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Luke returned to the small gathering of people he had at the very least a somewhat good relationship with - considering that's possibe at Howe's.
"Hey, guys. I have this idea. Okay? Lemme know if you're in or out" Luke said to the small group and made sure the ''door'' was closed before trying to get some blood off his face "Luke are you okay?!" A shocked Bonnie exclaimed and rushed over. Luke nodded a little "Not mine...just some poor guy Bill had me exicute…" Nick stood up "So what was that plan, Luke?" "Getting the hell out of here. I'm done with this place"
Everyone looked at him, and Bonnie stood up "A-are you sure, Luke? We have everything we need right here...we're protected, fed…-" "Yeah and we're commanding people around like they're slaves!" Luke interupted and the crowd went silent
"I'm telling you people, it's a bad idea to stay. I mean what about Rebecca's situation? Hm?" Carlos stepped in "Well you aren't making things better by butting heads with Carver either, Luke"
He went back to the beds to his daughter, covering her ears so she didn't have to hear what was going on "Do what you want, but I ain't stayin'. In two days I'm leaving, and you should make up your minds by then wether you're stayin', or going with me"
Luke walked over to his bed and sat down, tossed his AK-47 onto the ground and sighed before burying his face in his hands as a smaller figure approched him "I'm with you Luke. I just want you to know that" The sound of Clementine's voice saying those words was like a blessing to him. He looked at her with a huge smile "Oh thank you Clem. Are you sure though?" The 11 year old nodded "No matter how dangerous it is, it can't be worse than here, right?"
"Well, it IS very safe here...for us at least. Not for the slaves, or workers or whatever you wanna call 'em...but we have a chance of finding a better place out there, at least" Luke said softly "Well me and Clem are leavin' in two days. Allright? And you are all welcome to join us. I trust you guys to not rat us out, right?" Nick nodded "Whereever you're going, Luke, I'll follow. What about you two?" Nick looked at his family who both nodded
"This is seriously dangerous, Nick. But I'm wiilling to take the chance with you if you and your mom's going. Sarah jumped up "I'll go too!" Carlos' eyes widened "WHAT? Do you even know how dangerous it is?!" Sarah looked a bit down "But I wanna go with Clem…" Carlos looked at his daughter. Then at Luke "Are you sure it'll be better for us?"
Luke nodded "Most defenetly" Carlos sighed "I'll give it some thought, Luke. I'm just saying, this is a bad idea" Clementine looked at Rebecca. Her stomack really started getting big. Maybe she would give birth before they even reached...whereever they were going? What then? What about the baby? Will it survive? If it died, that would be really bad. Alvin would most likely be there if Rebecca went. So they woudn't be all alone against Rebecca if she went crazy.
She then looked at Bonnie. The woman who saved her. She owed her her life. She needed to repay her somehow sometime soon. Reggie also stood up. This was like a court or something...or at least that's what Clem thought. "I'm coming with you Luke. You've been too kind to me for me to not help you out now"
Luke smiled and nodded "Thanks Reggie" Clementine looked at Bonnie, who still hasn't said anything? "Bonnie? What about you?" The redhead looked a little hopeless at the moment "I-I don't know, you guys. This doesn't seem like a very good idea to me. I mean what if we get caught? What if Bill finds us?" Nick shook his head "Would you rather be in here? With him? He's changing, Bonnie! For the worst, how come you not see that yet?" She glared at him "Well you guys ain't helping by butting heads with him all the damn time!" Bonnie snapped back. Clementine looked at the two fighting and decided to step in. "Stop fighting!" The pair went quiet. Luke said softly "Bonnie, if you don't wanna go, I'm afraid we will be leaving you behind" He sighed "It's just the way it has to be, Bon...I'm really sorry" Bonnie stood up "I'll consider it" She then walked away from the group "I'm sorry Luke" Luke nodded and sighed
The day was finally upon them. They were finally gonna run away. Luke asembled the group and walked to where they were gonna escape from. "Allright everyone, this is it" Luke spoke up, but quietly "Everyone who's with me raise your hands. Everyone raised their hands, or at least everyone except Bonnie.
Clem looked back at her "W-why not?" Bonnie sighed "I just don't think it'll be a good idea, Clem. Bill will hunt us down sooner or later! That's a fact...I'm sorry if it makes you feel bad. It's just the way I see it. I won't rat you guys out though. Just...take care of yourselves. Especially you, Clementine. You've grown quite a bit scince I first found ya" Clementine nodded slowly "I will" She hugged Bonnie tightly "Goodbye Bonnie" The rest said their goodbyes, and soon afterwards, they were outside the fence.
They walked quickly and quietly towards the forrest, but then they suddenly heard Troy's voice "EY! They're leavin'! And they've stolen too!" He ran down and sounded the alarm "Shit! EVERYONE RUN!" Luke exclaimed.
Everyone started to run. The sound of the alarm attracted walkers from the forrest. The had to dodge the incoming walkers while keeping up the phase. This was a little too much for Reggie. One of the brances on the trees suddenly trapped his shirt and he fell onto the ground. When he got up, he saw noone because his view was blocked by walkers. He only saw the guys running into the forrest. And a sad Rebecca "Reggie! She exclaimed, but she had to keep going.
They all made it into the forrest but they kept running "You think we lost 'em?" Nick said to Luke as they slowed down a little "Maybe. Maybe not, it's hard to tell. Wait a second...where's Reggie?" Rebecca came up to him crying a little ''He fell, Luke! He's gone" Luke was in a little shock "Oh no...Reggie was a good man. We can't go back for him. We don't wanna risk gettin' caught. I suggest we keep running a little more just in case" Luke said. After a while of running, walking, running, then walking again, they came to an open area with a huge statue in the middle
"There's no way they're following us this far. I suppose we can stop now" Everyone nodded and sat down around the statue "I can't believe we just left him there...who knows what he'll do to him" Rebecca sighed "I can't believe she didn't come with us…" Clementine said softly as she felt tears press against the corner of her eyes. Luke sighed and looked at her "Well Clem, some people just can't see as clearly as others. I'm really sorry. I know Bonnie meant a lot to you" Clementine nodded slowly "Yeah…"