A/N This story will have pairings but I don't want to say who will be paired with whom for two reasons. 1. I want the story to be more focused on the changes in the story rather than the pairings. 2. I think it's more fun to leave you guys guessing.

Disclaimer: Disclaimer: These characters belong to the Walking Dead game which is the property of Robert Kirkmen and Telltale games.

"It's now or never Lee" Kenny shouted as he ran ahead to deal with the walkers.

Lee knelt down to get a better grasp of the situation. He first though of the chain but that proved useless. He then tried to use the axe to wedge the trap but that fell through as well. At one point he actually thought of cutting down the tree in which the chain was attached. However he knew he was simply delaying the inevitable.

"I'm gonna have to cut you out" He said bluntly.

The teacher seemed petrified. "No, no, no try the trap again! Anything, please!" He pleaded.

Lee honestly felt sorry for him but he knew what had to be done. He raised his axe and brought it down on the man's leg. He screamed as though someone was pouring hot oil on him, but the leg was still attached.

It took another three swings before the leg was free from the trap At least the majority of it anyway thought Lee.

At the site of his foot no longer being attached the man completely went into shock and blacked out.

Lee heard Travis throwing up to his right while Mark approached his left side.

"Is he…" Mark began to ask.

"He passed out" Lee stated.

"If he's alive, grab him and let's go!" Shouted Kenny.

Mark grabbed the man and followed Kenny. Lee checked behind him to see how the other teenager was doing.

"Behind You!" Lee shouted noticing the walkers closing in on him.

"Travis!" Called the other teen

Travis seemed frozen in place as the walkers zoned in on him.

Lee dashed forward and planted his axe in the head of the nearest walker. He then grabbed the boy and started running in the opposite direction. The other teenager followed in toe and soon the three were leaving the mass horde of walkers behind and heading for the safety of the Motor Inn.

The day was dull as usual. Katjaa was watching Duck Color, while Carley was getting some rest. She did handle most of the night shifts so sleeping during the day was essential for her. Lilly thought to herself as she sat on watch. The RV had provided a nice vantage point in which she could see nearly everything that was going on both outside and inside the Motor Inn.

She wondered whether the men had found anything. It was hard to believe how little food was truly left. Even harder to believe how little wildlife there was nowadays in the backwoods of Macon. Even the birds had ceased from chirping except on occasion.

*Clank*

A nearby sound temporarily separated Lilly from her thoughts. When she found them again she now was more concerned about the men rather than whether they had found anything. Every time they went out there Lilly would find herself wondering whether they would make it back.

*Clank*

There was that sound again. Looking down Lilly saw it was Clementine kicking a soccer ball against two nearby barrels. What would she do without Lee? Lilly thought. Of course the same was for Kenny. If he didn't return then that would leave Katjaa and Duck heart broken. Mark was the odd man out of course. He had no family or friends here and in truth Lilly wasn't exactly fond of him. Lee would most likely be the only one to truly miss him if something were to happen. They two had become good friends over the past three months.

*Knock Knock Knock*

Lilly's thoughts were again interrupted but this time by the sound of her father who had been hammering a screw into the fence with a rock.

She turned her eyes to him and he almost immediately looked back. She gave him a small smile but was once again interrupted by a sound. This time it came from the bushes nearby the entrance to the Motor Inn.

She turned her rifle to where the sound originated.

*Clank*

She focused her eyes on what could be walkers or bandits or both.

*Clank*

Looking to her right Lilly let off a high pitch whistle which sent everyone into watch mode.

She once again turned her attention to the bushes outside their camp.

Suddenly Lee appeared out of the brush.

"Get the gates open! We got wounded." He shouted

"What the Hell are they doing?" Lilly asked herself

Lee opened the gate and Mark came in carrying what Lilly assumed was the wounded man. As soon as he did so the group swarmed them. Clementine seemed to be worried about Lee, while Katjaa was more shocked that the man was missing a leg. Larry seemed pissed at the situation, but Lilly only had one thing on her mind as she climbed down from the RV.

"Lee!" She shouted "Lee! What the hell?! You can't just be bringing new people here! What are you thinking?!"

Kenny butted in as usual trying to get Lilly to calm down. Larry attempted defend his daughter but Lilly didn't need him.

"No I don't! I want to know why you thought bringing more mouths to feed was a good idea?!" She retorted though she was still focused on Lee as oppose to Kenny knowing which one was more reasonable.

"He would have died if we left him?!" Lee replied.

"So what" Larry butted in.

"We are not responsible for every struggling survivor we come across. We have to focus on our group! Right here. Right now.

The conversation continued that way for a few minutes though as these things usually went everyone but her, Lee, Kenny and her father refused to get involved.

At one point once again as normal Kenny questioned Lilly's leadership driving the woman to nearly a boiling point.

"Oh come on Kenny this had nothing to do with who's in charge!" Lee suddenly shouted.

Lilly felt slight relief as Kenny turned from her to his friend.

"Yes it does…"

"No it doesn't, these people are here now and that's that. The next step is to decide what to do with them once Katjaa's done fixing his leg."

Lilly remained silent. Lee hadn't bad mouthed her or stood with Kenny. Two things she was at least partially grateful. Though in truth he wasn't exactly siding with her either. Not surprising as Lee hardly ever took sides.

"You know it might feel safer for you to sit on the fence, but sooner or later you're gonna have to decide who's side you're on." Kenny said while leaving.

"I don't see any of you stepping up to make the hard decisions! My girl's got more balls than any of you combined." Larry said to Lee!"

Lilly was glad her dad was standing up for her but at the same time this would be easier with him not there.

"Dad, please. Why don't you go help Mark with the wall?" She asked nicely.

Larry stared at her and back at Lee before grudgingly making his way over to where Mark was.

"You think this is easy? Why don't you give it a try then?" Lilly asked Lee as she headed over to the backpack containing this day's rations. She grabbed two cracker and cheese packs, a slice of beef jerky, and half an apple and handed them to Lee.

He looked at her for a moment but seemed to accept the fact that he would have to do this.

"Good luck" She said as she returned to her watch. Though she was more focused on who Lee would choose to give rations to as opposed to what was lurking outside the fence.

Looking down she noticed all eyes were on Lee for a moment before everyone went back to what they were doing.

Good now you know how I feel she thought.

Lee placed the items in his pocket and headed to the right side of the RV. Clementine had invited the other two recent members to watch her and Duck color. Carley was also there watching the kids. Lilly however wanted to see who Lee was going to give food to. Without even blinking he handed both Clementine and Duck a cheese and crackers pack. To which the children practically jumped for joy.

That was obvious Lilly thought. Lee would be the one to give the children food first. Lilly had on occasion seen him give both Clementine and Duck his own rations. She honestly admired that part of him that would seemingly do anything for those kids.

Lee left the group and headed for…. the truck?

She began to wonder if he was going to give Katjaa anything. She watched as he placed his hand on the man's detached leg.

Leave to you to help a stranger rather than hand out food to your friends. Lilly thought. However once again she couldn't help but admire him for it.

"Here eat something" Lee suddenly said to Katjaa.

"Why don't you give it to Duck? I'm a little busy with your mess right now." She replied.

Lilly wasn't sure which was more surprising. That Lee went to Katjaa next or that she rejected the food.

However Lilly had no time to think about that as she heard the door behind her open. Out emerged a slightly overweight man which she honestly was surprised had not woken up earlier. Doug walked over to Carley and the kids and Lee went from Katjaa back to them.

She tried to listen in but could only here mumbles, that is until Lee offered Doug and Carley the remaining two pieces of food.

What about me and my dad?! She thought. However what happened next would only baffle her more.

Both Carley and Doug rejected the food claiming it's best if Lee have it.

They never did that when it was her handing out the rations. What makes you so special?

She was so caught up in her own thoughts that she hadn't noticed Lee was right below her.

"Here" he said as he handed her the half an apple.

She had to restrain herself from reaching out for it out of pure hunger. She was grateful he was offering her food but she had just witnessed three people turn him down. She was not about to accept his generosity.

"I don't want anything from you" she said.

Lee put the food back in his pocket and immediately she regretted not accepting. However she was not one to backtrack.

Looking back down she noticed he was still there.

"You and Kenny need to work things out." He said plainly.

Not you too she thought. "Listen I am working as hard as I can and Kenny just doesn't appreciate it."

"Perhaps he's right. Maybe the Motor Inn isn't safe anymore."

"No." Lilly nearly shouted. "We're safe here and we have a routine, we're close to the pharmacy…. All we need is food."

"But there is no food; you know that better than anyone."

"Then we'll just have to find some." She stated

Lilly averted her eyes but could tell that Lee hadn't moved.

"Lilly I…" He started

"What?" She asked

He simply shook his head and headed toward Mark and her father.

What was that about? She wondered

She had no time however as she saw him converse with her father and Mark. He handed Mark his axe which apparently drove her father crazy until Lee handed him the half apple.

Lilly was shocked. She had already counted her dad out when she handed Lee the rations. Lee then handed the beef jerky to Mark and began to walk over to where she was.

"Well that's it." He said.

"Not such an easy job is it?" She asked.

"Never said it was." He replied. "I don't envy you. I don't know how you have the strength to do this every day."

"I don't have a choice."

At that moment Kenny walked up and thanked Lee for taking care of the kids.

Lilly remained silent though she was glad her dad got to eat something.

"Hey Lilly" Lee said causing her attention to turn back to him.

"About your dad….." He began before being cut off by Katjaa. She yelled for both Lee and her husband.

The two went to her though Lilly could already guess what this was about. Suddenly Kenny began cursing and walked off leaving Katjaa and Lee. Lilly shook her head. Kenny was always one to overreact.

Suddenly Katjaa scream. Looking to her left she that the patient had reanimated and Lee was struggling to pull him off Katjaa. Once that was done he screamed for the axe but was pulled back by the walker.

Lilly aimed her sniper but couldn't get a shot. So she climbed down the ladder to try and get a better angle. However by then Mark had already jammed the axe in the car and Carley had taken care of the walker.

"Why'd you bring him here in the first place!?" Larry shouted.

"Dad calm down" She told him. She didn't want him to have another heart attack.

"Why didn't you tell us he was bitten?!" Kenny shouted at the two boys.

"But….. But he wasn't bitten." Said Ben

"Well you're non-bitten friend here came back and tried to kill my wife!"

"Ben I don't think they know" Travis said

"What are you talking about?" asked Kenny

"It's not the bite that does it" Ben said plainly "You come back no matter how you die. If you don't destroy the brain that's just what happens."

Lilly didn't know how to accept the news. Though it made sense, during the first couple months the walker's numbers grew so fast.

Suddenly Doug's alarm system went off and everyone's attention went to the fence.

Carley already had her gun pointed at two men who had tripped over Doug's wire.

Though wary of the intruders the group still talked to them and was able to come to an arrangement. Gas for food.

Lilly just had to decide who to send. Not that it was a difficult decision.

"Lee why don't you go check these people out see if their legit."

Lee agreed.

"Take Mark and one of those new guys with you." She told him

"I'm going to" said Carley

"Me too" Doug stated "I really want to see that electric fence."

"All right!" Shouted Lilly "This isn't a party."

With that the group was off and Lilly's feeling of concern returned to her. If this worked out then hopefully they would have enough food to keep them going for a while.

But if it turned out to be something else then God help them all.

A/N that's chapter one. Hopefully most of you made it to the end. Now I realize this one is pretty similar to what happened in the game (aside from Travis surviving and both Doug and Carley). However I plan on making Travis a key player in this alternate version of the story. In future I will try to skim over any events that are identical with what happened in the game but unfortunately was not able to do it here.

Thank you all for reading and God bless.