Hidden Truths|| The Last of Us fanific (Sequel)

Part 4

Previously...

"We found her boys."

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The man holding the bow walked towards her and the two people on the side grabbed Devyn by the arms, ripping her backpack away from her and tossing it aside. She started pushing and trying to pull away from them, squirming to try an get out of their grip.

"Stop! Let me go!"

The person on the left looked at the man in the middle, "Shut her up Garrett!"

Garrett, a tall and built man with short brown hair, dropped the bow and kneeled in front of Devyn, grabbing her face with one hand and smirked, his brown eyes gazing into her green ones. "Damn, and here I thought you would put up more of fight, becoming a mother has really changed you hasn't it?"

"what..? How did you.. who the hell are you guys!?"

Garrett let go and stood up, "Just a couple of hunters. We've been on your tracks for months, we heard you were the mad woman who killed most of our crew."

Devyn glared at him, "So what? Your crew injured mine. We didn't want a fight, but you sick bastards still attacked.. if it makes you feel better, I made their deaths quick and painless." She chuckled.

He slapped her hard and kicked her out of the other two's grips, making her hit the ground flat on her back and knocking the air out of her system. He stood over her and placed his foot on her chest.

"You know, I always had a hunch that facing you would be fun, and so far," He pressed his foot down. "I'm having the fucking time of my life."

Devyn gasped in pain and tried to get his foot off, looking over to her bag and tried to reach for some kind of weapon.

"Blake, Parker, get the rope. We're gonna have some fun." Garrett grinned and smacked his gun against Devyn's head, knocking her out.

Wait.. Blake? Parker..? Devyn thought to herself and tried to get a good look at their faces.

Blake, a shorter and built man picked up Devyn while Parker, the shortest individual between the three of them grabbed the rope and both of them tied her up to a pole.

Standing up and turning their attention towards Garrett, Parker spoke up with concern.

"You're sure no one is going to get suspicious Garrett..? What if we got the wrong girl and camped out here for weeks for nothing?"

"Most likely they will get suspicious, but doesn't it seem a little odd that she's out here on the random? We've kept track of her posts at the different lookouts, and this isn't one of them. She left for a reason most likely."

Blake also pitched in, "But what about Taylor? She said to bring her back alive.. not to have us kill her out here."

Garrett glared at the both of them, "Fuck what Taylor said. She doesn't know the real damage this bitch has done. She's too pitiful. So stop worrying and just stick to the fucking plan. If she's still alive after we're done, then we'll take her back."

"But-"

"Parker, get your fucking brain together, Makenna was part of that group! She died in that raid! And Blake, what about your brother huh? They both lost their lives because of her, don't we deserve to do to her what she did to them?"

They both stayed silent, sure it was painful to think about, but at least they still had a bit of humanity in them.

"Huh, and here I thought you two would agree. Fine, don't help me, but think of the fucking lives you would avenge."

Garrett walked away to prepare his tools, while Blake and Parker gave each other a look and eventually assisted their leader.

The dark sky made the forest eerie, and the fire that crackled in the barrel filled the air, and Devyn was awakened by a hard slap from Garrett. "Rise and shine princess."

Devyn groaned, her vision was adjusting and focused on Garrett in front of her, while Blake and Parker were standing on the sidelines. She tried her move her hands, but started to freak out when she felt the tight rope around her wrists.

"P-please.. don't do this. I don't even know you! I'm sorry for hurting your people okay? Just let me go!" She cried out.

A swift kick to the stomach made her choke on air, and Garrett held her by the hair and held a knife to her chest. "You think begging will get you somewhere? You didn't show mercy when those people you killed begged for their lives. You will suffer through the pain they did, and you won't make it out alive,"

Garrett dragged the blade of the knife across her chest as her screams filled the air and she squirmed in pain. Parker covered their ears and Blake clenched his fists as he looked away.

"HELP ME! Please! please stop!!" Devyn cried as she tried to get their attention and a faint gunshot was heard in the distance.

Garrett stood up quickly and turned around towards the noise, Blake and Parker grabbed their weapons and loaded them up.

"Search the area, Parker, stay here."

Parker nodded and stood in front of Devyn while Garrett and Blake went into the forest.

Devyn winced in pain as she felt the cold air against her wound and she looked up at Parker.

"Help me.. please.. I know you're not like him.."

Parker gripped their gun and tried to ignore her.

"I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry for what i did.. I had no control.."

"...you killed my partner.."

"I know and I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking.. there's something wrong with me.."

"You're right.. there is something wrong with you. Your people kill hunters for fun.."

"No! That's not what I mean.. I.. I'm infected.."

Parker froze and glanced at her, seeing a slight showing of her bite on her chest that had scarred.

"But-" They flinched as they heard another gunshot and Devyn looked up at them with a desperate expression.

"Please.. you have to let me go.. you know me right? And you know what I'm capable of.."

Parker looked back out to the forest and back at Devyn, kneeling down and cutting the rope. They gave her some bandages and smeared some blood on their face and clothes.

"Go.. head towards Colorado.. there's someone who knows you there. The base will be in the capitol building." They started to hear Blake and Garrett come back and they quickly gave Devyn her bag back.

"Hurry!"

Devyn put her bag back on and Parker laid on the ground as to look like they got beat up.

"Thank you Parker.."

She quickly ran into the dark woods and Garrett and Blake returned, seeing that she was gone and Parker on the ground.

"Parker!" Blake shouted and picked them up. "Are you okay!? What happened?"

"Where the hell is she!? I thought I told you to watch her!"

Parker groaned to play the part, "She went rouge again.. and she escaped.." They pointed to the footprints that were left in the snow.

Garrett growled and threw his gun down.

"Pack up everything. That bitch won't get away."