While caring for a critically wounded Joel in an abandoned house, Ellie encounters a group of starving survivors led by a charismatic preacher named David .
David captures Ellie and attempts to recruit her, admiring her "violent" nature. When she refuses, he and James prepare to butcher her .
Ellie bites David, claiming she is infected (which is true, but she is immune), causing a distraction that allows her to kill James and flee into a burning restaurant .
