After Death
Chapter 1
"Clementine. No don't..." Lee whispered before hitting the ground.
But I didn't hear him. I couldn't over the sight of my undead parents. They didn't know who I was or if I was food. 'Lee!' Suddenly, I snapped to and looked down in a panic.
"Lee!" I gasped. I noticed that some of the nearby walkers were seeing through our facade. I started to panic. 'What do I do? What do I do?' I thought, when I noticed that a metal door was slightly open to the right. Using the crazy amount of adrenaline pumping through me, I was able to pull Lee through and close the door before the walkers could get in.
There were specks of blood on my face and my hat as I hit the security walker for the last few times. I started to pant and shake a bit, out of breath and coursing with more adrenaline. I looked at the walker and shifted my gaze to Lee and spoke.
"I did it. I got-" but my words cut short to the sight of a dead Lee, slumped over the radiator.
"Le-...Lee? Lee?!" I started to shake more and a feeling of dread and panic set in.
"Please don't be dead! I don't want you to be dead! I'm sorry I'm sorry just please! I'm little! I don't...I jus...I" My words fell short as I fell to the floor and started crying, gazing in the direction of what was Lee. 'I'm sorry Lee. I'm so sorry. I killed you I'm sorry'. I was unable to look any longer. I leaned against the display case next to me, facing away from Lee, and just cried.
I don't know how long I sat there crying but it was long enough. My crying ended, and I could hear the ground scrape and a low dull moan. I was still facing away from Lee. 'Oh god Lees going to be a walker now. I'm sorry Lee. I'm sorry'.
I turned around slowly, and saw that Lee had turned. He become a walker. I froze when I looked at him. It was the same feeling I had when I saw my parents. I didn't know what to do. I noticed his eyes open and he started looking around the room. And then his gaze rested on me. I twitched. 'He's going to want to eat me now'. But he didn't try to eat me. He just kept looking at me, as if he just woke up from a long sleep. And then he waved at me.
'He waved...at me. What...' I didn't know how to approach the situation. Instead of trying to grab and bite at me, it was just sitting calmly, looking at me. It stopped and looked at the handcuffs on around its wrist, then back to me as if asking to get it out.
"L-Lee? Is that...are you still...you?"
It made this growling guttural noise before it stopped and just nodded its head yes. He must of seen that it frightened me a little.
"But if your a walker, how are you still you? I don't understand this." But it didn't seem that walker Lee did either, as he just shrugged his shoulders. I started to look at him and noticed he already was looking different. His face had sunken and he seemed like he was smaller in weight. He definitely was a walker and it made me feel bad that he was like this. I couldn't keep how I felt bottled up any longer. It all just started to burst out.
"Lee I'm sorry I made you a walker. I didn't mean for this to happen. I should have listened to you. I...I'm sorry." Fresh tears were trying to squeeze out of my eyes but I held them back. The walker Lee looked a little saddened and just put his hand out to me. I didn't know whether or not he would try to bite me though. 'Its Lee yeah, but he is still a walker.' Even still going over the thought, I absent mindlessly moved close and put my hand in his hand. It was cold, yet still somehow soothing. He just looked into my eyes and did what passed for a smile. I forced a smiled back and handed him the keys from the officer.
"Here, one of these should go to the handcuffs." He found the right key and undid the cuffs. He stood up slowly and limped toward me with his arms out. Shocked I looked up scared, thinking he was trying to attack me. Instead, he grabbed and hugged me tighter than he ever had. He retracted when he heard me yelp.
"You scared me! I don't know what's going on and your a walker! Dummy!" I yelped. Lee looked down at me and raised his arms like he didn't want any trouble, signaling he wouldn't do it again.
"Good." I said with a slight smile. I still felt bad about what happened with everyone and Lee, but I was simultaneously happy that he was still around, even if he was a walker. Then a thought popped into my mind.
"Um. How do we get out of Savannah?" I asked Lee. He looked towards the door and then back at me. Then something must of struck him like a bus cause even his undead face seemed like it had a good idea. He just pointed at my dress then at himself and the door. It took a minute but I finally understood. I still had guts on me, and he was dead anyway.
"Um...OH! Yeah, alright. Lets go then. I don't wanna stay here in Savannah anymore anyway. Not with everything that has happened here." 'Chuck, Ben, Kenny. My parents and Lee. Everyone died...But somehow he's still here' I thought to myself. I looked at Lee with a smile and then towards the door.
"Well here goes nothing"
We walked through the door, out into the wild sea of undead moans that was Savannah.