Chapter 2: Lives Saved
Anne's POV
I woke up to Chris sniffling. I looked to my left and saw he wasn't there.
"He must be outside." I thought to myself before I placed my bandana back over my eye and walked outside. My hunch was right and I saw him sitting by the fire when I decided to comfort him.
"Hey, is it okay if I sit with you?" I asked him and, without looking, he nodded his head. I sat down next to him and allowed him to rest his head on my shoulder.
"Why did he do that?" He asked me.
I didn't know what to tell him as a reply without stirring him up.
"We could've saved her, Anne. Tell me you agree with me, please." He said.
"I completely agree. I should've gotten to her, but he wouldn't let me. He wouldn't even let me help you." I said.
He was still crying. "I know how bad it hurts, Chris. But I'm here. I'll never leave you. I promise." I said, making him smile.
"Thanks. You just said all the right things." He said and I actually blushed. "Okay. Let's grab our stuff and keep going." He said as he walked over to the tent, undid it, and packed it up. We then threw our backpacks over our shoulders and kept walking.
I looked past him and saw a lone lurker.
"Let me use one of your Sais." I said, and he handed me one. I then crept up behind the lurker and stabbed it in the back of the head. I pulled the Sai out of the lurker's head and handed it to Chris. He wiped it clean, and then handed it back to me.
"Take it. I can manage with just one." He said, and I then accepted and took the Sai.
Chris and I kept walking through the woods when I suddenly heard a girl scream.
"Did you hear that?" I asked him and he nodded his head.
"Someone's in trouble." He said as we started running to where the scream came from.
We finally made our way to where the scream came from to find a dog latching its teeth into a young girl's arm. I drew the Sai Chris gave me and ran to help the girl.
I made my way to her only to find a rock and gave it to the girl.
"Here. Use this." I said, handing her the rock. She took it and hit the dog with it. Once she was free, she kicked the dog and it was impaled.
Chris came running to help when he saw the dog impaled. "I'm sorry, boy." He said as he mercy killed the poor animal. While he did that, I looked at the girl.
"Are you alright?" I asked her.
"Uh-huh." She replied as I helped her to her feet.
"I'm Anne. This is Chris. What's your name?" I asked her.
"I'm Clementine." She replied.
Chris then took a look at Clementine's arm. "We'd best find a doctor to treat this." He said and I nodded my head. "Will you be able to walk, Clem?" I asked her, and she shook her head. Chris then picked her up and carried her. We then kept walking.
As Chris continued walking with Clem in his arms, I looked at him and noticed he seemed exhausted.
"Let me carry her." I said, and he handed Clem to me. I then remembered I had a first aid kit in my backpack. I set her down and Chris took a knee. I then pulled the first aid kit out of my backpack and immediately went to work on tending to Clementine's arm. I got the peroxide, needle and thread out and was prepared to suture her arm. I first grabbed the peroxide and looked at Clem.
"It's gonna sting. And since we're out in the open, I'll have to cover your mouth so you don't attract lurkers, okay?" I told her and she nodded her head. After I undid the lid, I placed my right hand over her mouth so she wouldn't attract lurkers.
I dipped a little bit of the peroxide onto the wound when Clem jolted in pain. "Sorry." I said to her, and she just shook her head, telling me it was fine. I then looked at Chris to see him struggle to stay awake. I was getting worried for him.
After I finished with the peroxide, I threaded the needle and placed the tip of it on Clem's wound.
"If it hurts too much, squeeze my arm." I told her and she nodded. I punctured the wound and she cringed. I looked to see her biting her lip, clearly trying not to scream. "You want me to stop?" I asked her, but she shook her head.
A few minutes later, I managed to wrap some gauze around her arm. I then looked to Chris had collapsed. I now was scared. I stepped over to him, checked his arm for a pulse and was relieved when I found a pulse.
"Is he okay?" Clem asked. "Yeah. He's unconscious, but he's alive." I replied, when I heard growling.
A group of lurkers were approaching us. "Clem, give me a hand here." I ordered and she obliged. I took his left arm and Clem took his right. We trudged along when Clem was attacked by a lurker. She struggled to get it off her, and I couldn't help her without letting Chris get devoured. Just then, a guy on an orange jacket came up and killed the lurker that had Clem pinned. I recognized him as Luke, one of those who escaped from Carver. I drew my Sai and threw it at another lurker.
"Hey." I said to Luke, gaining his attention. "Can you carry him while I grab that Sai?" I asked and he nodded. He picked up Chris while I ran for my Sai. I pulled it out of the lurker's head when an old man I recognized as Pete came to help us.
We managed to escape from the lurkers when we slowed to a walk. "Is he-?" He asked, and I shook my head.
"He's unconscious, but he's alive." I replied.
"Okay. I'm Luke. This is Pete." Luke introduced to Clem.
"I'm Clementine." She introduced.
"What exactly happened to you guys?" Pete asked.
"Chris and I left from Carver's camp when we ran into Clem. She was attacked by a dog when we found her. After that, we kept walking when I noticed Chris was getting exhausted. After he handed Clem to me, I tended to her arm. Then we ran into you two." I replied.
We then made our way to where Luke, Pete, and others who left Carver's camp were hiding. I explained everything I explained to Luke and Pete. Carlos, one of the escapees welcomed us with open arms. Rebecca, one of the females, was completely skeptical about us.
"Give her some time. She'll adjust." Nick told me. "I hope so." I thought to myself. My worry for Chris kept growing. "Do I like him?" I asked myself.
That's chapter two. Will Anne realize her true feelings for Chris? Find out as the story progresses. Review and I'll post more chapters.
