Early in the morning

Both Ethan and Clementine kept running through the woods while breathing heavily until they finally saw the cabin, making them slow down and walk in to see Rebecca and Carlos sitting at the kitchen table, with them noticing.

"Clementine! Ethan! Are you two alright?" Carlos asked in worry. "Luke's not with you?"

"And where's Alvin?!" Rebecca asked in fear, leaving Ethan in question.

"What? What do you mean? Did they leave to go find us?" He asked with Carlos nodding.

"You've been gone for a long time and they went out looking for you! It's been hours since then!" He said. "What happened?!"

"We got attacked. And Pete got bit." Clementine said as they started in shock. "I was with Nick but..."

"I was with Pete a while ago." Ethan said as they all looked at him. "He was looking really bad and he told me to go and find both her and Nick. I did but... I don't know what happened to both him and Nick."

"My god..." Carlos said while Rebecca got angry.

"Where were you two exactly?!" She asked.

"Down by the stream." Clementine said with Rebecca looking at Carlos.

"We're going down there! My husband is still OUT THERE! GET. THE. GUNS." She said as Carlos stared at her for a bit, and quickly ran off to get them. "Luke and Alvin went out looking for you. I told them not to go."

"So you could just leave me to die because I know what you know? Because that would be a good reason." Ethan remarked, making Rebecca stare at him in anger until Carlos came in with a rifle and pistol, making her take the rifle and the both of them were about to head off but not before Carlos looked at them.

"Clementine, Ethan, can you... Can you help Crystal watch over Sarah?" He asked. "They're upstairs, just distract her."

"Don't worry. We'll take care of them." Clementine said with a smile, making Carlos nod.

"Thank you." He said. "You'll be safe inside. Just don't open the doors for anything."

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Ethan asked, but Carlos ignored him and left after closing the door behind him. "...Well so much for that."

"What did he mean by that Ethan?" Clementine asked in which he looked at her.

"I don't know. I really don't." Ethan said as he looked up at upstairs. "Come on. We should check up on them." They both headed upstairs and Clementine opened the door to Sarah room slightly.

"Say cheese!" A voice said as a flash occurred, engulfing Clementine and Ethan to see it was Sarah with a camera. "We found this under the house! There were all kinds of stuff. It's so cool" A photo then came out of it, showing a picture of them. At that moment, Sarah looked at Ethan. "You're that guy from a few days ago. You're her brother, right?"

"Well...Yeah, she's my adopted sister." He said with Sarah nodding. "Anyway, where's Crystal? Wasn't she with you?" At that moment the toilet flushed, making them look to see Crystal coming out of the bathroom to see him and made her gasp a bit.

"Ethan! Are you ok? Where were you?" She asked in worry.

"I'm fine. We all got separated, but I heard everyone else went out looking for each other." Ethan said while both Clementine and Sarah looked at them, but then looked at each other.

"Come on! Take a picture of me!" Sarah said holding the camera, making Clementine smile and nod while both Crystal and Ethan look at each other.

"Hey Crystal? Mind if we talk somewhere else?" Ethan asked, surprising her but nodded.

"Ok..." She said as the two of them walked downstairs and sat down on the couch. "So what is it?"

"What really happened? To your family?" Ethan asked in which her eyes widened. "Pete told me you're lying. Got a good bullshit radar on that story he said. What really happened if that was the case?" Crystal stayed quiet, making him frustrated. "Crystal..."

"I know I lied about it but... It's just too painful for me to remember." She said in sadness. "It wasn't from a boyfriend or anything... I never had one before because... My parents ditched me after the first few months. They said I couldn't pull my own weight... When I was really... Mourning about my little brother's death. Ever since he... Died, I just lost all will to function. I didn't know what to do without him and they just...Left me to some walkers because of it. A-After the outbreak happened, they just... changed. They became monsters a-and..." She started to tear up, making Ethan feel bad. "I wasn't until I found that group I talked about because I found Luke, Nick, and Pete..."

"Hey... Listen. I didn't mean to make you talk about it. I-I'm sorry. I never should have said anything." Ethan said with Crystal shaking his head.

"No... I never should have lied to you about myself." She said while tears came down. "You were being honest and... I should have been as well."

"You didn't want to remember it. I get it. I... Don't blame you for it." Ethan said as Crystal looked at him.

"Y-You don't?" She asked with Ethan shaking his head, and wiped the tears off of her face with his thumb, making her smile a bit.

"We all went through bad things, and sometimes you just want to leave what happened behind. It's not a bad thing at all." He said while the two of them stared at each with a smile until Sarah went downstairs to go to the door but stopped and hid from behind a wall in fear, in which they noticed. "Sarah? What's wrong?" Crystal looked out as well to see a shadow, in which shocked her as well and lowered her head. "Hey! What's going on here?" At that moment, Clementine came down to see them.

"Clementine, that's not Luke." Sarah said in fear. "I think I know him!"

"Is it really him Sarah?" Crystal asked with her nodding.

"I-I think so!" She said, leaving both Ethan and Clementine in question until the door started to be knocked on. "He can't see us! You have to make him go away!"

"Who is he? Why is he after you?" Clementine asked but the question wasn't answered because of the door being knocked on again.

"Oh god! I can't breathe I-I can't breathe!" Sarah said in fear, making Crystal crawl over to her quietly and patted her back a bit.

"Calm down Sarah. It's going to be ok." She said as she looked at both Clementine and Ethan. "You guys have to convince him to get out of here or lock the door! I'll explain who he is later, but please!"

"Ok...We'll try." Ethan said as both him and Clementine looked at each other, and then back to the door while walking to it so they could lock it but it opened on them, revealing a older man in his early to mid fouries, and having Brown hair now Graying.

"Hello there." The man said, shocking and leaving them speechless.

"Uh...Hi." Ethan said. "Who are you?"

"Well, actually I'm your neighbor." He said while they looked around. "You know what I mean. What's your names?"

"I'm..." Clementine said until he looked at Ethan, and back to the man. "...Carley."

"And...I'm...Kenny." Ethan said, making the man smile.

"Carley and Kenny. Nice bunch of names." He said until he started to walk inside, making the both of them walk back and both Crystal and Sarah to move away. "Yuu mind if I come in, Carley and Kenny? I've been out all morning and this heat has got me cooked."

"Look..." Ethan said as he took out a gun. "Can you please leave us be? We don't want any trouble." It was at that moment, the man took out a gun himself, making his eyes widen and look down as he put it up. Once it was put up, the man looked around curiously.

"This is a nice place. Is there anyone else around?" He asked.

"Just me, him, and my dad." Clementine said, making the man look at her.

"What's his name?" He asked.

"Ed." She said, in which the man nodded slowly.

"Strong name. I want to see him already." The man said until the smile on his face faded away. "Well I might as well cut to the chase; I'm out looking for my people. Eight of them to be exact. They've been gone a long while and... I'm worried they might've gotten lost. Maybe you've seen them. Couple of farm boys and an old man, Spanish guy with his daughter, quiet girl but taller than your girl here. Big Black guy, this big, a pretty pregnant lady, and a girl around your age boy." Ethan, with his eyes, looked at the corner to see Sarah and Crystal hiding, realizing who he's talking about.

"Well I haven't seen anybody like that." Ethan lied with a small sweat, with Clementine nodding.

"That's a shame." The man said as he turned and opened the door to the kitchen, with him walking in as both Ethan and Clementine followed him. "Looks like a damn tornado ran through here. Must be like, ten people in here with you? Just been here a while or have you been moving around?"

"Oh...You know, always moving. Can't always stay in one place forever. I know an old friend of ours would have said that." Ethan said, looking down knowing he was talking about Lee, with the man nodding.

"Smart man from the sounds of it." He said as he walked out, with the two of them seeing he was looking at a patched shirt. "I knew a guy that worse shirts like these. Doctor. His name was Carlos. Heard of him?"

"No. Never heard of him." Clementine said until there was a creek from upstairs, making them freeze but the man looked up.

"What was that?" He asked as he started going up with the pistol in hand, and went into a room with them following. Ethan and Clementine looked around until they saw both Sarah and Crystal under the bed so they could hide while the man looked around. "Well, looks like it was nothing. Couldn't just leave anybody with a-" He turned to see a picture on the floor, with him picking it up and looked at it for a bit but then showed it to them, showing it was a picture of Sarah. "Who's this?" The two of them stared in wide eyes but it completely fade away.

"Oh... I dunno. I-I never even SEEN that girl before." Ethan lied again, making the man stare at him in suspicion but shrugged.

"I see." He said. "You have no idea on who these people are, do you? Lemme ask you this. When you met them, how much did they trust you?"

"What's your point?" Clementine asked.

"If people don't trust you, how will you trust them?" The man asked while both Clementine and Ethan stared at him, making him shake his head. "Well I troubled you two long enough. I can let myself out." He started to walk out of the room and downstairs, with them watching. "You have a real good day now." They stayed silent until the door opened and closed, making them sigh.

"Jesus Christ. That was WAY to fucking close for comfort." Ethan said while both Sarah and Crystal came out from under the bed.

"Is he gone? What if he comes back?" Sarah asked in fear, making Crystal pat her shoulder.

"Sarah, why don't you go downstairs with Clementine? Calm down a bit while you talk?" She asked as Sarah nodded slowly.

"O-Ok." She said as the two of them walked down, leaving Crystal and Ethan alone.

"Ok, so who was that guy? You and Sarah seemed like you knew him." Ethan asked as Crystal nodded.

"His name is Carver. He's... He runs a group we all got out of. He's extremely crazy and dangerous." She said.

"Yeah. I got that part already." Ethan said while looking out the window.

"He just got crazy enough for us to no longer handle and we just... Left. Remember that group I talked about. He runs that and... The way he does things are just... Wrong." Crystal said with Ethan nodding.

"If that's the case, then we should tell the group of what happened when they get back. Tell them Carver just came here." He said as he went downstairs with Crystal to see both Sarah and Clementine. "Clem, Sarah, the two of you stay here and stay safe. We're going to look for Luke and the others." Both of them walked through the door to the kitchen to see Luke coming through the other door. "Luke."

"Ethan! Crystal!" Luke said while both Clementine and Sarah walked in as well. "Clementine!"

"Sarah." Carlos said as he hugged her tightly. "Thank goodness you're ok."

"Clementine, you were with Nick right? Because we've got to find him, and then we find Pete." Luke said until he noticed their looks. "Somethin happen?"

"A man was here." Sarah said, shocking them. "Clementine and Ethan talked to him."

"And you two just opened the door for him?!" Rebecca asked in anger.

"We tried to lock him out! You think we didn't try?" Ethan asked in anger, making Rebecca even more angry. "Crystal told me all about this guy. His name was Carver." The adults looked at him in even more shock. "I know what this guy is capable now. How you guys were a part of his group. And that he talked about everyone, including you Carlos."

"Well, what do you think? Think he'll be coming back?" Luke asked until Sarah showed them the picture of her.

"He saw a picture of me." She said, making Carlos look at him in shock and anger.

"A picture?! What were you doing taking pictures?!" He asked.

"I took the picture. It's my fault." Clementine said, making Sarah shake her head.

"No. I asked her to. It's my fault." She said sadly.

"Look. Who cares who's fault it is?" Crystal asked as they all looked at her. "All we know is that he WILL be back soon, which means we need to get out of here before he does."

"Crystal's right." Luke said. "Everyone grab your things. We're movin' out." They all nodded and left the kitchen, leaving only Carlos, Luke, Clementine, Ethan, and Crystal.

"Clementine, I don't know what he told you, but William Carver is a dangerous man. He's the leader of a camp not far from here, and he is very smart. We were lucky to escape. I'm sorry to involve you and Ethan into this-" Carlos said.

"Carlos, saying sorry is the last thing you should do. We're a group now, and whatever problems you guys have is our now. So don't bother." Ethan said with a smile, making Carlos himself smile back.

"Thank you. You are... A good kid." He said as he and Sarah walked off, leaving Luke to look at them.

"You know where both Nick and Pete are, right? Last time one of you two have seen them?" Luke asked with them nodding. "Good. Alright, everyone grab your stuff, we're moving out." Ethan nodded and walked out with Clementine and Crystal following him.

"Do you think it'll be ok Ethan?" Clementine asked, with Ethan shrugging.

"I'm not sure sis, I hope. In the meantime, just go get your backpack and we'll meet up shortly." He said as Clementine nodded and walked off, leaving them as he just watched.

"She's a good girl. One of a kind." Crystal said with Ethan nodding. "How long have you known her?"

"Since all this began. Me and Lee always took care of her back then. We went through a lot, and I don't hold any regrets about meeting her." He said until he smiled. "I love that girl a lot, just like family. She's the reason I keep going. I'll do whatever to make sure she's safe." He looked at Crystal. "Anyway, you better get YOUR stuff. We'll be leaving soon." Crystal nodded slowly while staring at him in amazed and slightly lovingly eyes.

"Yeah... You're right." She said as she walked off, leaving Ethan to watch her walking with a smile.

"Yeah... Maybe Pete was right about her." He said to himself.

Later in the woods

"...Now you said Nick was here?" Luke asked while he and the others followed him.

"Yeah, just a little ways." Clementine said while they kept walking to see the shed her and Nick were in. "There. That's where we were." Both her, Luke, and Ethan walked to the door and opened it to see Nick lying down on the ground weakly, but not dead.

"Jesus Nick." Luke said as Nick began to wake up while holding his head.

"Hey man... You got any aspirin?" He asked, making Luke laugh.

"Nick, you asshole." He said until he helped him up and hugged him.

"Alright. Now we just need to find Pete." Ethan said as he looked at the direction he went to get to the shed. "It SHOULD be that way." He led the way with everybody following and Clementine by his side. They kept walking until Rebecca caught up to them, making him look in annoyance. "What is it?"

"I... Just wanted to say sorry for giving you two some shit back there, and when you arrived. I'm just a little on edge." Rebecca said sadly. "It's just a tough time with the pregnancy and all." Hearing this made Ethan sigh.

"Yeah...I'm sorry too." He said as they looked at each other. "That was really dickish of me to use what's happening against you. I guess I was just angry by all that." He smiled slightly. "Don't worry about it. Your secret is safe with me." He looked at Clementine. "Right?"

"Yeah... Right." Clementine said.

"I know you two did your best back there. That's all we really can do." Rebecca said. "Sometimes it's hard knowing just how dependent I am on everyone. I'm suppose to be a mom soon. Alvin and I still don't know on who to call her, or him if that man gets his with, god help me."

"You'll do good. I'm sure of it." Ethan said until he made a slight turn. "It SHOULD be right around this area!" They kept walking until he saw the truck they were in. "Right here. That's where we were." He looked at Nick, seeing he was in complete worry until they heard a slight moaning. They all looked at the source and then Ethan looked at them. "You guys just keep a look out, me and Nick will check it."

"Ok, just be careful." Alvin said as Ethan nodded and both of them walked over to it to see Pete, but now unturned and having his intestines hanging out while reaching for them in shocked them. "Oh my fucking god..."

"O-Oh my god..." Nick said as everybody looked, making Crystal shocked to along with everyone else.

"Pete... My god..." Ethan said to himself while looking at him. "I'm sorry man... I-I never should have left you. Yet...You knew this would happen, didn't you?" He sighed sadly, looked at Nick and then the pistol in his hands. "Nick...I know this is painful for you...But...Do you want me to do this? I can't let you-" He heard Nick crying slightly, knowing the answer to that. "Luke, you just keep going with the others, just so Nick doesn't have to see this. I'll catch up."

"You sure you want to-" Luke asked, with Ethan looking at him and nodded. "Well... Ok. Come on guys." They all walked forward, hoping to get somewhere and left Ethan, with him looking at Pete.

"Hey Pete... I never really did get to say how thankful I was for what you did. I said I owed you...I guess maybe this is a good way to... Even the score, huh?" He asked as he aimed the pistol at Pete, and shot him in the head as it effectively killed him. He stared at Pete's dead body sadly for a bit until he closed his eyes in slight pain. "Don't worry...I'll take care of Nick. I promise." He turned and ran to where the group was to see them still walking but Nick lagging behind, depressed, so he decided to leave him be and catch up to Luke and Clementine. "Hey guys."

"Hey. So did you do it?" Luke asked with Ethan nodding. "Good... Can you two help keep an eye on Nick? I'm worried about him. If you still want to come with us?" Ethan looked slightly at Crystal, in which she noticed and smiled at him as he smiled back but then looked at Clementine.

"That's for the girl to decide." Ethan said, with Clementine nodding with a small smile.

"I guess so. I don't have anywhere else left to go." She said.

"Well then, welcome to the party." Luke said with them smiling, but Ethan began to slow down just so he could get near Crystal.

"Hey, are you ok?" He asked in concern. "I know with what happened with Pete is rough... But I'm here for you."

"Thanks... But I'm fine. I'm... Use to losing people I love now." Crystal said sadly.

"Same..." He said sadly but smiled. "But I'm here for you, no matter what." Hearing this made her look at him and smiled.

"Thanks Ethan... You're... Sweet." She said a bit happily while the group kept walking, not sure of where they'll be heading.