Chapter 4: The Ski Lodge.

Luke's POV.

That idiot! I can't believe Nick just killed him, the man was so helpful and we repaid him with a bullet in the neck.

"Did I hit him" Nick asked.

"Nick I told you not to shoot" I almost screamed.

"Who was that guy" he asked.

"Someone who was going to help us" Clem said hanging her head sadness.

"I thought he was holding you guys, that he was with Tidus" Nick explained.

"Well he wasn't" I sighed, "let's just get of this damn bridge" I send Nick back to get the rest of the group while Clem an I headed towards the small station past the bridge. When Clem and I arrived it didn't take long for the rest of the group to arrive. Nick must have told them what happened on the bridge cause the group didn't look to happy.

"Luke can I talk to you for a moment" Carlos said waving me over. I already knew that topic of this conversation.

Clementine's POV.

I saw that the group was becoming quite frustrated but then again with Tidus chasing us, and Nick's stupidity it wasn't a good time for the group.

"Hey Clem can you look in station to see if there's anything eatable in there" Alvin asked.

"That man mentioned he had food inside the station" I said gaining a sigh from Alvin and Rebecca. I walked towards the station and went inside, to my surprise the floor was littered with empty cans. The man must have been staying here for a while, I saw a chest standing in the corner. He must have kept his food in there for safety. Of course it was locked so I had to find a way to break it open, I looked around the station and saw and knife laying besides the small bed. I picked it up and saw that the initials: WM, where on the knife. I ignored it for and went to the chest I was able to break the lock with knife and opened the chest. Inside were two cans, I thought he would have had more. Just when I opened the chest Alvin came walking in and saw the cans.

"So he did have food, man fuck Nick" Alvin said disappointed, "I know with Tidus chasing us and all that you can get stressed but that doesn't mean you have to go and shoot every stranger you see".

"I guess you're right" I replied.

"I mean do you know anybody who would just do that" Alvin asked.

"Sadly I did" I mumbled not loud enough for him to hear. We walked back outside with the two cans in hand.

"There we only two cans of food in the station so I guess we gotta share them" Alvin suggested.

"Luke and I can share one and the other Sarah and Rebecca" I suggested. Carlos and looked at Nick who just shrugged, and Carlos nodded. So we opened the cans and continued to walk while we ate the cans. We kept on walking until we reached the ski lodge at the mountain by that time it already was dark. Everyone was tired from walking and looking for a way in.

"You still have those binoculars don't you" Luke asked me.

"Yeah why" I asked in reply.

"Maybe you can climb up there and have a look so that maybe you can see someone following us" he said. I just shrugged and walked over to the pole. I started to climb with Luke at the bottom in case I fall down, it went pretty good until halfway my foot slipped and I almost fell down.

"Whoa whoa, you're fine, just take a deep breath and keep on climbing" Luke said. I stopped for a couple of seconds taking a deep breath and then started to climb again. When I was at the top I quickly grabbed my binoculars and looked. I stood there looking for a minute or so but I couldn't see anything, only the bridge and the station but nothing else so I climbed back down.

"And" Luke asked.

"Nothing, just the bridge and the station" I replied, "you still think they're following us".

"I dun-" Luke started but back at the lodge there was some commotion. The two of us sprinted back, as far as I could see there were three people, a man in a red sweater, a woman in blue/greenish jacket and another man but I couldn't see him very considering the entire group was standing in front of him.

"Everyone calm down" Luke said once we were standing next to the group.

"Who are you? Are you trying to rob us" the woman asked.

"Excuse me, honey. But do I look like a fucking thief" Rebecca snarled.

"Everyone calm down" the man in the red swear said.

"Hey man you calm the fuck down" Alvin shot back.

"Sarah get behind me" Carlos said protectively.

"Just put the gun down man" Alvin asked.

"Fuck that" a familiar voice said. I was finally able to push myself trough the group and look at the man I couldn't see earlier and I couldn't believe my eyes…it was Kenny!

"K-kenny" I asked surprised. His jaw dropped once he saw me and his eyes widened.

"Clementine" he asked just as surprised as me. I ran towards him and gave him a hug. Christa and Omid had told me he had died putting Ben out of his misery. When I let go of him he lowered himself to my level and put a hand on my shoulder.

"I'll take that as a yes" the man in the red sweater smiled.

"These people with you" Kenny asked. I nodded in reply. "We can talk inside" he said as he stood up and pointed towards the entrance.

"Are you sure you don't mind" Carlos asked doubtful.

"It's gonna storm soon, please come in" the man in the red sweater smiled. Kenny and I led the group inside I couldn't believe he was still alive. When we walked inside I noticed that they had it quite good, electricity, a Christmas tree and I could even smell food.

"Dad look a Christmas tree" Sarah said smiled once she came inside.

"Not now Sarah" Carlos stopped her.

"You can put your weapons over there, we won't cause you any harm" the man in the red swear said pointing at a bench nearby the entrance.

"I'll keep holding on to my rifle thanks" Nick said.

"We promise you you're save here" the red sweater man tried again.

"It's not you we are concerned about" Luke said truthfully.

"You mean you are concerned about, Kenny" the woman asked. Luke shook his head.

"I'll explain later, can we just keep holding onto our weapons" Luke kinda begged.

"As long as you don't harm us I guess we can live it" the man in the sweater said, "the name is Walter by the way" he introduced himself.

"And I'm Sarita" the woman smiled. Kenny walked over to me and lowered himself.

"I have to do something outside before that storm hits we can catch up after that okay, honey" Kenny asked and I nodded.

"Do you need help with that" Luke asked.

"Some help would be nice" Kenny replied. And with that the two of them went outside.

"Clementine was it" Walter asked me and I nodded, "dinner is almost ready and I thought maybe you could help me with it" he smiled.

"Sure I would like that" I replied and followed him to the kitchen. In the corner of my eye I saw that Sarah started helping Sarita with the Christmas tree.

"So how do you Kenny" he asked.

"I was with him when and all this started in a different group" I told him.

"When he was with Lee? He told us little about even Sarita barely knows anything" Walter said. There was nice kitchen in the lodge guess when all was normal it had to be so you could warm up the freezing customers. There was large pan on one of the stoves and it seems Walter was cooking up something that smelled amazing, then again all food does in the apocalypse.

"Can you hand me those cans, Clementine" he asked. I walked over to the cans and picked them up, when I looked at them they looked similar to the ones we found in the station. Maybe that man was part of their group…or maybe he stole those cans. I hope Nick didn't screw things up for us.

"Funny, she looks just like you" Walter smiled when I handed him the can.

"So I am a can" I asked him jokingly. He chuckled before opening it and sending the contents into the pan. In the background I heard the door to the ski lodge open.

"You already done, Kenny" Walter asked.

"Kenny who's Kenny" a voice said. The moment I heard that voice I froze up…it was Tidus.

- Looks like Tidus is quicker than Carver (that's what she said). I really wanted to speed up the story and considering Tidus is crazier than Carver he don't need no sleep. The next few ep's are gonna contain pain and death. So be warned!