Lee Everett coughed twice and leaned his head against the wall almost hysterically chuckling to himself. His thoughts went to the beginning, He was riding in a squad car chatting up a friendly storm with his police officer. The two were smiling and the police officer was telling him about a man in the back before he smashed into a Walker without looking at the road. He woke up and found the officer dead and he killed him again in a panic, Lee was sure he killed the man but quickly realized the dead come back. He quickly ran into a little girl named Clementine and he was so happy to meet her because she practically saved his life. Lee smiled recalling staying in the tree house, chess was fun and she was really interested in learning on how to play. They waited until it was night and they met a Shawn Greene and Andre Mitchell that night. He ad little interaction with the two but he rather enjoyed the fact that Mitchell wasn't looking for him. They got to Shawn's farm and he couldn't remember much of it, all that he could remember was the advice the father gave him and worst of all his decision.
Lee coughed as he remembered clearly that he saved the kid instead of Shawn. That moment started the friendship of him and the boy's father Kenny. Lee's heart started to break remembering Katjaa's lifeless body lying next to Duck's sickly body. Lee tried to put his left hand on his face but realized he cut it off to stop the infection. He laughed and bumped his head against the wall. He put Duck out of his misery. Kenny was falling apart and Lee kept backing him up until Clementine disappeared. The two batted heads and then Ben bled out his heart to Kenny and Lee felt really bad about treating the kid like shit before he saved him. Lee started to cry looking down at his hand handcuffed to the heater and sighed.
His mind traveled from Ben to Carley, this broke his heart even more. He loved her and she was taken from him in a split second. Lee was half tempted to kill Lily for what she did and he just left her on the side of the road. Lee sighed and then quickly thought of Molly. She was the first woman that he actually opened up to after Carley and he was hurt when she decided to leave. He smiled and though about everyone, Omid, Kenny, Christa, Molly, Carley, Mark, Doug, and Clementine. He chuckled once more and closed his eyes just when he heard his voice from a woman. He looked up slightly extremely tired and saw that it was a woman calling for someone else. He managed to speak out, "M... Molly..."
Lee's slowly opened to four people in a room. He saw that the first person was in fact Molly and she had her back to him. He looked over to the next man holding needle and thread arguing with Molly. His eyes traveled to the next man and they slowly opened wider, "Kenny..."
"Lee," Kenny crouched down next to Lee with a sign of relief and shock. "Holy shit man I didn't think you would come back!"
"Where," Lee looked around and noticed his hand wasn't handcuffed and he was in a bed.
"Your in a house just outside of Savannah," Molly said. "I managed to find Kenny and-."
"Got a surprise for you Lee," Kenny said with what seemed like tears in his eyes. He pointed to the bed next to him and Lee's heart sank with shock and happiness. Ben's lanky body was laying down looking at Lee in disbelief and also amazement.
"Holy shit dude," Ben managed to choke out.
"Good to see you too Ben," Lee jokingly said. Ben looked as if he said something wrong and Lee laugh. "Joking Ben. It is really good to see you."
"Well," the fourth person in the room closed up his medical bag and sat down in a chair. He pulled out a pack of cigarettes and plucked one out and put it into his mouth and a second one behind his ear. "It's been four days Lee Everett. Good news is you ain't infected, bad news is you don't have an arm."
"Thanks Mr," Lee slowly sat up looking at the man.
"Please I know your first and last name," The man lit the cigarette and took a puff out of it. "And I know you are a killer. Names Ronald Morris, don't you worry about that killer stuff, I killed four men from Crawford."
"You from Savannah," Lee asked.
"Born and raised," Ronald said taking another short puff. "Been a doctor hear for bout thirteen years now I reckon."
Lee looked at the bald man in curiosity but was mainly worried about the rest of his group, "Ken did Christa and Omid make it?"
"Shit man I thought they were with you," Ken sighed. "I pushed you back and fired off the round into a walker's head next to me. Shit man I panicked and grabbed Ben. He didn't scream out and I managed to toss him on my back and duck into a hole in the building you were on. I tried linking up with you guys but I ran into Molly again."
"Good thing too cause I was getting the good doc some medicine supplies," Molly interrupted.
"And we were truly thankful," Kenny added with a smile. "Ben passed out before I got him to Ron over there and he patched him up."
"Kid's lucky," Ronald's thick southern accent was very noticeable and Lee looked at Ben who was sound asleep. "Some how that piece of medal missed every vital organ and a better patient."
"I-I twisted my ankle carrying you man," Kenny chuckled. "Haven't let him take a look at it till I knew you were fine. Believe it or not neither me or Molly has left your side man."
"I am gonna check on the fortifications I need you two to help me," Ronald finished the Cigarette and started to the door. He stopped and looked at Lee. "I wouldn't recommend that you get up for the rest of today, you are suffering from blood loss, but tomorrow we gotta go."
"I will come bother you two later," Kenny said standing up he lipped over to the doorway and smiled. "And access our options."
"I will too," Molly said gently tapping Lee's left shoulder. She looked down to his arm and looked saddened. She walked away with Kenny.
Lee smiled and laid his head back down and looked around the room. He noticed the room had the stereotypical teenager room, Iron Maiden poster's and punk rock stuff everywhere.
"Lee," Ben spoke with his eyes full of sorrow and pain. "Why did you save me? Why did you let me fall?"
"Ben," Lee recalled the time they were on the train and Ben was talking about putting him down before he could get eaten. He sighed and sat up slowly. "Earlier on the train you told me something, dropping you, that would have made me the biggest untruthful thing I have ever done. Ben I knew that if I dropped you... you would have survived and then I would have to listen to your screams knowing I could have saved you."
"But," Ben started but saw Lee wasn't finished.
"Ben I forgave you long ago about Carley," Lee looked up to him hurt from what he was saying. "We all make mistakes, and we all get second chances. I was going off to prison for murder, and then the world changed. You messed up once at the Motor Inn and you never got that Second chance. I was bit by a walker and I am forever in Christa's dept for what she did in the hospital. She gave me a second chance and I got Clementine out of the hotel. You made a mistake it isn't something that you should beat yourself to death about."
Ben looked at Lee as if he was about to cry. He rubbed his eyes and silently cried knowing that Lee meant everything he said, "Thank you Lee... You don't know what this means to me... I really don't know how to say this but Kenny might now be able to forgive me like you are."
"Ben," Lee smiled with his heart breaking knowing that he has more time with everyone and hopefully he can see the two make up. "You made a very big point that you don't know anything about your family. Kenny is a good man and he will eventually forgive you... You made that man out there who wanted you dead from what you did hate you then want to save your life. He risked his life to save you and he did exactly that. He saved you and you are here right now so he will try and over time he will completely forgive you."
"Yeah," Ben said looking at the ceiling. "I hope you are right Lee... I really do."
Lee smiled and saw Ben cover his face and then he started to snore. Lee stood up and walked over to his shirts hanging on a mirror. He removed it and saw how different he was. His face wasn't the clean shaven and trimmed face it once was. The scars on his body reminded him of everything and worst of all his arm. He slipped on the button up only for how easy it was to slip on. He looked at the mirror and sighed again.
"Hey Lee," Molly said leaning on the door frame. He turned to her and smiled at the blonde woman. "You know Doc set rest."
"I never really followed Doctor's orders to well," Lee smiled adjusting his shirt trying to slip his right arm through the sleeve. Molly walked over to him shaking her head and helped him finally get it through. She paused and looked at the missing limb with the saddest look on her face and then felt Lee hug her. "It's not your fault."
"I-" Molly paused and smelled the freshly washed shirt and hugged him back. "I guess I feel some what responsible."
"Molly-" Lee started but Molly interrupted him.
"Lee I left you guys," Molly stated. "You all had reasons to keep me around but I decided to leave so it makes it wrong for what I did. I should have stayed I know you went out looking alone if I was there I could have kept and eye on Clementine but I wasn't so you got bit- I just bled my heart out to you the night before then left in the morning."
"Molly," Lee pushed back so he could look into her eyes. "It isn't your fault. It is mine, I got careless and then I got bit. Molly they saved me but with a price. Ben got impaled, Kenny twisted his ankle, Omid and Christa are god knows were and Clementine is... gone."
"Lee-" Molly tried to start again but Lee embraced her again. She tried to say something but stopped and stood there for almost and hour before Lee got light headed and had to sit down. "I have to go, you know Doc is the slave drive- oh shit sorry!"
"Molly it is fine," Lee smiled as Molly nervously bumped into the doorway and waved good bye. Less then a second later Kenny walked in and sat down.
"Hey Lee," Kenny nudged Ben. "So how are we?"
"Limbless," Lee jokingly said. "rammed through and sprang, pretty good I guess."
"Nice one smart ass," Kenny smiled. Lee smiled back knowing that they three were just happy to be back together. "I mean what is the plan."
"Well we are leaving Savannah with Molly and Ronald," Lee stated. "We would be SOL without them so they deserve to come with us."
"Good point," Kenny nodded.
"Head to the countryside and stay on the move," Lee continued. "When winter comes we just hunker down and wait it out."
"I like that plan," Ben said.
"But one thing I would like to do is take Ben home and see if we can find his family," The room fell silent. Too the trio 'Family' was a taboo word. Lee looked over to Ben. "That alright with you?"
"Yeah," Ben silently said.
"That settles it then," Kenny nodded to the two. "Ben get some rest I got to speak to Lee."
The two walked out to the hallway and Kenny looked at Ben, "I saved him Lee. I was once content on his death and I save him."
"I was just telling him about second chances," Lee mentioned.
"I think I should toss him a lifeline and try to understand him," Kenny said with a deep sigh.
"Ken," Lee put his right hand on Kenny's shoulder. "It is just us three so we need to be together on this. Omid and Christa are gone and so is Clementine. We need to stick together."
"Yeah," Kenny looked up to Lee. "I need to get back to work."
"Alright see you tomorrow," Lee said patting Kenny. The two went separate ways and Lee laid down in the bed and fell into a deep sleep.