EroSlackerMicha- What did you disagree with him about? If it was the whole "save Larry instead of help him", yeah that'll do it for sure as will other things. Depending on what you do, Kenny will happily follow you to save her. Otherwise, he's like "I'm a christian family man and I love Clementine like she's my own, but why the fuck should I help you save her?" I see majority of these are contradictions. XD
How was he worse? He felt the same to me, personally. I think the only way he was different was him yelling at Clementine and the fact that he switched up to Clementine to always back him up.
Worker72- At first she was until the comic's Lilly's backstory was revealed then she became a different Lilly. That's why the achievement changed from "Woodbury Bound" to "What Now?" or something of the sort. Her fans can pretend so if they want. They may as well have that headcanon since she never comes back. / She was planned to show up in season 2, but the idea was tossed out the window. Maybe we should be glad for it. She'd probably continue fighting with Kenny over everything. Don't worry, Chuck will live this time. Chuck's offscreen death was pretty sad. He was cool. I think he'd fit with either. Well at least if you shoved Larry out of the situation. I think he and their unsafe situation likely prevented any kind of possible romance being teased. I think a lot of people prefer Carley, for both a romanctic interest and as a character, over Lilly. Lilly just comes off as too bitchy to most people.
Yep.
When the next day came, Lee was helping everyone sort out their things. At least he was helping out with the little everyone had. The whole time everyone was shuffling around, Lee felt Larry's eyes on him the whole time. What the hell was he watching him for? It wasn't like he was planning on loading up everything in the RV and running off on everyone in the middle of the night. Speaking of which, this thing had to be under heavy guard. Given how they had stolen from that guy, he might either hamper their escape if he was watching them at the moment or maybe even steal the RV. When he brought up keeping watch, Larry immediately volunteered for the task. As usual, Lilly and Kenny ended up bickering, with Lilly defending Larry's right to look out for them and Kenny saying that Lilly didn't get to decide and he didn't trust Larry in the first place.
"Are you trying to accuse my father of something?"
"Maybe I am! You're always talking shit about leaving!" Kenny began accused the women. "Maybe he's about sabotage us leavin'!"
"What?! I wouldn't waste my time packing all this shit just to ruin your stupid RV!"
"Well maybe you're planning on stealing the RV and leaving us here! Seems like something you two would do since you're always looking after each other and sneaking extra piece of food to each other."
"You're one to talk!" Lilly scoffed. "I know for a fact you'd do anything for your family, including hoarding supplies from when you go out!"
"Who the hell told you that?!" Lee wondered the same thing. When Kenny told him that he was saving a bit on the side, just in case, they were alone. He highly doubted anybody followed them.
"So you were!"
"Will you two just shut the hell up already?" yelled Lee over the two. "Must everything results in the two of you going for each other's throats all the time. For pete's sake, you're both like children. Always squabbling over petty shit. Just let Larry look after the RV. Hell if you wanna join him, then fucking do it! We've got plenty of hands here to clear what we need to out. So stop wasting time and let's get our shit together, okay?"
Kenny and Lilly sent each other nasty looks once more before Kenny went to the RV while Lilly went to her room. Well that went better than expected. He figured maybe they realized they were burning daylight and decided to just do what Lee said.
"About time someone told them to shut up and they actually listened to boot." Carley shook her head. "I told you that you'd make a good leader. People listen to you."
"Yeah...well all except Larry," He rubbed the back of his neck. "No matter what do that do, I can never please him. Hell the asshole even tried to get me killed back at the Pharmacy and he still treats me like shit. Imagine what'll happen what'll happen on the road."
"Well if he tries anything, I'll have your back," she assured him as she gave him a small smile.
"Thanks," he smiled back at her.
"Well I better go make sure I get my things into the RV," she sighed as she looked over towards the vehicle. "I hope we have enough room for our things."
"We should considering we don't have much," The group didn't have much in the ways of clothes. Any they did could easily be packed in one bag. Everything else could be stuffed into the compartments and in other bags. "What all are you taking from here?"
"I took some of the sheets and towels," said Carley. "Never know when we'll need them."
"Good idea. I'll take a few out of mine and Clementine's rooms as well."
"Alright then. I'll see you later." The two parted ways with Carley going to her room and Lee going up to his.
Lee placed the towels into one of his bags as well as a blanket and folded the bed-sheet on his bed. Afterwards, he made sure to go to Clementine's room. The young girl was placing her drawing utensils into her bag as well as her papers. "You about done here?"
She nodded as she zipped up her bag. "I got everything."
"Are you sure? Today's the last day."
"I'm pretty sure," she put the bag on her back. "Could you check though?"
"Sure. I need to get some towels out of here anyways," he said as he opened up Clementine's bathroom door.
"Why?" she asked as she watched him take out the towels.
"You never know when we have to clean anything up," he said as he took them out. "Be it blood or something else. It'll also come in handy when we run out of bandages."
"Oh okay." Lee handed her the towels.
"Help me carry these down to the RV."
As the two headed over, Kenny was fiddling with the RV once more while Larry was standing over his shoulder. Kenny was clearly getting annoyed as Larry kept telling him what to do. Meanwhile Lilly was just coming from inside of the vehicle. She noticed the towels in Clementine's hands. "Good thinking, Lee."
"Actually it was Carley's idea," he pointed out. Lilly, for whatever reason, frowned at this.
"Did she?"
"Yep. Well we better put these away," Lee guided Clementine inside. He hadn't missed that look on Lilly's face and he could only guess why she frowned at the idea. He was willing to say that she was still suspicious of the woman. She just didn't know how wrong she was.
The rest of the day was spent putting everything away. Lee was ready to hit the road right away. Once in Savannah, he was hoping to get all of them situated in the town. Maybe they could start a little garden while setting up inside of the house with a boat. Speaking of which, Lee wondered what would happen once Kenny got a hold of the boat. The last time, there was going to be an eventual moment where they would have to figure out who would come and who would stay. Considering Duck and Katjaa were alive, it meant less room. This might be the time he parted ways from the man once more. At least the man would have his family this time.
After everything they could fit into the RV was inside, it was time for dinner. As they ate up, Lee spoke with Carley about them going on the road. "I really hope that old thing can take us far enough and won't just break down on us," she said as she took a bit of one of her apple slices. "Are you sure Kenny and you fixed that thing right?"
"I'm pretty sure Kenny knows what he's doing," said Lee. "I mean I don't, but at least I tried helping him."
"Do you think there's a lot of people in Savannah?"
"Could be. We won't know until we get there."
"Yep." The two of them sat there in silence until Carley continued. "You don't really think there's any boats there, do you?"
"What makes you ask that?"
"Because I heard Kenny talking about finding one and I highly doubt we'll find any. I really wouldn't get my hopes up for one, but he sure is."
Lee nodded, understanding Carley's concerns. With the dead walking around, it would make sense for people to hop on a boat to get away from them. Luckily there was one, but it could only hold so many people in it. Someone was getting left behind. "He's very intent on getting one. If there is any, it's probably won't fit all of us. If there is, I'll be surprised. I hope the town hasn't been picked clean. Maybe we can find some more food or at least some seeds to grow our own food."
"Growing our own food would be helpful," said Carley. "You know, I heard they have a pretty good coffee place down there. You think there's any left?"
Lee laughed. "If there is, I'll make sure I get a hold of it for you."
"I just might hold you to that." she smiled. "I could really use it. I think that's one of the things I really miss. Is there anything you miss?"
"I miss my folks."
"I miss mine too."
"You know, it's gotta be pretty hard to Ben," Lee looked over towards the teenager who was sitting with the children. "He hasn't the slightest clue where they are. Didn't he say he was on a trip with his class?"
"Yeah," Carley gave the teenager a worried look. "I doubt we're going to run into them anytime soon. I just hope for his sake they're okay."
The two talked about the different things they would do once they got into Savannah. The first thing was to find somewhere the 9 of them would live. Lee couldn't quite remember where the house they last stayed in was, but he'd sure as hell try to find it. It had a back yard that could serve as a nicely sized garden and the house would keep them out of the elements. If the house was too small, the other houses could be checked out. It would be nice to find Molly too. They'd likely find her sooner or later within Savannah. Maybe this time, he could convince the young woman to stay with them. When it came to survival she was pretty handy and he trusted her. Speaking of Savannah survivors, Lee decided to leave behind the old coots and Brie that lurked in the morgue. Screw those bastards! Vernon had stolen their boat and took off with it. Fuck that shit all together. As much as Lee was willing to help out others, they were exceptions.
That night, Lee volunteered to look after the RV so Kenny could get some shut eye for the long drive. Meanwhile Larry didn't want to sleep. He wanted to make sure Lee didn't pull anything. He made sure to let the younger man know then and there that he was accusing him of plotting to drive off and even added a new twist it, stating that he'd drive off and come back for Kenny in the night. Rolling his eyes, Lee told Larry he could stay if he wanted. He really didn't want to stay with the old bastard, but Lee didn't necessarily have a choice. He didn't really trust Larry either. For all he knew, Larry would pull off with Lilly in tow. He wouldn't put it past the bastard. Lilly would only follow suit because she always listened to him. Even if Lilly did come off as friendly towards him, he'd be willing to do anything for her father. Hell, even if they didn't drive off, Larry and Lilly might sabotage their escape.
To his relief, Lilly volunteered much to Lee's relief. He'd much rather stick with her. As they guarded the RV, she was the one who struck up conversation with him. "So you got any plans for when Kenny finds his mythical boat?"
"We're not going to fit on it," sighed Lee.
"What makes you think that?"
Lee wondered if he should tell Lilly about what happened before, but she might just think he was a nutcase. He just decided to just come up with the most logical reason. "Considering the land is full of walkers, people might think they can't swim and they're a lot safer on water. The only boats that are probably left are the smaller ones."
"That actually makes sense," agreed Lilly. "Too bad Kenny hasn't thought about it. I heard he can't wait to live on the water."
She smirked after saying this. "What a fucking idiot."
"Hey, give him some credit," frowned Lee. "It helps to have some kind of optimism."
"Hmph," she frowned at this. "So, if he somehow finds it, what then?"
"Probably stay behind," he shrugged. He saw no use in coming with Kenny on that little thing. As close as he was to Kenny, he didn't think it was a good idea to just run off on a boat. He'd rather take his chances in Savannah. "You?"
"More than likely the same. Room or no room, I'm sure the bastard'll leave us behind."
"He isn't now, is he?" he pointed out. Lilly didn't speak for a minute.
"I guess," the brunette mumbled. "Still, if there's limited room on this boat, I'm definitely getting left behind and I think I'd rather stay in Savannah than on a boat with him anyways. With nearby water, we should be able to have a good amount of food."
"Agreed." The two remained silent as they watched for walkers or any other sign of trouble. During this silence, he thought about the stranger. Considering he constantly made sure Clementine didn't have any kind of batteries in her walkie talkie, he doubted the man would find them in Savannah. Surely he wouldn't be as stupid as to follow right behind them as someone would see him sooner or later. If he did show up, he'd make sure he'd beat the shit out the man and show him what happens when you mess with his kid. His kid...Lee couldn't help but to smile at the thought. She was kind of like his own child in a way. He'd happily adopt her as his own though he may as well say that he already had. He just hoped this time around he could prevent the man from kidnapping her.
"Hurry up!" shouted Kenny back at Lilly who was coming from upstairs. "We're burning daylight, Lilly!"
"Don't rush me, asshole," she glared at him. "I just want to make sure everything's packed up. Ever heard of triple checking?"
"We've got everything, now come on!" Lee hadn't the slightest clue why the man was in such a hurry to pull off. Then again it probably had something to do with Kenny's urge for a boat and his dislike of being around the motor inn. Once she was inside, she sat over where her father was sitting along with Ben and Carley. Now that everyone was inside, the RV pulled out and headed down the road. The group sat in silence during the whole ride. A few hours later, Clementine tugged on Lee's shirt.
"Yeah, Clem?"
"I have to pee," she whispered.
"Can you hold it?"
"I've been holding it for a while," she pouted as she looked uncomfortable. "I think I'm about to burst!"
"Hold on, I'll talk with Kenny." He quickly got up and went to the front. "Hey, Kenny."
"What's up?" The man asked as drove while looking out for any signs of walkers.
"Can we stop for a quick second? Clementine has to go."
"Can't she wait?"
"Unless you want her to embarrass her by letting her go pissing herself with no change of clothes, be my guest."
"Kenny, just stop the vehicle," piped up Katjaa. "It won't hurt to stop the car for a quick potty break for the kids. After all, you wouldn't give anybody time to go before we left."
"Fine," he sighed. "Just make it quick, okay? And while you're back there, tell everyone if they have to take a piss to go now."
Once they stopped the car, Lee took Clementine off to go relieve herself. They went farther away from the RV to give the kid some privacy where Lee turned his back on her whil searching for walkers. He would have gotten Katjaa to go with her but she wanted him to come with her. As he wanted for her to finish, he heard familiar voices. It sounded a lot like Omid and Christa! Lee wanted to approach them but then remembered that he had to wait on Clementine. Once she was finished, he headed over towards them.
"Lee, where are we going?" asked Clementine. "The RV is that way."
"I know, but I hear something."
Upon seeing them, it was now just Omid with his back turned to them. He appeared to be poking a decaying rabbit. Right behind him was a walker just about to grab him. Instinctively, he shouted out the man's name without thinking twice about it. "Omid! Look out! Behind you!"
"Huh? Oh shit!" Omid swung the large stick he had and smacked the walker. It didn't seem to do much other than temporarily throw off the walker. Lee aimed his gun and killed it for him.
"That was close," he breathed in relief.
"Do you know him?" asked the little girl.
"Um sort of..." he rubbed the back of his neck as Omid came over.
"Thanks for the help dude!" the man grinned at him. Then he got a confused look on his face. "But uh have we met before?"
"Well uh..." Lee tried coming up with a good answer. What could he say in this situation? He hadn't known Omid and you just don't call out a stranger's name. It may come off as being a stalker.
"Omid, are you okay?" Christa came from out of the woods looking worried. "I heard shouting and...who're you?"
"Just somebody I met," said Omid before Lee could say anything. "He just saved my life."
"Right," nodded Lee. "I'm Lee and this is Clementine."
"Hi," she waved from behind her caretaker.
"Holy shit!" Omid couldn't help but to stare at the child. "Christa, it's an actual kid!"
"I can see that, Omid," she rolled her eyes at him. She looked Clementine and Lee over. "Where's her parents? Are they with you?"
"Is it that obvious?" He hadn't thought about it before, but now that he really thought about it Christa was the only person he'd met that hadn't mistaken the child for his.
"To me it is," she looked around. "So are you two alone or with a group?"
'Still the same nosy Christa I remember,' he internally shook his head. "A group and you're welcome to join us. We're on our way to Savannah. We have plenty of room in the RV."
"Sure the rest of your people won't mind you just offering up a free ride?" she rose a brow at the man. Even if this Lee guy was the leader, she doubted all of them would just happily let in two people willingly.
"Hey, maybe if we tell them that..." began the short man. Christa gave him a hard jab in the side and glared at him. "What the hell was that for?"
"We don't know these people," she hissed. "I don't want some strangers knowing our business."
"But we could use a group," protested Omid. Besides, the shorter male would love to travel for once off his feet and he expected the same of his girlfriend. After all, she was pregnant with their kid. Then again Christa hardly complained about her feet and would joke with him about maybe he was the one pregnant. The guy didn't seem too bad, with the only thing being the slightest bit suspicious was the fact that he knew the shorter male's name. How did he know that. Then he because even more suspicious when Lee spoke again.
"You know, we do have a vet in our group and she's pretty good at patching up people as well," said Lee. "She could really come in handy if, let's just say hypothetically, you were ever pregnant, she can help you out."
Christa looked taken back at this statement before giving Lee a judgmental look. Did he know she was pregnant? If so, how on earth did he know? She didn't look very big and she never brought up the fact that she was. "Who says I'm pregnant?"
"Who says you won't ever think about having a kid?" brought up Lee. Maybe he should go ahead and tell them he knew or rather guessed given the pregnancy symptoms she gave off and implications the two made the last time and even now. He really didn't feel like chasing the pair off. He just decided to be truthful with them since it really did seem like Christa might walk off with Omid.
"Why the hell would you care anyways?"
"Well because...and this may sound crazy, but I kinda know you two...from a previous life."
"Excuse me?" Christa frowned. Shit, he had better explain before she told him to back the hell off or ask if he had escaped from a mental hospital. He could tell she didn't believe him so far but she was in a minute.
"I know you two though of course you don't remember." he confessed.
"Oh great," she crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "I told you we should have went right. That way we wouldn't have run into an mentally ill man and probably some kid he kidnapped!"
"No wait! I know how to get you two to believe me!" said Lee. "Omid, you love Civil War history, you two have a cat, Christa's pregnant, and the only reason we met in that life was because you two were traveling on a bridge up ahead where a truck was hanging down and I had to shove Omid down since there was a herd of walkers behind us."
The couple was stunned by Lee knowing these things about them and didn't know what to think. They both looked at each other for a minute before excusing themselves. As they spoke in hushed whispers, Clementine grabbed her guardian's shirt. She was curious how Lee knew these people yet neither had ever met them before. "Lee, how do you know all that?"
"It's actually a long story," he said rubbing the back of his neck. He didn't want to tell the child about what happened before, but he figured she had to know sooner or later. After all it wouldn't be fair to tell two seemingly strangers and not her. "I got bitten and..."
Clementine looked terrified. She knew what it meant when you got bit and, like any sane person, didn't like the end result. She couldn't lose Lee. She was quite fond of the man and he reminded her a lot of her own father in a few ways. Just the thought of losing him brought her to tears. First Sandra and now it was Lee...he couldn't die. When did he even get bit?
"Oh no!" He quickly said as he noticed the girl starting to cry. "I meant in that life, not this one. Or dream. I'm not all too sure. Whatever it was, it sure as heck felt real. I got bit trying to find you. Some piece of...crap kidnapped you. Said he had your parents."
"D-did he?" she asked quietly.
"No..." Lee nearly told her that they were dead the whole time, but he kept his mouth closed. "He didn't. He said it to lure you in. There's no telling what he would have done if he had you and he'd actually killed me."
Clementine frowned at this revelation. Lee didn't know why he did it, but he asked anyways. "Clementine, you haven't be speaking to anybody with that radio have you?"
"N-no," she avoided looking at him when he said it.
"Clementine, tell the truth," he got down on one knee and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Look at me, Clem. You're not in trouble if you are. I just don't want anything happening you, okay?"
Clementine still didn't say anything. Lee felt very uncomfortable about her silence. She had spoken to him, but how the hell did she get batteries for her radio in the first place? He'd very tell take this up with the group about it. In the meantime, he was taking that radio from her as soon as they got back. He just stood back up and shook his head. He was hoping to put this off, but he had no choice but to find and show the girl her parents once they got to Savannah. If he told her now, she probably wouldn't believe him. It made him sick that he would trick a child in such a disgusting manner. Fuck that bastard and Lee was showing no mercy when he found him. He was as good as dead just like before.
"I don't know how the heck you knew all that stuff..." began Christa as she approached the man.
"I told you he could be psychic!" said Omid.
"Or a stalker," she frowned. "But since we can't prove either, let us meet this group of your's. If they're cool, we'll come. Otherwise we'll keep going on our own way, got it?"
"Fine with me," he shrugged.
He lead the couple back to the RV where Kenny was dragging away a walker with Ben and Carley was watching. She looked up when she heard Lee's voice called out to her. She breathed a breath of relief that he was okay since he had been gone a while. Who were these people with him though? When she asked, he only said he would explain it later when he could figure out how to tell her without sounding crazy. She rose a brow at the man's explanation but didn't press on about it. Lee introduced the pair to the group and flat out stated that they were coming with them.
"Who died and made you boss?" demanded Larry. "Last time I checked, you don't get to determine shit around here."
"Well I have a say," said Lee. "I'm pretty sure Kenny will let them come along with us."
"He doesn't get to decide on his own!" pointed out the much older man.
"Whose RV did you just jump into?" Lee was beginning to wish he had left Larry behind.
"Now what's all this about new people?" asked Kenny as he finally joined the conversation. Lee quickly pulled the man off to the side and quickly explained Christa's condition. Knowing that Kenny was a family man, he hoped to play on that side of him to get the couple access to the RV. To his relief, Kenny didn't have the heart to leave behind a pregnant woman. "Alright everybody get in."
"Are you fucking serious?! We don't know these fuckers!" said Larry.
"Uh right here, man," Omid raised a finger while Christa glared at the old man. She was starting to think this was a bad idea and was inclined to turn down the idea of coming because of the man's hostility and the nasty look the woman behind him was giving. As badly as they would need a group for the baby's sake, she didn't feel like putting up with anybody's bullshit.
"Just shut your trap and get into the RV, asshole," said Kenny. "We're burning daylight."
"But we don't know these people!" said Lilly as she thought about the cannibals. "They could be like those people at the..."
Lee flat out ignored them and gestured for them to get inside of the vehicle. Christa seemed to be about to decline the offer but Omid hopped on inside of the vehicle and sat down. Begrudgingly, she sat down beside him. At the first site of trouble, the two of them were leaving right away. Clementine and Lee took a seat beside the two while Larry and Lilly sat off in their seats. He could hear the two whispering but he didn't care. He owed the two for helping him out looking for Clementine even if they never actually did in this timeline.
Carley was the first one to strike up conversation with Christa and Omid about their survival methods so far as well as sharing some of their own experiences as well. Meanwhile Lee went up to the front with Clementine's radio. He had to warn Kenny about this creeping bastard. When he told him, Kenny reacted the same as he did but a lot stronger about it.
"Someone's been what?!" he shouted. "How the hell did the creep manage to do that?"
"I don't know, but we should watch out for him just in case." said Lee. "In the meantime, I'll be keeping this radio on me just in case the sick bastard tries talking with her again."
"I can't believe he'd tell a child that," frowned Katjaa. "Do you really think he has them?"
"Not at all."
"Well if we find the bastard, I say we kill the fucker."
"Agreed," said Lee.
Lee sat back down beside the child who stared at her radio in Lee's hand. She wanted it back, but judging by the look on Lee's face, she wasn't getting it back and maybe even not ever.
Yes I delayed Chuck. Next chapter. I started to add something about that Vegas weekend but I don't remember if that was mentioned around Lee or not. Eventually everyone will know about Lee's alternate timeline, not just Christa and Omid.