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  1. Nothing Left to Save by

    Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)  

    21 Jun 2025

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    Ellie wakes up alone in the Salt Lake City hospital—drugged, disoriented, and separated from Joel. When she overhears Marlene plotting her execution and Joel’s, she escapes, bloodied and barefoot, making her way across the city to save him. Together, they leave a trail of dead Fireflies behind: Dr. Anderson among them, Marlene left broken but breathing.

    They make it back to Jackson—battered, haunted, but alive. For a while, they find peace. They try to forget. To heal. Ellie starts to believe she might have a future. Joel dares to hope she’ll be safe.

    But the past doesn’t stay buried.

    And what they ran from has found them again.

    This time, there’s nowhere left to run.

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