Chapter 7: Unexpected Visitor
Anne's POV
I yawned and stretched as I woke up. I placed my bandana over my eye and walked out of my room and saw Chris sharpening his Sai and a spare machete he found. I rose an eyebrow.
"Do you even know how to use that thing?" I asked him and he nodded his head.
"It's the same principle as a sword." He replied to me.
"Okay, if you're sure." I said when I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw someone running toward the back door.
"Someone's coming!" I said, causing those that were leaving to look at the door. We were all relieved when the door opened.
"Clem!" I shouted as she came in the kitchen.
"Where are you guys going?" She asked the others after waving to me.
"We were gonna take off to find you, Nick, and Pete. You were gone for two days." Chris replied.
"What happened?" Tess asked.
"We were attacked. Pete was bitten. Nick took off after we fled. Pete told me to come back and tell you guys what happened." Clem replied.
"Okay. We're going to find Luke and Alvin and tell them that you came back. Anne, Clem, and Rebecca, stay here and keep an eye on Sarah, please." Carlos said as he and the others walked out the door.
"Be careful." I said to Chris. "Always am." He said and I smiled.
I then sighed with sadness as he stepped out the door. I turned and saw Rebecca smirking.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" I asked and she shook her head.
"You love that guy, don't you?" She asked me, and I knew she was referring to Chris. I sighed and nodded my head in defeat.
"I love him." I replied and then saw her smiling.
"He loves you too. I can see the way you two look at each other." She said, and I groaned a little.
"I'm gonna go check on Sarah." I said. "I'll come with you." Clem said and I nodded my head.
Clem and I walked into Sarah's room and were met with a bright flash. I closed my eye when the flash hit me.
"What was that?" I asked as my vision readjusted and I saw Sarah holding a camera in her hands.
"I found this under the house. There's all kinds of cool stuff down there." Sarah replied as she handed the camera to Clem. "Take one of me." Sarah said. Clem took the camera and then Sarah backed up a few steps. "Get me in a good pose." She said. Clem took the picture.
After that, she held up a gun and I went wide eyed. "Relax. It's not loaded." She told me, then looked at Clem. "Will you show me how to use it?" She asked her.
"Sure." Clem said.
"What should I shoot?" Sarah asked, looking for something to pretend to shoot at.
"First thing you gotta remember, that is not a toy." I said.
"I know." Sarah said, then aimed the gun at Clem's head. I went wide eyed as Clem ducked.
"What are you doing?" Clem asked, and Sarah got scared.
"I'm sorry!" She said as she dropped the gun. "It's okay, Sarah. Just be careful." I said.
Just then, Rebecca came running up to us.
"What is it?" I asked.
"There's someone at the door." She replied.
"Sarah and I might know who he is. You and Clem need to try and get rid of him." I told her and she and Clem nodded their heads while Sarah and I got under the bed.
"Hi, girls." He said.
"Oh, fuck. He's in the house." I thought as I looked to see Sarah was started to hyperventilate. I grabbed her hand, and she took that as a sign to calm down.
"What are your names?" I heard him ask.
"Carley." I heard Clem say.
"Kyra." I heard Rebecca say.
"Nice to meet you, Carley and Kyra. My name's George." He said when I heard footsteps.
"This is a nice place. Kinda cozy. Is there anyone else around?" He asked them. "Just the two of us." Rebecca replied.
"Hmm. Well, then. I'll cut to the chase; I'm out looking for my people, eleven of them to be exact. They've been gone a long time, and… I'm worried they might've gotten lost. Maybe you girls have seen them?" He asked them. "What do they look like?" Rebecca asked.
"Couple of farm boys and an old man… Spanish man and his daughter. Quiet girl, about Kyra's height. A big, black guy about this size… A pretty little pregnant lady… A girl with caramel brown hair… pretty smart… a girl with red and black hair… a girl with a bandana over her eye… Funny one, usually wears a black flannel shirt… and finally, a muscular boy, blood red eyes, wears sunglasses to hide them." Carver said.
"That's a lot of people to lose." Clem said. "I agree." Rebecca said.
I was shocked about what I heard about Chris. "His eyes are blood red?" I thought to myself. I then heard footsteps coming up the stairs and then I heard a door opening.
"Huh, I knew someone who had a guitar." Carver said.
I went wide eyed. "Shit! He's in my room!" I thought.
"Carley found it when we first came here. She's been trying to play it." Rebecca said.
"Looks like the one that girl had…" Carver said.
"Weird…" I heard Clem say.
"Yeah… it is…"
The footsteps grew louder until they reached the door. Carver opened it, stepped in, and I got scared he would find us.
"Like we said, we're the only ones here." Clem said.
"Seems that way. Sorry. Didn't mean to be rude. Just couldn't leave you here with a good conscience if someone was poking around, right?" He asked them.
"Right." Rebecca said.
"Sure." Clem said.
He knelt down and picked up the picture of Sarah. I looked at her and saw she put her hands over her mouth to keep herself from screaming.
"Who is this?" He asked, showing the photo to Clem and Rebecca. "My sister. She's dead." Clem lied. "She died a few days ago, actually." Rebecca added.
"Well, I'm sorry to hear that." Carver said.
"Thanks..." Clementine said.
Silence followed before Carver spoke again. "You have no idea who these people are, do you?" He asked, and now, I was terrified."Dammit! He's figured us out!" I thought.
"We don't know what you're talking about." Rebecca said.
"When you met 'em, how much did they trust you two?" He asked them.
"What's your point?" Clem asked.
"If people don't trust you, how can you trust them?" He asked. I felt a feeling of extreme hatred in me. "He used to say that to us at the camp." I thought.
"Well, I think I've troubled you two long enough. I'll let myself out." He said as he stepped out of the room and headed for the front door.
"Don't come back!" Clem demanded.
"You two have a good day now." He said as he left. I climbed out from under the bed, with Sarah in tow. We all then watched him disappear into the woods. During the time, I seethed.
"W-What if he comes back?" Sarah asked.
I sighed.
"Chris is NOT gonna be happy about this…" I said cryptically.
We waited for the others to get back. I was pacing with Rebecca while Clem and Sarah sat down on the couch.
"We have to find the others." I said.
"Agreed." Rebecca said, while Clem nodded.
"We can't go outside!" Sarah said as we all started for the kitchen, just in time to see everyone, including Nick, enter the kitchen.
"Clementine!" Nick said as Sarah ran to Carlos and hugged him while I ran to Chris and hugged him.
Sarah looked down at her feet. "A man was here." She said. Everyone looked to her in horror while Chris inhaled sharply through his teeth.
"What did she just say?" Bec asked. "Someone was here. Clem and I talked to him." Rebecca replied. "And you opened the door for him?!" Bec asked.
"Calm down, Bec." Jennifer said.
"We didn't open the door! I was going to lock it, but he just walked in." Clem said.
"I can vouch for that." Rebecca said.
"And you two just let them do it?!" Bec asked me, and I was getting furious.
"Hey, Sarah and I hid under a bed, okay?!" I stated.
"It's true!" Sarah backed me up.
"Who was he? Did he say what his name was?" Carlos asked desperately.
"I know EXACTLY who it was!" Chris snarled.
"He said his name was George, but I believe he was lying." Rebecca said.
"Maybe it wasn't him?" Bec suggested, while I just scoffed.
"You know damn well who it was." Alvin growled.
"Look, girls. Just tell us what he looked like. What was he wearing?" Carlos asked Clementine and Rebecca.
"He was wearing a brown coat…" Clem replied, as Chris started panting with anger.
"Did it have a lining? A collar?" Carlos asked.
"Yes. Fur lining." Rebecca replied.
"That's definitely him!" Emily exclaimed as Chris slashed a drawer with his machete.
"GODDAMMIT!" He roared as he slashed a cabinet. I looked at Sarah and saw her hiding behind her dad.
"Chris, calm down. You're scaring Sarah." I barked.
"You're not gonna hurt anyone, are you, Daddy?" Sarah asked Carlos.
"Of course he won't, Sarah. Your dad's the nicest person I know. Which is why he's not gonna do anything crazy, or… not nice, right?" Luke assured her. I looked at Chris to see his half-sisters were trying to calm him down.
Carlos placed a hand on his daughter's back. "You know these are bad people, sweetie. They will do or say anything to hurt us…"
"What do you think? Did it seem like he was coming back?" Luke asked.
"HE BETTER NOT!" Chris bellowed, full of intense hatred.
"He saw this picture of me." Sarah said as she was pulling out the photo of herself and showed it to Carlos.
"A picture?! What are you doing taking pictures?!" He furiously asked. He then turned to me. "And you let this happen?!" He asked me, and now I was past my breaking point.
"Hey, don't pin that one on me! How the fuck was I supposed to know Carver would show up?!" I asked.
"Carlos, Chris, and Anne! Calm down! You're scaring Sarah." Luke said.
Clem walked to my side. "It was my fault. I took the picture." She admitted.
"No! I asked her to! It's my fault!" Sarah said.
Carlos sighed. "Sarah… ?"
"He saw my guitar." I said, then heard Chris roar.
"Now he KNOWS we're here!" He shouted as he shoved everything off the counter.
"He was scouting. We got lucky. He wasn't expecting to find us. Clementine and Rebecca must've surprised him. If they hadn't been there… Well, he was too smart to stick around, but he'll be back with the rest. We don't have much time." Carlos said.
"He's right. Everyone pack your stuff! We're moving out!" Luke ordered.
Alvin left the room furious. Bec followed after him. "Alvin, wait!" She said.
"Who is this guy?" Clem asked.
Chris took a deep breath. "You wanna know who he is? He's the piece of shit that killed my step-mother!" Chris exclaimed as he walked out of the kitchen, with Tess and Emily trailing him.
Carlos looked at Clementine. "Clem, I don't know what he told you and Rebecca, but William Carver is a dangerous man. He's the leader of a camp not far from here, and he is VERY smart… We all were… lucky to escape." He said, sighing.
"How do you, Chris and his half-sisters know him?" She asked me. "Let's just say the four of us were members of his community once…" I replied.
"Why is Chris so angry?" She asked me, and Chris came back.
"Because he's the snarling bastard Tess, Emily, and I called 'Father'…" He replied, then put a hand on her shoulder. "Listen to me, Clementine. Now that he's seen you and Rebecca, you'll be safer with us." He said.
"Well, if she's going with y'all, then so am I." Jennifer said.
Clem then looked at everyone. "I know where Pete is." She said.
Everyone all had their things packed and came back into the kitchen.
"Chris, can I ask you something, in private?" I asked him, and he nodded his head. We walked into the living room and I felt myself blush the deepest red humanly possible.
"You okay, Anne?" He asked me.
"Y- Yeah. I just wanted to know if you wanted to go out w- with me." I sheepishly said.
"Well, let me ask you a question, Anne Marshall." He said and I looked at him. "What took you so long to ask?"
I smiled from ear to ear. I jumped into his arms and kissed him, which he started returning.
After we broke the kiss, we walked back into the kitchen, holding hands. Tess and Emily smirked at the sight.
"About fucking time." Tess said. We all then followed Clem into the woods to find Pete.
That's chapter seven. Will the group find Nick? Find out in the next chapter. Review and I'll post more chapters.
