Sorry I'm tardy to the party. I know I promised August 14 as a release date. I guess I shouldn't make promises I can't keep. Anyways, this chapter is gonna focus mainly on Kenny. If you read the previous chapter, Clementine passed out due to exhaustion. Can you blame her? The poor girl was up all night defending herself.

Chapter 2: The Herd

Peaking out the door, Kenny observed the outside to see if any walkers were around. He cautiously stepped out of the building, raising his blunt weapon. Faint groans were heard in all directions. Kenny looked down to check for any walkers going incognito in a pile of corpses. Many flies were buzzing around the rotting corpses. The stench was unbearable. Kenny gagged and shielded his nose with his empty hand.

After a few minutes, Kenny was in the street. A small group of walkers were stumbling around, some bumping into each other, some were just wandering aimlessly. A few more walkers appeared out of an alley. One of them saw Kenny and started approaching him, snarling hungrily.

"Shit!" Kenny groaned. More walkers started approaching Kenny. He grabbed his weapon with both hands and was gripped on tightly. A walker snarled loudly and Kenny hit it on the head with fully force. The walker fell on the ground, and Kenny stomped on its head. More walkers started getting closer and closer to Kenny. He thought of retreating, but the walkers were coming in all directions. He looked around for a wide enough clearing to sprint towards at fully speed.

Kenny readied his weapon again and darted towards the clearing at full speed. A walker stumbled towards Kenny, and he struck the ravenous beast on its cranium. He knew that he was going the right way towards the countryside. He needed to flee from the city before it's too late.

Kenny managed to find a hiding spot in a dumpster. As gross as it is, he had to mask his scent to prevent the zombies from finding him. Kenny climbed into the dumpster, closed the door and buried himself under a few bags.

How am I gonna get out of this shit? Kenny thought to himself. I noticed that Lee was covered in muck. He smelt terrible. Maybe he was trying to mask his scent. As gross as it sounds, I'm gonna need to do the same. Will it work? There's only one way to find out.

There was only one other problem. How is Kenny gonna mask his scent without a sharp object to cut open the walker? He needed to improvise. He climbed out of the dumpster quietly and walked towards a window. He sighed.

"Here goes nothing." Kenny whispered. He smashed the window. The walkers looked towards the noise and then one of them started stumbling towards Kenny's hiding spot. Kenny grabbed a shard of glass and held it carefully. He saw a walker and he stabbed it on the head. The walker died instantly. It fell to the ground and landed with a thud.

Kenny approached the corpse, and pulled the glassed out of its head. Some of it broke, but the edges were still sharp enough to cut the walker open. He stabbed the corpse's tummy and started to cut it. It took a few shards, but he managed to get it open. He sighed and squinted as he grabbed the guts. He heaved, but managed to keep himself together.

After a few minutes, he was covered all over except his face and hands. Only his palms were a little bloody. Kenny figured that since he masked his scent, he could walk the streets safely. Kenny decided to go incognito with the herd by stumbling and making faint groaning sounds. The herd didn't even think about attacking Kenny. They thought that he was one of them.

Holy shit! It's working! I'm golden! Kenny thought. He decided to continue on with this strategy until he was at least safe enough to run away.

Eventually, Kenny found his way towards the train that the group departed from. He climbed up into the boxcar and decided to lay down to rest.

"Feeling comfy?" uttered a voice. Kenny sprang up and looked at the source. The person was a young, attractive looking female. She looked as though she was in her early twenties. She had short blonde hair and wore an orange hoodie.

"Molly?" Kenny replied.

"Ohh, hey gramps." said Molly. "Why are you all by yourself?"

"I got separated from the group." said Kenny. "I had to put Ben down."

"I bet you were happy to do the honors." Molly spoke. "Last time I saw you, you were about to tear that kid's head off."

"Well, that fucker really laid it into me." mumbled Kenny. "He told me a sob story, which actually made me feel bad for him. I didn't wanna do it, but I couldn't let the poor kid suffer."

"What happened after I left?" asked Molly. "Did you lose anyone?"

"That shit head, Vernon fucked us over and stole the boat." said Kenny. "Clementine was kidnapped and Lee asked me, Omid, Christa, and Ben for help. He...was bit the morning after you left."

Molly's mouth opened in shock. "That's terrible." she muttered.

"Yeah." said Kenny. "He didn't make it. I found him dead in an abandon store. He was handcuffed to a metal space heater with a bullet, right between his eyes. I assume either Omid or Christa put him down."

"How did you get separated from the group?" Molly asked.

"After when I killed Ben," replied Kenny, "I found a sewer cover a few feet away. I managed to open it and climbed down to the sewer just before I become food for those things."

"Looks like you got lucky." said Molly. "Why did you have to put Ben down?"

"We were escaping the manor, because it got overrun by walkers." Kenny spoke. "The only way out was to use the balcony outside to jump towards the roof of the building next to the manor. We all made it, except Ben. The balcony collapsed, just as he was about to jump. Lee and I went down to the alley to check on him. We thought he was okay, but he was impaled by the metal from the balcony. Poor kid was impaled in his gut."

"That must have been a shitty way to go." She then sniffed the air and she cupped her nose with her hands. "Fuck, you stink."

"Christ, I know." mumbled Kenny. "There's thousands of them out there. I cut one of them open and smeared its guts all over me. I found out that the walkers won't attack you if you smear guts on yourself. They'll think you're one of them."

"Geeks are never too bright." chuckled Molly.

"You're damn right, they're not." agreed Kenny.

"Listen," said Molly, "you look like you could use a hand. There's not much more for me to do in Savannah. It's picked right clean, and it's too dangerous. We can't use the rooftops forever."

"I heard Lee and Christa talking about heading towards the countryside after finding Clementine."

"We're already near the countryside."

"Exactly." Kenny said. "They could be anywhere."

"We'll start by getting the fuck out of Savannah." Molly planned out.

Kenny looked towards the horizon. He saw a field in the distance.

"We'll head that way." said Kenny, pointing towards the horizon. "Those fuckers won't find us out here."

"Alright." agreed Molly. "Let's go."

The duo then started walking towards the field, away from Savannah. The city belonged to the undead now. There was no reason to stay there, unless you wanna die. Cities like Savannah, and Atlanta were ghost towns. The entire world is now one big ghost planet. You may consider it a graveyard, or a civilization for the undead. Either way, the world will never be the same again.

Well, that's that. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Again, sorry for being tardy for the party. I'll try not to let that happen again. regulargirl, out.