Joel feels the warm wetness of blood smearing over his palm as he touches Ellie's shoulder. Oh, shit. This isn't a safe place to stop and get patched up, though; if they can make it to the cabin, if the cabin's safe--
Like Ellie, he steps over to one of the other bodies, snatches up the gun, empties out the clip. He quickly checks the pockets for any other ammo. Everything he collects, he pockets or reaches behind him to stuff into the side pockets of his backpack.
"C'mon," is all he says once they're done, and then he's off, running as fast as he can up the uneven track. The fire down in the settlement is full ablaze now; it provides enough light so that Joel doesn't need to hit his flashlight on, but he has to make himself not look in the fire's direction. Don't look back. Never look back. Push forward. Just keep pushing forward.
Soon, finally, he sees the cabin up ahead in the distance, forlorn and dark and hopefully deserted. The fire is far back behind the trees by this point; the only light that shines down is from the moon up in the cold night sky. Joel doesn't want to risk putting on his flashlight, not just yet, in case he draws attention to them both, and so he resorts to crouching low and approaching the cabin with careful stealth.
Just as he's about to head out into the clearing that leads directly to the cabin's front steps, he turns and looks at Ellie. "I'll take point through the front. You go 'round the back. If it's clear, secure what you can."
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Like Ellie, he steps over to one of the other bodies, snatches up the gun, empties out the clip. He quickly checks the pockets for any other ammo. Everything he collects, he pockets or reaches behind him to stuff into the side pockets of his backpack.
"C'mon," is all he says once they're done, and then he's off, running as fast as he can up the uneven track. The fire down in the settlement is full ablaze now; it provides enough light so that Joel doesn't need to hit his flashlight on, but he has to make himself not look in the fire's direction. Don't look back. Never look back. Push forward. Just keep pushing forward.
Soon, finally, he sees the cabin up ahead in the distance, forlorn and dark and hopefully deserted. The fire is far back behind the trees by this point; the only light that shines down is from the moon up in the cold night sky. Joel doesn't want to risk putting on his flashlight, not just yet, in case he draws attention to them both, and so he resorts to crouching low and approaching the cabin with careful stealth.
Just as he's about to head out into the clearing that leads directly to the cabin's front steps, he turns and looks at Ellie. "I'll take point through the front. You go 'round the back. If it's clear, secure what you can."