The walkers outside continued to attack the doors hiding the survivors inside a small building that was built halfway into the ground.
Inside, Pete and his nephew, Nick stared at Isaac with shocked expressions. Nick's was angrier than his uncle's. The only other child there had her eyes widened as she watched Isaac stare at the ground in front of him, eyes half opened with a depressed frown on his face.
Nick spoke up first. "Are you his fuckin' kid or something?" Nick asked. Isaac nodded his head. "Yeah. I am." the child responded. Nick's glare became more intense. "I never saw you at the camp. So how the HELL are you his kid?!" Pete turned his face towards Nick. "Calm down for a second." he said. Nick turned his glare back to his uncle. "Calm down?! He's Carver's kid!"
Pete was silent for a moment. "Think about it. Yes. He's his son. Just like Katy's his daughter." Isaac rose his head at the mention of that name. "Katy? You mean my sister?" Isaac said. Pete looked at him from the corner of his eye. "Yeah. She mentioned she had a baby brother out there, but nothin' else." Pete said. The older man turned his attention back to his nephew who was looking down. "You get it yet?" Nick nodded his head slightly. "Yeah."
Nick looked over at Isaac who was now staring at him and Pete with a small smile. But when he noticed Nick, his smile disappeared as he looked away. Nick frowned. "Hey um... I'm sorry... again." Isaac looked over at Nick. "Yeah. Me too." Nick nodded at him. The young adult then yawned. "I'm gonna take a nap." Nick then turned to lay on his side, facing away from everyone.
Pete shook his head and turned away from his nephew. He took a look at Clementine huddled up against the crate that was keeping the doors closed. Her eyes were closed. "You know you don't have to sit there, right?" Pete said. The girl looked up at him for a moment before nodding her head. She got up and went to sit next to Isaac who didn't seem to get uncomfortable as she took a spot a couple inches next to him.
Clementine hugged her legs once more and closed her eyes. Isaac watched her from his peripheral for a moment before he looked back at the ground as he listened to the doors being pushed on from outside.
Pete watched the boy for a minute before he started holding his head in his hands as he watched the shaking doors.
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After he listened to the doors for a while, Isaac eventually fell asleep. When he awoke, he saw Pete creaking the doors open to look outside. Isaac noticed the daylight was almost gone outside, and the lack of corpses. At least what he could see from where he was. He watched Pete as he slowly closed the doors. The man then noticed him. "Not too many out there now. We can make a run for it." Pete said. Isaac nodded his head and turned his attention towards Clem, who was in the same position as she was earlier, but asleep.
Isaac placed his hand on her shoulder and shook her awake. She let out a yawn as she stretched her arms. The two then got to their feet and saw Nick do the same. Everyone gathered by the doors. Pete took a hold of the handles. He turned to the rest of them. "Stick together. If we get separated, try to find somewhere safe to hold up." he said. Nick nods to him while raising his rifle.
Pete slowly and silently pushed the doors open. There were a few walkers on either side of them. Pete took the lead while Clementine took the middle, Isaac was behind her and Nick was in the back of the group. They only got a few feet away from the building before the corpses noticed them. A loud snarl was heard before they took off into a sprint.
Isaac thought for a moment before he stopped running. He then turned around and pulled out his gun from the back of his pants. Pete stopped as well and stared at Isaac's retreating form. "What in the fuck are you doin'?!" he yelled. "Just get back to the cabin!" Isaac yelled before firing the last of his bullets. The boy silently cursed before running off with most of the dead following him.
Nick turned towards his uncle. "I'm goin' after him." he said. Before any reply could be said, Nick ran after the boy. Clementine stared for a moment before running the opposite direction.
"Shit." Pete muttered while chasing after the girl.
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Isaac kept running through the trees, barely dodging the growing number of corpses that tried to take him down. He ran until he saw an abandoned truck ahead. The boy ran up to the truck and frantically jumping into the back that was already opened. Nick was only a few yards away before he heard the slamming of a door. He ran into the clearing to see a white and red truck that was being pounded on by at least ten walkers.
"Goddamnit!" he muttered to himself before checking the ammo in his rifle. There were only three bullets left. Nick shook his head and rose the weapon. Nick shot a round through one of the walker's heads. "C'mon! You sons of bitches!" he yelled out. The dead turned to Nick and started to walk towards him, except two that continued to try and break into the truck.
Nick turned around and started to run in the direction that he thought was where the small building that they hid was. The dead that became distracted by the man walked after him.
Inside the truck, Isaac turned the key in the back doors so he could lock himself inside. He fell on his butt and backed away quickly until he was up against the back of the driver's seat. The child tried to calm his heavy breathing as he looked around the interior. To his left he saw a couple of small unopened cardboard boxes while to his right were metal shelves that only had a medium-sized hacksaw on the bottom shelf.
After a few minutes, Isaac started to hug his legs. His attention landed on the boxes next to him. Out of curiosity, he opened one of them to find it was half-filled with packs of Red & Gold brand cigarettes. Isaac shook his head before closing the box and going back to hugging his legs. "Hopefully Nick's alright. Don't want his, or anyone's death over my head."
The truck shook violently as walkers kept pounding around the vehicle. "This is going to be a long night." he thought to himself as he tightened his embrace on his legs.
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Clementine and Pete kept running along the trail. The daylight was almost completely gone. Pete is in front so that they would actually find the cabin. The man's rifle was lowered since he was out of ammo.
After a couple minutes of running, Pete could see the cabin. Without saying anything, he sped up. Clementine did the same behind him.
Pete quickly opened the back door that led into the kitchen. When the girl got inside, Pete slammed the door shut. While he locked it, Carlos entered into the kitchen with Luke right behind him. "What happened? Where's Nick and the other kid?" Luke asked.
Pete turned to the two men and shook his head. "Lurkers jumped us on the way here. Isaac ran off and Nick went after him." he then looked down at his feet and started to rub his head with his fingers. "Fuckin' hell..."
Luke's eyes widened as he stared at Pete. Carlos stared at Clementine for a moment before Alvin and Rebecca opened the door behind him. Rebecca walked up to Pete. "Where were you?" she asked.
"There were bodies at the river. Fresh. From the looks of it. It must've happened this morning." Pete told them. After a few moments of silence, Carlos turned his attention towards Pete. "Must've been him then." Carlos said.
Pete nodded his head. "Yeah. It was." he said. Luke started to pace with his hand under his chin with a fearful look on his face.
Alvin took a step past his wife. "What about Nick and Isaac? We can't just leave 'em out there." he said. Pete stared at him for a moment before shaking his head. "I know, but we can't just run out there. Not with the lurkers out there." Pete said.
Luke stopped pacing and sighed. "Pete's right. We gotta move on anyways." he said. Clementine exited the room without saying anything. Rebecca stared at the door for a moment before turning back to the others. She looked over at Alvin who was returning the gesture.
"We get everythin' we need and head out in the morning." Pete said. He then left to go to his room. After a few more minutes of talking, everyone went into their separate rooms to pack.
Clementine sat on the recliner in the main room, staring at her hands as she twiddled her thumbs while she waited for the next day.
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Isaac was wide awake. He was now seated in the passenger's seat of the vehicle, which he thought was better than the cold metal floor. It doesn't help that there are corpses right outside. They stopped trying to get in, which was nice.
The boy had his arms crossed and eyes shut as he was trying to skip the night, but no success was found. Instead, Isaac was thinking about his family. Specifically his father and sister.
"From how those two were acting, it seems my father got worse than before." Isaac opened his eyes and started at the quarter moon surrounded by stars. Isaac smiled as he examined the sky. "Heh. The end of the world can't take away the stars at least." he muttered to himself.
As soon as he closed his mouth, he heard some people talking outside the truck. "Area's clear. Let's open 'er up." he heard a man's voice say. Isaac looked around until his eyes landed on the small area in front of his chair. He then pushed himself inside until he couldn't go any farther.
A few seconds passed and then he heard someone trying to open the back of the truck. After that, there was silence.
The man outside was a skinny white man with short brown hair and facial hair. He was wearing a camo hoodie and brown jeans.
There was another person with him. He was also a white male, but he was a few inches taller and a bit more muscular. His hair was almost black with a few grey strands. His facial hair was also greying and short while the other's was almost a few inches long. The bigger man wore a black leather jacket and dark blue jeans.
He also had a brown backpack on which had a crowbar sticking out the back, which he pulled out and handed to the other man who snatched it from his hands.
"Just be quiet. Don't know what, or who's in there." The shorter man then pulled out a pistol with a silencer attached to the barrel. "Ain't no rookie." he said. He then waved his hand in a shooing manner. The bigger man rolled his eyes as he took a few steps backward and raised his own gun. The smaller man shoved the crowbar in between the doors and slowly applied pressure until the door flew open, which made a lot of noise.
"What in the hell did I just say?!" the big man said. "Shut the fuck up Andy. I know!" The short man then climbed into the truck after seeing nothing alive or dead inside, waiting for them. He turned towards Andy. "I'll go fast."
"Yeah, yeah. I'll keep a lookout." Andy replied. The unnamed man then proceeded to pick up the hacksaw on the shelf when he spotted it. He then went over to the two small boxes behind the chair. As he opened one up, he heard some kind of movement.
The man rose his pistol and looked over the chair he was currently behind. After a few seconds, his eyes locked with Isaac's, who was now aiming his gun at him.
He backed away slowly until he was out of the truck. Andy side-glanced his friend and noticed that he looked surprised. "Whatchu find in there?" he asked.
Andy then turned around and watched as Isaac emerged from his hiding spot, gun still raised. His eyes widened in shock. "That's what." the unnamed man said. Isaac darted his blue eyes from one another in a panic.
