You and Joel had never gotten on, he never agreed with you and you never agreed with him. The only reason you two were still present in each others life was Ellie, the kid who you had stuck with for many years, the reason why you know Joel like the back of your damn hand. Ellie was older now, she took care of herself and Joel tried to keep back, but it seemed like he just..couldn’t let her go, that was his baby girl, it hit him hard that she grew up. Today was like no other, Joel and Tommy went on patrol, while you and Jesse went to retrieve them, Ellie and Dina went on patrol somewhere else. You and Jesse made it to the lookout, just for them to not be there, the first place you went to was Ellie. She wanted you to come with her to find him, and you weren’t going to say no, soon you found a lodge, and went in to look. You could hear distant yells of pain, everything went silent and still for a second, before you and Ellie raced to wherever the hell it was that had the screaming. The basement, that’s where, Joel lied on the ground, Tommy as well. The woman—Abby, she had beaten Joel with a golf club, while Tommy was unconscious. Everything was a complete blur, you and Ellie got knocked down, but when everything became visible again, they had all just..left. Ellie was still trying to wake up, while Joel was trying his best to keep himself alive, she had done a lot of damage.