This is my first fanfiction that I've ever uploaded so... Yeah.

Chapter one

"Becky close the door and keep away from the windows!" Sandra yelled as she yanked the black haired teen away from the front door in a panic. Blood still seeped from her bandage, despite the attack having happened almost three hours ago. "There's still crazy people roaming around and I promised our parents and Clem's that I would keep you guys safe!"

Becky finally noticed Clementine looking at the both of them from the dining room. She looked terrified as she watched her babysitter and friend argue from the living room.

"... I'm sorry. I'll keep the door closed," Becky finally said. She didn't look at her sister as she spoke, merely keeping her gaze on Clementine.

Sandra let out a sigh. "Thank you. I'm going to go lay down, ok? Keep the noise down," she ordered as she stumbled up the stairwell. Becky nodded and watched as the eldest disappeared upstairs.

"Let's go up to the treehouse," Becky suggested. Grabbing a bag she added "we can bring some food and water up there with us."

Clementine gave a bright smile. "Yeah! I'll leave my radio in here in case Sandra comes looking for us."

"Sounds good."

Both girls packed the pink bag and made their way out the back door and up the wooden ladder. Up there, they talked and laughed softly amongst themselves without a care in the world.

Their few hours of happiness was cut off by a moan coming from Clem's radio.

"Looks like she's up," Becky sighed. "I'll go see what her problem is," she told Clem as she opened the treehouse door. She poked her head out and froze at the sight she saw.

Sandra was standing in front of the glass door with a head cocked to the side. Squinting, she saw blood coming from her sisters mouth in thin lines. A hand raised up and banged against the glass before Sandra stumbled backwards out of sight.

"What is it?" Clementine asked, fear mixing into her voice.

"I... I don't think we should go into your house yet..." Becky said as she quickly came back inside.

"Why not?"

She took a breath before speaking again. "Sandra looks like the person that attacked her. Weird looking... absent..."

"When can we go back?"

"I... I don't know Clem..."

"Becky, wake up," Clementine whispered into the elder girls ear. Behind her Lee was smiling in a failed attempt of hiding his laugh as Becky snorted herself awake. "Lee said its time to get up."

"Lee can go sh-" Lee interrupted the rude suggestion with a well timed cough. He knew from the beginning that the teen had a bad habit of swearing, which he knew already that Clementine didn't approve of, and he'd rather not know the full vocabulary that she had.

"God my back hurts," Becky groaned as Lee helped her up.

"Well, that's because you slept in a barn young lady," a man spoke up,as he walked into the barn. He looked about an inch shorter than Lee, and looked like a hunter. A baseball hat and a full mustache reminded Becky of her parents neighbor. "You should be lucky that you've got no spiders in your hair-"

Clementine let out a startled scream.

"-but I bet your daddy scared them all away," he finished with a laugh.

"Oh, I'm not her dad," Lee spoke up. "I came across these two yesterday, I'm helping them find their parents."

The man glanced at Becky for a brief confirmation, at her nod he shrugged. "Huh. Well, the names Kenny," he said as they made their way outside of the barn. A young boy, probably a year older than Clementine, ran up to them.

"Dad! Dad! I'm gonna go ride a tractor!" The kid exclaimed. Shortly behind him was Shaun Greene, who was shaking his head in amusement at the boy.

"You can come by and help us out later, if you want to Lee," Shaun said to the man. Though he gave Becky a charming smile and the young teen turned to Clementine to hide her blush.

"Will do," Lee said. The group watched as the two made their way to the back before Kenny spoke up again.

"That there was Kenny jr., though we just call him Duck."

"Duck?"

"Yeah, like 'water off of a ducks back?'" Kenny shook his head. "Nothing fazes that boy. Personally, I think it's because he's dumber than a bag of hammers."

"Oh..."

"Yeah, and this here is my wife, Katjaa," Kenny smiled proudly at a kind looking woman sitting on by the house.

"Hello," she said with a soft smile.

"Katjaa, this here is Lee and... Uh... " beside Lee Becky hid her smirk at the mans failure to ask for everyone's names.

"This is Clementine and Becky. I'm looking after them until I find their parents," Lee spoke up.

"Those are very pretty names," Katjaa said to them with a smile.

"Thank you," Clementine said from behind Becky's legs.

"I'm gonna go fix up the truck. You girls should sit here and chat for a bit," Kenny suggested as he started to walk towards the truck by the wooden fence.

"I'll go see if Shaun needs any help," Lee said awkwardly before limping his way towards the back of the house quickly.

"So how old are you two?" Katjaa asked the girls after a moment of silence.

"I'm almost eleven," Clementine answered.

"Fifteen," Becky said.

"And what grades are you in?"

"Third."

"Tenth."

"Do you know what you want to do, Becky?" Katjaa asked.

"I think psychology, but I also want to do something with art," Becky awkwardly said.

"She's really good at art!" Clementine added excitedly. "She's teaching me how to draw."

Katjaa smiled at Becky's embarrassment. "That sounds really nice," she said smiling at the both of them. Turning her attention towards Clementine she asked the girl about third grade. For her it was a more relatable subject as her son was in fourth.

As the two talked, Becky watched Kenny and Lee talk quietly with each other while Kenny worked.

'Maybe I should tell Lee that he killed my sister...' Becky thought to herself. After a brief moment of debating she decided to save that information unless she was asked. Lee still looked torn about the whole ordeal and she couldn't bring herself to make him feel more guilt.

A scream tore through the air making everyone freeze in surprise and fear. Almost immediately Kenny and Lee sprang into action, rushing towards the back of the farm house. Kenny gave a quick shout of "stay here" to the girls before he completely disappeared from sight. Hershel appeared shortly behind them with a shot gun, not sparing any of the girls a second glance.

Clementine clung to Becky's shirt in fear as gun shots sounded. Yelling sounded shortly after, though faint to the three.

"What do you think happened?" Katjaa wondered aloud.

"Just get the fuck out of here!" Hershel's voice sounded filled with pain.

Kenny appeared with Duck clinging to him, Lee following shortly behind them. Both were walking quickly with shocked and horrified expressions.

"We've got a ride to Macon," Lee said to the two girls softly, nodding his head towards Kenny, who was discussing something with Katjaa, and the truck.

"What happened?" Clementine asked him, still clinging to her friend.

Lee shook his head slightly. "I'll tell you girls later," he promised. "We just gotta go now." He helped the two girls into the back with Katjaa and Duck, giving them both a reassuring smile before getting into the passengers seat by Kenny. "Let's go."

The truck stuttered to a stop near a drugstore, and from what Becky could tell the roads were empty of the living but full of the remains. Cars littered the streets and body parts were laying around. As far as they could tell there weren't any walkers anywhere nearby.

"This is as far as she'll go," Kenny said as he got out of the truck.

"Then it's all we need," Lee said getting out as well.

Becky nearly leapt out of the truck at the thought of finally moving around after being stuck in the truck for who knows how long. She hopped on one leg, alternating every now and then, as she shook feeling into her legs.

"Legs fall asleep?" Lee asked her with an amused smile.

"Yeah, they're awake now though," Becky answered as she felt the familiar feeling of pins and needles.

"Here, you can lean against my shoulder if you need to," Lee offered. "We don't want to get separated from Kenny," he added.

"Yeah, sure," she shrugged and looped her arm around his shoulders. Lee had to lean down a few inches as they awkwardly hobbled after the others, with him being nearly six feet and she barely reaching five foot five.

"Hey there, you friendly?" Kenny spoke up from the front. "Trucks run out of gas," he added with a chuckle. However he dropped the smile as the walker looked up at him and growled. "Shit!"

Behind him, Duck let out a scream as another walker grabbed him from behind. "Duck!" Kenny screamed, rushing to protect his son but Lee beat him to it.

Grabbing the walker, Lee lifted it off of the young boy and held it up by its neck. Below it's kicking feet, Duck ran into his mothers arms. Lee let out a yell as the walker turned its hungry eyes onto him with teeth snapping in anticipation. Becky quickly grabbed it by the back of its head, pulling it backwards and away from Lee's face.

The gun shot came out of nowhere it seemed. Blood coated the side of Becky's face and the walker fell to the ground permanently dead. Turning they saw two figures, a man and woman standing there.

"Hurry and get inside!" The man hissed as the woman shot a few more walkers.

Becky grabbed Clementine's hand as Lee grabbed hers, running into the open gate of the drugstore with Kenny and his family. Behind them the woman covered them up until she reached the gate, as soon as she entered another man shut the gate closed and locked it.

"You guys ok? No one bit?" The woman asked after regaining her breath.

"Yeah, we're ok. No ones bit," Lee said after checking both Becky and Clementine.

"Same here," Kenny said firmly. Behind him Katjaa was cleaning Duck and nodding when she found no bites.

The woman and the three men in the store relaxed. "That's good to hear. I'm Carley, this is Glenn," she gestured to the man who helped her outside. "Doug," she pointed to the man who was positioned by the windows. "And Mark," she nodded to the man who'd shut the gate. "And you guys are?"

"I'm Kenny, this is my wife, Katjaa and my son Duck," Kenny said.

"Lee, this is Becky and Clementine," Lee gestured to the girls.

"Not your daughters?" Carley asked skeptically.

"uh, no. I'm just looking after them until I find their parents," Lee said while Becky looked at her pale skin and then to his darker one. Clementine looked like a more believable daughter to Lee than she did.

"We need to leave here soon," Mark spoke up finally. "There's too many walkers coming, we won't be able to protect ourselves in here soon."

"I can go get gas, bring it back for us and we can head somewhere new," Glenn said. "I'll go up to the inn and make my way back."

"That would be good," Carley nodded.

"You local?" Lee asked Glenn.

"Born and raised," Glenn answered.

Lee nodded. "Uh, maybe you should use Clem's radio..." He looked at Clem for her consent, at her nod he continued "just in case of any complications along the way. Clementine has the other one."

"Thanks," Glenn said as he took the radio from Clementine. After a moment he left and everyone dispersed into their own area.

Becky and Clementine sat down by the pharmacy and leaned against the wall. Across the store by the concession corner was Kenny and his family. By the entrance was Doug, who was on lookout, and Carly who was fixing a radio. Mark was sitting by the office door cleaning a shot gun and Lee was making his way around talking to everybody.

"Are you ok?" Becky asked Clem as she cleaned off her face. She was using a rag she found on the ground rather than her hoodie, which probably smeared the blood rather than get it fully off.

"I was scared," Clementine whispered. "I thought you were going to get bitten and turn out like S-Sandra..."

Becky closed her eyes at Sandra's name and took a breath before speaking again. "I promise you, I will not turn out like Sandra did."

"You have to swear to!" Clementine demanded.

"I thought you hated swears."

"Not that kind."

The two let out a laugh before linking their pinkies. "I swear to you, I will not get bitten."

"Hey there," Lee said as he walked up to them. He had heard their conversation and was waiting till they were done before he approached. He wanted to talk with them alone, or as alone they could get.

"Hey Lee," Clementine smiled at him.

"How are you two holding up?"

"we're doing ok," Becky replied.

They smiled at him as he settled down beside Becky, he gave her a quick hug. "I'm glad you two are ok. Now... I know I'm not your dads, but if you need anything don't hesitate to ask me, ok?"

"And you'll watch over us too right?" Clementine asked.

"Of course," Lee answered firmly.

"You'll be our guy?" Becky asked now.

"I'll be your guy," Lee said with a laugh.

"Hey, uh, little girl? Is your daddy there?" Glenn's voice sounded suddenly. Clementine quickly handed the radio to Lee.

"I'm here Glenn. What's up?" Lee asked as he walked over to Carley.

"Do... Do we just stay here?" Clementine asked.

"Yeah, if they need us they'll call us over," Becky responded.

They adults all talked amongst themselves for a few minutes before Kenny and Lee walked over to the girls.

"Becky, Clem, I'm going to be heading out with Carley to help out Glenn. Stay here with Kenny, Katjaa and Duck, ok?" Lee said. "I'll come back, don't worry," he added at Clementine's worried look.

"We will," Becky promised.

When they came back, the store was nearly surrounded by walkers. Kenny went out to grab his truck, now full of gas, and backed it into the alley. Becky and Clementine stood with Katjaa and Duck by the door while the other four kept the walkers at bay. Kenny honked rapidly, and everyone filed out of the store and into the truck. Doug, Glenn mark and Lee all sat on the bed while everyone else was piled into the truck.

They sped off in the direction of the motel, loosing the walkers quickly. Parking in the lot, they piled out. Clem and Duck stood close to Katjaa while Becky leaned against the trucks bed. Glenn walked with Lee to a nearby car and spoke briefly. When Glenn drove off Lee came back looking grim.

"What are we gonna do?" Becky asked him.

"Stay here, survive," Kenny spoke up.

"Who knows, maybe we have a chance here," Carly spoke up.