I could feel rope around my wrists. The wrists which were bound behind me back. I was laying on the ground, on my side. I could hear people walking around, but I couldn't hear talking. I could hear the soft cracking of a controlled fire. The sun tried infiltrating my eye lids which told me I'd been out for at least seven hours. I could smell death. Not like I was on the verge of it... But, like it surrounded me. I knew there weren't any walkers near me, or I'd be dead. My guess was the masks the whisperers wore carried a strong odour.  I could taste something metallic in my mouth. Probably blood. I let a soft groan pass my lips as I slowly came too.

"Alpha, the girl's awake." I heard a man's voice say. He grabbed my right arm as I lay on my left, and pulled me to sit up. I forced my eyes opened and looked around. Carl and Finn were sitting to my left, against trees. I just seemed to be dumped in the middle of the floor. "You're going to love this." The same man whispered to me before backing up. 

I looked around to see everyone pretty much forming a circle around me and the boys. Every person apart from me, Carl and Finn were in those damn masks. I saw that Finn and Carl seemed to be distressed, it did bring me some sort of relief that they were alive though. Alpha suddenly walked into the circle and stood about six feet in front of me. Even with her mask, I knew that she was enjoying this. "Nice of you to finally join us."

"Thanks for including me in this experience." I spoke sarcastically.

She stared at me for a few more seconds before speaking. "What was your reasoning for breaking the laws between our people?"

"I decided: screw it, y'all stinky, mask wearing freaks can't decide shit to control me. Fuck you all." I smiled as I spoke.

"Ellie-" Finn started.

"Shut it, blondie." I ordered without breaking eye contact with Alpha. "It was all my plan. It was my idea to sneak in here and kill you. I decided that I wanted to see your head on a stick. I just dragged these two desperate, pathetic sacks of shit with me. Why don't you let me outta these ropes and me and you go at it? Huh? No weapons. Just fists, just us. Or you too chicken to let your people see you get beat up by a little girl?"

I could see the rage in Alpha's eyes through the mask. She slowly walked towards me, standing right in front of my face before squatting down over my lap. She grabbed my jaw and pulled it close to her face as she spoke. I physically cringed at her smell. "I don't need to fight a pathetic, desperate child like yourself to prove my authority over my people. I have that just by existing. I have complete and utter loyalty just by being me. Why would I waste my energy?"

"You're right." I agreed. "You would be wasting your energy. You know you can't beat me. The last time I lost a fight? I was nine years old, trapped behind a barn with my mother beating on me. You're a nothing. I got some pelt up rage, lady. Come on, let me outta these ropes and let's see what happens."

"Oh, you'll be fighting today." She nodded. "Just... Not against me. See, an Alpha? She doesn't waste her time on petty fights. No need for the Queen to waste her energy. I got a Beta to do that for me." She smirked, she pulled a knife from her waist band and cut off my ropes before she stood up and backed away.

That's when a beast of a man walked into the circle. He must've been hiding behind a tree or something cause this fella had to be nearly seven foot. He had a mask on, but it was like it was cropped as it ended around his nose to show off his beard. He wore a leather jacket that ended around his ankles and boots so big a little old lady could live in them. His eyes were beady as they glared at me, ready to kill. I'd upset his Alpha, which means I upset him. Upsetting him didn't seem like a good idea. I slowly rose to my feet. "Okay, I was looking for a human on human fight. That-" I pointed to the Beta. "-Is not a man." I lowered my hand. "Come on, I mean what is Godzilla doing in the apocalypse?"

"Please don't hurt her! She didn't mean anything she said! She's sorry!" Carl yelled out.

This just seemed to infuriate Beta even more. "Carl, shut up you're making King Kong mad."

"You wanted a fight, Ellie?" I could hear Alpha's smirk as she spoke. "Go ahead. Take the first shot."

"Uh- huh..." I trailed off, looking at him. "Do I have too?"

"Ellie, you haven't lost a fight in nearly a decade, you can do this!" Finn encouraged.

I huffed out before slowly and hesitantly walking the six feet to Beta. I looked up to the man who stared down at me. "Before we do this, I'd like you to know you have a fabulous beard." I tried. His facial expression didn't change. "Come on, man." I muttered. I pulled my fist back and punched his stomach. He physically did not move. Did not react. I shook my fist out a bit as it hurt like hell. I barely registered his fist pulling back before I was on the ground. I'd been punched square in the face. "Ah, damnit." I muttered, spitting out blood. I felt his hand wrap around my ankle, before my body slowly lifted up into the air. He held his arm up in the air as I dangled upside down in his grip. "Woah, shit-" I swore, trying to find any ground but I was literally upside down. He suddenly let go and I landed on my back looking up at him. "Nice, Goliath." I tried in a way you would try to tame a wild animal.

I watched as he pulled his elbow back. He was getting ready to land it into my liver, his whole weight behind it. I rolled out of the way so he splatted onto the floor. I quickly got onto his back and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling back. I began strangling him. "Yes, Ellie!" Carl shouted.

Beta simply attached his hands to my forearms and easily spread my arms apart. He then flipped me over his body so I landed on my back in front of him again. I spun around and kicked him in the dick so hard that I ended his blood line. He actually let out a grunt. He huddled forward, almost landing on me but I rolled outta the way. I stood up and kicked him in the head while he was down. I don't care that it was a dirty move, this fella was as big as the giant marshmallow from Ghostbusters. I kicked him again, I got two more kicks in before he grabbed my leg and threw me a few feet to his other side. I groaned as my head had hit a rock. I reached up and felt blood running from my temple.

Slowly, I stood up and turned to him. He was pulling himself to his feet. "It's like fighting a tree!" I complained. I ran at him to push him over but he moved to the left and pushed me forward. I quickly rolled over to see him standing up again. I didn't hesitate to get up as well, taking a few steps back. He ran at me, but I side stepped him, squatting down and grabbing his right leg. I slipped my left leg between his legs and put it in front of his left leg so I'd trip him over. He landed on his stomach. I was quick to climb up his body and grab his mask before ripping it off his face and keeping it tight in my grip.

I brushed hair outta my face, breathing heavy as I watched him. Would he get back up if he didn't have his mask? I watched as he didn't move. "You play dirty." Alpha stated.

"I play dirty? This prick is taller than the Statue of Liberty while I'm five four and probably concussed!" I complained. If I wasn't before, I was now. That blow to my head with the rock really bloody hurt. I needed to get home to get it looked at to make sure I was all good. Suddenly, someone grabbed my left arm, someone else grabbed my right arm. They both held me back. A third took the mask from my hand before walking over to Beta and handing him the mask. Without revealing his face to anyone, he put the mask over his face. I watched as he kneeled before standing up. He looked to his Alpha for orders.

"Kill her." Alpha ordered.

"Woah, woah no!" Finn yelled. "She played your game! She did what you said!"

"She touched his mask." Alpha countered. More Whisperers shoved fabric in the mouths of Carl and Finn, and held them instead of just restraining them. Beta slowly turned to me.

"Shit, shit, shit." I repeated. I had a man on my left and a lady on my right. Both held my arms tightly. I brought my right foot back and kicked out the back of her knees. When she fell forward, the grip on my arm faltered. I grabbed the back of her face before kneeing her into unconsciousness. I then punched the face of the bloke. He took a step back, I freed my arm, before kicking him in the dick and forcing him to his knees. I grabbed the knife from his belt before slitting his throat. A lady ran at me, but I stabbed her in the heart before she even got a chance. Another man, but I grabbed his arm and spun him around, stabbing the back of his neck before throwing his corpse at two more people. I dodged the grasp of another man before I slashed his abdomen open and kicked him into a lady. Another woman ran at me, she dodged my punch, so I stabbed her heart. Before I could stab another man, my hair was being pulled. 

161.

I spun in Beta's grasp and stabbed his arm since I couldn't reach anywhere important. He simply threw me to the floor, pulling the knife from his arm and throwing it somewhere. I tried to get up, but he punched me in the face.

"Kill her." Alpha repeated her order.

His right fist connected with my face again. I tried to move, but his left hand wrapped around my neck. I tried putting my arms in front of my face, but the impact stopped. He reached for something before I felt a sharp pain in my leg. I cried out as I saw he'd used the knife to stab my leg. He punched my face again. And again. And again. My hands were around the handle of the knife, but I was too weak. I was too weak to pull it out. Slowly, the twitching of my body stopped.

Is this the end of Ellie's story?