A/N: I decided to update all my chapter into third person point of view since I suck at first person point of view. There will be one huge change by the end of episode 1 for this story so stick around if you think this is just a rewritten form of the first person point of view Shades of Grey.
Disclaimer: I do own The Walking Dead. All rights reserved to Robert Kirkmen and Telltale Games.
Six people ran through the door exhausted by what was happening outside. A middle-aged man named Ralph asked the group of people, "You alright?"
"Yeah I think so," a somewhat plump guy said. He had a bit of a nerd feel toward him.
"Thanks for saving our asses out there." A news reporter said.
"Thanks for savin mine." Ralph said
"We have to be quiet; we don't know if any of them are in here!" An older man whispered sharply.
"You're right." Ralph whispered back. "You and I are going to check out the place."
The older man nodded his head in agreement and they searched the place. Their search resulted in the find of an elderly couple in the office. There was blood everywhere. "Oh my gosh." Ralph said with somber eyes; he checked their vitals but they were both gone.
"Get a hold of yourself and help me move them!" The old man said angrily as he took a hold of the elderly man.
"Alright." Ralph said taking a hold of the elderly woman and the two threw the bodies out into the alleyway.
They got back inside and a young man with a baseball hat said, "How about some introductions? My name is Glenn."
"I'm Ralph."
"Carley," the news reporter said.
"My name's Doug." The guy that gave off a nerdish feel said.
"I'm Lilly; my dad's name is Larry." The woman with the tank top said. She then directed her attention to the door and said. "That door stays shut no matter what, got it." They all nodded their heads in agreement.
She then headed off to the office to try and get into the pharmacy. Ralph and Larry start moving the pallet and desk that was blocking the way. She starts to turn the doorknob and swears with the result of the door not opening.
"What's wrong?" Ralph asked.
"The door's locked." She said
"We probably should have checked the bodies of the elderly couple before throwing them out." Ralph said directing his attention to Larry. "The key might have been on one of them."
"I didn't ask for your opinion." He said sharply and started looking around the room for the keys. Ralph glared at him for a few minutes from the unreasonable anger but eventually, Ralph joined the search but it wasn't long till they heard the door open and some gun shots.
"Crap what's goin' on!" Ralph exclaimed.
Larry and Ralph ran into the store to see that Carley and Glenn had helped a couple families into the store.
"We can't take risks like this" Lilly said sharply.
"We can't let people die either." Carley responded.
"When I say that door stays shut no matter what I f-ing mean it. We don't know who these people are. They could be dangerous."
"I doubt they're gonna be dangerous when they have a couple kids with 'em." Ralph objected.
"Yes, thank you." Carley said. "They would have died out there if we didn't do anything."
"Then we let them! We're in a warzone!" Larry spoke up.
"We've got kids with us." An African-American man spoke up from the group that Carley and Glenn saved.
"I see one little girl." Larry said in a matter-of-factly tone.
The said girl in question grabbed onto her father's hand. "What is it?" he asked.
"I...I have to pee." She said slightly embarrassed. Lilly and Glenn started arguing in the background.
"In a minute, Clem," The African-American man said.
"I can take your little girl to the bathroom, while you work it out with everyone else." Ralph said. The African-American man looked at Ralph questioningly. Ralph picked up on his suspicions and said, "You can trust me. I had a daughter and son before all this chaos."
"Thank you." He said.
Ralph walked the young girl to the bathroom and tried to open the door.
"Holy shit. One of them is bitten!" Larry exclaimed looking at a young boy who was covered in rotting guts and his mother who was looking over the boy for injuries.
"He wasn't bitten." The African American man said confidently.
"The hell he wasn't!" Larry exclaimed. He started to approach the boy and the mother. "We have to end this now." Larry said threateningly.
"Over my dead body." A middle-aged man said getting in between Larry and his family.
"We'll dig one hole." Larry responded intimidatingly.
"No, I'm cleaning him up!" The middle-aged woman said looking over the boy frantically. "There's no bite!"
"Don't you freaking people get it! We've already seen this happen!" Larry exclaimed. "We let someone into the group and we all end up bitten!"
"What are you saying?" The man asked not understanding where Larry was getting at.
"He's bitten. That's how you turn." Larry explained, panic starting to show on his face. "We got to throw him out or smash his head, or something."
"Kenny stop him!" The woman cried out in terror.
"Lee back me up here." Kenny said to the African-American man. "What do we do with this guy."
"We reason with him." Lee responded.
"Maybe with the bloody end of an axe handle maybe." Kenny said frustrated at his friend's suggestion. "No one threatens my boy." Kenny said angrily toward Larry.
"He's covered in muck; she'll find the bite! Watch!" Larry said growing impatient by the insistence of the two men.
"She won't!" Kenny exclaimed.
"Hey does anyone know where the key is to the restroom?" Ralph yelled from across to the room.
"Behind the counter, I think." Lee responded.
Ralph went behind the counter and conversation between the rest of the adults was heating up.
"When she does find the bite, the first thing he'll do is bite down on his mom's face then he'll pounce on your little girl." Larry said turning his attention to Lee. "Then there will be three-"
"We'll deal with it then but we aren't just going to go and kill a kid." Lee interrupted Larry while trying hold back hostility toward Larry's image of what the situation could become.
"He won't turn!" Kenny yelled. "So you can go f- off!"
Larry had finally had it with Kenny and snapped back yelling, "He will and we're tossing him out right now!"
"No! You don't touch that boy! You don't touch anyone! I have a little girl that I'm trying to protect in here too so if you want to get violent you old piece of shit. Then come on! You better have a good plan to kill me though because it's me before anyone else in here!" Lee yelled.
At the same time, Ralph finally unlocked the door when a walker came out and tried to attack him. He was caught off guard at first and the poor girl was screaming in terror the whole time that he struggled with the walker; however, after recovering from his stunned state, he was able to over-power it. He got up and stomped on its chest giving himself enough time to pull out his revolver and shoot it in the head.
Carley ran up to him and asked, "You ok?"
Ralph chuckled nervously while checking his arms and body for any blood patches, "No bites, no worries." Suddenly the whole building creaked and moaned from the walkers wanting to get in. "The sound of the gunshot acted as a dinner bell. "Uhh…guys." Glenn said worried of the given situation.
"Everyone get down and stay quiet." Lilly said sharply.
Ralph, Carley, Lee, and the young girl returned to the group and were readying themselves for the walkers to break into the pharmacy.
"They're going to get in." Larry said worriedly as he poked his head above the shelving.
"Shut up!" Kenny said sharply. Suddenly, there were several shots outside a few feet from the pharmacy.
"Is that the military?" Ralph asked no one in particular.
"Thank God for whatever it is." Glenn said
It seemed as though the walkers were done trying to get in. Larry got up with an angry glare directed toward Ralph. "We almost died because of this bastard and his itchy trigger-finger! That was stupid! That was—Ow oh ow!" Larry fell in pain.
"Dad!" Lilly exclaimed and rushed by his side.
"What's wrong with him?" Lee asked.
"It's his heart." Lilly responded
"…my pills." Larry said with pain lacing his voice.
"Nitroglycerin pills?" Ralph asked.
"Yeah, that's why I was trying to get into the pharmacy earlier."
"We'll try getting inside." Lee said.
"Thank you so much." Lilly said as she helped Larry to calm down.
"I'm starting to think that this place isn't a permanent solution." Glenn said.
"You gotta point. This place aint exactly Fort Knox." Kenny said.
"What are you thinking?" Lee asked.
"We need to get enough gas for your people and mine. I'll head down to the Motor Inn and siphon some gas."
"You know you're way around? Local?"
"Born and raised."
"If you're going to do that, here's a walkie-talkie." Lee said handing Glenn a walkie-talkie. "Clementine's got the other one. Check in with her if you get in a tight spot. Hopefully, you won't have to use it." Glenn gave an appreciative nod and headed off.
"You what's your name?" Kenny asked Lilly.
"It's Lilly; my dad's name is Larry."
"Keep a good eye on him. These boys'll help you get that medicine."
"You keep an eye on that front door." Kenny said to Doug. "You're our look out."
"It's Doug, you got it."
"And I'm Carley." Carley said as she walked next to Doug.
"Ok, Carley, you shift with Doug when he needs it. You're a good shot; I'd like to keep ya that way."
"You got it boss."
He then directed his attention to Ralph. "You can help Lee track down the keys."
"Ya got it. Name's Ralph by the way."
He shook his head in agreement and said, "I'm Kenny, this is Katjaa, and our son Duck."
"Nice to meet ya."
After helping Clementine to the restroom and checking in with her, Lee came up to Ralph and said, "I want to thank you for earlier."
"Don't mention it. I know how it feels to have your hands full."
"Yeah, you did say that." Lee said. "Is everything alright?"
"I'd rather not talk about it, if that's alright with you." Ralph said sadly.
Lee changed the subject and asked, "I can tell by your accent that you're not from here."
Ralph chuckled, "Yeah you're right. I grow up in Austin, Texas. I moved to Macon to be closer to my brother, Jake, and two nieces, Anna and Molly."
"Where they live?"
"Savannah."
"That's still a ways off."
"Yeah."
"You know where the keys are?"
"Nah, Mr. Happy and I looked briefly in the office." Ralph replied with gesture that signaled that Larry was 'Mr. Happy.' "We can perform a more thorough sweep in there, now that everything's calmed down a bit."
Lee chuckled a bit at the nickname given to Larry and the two men headed into the office. Clementine followed them in and Lee went over to pick up a photo and mumbled something inaudible. Ralph started rummaging through drawers and continued as Carley stepped in and talked to Lee about his past. After finishing his search, Ralph looked into the first-aid kit on the desk and rummaged through it and found some basics. "Not the worst first-aid kit but there ain't any goodies in it," Ralph said to Lee.
"You a doctor?" Lee asked.
"Not exactly, I served eight years in the army as an engineer on the front lines. Seen a lot of crap and picked up on some medical techniques from friends."
"Impressive."
"Yeah, not bad, eh? Anyway, I can't find the keys."
Lee looked sad and asked, "Was there anybody here when you guys got in?"
"Yeah, Larry and I found an elderly couple in this office. Neither of us didn't want to risk anyone's life, so Larry and I threw 'em out. I checked their vitals beforehand, neither one made it."
Lee's expression changed dramatically to one containing shock and sadness.
Ralph continued and said, "I know this was your folk's store and I'm sorry for yer loss."
"You heard that from Carley?" Lee asked.
"Yeah, along with yer past," Ralph responded.
Lee looked down speechless and didn't know what to say. Ralph slowly revealed a smile and said, "It doesn't matter what happened in the past. The world believes that it is always black and white but the truth is there are many shades of grey. Don't let your past influence whom you'll become."
"Thanks," was Lee's reply and they went through some things before heading out. Ralph grabbed the first-aid kit and put it in his backpack. Meanwhile, Clementine asked Lee of what Carley was saying.
"Hey Lee, you aren't bad right?"
"I…uh." Lee stammered.
"That lady said you killed someone. Was he one of the things trying to eat you?" Clementine explained her previous statement and asked again.
"No he wasn't." Lee said honestly.
"Was he bad?" She asked
"He was."
Ralph returned to the store where Lee was gathering some food. Meanwhile, Carley came up to him and asked, "What did you do before this?"
"I'm veteran like Larry but I focused my attention being an engineer. After my eight year service on the front lines, I retired and I worked at Lowes."
"Wow. You think you can help me with something?"
"Sure. What's up?" She and Ralph went to the counter and she showed him a hand radio, just a standard battery-operated radio.
"I can't get this thing to work."
"Huh…well it shouldn't be that hard." Ralph said and took the thing apart and checked the wiring, that wasn't it. He continued to look at the thing until Clem's little radio turned on.
"Hey this is Glenn. Um, I'm in a bit of a jam. Little girl could you put your daddy on the phone…or walkie?" Lee was outside with Doug trying figure out where the keys were and Carley and Ralph were the only able-bodied people in the room. They both stopped focusing on the radio and went over to Clementine. Ralph got down to Clementine's eye-level so she wouldn't be intimidated by the man and he had his hand out as in gesture to talk to Glenn.
Clementine got the hint and handed him her radio. He talked into it saying, "Hey Glenn, it's Ralph. What's up?"
"Well I'm down at the Motor Inn and I'm stuck."
"Stuck?"
"Yeah, I had a chance of getting some supplies and I saw a girl and she said I was bit, but I wasn't. Then a bunch of these dead guys came and got the drop on me."
"You hurt?"
"No but I do need help."
Ralph looked over at Carley and she gave a nod as a sign to help out. "Alright, we're gonna send some people down."
"Awesome, I'll sit tight till then."
Lee came in from an unsuccessful search for the keys from outside and looked at Ralph questioningly. "What's going on?"
"Glenn's trapped at the Motor Inn. Carley and I were thinkin of rescuing him."
"Do you need any help?"
"Nah, two people is enough; we don't want to attract too much attention." Ralph turned towards Carley and asked. "You ready, sniper?"
"Yeah, I'm ready." She said and they headed down to the Motor Inn.