The Walking Dead Game

"No Going Back Introduction" by airbrozil

We are in first person perspective as Clementine opens her eyes; in her sight is the body of Arvo lying on the ground, and Kenny as well lying on his right shoulder moving in pain. You cannot hear anything but the sound of ringing in her ears. A sharp pain is coming from the left lower half of her stomach, she fears she is hit but has no time to process what is happening. You look up and see Buricko, the intimidating tattooed Russian kneeling on the ground with his back against a tree, his AK47 rifle is dropped in the snow. He is holding his chest with both of his hands as blood is gushing from a gunshot wound. As Clementine quickly scans the area, she sees Mike standing up looking around as Clem is, he appears unscathed. Mike is screaming loudly, but we can barely hear what is going on. The man with the shotgun in front of Mike is lying on the snow and from the distance of Clementine we can make out a pool of blood surrounding his head. The once beautiful snow is now coated with the reddish tint of human blood.

Mike quickly grabs the shotgun from the dead body of the Russian, as he turns around Kenny is standing on his feet but bent over holding his right shoulder with his pistol. Kenny turns to Clementine and offers his hand. As Clementine stumbles to her feet, she sees the body of Bonnie lying on the ground lifeless, she fears the worst. She can now make out conversation but the sound of ringing is still faint. We hear the baby crying as it lies in the arms of Rebecca. Clementine tries to rush over but as she moves her body forward in a sudden movement, she feels the sharp pain again from her stomach and kneels down. 'Clementine, are you okay?" Kenny asks in a panicky voice. As she begins to check her wound, Mike walks over to Buricko with the shotgun as Kenny quickly shields Clementine's eyes. A loud gunshot is heard as Buricko's head explodes against the tree leaving a very gruesome scene. Clementine pats Kenny's arm down and views the horrific mess and opens her mouth in shock. "Kenny!" Clementine screams.

A shot from Arvo's sister rings out as she lies on the ground and the bullet strikes Kenny in his abdomen, he screams and falls to the ground. The sister is in shock, she slowly lowers her pistol as her brother Arvo is crawling away from the scene. Clementine looks to the ground and endures the pain as she grabs her 9mm pistol, and acting on natural instinct, shoots and kills Arvo's sister with a pinpoint shot right between her eyes. "Luke are you okay?" Mike yells. Luke is lying on the ground behind Clementine, lying on his back still gripping his AK47. Clementine glances at him and notices a wound in his chest.

Arvo is crawling away from the scene, yet to notice his dead sister. Kenny, walking slowly because of his wounds makes his way to the feet of Arvo. He is breathing heavily, his metal contraption on his leg is making an annoying sound each time he drags his left forward. He hears the footsteps of Kenny and his boots against the hardened snowy ground. He turns his head back and spots his sister lying dead on the ground as he stares in complete disbelief. This scene is then blocked by Kenny as he walks towards him slowly. Arvo stops crawling as he is shaking of fear. Kenny places his right foot over Arvo's body and Arvo is lying on the ground between his legs. Kenny yelps of the pain from his gunshot wounds, as he bends down and grabs Arvo's right shoulder. Using both hands, he flips Arvo over, and now the two are making eye to eye contact. Kenny has an evil look in his eyes as he glares at the face of Arvo. He put his hands on Arvo's shoulders.

"You see that baby back there?" Kenny shakes his shoulders asking. Kenny waits for a moment as Arvo nods his head slowly, this angers Kenny even more. He shakes Arvo and pulls his shoulders forward and forces him to look. "You see that woman holding him?" Kenny barely waits a second before raising his voice. "You better say answer me you piece of shit!" "Yes, yes, please". Kenny pulls his right arm back as he swings and punches Arvo strongly at his right cheek. Kenny yells once in pain from his wound. He reaches for his pistol next to him, and with a swift motion shoves the barrel into Arvo's mouth. Arvo begins gasping for air as Kenny stares into his eyes, his body shaking from the loss of blood and the cold. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't end your fucking life right now". Kenny twists the barrel in his mouth and shoves it farther down his throat as he begins to choke. "These people are my family, years ago I had a wife, a kid, everything, and now, these people are all I have." Clementine holds the baby even closer to her and puts her hands over the baby's ears as the baby begins to crack a small smile.

"Give me the nail file". Clementine is shocked to hear this voice. She gazes to her right as Jane is standing before her wearing her jacket, yet it is drenched with blood. It looks to be Walker blood because of the odd red coloration. "Jane...?" Clementine asks. Jane looks at Luke, still lying on the ground, staring into the sky. "Clem come on!" She insists. Clementine slowly lets loose of her grip of the infant as she reaches in her pocket for the nail file, she finds it, and gives it to Jane who snatches it from her hand. As she tightens her grip around the baby, the sudden pain arrives again as she begins to press on the spot of the wound beneath her jacket with her arms. "Ouch" she murmurs.

'Please, please, my father, he was in a militia back in my home land, he taught me first aid skills". Arvo quickly gives a reason for Kenny to spare his life as Kenny is still staring into his eyes, holding the 9mm about an inch from his mouth as he speaks. "In Wellington, we have a small group, supplies, baby supplies; we found them and kept them". Kenny stops him as he presses the barrel into Arvo's lips. "You lie to me?" 'No! Please no!" Arvo responds. "Name someone then in your small group then". Arvo thinks for a moment. "Lily, some other man, Edward, Eddie, yes that is his name". Kenny's eyes open as he remembers a Lily from years ago.

"I can't get this out Luke". Jane pauses for a brief second. "It's way too fucking deep, we need better tools, this won't do it". Luke tilts his head up and snaps out of his daze and notices Jane for the first time. He smiles. "Am I in Heaven?" Jane cracks a small smile and replies. "You're such a romantic". She grabs his right hand and squeezes it for a brief couple of seconds. She lets go and focuses back on the wound. "Look Luke this isn't the time!" She lets out. "I've got a bandage, I found some on some dead walkers, we'll have to wrap this up, you're losing blood quickly".

"Help us over here someone!" Mike lets out. Jane turns and looks at him. Mike is holding Bonnie in his arms as she is breathing very fast. Jane notices a bullet wound in her right arm and left leg, blood is quickly streaming down from her left pants leg, it is covering Mike's shoe as he holds her knelt on the ground.

"We've got some bandages, let's just go, we can make it there if go". Kenny thinks about what Arvo has said to him, he looks around at status of the group. Jane is tending to Bonnie with a bandage as Luke is still lying motionless; he witnesses Clementine holding the baby while he notices tears coming down her cheeks. "We've got tools; we can take out bullets, I promise, my Father taught me!" He begs. Kenny turns his head forward and focuses on Arvo and threatens him. "I hope you paid attention to what he taught you, because that's the only thing stopping me right now". Arvo lets out a gasp of air of relief. "Get the fuck up and help her". He let's go of Arvo and stands up as he shrieks from the pain of the two shots. Kenny stumbles, as he falls down to his knees. Arvo notices Jane forcefully applying a gauze bandage to the left leg of Bonnie. "Let me see". Arvo says as he stands up, his jaw very sore from the punch from Kenny and the barrel forced down his throat. He walks over and inspects Bonnie. "Oh shi-" "What?" Mike yells. "What!" He repeats raising his voice louder. 'Let me see the wound!". He insists. Jane let's go of the bandage and as soon as she does blood squirts from the wound and stains the already stained clothing of Jane. "Put it back on, it's hit her artery, just press the wound as hard as you can quickly!" Jane begins pressing the bandage trying to stop the blood, but the flow of the blood is overwhelming. "Bonnie?" Mike asks. Bonnie's eyes begin to close as her body quickly spasms. Her eyes once closed suddenly jerk open staring into the cloudless pale sky. They all stare as Mike begins to cry as he holds Bonnie close to him.

Arvo swallows and is shocked as he watches a human pass in front of him. He begins to limp over to Luke as he kneels down next to him. As his knee touches the cold ground, he looks at Clementine still holding the baby, watching the scene unfold with Mike, Bonnie, and Jane. Kenny is now down on his knees holding his wounds. Arvo notices the body of his Russian friend with the shotgun, pale and dead. He then notices the terrifying sight of what remains of his once friend Buricko against the tree. Arvo stares at the sight, completely in a state of shock. "Tell me some good news man damn". Arvo looks back down at Luke and begins to acknowledge the wound. He inspects it briefly. "You, you, you'll be fine." He stutters and pauses. "We have to get you back to Wellington now, we've got the tools, I can repair this. Hold this bandage, rest for now, we will have to move soon".

Arvo glances up at Clementine who is staring at him with a death stare. "We have some baby supplies Clementine". Clementine still stares at him, as if she didn't acknowledge a word he said. Arvo looks down at Luke who is pressing the bandage on his wound. "We can get to Wellington, we cannot stop, we have to move now". Arvo tells the group, he waits for a response but the group seems to ignore him. "We can save the wounds, I can remove the bullet. I didn't mean for this to happen, I promise". Again, Arvo's pleas are ignored. "Just". "Shut" "Up!" Clementine screams to him as a flow of tears run down her heavy eyes. As Arvo shares an eye to eye moment with Clementine, he is immediately burdened by the pain of what he has indirectly caused. He bows his head down as Luke turns his head to view Clementine, he looks back to Arvo. "If looks could kill, huh?'.

"We have a woman in Wellington, she used to have a kid, she can help with the baby!" Arvo pauses. "She had a male friend, he was shot at some service station, she is strong, she can help, and we can make it out of this!" Clementine wipes away some tears from her face as the baby begins to cry suddenly. "What is her name?" Clementine asks him.

"Her name is Christa".