She continued to cry and watch them float out of shore.
Her 19yr old body battered and exhausted, blood still seeping from her bitten off lower two fingers.
Ellie wraps her hands up and begins the long journey towards home and Dina and the kid.
-x-
Upon arriving in the house many days later, she sees it totally evacuated.
Goes through every room only to find one full of her stuff.
Joel’s guitar. The only thing that gave her ease.
She sits down to try and play.
Remisces of the times they used to spend together.
No fingers to play the chords, she wakes from her daydream and leaves the guitar with the moth by the window.
-x-
You see her again at your bed.
Not in her emaciated short haired physique
But that strong powerful tank that nearly killed Tommy
And you nearly beat to Death on the shore in front of that boy next to her.
Anxiety and fear rush down your spine and flood your spine
She’s stronger than you remembered
She tries to wrestle you and pin you down