Thanks everyone for all the reviews,and for the comment saying that Clementine was stupid enough to trust the stranger at 16,think about it: Zombie apocalypse happens,and the only man saying has your parents that you haven't see in three months,you'll trust anyone. ONTO THE STORY!
Jaden's POV
I woke up to pain, and I saw a man with tweezers digging around in my abdomen. I tried getting away, but another man held me down.
"Get away from me!" I screamed at him.
"Pete keep him still!" The man with tweezers said.
"I'm trying Carlos, but this kid is something else." This Pete guy said. I tried pulling my shirt down, but "Pete" grabbed my arms trying to hold me down, but he accidentally grabbed my stab wound. I screamed out from the pain. This Carlos guy asked, "What did you do?"
"I didn't do anything!" Pete guy said in defense. I managed to say through clenched teeth "wound on my arm, let go."
He looked at where he grabbed me and pulled down my sleeve to show really bloody bandages. "Carlos, that's not all we have to be worried about." He said.
"Unwrap them slowly." Carlos said looking up. Pete unwrapped it to see my stab wound, bleeding. "Carlos look at this!" Pete yelled. Carlos looked up for a second to see my bleeding wound "Pete quick grab more bandages to stop it from bleeding, we'll have to take care of it later!" He said.
"Kid how did this happen?" Pete asked while wrapping my wound. "Man...Knife...on leg...too." I managed to say before darkness consumed me.
Clementine's POV(A few minutes earlier)
"Get away from me!" Jaden screamed. I looked at luke,and he looked at me,and said
"Do you want to go into there,and check on him?" He asked me.
"Only if its fine with the rest of your group." I told him, but directed it at everyone.
"I'm fine with you going in there." Luke said.
"Me too." said the big man with glasses.
"But,alvin-" But before the lady could finish Alvin Interrupted
"Would it really harm us if we let her in Bec?" Alvin asked.
"Plus all of us will be in there 6 of us in there." Luke said.
"Fine let her in,but if she does anything she goes in the shed." the lady said. I followed them in where I saw Jaden,Passed out on a couch with Carlos getting the bullet out,while Pete held him down. Before I could ask if he was going to be alright the man with the gun asked
"Will he be alright?"
"I don't know Nick,the bullet didn't hit anything too important,but it's very deep. Also he lost a lot of blood from the wounds on his leg,and arm." Carlos said.
"Oh,man what did I do." Nick said putting his face in his hands,and going into another room.
"Wait,arm,and leg? What happened?" Luke asked. I quickly responded with "The night I was separated from my group,this man with a knife,was on me,but Jaden got him off. Before Jaden could get away though the man cut his leg,and stabbed his arm." I said.
"Well I'm surprised he lasted this long with the wounds he had." Carlos said. I watched a couple more minutes before Luke took me into the kitchen,where everyone else was seated(Besides Pete,and Carlos). I sat down across from everyone,while Luke was standing. "What do you want to know?" I asked.
"I want to know who you're working for,and why you're here." The lady asked.
"Well I'm not working for anyone,I'm just trying to survive,and I'm here because Luke,and Pete took me here." I told them. Luke sat down next to me,and accidentally brushed against my bitten arm. I hissed in pain while everyone just looked at me.
"Oh man,I'm sorry Clementine. I totally forgot about your arm." Luke apologized.
"Ya,and about your arm...do you think we're idiots? You're the f*****g idiot if you think for a second we're going to believe that fake b******t,then you're the f*****g idiot." She said harshly. Just then Carlos,and Pete walked into the room.
"Is he going to be alright?" Nick asked.
"I stopped the bleeding,and took out the bullet. He lost a lot of blood,from the wounds on his arm,and leg. If he didn't bandage himself up,he would probably be dead by now." Carlos replied. I let out a breath I didn't realized I kept in.
"Carlos can you look at her arm,and decide if it's a dog bite,or a lurker bite?" Luke asked.
"Sure let me look at it." Carlos said. I looked at Luke,and he nodded. I stuck out my arm,and rolled up my sleeve.
"D**n that must of hurt." This big guy with glasses commented. Carlos started checking it out,and finally made a decision.
"If it was a lurker bite,she would already have a fever,and her bones would feel like glass. It was a dog bite." Carlos said. A few people sighed in relief.
"Well she could be working for carver." the lady said again.
"Who's carver?" I asked.
"Yeah like you don't know who he is." The lady snarled.
"I don't know who you're talking about. Me,and my friend Christa got attacked. I got separated from her,and woke up some random beach. I got bit by a dog,and saved by Luke,and pete;Then got brought back here." I said recounting my story.
"Yeah,okay then whats with that boy back there,who is he,and why did he just show up?" The lady asked again.
"Last night three men attacked me,and christa. Two men were after her,while one was after me. I tried running away,but the man cornered me to a cliff,and…" I said "Jaden saved me from him,gave me his supplies,and told me to jump off the cliff into the water. I did,and jumped off,and woke up on the beach. You know the rest of the story." I finished.
"Bec,do you think carver,would give a boy,who is probably not older than 20,supplies,find a girl in the forest GIVE her the supplies,which carver gave him,hypothetically,and get stabbed,plus shot,and not find us already?" The big guy with glasses said.
"Well..um..no" Bec said.
"Exactly." The man said. There was a long awkward silence after he said that.
"Alvin,I need to talk to you,PRIVATELY." The woman said walking out of the room. We all just looked at each other,then "alvin" walked of the room to go over to talk to 'Bec'. We just stood there,and looked at the ground,at each other awkwardly. I decided to break the ice.
"So,whats all your guy's names?" I asked.
"Well you can already know me,pete,and Carlos." Luke said. "Thats Nick over there" He said pointing to the table "The couple that just left, were Alvin,and Rebecca." Luke finished.
"Wait you forgot someone." I guessed.
"Who's that?" Carlos asked.
"You know,this carver guy you thought I was with." I said. They all just stood there,and looked at each other awkwardly.
"He was part of our,group one time,and now he isn't. He wants us back,but we don't want to go back so were on the run." Luke explained. Luke then walked out of the room.
"I'm going to check on Sarah." Carlos said walking out of the room.
"Who's Sarah?" I asked.
"Oh she's,Carlos' daughter." Pete said.
"Pete I need to talk to you in the other room." Nick said walking out of the room.
"I...uh...better talk to him." Pete said following him into the other room. Luke then walked into the room with two bowls of oatmeal,and asked "You hungry?" We then walked into the over to the table,and sat down. We started eating,well I did Luke just watched me gobble down the food.
"Manner's much?" Luke said laughing. I gave him a fake glare,and said "You called me a kid,when you picked me up!" I said laughing also. "Hey,that was a compliment." He said bursting out with laughter. When we were done eating,and laughing luke took our bowls to the sink,and started washing them. "This place has running water?" I asked dumfound.
"Yep,when we found the face it was a lucky find." Luke explained. "If you want you can have my bed tonight." Luke said.
"No..no thats okay i'll just sleep on the couch." I answered.
"You really want to sleep next to the guy,who will probably be screaming in the middle of the night." He said practically saying that he would take the couch.
" Its fine i'll sleep on the couch." I insisted.
"Okay,if you say so. I'll just grab you some blankets,and pillows." He said leaving the room.
Rebecca came into the kitchen,and started washing her hands. I knew she came in for a reason,and my hypothesis was confirmed when she started talking. "I know what you're doing." Rebecca said.
"I don't know what you're talking about." I calmly said.
"Yeah play off the scared little girl act,but deep down I know what you are." She snarled.
"Why does every call me a kid! Any way I don't know what your talking about." I replied.
"Fine whatever,but in the morning you're leaving a long with that boy." She said.
"Whatever I don't care,I will leave." I said getting up,and leaving before she could say anything else. I saw luke setting up blankets,and pillows on the opposite against Jaden. He had a ton of bandages around his abdomen,and his arm. I looked at part of skin not covered by his shirt,and noticed a scar. It kinda looked familiar,so I pulled up more of his shirt to see the exact same scar on my chest….from the stranger.
It was right when I left lee to find my parents,and the stranger. I woke up in this dark room,and noticed that my hands,and feet were zip-tied. I tried screaming out,but my mouth was zip-tied. The stranger came in,and stood me up,then pushed me into a chair."Now, Clementine..." He said "I expect you to behave yourself, when you're with me. I just want you to know that you're part of a family now." He said with an evil grin. "You will be given privileges, but those can be taken away to. Do you want to be apart of this family." He said. He looked at me, and I looked at him.I was absolutely terrified. He then reached forward,and ripped the duct tape off my mouth. He looked at me,and I glared at him. He then walked forward,and smacked me across the face,hard. I looked up at him,and he said "You better answer my question misse." I looked up at him,and said nothing. He then smacked me across the face again,and again. "ANSWER ME!" He screamed in my face. I just stared at him,and said "No,I don't want to be apart of any family of yours." He smacked me a couple more times,and asked "Why not?" I just replied with "Because you're a monster!" I screamed. He stood up,and walked towards the door. He then turned around,and punched me in the face,so hard that it made me,and the chair flip over. He then grabbed my hair,and dragged me across the floor away from the chair. He then sat on top of me,and tried to take my shirt. "Come on,stop fighting!" He yelled at me. "No get off of me!" I yelled at him. He then punched me in the face twice,and yelled "Stop fighting it!" He punched me again,which caught me off guard,dizzying me enough for him to rip off my shirt. I tried covering myself with my hand put,he pinned my already zip tied hands above my head. He then pulled out a knife,and started cutting the top part of my chest. I screamed out in pain,then he duct taped my mouth again. When he finally stopped he pulled me up,and sat me back in the chair. "Now,do you want to be apart of this family?" Was all I heard before I blacked out.
I realized Luke was trying to talk to me.
"Clem,did you hear me?" He asked me. I just stared at the scar on Jaden's chest. Luke walked over to me,and said "Clem,you alright?". "That...that scar." I said fumbling for words. 'How is it that,he has the same scar on his chest,that there is on my chest. Maybe he's met The Stranger. NO,no way. There is no way that we got cut by the same man. I'll just ask him in the morning.' "Yeah,I'm fine I just need to sit down." I told Luke. He looked at me,and "okay,I'll see you in the morning." With that Luke got up,and went up stairs. I laid down on the couch,and just tried to get some rest.
Jaden's POV (Dream from blackout till the incident)
I tried to move my hands, only to find zip-ties around my hands, and feet. I looked around to find myself in a small dark room. I tried yelling out only to realize my mouth was duct taped. A man came in with...a bowling ball bag? I closed my eyes so that I could see, but that he didn't see that I was awake. He sat down in a chair across from me. Then something weird happened, he talked to the bag. "Honey I think you'll like him. He isn't like Adam, but he is very nice, and caring. He's a great fighter too, very feisty." I opened my eyes pretending I just woke up.
"Ah I see you're up, Jaden." This stranger said.
"Who are you?" I tried asking but all came out was "Mhm mhm." He dropped the bag, and walked towards me. I tried scooting back, but he was faster than me. He grabbed me, and shoved me into a chair. "Now, Jaden..." He said "I expect you to behave yourself, when you're with me. I just want you to know that you're part of a family now." He said with an evil grin. "You will be given privileges, but those can be taken away to." He said. "Do you understand?" He looked at me, and I looked at him, and slowly nodded my head so he knew I understood him. He then reached forward and ripped the duct tape off my mouth. "How do you know my name?" I asked him.
"Your backpack, has your name in it."He said. 'My backpack!' I thought.
"Um can I have my backpack please?" I asked. I needed that bag back. If I lost it, I don't know what I would do.
"Why do you want it?" The stranger asked.
"A picture of my family is in there. Please I'll do anything to have it back!" I pleaded. He looked at me, and slowly got up and grabbed my bag and threw it to me. I quickly looked through it: Photo of family, check. Extra clothes check. Knife, missing (of course). "Now because I gave you that bag, you better behave, or I'm going to take it away." He said.
"Okay, I will." I told him.
He walked toward me, and stood me up.
Then He said "Walk in front of me." I looked at him confused, but not wanting to lose my bag I tried walking forward. I forgot about my zip tied feet, so I fell to the ground with a large thump. When I tried getting up the man grabbed the back of my neck, and threw me back to the ground. He then kicked me in the stomach, hard, and just kept kicking me. When he was done I was coughing up blood.
"Clean it up." He spat throwing me a rag. I cleaned up the mess, and when I went to get up, he punched me across the face. He sat me up and threw me into the chair, then took out my knife, and pressed it to my cheek. He pressed down hard, feeling the blood run down my cheek, I tried moving my hands to my face, but the man just held them away. He picked up some rope(how I didn't see it I don't know) and cut the zip ties off my hands and feet, not caring if he cut me. He then quickly tied my hands and feet to the chair. He ripped off my jacket and shirt, to reveal my chest. He gripped the knife, and cut me halfway across my top chest. I yelled out in pain. He quickly grabbed a roll of duct tape, and taped my mouth shut again. Then he punched me in the stomach knocking the wind out of me.
He repeatedly punched my, stomach. He then switched to my face, after the 10th punch. After what felt like an hour of punches, he stopped. He removed the duct tape, and said " Now see what happens, when you disobey me!" He screamed into face. He ripped off
The duck tape, and yelled "Well anything to say for yourself?!"
"I...I'm sorry." I said quietly, my voice gave out from all the screaming.
"That's okay, you didn't know." He said very creepy like. I tried keeping my eyes open, but I needed to rest so bad. Next thing I know I darkness consumed me.
Clementine's POV(The next morning)
I woke up to someone nudging my shoulder. Realizing they weren't going to stop,I opened my eyes,and looked up at the person. It was a girl,a little younger then me. She had raven colored hair,and red glasses.
"Umm,hi. Pete wanted me to wake you up,and ask if you wanted to go check the fish traps with them." She said.
"Yeah,sure tell them I'll meet them outside in a minute." I told her.
"Okay I will." She said walking out of the room. Right before she walked out,she turned around and said "My name is Sarah." She said.
"I'm Clementine." I replied. She then ran over to me,and asked "Do you want to be best friends?" Sarah asked. I thought it over for a minute before deciding.
"Yeah sure I'll be your best friend." I said. She then leaped forward,and hugged me. Then she backed away,and held out her pinky finger.
"Pinky swears are forever." Sarah explained. I stuck out my pinky,and shook hers.
"Yay,I'll go tell Pete you'll go." Sarah said leaving the room. I looked over to the other couch to see Jaden still sleeping. I realized I didn't have my hat on,and quickly looked around the room. I saw the bill of a cap,on the side of the couch Jaden was on. I picked it up,only to find out that it wasn't mine. It was a plaid puma one,with a orange puma symbol. I saw that it was next to Jaden,and figured it was his. I placed in next to him,and continued looking for my hat. I found it tangled up in my blankets. I put it on,and walked out to meet Pete,and Nick standing around waiting for me.
"Ready to go Clem?" Pete asked.
"Yeah sure,ready when you are." I replied. We then walked together towards the river.
"I'm going to take a wizz,meet you there." Nick said walking off.
"Did not need to know that." I said walking off with Pete. We both started laughing. When we stopped,I looked over,and stared at his rifle. He saw me staring,and asked "Anyone,teach you how to shoot? Properly I mean."
"Yeah,my friend taught me,but not a rifle." I replied.
"Ya,that's probably for the best,it would probably knock you on your a**." He said laughing.
"Nick was about eleven first time I took him hunting. We spotted this amazing 13-point buck just standing on the ridge line. Nick takes the rifle lines up the shot,just like I taught him,and he starts whining. 'I can't do it uncle pete,please don't make me shoot him'. So I go to take the rifle,and the boy almost gut shots me. Since that day he was none as the worst shot ever." He concludes laughing.
"Wow,he must be a terrible shot then." I say laughing also. 'Not bad enough,to miss Jaden' I thought. We walk a little more to see the river,but there were bodies everywhere.
"Nick! Get up here!" Pete shouts. I hear Nick run up,and gasp. We look through the bodies,to search for live ones. I was about to search this one body,but I looked up,and saw a walker about to bite pete. "Pete behind you!" I shout. He turns around,and shoots the walker,dead. Just then I hear more moans,and groans. I look up to see at least 20 more walkers. Me,and Pete ran over to Nick. Once we got to him we ran into the forest,not daring to look behind us.
10 minutes later.
We kept running until we got to this cellar in the woods. We ran in,and bolted the door behind us to keep walkers out. I looked around,and saw lots of crates. Nick was going through them,while me and Pete sat on the ground panting.
"Well looks like were staying here for the night." Pete said. Realizing he was right,I pulled my cap over my eyes,and fell asleep.
3 hours later.
I woke up to someone tapping me on the shoulder.
"What?" I asked.
"The walkers are gone lets go." Pete said. I stood up to see Nick against the door ready to open it. When we were all ready we opened it,and ran out. There were less walkers,but still alot. We were sneaking away when,Nick stepped on a twig snapping it. I looked around to see the walkers notice us,and coming our way.
"Clementine go to the cabin,we'll be fine!" Pete yelled. I ran forward,and when I looked back Pete,and Nick ran back inside the cellar. I ran for awhile,until I saw the cabin. I bolted in the side door,and looked around to see Rebecca,and Carlos sitting at the kitchen table.
"Where are the others?!" Rebecca asked.
"Nick,and Pete are in a cellar in the woods." I said panting.
"So,where are Luke,and Alvin?" Rebecca questioned.
"Luke and Alvin? There not here?" I asked concerned.
"Carlos my husband is out there GET THE GUNS!" Rebecca screamed. Carlos quickly ran out of the room. Seconds later he came back with a rifle,and a handgun. Rite as he was leaving, Carlos turned around and said "Clementine,can you watch Sarah please?" With that he walked out,and left. I left the room,and went up stairs. I opened the door on the right,and saw Sarah reading a book. "Oh hey you're back." Sarah said happily.
"Ya,just got back." I replied.
"Where is my dad?" She asked.
"He...went to check on the fish traps." I said untruthfully.
"I know your lieing." She said upset. She then bent down,and picked something black up.
"Can you teach me how to use it?" She turned around with a gun.
"Whoa watch it!" I said ducking.
"Oh,sorry!" She said lowering the gun. "Can you teach me how to use it?" She asked.
"Um….yeah sure." I replied. I showered how to use it,using all the tricks that Lee told me.
"Hey Luke's back!" She said looking out the window. I looked out only to see someone round the corner. She then ran out the door,and down the stairs. When I caught up to her,she was hiding behind the wall panting. When I got to her she mumbled "That's not luke."
"Who is he?" I asked.
"I don't know,but he can't see me." She said.
"Listen Sarah go upstairs,open all the doors,except one,and slightly close it. Then hide in your room,but make sure your's in the one,that is open, okay?" I asked,and explained. She nodded her head,then went upstairs,and did what I said. I heard knock on the door,and was about to lock it,but a man came in.
"Why hello there." He said barging in.
"Hello,can you please leave?" I asked.
"Now why would I do that?" He asked.
"Because you're invading. Now,please leave." I said.
"How many people do you have here?" He asked.
"Just me,and my brother." I said. "What's your name?" I asked.
"George." He asked. He then walked into the kitchen,and then I followed him in.
"Wow,thats a lot of dishes for only two people." He said.
"Well,ya if you don't clean them,and you keep eating it tends to get like this." I said. I looked over,and saw a knife. I ran over to grab it,but before I could he grabbed it.
"Now,where does this go?" He asked.
"I'll take it." I said. He clearly wasn't stupid,because he put the knife in a drawer. He then walked into the living room. 'Oh no,Jaden!' I thought quickly following him.
"Who's that?" He asked pointing to Jaden.
"That's my brother…Sam." I said. He then looked at the bandages on Jaden.
"What happened?" He questioned. I thought it over before saying "Hunting accident,he snuck over to me,then I accidently gut shot him."
"Hunting accident,well okay." He said probably seeing through my other lie. "What did you say your name was?" He asked.
"Its...um..Carly." I said lying.
"Pretty name for such a pretty girl." He said stepping closer. I faked a blush,and asked "Where is your camp at?"
"A little ways down the-" He was cut off by a creak from upstairs. 'D****t Sarah!' I both walked upstairs. I looked around,and saw that two doors,were closed,while one was slightly open. He walked forward pushed the door open,and searched inside. I followed him in,and looked around for Sarah. I bent over to check under the bed,but she wasn't in there. 'Yes,she is still hidden.' I thought. I was starting to get up when "George" pushed me down on the bed. I turned around,to face him. He took off his jacket,and his belt. He then climbed on top of me,and tried he thought off my hat,then tried taking off my shirt. "Stop!" I yelled at him.
"But baby girl,we are just getting to the fun part." He said kissing me on the lips. When he pulled back I wanted to throw up. He then grabbed my arms,and pinned them above my head. He grabbed a pillow,and ripped off the pillow case. He tied it around my wrists,then grabbed another one,and tied my hands to the bed frame. He gripped the bottom of my shirt,and pulled it over my head,leaving my upper body in only a sport bra. I tried turning away,but his legs kept me in place.
"Now play nice,or you'll get hurt." He said leaning in,and kissing me again,leaving a trail of kisses down my neck. He then started to try,and take off my pants with one hand,while the other started to take off my sport bra.
"Get away from me!" I yelled at him.
"No need to struggle Carley." He said. He was about to get to "Second base" with me,when I heard someone run up the stairs. I sensed someone in the doorway,and I saw Jaden.
"Help,me please!" I yelled. George looked up to look at Jaden. Jaden ran forward,and ripped George off of me yelling "Get off of her!". George must have been really stronger,because when he punched Jaden in the face,it looked like it hurt a lot. He shoved Jaden out the door,and started choking him. My bindings were loose,so I started to slip out of them. When I got free, I saw George slam him into the ground,and kicked him in the stomach. He started kicking him again,when I yelled "Stop!" They both looked up to look at me. George then backhanded me knocking me to the ground. He then grabbed Jaden by the collar,and slammed him repeatedly into the railing. He then stood Jaden up,then kicked him hard enough so that the railing broke sending Jaden falling. George came over to me,and dragged me by the hair over to the balcony. He then forced me into a kiss which I hated.
"Get away from her you sick freak!" Jaden yelled.
"Oh yeah? What are you going to do about it?" George snarled. Jaden stood up,and looked at him. George looked at Jaden,then at me. He surprisingly punched me in the gut,knocking the wind out of me. He backhanded,and held me still while hitting me over,and over again. Then it all stopped. I looked up to see,George on top of Jaden hitting him. George finally stopped,and said "When I saw you on the couch I instantly knew you couldn't protect anyone. Your family probably died because of you didn't they?" He sneered. 'That's it he's gone too far' I thought. "You..don't know me!" Jaden yelled. Jaden suddenly pushed George off him,and punched him in the face. Jaden was about to punch him again,but George pulled out a gun. He slowly moved backwards.
"You move,and she gets a bullet." George said gesturing towards me.
"Ok,I'll just stay right here." Jaden said calmly.
"You don't think I know you? I know for a fact that you're nothing" George asked. There are three types of men nowadays: The bandit,the family man,and the protector. Now you just made another category: Nothing. Thats right nothing,you're nothing." George said. "Now have you seen seven of my people? Two farm boys,an old man,a doctor and his daughter. A pretty middle lady,and her husband." I realized he was talking about everyone hear.. He suddenly punched Jaden in the stomach. "Now when ask you something you respond,truthfully,ok?" He said. Jaden nodded my head in understanding. "Now have you see them?" He asked Jaden.
"I don't know them sorry." Jaden told him. George then backhanded him then kicked me in the stomach.
"You better be telling the truth boy." George then walked down the stairs and out the door. Jaden got up,and walked over to me,and sat down next to me.
"Hey it's okay,he's gone now." He said comforting me. I looked up at him, and I gave him a small smile.
"You know,I've helped you what,three times now and I don't even know your name." He said.
"I'm...I'm clementine." I told him.
"Well I'm Jaden,Clementine." Jaden said.
"He didn't...hurt you did he?" I asked.
"I've been through way worse." He said with a small smile.
"He didn't..touch you or anything did he?" Jaden asked concerned.
"He..he tried to,but you stopped him. Thank you." I said with a few tears. He pulled me into a hug,and said "Hey,I won't let anything happen to you."
Jaden's POV of that morning.
I bolted straight up when I woke up. I quickly looked around to see where I was, and found myself on a couch in what looked like an old hunting cabin. I felt a lot of pain in my abdomen, and remembered the gunshot from earlier. I realized I was sweating like crazy, and I was breathing heavily. I heard yelling coming from a room upstairs.
"Get off of me!" A familiar female voice yelled.
"No,need to struggle Carley." An unfamiliar gravelly voice said. Sensing trouble I got up from the couch,and winced when my abdomen screamed out in pain. I pulled up my shirt to reveal bandages. I shook it off ran up the stairs,as fast as I could with the bandages on my abdomen,and barged in a bedroom to see the girl from earlier with a man on top of her.
"Help,me please!" She yelled. The man on top of her,looked up to see me standing in the had a handlebar mustache,with a scruff of a beard. I ran forward,and ripped him off of her yelling "Get off of her!". He must of been stronger than he looks because when he punched me in the face it hurt a lot. He shoved me out the door,and into the balcony. He started choking me,so I punched him in the face,and he released a little but not fully. He then pulled me back,and slammed me to the ground. I started gasping for breath,when he kicked me in the stomach. 'Man he has a good kick too.' I thought. He kicked me again,when I heard the girl yell "Stop!" We both looked up to see the girl standing in the doorway. The man backhanded her knocking her to the ground. He picked me up by the collar,and shoved me into the railing over and over again. He finally stopped,and I looked up at him,and saw an evil grin. He stood me up and kicked me into the railing. I heard it cracking,I looked up at him again then he leaned up his leg far back,and kicked me into the railing hard enough to have it break. It felt like slow motion when I was kicked through the balcony. I looked at him to see him smiling,and I looked behind him to see the girl look at me with fear in his eyes. Then everything seemed to all come back into normal speed. I hit the ground with a loud "THUMP!". "Uhhhh." I groaned. I looked up to see the man looking down at me from the overlook. I looked over to see the girl being held up by her hair by the man. He then forced her into a kiss. I hated the sight of it. "Get away from her you sick freak!" I yelled.
"Oh yeah? What are you going to do about it?" He snarled. Trying to ignore the pain,I stood up,and faced the man. He looked at me,and stood her up. He then punched her in the got knocking her down,then backhanded her. He then held her up and continued hitting her. Sometimes a smack,others a punch. I somehow ignored all the pain I was in,and walked up the stairs going fast as I could. When I reached him,he looked at me before he ran forward and tackled me to the ground. He suddenly punched me in the face. He gripped my shirt collar,and pulled me up. I don't know how many times he hit me,but I know it was a lot. He finally stopped,and said "When I saw you on the couch I instantly knew you couldn't protect anyone. Your family probably died because of you didn't they?" He sneered. 'That's it he's gone too far' I thought. "You..don't know me!"I yelled. With a sudden burst of strength I pushed him off me,and punched him in the face. I was about to punch him again,but he pulled out a gun. I then slowly walked backwards away from the gun. "You move and she gets a bullet" he said. "Ok,I'll just stay right here." I said calmly."You don't think I know you? I know for a fact that you're nothing" George asked. There are three types of men nowadays: The bandit,the family man,and the protector. Now you just made another category: Nothing. Thats right nothing,you're nothing." He said. "Now have you seen seven of my people? Two farm boys,an old man,a doctor and his daughter. A pretty middle lady,and her husband." I just stood there looking at him. He suddenly punched me in the stomach. "Now when ask you something you respond,truthfully,ok?" He said. I nodded my head in understanding. "Now have you see them?" I thought about it for a second. They did seem familiar."I don't know them sorry." I told him. He then backhanded me then kicked me in the stomach. "You better be telling the truth boy." He then walked down the stairs and out the door. I looked up to see the girl crying. I got up,and walked over to her,and sat next to her. "Hey it's okay,he's gone now." I said comforting her. She looked up at me and gave me a small smile. "You know,I've helped you what,three times now and I don't even know your name." I said.
"I'm...I'm clementine." Clementine said.
"Well I'm Jaden,Clementine." I said.
"He didn't...hurt you did he?" She asked. "I've been through
Way worse." I said with a small smile. "He didn't..touch you or anything did he?" I asked conceded.
"He..he tried to,but you stopped him. Thank you." She said with a few tears. I pulled her into a hug,and said "Hey,I won't let anything happen to you."