The three walked for miles, for what seemed like hours, was in fact days.

They had run into several fights with lurkers. Clementine always kicking them down and stabbing them in the head. While Luke would slice their head in half or cut it off. Julia would use her bow and arrows shooting them in the middle of the forehead and occasionally stabbing them with her dagger. Once they had made it out of one situation they were stuck in another. 3 days later they were in a dense, dark but warm wood.

The mood of the three was light and playful.

Julia spoke out. "We are family!"

"Get up everybody and sing!" Luke continued.

"We are family!" Clementine said.

"I got all my sisters with me!" Julia replied. "Sorry Luke."

The trio laughed, they kept singing and dancing with each other. Until Clementine noticed something. She tugged on Luke's sleeve and pointed to something amongst the trees.

"What is…?" Luke's eyes widened, he couldn't say another word.

"What's wrong with you two?" Julia said.

"It's…"

"The cabin." Clementine continued.

Luke opened the front door slightly. It was exactly how they left it, the dirty dishes were still piled high with files surrounding them it was like no time had passed at all.

"I can't believe we're back here." Clementine said.

"Everyone who was here is, dead. This cabin was our home for a time. We were here for weeks maybe a month. When you came along I thought it would finally be like a family…"

Clementine smiled up at Luke. "We're still alive."

"Hm. We're all that's left." Luke sighed deeply. "Come on. We've got to go."

Julia still stood at the door entrance. She kept staring at the ground, desperately trying to imagine what it was once like in the cabin.

The following day, the three were sitting around a campfire. Luke had the video camera tightly in his hands, watching what New Year's Eve was like eleven years ago.

"That's you?" Clementine asked. "You look different."

"Different good? Or different bad?" Luke questioned.

"Both."

"What?"

Clementine and Julia sniggered. "Haha." Luke said sarcastically.

"Look fireworks!" Clementine had her eyes glued to the tiny screen.

"How long?" Luke asked.

Julia pulled up her sleeve to look at her watch. "Twenty seconds… Fifteen seconds… Ten seconds."

All three joined in on the countdown. "9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0."

"Happy New Year." Everyone said at once.

Julia's smile then turned serious "That was fun while it lasted. How far until we get to the coast?"

Luke gave the camera to Clementine and pulled out the map. "I think we're here." Luke said as he placed his finger on one of the lines. He slowly moved it across the map. "Maybe another 50 miles."

"We will never make it in time." Julia said.

"We can do it." Clementine stood up. "We have to go."

"She's right! We gotta go now!"

Julia sighed. "Fine, fine. We go now and we are roamer bait. You know that!"

"Do you wanna get out of this alive? Everything we lost, it brought us here. We can get out of this hell. Don't you want that?" Luke questioned.

"Of course I do! But it will be pitch black out there, we will die before we have a chance!"

"Guys! We have to go!" Clementine stressed.

"I can't do-"Julia's speech was cut off, she fell to the ground, blood pouring out of her mouth into the mud. "NO!" Luke shouted.

Clementine hid behind Luke, he put his arm behind him to reassure her. They did a full loop but no one could be seen. Suddenly a shadow moved, someone stepped forward, kicking Julia's body as they did.

The stranger laughed. "Kill me before I say a word?"

"Tristan!" Luke pulled out his gun. "I don't wanna do this."

"Your humanity always failed you."

The trees shook in the distance, from a bird's eye view, it looked like they were sleeping, the three of them. Clementine cuddling into Luke's body while Julia was lying next to the campfire. Tristan's colourless body was lying in the shadows alone, his young face no longer showed innocence.

At ground level the truth was clear to see. Julia had died from a stab wound in the back of her chest and a bullet wound in her head. Tristan had died from a bullet wound to the head. Luke and Clementine were a different story. Clementine's wrist had been sliced and Luke, he wasn't wounded at all.

"It's all my fucking fault again. Again…!" Luke said quietly, he pinched the bridge of his nose, shook his head and turned towards Clementine.

"It's not your fault." Clementine said. "It all happened too fast."

Luke moved his head towards the sky. "He slit your wrist to provoke me into shooting him… And I did. I killed a man. I just can't believe it. My humanity…"

"Luke… this isn't your fault. He was crazy, you stopped him from killing us."

Luke stood up and stamped out the fire. He threw some mud and leaves onto Julia. "Not really a burial."

"There's never time for burials." Clementine said with a sad tone.

"Come on let's go." Luke held out his hand and pulled Clementine up from the ground. "How's your wrist?"

"Its fine, it doesn't hurt." Clementine said, holding her wrist tightly.

"50 miles. We can do this." Luke tried to be cheerful but he was beginning to break inside.

Purple, yellow and blue dominated the sky. The sun couldn't even be seen rising but it was evidently dawn. Crows flew overhead and the field Luke and Clementine were walking in was empty even though surrounding it was the suburbs.

"I'm sorry… about Julia." Clementine stated.

"Don't… I should've killed Tristan back at the bungalow."

"He's dead now. He can't bother us anymore."

Luke's hand folded into a fist. "Shut up! Just… shut the fuck up."

"Luke! You're scaring me."

Luke glanced down at his fist and then at Clementine. "Shit. Shit, I'm sorry. It's hard to think about it y'know."

"Are you okay?"

"No… I don't feel like myself anymore…"

Clementine looked at Luke sympathetically, her eyes full of sadness and fear. "A friend once told me, 'Bad things happen to everyone and it's hard to keep being yourself after they do'."

"Was it Lee?"

"Yes."

"Smart guy."

"Don't try and be yourself. You're broken."

"Nothin' happened to me."

"You lost everyone, everything."

"I didn't!"

"We can talk about it if you want."

"No, we have to keep going."

Although Clementine knew Luke was pretending to be strong, he kept going, he kept moving. Hoping that she wouldn't notice.

A few hours after Luke's outburst; the two approached a large rock on the coastline.

"There's the boat." Luke said.

Two guards stood in front of it, holding AK-47's.

"Come on let's go." Clementine jumped up from the rock, only to be stopped by Luke grabbing her arm and pulling her back down.

"We gotta be smart about this. Who knows what they'll do. For all we know they could shoot us as soon as they see us."

"What's the plan?"

"I'll go up to those guards and if it's clear, you can come out."

"Okay."

Luke moved up from the rock, the guards aimed their guns towards Luke, he put his hands up.

"Who are you? What do you want?" One guard shouted.

"I'm Luke. I heard that the military is rescuing people."

"Then you've been misinformed, this is for government officials only."

"Why come now? It's been two years!" Luke questioned.

"That's none of your business, leave now or we shoot you!"

"Okay, okay." Luke backed away, slowly putting his hands down.

The other guard shouted at Luke "Wait!" The guard threw his gun over to Luke.

"What are you doing? He'll kill us." The first guard said.

"He's clearly come along way. And he has a child with him." The guard said.

Luke picked up the gun. "Thank you." He went back to the rock. "Come on Clem."

The guards watched as Clementine and Luke walked away from the coastline and disappeared in the hills.

"Why turn them away. They could've been perfect" The second guard said.

"They don't need us. They'll survive on their own." The first guard said.

"Are you sure?"

"The Captain said to turn away anyone with more than two weapons. They'll make it."

"Do you think that was the girl, your girlfriend was talking about?"

"I think so."

One week later

Clementine and Luke were walking along a stone path next to a rural road and a river, believing that someone would pass them. The sky was filled with dark grey clouds, the rain was cold, the moon was hidden and a big gust of wind pushed Clementine onto the road.

"Looks like the storms gettin' worse." Luke said staring up at the sky.

Clementine gained some balance, noticing her bracelet had come off her wrist she picked it up from the road and slid it back on. "This was Julia's wasn't it?" Clementine said as she twirled the bracelet around her wrist.

"Yeah."

"Julia said the military came back for survivors. Why did we get turned away?"

"I got the impression that they were hidin' something. Most government officials died or were murdered on the first day, it was on the news."

"Then we should go back!"

"Clem, the boats gone. It left last week."

"What should we do?"

"I don't know anymore, camps are dangerous, people are reckless and food is running low."

"How many cans?"

"Thirteen. Thirteen days of food."

"We… we…"

"What? We what?"

"We still have the baby formula. If we ever needed it."

"That won't help us. -I'm sorry, I know you were close to AJ."

"He was never going to make it, this world isn't fit for babies."

"No, but one day it needs to be."

The two followed the road for as long as they could, with their vision becoming low as the rain worsened they needed find shelter before something catastrophic happened. Only two minutes had passed, the heavy rainfall had been building up so much it reached Luke's ankles.

"Why is it raining so much?" Clementine said.

"I don't know."

The water in the river had almost reached the top of the river bank. With nowhere else to go Luke turned to the trees.

"Clementine, that river is gonna burst. We need to climb the trees."

"Give me a boost."

Luke lifted Clementine up, she grabbed a branch and climbed up. "I hate trees."

"I thought you just hated treehouses."

"I hate them both."

Luke jumped up to the branch, he climbed up and sat on a bigger branch next to Clementine.

"You're good at that." Clementine said.

"Before I jumped rooftops I used to climb up trees to practice."

"It still sounds stupid."

"Yeah. I broke a couple of bones."

Clementine stared at the river. "Why are we up here?"

"It's going to flood."

"What's that?"

"Oh, uh. It's when lots of water collects in one place and moves across an area, it can kill you as well."

The rain came down a lot heavier than before, the river couldn't hold anymore and it burst. Water flooded everywhere, it hit the tree with such a force that the whole tree shook, Luke dropped the AK-47 and it was taken away by the rushing water.

"Clem? You okay?"

"Yes."

"Good. Alright, we'll have to stay up here until the water dies down."

The winds began to pick up, more pressure was put on the tree making the branch Clementine was sitting on snap off. She clung to the tree trunk, her backpack slipped off her shoulders and also fell into the water, it was carried away and in an instant it was gone. Luke reached out for her hand, he pulled her up next to him making his branch shake.

"We should probably get down before one of us falls." Luke said with an unsure tone.

Luke climbed down the branches like a ladder, he threw himself off the last branch and planted his feet into the ground with his arms out.

"Jump!"

"You'll catch me?"

"Probably. Now jump!"

Clementine allowed herself to fall off the branch, she closed her eyes expecting to fall in the rushing water. When she opened them, she was lying in Luke's arms.

"I told you, I'd catch you."

"You said probably."

"Hm, same thing." Luke looked down at the water hitting his hip. "I'll carry you, the water will be up to your neck if I put you down."

"Okay." Clementine said happily.

Luke trudged through the water. As time went on the water showed no signs of stopping, the rain kept falling and the flood kept going.

"Where are we going?" Clementine asked.

"I don't know."

"Don't we need a plan?"

"Nope."

"What if we end up in a circled state?"

"Then we end up there."

"Are you sure you're okay?"

Luke snapped at Clementine. "I'm fine!"

After about an hour, the water started to lower slightly. Clementine drifted off in Luke's arms while Luke was getting battered in the face by raindrops and hit in the legs by the flood. In the distance Luke saw some lights, they resembled headlights and before he knew it a car pulled up next to him.

A voice was heard as the passenger door opened. "Jump in!"

Luke got in the car without saying a word, as soon as he did the car drove away slamming the door shut in the process. The car was a 4x4 Range Rover and it had the wheel on the right side instead of the left.

"My names Oscar." The man took one hand off the wheel to shake Luke's hand. He had big arms and had tattoos all over his left hand. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. His face was like it had been cut out with each feature being perfectly shaped and he was wearing a long coat.

Luke shook his hand awkwardly. "I'm Luke. Why did you help us?"

Oscar laughed. "I saw you walking in the water with your child and thought you might need a ride."

"She's not my child…"

"…Easy mistake."

"Yeah… Anyways thank you, I didn't think anyone would be out here."

"You were out here." Oscar laughed again. "I was heading up to a town, it's been a while since I've been with people. Learnt I couldn't trust 'em."

"Big town?"

"Big enough for it to have a hospital."

"So, a city?"

"No, not quite. It's a town. I used to live there, it's a town."

"Hm. Why are you going there?"

"I saw some writing that said a helicopter is going to be staying at the rooftop for a while. You wouldn't happen to know the date, would you?"

"It's the 9th of January 2006."

"So we have." Oscar started to move his fingers to count up the days. "We have 2 days"

"Can we get there?"

"Yes, the town is only about 15 minutes away."

As they kept driving the water lowered and eventually there was no more floodwater to be seen.

Clementine opened her eyes and began to panic. "Where are we? Who are you!?"

"Clem, it's okay. We're in a car this man is called Oscar, he's a part of our group now."

"Nice to meet you… Clem?"

"Clementine but everyone calls me Clem."

"Clementine it is then." Silence fell in the car as Oscar thought to himself. "Are you guys up to jumping rooftops when we get to the town?"

"I can jump rooftops." Luke said without hesitation.

"What about you Clementine?"

"It sounds stupid."

"It's not when the hospital will be packed full of zombies."

"Zombies? Is that what you call them?" Luke said.

"Yes, when a corpse is revived by witchcraft. It was in some religion my cousin's knew about, they started calling them that and I did too."

"I know what it means. Just a strange thing to call them."

"Clementine. We have to jump rooftops to get close to the hospital. Do you think you can do it?"

"I can try."

"Now we got ourselves a plan, we just need to be careful." Oscar said as he turned a corner revealing the town.

It was bigger than expected, almost like a city but just small enough for it to be still classed as a town. The buildings were high and there wasn't a single house in sight, all of the buildings were apartments or office blocks. At the end of the road was the hospital. Oscar stopped the car, the noise from the engine had already attracted some attention, with lurkers coming out of every alleyway.

"Follow me." Oscar jumped out the car and ran over to one of the buildings. He opened the door, rushed Clementine and Luke in, closed the door and blocked it with an end table.

"Seems like you've done that before." Luke said.

"I have. More times than you can imagine."

Clementine stood still silent holding her knife closely by her side. "There's gonna be more."

"There certainly is Clementine believe me, there is."

The newly formed trio crept up flight after flight of stairs, fighting off a couple of lurkers as they went. Oscar burst through the door on rooftop. Both Luke and Oscar bent to their knees to catch their breath, as Clementine approached the roof edge.

"The gap is too big to jump." Clementine said.

Luke walked up beside her, looking down at the gap he turned to her and laughed. "I've jumped bigger, you just need a good running start and you'll be fine." Luke took off his backpack and threw it to the other side.

"Don't worry, this is the easiest jump. When I was a teen this was the training jump."

"Everything will be fine Clem. You ready to jump, Oscar?"

"I was born ready." Oscar winked at Luke, like his reference was the best thing he ever said. From the other side of the building he began to run and jumped just before a line on the building, almost like he was doing the long jump. He landed perfectly on the next roof.

"Clem? You wanna go next?"

"Do I have to?"

"Yes. It's the only way."

Clementine got ready at the other side.

"Remember. Don't look down."

Clementine smiled at Luke, she started to run and jumped at the same point where Oscar jumped. She soared through the air and landed on both feet on the other rooftop. Oscar gave a round of applause.

"Well done, Clementine. That was amazing!"

Luke went to the other side of the building, as he was getting ready to jump, some violent flashbacks occurred.

"If you miss it by an inch, you fall and die."

"I won't miss, I've been doing this since I was 8."

"Luke, you may be good but you've fallen before."

"Naw. I'll make it."

Luke shook his head and got ready to go again.

I jumped one of the biggest gaps I had ever jumped. I missed just by an inch, I clung onto the edge of the building for as long as I could but fell, to what should have been my death but instead was saved by a window ledge. With a few cracked ribs I was fine but if I jumped and missed here, I would die or survive long enough to get eaten alive.

He began to run, shaking his head several times, he jumped just before the line. All of Luke's worrying was for nothing, he landed on the next building like he had just jumped over a fence.

"What took you so long?" Clementine asked.

"I was making sure we hadn't left anything behind."

"Well we have 3 more buildings to jump before we are close enough to the hospital." Oscar said staring off into the distance.

Luke studied the next few jumps. "The last building is smaller than the hospital. We can't jump that!"

"Oh, we can. You'll see."

The trio jumped the next 3 buildings with little problems other than the rain that was blocking some of their view. Luke glanced up at the tall hospital. "How are we gonna jump this?"

"Watch and learn."

Oscar jumped from the building and clung onto the stairs on the side of the hospital, he climbed over the bars and smiled over at Clementine and Luke.

"Clem, this jump is gonna be hard. You sure you're up to it."

"No, I won't make it."

"Hey! Oscar!" Luke waved his arms over to Oscar.

"Yeah?"

"Clem and I are gonna go the long way instead of jumping. Will you wait for us?"

"I'll be right here!"

"Okay Clem, let's go."

The duo cautiously walked down the many flights of stairs, they held their weapons close to them in case any lurkers jumped out at them. Nothing was roaming, lurking or walking in the shadows. Once Clementine and Luke made it to the ground floor the commotion they had caused over an hour ago had settled down. The lurkers had crawled back into their alleyways. Luke gradually opened the door, he peered out into the street. To his surprise the street was completely clear.

Luke turned around and placed his hand on Clem's shoulders. "We are going to walk over to the stairs beside the hospital slowly, make no noise." He whispered.

"Okay but if anything happens we run?"

"Yeah. Don't try to fight. There'll be too many."

They both crept out of the apartment. They got closer and closer to the stairs. Luke gently placed his foot on the first step, the stairs started to shake violently, he stepped off and pushed Clementine back. Luke threw himself away from the stairs, after landing on his stomach he turned around to watch the metal stairs collapse to the ground.

"…I guess we have to go though, the hospital." Luke said as he picked himself up from the ground.

"There's always a problem." Clementine jumped up and walked towards the corner, she leaned against the wall and peered around it. "I can't see any lurk- Walkers."

"Heh. You nearly called them lurkers."

"It's your fault!"

"I know." Luke said as he began to laugh, he unexpectedly turned serious and snuck around the corner.

"It's clear. Come on!"

The two walked in the hospital liked they owned the place, Luke quickly moved his eyes across the hallway. In front of him was a reception desk, in the seat was some skeletal remains holding the phone on top of the desk. The walls were covered in death notes and meet up spots, goodbyes and posters. Some of the walls had 'help' written across them all of which were written in blood. The hallway was littered with black body bags, some were moving while others lay still. Blood covered the walls and floor, therefore it brought back the good old smell of dead decaying bodies, otherwise known as lurkers or walkers or roamers or biters or even zombies.

Luke read one of the signs on the wall 'Remember to wash your hands to prevent spreading infection. Avoid all contact with the dead.' "If only."

"Luke, we should try and find a way to the roof."

"Oh yeah. Right, right." Luke surveyed his surrounds, looking up at the signs he spotted an arrow pointing to stairs further down the corridor. "Follow me."

The two jogged over to the stairs, the blood didn't stop. It was splattered up the walls and bones were scattered all over the floor, the moaning of the dead sent shivers up the duo's spines, they might have encountered lurkers many times before but this new setting made the threat seem new. The two moved towards the stairs calmly.

"Let's hope they don't fall down." Clementine said looking up at Luke.

Luke stood staring at the shadows for a moment, he then grabbed Clementine and ran over to the corner, dragging Clementine along as he did. "I think I saw someone." He whispered.

Clementine used the same technique that she used outside, she leaned against the wall and peered around the corner. "It's Oscar." She whispered back. "Why is he hiding in the sha-"

Clementine was cut off by a sudden gun shot that hit just where her head had been. Luke grabbed Clementine and pushed her into a room at the other side of the corridor, he blocked the door with a chair and collapsed by it.

"Why would he shoot at us?" Clementine said as she sat on the floor.

"I knew something was wrong, but Oscar? I thought we could trust him."

"Shh." Clementine said as footsteps were heard outside of the door. They stopped for a moment. Luke looked at Clementine anxiously, he then raised his finger to his mouth to simulate 'be quiet'.

The footsteps then continued down the hallway, getting quieter and quieter with every step.

Luke stood up from the floor and walked over to the medicine cabinets. One of them still had its lock on, he pulled out his machete and busted the lock.

"Do you know what any of this stuff is?" Clementine asked but still whispered.

"No, I wish Bonnie was here, she'd know."

"Was she a nurse?"

Luke laughed quietly. "No, she was a drug addict but she knew her drugs."

"Oh."

Luke looked at some bottles of pills, most had weird almost made up names although a couple said Paracetamol and Penicillin.

"Are you allergic to Penicillin?"

"No."

"Okay, good. We have pain killers and antibiotics now." Luke said as he stuffed his backpack with the pills.

"Good." Clementine held her right arm nervously. "How are we gonna get out?"

"I don't know. I guess Oscar would be roaming the halls, if he wants to kill us."

"Do you think he's working with someone?"

"Maybe the people with the helicopter?"

"Do you think there is a helicopter?"

"I saw it… They could be testing us."

Luke took the chair away from the door slowly, he opened the door with caution and focused on the entrance to the hospital. Oscar was near the front door, he was standing with his arms folded, almost like he was waiting for Clementine and Luke to sneak out.

"We have to get past Oscar." Luke said.

"We could make a distraction."

"Yeah, yeah. That'll work. We could use… this chair, if we throw it he might follow it."

"Okay." She pulled out her gun while Luke picked up the chair.

"What- Why have you?"

"Just in case he shoots at us."

Luke nodded his head he opened the door and threw the chair towards the stairs. The chair created a loud crack as it broke into millions of little pieces. Oscar turned his head to the place the noise came from, he began to run along the corridor, once he got close to the corner he slowed down.

Luke gently opened the door pressing his left hand on it to make as little noise as possible, in a ducked down position, Luke wrapped his arm over Clementine to make sure she would stay down, they ran down the hallway, their footsteps alerted Oscar, he turned his head and raised up his gun, Clementine looked behind and shot at Oscar. The bullet struck Oscar in the neck, cell by cell it pierced right through it and out of the other side, it hit the wall as Oscar fell to his knees and then to the ground, blood gushing out of his neck, he held it tightly but his efforts were useless, he died regardless. Luke and Clementine stopped running, they stood up from their crouched positions. The whole corridor came alive body bags moving more than they did before, the same could be said for outside the lurkers crawled out of the alleyways and into the main street.

Luke acted fast he lifted Clementine off her feet, he started running out of the hospital, he ran down the street, to the car they had arrived in. Luke got in the right side, moving Clementine onto the left, he started up the engine and did a quick 3-point turn out of the town and back onto the main road.

"…I killed Oscar." Clementine looked up at Luke. "He saved us…It feels wrong, how do you cope?"

"I don't."

"What?"

"I don't cope, I know you've known for a while. I breakdown at night but I bottle it up so I can look after you."

"Should I bottle it up?"

"No you're only young, if you bottle it up, it might make you worse. Talk to me, if you need to."

"…I've killed people before, but this was different. It felt like I killed a good man, who wasn't broken, who wasn't bit but instead all he did was save us, then we kill him to stop him killing us."

"That's life Clem, you either die or live. We chose to live." Luke turned to Clementine. "You only shot him, that's not as bad as… y'know."

"Kenny? He went too far, we both know that but he did it to protect the group."

"Still, that's difference between you and Kenny. He kept going, you stopped when he was dead, when we were safe."

With a car full of fuel, the two of them could have went anywhere but they chose to go somewhere more encouraging. The mountains were full of promise when the sun rose, it glistened on the snow covered peaks, and a beautiful dawn was in commence. The ski lifts were still frozen in place and the ski lodge still intact. Since the group had been there, the windows had subsequently been smashed and bodies lay around it broken and dead.

Luke pulled out the map he had originally used on the 5 day trek. The water from the lake had crumpled it.

"It feels like 5 minutes ago; when we all sat down for dinner." Luke stared down at the map, his eyes becoming teary.

Sat with Luke: "I was glad you sat with us for dinner, it was the last time… we were all together."

Sat with Kenny: "I wish you had sat with us instead of Kenny, it was the last time we were all together but I understand Kenny was family to you."

Clementine caught Luke's gaze, noticing he had become teary eyed, she smiled at him, which in turn brought his spirts up.

Nick's dead: "I had to kill him… My best friend, I came back from my 'hike' and I saw him like this."

"It was my fault."

"You know what happened?"

"I told Walter he wasn't a good guy, when Nick was getting attacked, he raised up his gun but he didn't shoot. Instead he ran away."

"I told him! I told him telling Walter was a bad idea."

Alvin's dead: "I came back from my 'hike' no one else was there. Just dead lurkers, Walter and Alvin. When I saw him, I was surprised. Alvin was a tough guy, it was shocking."

"I had a chance to save him, but I didn't take it."

"It wasn't your fault, it's mine for not being there."

Both dead: "I had to kill him… My best friend, I came back from my 'hike' and I saw him like this."

"It was my fault."

"You know what happened?"

"I told Walter he wasn't a good guy, when Nick was getting attacked, he raised up his gun but he didn't shoot. Instead he ran away."

"I told him! I told him telling Walter was a bad idea." Luke continued. "When I saw Alvin, dead. I was surprised. Alvin was a tough guy, it was shocking."

"I had a chance to save him, but I didn't take it."

"It wasn't your fault, it's mine for not being there."

The two walked into the lodge, the lights were off, the tree was broken in half and snow covered the front passage way. On the table where everyone lay down their weapons, there was a familiar pink backpack underneath it. Clementine ran towards it, she picked it up and presented it to Luke. This was a side of Clementine Luke had hardly seen before, she was happier than ever.

"Wow, it's still here." Luke said excitedly.

"I can't believe it. It's been through a lot."

Luke nodded, he proceeded up the stairs, his eyes surveying the room. Clementine walked passed him, she skipped along to the tables and sat on the floor by them.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"I want to remember." She whispered. Luke sat down beside her, Clementine rested her head on Luke's shoulder.

"Imagine if Carver hadn't attacked us." Clementine said.

"Everyone would be here."

"Yeah, they would." Clementine got up from her post and investigated the CD player, she picked a CD disk off the floor. Carefully she placed it in, pressed play and to her surprise some upbeat music played instead of the calm concert it had played the last time.

Luke chuckled. "This throws me back. It used to be a big hit, always playing at clubs I went to, with Nick." Luke looked up towards the ceiling. "We would dance all night to this."

"I bet you were a rubbish dancer."

Luke scowled at Clementine. "I ain't no dancer but I've got moves."

"Go on."

Luke awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck. "I don't think-"

"Dance!"

Luke shook his head, hands and feet. He gave the best dance performance he could, shuffling from side to side with his hands and feet in time to the beat. After the song had finished Luke collapsed on the floor, out of breath but it was all worth it.

"Well done!" Clementine said smiling at Luke.

The CD player kept playing some music, this time the concert came on.

Luke put out his hand. "Care for a dance?" Clementine placed her hand in his, she looked up worried for what he might do. "Stand on my feet."

"What?"

"You're too small. Stand on my feet."

Clementine moved her feet onto Luke's shoes. He then took her other hand and they danced around, just like siblings would. For a whole 3 minutes it felt like the rest of the world didn't exist to them, they kept dancing away. They were brought back to reality when the CD spluttered and skipped several beats, it let out a cloud of smoke and, the music was over.

"Well, nothin' lasts forever." Luke said, letting go of Clementine's hands.

She jumped off his shoes and raised up her hand. Luke hit it gently.

"Hi-Five!" Said an excited Clementine.

"Yeah, hm. We could hold out here for the rest of the winter."

"We should keep going, it's not safe here."

"Really?"

Clementine looked up at Luke with those persuasive eyes, the eyes that could make a puppy feel guilty.

"Fine. There's no need for a guilt trip. We'll leave."

The two left the lodge, looking back on it as they exited. "We could've had something here." Luke said.

The door slammed shut, all fell silent, all the guilt, all the upset, all the death. That is what the lodge held, it was too much. Moving on? That was their only option. The journey was far from over.