The Last of Us: Resurrection

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Resurrection takes place a few years after the events of The Last of Us Part 2, and follows 2 protagonists of the story. Lev is an 18-year-old boy who was exiled and hunted by his religious cult, The Seraphites, for shaving his head and changing his name from Lily, to Lev. He has traveled on foot from Seattle Washington to Santa Barbara California with his only friend and mentor, Abby, an ex-member of both the Fireflies and the WLF (Washington Liberation Front) where she was in a war with the Seraphites. They have caught up with the militant group, the Fireflies, who were dedicated to restoring humanity in any way they can. Abby and Lev have lived and supported the Firefly base since they have arrived, and have quickly ascended the ranks of status and trust. Our story would begin with watching their scene of being reintroduced to the Fireflies, as Abby was an ex-member before her branch of the Fireflies was wiped out, and she discovered their hideout at the end of Part 2. The story would be centered around Lev and Abby searching for another immune survivor that’s been rumored to be near the area and convincing them to go back to the Fireflies to try and fabricate an antidote.

Lost in the darkness

On what was thought to be another casual morning at the Santa Barbara Firefly base, Abby was called in by the leader Samuel, to ask her to go on a scout and retrieval mission for a rumored immune person to be floating around the area. Samuel was almost as muscular as Abby and stood a few inches taller. A large white beard to match his long white hair covered most of his face. He was gentle and kind, unlike most survivors. Abby trusted him as they took her and her companion, Lev, in and sheltered them for the past few years. However, she didn’t believe it, as there was only one immune person known to exist, and that person hadn’t been seen or heard from in years. Even though Abby had let go of the days in Seattle, she still saw her face at night. 

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Dig Two Graves

Grudgingly agreeing to his quest, they geared up and said their goodbyes to their friends, and they departed from the Firefly HQ. Lev and Abby travel to what used to be Los Angeles, and they come across a militant style base set up in the middle of an old Quarantine Zone, destroyed, rebuilt, and now host to a faction called The Saviors. They were a brutal, bully, type of gang who had viciously and disgustingly stayed alive through cheating, backstabbing, robbing, murdering, or anything else they had to do. They would put out fake broadcasts to lure in unsuspecting survivors to come find them, only to be robbed, killed, or worse.

 Being ambushed without a warning, and having caged infected let loose upon them, Abby and Lev had to fend off their attackers, killing anyone in their way. Abby being a militant weapons expert, and Lev with his few but packed years of bow and knife training, were able to carve their way through the city, weaving in and out of buildings, subway systems, and eventually climbing the Wilshire Grand Center Tower, where the leader of the Saviors had scurried in hopes of safety with a band of his own.

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Look for the light

A lanky, scavenger looking woman wobblily steps out, her brown hair falling into her face, her three-fingered hand clutching her side from a previous wound dealt by her captors. Abby stood in disbelief at the woman who had killed so many of her friends, and who had so many of her friends killed by Abby. The woman looked up at her rescuers and stood stunned. A whispered “Thank you” was all that could leave her dehydrated lips. Abby began to explain what they were doing there but before she could finish Ellie interrupted her to tell her she knows. She had been en route to the Fireflies when she was ambushed in the forest and taken here several months ago, kept alive because of her mutation and to be sold or traded to the highest bidder. As they were leaving the desecrated city and Ellie had consumed multiple canteens of water and crackers, she spoke through the voice cracks and tears in her eyes, “Thank you for doing what you did. I’ve been searching for my purpose for a long time, it’s all I want. I wasn’t going to let myself die in there.”  Abby and Lev walked silently, understanding what she meant, and for a moment almost forgetting all the horrors of the past few years. After arriving and once again having the mortality of the situation be brought upon her by the surgeons, Ellie says “I’m ready” as she delicately caresses the broken watch on her wrist with her three-fingered hand, a light but gentle smile forms from her lips for what felt like the first time in years.