[Joel wakes up in a hospital bed. Marlene sits at his bedside.]

Marlene: Welcome to the Fireflies. Sorry about the... They didn't know who you were.

Joel: And Ellie?

Marlene: She's alright. They brought her back. You came all this way... How'd you do it?

Joel: It was her. She fought like hell to get here. Maybe it was meant to be.]

Marlene: I lost most of my crew crossing the country. I pretty much lost everything. And then you show up and somehow we find you just in time to save her. Maybe it was meant to be.

Joel: Take me to her.

Marlene: You don't have to worry about her anymore. We'll take care of--

Joel: I worry. Just let me see her, please.

Marlene: You can't. She's being prepped for surgery.

Joel: The hell you mean, surgery?

Marlene: The doctors tell me that the cordyceps, the growth inside her, has somehow mutated. It's why she's immune. Once they remove it, they'll be able to reverse-engineer a vaccine. A vaccine.

Joel: But it grows all over the brain.
Marlene: It does.

Joel: Find someone else.

Marlene: There is no one else.

Joel: Listen, you are gonna show me where--

[Her attendant knocks him down.]

Marlene: Stop. I get it. But whatever it is you think you're going through right now, it is nothing compared to what I have been through. I knew her since she was born. I promised her mother I would look after her.

Joel: Then why are you letting this happen?

Marlene: Because this isn't about me. Or even her. There is no other choice here.

Joel: Yeah...you keep telling yourself that bullshit.

Marlene: March him outta here. He tries anything, shoot him. Don't waste this gift, Joel.

[She leaves.]

Firefly: Get up. I said get up. Go on. Move. I said move. Gimme an excuse.

Joel: Which way?
[He sees his backpack sitting on a counter.]

Firefly: What the fuck you doin'? Keep walking. I said keep walking.

[He overpowers the guard and takes his gun.]

Joel: Where is the operating room? I ain't got time for this.

[He shoots him.]

Joel: Where?

[Joel shoots him a third time.]

Joel: Where?

Firefly: Top floor. The far end.

[He puts the last bullet in his head.]

Voice: Gunshots! Search the floor!

Joel: Oh shit.

[Joel hides as guards come.]
Firefly: Oh shit. He killed Ethan.

Firefly 2: What?

Firefly: Ethan's dead.

Firefly 2: We got a man down. The smuggler's escaped.

Radio: Locate the target and eliminate him. We'll search the other floors.

Firefly 2: Yes, sir. Search the floor. Find that smuggler and shoot him on sight.

[Joel kills the Fireflies in his way and hides when he hears reinforcements.]

Firefly: Down this way. Stay alert! Oh dear god. It's a fucking massacre over here. Search every inch of this floor. Find this guy now!

Firefly: What's going on down there? Did you hear what I-- Oh shit! He's over here!

[Joel makes it to a stairwell and locks it with a chair.]

Joel: Oh shit. There.

[From 6F, Joel can see the surgery wing's lights active.]

Joel: Yeah, that's it. I'm comin', Ellie.

Firefly: They're not responding. Take up positions. No matter what, he doesn't get through here. Go!

Firefly 2: Who the hell is this guy?

Firefly 3: He brought the kid all the way from Pittsburgh, that's all I know. Marlene insisted on questioning him herself.

[Joel kills another group of Fireflies, then barricades a door.]

Joel: There. C'mon... That should buy me some time.

[He makes it to the surgery prep room. Ellie is konked out on the able.]

Joel: Sweet Jesus.

Nurse: Doctor?

Doctor: What're you doing here? I won't let you take her. This is our future. Think of all the lives we'll save. Don't come any closer. I mean it.

[Joel kills the doctor.]

Nurse: No! You fucking animal!

Doctor 2: Kari, shut the hell up!

Nurse: Please. I don't wanna die. Oh god...oh god...

[Joel disconnects the tubes, lifts Ellie and starts making his escape.]

Joel: Come on, baby girl. I gotcha... Oh shit. Get back!

Firefly: He's carrying her towards pediatrics!

Firefly 2: Come on, man. We just want the girl. Get up here. Now!

Joel: Shit.

Firefly 3: He's over here!

Joel: I'm getting you outta here, girl. I got you. I got you.

Firefly 4: Cover the exits!

Joel: Come on. Goddamnit, which way?

Firefly 5: You got nowhere to go.

Firefly 6: Go around to the other side!

Joel: We're okay, we're okay, we're okay...

Firefly 7: This is your last chance. Drop her now!

Firefly 8: I got him in my sights.

Joel: I said get back!

[He makes it to the elevator safely.]

Joel: C'mon, c'mon.

Firefly 9: Hey! Stop!

[The lift starts moving.]

Joel: Oh god.

[He gets out at the lower parking garage. He presses the elevator stop button.]

Joel: Okay. Come on, come on.

[Marlene is there and points a gun at Joel.]

Marlene: You can't save her. Even if you get her out of here, then what? How long before she's torn to pieces by a pack of clickers? That is if she hasn't been raped and murdered first.

Joel: That ain't for you to decide.

Marlene: It's what she'd want. And you know it. Look...

[She starts lowering her gun.]

Marlene: You can still do the right thing here. She won't feel anything.

[The scene fast-forwards. Joel is driving out of town as Ellie wakes up.]

Ellie: What the hell am I wearing?

Joel: Just take it easy...drugs are still wearing off.

Ellie: What happened?

Joel: We found the Fireflies. Turns out there's a whole lot more like you, Ellie. People that are immune. It's dozens actually. Ain't done a damn bit of good either. They've actually st-- They've stopped looking for a cure. I'm taking us home. I'm sorry.

[Flashback to the parking garage. As Marlene lowers her gun, Joel shoots her. He quickly piles Ellie into the nearby pickup.]

Marlene: Wait! Let me go. Please.

Joel: You'd just come after her.

[The flashback ends as he shoots her in the head.]