EDIT: WASSUPPP! It's been a minute.. I have to say, this took me awhile to even process through.. but I did it! I hope y'all enjoy this one! This chapter is probably the hardest I've ever done so far. Review it and lemme know your thoughts, I'm trying to become a better writer by getting your thoughts on my work. Chapter 5 won't be out for awhile but I hope you understand that. Enjoy.
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"What was that?"
*The birds chirped on a sunny Saturday morning*
"Oh. It's just another beautiful day."
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It was a bright day for a shanty town in Illinois. Everything seemed perfect for a Saturday. Every weekend, I always had my laundry basket filled with dirty clothes. Even on a week with no work to do.
I usually worked 12 hours a day and then rest all afternoon. I usually didn't do any chores after when I come home, so Saturday was my day to do so. Doing this every weekend felt great. I didn't mind the routine at all. Being paid 20k a year, I didn't have a laundry washer at my home. So, "Lenny's Laundry Mat" did just perfect for me. I remember entering the laundry mat every weekend and greeting the nice people who work there. Whether it's giving someone a quarter, or a lolipop to a little girl, I was always nice. Everything felt perfect for a weekend.
Huh. 'perfect'?
Oh wait, I am daydreaming again... aren't I?
Wake up... Laybo... Wake up...
"Wake up Laybo! Wake up!" screamed the hispanic male looking at the bearded man on the floor. The day was fresh and brand new for another day in the apocalypse. GeeCo and Laybo was awaking for another day to live. The hunt for Joel was still a stuck on their minds. Joel was a target for their leaders... but they wanted to talk to Joel.
"C'mon.. It's gonna be awhile before we get to Kentai to find him... We gotta keep traveling .." said GeeCo staring down on Laybo laying on the floor near a shack. The two grown men were still traveling for something that means a lot to them. Maybe it's worth it for them... who knows. Being in Illinois reminisces back to when Laybo used to live here. Huh, I guess that's why he got a flashback...
The bearded man named Laybo proceeded to lift himself up from the dirty ground. He scratched his right eye and looked at GeeCo with a confused expression.
"So tell me... GeeCo... why are we risking our lives... day to f*cking day... For a man who destroyed our community rules... that we have NO real idea or clue.. to know where he at.. Huh Gee? Explain that."
The expression on GeeCo's face sharpened. He looked like he wanted to laugh. He turned his head towards the ground and scratched his left cheek bone. GeeCo began to start chuckling a bit after the response of Laybo's question.
"You see? This is why you made trash income before all of this happened. Your grammar sucks sh*t. I understand English is your second language but still... I'd advise you to learn some English after all of this madness goes away." He said while pointing his index finger towards the busted up town in front of them. GeeCo and Laybo were back in Illinois, It's funny how they didn't even know that they were in their own home state.
The two grown men were near a vacant trashed-out food shack by a small neighborhood. Laybo opened both of his eye lids wide, and stared at his brother GeeCo disternly.
"Don't f*cked with me." as he replied with a serious tone of anger.
"Oh c'mon! ¿Sabes que sólo estaba jugando bro?" replied GeeCo in Spanish. Laybo turned his head around and back at the ground. He responded in a irritated tone.
"You know I forgot Espanol already... Stop it GeeCo."
"Aw what? C'mon bro! You even forgot your FIRST language? That's disre-" a loud tackle interrupted his unfinished sentence. Before the tackle, GeeCo had a smirk on his face when he was talking about Laybo. It was the reason why Laybo tackled GeeCo. Out of sheer-will and uncontrolled anger, Laybo swiftly slammed GeeCo on the ground while making alot of noise. The town in Illinois was empty anyways. They didn't even check the place if they had any other survivors out here. They just didn't care.
With GeeCo pinned down on the ground, and Laybo enduced with anger. GeeCo seemed to calm his nerves and reflexes. He normally would of put up a fight but he didn't this time. His arms were locked down tightly in a locked position. Each of his body parts were pinned down by Laybo's body parts as well. Laybo was locking him down as if he were a turtle holding him down.
"You wanna know what I said in Espanõl? Oh sorry! I mean't Spanish?" GeeCo said nonchalantly while still being pinned down.
Laybo released less force on his locked down position. He turned his head around, noticing his vicinity and then he looked back at his brother on the ground.
"Go ahead..." he responded in a soft tone.
"'You know I was just playing bro?'.. Quote Unquote of course." said GeeCo with a soft giggle. He looked at his brother on his body. Noticing that he thought he'd never be in an awkward position.
*Wail from a Clicker embarks*
"Oh sh*t." said Laybo with a guilty look on his face.
Laybo looked up and slowly unlocked his position from GeeCo. He looked around for his bag of supplies. He grabbed it and helped GeeCo up from his situation. Dust from the ground was all over GeeCo and Laybo, but they didn't care. "Muertos." said GeeCo looking at Laybo vividly.
*Gun Clicks*
"I know what 'Muertos' means for sure, Gee." Laybo replied while reloading his rifle with a heavy duty ammo.
"Yeah, I bet you do."
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BEHIND PAIN
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It's funny how the sky tells you that he's coming...
The sky. The blue elegant sky. The sky that looks like he's sad.
How do I know what the gender of the sky is?...
Keep reaching.
What does the blue sad sky do? He looks at you from above.
For you are the Earth. The Earth's ear ring.
If the Earth's ear ring falls...
"Ellie."
What will the blue sky do?
Will it turn grey?
"ELLIE."
Who knows.
"ELLILAY."
What if... the blue sad sky... is a female?...
"ELLIE!"
What? Who is Ellie?
"IT'S ME! CLEM! C'MON SNAP OUT OF IT!"
The girl with logo cap screamed at the dazed red headed girl. It was still dark out, the night seems like forever.
Of course, nothing has changed.
Ellie and Clementine are still stuck alongside the open road. The two girls were still in a heap of a situation after the crash. With Shelly and Joel still unconscious, the herd of the dead is nearing by.
The aftermath of what just had happened kind of dazed Ellie a bit.
Clementine had that serious look on her face again. You knew she was ready to battle anything at hand. She reloaded her rifle in her hands. She looked at the herd of walkers ahead of her.
"Good thing these are just walkers..."
She looked back at Ellie, she still seemed to be shocked. She quickly rushed to her position and tapped on her shoulder. Clemmy rolled her eyes in distraught.
"ELLIE DAMNIT! WAKE THE F*CK UP! WE GOTTA GO GET SHELLY AND JOEL!" she yelled, alerting more walkers nearby the forest.
Ellie just sat there looking at the sky. She seemed calmed and relieved. Even though this situation was dense, she looked great, but Clementine wasn't taking this. Clemmy quickly turned her head back, she looked at the walkers nearing close by, then she looked back at Ellie.
"Damnit!" she cried while stomping her right foot on Ellie's left foot. Then she quickly ran near crashed vehicle and kicked in a hole in the front window door. She proceeded to pull out Shelly. She used her pocket knife to cut the bindings from the seat belt. As she proceeded to pull Shelly's unconscious body out of the vehicle, she looked at her pocket knife. There was an engraved marking of words on it.
"Huh, Javi?.."
With the caution of getting attacked, Clem looked up and saw that Ellie was gone. She pulled out Shelly and layed her on top of her back. She looked back at the crashed vehicle and realized that she still needed to get Joel out.
"Guuughhh! Where the hell is Ellie?!" she yelled while clenching her balled up fists in anger. Then gun shots were being fired.
"What in the world? Is that Ellie?" as the thoughts grazed in Clemmy's mind.
Clementine was correct. There she was, Ellie, killing walkers to defend herself. Clem sat there in ambiance. Looking at Ellie defending herself gave Clemmy motivation. "About damn time she gets out of that shock." she mumbled to herself while lifting herself off of the ground. Believe it or not, Shelly's bodacious body was very heavy for Clementine. But not anything that she hasn't had a problem with though.
With walkers falling dead on the ground by Ellie's shooting, Clementine proceeded to look for Joel's unconscious body.
Wait... Joel's body?... Where is Joel?!..
Joel wasn't in the crashed vehicle no more. With the confusion of Joel's disappearance, Clem started looking all around her while panicking.
"Oh sh*t! Oh sh*t. Oh sh*t. Ohh... Sh*t sh*t sh*t sh*t sh*t sh*t!" yelled Clem in a fearful tone.
The walkers started get closer and closer near Clem's position. Out of nowhere, a manly yell from Ellie automatically caught the attention of the herd of walkers. "GET BACK HERE YOU OLD PIECE OF ASS!"
There he was, Joel, Running like a football player to the forest. Ellie didn't hesitate to turn and help Clem, she ran off to Joel's direction as fast as she could. A gun from Ellie's back pocket fell on the floor.
"Huh. It looks like a sliver revolver."
There was no time to gather the rest of items and supplies from vehicle. With the immediate threat of the walkers, Clem used all of her force and energy and followed Ellie and Joel to the forest with Shelly on her back.
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The atmosphere of entering the forest felt deep.
Like a wave on the moon, feeling bright. Hah. I can feel the heartbeat from my mother's chest. Wait what?
Oh shiiiitttttaaayyyy...
Tittttaaaayyyyyy...
*THE RUSH OF AIR ENTERED THE FOREST*
A loud yell from Ellie's hatred screamed within the forest's terrain. Ellie was running after Joel vigorously without stopping. The forest was thick and moldy with grass. It almost seemed impossible for any vehicle to drive through it. You could hear the pain and torture from Ellie's aggression, the thought of her yelling and screaming her lungs out made Clem ill.
"What is she doing?"
She thought in her mind while lugging Shelly's heavy body through the forest. She was trying to catch up to Ellie's pace of speed but she came through overwhelmed. Ellie and Joel's chase was heading towards the direction of the restroom stop up ahead. The emotionless sweat, the unearthly condition to breathe made Clem nauseous a bit.
She slowed down a bit and dropped to her knees on the muggy ground. Both of her arms were occupied by Shelly's legs. She swiftly laid Shelly's unconscious body on the ground next to a tree. Clementine touched the middle of her chest and rubbed it a little bit. Her heart was throbbing with pain a bit from the chase scene. The adrenaline and pain relieved after she calmed down from running. She wiped her forehead and looked up at the sky.
"Wow, I never thought I'd be tired from a chase." She giggled a bit. Then she slowly got up and turned her head towards the direction of Ellie and Joel.
"YOU GET BACK HERE!" She thought.
Clementine gazed at the distance from her to Ellie's position. The thought even amazed her that Ellie never gave up on chasing Joel.
"Just like chasing a dream.. Or dreaming a chase scene." She mumbled under her breath.
Clementine stood there for a minute. Looking at them run made her give up on chasing them.
A few seconds passed by... Ellie stopped and turned around back towards Clementine's direction. The moldy grass was making it hard for Clem to see her view. Soon, Ellie arrived at her position, tired while panting for breath. Both of the tired sweaty girls stood there while looking at each other vividly.
"Hi. Sorry." Ellie replied with a soft expression. The two of them sat there and looked at each other for a minute. That fact that they were very tired gave them a reason to sit in awe. Clementine rubbed her forehead again.
"Hi, are you done chasing Joel now?" Clementine replied in a soft tone.
"Yeah, I think so. I'm sorry I-" Ellie responded while being interrupted by Clem.
"It's fine, whatever you were angry about we can talk about it later. Right now I need you to focus on getting to Kaan. Do you understand me?" Clementine questioned her with a serious look.
"Uh huh, yeah I gotchu. I was just caught up in the moment an-" interrupted again by Clementine.
"No. Right now is not the time. Look okay? It's very dark out right now, were in the middle of a forest that feels like a jungle. I want to get to safety. Please?"
"Okay. Fine. But Joel's getting away, and I bet you he forgot his stuff at the vehicle." Ellie responded in a forced tone. The twinkle from the stars in the sky glowed brightly. The moon was the only thing that showed some light in their paths.
A silent cough came from the ground area.
What the hell?
Shelly finally woke up. She began to yawn like she was waking up from a good night of rest. She slowly stretched her body parts, and started to open her eye lids.
"AWWWUGHHHHHH... OWWW!" She screamed in pain. The aftermath from the crash was taking effect. She tilted her body a bit and slowly got up from the grassy ground. "My back... The hell? Why are y'all just standing there?" she replied in confusion. Ellie and Clem were awe again after seeing Shelly awake from her concussion. The two were staring at her vividly like a tiger entering a farm.
"SHELLY!" screamed Clementine as she ran over to Shelly. Clemmy's arms slammed on Shelly's chest as they tighten even harder. Shelly responded back by returning the hug.
"Geez! Okay gurl! I understand! My back feels like hell!" Shelly replied as she chuckled in joy. As the two young adult women hugged in content, Ellie felt a little bit annoyed and worried about the situation that they are in. She sighed and walked closer towards the two.
"Hey! Guys... Clem! You said this sh*t yourself... We're not safe here." Ellie said in grief while looking around the area.
Clementine turned her head towards Ellie and back to Shelly. She slowly released her position from Shelly's body and pulled out her rifle from her back.
"Your right. We gotta move. For all I know, Joel... he could b-" The interruption from Shelly shocked Clementine in advance as she started to run towards the direction to Joel. It was so quick, Ellie and Clem looked at each other. Shelly did not stop running. She kept running towards to the direction to the restroom stop.
"What the f*ck?! How da hell did sh-" Ellie replied while getting interrupted by Clem.
"No time to talk! Let's follow them!" Clem yelled while she started to jog towards the direction to Shelly and Joel.
"Okay!" Ellie replied while pulling out her pistol from her left pocket. She followed behind Clementine as they chased after Shelly. The thought that one minute Shelly is here and another minute she's gone. It's confusing. Where are we?
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"Sometimes I wonder if your bullsh*tting me or you just like to keep secrets from me..."
"What you say?" replied the bearded man sitting next a stop sign. It was a dark cold night in Springfield, Illinois.
The two inhabitants, GeeCo and Laybo, are still traveling for something that's uncertain. Laybo, the bearded man looking at the soft white moon questioned GeeCo's words.
"So? Whatcha say to me bro?" replied from Laybo sitting on the ground.
"You heard me you monk. I'm tired of repeating myself, like... ALL THE TIME." GeeCo responded in a threating tone.
"Go to hell you sonavub*tch." Laybo mumbled in a frustrated expression.
"We're in hell you puta. Don't forget the smell brother." GeeCo chuckled while raising his arms in the air. The two grown men were near a rotted out grocery shop place. They're basically in the same state but in a different city. Nothing has changed between them. They breathe, fight, and act like brothers. It's hard for them to leave this state without reminiscing back in the old days.
"Have you ever finished that liquor bottle I gave you? Years back?" GeeCo questioned Laybo while looking at him on the ground.
"No. I don't drink that type of sh*t." He replied while laying his back a bit forward towards the ground. Looking up at his brother GeeCo.
"Why do you ask?" He questioned. "Man, you f*cking stupid. Like geez, you tooty weiner... hehhehe... HAHAHA... awwuhh.." GeeCo replied in a impulsive manner.
"Oh great." Laybo sighed and slowly closed his eye lids.
GeeCo immediately passed out on the ground. Laybo fell asleep just before that. The two grown men were knocked out in the middle of the street. The hispanic looking males, passed out in empty vacant town.
But why? Don't they got to go and find someone? Someone important to their adventure. Someone named like 'Joel'?
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This was it. This is very tiring for a girl in this world.
Clementine thought.
The two girls in the forest were chasing Joel and Shelly. Who seemed to cause them trouble ever since they linked up as a group. The pace of Clementine's jog was fast but proficient enough to keep her distance close to Ellie's speed and not pass out. As the girl began to continue to jog forward, she thought about what had happened back at the town. "Ryonna... Well I know for sure we can't go back. I don't want to hear anyone say I'm lazy now... Then again.. who ever said I was lazy?"
Clementine looked up ahead. She saw Ellie right in front of her as she continued to jog forward.
"She looks like a track star. Ha."
She thought.
"AWWUGAHUH!" Screamed an Infected.
The two girls looked up ahead while slowing their pace of jogging. A group of infected hurdled near the borderline of the forest. The line was splitting the section off between the open road and the forest's terrain.
The two girls chasing Joel and Shelly, eventually slowed down and stopped at their positions. Ellie turned around and looked at Clemmy in distraught. The group of the infected walkers began nearing close to Ellie and Clem's position. Ellie readied her weapon to shoot, Clementine did the same thing.
"Where'd the hell did they come from?" Ellie thought in her head.
"Look Ellie, I got the one next to right side of the group. You get the rest of them when I'm done okay? Do not shoot until I'm done." Clementine alerted Ellie with a serious tone. Ellie looked at Clementine unsure. She didn't want to lose Joel and Shelly by getting divided. She closed her eyes for a second and opened them and looked at the group of infected. Ellie was ready. Clementine proceeded forward and engaged the group of infected.
The thought of Clementine popped up in Ellie's head. "Very receptive."
Clementine stopped and quickly turned her head towards Ellie. She wondered what Ellie just said in a calmed voice.
"Wait what?"
The infected wasn't patience enough.
The avalanche of the group of infected hurled towards Clemmy in a instant. The atmosphere became intensifying in a second.
Oh, I could feel the panicking rush of fear in Clementine's mind right now.
Without hesitation, Clementine shot her rifle before the first infected could grab her. The gush of blood from the infected's skull popped in Ellie's mind.
She realized that Clementine was in a dire situation of needing help. She quickly aimed her pistol at one of the infected walker's head.
"Oh sh*t! I'm sorry!" She shot it in an instant. The two girls finished the group of the infected walkers one by one. The fear and sweat rushed towards Clementine's mind, she quickly turned her head back at Ellie.
"What the f*ck were you thinking?! I've could of died!" Clementine assaulted Ellie in an angered tone of voice. The fear of almost getting bite enraged in Clem's head.
"I-I.." Ellie replied in guilt.
"I da f*ck what? You promised me you were going to listen to my commands! Why on earth is it like this Ellie?"
"WHY?!" Clementine responded in frustration.
Ellie knew that she froze over what she saw in Clementine's persona. But she winded up not telling her the real truth of why she froze up. She slumped her face in a sadden look.
"I-I'm sorry. I-I just froze up I guess. I wasn't ready." She stuttered in guilt.
"Yeah, well when the next time this situation happens, I might be dead because of you. You need to be more aware of your situation. Stop thinking of.. Haha.. Joel's dirty fingers."
Clementine turned around and started to loot the dead infected corpses.
The atmosphere changed again.
pain.
anger.
"What did you say."
The look on Ellie's face changed.
"Say what?"
"What did you say.."
"I said you need to be more aware of your surroundings."
"No. Not that."
"What? Oh that. It's just a joke. I was jus-"
"No. Say it again." Ellie's voice was calm.
"Ellie you deaf or something? I just said stop thinking of Jo-"
"You're a b*tch you know that right?" Ellie replied in a calmed voice.
Clementine slowly turned her head towards Ellie's position.
"I was just playin-"
Ellie launched her whole body and tackled Clementine on the ground. The mood of Ellie was anger. Her emotions were limitless.
She restrained Clementine's arms and legs down on the ground. Then she slammed her right forearm up against Clementine's neck. Clementine couldn't move or breathe at all. Clementine used her strength and spatted in Ellie's face.
Ellie slowly released some force from her right arm.
"AWW WHAT THE-"
With more valuable space to breath in, Clementine used all her strength and slammed Ellie on the opposite side of the ground. She grabbed her chest and quickly crawled up against her face. Clementine's position was right on top of Ellie's face. Clem's butt was seated right on top of her shoulders.
*SMACK*
Before anything could happen, Clementine gave Ellie the largest slap she could ever give. Soon, the vague atmosphere disappeared.
"I-It was a joke..."
Seconds passed, Ellie started to bawl her eyes out. She didn't stop crying at all, Slowly minutes passed by.
They eventually got up and traveled to the restroom stop up ahead. The time was consumed vaguely, it was almost time for another new day.
The restroom stop was already raided out and cleared. The two girls proceeded to go forward and check out the place again.
Clementine aimed her rifle near a trash can over by the men's restroom area. The area seemed clear enough to proceed forward, she looked at Ellie.
"Not surprised."
"About what?" Ellie replied and turned towards Clem's position.
"The place was already raided and cleared out. I'm assuming Joel and Shelly already passed by then." Clem responded while turning her head towards the restroom area.
"Yeah, so they're already at Kaan then." Ellie replied.
"Yeah I hope so." Clementine added.
The restroom stop place looked cleared but there was still dead walker corpses all over the vicinity.
"Hmm.. did you see that?" Ellie responded and walked up to one of the dead walker corpses. She crouched down and turned her head towards Clementine.
Clementine walked up towards Ellie and crouched down as well, then they both looked at each other.
"These ones are all still fresh." Clementine replied while sticking her right hand in the left pocket of the dead walker's pants.
"Nothing in this pocket. I hope they have at least some ammo over here."
Ellie replied while looking up in the sky.
"I wonder what happened when Joel and Shelly were here.."
Yeah, what did happen to Joel and Shelly when they were over here?
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The dense dark sky.
The immediate threat.
And the fallen star.
The situation arise immediately after Joel saw Clementine's back.
Clem sat there in ambiance. Looking at Ellie defending herself. "The time is right." Joel thought to himself.
With Clementine distracted, Joel slowly got out of the crashed vehicle and proceeded to run towards the forest.
Joel immediately turned his head back towards Clementine. "Distracted...Nice.."
Then with the mediate attention towards the forest, Joel could hear Ellie's voice. "GET BACK HERE YOU OLD PIECE OF ASS!"
"Dafuq? She sounds pissed. What the f*ck does she have to be mad for? So ungrateful as usual." Joel thought in his head.
The chase averted towards the forest, the pursuit of Joel was intense. The terrain in the forest was harder to move through with Joel's weakened body. The night was nearing to an end, the vibe from the chase was slow. Joel could feel the fear of messing up at this moment. He didn't move too fast for him to fall down on the ground, but fast enough to run away from Ellie. "Into the forest I go..." Joel said to himself. Joel started to speed up his pace of jogging, with his whole body feeling sore, Joel could pass out at anytime.
He made distance between his position and Ellie's. Sure enough, Ellie slowed down and stopped at her position. Joel kept moving forward without stopping. He turned his head for a quick second, realizing Ellie wasn't chasing him anymore. With a expression of relief, He quickly turned his head back in front of him.
Panting for breathe while smiling, "Oh thank God...why was.. she.. mad though?.."
The old man kept decreasing his distance towards the restroom stop, he didn't turn his head back though. After a couple of minutes of running through the forest, Joel finally made a stopping point. With his back filled with pain and stress, he sat down on the muddy ground.
"Damn... I'm almost there..." Joel sighed while rubbing his forehead with his left hand. He looked at the direction towards the restroom stop. "Almost there Joel." He thought in his head.
"I bet you that d*ck head who hit us, is over there distracted.. I can probably sneak up on him..."
Loud foot steps drew closer.
The foot steps from behind Joel caught his attention.
He stopped and quickly turned his head back, "The hell?"
There she was, Shelly, the woman making the footsteps. She was running with full speed towards Joel. She looked angry and didn't seem to stop running towards Joel's direction. With time left before Shelly embarks by, Joel quickly tries to grab his handgun from his pocket.
"Oh sh*t, I forgot my other supplies too.." He mumbled under his breathe.
Before Joel could even get up, Shelly was already at Joel's position. But she didn't stop running though.
"Why though?" He thought.
*THUMP*
The young female adult kept running towards the direction of the restroom stop. While running, she smacked her right knee against Joel's back, almost tripping herself down.
"HEY! SHELLY!" Joel screamed while slowly lifting himself off of the ground.
"Aaawwughh! Gottdaamm that b*tch!" He screamed loudly. Shelly quickly embarked a group of walkers near the restroom. She slammed her foot on one of the walkers. She landed on top of the walker and shot it with her handgun. She quickly got up and shot the rest of the group. Joel sat there in awe, "Wow, you can put some work in my team gurl."
No reply was made. Shelly quickly looted the group of walkers and fled the scene. All Joel could do was sit there in awe.
"Damn." He sighed. He slowly left the restroom stop place.
"Why couldn't I do anything? All we do is ask why but never answer..."
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The distance from the restroom stop place, and the two girls, were beginning to make progress.
Clementine and Ellie are now heading to Kaan.
"People make a worth off of eating, did you know that?"
The girl with the red hoodie and a cap on her head, stared at Ellie with a confused expression. The two were walking alongside the open road near the forest tree line. The red headed girl asked Clementine a weird question. Ellie looked at Clementine, waiting for a response.
"Okay? And tell me again why'd you ask that?" Clementine replied back.
"I dunno, just thought I'd let you know.. I mean, don't you think that's weird?" Ellie slowly giggled.
"Yeah I guess.."
"Oh c'mon Clem! You can't just loosen up a bit for once? This world ain't fair, I get it. But don't you wanna be a normal girl for once? We barely have these 'chill' moments." Ellie replied in a soft tone. She looked up in the sky, scratching her cheeks, she stared at the open road ahead of her.
"We got some time before we get to Kaan so let's just make the best of it."
"I'm tired, annoyed, stressed, and paranoid. I don't feel in the mood to talk right now Ellie. Sorry." Clem said in a muggy tone. She sped up her pace of walking and ignored Ellie's presence.
"Ha, I remember this bite." Ellie chuckled. Clementine stopped walking.
"Did you say.. bite?"
Ellie got ahead of Clem. She eventually stopped at her position and turned around towards Clementine.
"Yes, do you want to talk to me now?"
Before anything could happen, both of girls drew out their handguns. Both of them were aiming a weapon at each other heads.
"See, I knew you were going to talk to me. Before you come to any conclusions, how do you believe me?" questioned Ellie.
"Shut up. Show me it now." Clementine said with anger in her voice. Ellie slowly disarmed herself and pulled up her sleeve. She giggled lightly while doing so.
There it was, the infamous bite that never changes.
"Damnit. So when were you planning on telling us? Huh? Because if Joel were to find out then yo-"
Interrupted by Ellie. "He already knows."
"You're bullsh*tting me, and why are you smiling?"
"I'm not."
"Yes, you are."
"How would you know?"
"Dumbass. Do you want me to put this bullet in your head? Answer me, how long ago was this?"
"I'm not bullsh*tting Clem."
A shot was fired from Clementine's handgun. It was aimed next to Ellie's head.
"You jack ass! You know that wer-"
"THEN answer me DAMNIT! How long ago was this?!" Clementine yelled in fear, almost pulling the trigger.
"Couple of years back.."
"Oh my f*-"
"I'm not bullsh*tting you! I promise you that I'm telling the truth." Ellie persisted. She began to realize that this situation was getting denser and denser by the minute. The look on Clementine's face was serious. She started to have this feeling of regret.
"Shoot me... Or you could just wait 20 minutes to see whose really correct.."
Clementine looked at Ellie vividly. She slowly withdrew her weapon from Ellie's head. She sighed and continued walking forward.
"That easy huh? Wait, there's no way she believes me all of a sudden. But isn't that what I want though? Her to believe me? I don't know any more."
These thoughts in Ellie's head grazed as she continued forward with Clementine.
"Look, just tell me the story. I'm not that type to freak the f*ck out on dense situations like these... plus... I'm wondering why you're so... calm about this too.. I won't be surprised if I heard something unreal again."
Ellie looked at Clemmy's back, her posture seemed like she was on defensive mode.
"I'm immune." She whispered softly.
"What?" Clem responded.
"Immune. Okay? I'm immune to any bite from the dead. I can't die from bites. It's a long story so-"
"No, it's fine."
"Wait you don't want to hear the story?"
Clementine didn't say anything. She continued walking forward.
"I'm going to wait a couple of minutes... I'm sorry.. Ellie.." She said quietly. Ellie followed behind her slowly. She realized all along she still didn't believe her, so she continued forward as well. 39 minutes passed... The breeze from the wind gave chill down on Ellie's spine. She could feel the breeze gushing through the trees. It almost felt like it was 6 am in the morning.
After 40 minutes of silence, Clementine immediately stopped at her position. She slowly turned her body around towards Ellie's direction. She quickly drew out her pistol and aimed it at Ellie's forehead.
"Dammit Ellie! Jus- Just to tell me why?!" She cried out vaguely. The scream from her cry showed how serious this situation was. The dark night sky, the two dumb female girls, This is another typical day in the apocalypse. Clementine slowly moved one of her index fingers near the trigger of the gun. She seemed ready to shoot at any time.
"Why?! I-Is it some defect or something?! Maybe you're going to turn in an hour or something? I don't know!" She screamed with fear.
"No."
"No what?!" Clementine yelled while waving her pistol at Ellie's face.
"I told you okay? I'm immune. If you don't believe me then you can ask Joel. I wanted to let you know this because... I'm the only one.."
"The only one what? Immune? How?! How is this possible Ellie?! Tell me now damm-"
"I DON'T KNOW CLEM! Dammit! Why are you doing this to me?! I'm not God, I don't know the answers to everything alright?" Ellie responded in frustration. The dark day was silent with wind.
"So.. You said Joel is the only one who knows this right?"
"Yeah."
"And you're the only one in this world? right?"
"Yes, how many more questions do you have to ask, damn." Ellie replied in frustration. She quickly turned around and back to Clem.
"Alright, I swear to god it's like... 5 am in the morning. We need to get moving Clem."
"Yeah... you're right." The two girls decided to leave this conversation for another time, and keep walking forward. The day was just beginning, after an hour of walking, the red headed girl decided to talk about something else to spark the mood.
The red headed girl was always a friendly person. She was as tough as anyone in this world can get. She never believed that we need "adults" in this world to survive. Unfortunately that's how any one can think in this world. She always had a smirk on her face, even when the situation was cold. The girl slowly sped up ahead to catch up with Clementine. You can tell she was ready to spark up a conversation.
"You know what's funny?" Ellie smiled with confidence.
"What." Clementine responded in a melon tone.
"Geez, spark up a bit, you know this sh*t is boring as f*ck." She replied. Clementine slowly lifted up her head and turned towards Ellie.
"Well, what is it then?" She responded. "Tell me how... every damn situation we encounter... there is that one f*cking group of infect-tedd-d Hahaha!" chuckled Ellie in a happy tone. She felt like a teenager again.
"Like for real though!" She laughed. Clementine's facial expression eased up a bit, she slowly smirked a bit after Ellie's comment. She sighed knowing that she knew Ellie was always the friendly type.
Clementine smiled,
"Now that you mentioned that... how many times we've encountered that?" She giggled. Ellie's heart started pacing a little faster then it usually was doing.
Her cheeks turned red, "Yes gurl! Especially the Clickers too!" From that point, the conversation got deeper and about walkers and infected in this world. They slowly made progress towards their destination.
Ellie sighed, "You know what freaked me out today?"
"What?" Clementine responded back.
"That.. girl.. from earlier.." The conversation became silent. They both looked at each other.
"Yeah, that bratty asshole.."
"You heard the conversation?" Ellie replied. "Yeah, a little. I'm surprised she knows you too." Clementine replied.
"Yeah, I don't know how but... I have a slight suspicion that Joel got something to do with it.."
Clementine gave Ellie a confused look, "Joel? How?"
"I don't know, ever since the breakout from the camp in Boston... He's been very distant from me.. and paranoid of course." Ellie sighed in grief.
"Well, when she caused the crash, Joel was knocked out. And she certainly did recognize Joel. Maybe... Joel could've interacted with her while you were knocked out in Boston. I guess we gotta ask Joel what really happened then. Jessebel knows everything now.." Clem replied.
"Yeah, and now she must've have went to... KAAN!" Ellie said in a enthusiastic tone.
Clementine replied with a joyful tone,
"Yeah! you're right! Because the herd was nearing by anyways!"
"Alright, when we get to Kaan, we need to find a lead."
"What do you mean by 'a lead' Clem?" Ellie responded back.
"Well Kaan is different then most cities, for example, Kentai is a safe haven, Kaan is not. Kaan is more of a 'nomadic village'."
Ellie looked at Clementine with a confused expression,
"What do you mean by a 'nomadic village'?"
"I'm saying in Kaan, no one lives there, only the merchant shop owners, the place is only for gathering up supplies and restocking." Clementine looked at Ellie.
"In Kaan, any ONE is allowed in the village. It's open to all people, but if you do anything stupid like starting a fight.. you'll be executed right on the spot.." Clementine said in a fearful tone. She sighed knowing that she saw a lot of situations at Kaan that were saddening. She looked back at Ellie,
"Like for instance, I had a run in with a small family.."
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It was a bright sunny day in Kaan Oklahoma.
This was a year later after me, Ryonna and AJ splitted up. I was with Shelly, restocking my supplies for the week.
Kaan was a diverse village, the place was surrounded by the trees in the forest. The people there was always in a rush to get some supplies.
There was no currency in Kaan, there were different merchant owners who had different requirements to get supplies from them.
Like the ammo facility shop, he required 6 walker heads. The blade sharpener, she wanted 3 gallons of gas. All these merchant shop owners have different items and different requirements. Shelly, the guns and arms shop, she required 'walker guts'. I never really understand why she did, but it's whatever. Kaan was sectioned off into 4 lanes, the first lane had a shops full of food markets, the 2nd lane had clothing & armor shops and barber shops, the 3rd lane had medic & artillery and material source shops, and then the last lane had guns and ammo shops. Which one of the shops that Shelly owned. The 4th lane is near the entrance to the village. The village was surrounded by a barbed wired fence and a electricity generator that was pumped by oil.
The ammo facility shop owner was in charge of pumping oil in the generator. Well one day...
I was sitting down near Shelly's shop while restocking my ammo. A small family of 3 walked up to me.
"Okay! That should do it for now.." I said to myself.
"I'd better go talk to Shelly next.." I thought to myself. I slowly got up from the dirty ground. As soon as I got up from the dirty ground, a little girl in front of me was staring at me vividly. As if the people here aren't awkward enough..
I looked behind her and saw her two parents. The hispanic little girl was very small, and had on a over sized brown hoodie on too.
I felt like her brown eyes were staring into my soul, "Hi pretty woman!"
I was surprised she even said anything, I am very told that I'm a "frigid" person.
"H-Hello? Little girl? Is that your mommy and daddy behind you?" I replied in a nervous tone.
The little girl smiled, "Hi! well aren't you the most prettiest person in the world! I love you so much!" The girl giggled to herself. I kind of laughed a bit while wondering what the hell is going on with this kid. Eventually, the mother said something to me,
"She's blaah." The woman whispered to me. I looked at her with a confused facial expression. I barely even heard her.
"I'm sorry, come again?" I replied.
The woman sighed while the man standing next to her rubbed her back slowly,
"It's okay if you do it again... we're basically dead anyways.." The man said wistfully in a sadden look on his face. The two seemed like they were the parents of this kid. They wore the same clothes from day one of this 'madness'... I could tell, the woman had on construction worker clothes and the man wore business clothes.
Out of nowhere the woman screamed with all her might, "SHE'S F*CKING BLIND YOU JACK ASS!"
The yell certainly caught everyone's attention. I slowly put my right hand on my handgun.
"WHAT? WHAT CHU GUNNA DO!? KILL ME?!" The woman yelled while pointing her index finger at me. I slowly stepped back a bit. Shelly slowly came out of her shop with a pistol aiming at her head.
"Freeze! Or I'll shoot! And don't you dare try me b*tch!" yelled Shelly with her index finger almost on the trigger of the gun. I slowly turned my head at Shelly in fear. The thought of this situation happening was terrifying.
"She could get killed!" I thought to myself.
The couple quickly grabbed her blind child and ran as a fast as they could. Before they could leave the premises, the ammo facility owner stopped them before they left through the gates.
The shop owner had on a red beanie and heavy military armor on, he was at least middle aged, and he also had on a serious look on his face.
"You're not f*cking going anywhere. How many times did I warn you?" He grunted.
"Eight f*ckin-ing t-t-times..." The woman in worker clothes responded back in fear.
"Yep, you know the consequences now huh?"
"N-N-Noo..." She replied.
"I'LL F*CKING KILL YOU! YOU AIN'T GUNNA TOUCH MY FAMILY!" The man in business clothes yelled. Without hesitation, he ran towards the generator that makes the fences electric. He kicked the generator down with all his strength. "AWWWAUGHHGUHHHH!" He screamed in pain.
"Get 'em." He said while snapping his fingers twice. The "KGs" immediately started to run after the couple. The whole village was silent.
"Wait wait... KGs? What the f*ck is that?"
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Ellie interrupted Clementine's story.
"You don't know what KG stands for?" Clementine replied.
"No you freaking idiot, You never told me." Ellie responded.
"Oh!... wait seriously.. I never did?"
"No!"
"Okay damn! You ain't got to yell at me like that!"
"What does it stand for?!"
"Kaan Guard! Damn Ellie!"
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Kaan Guards are the reason why Kaan is a 'nomadic village'. You couldn't have a safe place to shop for supplies and survive if you didn't have the guards walking around.
But wait, who even made the village? and do the guards only listen to merchant owners... or?...
I don't know who made the village but indeed the guards are like bandits on a leash. They do whatever they been told to do. You'll have to ask Shelly more information on that to know... but,
I guess you know what happens after that...
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"Sadly... the small family of 3..."
"The small family of 3? What happens next?" Ellie questioned Clementine in a happy voice. She acted like Clementine was telling a exciting story.
"They got executed right on the spot... I just realized this world is cruel in different ways... anyways Ellie..." Clementine shaked her while looking down on the ground. The two girls were still heading to Kaan. The atmosphere became quiet.
"Yeah Clem?" Ellie replied in a calm tone. She looked at Clem like she didn't care what she just said.
"You told me you've smoked 'CeeSick' before? Do you still have more lighter fluid?"
"Uhh... yeah, it's probably somewhere in my bag I guess.. why? you need it?" Ellie questioned. "No, I just now realized that the reason why some of the merchants in Kaan require oil, gas, and etc & etc... is because they need it for CeeSick!" Clementine responded in a lively tone.
"Yeah! you're right! Can't you make your own CeeSick?" Ellie replied. Clementine's facial expression quirked, she looked like she wanted to slap Ellie.
"Make your own CeeSick?!" Clementine questioned. "Yeah, have you even used CeeSick before?"
"No, Ryonna told me about CeeSick, I never really tried it. In fact! she even gave me her CeeSick lighter."
Ellie cocked her head, "You never used it?!"
"No, why is that a problem?"
"It's not it's just... I thought you of all people..."
"It's fine Ellie, it's no big deal."
"Yes it is! If you never smoked before then you're basically f*cked haha.." Ellie giggled. The wind breezed through her dark red hair fluently, she could feel the chill down her spine again, the sun was slowly waking up. The two girls were close to Kaan the village.
"Hmm.. I might have to ask Shelly once we've get to Kaan then.." Clem replied back.
vibes.
"Hey.. Ellie.."
"Yeah.. Clem?.."
"I know.. this is random... but.."
"What.. is it?.."
"How did you get... Ryonna's name?... you and Joel.." Clementine smiled while looking up in the sky.
"Ha... ask Joel..."
"Joel.."
The two girls fell on the ground. The two were so exhausted that they got knocked out on the ground. So close to Kaan... but yet so far..
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I wonder what happened when Shelly and Joel got to Kaan... before we did...
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" In my dream,
drilling into the marrow
of my entire bone,
my real dream,
I'm walking up and down Beacon Hill
searching for a street sign -
namely MERCY STREET.
Not there. "
Do you feel anything right here?
Ugahh...
What about here?
No...
No? Okay, I'm trying the best I can right now... Okay... Here?
Awwuhhhh...
Wow, it's there isn't it? Or am I wrong again?
Yeah... who are you talking to again?
What?! Joel wake the hell up!
Joel!
JOEL!
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It seems like the breeze from wind always makes a chill down your spine. The inadequate dirty ground, the lifeless trees, and the hollow dead corpses on the ground. There he is, Joel, a six foot tall man laying on the ground next to the entrance of Kaan. Of course, the old tall man is confused as always and his body was feeling sore.
Shelly, the strong woman crouching next to Joel's body.
Joel slowly opened his eyelids, "What the..."
"Hey pedophile, haha.." Shelly chuckled while smiling at Joel.
"Pedophile? You're such a whore, you know that?" retorted Joel with a confused look on his face. He slowly tried to lift up his head but failed.
"AWWW!" he cried with pain.
"Hey hey hey hey be careful! You're in no condition to move right now!" Shelly replied while moving both of her hands to lay Joel back down on the ground.
She slowly got up and turned her head towards the gates of the front entrance. Then she looked back at Joel,
"Hey, I don't know if you remembered what happened back at the forest, but you passed out and I had to drag you all the way over here."
"All the way over here? You did that all for me?" Joel replied in a surprised look.
Shelly looked back at the entrance twice and back at Joel on the ground,
"Yeah, plus... I need to talk to you..." she whispered silently. She slowly crouched back down near Joel's position.
"Listen, I forgot to ask you this... but... do you know a girl named Bella?"
Joel's eyelids widen open, the look on his face sharpened. All the thoughts in his head were grazing about the girl named Bella.
"B-Bella?... W-What do you know about her?" Joel tried to keep his composure but failed. Shelly could already tell she triggered something about Joel already.
"Figures, and the reason why I asked you about her is that... I ran into her on the way to Kaan..." Shelly gulped, the tone of her voice changed.
"She... she rolled up in the actual forest with a white truck and a red hood on... I saw a huge dent in the front of her truck... I could tell she was the one who hit us..." Shelly responded while looking back at the entrance of Kaan.
Joel sighed and slowly lifted himself up without crying out any pain. He rubbed his eyelids and sat there on the ground while looking at his fingers. He turned his head towards Shelly,
"Be careful Joel!" Shelly added in concern.
"I...I know who Bella is.." he silently replied.
"Yeah but she told me, 'Joel and Ellie are going to pay for what they have done.' then she just slowly backed in her truck while looking at you at the ground."
"How long ago was this?"
"Not to long ago Joel... And I know she went into Kaan... That's why I'm afraid." Shelly replied.
"Hmm... Well, I have no choice anyways.." Joel replied while slowly lifting himself off of the ground. Shelly got up from the ground as well, she looked at Joel with concern in her eyes.
"What do you mean by 'no choice' Joel?"
"It's... a long story... I might have to tell you after I finish up some loose ends.." Joel responded with a stern look on his face. Near the entrance of the front gate there were two KGs.
"A long story? Joel. I'm not letting you do anything stupid until you tell me what this story is." Shelly replied while stepping in front Joel's direction. She crossed both of her arms and looked at Joel with a serious facial expression. Joel knew he couldn't bypass Shelly's strong self.
"Look, it's a.." Before he continued, he quickly head butted Shelly in the face and quickly ran towards the front entrance of Kaan. Before he could realize what was going to happen next, Shelly quickly moved her legs and tripped Joel on the ground.
"AWWW! Damnit Shel!" He cried out in pain while hold his left leg. Shelly quickly got up and slammed her whole body on top of Joel's body. She crawled up near the position of his head and locked her legs around his neck,
"SO? YOU'RE GOING TO RUN HUH?!" Shelly yelled while tightening her legs.
"AwwuughhH! Why are you doing this?!" Joel screamed while he tried turning his head towards Shelly's face.
The KGs just sat there while looking at the two of them fight on the floor.
"Look..." She slowly disengaged her locked position, and got up from Joel's body.
She crouched down near Joel's face, "Tell me what the story is and I'll let you go..."
"D-Dammn.. y-you.." Joel mumbled from the ground.
Shelly sighed, "Damnit you old fart, don't you at least wanna get the girls before you do anything else?"
"F-f-f*ck em..." He replied in anger and pain. "I had a feeling you were going to say that so.. I sent my brother to go get them.."
Joel changed his look on his face, "Brother? Who is your brother? Why the f*ck can't you tell me any of the junk that you do?!" Joel responded in anger.
"My brother? You mean Jarell? Remember I told you during the trip from Kentai, he is a firefly, remember?"
Joel's eyes widen open, "Firefly?... Wait, how long ago did you tell him to go and rescue the girls?"
"Not too long ago, Why? What's the problem?"
"Bella is affiliated with the fire... flies..."
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The two girls that were knocked out on the ground... are now in a vehicle...
This firefly named Jarell, one of Shelly's siblings... Is driving the two girls back to Kaan..
It's hard to explain it but... why is Joel so freaked out about Jessebel?... What did he do?...
What happened when Jessebel arrived to Kaan...and how does Joel know that she's affiliated with the fireflies?
Is that even true?... Is there proof?... Does Joel need to speak up?...
You see... with pain... you ask a lot of questions... in return... some of your questions are answered... when the pain goes away...
sometimes the pain goes away but... your question is never answered...
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The girl with the red hair and long sleeved shirt was the first to wake up...
Ellie yawned while stretching her arms. She was in the bed of the truck with Clementine still knocked out.
"Damn I miss brushing my teeth.." Ellie slowly turned her head around and noticed her vicinity. She jumped a little knowing she was in a bed of a truck.
"Da fuq? Did we get abducted? Why the f*ck are we here?" She slowly calmed after realizing she might just probably got help from a stranger. She turned towards Clementine's unconscious body and poked her finger at her.
"Pssshht! Clem! Wake the f*ck up please!"
"I wouldn't wake the kid up.." The strange voice came from up front. Ellie slowly cocked her head towards the front of the truck, she slowly put her hand in her pocket. You could tell she didn't trust the stranger one bit.
"So tell me, who are you? And why did you pick us up?" Ellie changed her tone of her voice.
"Haha, that gets me every time." The stranger chuckled, the truck was driving in 70 mph along the open road.
"Gets you every time? Answer my question." Ellie replied in a serious tone and slowly pulled out her pistol from her left pocket.
There was a little back window open behind the truck. Ellie slowly aimed the pistol at the stranger's head. The stranger had on armor on that usually is worn by the fireflies and a sombrero on his head.
"No need to aim a gun at my head, I'm friendly, if I wanted to kill you, then I would just of run you over instead of picking you up on my truck. hahaha." The stranger chuckled.
Ellie relaxed her face a bit, she realized that he could be trusted. She lowered her weapon and tilted her head a bit at the stranger.
"So.. you're not... what I think you are?..." She questioned.
He turned his head a bit towards the back of the truck, "Yeah yeah I'm not, so lower your guard a bit. Your friend actually told me to pick you up."
"What friend? Joel?"
"No."
"Oh, Shelly?"
"Yeah, Shel did." He replied.
"Shel? You call her Shel?" Ellie responded back. "Oh crap! Pardon my manners, my name is Jarell. Your friend Shelly well, en realidad es mi hermana..."
He replied in spanish. "What did you say?! You know I'm not gunna understand that sir."
"Haha, of course you wouldn't! I said, she's actually my sister." Jarell replied with a smirk on his face. Ellie giggled,
"You're her brother? Hahaha! Dude... you look nothing like... well other than the skin tone." Ellie replied.
"Haha you're funny for a girl in this world." He added. The sat there in awe while the sun was awaking up for the new day.
Soon, the truck arrived at Kaan. Jarell, the sibling of Shelly, had loyalty in his blood. Respected his sister's wishes, people would never really see that in the apocalypse nowadays...
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The ride back to Kaan was peaceful. A world where the dead are walking around and still killing off humans.. but. No human wants to die...
Clementine thinks about this everyday when she wakes up.
A world where the dead are causing you pain and suffer.
It's always a choice though... leave the pain behind... or bring the pain with you...
It's either kill or be killed...
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The black truck finally arrived at the entrance of Kaan. The KGs are still standing there at their positions. Clementine, the girl with logo cap on her head finally woke up from her slumber. She slowly lifted herself up and looked around her area. There she was, the red headed girl next to her. sitting next to the edge of the truck, staring at the village.
"Wow." She gasped. "Civilization." She added.
Clementine slowly yawned and stretched both of her arms. She looked at the man in the front and then back at Ellie.
"Good morning Ellie." She whispered.
Ellie immediately turned her head towards Clementine. "Oh! Clem you're finally awake! Bout time gurl." Ellie smirked.
There she goes again. That smirk on her face. Always happy.
"Yeah, I see you've probably met Jarell."
"Oh? You know Jarell too?"
"Yeah, remember I've been here multiple of times Ellie."
"Oh yeah! That's right, you have. Well, yeah I've met him now. He's nice-"
"But stilll though, I wouldn't trust anyone..." Clementine whispered while interrupting Ellie's sentence. Jarell exited the truck and hollered at the both of them,
"Hey y'all! Imma go get Shel and your friend Joel! Y'all can meet us inside!" Jarell closed the truck's door and walked to the gate of the entrance.
Clementine and Ellie looked at each other and slowly jumped out of the bed of the truck. Their stuff was in the bed of the truck as well, they grabbed it and left to the gate of the entrance. The KGs standing there slowly backed out of the way of the entrance, the two girls walked inside the village.
Civilization. "It's been awhile..." Clementine mumbled to herself.
The civilization in Kaan was always busy. Middle aged people walking around with guns in their arms, young teenagers running around the facility, and the shops with a rusty modern day look for a market place. This was exactly what a place would be in a apocalypse. The sun was bright and sunny in the morning. The two girls were standing in the "4th lane" section, almost near Shelly's shop. There they was, Joel and Shelly, slowly walking towards Clem and Ellie's position.
Ellie walked up quickly to Joel. Clementine could already tell something was about to go down.
Joel sighed and looked at Ellie, "Hey kiddo-"
*SMACK*
Ellie and Joel stood there in silence. Ellie's right hand was in the air, her hand was in burning red after a big smack on Joel's face. You could see the red burn marks on Joel's old white face.
"Ow." He said nonchalantly.
Seconds after, Ellie embraced Joel with a big hug and tears of joy from her face. You could tell she wanted to enjoy the moment. Regardless of the situation.
Clementine and Shelly sat there in awe after what they had just saw.
"Well then, Shelly... you wanna go get some supplies?" Clementine replied. They sat there for a couple of seconds, then they both burst out with laughter.
The two enjoyed the moment as well.
After a couple of minutes, Ellie was talking to Shelly near her shop. Clementine was near the ammo facility shop restocking her supplies. Then Joel, the old man with a serious look on his face approached Clementine slowly with fear.
All Clem could think about to Bella and AJ.
"Hey.. Clementine is it?" He questioned with a stern look on his face.
"Yeah, what is it?" She retorted while reloading her heavy rifle in her hands. She didn't even look at Joel's face at all nor even cared for his presence.
"Well, um... I need to talk to you in private..."
She stopped what she was doing and looked up at Joel's face.
"Talk about what?"
"Here, let's go outside of the village for a second. I promise it's worth your time." He replied.
"Okay..." She insisted on what Joel wanted her to do. They both walked outside of the village and made some distance from the front entrance.
Joel had a serious look on his face again, "Listen up, this won't take long..."
"Okay, what's up?"
"Okay, did Ellie ever tell you about what happened back at the camp in Boston? and why the bandits jumped us when we met you?"
"Yeah... how would you know this?..."
"Well I kind of eavesdropped on y'alls conversation when we were still in the van.."
"Of course you did... did ya find anything interesting about what we said?..."
"Yeah, I know you've met Bella before.."
Clementine widen her eyes a bit, "Yes. I know she's onto you and Ellie... since you've brought that up... I got to ask you some questions Joel." replied Clementine with a frustrated look on her face. She crossed her arms and looked at Joel with a smirk on her face.
"Look, before I get into that... I need you to hear me out first... Ellie told you her side of the story... but she didn't tell my side of the story..."
The mood of the atmosphere changed.
"Hmmm, keep going..." Clementine responded.
"The story I'm going to tell you explains why I'm freaking out right now..."
"Look, this also has something to do with Bella... and why she's chasing us.. She... I..."
Joel sighed while rubbing his forehead, "I-I killed Jessebel's family..."
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"Y-you... what?..."
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EDIT: So... you surprised? yup. this chapter was the hardest I've ever done. The next chapter explains Joel's part of the story and it starts to gets deep with the relationship issues and trust issues as well. This starts an actual goal for all of the CHARACTERS CUHZ! So stay tune and lemme know your thoughts on it for so far!
Thanks cuhz.