Promises Chapter 4
Sorry for not uploading, in FOREVER. But I have been busy with school and other things. Enough of that Chapter 4 here we go.
Jaden's POV
I turned around to have one final look at the old cabin. It reminded me a lot of my old home.
"Jaden, come on! "Sarah yelled. I looked over to see the rest of the group far down the path. I quickly ran over to them not wanting to get separated. We were walking quietly for awhile until Rebecca broke the silence.
"So Jaden where are you from?"
"Oh, I'm from Michigan," I said.
"Michigan? How come you're all the way down here, in North Carolina?" Luke asked.
"When this all started, Me and My family were down in Florida celebrating my birthday," I said.
"How old are you now?" Rebecca asked.
"17 or 18," I said unsurely.
"Where were you heading before you found me?" Clementine asked.
"Well, I was heading north to Michigan because I wanted to check out my house and grab a few things," I replied.
"What did you do before all this?" Alvin asked.
"Well I didn't to much, ya know? I was in high school, but I didn't do anything else really." I said.
"Did you play any sports?" Carlos asked.
"I played baseball for awhile, but I stopped when I got into high school." I told them. They were pretty satisfied with the answer I gave them, so they were quiet again.
We walked for awhile until two figures came running out into the path in front of us, I reached for my knife but realized I didn't get it back from Clementine yet.
"Pete, Nick thank god!" Luke said excitedly.
"Wait you know these guys?" I asked.
"Oh ya sorry about that. Well, anyways this is Pete and Nick." Luke said pointing to both of the men. After a bit of awkward silence, we kept on walking, except we had to take rests for Rebecca.
Later that night…
Jaden's POV
We were sitting around the campfire eating, and talking for awhile, until slowly people started going to be one by one until, it was Me, Clem, Nick, Luke, and Pete left. Nick stood up and asked "Luke can I talk to you privately for a second?" He said walking into the woods. They came back a few minutes later, looking like they were holding in the biggest secret in the whole world. A few minutes went, by with just small talk, until Nick reached over and pulled out four jars with what looked like water. He passed one over to Luke, and Pete. Then he asked if we wanted some. I looked at Clem, and she looked at me, so we both said "Sure why not?". Nick passed me over a jar trying to suppress a grin. I took off the lid and smelled what like rubbing alcohol.
"What are you trying to poison us?" I said.
"What do you mean?" Luke asked.
"This smells like rubbing alcohol," I replied not impressed. "Don't we like, need this stuff for cuts, and stuff?" I continued.
"This isn't rubbing alcohol, this is good old moonshine," Nick said grinning.
"Moonshine?" Clementine asked.
"That's right Clem, moonshine," Luke said taking a sip.
"Well, I'm not planning on getting drunk, night," I said walking over to my sleeping bag.
"Oh come on, you're not CHICKEN are you?" Nick said. I froze and turned around to face him.
"Nobody calls me chicken(anybody know the reference?),"I said taking off the lid, And taking a sip. It burned the back of my throat, but I kept drinking until the whole thing was empty. Nick, Luke, and Pete just stared at with wide eyes.
"There ya happy Nick?" I said walking over to my bag. I grabbed my backpack held it close to me, and quickly fell asleep.
Clementine's POV
I looked over to see Jaden sound asleep in his sleeping bag. I turned around to face the rest of the group.
"Well, that happened," Luke said.
"Ya, but our plan worked perfectly, almost," Nick said.
"Plan? What plan?" I asked
"Oh well me, and Luke made a plan to get you, a Jaden drunk," Nick replied.
"Why would you guys want us drunk?" I demanded.
"Well, it would be fun!" Luke said.
"You guys are a bunch of idiots," Pete said, walking over to his sleeping bag and falling asleep.
"Ya, I mean this was just stupid," I said about to go to sleep.
"Wait for an hour, something funny will happen," Nick said. I thought it over for a minute before walking back over, and sitting down by the fire.
1 hour later….
Nick walked over to where Jaden was sleeping, and slowly woke him up.
"what do ybou wahnt" Jaden slurred out.
"Are you drunk yet?" Nick asked trying to hold in a laugh
"i never ahad anytdhing gto drink,so i'm nost drunk" Jaden slurred. After Jaden said that,we all burst out laughing.
"what'ds so funny." Jaden questions.
"Nothing Jaden." I said in between laughs.
"Oh ok." Jaden said, falling back asleep.
"Wait Jaden, have something to drink," Nick said passing him another jar of moonshine.
"thanks," Jaden said, drinking another jar of moonshine. We waited a few minutes for the drink to settle in before we asked Jaden something else.
"Jaden what's your full name?" Luke asked
"my oname is jaden steven wkithe" Jaden slurred. As soon as he said that we laughed uncontrollably, accidentally waking up Pete.
"What's so funny," Pete asked.
"ui doi'nt know there laughing for no reason." Jaden slurred. Pete looked at Jaden, then at us. He mumbled something like "Idiots" Before going back to bed. We played with Jaden for a while, asking him various things and telling him to say stuff. He kept saying he wasn't drunk, though.
"Why is that bag so important to you?" Nick asked. It was something I was wondering too, but I let it go respecting Jaden's privacy.
"here let me hsow you gyuys." Jaden said, standing up and stumbling over to his bag. He brought it over to us and took everything out of it. There was the extra set of clothes, the picture of his family from earlier, but there was some stuff I don't know how I didn't see. Those items were 6 sticks of deodorant, an extra hat, a plastic container, and leather jacket. We just stared at him, wonder how he fit so much in one bag.
"How did you fit that much in one bag?" Nick asked. Jaden just shrugged his shoulders, before putting everything back in the bag. He stood up walked over to his sleeping bag fell down and fell asleep. I looked at him, back to everyone else, before shrugging my shoulders. After Jaden fell asleep for a second time, I decided to go to bed.
Clementine's POV the next morning….
I woke up to Sahra nudging my arm saying we were leaving. I got up, collected my things, and started walking with everyone else. I looked over to Jaden holding the bridge of his nose like he had a major headache.
"He Jaden how did you sleep?!" I yelled in his ear.
"Ugh, not so loud!" He said massaging his temples Everyone broke out laughing after that. He adjusted his cap so it shadowed his eyes, and just kept walking. For the rest of the day, we kept bothering him because of his hangover. When Nick banged two rocks together next to him, Jaden pulled out his trump card.
"If I show you guys something amazing, will you stop annoying me?" Jaden asked. Everyone looked at each other, then nodded. Jaden reached inside his bag, took out the plastic container, took off the lid, and took out an old iPod.
"What's so special about, an old iPod?" I asked.
"This," He said, pressing the power button. After seconds, the thing turned on, to show the lock screen. He unlocked it, taped music, and handed it to me. I took it and stared at it for a second. Everyone was dumbfounded.
"How is this charged?" Luke asked.
"Every time I find someplace with electricity, I just plug it in, charge some batteries, and charge a rechargeable case," He said shrugging his shoulders.
"What else do you have in that box?" Shara asked. Jaden just reopened the box and showed us what was inside. There was a double A,a triple A,a C,and D battery charger in there,along with their respectful batteries,a flip phone, phone chargers, a notebook with pencils,and four earbuds. We just stood there with mouths open.
"How did you get this stuff," I asked.
"Well, iPod was mine, as were the earbuds. I may have raided an electronic store or two for the batteries and chargers." He said scratching the back of his head.
"Why do you have this stuff?" Rebecca asked
"Well the apocalypse does get boring sometimes, so I figured why not, ya know?" He replied
"Have you tried calling anybody?" Carlos asked.
"Everyone in my contact list, nine one one, everybody. There is just no service anymore." Jaden responded. Everyone murmured in agreement before we started walking again.
"Hey Clem, why not put on some music," Jaden said holding the bridge of his nose.
"Guess the hangover went away," I said. Jaden's widened at what I said, and before he could say anything, I was already playing music. He put his hand on his ears, trying to drain out the noise, while Celebrate good times, come on! was playing. I turned down the volume so walkers wouldn't come for us. After walking for awhile,and listening to songs like Don't stop Believing, and It's the final countdown we decided to take a break. Jaden's hangover was finally gone,so he vowed never to drink again. After our little break we decided we started walking again,but this time we stopped the music to conserve the ipod's battery,you don't find electricity to often nowadays.
END DAY 1(first full day away from cabin)
DAY 2
Jaden's POV The next morning…
I woke up the next morning thankful I didn't have another hangover. Everyone was talking in their own respective groups. Rebecca was talking about baby names with Alvin and Sarah. Carlos and Pete were talking about stuff before all this. Clem,Luke,and nick were talking about various things. I was just sniping in at either of the conversations from time to time,but mostly kept to myself. After a while Clem broke free from Luke,and Nick,and started talking to me.
"What happened with you,and him?" She asked. I knew it was coming sooner or later so I told her what happened.
"It was a little after I lost my family,and I was just on my own. I strayed away from groups,who knows some could be cannibals,am I right?" After that she shuddered,but I continued "I found this camp,but it was all destroyed. I was looking behind a RV when someone hit the back of my head knocking me out. I woke up afterwards zip tied. The man came in,and started talking to this bowling ball bag. He said something about me becoming apart of the family when he saw me awake. He gave me my bag back,after I promised I would "behave myself". He told me to walk in front of him,but I couldn't because I was zip tied. I fell to the ground,and he kept on punching me,then he cut my chest. Afterwards he-"
"Come on guys,don't get separated!" Luke yelled. I looked up to see that me and Clem were lagging far behind. We quickly caught up with all of them,but before I could continue,Luke called clementine up to talk with him,and I was dragged into baby names.
"Do you have any good names?" Rebecca asked.
"For a boy Tyler or Sam. For a girl Maddison." I said not paying much attention.
"Why Maddison?" Rebecca asked.
"She was an old friend. Same with Tyler,and Sam." I replied.
"Oh,I'm sorry." She said.
"It's fine,delied with it awhile ago." I said.
"Where were you planning on living when you got older,before all this I mean." Alvin asked.
"I don't know,I was planning on living in a city you know? Like New york,or Chicago." I answered.
"Oh,that's cool." Alvin replied. We continued talking for awhile before we had to take a rest.
"Do you have anything else in your bag of never ending ness?" Clem joked. I thought about it for a second before answering "Wouldn't you like to know." I said smirking.
"So is that a yes,or a no?" Luke joined in.
"It is a yes,and a no." I said.
"It can't be both." Clem replied.
"Yes it can. Yes there is some other stuff,and no my bag is never ending,it's just really big inside." I said mumbling the last part.
"So what else do you have?" Clem asks.
"You will find out in time." I said snobolly. She huffed in annoyance,and walked away.
We made a camp later on,and decided to stay there because Rebecca wasn't feeling good.
END DAY 2
Two days away from cabin.
Day 5
(Nothing happened between day 3-4,so I decided to skip it)
Clementine's POV
We walked for five days. We took breaks(mostly for Rebecca) most of the time but still five days straight. We approached a small clearing,and made camp.
"I see the bridge." I stated from the rock I was on.
"Does it look passable?" Luke asked.
"I think so." I replied. I kept looking when I heard "whispers".
"Do you think she's cute?" Nick asked.
"Dude what the f***k man!" Luke said.
"Not cool dude" Jaden said.
"Fine sorry I asked." Nick said.
"I also see a small house by the end of the bridge." I said pretending not to notice them.
"How small?" Jaden asked.
"Pretty small."I said truthfully. I heard them whispering again.
"You didn't answer the question." Nick whispered.
"Dude!" Jaden said whispering slightly.
"I'm just asking." Nick said defensively. A small moment passed. "Well?" Nick whispered. "Fine,yes she is cute happy?" Luke said harshly. 'He thinks I'm cute!'. No 'Clem you can't let anyone get close to you.' I thought. "I see a ski lift thing." I said.
"Oh,you mean a chair lift?" Jaden said
"Ya for like skiing right?" I asked.
"Probably." Jaden said shrugging. They started whispering again. "Jaden,you didn't answer." Nick said. "I didn't answer,because I don't see her as some girl."Jaden said.
"Cheesy" Luke and Nick said together.
"Whatever." Jaden said rolling his eyes. A minutes or two passed when Nick spoke up again.
"Would you do it with her?" He said grinning.
"Nick!" Luke and Jaden said harshly.
"What it's just a question."he said defensively.
"No I wouldn't 'do it' with her." Jaden said.
"I don't know maybe,she is hot." Luke said.
I then spoke up "you guys are terrible whisperers." I said climbing down from the rock. The look on their faces was priceless.
After I stopped laughing uncontrollably,me,luke,and Jaden decided to walk across the bridge to check out the shack. When we walked up to the start of the bridge we saw three walkers,two standing one sitting.
"I'll get the one on the left,Clem you get the one in the middle,Jaden you get the right one." Luke said.
"Why do I get the one that's,sitting down?" Jaden asked
"Because me,and clem both have weapons." Luke replied
"Clem doesn't!" Jaden whispered yelled. I brought out a little hammer Luke gave me awhile back.
"Then why don't you give me my knife back clem?" Jaden asked.
"I gave it to luke." I replied.
"Oh,that's yours? Here you go." He said giving the knife to Jaden.
"Why didn't you give this to me earlier? Even if it wasn't mine?" Jaden demanded
"I forgot I had it." Luke said rubbing his head.
"Can we just kill the walkers now?" I asked.
"Fine." Luke and Jaden said at the same time. I crept up on the middle walker the same time Luke did the left one. We killed them in one swift strike. I looked over to see Jaden run up,kick it in the side of the head,then stab it. We regrouped,before heading down the bridge. We walked up until we reached the middle of the bridge,before walker's blocked us in on both sides of the bridge. Before I could even do anything,I heard loud creaking,and turned around to see Jaden push Luke out of the way from the middle of the bridge,before it collapsed into a whole.
"JADEN!" I yelled. I looked over to see him holding onto the side of the bridge.
"Clem look out!" Luke yelled. I turned around just in time to see a walker knock me to the ground. I kept it away from me long enough for Luke to kick its head in. We both brandished our weapons,and made short work of them,before one fell down below were Jaden was. I ran over to see him grab a steel beam,swung and kicked his head in before swinging up onto the main platform.
"Woah how did you do that?" Luke and I asked.
"Took..huh...Karate...huh...for 8 years." He said out of breath.
"You never told us that." Luke said.
"Well it didn't seem that important before." Jaden said.
"So you can like break boards and stuff,with a chop?" I said swinging my arm down in "Karate" fashion.
"I can but I wouldn't do like that." He said. We continued on walking,until we saw a figure approach us with a rifle. We slowed to a stop a little way from him.
"Hey!" He shouted.
"Hello!" We shouted back.
"Are you guys A**holes?" He asked.
"I'm not an a**hole." I replied.
"Does that make me an a**hole?" Luke asked.
"To someone in the world I was probably an a**hole." Jaden said shrugging. He walked closer to us to where we could see his face. He looked like an Asian-American.
"Hi. My name is Matthew." Matthew responded.
"Hi,Matthew I'm Clementine,this is Jaden,and Luke." I said pointing to them.
"Are you guys passing through here too? I at least get one group here a day." He said.
"Did you see a lady named Christa pass through here?" I asked.
"No sorry. What I mean is a lot of people pass through here sorry." He replied. He suddenly raised his gun.
"Woah man what the F**k!" He said. I looked over my shoulder to see Nick running with his gun. In one swift motion,Jaden walked in front of Matthew forming a shield. Nick walked up in front of us,and we quickly explained the situation. The rest of the group walked over to our side of the bridge,and we walked up to the top of the hill,when Luke came up to me,and asked me to climb up this tower thing. When I got to the top I looked around,and saw flashlights shining. I went to call luke,and tell him,when I saw a group around the ski lodge. I climbed down the ladder,pushed my way to the front of the group when I saw someone I thought to be dead.
"I thought you were dead." Jaden,and said at the same time..
CLIFFHANGER! WOAH! I KNOW I'M MEAN,MAKING YOU WAIT ALL THIS TIME,AND I LEAVE A CLIFFHANGER. UNTIL NEXT TIME BYE!