Promises
By: superspartan117
Author's note: I would just like to give a special thanks to:
ml 2 ghost for encouraging me to write this.
I do not own the walking dead. I only own my OC( Jaden)
SUMMARY: Clementine was 16 when this all started. Now she's 18,with Christa. When she gets separated from her,and saved by a total stranger she thinks he's nice. But what is this guy hiding? Are him,and Clem connected? (I'm terrible at summery,also my first fanfic!).
There might be M rated parts in here so be warned.
Clementine's POV
Christa, and I were sitting around our makeshift campfire, waiting for some sort of weasel to cook.
"Christa talk to me." I pleaded
"this will never work." she responded.
she continued "look at this its pathetic. The wood is to wet to burn, there's more smoke than flames."
"At this rate we'll be eating this for breakfast."
"What else can we do?" I asked
"find something that'll burn,maybe. I dunno. Won't be easy to find in the dark and in the rain."
"You should be doing this not me." she continued
"Tending a fire so you can cook and stay warm...it's something you have to be able to do,Clem. Otherwise…."
"We can't build a big fire." I said "It's too dangerous,what if we got spotted out here?"
She gave me a stern look and said
"i'm going to find more firewood,just keep the fire lit." With that she just walked off into the forest
I sat there for another minute before I decided to get up. I looked at the fire and saw that the fire died out. 'S**t' I thought 'christa is going to kill me!' I went through my bag and found my photo of lee,the drawing of Kenny and his family. I also saw some bandages,but I left them in there,and finally found my lighter at the bottom. I relit the fire and looked around to find a dry enough log. 'Why wouldn't Christa just use this' I thought. I put it in the fire and watched as it grew more finally cooking the weasel thing. Just then I heard someone yell
"Where's the rest of your group!"
Then my heart dropped,christa responded with
"I..im alone."
I snuck up to where three men were holding christa
"She's lying!"another man responded
"Cut the s**t lady" a third man said.
"It's...it's just me.." Christa said
I made a choice,and picked up a rock and threw it at the nearest man.
"Run christa,run!" I shouted
I quickly ran off towards the fire,when I noticed that a man from the group was following me. I quickly made a sharp turn to the right then hid behind a tree. I heard him looking for me.
"Get the f**k over here now!" the man yelled
I heard him walking over to the tree I was hiding behind. I bolted forward to the rocks in front of me. I heard him following me,so I slid under a fallen tree,and kept running. A walker grabbed me and I fell to the ground. I backed up as fast I could when the man made short work of the walker. He came at me,but I dodged him,and kept running. I ran so fast I almost went over the cliff in front of us. I turned around to run,but he was already there. I tried to outrun him,but he tackled me to the ground, and pinned my arms above my head. He whispered in my ear
"looks like I'm going to have some fun with you." It took me a second to understand what he was saying,but when I understood, I was terrified. He smiled an evil grin. He was undoing his pants,and tried taking off my shirt.
"No,no please don't!" I begged him
"Get off of her!" someone yelled
Next thing I know a boy ran full speed into the man knocking him off of me. He looked at me and asked "are you alrig-" before he could finish the man tackled him to the ground. The man grabbed his knife,cut his leg,and stabbed his arm. I heard him yell out,but before I could go help two walkers came out of nowhere and were cornering me to the cliff edge. I heard the boy yell
"In my pack,my knife grab it!" I looked around,and saw the backpack about a foot away from me. I quickly grabbed the knife,and made short work of the walkers. I was about to run to help him out,but four more walkers came out of the woods. I looked over,and saw the boy shove the man into the walkers. He got up,and looked over at me. We saw more walkers coming. He suddenly grabbed his backpack,zipped it up,and gave it to me.
He said "Take the pack and jump." I was about to ask him what he was talking about,but he cut me off,and said "look I know you don't know me,but trust me,I'll be right behind you." I looked at him with a kind of sad look before I put the pack on,and jumped in. The water was freezing,I looked up to see if he was freezing,but he just ran off into the forest. I tried fighting the water,but I hit my head on a rock,and blacked out.
Jaden's POV (a few minutes earlier).
I was just walking through the woods trying to find shelter, when I heard shouting
"Where is the rest of your group?!" A man demanded
" I..I'm alone." A woman said
"She's lying!" A seconded man asked
"Cut the s**t lady!" A third man demanded
"It's… it's just me…" the woman said again
All of a sudden I heard a girl shout
"Run Christa, run!"
That's when all heck broke loose.
The girl started sprinting to left while "Christa" ran to the right. two men were after "Christa", one was after girl.
I decided to help the girl. I ran trying to keep up, but I couldn't tell where they went. I heard the man yell
"Are you f***ing kidding me!"
After 5 Minutes I found them. The man was on top of her trying to take off her shirt and undo his pants. She tried to get free but she couldn't.
"Get off of her!" I yelled dropping my backpack; I ran full speed into the man knocking him off.
"Are you alrig-" I was about to ask her, but the man tackled me from the legs down. Then he grabbed his knife and cut my leg, and stabbed my right arm. I yelled out in pain. I looked around and saw the girl being cornered by the cliff by two walkers. I looked at my pack and yelled
"In the pack, my knife grab it!"
She ran over and grabbed my knife and made quick work of the walkers, and was about to help. Before she could four more walkers came out towards me, man, and her. It took all my strength, but I shoved the man into a walker.
I got up, and looked up to see the girl. I saw more walkers coming so I made a quick choice. I zipped up my bag gave it to her, and said " Take the pack and jump." she looked at me like she was about to say something but I cut her off "look I know you don't know me, but trust me, I'll be right behind you." She stared at me with a sad look, then put the pack on and jumped into the river. I knew I had no chance in the water(can't swim well with the injuries),so I ran off into the forest, thankful that my leg was not that bad.
I woke up on a beach with my legs in the freezing cold water. I stood up,and felt an unfamiliar weight on my back. I quickly realized it was that boy's backpack from last night. I didn't mean to be nosy,but I looked inside to find A pair of cloths,cans of food,energy bars,a water bottle,and a picture of a family,and a dog. I saw the boy,but way younger. I presumed that this was his family. Before zipping it up I saw a tag on bag saying it was property of Jaden W. I just realized that a complete stranger gave me all his supplies,saved me,and didn't even know me. I climbed up some destroyed wood stairs. I found a grave,and a walker killed by a sign. I walked on a trail for awhile until I heard,a twig snap. I quickly looked around and saw a dog. He(I presume) started growling at me
"Shhh,Its okay I'm not going to hurt you." I said to him. I checked his collar,and found out that his name was Sam. He led me to this destroyed campsite,where I found a picture of his family. 'looks like they were a happy family' I thought to myself.
I heard sam barking at a tree,and I found out that a walker was tied onto the tree with bungee cord. I noticed a pocketknife in his arm, and thought that I could use it. After killing him with a tree branch I grabbed and cleaned the knife. 'Never hurts to have two knifes' I thought. I digged through a trash can,and found a can of beans,'Yes!' I thought,but when I opened them they were expired,and rotten. I looked at sam,and thought 'He probably wants something to eat to' I saw a cooler nearby,and opened it up only to find rotten meat. I almost threw up at the smell. I took the meat out,and chucked it into the woods. I found some dog food inside for sam,but when I opened it looked expired. I then remembered the food in the pack. I looked inside to find corn,beans,and soup. I opened up the beans,and began eating. Sam looked at me with a sad face, I said "look I will give you some when I'm done ok?" He then did something totally unexpected, he bit my arm hard,and dragged me to the floor. He kept biting harder,and ripping my flesh. I screamed out even though I knew the only thing that would hear me were walkers. When he let go,he went for another bite,but I kicked him off over a log. I heard a sickening sound,and stood up to see Sam impaled on tent,stands. I grabbed my knife,and gave him a mercy killing. I walked for a little while,until I needed to sit down. When I sat down,I started hearing walker moans. 'Oh,why can't I get a break' I thought. I stood up,and started walking. A walker came up,and tackled me to the ground. I tried getting him off,but my arms started to give out,and when I thought I was done for I saw the walkers head chopped off. I heard a man say "I'm out grab her,then let's go!". I then felt two muscular arms pick me up bridal style, and start caring me. I looked up to see two men,one around mid-50s if I had to guess. The other man looked around 20, I guessed.
"Hey,you alright?" The younger man asked
"I...I can walk." I responded knowing that I couldn't.
"Oh, that so? Cause last time I saw, you could barely crawl away from that lurker back there" he said
"Look you're in bad shape kid." he continued. I looked at him like he was blind "I'm not a kid,I'm….18."I said unsure
"Oh,um sorry miss?" he asked. 'Cheesy way to get my name' I thought.
"Clementine,Clem for short." I said
"Well I'm Luke,and this here is pete." He told me
"Where're the people you're with?There is no way you made it on your own." Pete asked me
"We were attacked,by three men." I told them
"These men didn't say they were looking for anyone did they?" Luke asked me
"No,they attacked us for food I were cooking some sort of weasel." I said
"They attacked you for a weasel? D**n that's low." Luke replied.
" Well its nice to meet you Clementine,for now we'll take you back to our group, okay?" Luke continued with "We've got a doctor with us,and you look like you could use some-OH S**T!"
Then he dropped me on my straight on my on my arm.
"What,what is it?" Pete questioned
"She's...she's been bit man,f**k! What are we gonna do here…?" Luke said panicking.
"No! its a dog bite!" I said panicking also.
"I didn't see any dog back there,Clementine." Pete said calmly
"Come on kid we just saw you with those lurkers back there!" Luke exclaimed.
"Please,just look at!" I asked frighteningly
"Yeah,and have you sink your teeth into Pete's neck? No way." Luke said
"My neck? Why am I the one?" Pete questions.
"Because I don't know the difference between a mosquito bite,a human bite,and a dog bite!" Luke replied
"Really? thats just sad." I muttered
"All right, fine. Lets see it" Pete said
"Woah man watch yourself." Luke said. I glared at him after that.
"Hey,don't look at me like that,you're the one that's bitten here." Luke said defensively.
Pete walked over,and rolled my sleeve over the bite "See?" I said.
"Is it,uh..like she says?" Luke asked.
Pete replied "Well could be a dog,hard to say." He continued "So where'd this "dog" go?" .
"What does that matter Pete?" Luke demanded.
"I wanna know how believable her story is." He said. I gave him a sad look,and said "I...I killed it."
"What? Really? A dog shows up,bites you,and you just kill it?!" Luke said shocked
"What would you have done?" Pete asked
"I don't know!" He said
"Well your story is believable enough,but I can't decide on the bite." Pete said "we'll just have to ask Carlos for the deciding factor." Pete said sternly. I got up and started walking with them to their cabin. I started feeling dizzy,and lightheaded. I tried to conceal it,but they both noticed.
"Hey,Clem you feeling alright?" Pete asked
"Yeah...yeah I'm fine just...tired" I said
"Well you better be because I'm not caring you anymore with that bite on your arm." Luke said "I just need to r-" I said falling over. The last thing I heard before hitting the ground was "Aw,s**t." Before the darkness consumed me
When I started coming to I hear unfamiliar voices surrounding me.
"Why the f**k would you bring her here?"
"She's been bitten!"
I decided to keep my eyes closed,so no one would notice me,but enough so I could survey the situation.
"Calm down, we don't know that for sure yet!"
"What the f**k are you talking about, the proof is right there on her f***ing arm!"
"She said it was from a dog!"
"Of course she did, you f***ing idiots!"
"She could be working for Carver!"
I was about to say 'I don't know who you're talking about,but please help me.' Instead I saw Jaden,sneaking up behind the man with the gun. When he noticed me,he put his finger to his lips,and pointed to the gun. I gave him a look,that made him know that I understood what he meant. He was really close to the man with the gun now. Next thing I know Jaden ran full speed into the man with gun taking him by surprise,and grabbing the gun.
"Go run get out of here,run!" Jaden yelled.
I got up as fast as I could and ran to the tree line. Right before I got to the tree line I heard a gunshot. I turned around seeing Jaden lookin at me with fear in his eyes. Thats when I noticed the blood starting to soak through his shirt. Then he fell to the ground unconscious. Everyone look awestruck,like they didn't know what happened,the man with the gun looked like he was shocked with what just happened.
"Woah,what the f**k happened!" Luke said bursting out the house door. He looked over at me,then at the body on the ground.
"Nick,who the h**l is this?!" Luke demanded
"I...I don't know...he just grabbed my gun,and I fought him off then the gun went off." Nick explained
"Carlos,get out here!" luke yelled. This man came running out of the cabin.
"Luke who is this,what happened!?" Carlos(I presumed) asked
"I don't know Nick said he grabbed his gun,and it went off." Luke said. Carlos ran over to Jaden,and started applying pressure to the wound.
"Someone help me bring him inside,grab bandages too!" Carlos said. Carlos,and Pete picked up Jaden,and carried him inside. Luke ran over to me,and asked what happened.
"I don't know,I woke not knowing where I was,and saw a gun pointed at me. I then saw Jaden-" before I could say anything else luke interrupted me.
"wait you know this person?" luke asked
"ya,the night my group was attacked,he saved me. We were surrounded by walkers,so he gave me his backpack,and told me to jump into the river saying he was right behind me,but I guess he couldn't jump in. I found out his name when I woke up,and went through his bag." I said. "When Jaden saw me,I guess he saw the gun,and went to help. When he grabbed the gun he told me to run." I continued.
"Please you have to help him! I begged him.
"We'll help him, I promise." Luke said. We walked toward the rest of Luke's group,and I just stared at the spot where Jaden fell. He looked so scared when he was shot. 'I just hope he'll be okay' I thought.
"Why did you run!" Some pregnant looking lady asked.
"Because I woke up by people I didn't know." I asked.
"What would you have done?" Luke asked defending me.
"I would of figured out what the people wanted in the first place." She spat.
"Rebecca,she was just scared no need to get mad at her for it." Luke said in my defence
"Luke were all scared no need for you to pull that card." Rebecca said.
"Who was that guy anyway?" This big man with glasses asked.
"Clementine said his name was Jaden,and that he helped her when her group was attacked." Luke said.
I just hope he is going to be okay." I said
"He'll be alright." Luke said. Just then I heard someone scream from inside the cabin
Jaden's POV(Earlier that day.
I was running forever trying to ignore the pain in my leg and arm. I found a campsite with a dead weasel(?). Right before I left I found a purple backpack and checked through it: A photo a drawing, a lighter, and some bandages. I started to rap my wounds, knowing that this would barely help. When I finished I knew that I needed a lot more than that to survive. I grabbed the bag, and put everything back in it( just in case). I took a short rest, and kept moving. One thing was on my mind 'I hope she's ok'. I just then realized I helped a complete stranger and gave her all my supplies, 'yep great choices Jaden, great job'. She's fine I kept telling myself, she probably got out of the river... Right? Yeah of course she did. Well she was almost...I'm not going to even think about that. How could people be so messed up nowadays? I kept walking for about day until I heard voices, very faint, but there.
"Why the f**k would you bring her here?"
"She's been bitten!"
"Calm down, we don't know that for sure yet!"
I kept walking when I saw a small group of people arguing around a figure on the ground
"What the f**k are you talking about, the proof is right there on her f***ing arm!"
"She said it was from a dog!"
"Of course she did, you f***ing idiots!"
I decided to move slowly forward not to scare them, but to see what was going on. That's when I saw the girl from earlier on the ground.
"She could be working for Carver!"
She was starting to wake up, and that's when I saw the gun pointed at her. I knew I had step in and help her. That's when she saw me and I saw her and put a finger to my lips, and pointed to the gun. I saw it in her eyes that she understood.
I was three feet away when I ran forward grabbed the gun and yelled
"Go run get out of her, run!"
That man and me was struggling for the gun where he hit me with the end of the gun and pointed it at me. My reactions took over before I could think what to do. Right as he pointed the I grabbed it and
BAM!
I felt a strong pain in my abdomen, and let go of the gun. That's when I saw blood starting to soak through my shirt. I turned around and started walking, but I barely made it two steps, when I fell to the ground. Then everything went black.