They had taken everything. They took the supplies, they took the truck, and they took the kids. Now Kenny and Jane must work together on a hunt to get them back.
"Mike, give me the baby..." Bonnie tried her best to keep her voice down, not wanting to alert anyone.
Mike gave a nod, passing little AJ to the woman.
"Alright," The redheaded woman gave a motioning nod towards the eleven year old girl, who lay fast asleep. "You grab Clem." Bonnie said, adjusting AJ in her hold. "We gotta be quick."
Arvo didn't seem to happy about the fact that they were bringing Clementine along, but he said nothing.
"Yeah alright." Mike gently lifted the sleeping child up into his grasp. The girl stirred slightly, but didn't wake.
"Hurry up and get her in the truck," Bonnie ordered, "I'll get the rest of the stuff."
"Okay." Mike nodded in agreement.
Leaving Bonnie to gather the rest of the supplies, he carried Clementine out to the truck, Arvo in tow. Feeling the cold breeze hit them, he wondered if he was doing the right thing.
"Get that door for me." He said to Arvo, making sure to keep his voice low, as not to wake Clem.
Arvo sent the young girl a distasteful look, but opened the door regardless.
Mike waited patiently, before attempting to lay the girl in the back seat. The movement, however, had waken the girl.
"Mike?" The child called, looking around and seeming a bit disoriented.
"Shit..." Mike swore under his breathe.
"Wha-" Clementine pushed herself up in a sitting position, wondering what was happening.
"You're dreaming, Clem. Go back to sleep." He spoke quietly, hoping the girl would do as he told.
Clementine continued to look around, looking extremely confused. "What?" She asked, not exactly knowing where she was or what to ask for that matter.
"I got the rest of it." Bonnie's voice reached their ears.
Clementine looked over to Bonnie's direction, noticing the duffle bag she was carrying and AJ in her arms. "Bonnie?" She called, with a raised brow and a voice filled with confusion.
"Clem..." Bonnie sounded almost surprised. "Go back to sleep, sweetie."
"What's going on?" She asked.
"We're gonna talk later, okay." Bonnie responded. "Go to sleep Clem." Bonnie said, hoping desperately that Clementine would just fall back to sleep.
"Hmm?" Was the child's barely there, quiet reply.
Bonnie noticed the girl seemed to be out of it. She was probably still tired, maybe even half asleep. "I need you to put your seat-belt on for me, can you do that?"
"Why?" Clementine buckled herself up, letting out a small yawn. "Are we leaving?"
"Yeah, Clem." Bonnie gave a nod.
"Why?" The child asked, clearly puzzled.
"Because we can't stay here with that guy." Mike grumbled under his breath.
Clementine, however, heard him and questioned, "Who?"
"Mike..." Bonnie called in a warning tone before turning to Clementine with a small smile, "Clem, we can't stay here."
"Why not?" Clementine asked.
"Because, it's too cold." Bonnie said. "Aren't you cold?"
"Yeah. I'm freezing." Clementine said.
"Right. So we're going to fine some place warmer for us to stay." Bonnie said.
"Yeah." Clem agreed with a nod. "But why are we leaving now? It's still night time." The girl pointed out.
"Because...If we leave now we'll get more distance. And we'll be able to find some place safer and warmer." Bonnie said.
"Oh...Like Mexico?" Clementine wondered.
"Mexico?" Mike asked, slightly amused.
"Yeah. Are we going to Mexico?" The girl sounded a bit excited. It was rare to see her like that. Bonnie didn't want to disappoint her and decided to reply with a, "We'll see, Clem."
Clementine gave a nod. "Okay." She tried to make herself comfortable in her seat, still feeling tiredness as she fought back another yawn.
Bonnie climbed into the seat beside the child, keeping AJ in her arms, she waited as Arvo took the passengers seat while Mike took the driver's seat.
Mike started the car and Clementine gave another look around, narrowing her eyes in confusion. "Mike..."
Her voice was so quiet, he almost didn't hear her. He looked back at her through the rear view window, asking, "What is it Clem?"
"Where's Kenny, and Jane?" Clementine mumbled laying her head against the window.
Mike felt his heart drop as Clementine uttered those words, his throat went dry and he couldn't speak. What would he say?
Neither Mike nor Bonnie knew how to respond to that. Should they lie? There was no way they could tell Clementine they were leaving Kenny, the girl would never go for such a thing. Bonnie bit the inside of her cheek, glancing nervously towards Mike. Mike only shook his head, he didn't know how to reply to little Clementine's question either. Luckily they didn't have to, because within moments of asking the question, Clementine was asleep.