A/N: Noah being in my top 3 characters in TWD (behind Richonne), I was a little disappointed with the lack of fanfics for him. This idea has been floating in my head for a minute. I also wanted to combine the story line of my two favorite characters from Telltale games TWD (Clementine and Lee). I haven't decided how long the story will be.

Chapter 1:

Reign's POV:

I'm not entirely sure how I didn't see the world turn to shit in such a short amount of time. Maybe it was the fact that I was struggling to maintain at least a C in all courses for a major I absolutely hated. Maybe it was the anxiety of telling my parents I was changing my major that clouded my perception of everything around me. All I knew was the reality of the state of the world came crashing down around me the day before the university was overrun by those…those things. Whatever they are.

I remember my roommate, Marlene, running into our cramped dorm with a shopping cart filled with non-perishable foods, bottles of water, and other items meant for survival.

Flashback

I was staring at my laptop trying to figure out how to start my research paper when Marlene suddenly burst into our dorm with a shopping cart. She let the door slam shut behind her as she searched the room frantically for something, gripping 2 handfuls of her dirty blonde hair in her hands. She was practically pulling her hair out.

She did this for a good minute before she took her backpack off of her back and dumped its contents in the middle of the floor. I knew whatever was wrong must've been serious when she let MacBook hit the hard laminate without so much as a glance in it's direction.

I closed my laptop and set it aside as I watched her pull a duffel bag out of the shopping cart and set it on the bed next to her back pack.

"Marlene," I called. I wasn't sure if she had heard me. She continued mumbling to herself as she packed. I would occasionally hear her mumble a random object, like toothbrush or soap, then she'd run to a part of the room to go retrieve the item.

"Marlene," I yelled. She whipped around to look at me with a terrified look in her eyes.

"What are you doing, Mars," I asked.

Without warning she gripped both of my shoulders tightly and looked intensely into my eyes.

"Look Reign," she said slowly. "I know you've been preoccupied with school work. And I know we joked about the crazy things we heard going on throughout the world. But what's going on right now is not bullshit. What we're seeing in the news about people eating each other is not a joke. It's real. It's gotten to the point of no return. And it's coming here."

"What's coming here?"

"Those pe-…things we saw on the news," Marlene explained. "They're real and they're coming here. And if we don't wanna die we have to get off campus. Quickly."

She let me go and continued to pack essentials into her bags.

"But I thought the military and the government had it under control?"

"They thought so too."

I furrowed my brow in worry and frustration.

Marlene began to calm down then turned to face me.

"Look, we're in a position where we can't wait for the government to get their shit together. We could be dead and gone by the time that happens. We gotta help ourselves. Fuck the government."

She reached into the bottom of the shopping cart and grabbed a duffel bag and backpack similar to her own. She tossed them both to me.

"Pack what you need and only what you need. Once you're done, if you have room for a small book or something go ahead."

When the reality of the situation finally hit me I began to pack.

I grabbed my toothbrush and toothpaste off the counter of the sink. As well as a travel size stick of deodorant and two bars of soap from the cart.

I dropped to my knees and flung open the drawers under my bed. I kept all of my shoes down here.

"Here." I turned around and saw Marlene holding out a shoebox to me. I opened them and inside was a pair of black leather tactical boots.

"You only need two pairs of shoes," Marlene said. "Footwear takes up too much room. I went ahead and bought a pair of proper shoes for you. I suggest packing those combat boots. Pick a pair to wear for when we leave and pack the other."

I didn't say anything as I set a side my new pair of boots and packed my combats into the duffel bag

I grabbed small things that I knew would pay off in the long run. I grabbed a pack of thick wool socks from the cart as well as a pack of regular socks. I threw in the few good sports bras I had. I packed several pairs of underwear and rolled up 2 or 3 pairs of thick leggings. I found that rolling up clothes saved more space.

I also packed two neck warmers and a beanie and set aside another neck warmer and beanie to wear later. Because I knew it was chilly and windy.

I began packing clothes next. A couple of cotton t-shirts. A few long sleeved cotton shirts as well. Mars told me not to worry about packing pajamas. I packed a couple of pairs of dark-colored jeans, and the one pair of cargo pants I owned. I set aside my thick military jacket that was lined with faux fur and had a hood. I packed two sweaters, one thick and one light. I packed a hoodie with the school's logo on it. The last item of clothing I packed was a black leather jacket.

Once I finished packing I began to pack up the food and other items Marlene had brought back. I threw the keys to my car in my jacket pocket.

Once I had packed all of the essentials had room for one thing. I looked to my flute sitting on my desk.

I loved playing with all of my heart. Prior to enrolling at UG I dedicated more time playing than I did to anything else. I wanted to major in music but my parents talked me out of it. I was miserable majoring in Business.

I knew it wasn't practical to bring my instrument. I sighed and stashed my baby in the drawer under my bed. Instead I shoved a small book into the bag and zipped it closed. Maybe I could come back and get my flute later on.

I sat on my bed for a moment. I rifled through my head trying to make sure I didn't forget anything important. Not being able to think of anything else I may need to pack I began to get dressed. I traded in my worn converse for the black boots. I took off my flannel shirt and threw on a long-sleeved black shirt with my jacket. I slipped the neck warmer around my neck and braided my black shoulder length hair before putting the beanie on my head and putting my glasses back on.

As I was braiding my hair I realized that my hands were trembling. I clasped my hands together in an attempt to stop the shaking, but it wouldn't stop.

"Hey," Marlene called. I turned to her and saw her look at me with worry.

"I know you're scared, but it's gonna be okay," she said in reassurance.

She reached into her pack and pulled out what appeared to be a sheathed knife.

"I ran out of money while I was out getting stuff. The store I was at was so crowded and in such a tizzy, I just took it."

She stuck it out to me and I cautiously took the weapon out of her hand.

"Thank you."

I used the string attached the knife to tie it around my belt. The knife wasn't huge like a machete. I could hide it under my jacket easily.

Marlene was looking around the room for anything else we might need when her phone began to vibrate on her desk. She quickly answered.

"Hello?...Yeah we're ready…Two bags each…Who else is coming…Just you and Joey…Ok. Call me when you're outside," with that she hung up.

"That was Lance. Him and Joey are loading up the SUV now. They'll be here in 5 minutes."

I looked out the window and the sun was setting.

"Are you sure they'll be here before it gets dark?"

"Yeah. Of course."

I was about to ask her where we were going to go once Lance got here. That was until I heard yelling throughout our floor. We peaked our heads out to the hallway and saw soldiers armed to the teeth banging on the doors of our floor mates. One of them was slumped against the main entrance to get to our floor. He was bleeding badly.

Once all of us were out of our shared rooms, the leader of them gathered us all and spoke to us.

He told us how the military had been sent to the north end of the campus to protect it so later on it could be used as a refugee camp. He told us how his orders required them to keep all of the residents where they are which meant we weren't allowed to leave. He informed us that because we were all adults, any attempt to disobey their orders could result in the loss of our lives.

The commander dismissed us and we made our way back to our rooms. I noticed that Marlene's shoulders were slumped in defeat.

"Marlene."

Just as I said that her phone began to ring. She put it on speakerphone so I could hear.

"Hey Marlene," Lance yelled. "We're outside the dorm. Hurry up so we don't lose what little daylight we have left."

"Lance, we can't leave," Marlene choked out. "The military are here. They won't let us leave. Just go without us."

"I'm not leaving without you two!"

"Well you have to. You have to leave campus or they'll keep you here too."

I took the phone from Marlene and took it off of speakerphone.

"Lance, it's Reign."

"Look, I already said I'm not leaving without you two."

"How are we-"

Before I could finish I heard yelling and the sound of heavy boots running through the hall outside.

"Hang on, Lance."

I peeked out into the hall and saw the soldiers rushing to the entrance. The soldier that was bleeding out when he arrived was attacking the commander. He was snapping his jaws like a crocodile. The commander was struggling to keep his crazed soldier at bay but his soldier got close enough to latch onto his left ear and bite it clean off. Some of the girls were screaming as they watched. One of the soldiers emptied 4 bullets into the thing and wound up getting attacked by it. The things new victim still had the gun in his hand. He pulled the trigger as he was getting attacked and a few bullets went rogue. One went through the neck of another soldier and another hit one of the spectating girls in the shoulder.

I closed the door quietly.

"Lance, gives us a few minutes," I said.

I hung up and began moving stuff from in front of the window.

"What are you doing?" Marlene asked.

"Those soldiers brought one of those things with them, Marlene," I explained as I took down the curtains and tore down the blinds. "It's causing a commotion out there. We may not be able to walk out but we can sneak out while they're distracted."

She looked towards the door as she heard more screaming.

"Help me, Marlene!"

Mar snapped out of it and began to push our desks out of the way of the window. We struggled to move the TV that was stacked on top of the microwave and mini-fridge, causing Marlene to kick the appliances over in frustration.

Once everything was out of the way we dragged our bags over to the window and slid the glass up to open the window. We were only on the second floor so the drop wasn't that high. At the most we'd probably hurt an ankle if we fell wrong. The area below was a grassy courtyard. It was open with a straight shot to the parking lot where I could see Lance's SUV.

Marlene and I straddled the window ledge and tossed our bags out of the window.

I tightly gripped the window frame as I threw my other leg over the window ledge. I looked over to Marlene whose position was a mirror image of mine.

"I'll go first," she said.

She took a deep breath and let it out shakily. She closed her eyes for a second and jumped into the courtyard the same time she opened them.

When she hit the ground she rolled a bit. When she stood up to her full height she hopped around for a second before she began to walk normally.

She moved our bags out of the way and made sure she was a safe distance from the area below our window before giving me the okay to jump.

I gave a small nod. As I was bracing myself I heard scraping and banging against our door. Along with the scratching against the door I heard groans coming from the other side.

I didn't want to stick around and find out who or what was making that sound. I whipped around and closed my eyes as I jumped out the window.

My foot began to sting and tingle as soon as I hit the ground. I hadn't broken anything but it was painful. I walked off the uncomfortable stinging in my foot until it stopped.

"You good," Marlene asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine," I replied as I slung my backpack on my back and grabbed my duffle bag.

As discreetly as possible ran to the parking lot where Lance was waiting for us. I could barely see him and Joey through the tinted windows, but they could see us. Joey jumped out the passenger seat and made his way to the trunk. He threw it open and mouthed for us to hurry up. There were two duffel bags much larger than our own in the back. There was some camping gear. But what caught me off guard were the weapons. Several handguns with an alarming amount of ammo. Two shotguns, two assault rifles, and a sniper rifle were also there.

Our university allowed campus carry, but I don't think that means you can start a mini military base. I knew I didn't have time to ask so I just tossed my stuff into the trunk.

"Where we headed?" I asked as I buckled in.

"Uncle Hershel owns a farm on the countryside half an hour outside the city by car," Lance explained. "It's away from a lot of people. It should be good enough for a temporary safe spot."

Lance turned making his way towards the center of campus to get onto the main street that leads straight out of the city.

As we got halfway down the road when we were forced to stop due to a roadblock.

"Shit!"

"Chill out, Lance" Joey said. "Turn around and take the back road that goes around campus. It'll take us a little longer."

Lance doubled back and took the back road. About 5 minutes in we saw another roadblock. There were tanks and armored trucks stationed behind it. The headlights on our SUV were turned off so we stopped before we got too close. The road had parallel parking spot on both sides. All of the spots were empty so Lance pulled into a spot and put it in park.

"You've gotta be shitting me," Marlene yelled.

There were soldiers guarding the area.

"We have ta' get outta here. They can't make us stay here," Lance said.

"What if we ditch the car," Joey suggested.

"Are you fucking crazy?" I exclaimed.

"Well, we're clearly not going to get out of here on wheels. Let's just get grab or stuff and go on foot."

"Really, Joey? You want us to grab 6 bags, camping supplies, and a fuck ton of firearms and the hoof it all the way to my Uncles farm," Lance questioned.

"I'm just trying to help!"

"Well, you're doing a shitty job! Think of something else."

"Wait a minute," Marlene said. "Look."

Marlene pointed towards the passenger side of the car where I was sitting.

I looked and the neighborhood that was across from campus was in a panic. I could faintly see several of those things shuffling through the neighborhood and attacking innocent people. Several of the inhabitants of the neighborhood evacuated their homes and were crossing the street. They were making their way to the military, clearly seeking protection.

"Fucking Hell," Lance whispered.

The monsters followed the panicked crowd. The citizens were in hysterics as they begged the soldiers to stop the monsters. There were many gunshots and several of the things went down. But there were too many and they overpowered the soldiers.

We were so distracted by the scene before us, that we barely noticed the small heard of monsters making their way to our vehicle.

"Holy shit!"

Lance put the car in reverse and made his way through campus.

"Where do we go? Fuck, I don't know where to go," Lance mumbled to himself.

Driving through campus we could see a few of the people-eating monsters standing there, staring blankly.

"Lance. Do you know where the Weeks Hall is," Marlene asked.

"Yeah, but it's abandoned, Mar."

"Exactly."

Weeks Hall was evacuated and abandoned in the early 1990s due to the large amounts of asbestos found throughout the residence hall. The University didn't have the funds to treat the asbestos like they did with the other dorms so they simply closed it off for good. Students still sneak inside, for whatever reason. After the first few years of it being closed, campus police gave up on keeping students out of the area. It was about 10 minutes away from the main area of campus because it was a dorm for juniors and seniors.

We pulled up outside the fences that blocked off the entirety of Weeks Hall, even the parking lot. Joey hopped out of the car and pulled apart the make shift chain link fence so we could drive the car inside.

Joey hopped back in the car and Lance drove around parking lot until he found a spot close to one of the back entrances of the residence hall.

"Should we really be staying here?" I asked. "The asbestos-."

"Well we can't stay outside. Sleeping in the car is not an option," Lance explained.

"Besides, we'll only be here for a few hours. At the most 'til early morning," Joey added. "If we can figure out a way to get off campus by car 10 pm we'll leave."

"You girls okay with sleeping in the clothes you have on? None of the asbestos is exposed but if we wanna be cautious we should keep our other food and clothes out of it."

"Yeah, we'll be fine," Marlene answered.

"Ok. But if you're hungry or thirsty at all you better drink or eat right now. Don't eat or drink inside at all."

We got out of the car and Lance popped the trunk to the SUV so we could get what we need for the night.

I downed half a bottle of water and scarfed down a granola bar. Marlene ate drank an entire bottle of water. Lance and Joey moved around the bags to get to their weapons. They both grabbed a handgun, fully loaded, and pocketed an extra magazine.

"Ya'll ready?"

"Yeah, we're good."

"Let's go."

The building was shut down before the University began scanning student IDs to gain access to the residential area of halls. The lock on the entrance was broken off so the door was left wide open.

Once we got inside, Lance and Joey pushed an old desk up against the entrance to keep it closed. We rested close by just incase we needed to get out. I wound up taking a nap while Lance and Joey talked about alternative routes out of the university.

Marlene woke me up a while later.

"Hey, Reign. We've got a plan."

"Ok. How long was I out?"

"About an hour. It's 9 o'clock."

"So we're leaving tonight?"

"Yeah," Lance said. "Now bear with us on this. We're gonna take our original route."

"But there's a roadblock."

"Yeah but it was more of a makeshift roadblock," Lance explained. "The barricades were plastic. Easy to move. Hell, if we wanted to we could mow 'em down in the truck and keep driving."

"Reign, it's the fastest way off campus. And at this point, the sooner we get off campus the better."

"Well, it's better than nothing."

So you'll go," Marlene asked.

"Of course!"

"Good," Joey replied. "Because we already kinda agreed that if you didn't that we were gonna leave you here."

I looked at Joey in disbelief.

"Are you fucking serious?"

He shrugged nonchalantly. "I wanna live," he replied.

"You traitorous bastards."

"Enough," Lance scolded. "Start packing up. We gotta leave right now."

A/N: So there's the first chapter. It's pretty lengthy. It honestly took me a long time to figure out when was an appropriate time to stop. RnR you guys. Another chapter will probably be up at the end of the week.