Out of the frying pan. . .

When everything you live for is taken from you, what is the point in living then?
When civilization is erased, and the law of nature, the survival of the fittest is what matters,
and the human race, is forced to fight for survival, there are no jobs, no entertainment, no living together peacefully, survival is all that matters now. Things don't get better, or they get worse before they do, humans have to pull on one string and stand together to persist in this hostile world, but instead... we see bandit groups bothering little survivor groups, mankind doesn't change, even in the apocalypse, at the end of all days they're in a power struggle, the walkers are a consensus, they work together. One walker doesn't stand a
chance against a human, a smart human can actually handle quite some walkers by himself, but it is the horde that makes them dangerous, they slowly surround you, they perfectly work together. The humans don't they are still fighting their pitiful wars, it is their complexity. It made mankind become the most dangerous and successful form of live on
this planet, and it is about to be the reason of their extinction.

Omid slowly realized what he just had done, he had made their situation a lot worse.
He put Clementine back on her own feet, he couldn't carry her anymore, he was tired, he kept watch last night so he was just too tired.
They all needed a break, Lee had told them they needed to find some safe heaven.
Some place where they could just live, some place where they could raise Clem, some place where they wouldn't have to bother with walkers.
What could such a place be? There are many theories what place is the safest
during a zombie apocalypse, truth is... there is none.
No island, no castle, no prison, no fortress, no city, no house, no farm, all those places are
fragile, because humans carry the virus in them, what if Omid gets a heart attack during the night? No matter how strong the walls or defenses of the so called "safe heaven" are, an unexpected intruder is now in it.

They had to come up with a new plan now, they were in the woods, probably 3 minutes away from the train, the walkers were alerted.
Omid: "Christa, hurry, find a stick or something sharp or..."
Christa: "Found a bottle!"
Omid: "Well... I'll be damned..."
Clementine: "Cut one of their chests open!" She was nervous.
Christa was quick to smash the bottle and dragged one of the dead walkers closer to them.
She took a glass shard and rammed it into its chest. She cut it open. The smell... it was something you just can't get used too, Christa puked, Omid was about to do so too, and little Clem smiled inside. She had went through that before.
Each one of them grabbed into the walker and took out whatever he found and they rubbed themselves in with it. They were hopefully ready for what was ahead, approximately more than 100 walkers. They slowly made their way, everyone of them knew, that if this wouldn't work not everybody was getting out alive. The walkers seemed very... curious, they couldn't think of course, but it seemed like they were asking themselves: "Why the hell are they going that-a-way?

Seconds felt like hours, moments like minutes, luckily the air was very arid, or they'd
have a serious problem. Christa was shedding tears, Omid had a crazy look on his face,
Clementine pinched her eyes together, and held Christa's arm. It was so disgusting, but that is just what life was like now, disgusting.

They arrived at the train, even the boxcar was empty by now, they all let a waft of relief
go. They had made it, but they knew they couldn't keep going like this, or they wouldn't
last for too long.
Omid: "Hell, let's get this thing started..."
Christa: "Okay, I'll go and have a little chat with Clementine over in the boxcar okay?"

They had barely any food left, so that was the next thing on the agenda. Food, how they used to treat food, funny... humans used to pick the very best food back when corpses
didn't walk bread and buns from yesterday were thrown away, because they weren't crispy enough, or because they were to dry, because... they weren't perfect.
Now they would eat anything that could keep them alive, they'd kill for a day's worth meal.

Clementine and Christa arrived in the boxcar, they sat down as Omid started the train, Kenny had taught him.
The girls sat at the side of the boxcar, their legs were hanging out.
Clementine: "I'm sorry"
Christa: "Look... I know you want to be helpful, I understand you, but you can't just run
off..."
Clementine: "I know... it's just... I can't do anything useful" she had a sad look on her face.
Christa: "Yeah you can, you are useful"
Clementine: "I almost got you killed, like I got Lee killed..."
Christa: "Don't start like that, it wasn't you but that" son of a bitch she whispered "that... stranger, who was he anyways?"
Clementine: "A sad man..."
Christa: "Do you know why he kidnapped you?"
Clementine: "Yes, I listened to him and Lee talking, he owned the station wagon..."
Christa: "Station wagon?"
Clementine: "Our group was about to starve, before we found the train, we found a station wagon in the woods... full of supplies and food and medicine!"
Christa: "And... you took it?"
Clementine: "No! Lee and me didn't, our group did, we told them it is someone's"
Christa: "This man Lee... he surprises me every single day... even when he was near
starving he wouldn't steal..."
Clementine: "This hoodie... it was Adam's, that's what his son's name was."
Christa: "Well you were more important to him than he was himself, he stole that hoodie for you am I right?"
Clementine: "It was cold..."
Christa: "I don't blame him..." they were about to drift off topic, but Christa remembered what this conversation's origin was.
Christa: "Clem, honey, I wanted to tell you... it is dangerous to wander off, you
understand? Please, please don't do that ever again without asking" She had a pleasing and desperate tone in her voice.
Clementine: "Okay..."
Christa: "You understand why those rules have to be?"
Clementine: "Yes..." her voice was a little disappointed.
Christa: "Where did yesterday go?" She sighed
Clementine: "I don't know... it seems like years ago when everything was normal"
Christa: "Yeah..."
The both of them had something very nostalgic in their voices.
Clementine: "I even miss school... Lee promised me he would teach me once we'd find a safe place..."
Christa: "Ain't that neat..."
Clementine: "Why did all of this have to happen?"
Christa: "Well... Lee would probably say something like, things happen for a reason, or
that things were complex..."
Clementine: "Yeah he would..."
Christa: "But frankly... I don't know..."
Clementine: "Oh..."
Christa: "It is just something none of us can explain, maybe one day, things get back to normal, maybe they won't, what do you think?"
Clementine: "I think it'll be okay again!" She smiled.
That little cute smile reassured Christa: "Someone could mistake you for Lee's daughter, you know? You're just as optimistic as him." She grinned.
Clementine: "He always considered me..."
Christa put her arm around Clem, and Clem laid her head on Christa's leg.
Clementine: "What will you call it?"
Christa: "Call what?"
Clementine: "I heard you and Omid talking..."
Christa: "Oh... uhm... well..."
Clementine: "Is it going to be a boy or a girl?"
Christa: "We don't know yet."
Clementine: "Oh... what do you want it to be?" She liked babies, so she was very excited, her voice sounded that way.
Christa: "Maybe a little girl like you? Though... a boy would be nice too..."
Clementine: "Like me?"
Christa: "Sure... why not?"
Clementine smiled.
Christa smiled back.
They talked about their past for hours, now that the sun was about to shift in with the
moon, they realized, that they'd need to get some sleep, there were some pillows left in the boxcar and sleeping bags, luckily it could be closed, so nobody would fall out.
Christa thought, that this night, Omid would need sleep more than her.
She decided to go over to the driver's cabin.

Where was this train going? Where would it take them? How long would it keep going? Savannah was far behind them now, none of them would miss this town, that's for certain.
The sun has sunken into the golden hills of Georgia, it was quiet outside, one could say peaceful. The blue moon came forth.

Blue moon,
you saw me standing... alone
without a dream in my heart...
without a love of my own...

Blue moon,
you knew just what I was there for
you heard me saying a prayer for...
somebody I really could care for...

And then there suddenly appeared before me,
the only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper please, adore me,
and when I looked the moon had turned to gold.

Blue moon,
now I'm no longer alone...
without a dream in my heart...
without a love of my own...

This song would remind people of... the old worda term that was nostalgic these days.

Christa had arrived at the driver's cabin.
Omid: "Anything wrong hon'?"
Christa: "We used to ask if everything was alright... feels like decades ago..."
Omid: "Yeah it does... but back to my question..."
Christa: "Yes... you need to sleep."
Omid: "but who's gonna drive the train?"
Christa: "Me."
Omid: "You can't even drive a car..." he joked with a smile on his face.
Christa: "Funny, who crashed my old Chevy 3 years ago?"
Omid: "Alright, yeah... you're right, I need sleep, I'll just show you the basics"

Meanwhile back at the boxcar Clementine has found her old note block.
She couldn't sleep, so she decided to draw something, like she did back at the motel...

When Omid entered the boxcar he couldn't believe his eyes what she drew.
It was Lee, together with Clem's parents, they all had wings like angels, and halos.
It broke his heart there for a second, but he realized... it made her feel better, she didn't think of them being dead, but she thought of them being in heaven, her childish naivety wasn't gone. After all that happened, she was still a kid.

Omid: "Hey there!" he said with his usual funny voice.
Clementine: "Hey, Omid!" she answered with her nice childish voice.
Omid: "How are you holding up?"
Clementine: "Good..."
Omid: "Really? If something bothers you, you know, you can tell me and Christa."
Clementine: "I know." She smiled.
Omid: "That was quite some day, wasn't it?" he sat down, while saying that.
Clementine: "Yeah, scary."
Omid: "So... what's that you drew there?"
Clementine: "Lee and my parents."
Omid: "You believe in heaven then?"
Clementine: "Yes, good people go to heaven."
Omid: "Tell me about Lee and your parents, sweetie."
Clementine: "Well... my dad was an engineer, mom was a doctor, Lee was a teacher at...
uhm... how did he call it... U..."
Omid: "UGA?"
Clementine: "Yes! What does it mean?"
Omid: "University of Georgia."
Clementine: "Oh..."

This conversation went on for almost an hour, but they were really tired, so they decided
to sleep.

Omid: "Goodnight, Clem."
Clementine: "Goodnight, Omid!"
Clementine: "Goodnight, mom, dad, Leeeee..." she mumbled.
Omid noticed what she mumbled, but didn't want to talk about it, it only would've upset her.

In her restless dreams, she sees his face.
Lee: "Hey sweet pea, you did good today, but never wander off again,
I promised you, I'll be there for you, always, but you know I can't interfere.
Please don't ever do that again."
Clementine mumbled while sleeping: "Okay, Lee."
Lee: "That's my girl, so... how's it going?"
Clementine: "Bad..."
Lee: "Why didn't you tell Omid? He asked you sweet pea."
Clementine: "Because..."
Lee: "It doesn't matter, you can trust them, they will die for you if it comes down to that,
you know that, don't you? They are good people."
Clementine: "But you're the best..."
Lee: "I..."
The dream was somehow over, she felt like the following words would have been
important, now she only could hope to find out, what they were.
She continued sleeping, without a dream in her heart.

Author's note: This one's somewhat shorter I know,
It's for character development, there's not much action, but
much talking, I thought they just met at the gas station and
still hadn't have an opportunity to talk, now that gave them
the opportunity. Next Chapter comes in 2 or 3 days.
thanks for reading!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own the rights for "Once in a blue moon" all credits go to its respective owners!