An AU where some key events from the second game happen differently, and Ellie doesn't make it to the aquarium. Includes a bunch of perspectives from different characters (including some new ones) and starts a new story centered about friendship, redemption, the Fireflies and the search for a cure for the Cordyceps Brain Infection. This fic also includes illustrations within each

Basically this follows on from where my first Fic, Dying Ground, left off. Please consider reading that first as it sets up this alternative universe where both Mel and Jesse were not killed. After events at the Aquarium, Mel finds herself in unfamiliar territory, heavily pregnant and riddled with anxiety. She has to try and deal with her own sense of loss and guilt to build a new

Having freshly joined the WLF, Abby, Mel, Owen and Manny are thrown in the deep end when they face a Seraphite ambush and it's aftermath.