"How you holding up? I heard Rebecca last night, she was biting at everyone last night." Pete walks in front of me as I trail behind, my arm was really hurting today, maybe it did get infected after all. "She doesn't scare me, it's all talk" I shrug "I've known plenty like her and I'll probably know plenty more" I walk a little faster to catch up to Pete.

"She was in a mood last night, that's for sure" As we walk I notice the makeshift bridges to get over all the dips in the forest, the group must have made this path to make things easier. I clear my throat feeling a little awkward "So how far are these fish traps?" I adjust my hat as I talk "It ain't much further." I look down and admire Pete's rifle, it was fairly clean and in good condition. "Anyone ever teach you how to shoot? I mean your old enough, if you don't know now best start learning."

I smiled sadly "My...my friend taught me" Pete smiles "Good. Important to know how to protect yourself." He took a short breath "Nick was a little younger than you the first time I took him huntin', I think he was around twelve maybe thirteen." I looked at Pete with a raised eyebrow "That's like eight and a half years younger Pete" Pete shrugs "Potato, Patato"

"Did you guys go hunting a lot?" I pushed my hands into my jacket pocket. "Not after the first time, we had a little accident..." I look at Pete waiting for him to go on "Came across this beautiful thirteen point buck, just standin' there on the ridgeline. The boy takes the rifle, lines the shot up just like I taught him. Then I hear im start whinin'. He turns to me and he says 'I can't do it. I can't shoot it Uncle Pete, please don't make me shoot it."

"I guess it's a good thing he can do it now" Pete smiles at me as we hear Nick running to catch up with us "Why didn't you wait?" Nick huffs and I look away still embarrassed from last night. "You want us standin' around while you piss on a tree? You know where the river is boy." Pete turns and starts walking and I follow suit. "Anyway."

I look up at him "Wait that wasn't the incident?" Pete shook his head "I go to grab the gun out his hand before the big buck runs off when BANG! Boy nearly gut shots me and of course the buck got away" I smile softly "What you goin' and telling her this shit for?" Nick was still angry from last night as well I guess I could tell and Pete had a knowing look about him.

"Just sharing first times with her, no harm in it. Plus I doubt you apologised so someone's gotta tell her that your used to making faults!" Nick stormed past Pete "Where you goin'!?" Pete shouted after him "I know where the fucking river is."

I looked at Pete "You okay?" Pete nods "Anyway I found that buck later that season, shot it right in the neck. Brought it up to my sister's figuring she'd wanna freeze some of the meat...Nick didn't speak to me for weeks. Sometimes you gotta play a role...even if it means the people you love hate you for it." I looked at him furrowing my brow a little "He doesn't hate you, he's just like you. Stubborn but has everyone's best interests at heart."

Pete looked ahead and sighed nodding as we walked along "UNCLE PETE!" We heard Nick shout as we dashed forward towards the river. "Nick?!" Pete had a worried look over his face but he was no longer worried about Nick, there were bodies scattered all around the river. With a closer look their bodies had bullet holes all over them but none in the head...

"Jesus, Mary and Joseph..." Pete looked at the bodies with a level head "Who could do something like this?" I sigh and look at all the bodies, soon they'd come back so it was best to get out of here before that happened. "Not sure yet but it ain't your average gang of thugs, I know that much" Pete bent down to examine the bodies.

"Think about it, your Carver what do you do?" Nick says with a slight worry "Who's Carver?" I looked at him confused they both look it me, they weren't going to tell me. Pete told Nick to check the near by bodies I sigh I'll pry around after "There are more bodies over there" I point across the river to the other side where more disfigured bodies now lay.

Pete started to cross the river "Where you going? we need to get the fuck outta here!" Nick shouts after him "Gotta check the rest" Nick looks like he's about to throw a hissy fit "What? Why!" Pete doesn't eve turn back "Calm down and think about it son" Nick's voice is raising by the minute if he doesn't shut it walkers are gonna be on us and fast "Calm down!? we gotta get outta here"

I turn to Nick "Think about it what if someone's alive Nick we can't just leave them" Nick looks at me and I look down still unable to look at him "Fuck 'em" Nick seemed heartless right now even Pete looked a little shocked "You know what Nick, I don't like this either. But sooner or later you're gonna have to realise a simple truth." Nick turns around searching the area "What? That your an asshole?!"

"That nobody in this world is ever gonna give a goddamn whether you like somethin' or not! You gotta grow up son" I keep my head down as Pete snaps at Nick and I cross the river to join Pete in the middle of the river. Pete looked at me "Wanna be helpful, keep a look out and search these bodies" I sigh "I'd be useful with a gun Pete, I can't really do much with my hands."

"And I don't doubt it Clementine." I sigh "You're gonna have to trust me at some point" Pete shakes his head and looks down at me "Hell I trust ya. But not everyone's at that point yet. Give 'em time" Pete walked off the the side towards one of the dead that had turned "Hope this isn't anyone you know" I shake my head and look at the walker, poor guy.

Pete shoves a nearby shovel into the walkers head Pete looks over at the other side of the river "Dammit. More on that side, I'll go check it out. You stay here and keep lookin'" Pete walked off and crossed the river I sighed and looked at the motionless bodies. As I search the bodies I check them for pulses when I find none I take my pocket knife and push it into there head. That'll save us some trouble later.

As I approach the last body I hear a sickening cough, he was alive I kneeled down and looked at him "Who did this to you?" I knew this man...he was there that night. "You were in the woods with Christa...The woman I was with what happened to her?!" after a few moments of silence I begin to get annoyed "Please! I need to know!"

The man just looks past me, I follow his gaze to the bottle of water sitting in my backpack. I sigh and pull the water out and give him a drink "Thank...you" the man whispers. Before I could pry him for answers I hear a commotion going on behind I turned around and stood up to see Pete shoot a walker "I'm fine, I'm fine" I look at Pete as i notice a very evident. I start to panic unable to think straight.

If Pete's bit that means another family member Nick will be losing...I can't tell him, Pete is clearly not telling anyone. Suddenly before I could panic walkers were surrounding us Pete was shouting for us to come over to him where as Nick was screaming for us to come to him. I was stuck in the middle, I had to make a choice but who to save, who to help?

Who do I choose?

Cliffhanger! Anyway I just wanted to say thank you for bearing with me, I've had a heck of a week but glad you guys are enjoying the story. I'm going to aim for three chapters a week but don't hold me to that.

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