Chapter 1 to Unravel. Thanks to gaara king of the sand and legoryan4579 for ideas.
Rockabye Baby on the Treetop
Her legs were unsteady as Luke placed her down. She wanted to protest, to ask him to hold her a little longer, but she knew they had to get moving.
Luke handed her a weapon while Nick whined about how they would "Never make it through this."
Luke rolled his eyes. "You kidding me? If Clem can handle it, you can."
"Shit." Kenny swore, wide eyed. "I thought they were coming from the south."
"They did." Rebecca said, "Looks like we're in the eye of it now."
"Fuck…" Mike mumbled. "This is fucked…"
"You guys better hurry up and get to smearing if you wanna live. Or you can die here… doesn't matter to me." Jane spoke.
"Oh…God…" Rebecca whispered.
"Do it quick. We need to get covered before the rest of them get close or we're fucked." Jane ordered.
"This isn't going to work…" Rebecca mumbled as AJ whimpered a bit.
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
Sarah shuddered as her father covered her in the blood from the walkers.
Clementine had complained that the smell was making her sick.
Jane told the girl to suck it up and get covered.
Clementine tried not to complain anymore, but she was getting nauseous from the smell of the blood.
Carlos offered to cover her back, she flinched away from him.
Luke then tried, but she wouldn't let him either so Jane took over the job of making sure the girl was covered. Fed up with the child's whines and complaints, she snapped at the little girl to "Shut up."
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
The stench of blood was too strong and before she knew it, Clementine had vomited.
Everyone was panicking, but tried to stay as quiet as they could while watching the girl with looks of concern.
The girl finally stops retching and Sarah asked in a worried voice, "Are you okay?"
"Fine…" Clementine croaked. The child squeezed her eyes shut, trying to will her head to stop spinning.
Clementine could suddenly feel Sarah tugging her forward, but she had become too disoriented to know what was going on.
Sarah continued to tug her friend forward, they'd be safe as long as they stayed near her dad. She just had to stay calm.
And down will come baby, cradle and all
All the noise had Clementine feeling as if she was going crazy. She wished the walkers would shut up as she was starting to get a headache.
Bullets shot through the air and suddenly one flew past her, very close, too close. It hit Carlos in the shoulder and the man groaned.
Sarah let out a shout, "Dad!"
"I-It's okay, Sarah." Carlos hushed her, clutching his shoulder.
Clementine noticed that Sarah's shouting had drawn attention of a walker, that is approaching Carlos, but before it can bite him, it falls lifeless to the ground.
"Are you guys okay?" Clementine jumped startled as she noticed Sarita was now behind them.
Rockabye baby….
Shel and Becca ran outside, looking terrified.
Bonnie told them to get covered.
They looked confused for a moment before quickly catching on.
They quickly started to cover themselves in blood as well before catching up to the group, "I was worried you guys had left us." Shel whispered worriedly. "I'm glad you didn't."
On the treetop
Sarita had a hand on the Clementine's shoulder and was guiding her forward. Clementine felt herself getting dizzy. All the noise was making her head pound and the smell was making her queasy.
"It's okay, Clem." Sarita whispered to the child, sensing her uncomfortableness.
Clementine couldn't remember the last time anything was ever "okay".
She didn't respond to Sarita's soothing voice. She just tried to continue walking.
She stumbled forward a bit, hoping her legs wouldn't give out on her.
Sarita flashes the girl a look of concern, making sure to stay close to her in case the child falls.
When the wind blows….
Her legs are getting heavy and becoming inert. Her body is trembling from exhaustion. She can feel herself swaying with every step she takes.
Sarita notices and asks if the child is okay.
The girl feels like she's going to pass out. She doesn't know what's wrong with her.
"I'm fine." The child mutters. Except she's not fine.
The cradle will rock
Sarita slows down with Clementine, noting how ill the girl seems.
Carlos and Sarah continue forward. Sarah is whimpering while Carlos is clutching his injured shoulder, both desperate to get out of the herd as fast as possible.
Clementine looks around and realizes through her dazed state that the group is slowly getting separated. Half of the group has already gotten split up.
She also picks up on how nervous everyone that is still in her line of vision is acting.
She's starting to wonder if the herd was a bad idea.
When the bough breaks….
Clementine can see Becca clutching to Shel. She almost wants to laugh at the look of fear on the older girl's face. However, she doesn't have enough strength to focus on them. In fact, she can't focus on anything for too long.
Her vision is starting to blur, and everything is spinning. She suddenly doesn't remember what's going on.
All she can think of is sleep. She just wants to lay down and take a nap.
The cradle will fall
Clementine is snapped back into reality when Nick takes a gunshot to the neck and yells out in pain. His yelling causes the walkers to take notice of him and two of them sink their teeth into his shoulder and neck before he can react.
Luke cries out his friend's name, but is unable to help him. He's quickly pulled forward by Vince, despite his struggling to try to get to his fallen friend's side.
Clementine sees the scene through her foggy vision and finds herself feeling sick once again.
She vomits for a second time.
And down will come baby…
Tears drip down her face, falling off her chin.
Clementine wants to blame the water falling from her eyes on her vomiting, but she is unable stop them from falling, long after she stops throwing up.
She didn't know why she was crying. Maybe she was sad over her friend's death, maybe she was frustrated with her weakness, maybe she was terrified of the unknown. She decided it was a combination of all three.
Cradle and all.
Clementine was so exhausted and weak she could barely keep her eyes open.
Her heartbeat is in her ears, drowning out all other noise, including Sarita's concerned voice asking if she's okay.
Her breathing has become shorter, the muscles in her arms and legs are stiff. She wonders if she's dying.
The child collapses to the cold ground. She trembles, too tired to move, she turns her head away from the mess she had made and let her eyes flutter shut.
And down will come baby…
She's dead...
Was the first thing Sarita thought when she saw the child fall.
She quickly made her way to the girl, and looked her over.
Clementine hadn't been bit, not a far as she could tell.
"Clementine?" she called, her heart in her throat.
There was no response.
Sarita turned the girl onto her back and tapped the child's cheek.
Clementine gave no reaction, not even a flicker of her eyelids.
Sarita lowered her head by the girl's mouth, and was relieved to hear small breaths.
Sarita is so distracted by Clementine, that she doesn't notice the walker creeping up behind until it grabs her.
Cradle and all.
Sarita struggles to get the walker off of her, but it's not budging.
She finally manages to kick the walker away, knowing if it bites her, little Clementine will be next.
The walker recovers from her kick and once again starts to lumber after her. However, Sarita finds herself being saved by another woman.
"What's wrong with her?" The woman motioned to Clementine.
"She passed out." Sarita said.
"Can you get her up?" The woman questioned.
"I'm trying." Sarita replied.
"We can't stay here…" The woman looked around. "Shit… Becca?" She called, "Becca, where are you?"
"Who's Becca?" Sarita asked.
"My sister. I'm Shel…" Shel quickly shook her head, realizing now wasn't the time for introductions. "We gotta get her up and-" She was cut off as she noticed the walkers were becoming curious with them.
Sarita notices this as well and scooped the unconscious child up in her arms.
The two women started to make their way through the pack of walkers with the intent on meeting up with the others.
Unknowingly to her, Sarita was walking too closely to the walkers. And she stumbled straight into a walker. The walker made a grab for Clementine, and Sarita quickly back away right into another walker who had come up behind her.
Before its teeth could sink into Sarita's flesh, Shel had pushed it away. The walker staggered back slightly, but had managed to grab hold of Shel's arm. The woman had no time to react as the walker bit her.
Shel shrieked in pain and yanked herself free. Blood was dripping from her arm as the woman gasp in shock, both her and Sarita staring in disbelief at her arm.
"Shel!" Becca ran over to see her sister. Her eyes fell on her sister's bloodied arm, and she felt her heart drop.