently snarling at them
"Well this is me, I'll try and get these rabbits dressed then made into rabbit stew, I'll bring some over to you and Maria since it's still light outside" "thanks Y/N, Maria will appreciate that, I'll see you in a bit"
You waved Tommy off as you headed inside but the moment you entered the house the moment you placed your crossbow on the kitchen chair, you felt like someone walked over your grave, you tried your best to shrug it off as you tended to the rabbits
The moment you had finished dressing the rabbits and placed them in the stew you hadn't realised the sun had set that's when you heard it, the creaking on the floor boards
As for Tommy he slowly returned home as he entered his household he too could feel something was off, "hey Maria, I'm home sorry we were gone for a long time also Y/N may need some sti….."
Tommy stopped in the middle of the front room as he stared into the kitchen as he saw his brother Joel standing there, Tommy was like a deer in headlights but he was brought out of his frozen stance by a voice
"Hey Tommy" Tommy clenched his fist ready to punch Joel but stopped when Maria while holding their child touched his shoulder
"Tommy I know you want to punch him but now isn't a good time, you look exhausted and why is there blood on clothes"
Tommy looked down at Maria with a small smile before turning his attention back to Joel "when did you return"
Joel rubbed the back of his neck while looking at Tommy and Maria "We uh just got back today, so I came over here to talk to Maria and hopefully get caught up on things but I see you now have a kid…. So uh congratulations, Y/N must have been overjoyed when they saw them"
Tommy and Maria looked at each other then back at Joel "Y/N hasn't met Oisín yet" "what why not" Tommy opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out so Maria spoke instead "they've just been….. busy"
As the three of them spoke to each other, Tommy realised the sun had set and you hadn't shown up, Tommy furrowed his eyebrows while looking outside
"Tommy, are you okay" "they should have been here by now, they were going to give us some rabbit stew but the sun has set" "maybe they're just tired and forgot" "maybe, well Joel we better get you and Ellie set up in the front room tonight, so just call her down and…."
"Ellie's not here" "What do you mean not here, where the hell is she Joel" "she's at the house" Maria went wide eyed when Joel mentioned the house as she looked between Joel and Tommy and prayed quietly to herself hoping it wasn't your house "which house Joel" "Our house the one you gave us when we first arrived here"
Maria went to tell Tommy he had to get Ellie out of there but when she turned to tell him, he was already out the door before she could say anything
Joel he has never seen Tommy move so fast before, it was like he was told a house was on fire or someone was going to get killed
Back at the house Ellie had just woken up, she realised it was dark as she took a deep breath in, she could smell food from downstairs, so she decided to go get some, thinking it was Joel that made it
When Ellie descend the stairs, she noticed the staircase was creaking and tried to make less noise, when she reached the bottom Ellie noticed none of the lights were on the only source of light was coming from outside
Ellie entered the kitchen looking for the food only to find a small bowl of stew but amongst to Ellie the bowl of stew was left there as bait because the moment she placed her hand on the bowl
Tapping could be heard somewhere in the house, Ellie looked around thinking it must of been a mouse or something so she decided to turn her attention back to the bowl
She tried to take a spoonful of the stew when the tapping happened again along with the sound of something being scraped across something but this it was coming from within the kitchen
This scared Ellie as she dropped the spoon into the bowl as she looked around to see where the noise was coming from, that's when she locked eyes with you
You had been crouching in an open cupboard of the kitchen watching Ellie as for all she could see was a humanoid somewhat shadow figure with hair stuck to their face and then wearing odd looking bladed claw gloves
"Um hello what the hell are you doing in my house" you tilted your head to the side as you opened your mouth for the clicker noise to come out
Ellie froze on the spot when she heard it but soon she was unfrozen when she heard someone yell out her name from outside as Ellie turned to look to see who it was
When she heard the front door open, she caught a glimpse of who it was, the moment Tommy opened the front door and saw Ellie standing in the kitchen with her head turned looking at him
Tommy noticed you had appeared out of the cupboard and now was standing a few inches In front of Ellie
Ellie turned to look to face you but was shocked to see you standing In front of her but now she got a good look at you with your face still covered in dried blood, you had brought one finger of the bladed claw glove onto Ellie's face to move a piece of hair out of the way, Ellie could feel the blade as it gently glide her skin but Ellie recognised it was you
"Y/N?" You looked Ellie dead in the eye, as you dropped your hand away when she said your name but you responded to her by letting out a terrifying howl scream to which Ellie grabbed the small bowl of stew and threw the contents in your face to which you hissed
Ellie turned around to make a break for the door where she saw Tommy making the hand motion to hurry so as Ellie was nearly out the door into Tommy's arms
She was yanked back into the house by you, you had grabbed her by the collar of her clothes making her fall to the ground while you had shut the door not caring Tommy was there
Ellie looked up at you as you crouched down to examine her on hands and feet while you hunched your back, you were about to sniff Ellie when you realised who the stranger was In front of you was "Elli…" sadly you were hit in the side of the head with the small bowl that had the stew in it
You let anguish scream as you placed your hands to your head and doubled over away from Ellie, Ellie used this time to escape as she opened the door Tommy grabbed her and closed the door
Ellie cried out in Tommy's arms as Tommy cradled Ellie not saying anything "T-t-tommy, i-is Y/N infected" "no no their not" "what happened to them" Tommy looked Ellie in the eye and let out a deep sigh "do you remember when you and Joel left here back in December and I said it's only going to get worse"
Ellie nodded her head then it clicked this was your worst "all I can tell you Ellie is Y/N didn't want you to see this side of them and if we had known you here before the sun went down this could all have been avoided"
Tommy decided to head back to his house with Ellie but before they left, they both heard tapping coming from a window when they looked, they saw you looking at them with your face pressed up against the window
Tommy saw the fresh blood trickling down your face as you pressed your face on the glass, he turned his head slightly to look at Ellie as she tried to stifle a cry "I didn't mean to hit them that hard" "Ellie your not at fault here and it's ok, I'll bring Maria round tomorrow to get them stitches"
Tommy gave Ellie a small pat on the back, they started to walk away as you kept tapping the window to get their attention but they ignored you the moment they were out of your line of vision "I'm sorry"
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