A/N: Hello Everyone! I would like to apologize for this chapter taking so long. The past couple of days I've been really sick and a whole lot of other things unexpectedly came along but I'll talk about that later. For now, I would like to say thank you for tuning in and checking out the fourth chapter for Days of the Dead. I'm very happy with all the kind words you guys have left for me and I really really appreciate it. I saw that this story is also really close to 1k views as this is being posted, which is insane to me. Thank you all for checking out my stories man, seriously. When I wrote my first fanfic exactly one year ago, I wrote it only for myself and didn't think anybody would even care to read anything from me.

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Chapter 4

Unwelcomed Guests

The more sin is rationalized, the greater the possibility of destruction by the devil's wolves.

-Joseph B. Wirthlin


Darkness towered over Clementine as she stood in the middle of the forest, by herself. The heavy rain fell from the cloudy sky like bombs. Each drop of rain like a flick of two fingers on her body. Clementine's vision suffered as the grey mist swarmed the area and made it nearly impossible to search for anything. Clementine still walked deeper into the forest, despite being blinded by the fog.

The wind picked up and made its own tune which included the sway of leaves, the crunch of the branches Clementine stepped on, and the rain that poured down without remorse. The scent of wet soil and grass captivated Clementine's nostrils as the rain continued to get stronger. The wet moisture in the air was like as if Clementine was in a sauna, despite the heavy and cold breeze which made her red tailcoat blazer shrug go wild and flap around.

The ground clouds thankfully began to fade away as Clementine continued her now more visible journey. But the pouring rain strengthened which made every raindrop sting and the winds increased, which made Clementine struggle to continue her trek forwards. Clementine stared in front of her in horror as a pair of golden brown eyes stared at her. Clementine stopped walking and stared at the cold pair of eyes. The winds picked up and Clementine's blue and white baseball cap flew away.

"No my hat!" The hat Clementine had cared so much about flew away from her and went towards the pair of mysterious eyes. The menacing eyes jumped and then landed as the hat disappeared. Clementine slowly walked towards the pair of eyes, not only because she was scared, but also because of the winds that pushed her back. Clementine's hair moved sporadically as she continued her push towards the pair of cold eyes. But the winds picked up even more and Clementine could continue no longer. Clementine fell to the floor and the scent of clean and wet grass along with a hint of dirt filled her nostril. Clementine raised her head slightly and faced the pair of eyes that now towered over her.

They seemed to be more aggressive now, like as if they absolutely despised the site laid in front of them. The winds picked up and forced the fog to slowly disappear and the silhouette of some kind of creature revealed itself along with the bill of the baseball cap in the grasp of its razor-sharp teeth. "Give the hat back!" Clementine's words spilled out not the way she intended and instead of ordering it back, she begged for it.

The creature spat out the baseball cap and dropped it in front of Clementine's eyes. Saliva and blood covered the blue bill of the hat and Clementine shuddered at the sight. "What are you?" Clementine raised her head as she stared at the pair of eyes. The creature slowly walked over towards the downed little girl, the strong winds not even making it stumble. It's fur moved around quickly and sporadically.

The fog was now barely visible and Clementine could clearly see the monster before her. A massive gray wolf stood high and mighty above Clementine and stared at her in disappointment. "Oh no. Please… Please…" Clementine slowly sat up as the winds barreled down on her. Clementine held up both of her hands in surrender and the gray wolf just continued to stare, without moving a single muscle. "What do you want from me?!"

The gray wolf tilted its head slightly to the right and its pointed ears raised. "What do you want?" The gray wolf slowly walked towards Clementine and stood right in front of her face. The stench of blood slapped Clementine across the face as the gray wolf breathed slightly. The gray wolf leaned its head towards Clementine and licked her face. The rigid tongue tickled Clementine's left cheek and her eyes widened.

"What?" The gray wolf stopped licking Clementine's face and stared at her. "Why are you doing this? Don't you hate me?"

The gray wolf shook its head side to side and out of the corner of Clementine's eyes, four other coywolves appeared, ready to attack. They leaned forward slightly and bent their legs towards Clementine. Their bloody teeth vibrated and their heads slightly shook. A whistle echoed through the air and all of the wolves jumped towards Clementine. All of them, except the gray wolf.


Clementine shot straight up and a sharp pain went throughout her body. "Ahhhh!" Clementine motioned her left arm towards the right side of her body and stared down at her wounds. But something caught her eye. Clementine stared at her arms, her left a little bit higher than her right as she held onto her wound. Clementine's forearms now had a large bite mark that ran across them both.

"Oh no." The new battle scar on Clementine's right arm was notably bigger than the bite she received from that dog a while back. Clementine groaned as she let go of the right side of her body. Clementine lightly touched the wound on her right arm and hissed as the wound reacted with a sharp pain. Clementine quickly jumped in her bed and regretted her decision as the right side of her body became tight and tense. Clementine groaned and leaned up against the wall behind her pillow.

Why me… Why did this have to happen to me? Please just make it stop… Please…

Tears escaped Clementine's watery eyes and dripped down her cold and sweaty face. Clementine's vision blurred and she couldn't make out anything in the already dark room she sat in. But something caught Clementine's eye. A pair of orbs stared at Clementine's face. Clementine jumped in her bed and the grueling pain returned. "Please stop! Stop it!" The orbs disappeared into the darkness and Clementine let out a slight sigh.

Thank you.

The orbs suddenly returned and this time, there were pupils in each orb. The pair of eyes were golden brown and its jet black pupils got bigger. "Get the fuck away from me! Get away!" The pair of eyes got closer and closer to Clementine's bed, with each step Clementine jumped back and the pain continued to spread itself. "Get the fuck away from me! Fuck you!" Clementine's heart skipped a beat as the giant metal door to Clementine's right swung open. A slight breeze hit Clementine's face, just like the strong winds that took her down in her dream not too long ago.

Clementine's eyes burned as the lights of the dark room came alive. "Clem! What's going on?!" Clementine opened her eyes slightly towards the source of the voice and it was none other than Javi. Clementine wiped the tears out of her eyes to make sure it was her friend and it was indeed. "Clementine, you alright?" Javi ran towards Clementine and placed his hands on her shoulder. Clementine groaned as Javi's hands pressed down on the wound on her right shoulder. "Oh shit! Sorry!"

Javi let go of Clementine and held his hands slightly above her shoulder. "Clementine is everything alright?" Clementine raised her head and stared past Javi's hand and towards where the pair of golden brown eyes once were. Now nothing was there except a black swiveling chair and behind it, another chair with Clementine's ripped and bloody red tailcoat blazer shrug. Clementine gasped as nothing was there and Javi turned his head towards nothing. "What? Is someone here?" Clementine nodded her head and Javi walked towards the area. Javi pushed the swivel chair out of his way as he searched the room. Javi opened the big cabinets that lined the floor but nothing was in there except the things you'd expect from a doctor. Things like syringes, medicine, bandages, etc. Javi shook his head as more time passed and still no sign of an intruder. "Clem what did you see?"

Clementine didn't say a word and stared blankly at the floor. Javi walked towards Clementine and kneeled in front of her, making her tower over him. "Clementine what did you see?" Clementine shook her head and a tear fell from her eye and landed on Javi's face. Javi's heart sank as he stared at his friend's distraught face. Clementine had been through so much, more than Javi could've ever imagined. Now everything with Dautan, the coywolves, and The Brotherhood seemed to be breaking her. Breaking her nearly to the point of giving up… nearly to the point of… ending it all.

Javi wiped the tear off of his left cheek and stared Clementine in the eye. "Clementine… I can't imagine what you're going through. But I need you to be strong. You're one of the bravest people I've ever met. We need your help if we're gonna take down Dautan and the Brotherhood." Clementine still didn't move her lips and kept them sealed. "We need your help, Clementine. I need your help. Gabe…" Clementine's eyes widened at the mention of Gabe's name. Gabe, the fourteen-year-old boy, killed way too soon. To make it worse, it was a way Gabe probably never imagined. An axe to the brain.

"If Gabe were here he would've wanted your help. Gabe's not here now but I know that if he was he would've wanted you to take Dautan down." Without warning, the big metal door Javi had entered through opened and another breeze of cold air blew towards Clementine's face, which made her shudder. Kate stared at Javi and Clementine with her eyes widened with pure terror and her mouth gasping for air. "Woah Kate what's going on?"

"It's them they're here!" Javi's mouth dropped and he rose up. "Who's here?" Before Kate could answer, a powerful howl echoed through the air and Clementine's heart dropped to her stomach. Javi and Kate ran towards the windows and pulled away the shutters to view what was outside. "Oh, shit there he is! And his fucking wolves too."

Clementine shuddered as she stared at the open metal door in front of her. But Clementine didn't shudder in fear, not anymore. Clementine shuddered in anger. Clementine bungled up her hands into fists and her head shook. Clementine breathed slowly and grinned evilly towards the door. Clementine was done with Dautan. She was done with everything.

I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch today.


"Come on guys, let me in! I just kicked my soccer ball over your fence on accident!" Suddenly, something flew into the air and went over the massive wall that surrounded Richmond. The object stopped its flight and landed on the ground in front of Eleanor. Eleanor kicked the object slightly and it rolled over to reveal the face of an undead man. "Oh dangit, I kicked another ball over your fence! Can you let me in so I can get it back?!"

"Fucking asshole," Eleanor whispered as Javi and Kate arrived next to her. "How's Clementine?" Javi shook his head in disapproval. "I have no idea. She wouldn't answer me and she started to see things. I think things are starting to get to her."

"Yeah, I can imagine. Clementine is still pretty young and getting attacked by wolves twice isn't normal when you're growing up." Javi nodded as he stared down at the head that laid on the ground. "Yeah. Look, I wanted to say thanks for bringing Clementine back to Richmond and for fixing me up."

"It's no big deal. Don't worry about it." Eleanor crossed her arms as she stared at Javi. "Yeah. Listen, I still don't think what you did a while back was the right thing to do but we have bigger things to deal with now."

"Hey! I can hear you guys in there, let me in!" Everyone stared at the massive door as Dautan began to hit it. As Dautan continued to bang on the massive metal door, Javi and Eleanor restarted their conversation. "I'm willing to put everything behind us so we can focus on Dautan. So, do you want to do the same?" Eleanor continued to cross her arms and gave Javi a mean look. But then Eleanor uncrossed her arms and nodded. Javi reached out his hand and Eleanor shook it as Dautan continued to bang on the door.

"Alright, playtime's over! If you don't open this goddamn door right now, I'm gonna bust this fucking door and let the walker's kill all of you! Then I'm gonna sit back and eat some popcorn as I watch you all get ripped to pieces and turn into walkers!"

"We can't let him do that Javi. We'll all die without the wall. We have to let him in, even though we don't want them in Richmond." Javi nodded his head and pointed at someone who stood at the control panel for the metal door. "Hey, open the door!" The man standing at the controls at first didn't seem too keen on opening the metal door but still did it anyway. The gears of the metal door grinded against each other and the massive door slowly rose. As the door went up, what was behind it was revealed. The paws of multiple wolves stood and in the middle of them were the black boots of their leader. There were many others who waited right behind them.

"Fucking took you guys long enough," Dautan commented as the massive metal wall rose. The coywolves ducked and went under the rising door at the same exact time as the rest of the Brotherhood waited for the wall to finish rising. The coywolves stared at Javi, Eleanor, and Kate as soon as they finished getting under the rising obstacle.

The gears stopped grinding against each other and the gateway to Richmond was now open. Dautan clapped his hands together and chuckled. "Oh this is gonna be fun, isn't it?" Dautan turned his head slightly to stare at the massive gray wolf to his right. The menacing creature didn't move a muscle and stared straight at the three people that stood in front of it. Perfectly still like a statue. "Oh if only you could talk." Dautan slowly caressed the brown and white fur on the gray wolf's neck while it still didn't move a muscle. "Well, let's go!"

Dautan tugged down on his black leather jacket softly as he led the small group of Brotherhood members into Richmond. The gray wolf stopped staying still and walked right along next to Dautan who had a big grin on his face. Dautan stopped in front of Javi and stared straight into Javi's chocolate brown eyes with his own cold gray eyes. "Javier Garcia, it's so good to see ya! How's your back? Don't know if you remember but while poor Gabe got the absolute shit beaten out of his head, you ran up to me and I.." Dautan held onto an imaginary bat and swung the handle of the axe downward as he clicked his tongue.

Javi stared straight at Dautan with anger in his eyes and didn't say a word as he let his hands tense up and turn into fists. "C'mon Javi, lighten up!" Dautan grinned as Kate grabbed onto Javi's fist and pulled on it. "Don't do it Javi. You'll only make things worse." Javi turned around and stared at Kate whose face was clearly depressed. "Smart girl. No wonder you guys have lasted so long." Javi relaxed his hands and turned to face Dautan. "Speaking of girls, where the hell is Clementine? I tell ya, these wolves love her to death. All they want to do is spend time with her."

"Clementine's in the nursing room, healing from her wounds." Eleanor lowered her head and stared at the ground as she revealed Clementine's location. Anger filled Javi's body. Javi just wanted to yell at Eleanor for giving away Clementine's location.

"Oh alright, I'll be sure to visit her along with these little devils." Dautan kneeled down and ran his left hand through the coywolf's soft gray and white fur. "Alright, let's stop all this chit-chat and get right down to business." Dautan stood up and stared directly at Javi. "Richmond? Richmond... Is now property of the Brotherhood." Dautan patted the back of the coywolf he caressed and it ran away from them and went deeper into Richmond. The other coywolves soon followed and ran throughout Richmond. The people of Richmond screamed and ran in terror as the menacing creatures explored the new territory. "Which means that your shit is my shit. But hey, I'm reasonable. You know, I'm a nice guy, so I won't be taking all your shit. You'll get ten percent of everything you've got."

"We're not giving you shit." Dautan opened his mouth slightly and stared at Eleanor who stood up to him. "Oh, you're not?" Dautan grabbed onto the silver zipper on his black leather jacket and pulled it down slowly. "No, we're not." Eleanor crossed her arms and squinted her eyes at Dautan. "Oh well, that's too bad." Dautan took out his famous axe from the inside of his jacket, the bit covered with Gabe's dried blood. "I would thought this'd taught you something. I guess not." Dautan nodded his head towards Eleanor and two men behind him ran towards Eleanor and grabbed her. "Hey get the fuck off of her!" Javi grabbed one of the men's hands and ripped them off Eleanor's shoulder. Javi swung his fist at the man and connected with his jaw.

Everyone's heart jumped up in surprise as the gray wolf to Dautan's right opened its mouth and howled its heart out. The coywolves that separated from the Brotherhood chimed in with their own howls as they began to run back towards the entrance of Richmond. Distracted, Javi continued to stare at the gray wolf and the man he punched got his revenge as he swung his fist and punched Javi's cheek. Javi fell to the floor and the man stomped on his stomach and aimed his assault rifle at Javi's head.

Javi stared to his left as the coywolves all returned and stood in front of his eyes. "So Kate, do you want my men to grab you too because I'm sure they would love to." Dautan ran his eyes around Kate's body. "I'm sure they would." Dautan grinned as he scratched his beard with his left hand.

"No." Kate shook her head and kneeled down next to Javi to check out his head. "Bring Eleanor over here." The other man that originally grabbed Eleanor pulled her towards Dautan and pushed her to the ground. "It seems you don't understand what giving your shit to me means." Dautan put his boot on Eleanor's back and made her lay on the ground face first as he put the bit of his axe gently on the back of Elenor's neck and pressed it down slightly. "Maybe this will teach you a lesson." Dautan raised the axe slowly as Javi and Kate watched in horror. "No!" Javi tried to get up but the man's boot pressed down even harder. "Eleanor!" Kate tried to get closer but a man stood in her way with an assault rifle pointed at her stomach. Dautan sighed as he stopped raising his axe into the air. "Tell Tripp I said hey."

"No stop!" Dautan lowered the axe down and nearly chopped Eleanor's neck off as he stopped just above it. "What Eleanor, have something you want to tell me?"

"I... I'm sorry. We'll give you what you want. Just please stop." Eleanor choked on her words as tears ran down her face which was against the ground. Dautan put his axe back into his jacket and zipped it closed. "Now that's what I'm talking about. Finally, someone gets it!" Dautan grinned as he stared at the woman that begged for mercy. "Get her up." Dautan removed his boot from Eleanor's back and the two men in front of Kate and Javi went towards Eleanor and pulled her up as a groan escaped her mouth as they pulled her up with great force.

"I'm glad you've decided to agree to our demands. But now that this place is mine, I mean ours…" Dautan raised his hands slightly in the air as the Brotherhood members behind him nodded. "We need someone to give us a tour!" Dautan stared at Javi who began to get up after he was brought to the floor by one of Dautan's men. "Oh don't worry Javi, you won't have to give me the tour. I've got someone else in mind."

"Oh really, who?" Dautan smiled as he wanted those same words to come out of Javi's mouth. "Oh, Javi I am so glad you asked." Dautan turned away from everyone and faced the Brotherhood members as they all backed away and gave him a clear path. In front of Dautan now was a white van with tinted black windows. The backdoors of the van and it's rear bumper faced everyone as Dautan stood next to the right door. "Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you too…" Dautan grabbed the door handle while another man grabbed the other. Dautan nodded and both opened the doors to reveal who was inside the van.

Anger filed Javi's body as he stared at the person who stepped out of the van. A man stepped out of the van with a brown unzipped jacket with a navy blue shirt underneath. The man pulled down lightly on his grey beanie and pulled down on his jacket as he grinned at the place he'd been before. "Max." Max turned his attention towards Javi who called his name. "Javi, how you been?" Dautan grinned and scratched his chin as he stared at the drama that played before him. "I should've fucking killed you." Max chuckled as he continued to stare at Javi.

Another person walked out of the doors of the van and revealed themselves. "Hello, Javi." Max stepped away to show who it was but Javi already knew by their voice. "Joan." The woman's black and white hair turned as she faced the man that spoke her name. "Javi, it's so good to see you. How have you been?"

"Never better." Joan grinned as Dautan went up to stand next to her. "Oh, this is great. So… now that we've introduced ourselves… Joan, would you mind showing me around this fine place." Joan nodded as she continued to stare at Javi. "Oh, it would be my pleasure."Dautan raised his hand towards Richmond and Joan began to walk towards the entrance to begin the tour as Dautan, Max, the Brotherhood, and the gray wolf followed. Javi, Kate, and Eleanor also followed them but against their will.


Clementine groaned as she slowly got out of the medical bed. Clementine shivered as her feet touched the cold white tiled floor. A groan escaped Clementine's mouth as she let go of the bed and stood on her own two feet.

When will all of this go away? When will this fucking pain go away? Will I ever be… the same?

Clementine put both of her arms out and stared at their scars. The coywolf's bite clearly had the dog bite beat, both by length and by pain. "Fuck me." Clementine shook her head as she took her gaze away from her arms and stared at the blinds that covered the window.

I might be able to see Dautan from the window…

Clementine slowly placed her feet in front of her one by one as she walked through the cold, dark, and alcoholic scented room. But Clementine stopped dead in her tracks as a pair of glowing amber eyes appeared in front of her. "No please get away!" Clementine backed up against the bed and groaned as a sharp pain overcame her right shoulder. The glowing eyes continued to get closer and closer until the metal door to Clementine's right swung open.

"Clementine! Is everything alright?" Dr. Lingard ran into the room and kneeled in front of Clementine. Clementine shook her head quickly as she stared past Dr. Lingard's face. Dr. Lingard turned around to face what Clementine stared at but only stared at nothing. "Clementine what did you see?" Dr. Lingard turned around to face Clementine who's eyes were widened with fear. "What did you see?"

"I… I saw eyes. Big glowing eyes!" Dr. Lingard sighed as he lowered his head. "I was afraid this would happen." Dr. Lingard walked away from Clementine and went towards a black countertop. "What would happen?" Dr. Lingard picked up his brown clipboard and blue pen and pulled up his low swivel chair towards Clementine. "The wolves. They've caused you so much pain that they have stuck with you. They've traumatized you. Now you see them when they're not even in front of you." Dr. Lingard sat down on the swivel chair as Clementine restarted her walk towards the window. "Hey Clementine, what are you doing out of your bed? You need to rest and recover."

"I'm fine." Dr. Lingard chuckled at that. "Really?" Clementine nodded as she stopped next to the window. "Okay fine, I'm not. But I don't need to rest. I don't want to." Dr. Lingard eyed the girl that stared at the blinds of the window. "Why not?" Clementine sighed as she continued to stare at the blinds. "Every single time I go to sleep, every single time I just close my eyes, the wolves are always there. Every goddamn time." Clementine pulled down on the blinds and stared out the window.

"Well, I don't really know what to say about that. I guess just try not to think about them." Clementine chuckled at that. "I wish I could. But these wounds remind me of them every minute." Dr. Lingard sighed as he wrote things down on his clipboard. "Yeah, I can imagine." Clementine's heart dropped into her stomach and shattered into a million pieces as she stared outside. "What…. What is he doing here?" Dr. Lingard took his attention away from his clipboard and stared at the girl at the window. "They already told you Dautan was here."

"No no not him, Max! He's here!" Dr. Lingard quickly stood from his swivel chair and ran towards the window. "What?" Clementine pulled down the blinds, even more, to let Dr. Lingard take a look. He stared out from between the blinds and stared at the person who used to work for Richmond. But now he seemed to be working for the Brotherhood. "What the hell? Why is he standing there with the Brotherhood?"

"Holy shit! It's fucking Joan!" Dr. Lingard stared behind Max and sure enough, Joan walked out of a white van and stood the same way as Max did as they grinned at Javi, Kate, and Eleanor. "Traitors! They're traitors! How could they do this?!"

"What do you mean? They both hate me and you and all the others down there. I'm not surprised."

"No that's not the problem. They're traitors for a different reason." Dr. Lingard walked away from the window and sat back in his black swivel chair. "What do you mean a different reason?" Clementine let go of the blinds and they fell back to their regular position. Dust flew from the dirty blinds and spread throughout the air. Dr. Lingard put both of his hands on top of his face and sighed. "Dr. Lingard?"

Dr. Lingard kept his hands on his face and didn't Clementine. "There's something that we were told to never speak of again. They told us it would only reopen our wounds. But now that Max and Joan are working with the Brotherhood, I guess now that doesn't matter. anymore."

"What happened?" Dr. Lingard sighed as he removed his hands from his face. His eyes were watery and had a shade of red to them now. "I think you need to take a seat before I tell you, Clementine. It's…it's a lot."


"Hey, Joan, what the hell is this?" Dautan stared at a massive wall that was covered with many photos of people. "Well, we actually didn't even have this before we left. Did you do this Javi?" Joan and Dautan both stared at Javi who squinted at them with a look of anger. "Yeah." Javi crossed his arms as he continued to stare at them both. "Wow, so these are the people that died huh? You just hung their picture up on the wall?"

"Yeah, we did." Dautan took his gaze away from Javi and stared at the many photos on the wall. Each photo represented a person with a fate they didn't expect. Killed by either a walker or by a bullet. Each person just a victim in the cold world they all lived in now. "Now I must say Javi, you are slacking. Where the hell is Gabe's photo?" Anger filled Javi all the way from his feet to the top of his head. Javi wanted to punch Dautan right in the jaw. That would definitely hurt but compared to what Javi had in mind, that was probably the least painful thing he could do to Dautan.

"We..haven't had the time to put it up yet." Kate softly spoke up. Kate grabbed onto Javi's hands as the sharpness and tension built up in them. "Don't Javi, he'll leave soon." The gray wolf quickly stared at Javi as it sensed the anger that built up inside of him. It's golden brown eyes expanded as well as its jet-black pupils. The gray wolf raised its pointed ears and released its claws, ready for anything that happened.

"Hey, Javi.." Dautan stared at the wall of photos as he waved for Javi to go towards him. Javi didn't and instead, stood in his place. "Hey, the boss gave you an order!" Max raised his voice as members of the Brotherhood raised their guns up. The gray wolf also joined in and walked towards Javi, standing a little further ahead than Max. "Come on Javi, don't make this any harder than it has to be." Joan chimed in. Javi had no choice and gave up. The gray wolf and the rest of the people behind it made way for Javi to walk towards Dautan.

Javi purposely took his sweet time in getting to Dautan as he didn't want to talk to him. Javi was sure that whatever Dautan would tell him next would be enough to bring him to his breaking point. The gray wolf turned its head towards Javi as he passed it. While Javi really took his time, eventually, that slow walk ended and he stood next to the man he wanted to not only punch but to kill as well.

"Hey Javi, that's your brother right?" Dautan with his glove-covered right hand, pointed at a picture of a man with a white shirt, happily cooking something on a barbeque outside. Javi was actually surprised by that. Javi expected Dautan to bring up some shit that would release his anger. But he actually didn't. And for some crazy reason, it seemed Dautan actually cared about Javi for once. "Uhh yeah, it is." Dautan slightly nodded his head as he continued to stare at the picture. "I thought it was. Just wanted to make sure."

"Make sure of what?" Javi raised his eyebrow at that last word as Dautan reached for the photo. "Hey what are you doing?" Dautan pulled the photo down and stared at it. He raised his head up and down as he compared the man in the picture with the person in front of him. "Oh don't worry about it Javi. Jesus." Dautan chuckled as Javi fumed in front of him. "Put it back Dautan."

Dautan's mouth slightly dropped in disbelief. "Did you just order me to do something?" Javi didn't answer him and instead, crossed his arms. Dautan shook his head as he chuckled once again. "I must've been deaf because I could've sworn that you just gave me an order." The whole room fell silent as Dautan and Javi stared at each other. The anger in Javi increased and if he wasn't careful, that anger would be too much for him to even contain.

"Better be careful what you do next Javi, or else you'll be the next one on that wall." Dautan, with David's picture in his hand, pointed towards the wall of photos. In a sharp and quick move, Dautan grabbed the photo of David with both of his hands and with his right hand, quickly moved the photo downward. The photo ripped in half and glided gently towards the floor. Everyone remained silent and no-one dared to speak a word.

Dautan spread his arms out and stared at Javi as was ready for what would happen next. Javi quickly ran towards Dautan and swung at his face. Dautan quickly ducked to dodge the attack and then went behind Javi. Javi quickly turned around but to only open up his stomach for Dautan's fist. Dautan without hesitation swung as hard as he could towards Javi's stomach. Javi jumped back slightly as Dautan's fist made contact with his stomach. In pain, Javi managed to swing again with his left fist this time. The swing connected and his fist hit Dautan's jaw. Surprised, Dautan ran his right hand over the area where he got hit. Members of the Brotherhood quickly grabbed Javi and pushed him to the ground. Each of them took turns kicking Javi all over his body without hesitation. They were all over his body, just like all the wolves were over Gabe's body when Dautan axed his head. "Get everyone outta here now!"Dautan pointed towards the exit as he continued to stare at Javi. "Drag that mother fucker out and put him in a place where everyone can see him!"


"Holy shit! So you're saying that Dautan fucking did that?" Dr. Lingard slowly nodded his head in response. "He's… He might seem like a lot to handle now but trust me. When you get on his bad side, he transforms into something different. When that happens, he's not even human. He turns into the devil."

"Yeah, I can tell. I'm sorry Dr. Lingard. I can't even imagine what that must've been like." Dr. Lingard wiped his face with his hands as he stared at the floor. The room fell silent as a cold chill went down her spine as a slight gust of wind touched her right shoulder.

Outside of the room, the people outside screamed and yelled all of a sudden. "What the hell is going on out there?" Clementine stared at the blind-covered window as gunshots blared and echoed. "Holy shit!" Clementine slowly walked towards the window. Not only because it pained her to walk any faster, but because she was afraid of what horrific scene was hidden from her by the blinds. Dr. Lingard, however, remained where he sat. Clementine slowly lowered the blinds and gasped as the scene that played out on the Richmond streets was revealed to her. A massive crowd of people, both of Richmond and of the Brotherhood, stood in front of the stage where David was almost hung by Joan and the New Frontier. But now the orange and red sky along with the setting sun and orange outlined clouds were witness to another show on the stage.

This time, it was Javi on the stage, kneeled against the oak wood floor of the stage by the man that stood behind him. Javi's white and blue baseball jersey was now covered with dirt, grass blood, and his own blood. A blood trail escaped Javi's nose and ran down past his wrinkled lips. Javi's hands were tied back by a pair of handcuffs to restrain him. Dautan stood behind the injured man with a pistol in his hand. Dautan yelled at the people watching and the Brotherhood yelled in response as the people of Richmond just watched with their eyes widened. The gray wolf also stood on the stage, but not near Dautan. It, in fact, stood at the other end of the stage, perfectly still. It stared across Richmond, ready for anyone that challenged its leader. But without warning, the gray wolf quickly turned its head in the opposite direction it was facing. But it wasn't that there were people going against Dautan, it was that the coywolves all returned in a pack towards the crowd. The coywolves didn't go on the stage and instead, circled around the crowd, also ready to take down anyone and anything.

"Dautan's gonna kill Javi!" Dr. Lingard slowly raised his head as he stared at the little girl that peered through the blinds. "I knew he was going to kill someone today. I just knew as soon as I saw him." Clementine slowly turned away from the window and stared at Dr. Lingard, who now stared at her. "He hasn't killed Javi yet. This could be our chance to kill Dautan and end all of this!"

"You're crazy! You can't do that, you'll cause a war down there!" Dr. Lingard stood up from his swivel chair and pushed it away from him. "No, I'm not crazy. We have to do this now. If we don't, he'll kill all of us. You were there when Dautan turned into the devil but I'm not sticking around when that happens."

"But it has to be nearly impossible to get to him." Dr. Lingard walked to the window and pulled down the blinds and sure enough, there were many people who protected Dautan. "Yeah see? The wolves are walking around and there has to be at least fifty Brotherhood guys going around, maybe even more if Dautan ordered them to patrol around. It's impossible for you to get a clear shot without getting killed."

"Yeah… Unless I had a sniper rifle…" Clementine walked away from the window and went towards a massive cabinet that stood behind the chair with her red tailcoat blazer shrug. Less than a day after the madness that happened at Richmond, Javi ordered for all the buildings to have guns in case of an emergency. Now was definitely an emergency if Clementine had ever seen one.

Clementine grabbed onto the handles and shivered as she wrapped her cold hands on the even colder metal handle. Clementine pulled the handle and regretted her decision instantly. The pain went all the way from her right hand to her right shoulder. "Fuck!" Clementine grabbed onto her right shoulder with her left hand and rubbed gently on the area to calm the pain down, but to no avail. "Dr. Lingard, can you get this door open please?" Dr. Lingard didn't answer her and Clementine raised her head to face him. "Clementine don't do this. Think about all the consequences."

"But they're gonna kill Javi!" Dr. Lingard shook his head at Javi's name. "It's a terrible thing I know, but it's either one death or multiple. The way you're choosing is gonna get us all killed."

"We have to do this Dr. Lingard! He's right there out in the open. This is the only choice we have and our only chance to take him down. So open this door!" Dr. Lingard shook his head and walked towards the metal door on the other side of the room. He stared at the metal door handle and then turned around to face Clementine. "I know that you want to take him down, we all do. But now isn't the time. If you want to get AJ back, you need to do the right thing. I don't want to stick around and see you make the wrong decision. Do what's right. What thing is right, that's for you to decide. But for me, it's to let Dautan live for now."

Dr. Lingard with that, pushed down on the door handle and pulled on it to open the metal door. Dr. Lingard stopped before he left the room and faced Clementine one last time. "Make the right decision Clementine." Dr. Lingard went out of the room and let the door close itself. Clementine stood still and didn't say a word as she contemplated what Dr. Lingard told her. Clementine suddenly turned around and slammed her left hand on the metal door of the cabinet that used to be behind her. "Fuck!" Clementine put her forehead on the cold metal door of the cabinet and stared down at the floor.

What the hell am I doing? Javi is going to die and I'm just standing here doing nothing. Screw Dr. Lingard, I have to save him.

Clementine grabbed onto the door handles once again and took a deep breath in through her nose and out her mouth.

Okay on three...One...Two...Three!

Clementine yelled as she pulled the door handles with all her might. The doors opened but at the cost of more pain to her right shoulder. Clementine winced and groaned at the pain in her arm as she put her left hand on her wound. But if it meant that Javi would be safe, the pain was worth it. Clementine stared at the massive array of pistols, AK-47's, and ammo for them. But at the bottom of the cabinet was what she sought for. "Bingo." Clementine took her left hand away from her wound and grabbed the back end of the sniper rifle.

I never used one of these before, but it should be pretty easy right? Just aim and...pull the trigger.

Clementine examined the weapon she had never used before and butterflies flew around in her stomach. Clementine probably would've given up but because of the mention of AJ, Clementine had the strength to push on. Clementine now had both of her hands on the sniper rifle and walked towards the blind-covered window. Once Clementine got to the window she placed the weapon on the medical bed and pushed the blinds up so they weren't in her way any longer. Clementine pushed the window up so that she would be able to take a shot. But to Clementine's dismay, the window didn't budge. "What now?"

Clementine searched around the window until she came across two window locks. Clementine quickly pulled up both of them and pushed on the window again. The window quickly rose and disappeared from sight. Clementine walked towards the sniper rifle but stopped to stare at it.

What if miss this up? What if Dr. Lingards right? What if because of me, tons of people die?

Suddenly, the metal door across the medical bed opened up. "Put your hands up!" A man came into the room with their assault rifle pointed at Clementine.

Fuck me.

After the man entered the room, Dautan's gray wolf followed the man and also entered. "I said put your hands up!" The man slowly walked towards Clementine with his finger on the trigger. "Come on Clementine, be a good little girl and listen to the man. Clementine knew that annoying voice like the back of her hand. It was the man that Dr. Lingard had called a traitor. The man that Javi almost killed. The man that Clementine now wanted to kill.

Max.