Once everybody left the barn, Lee began his work on the lock. Carefully and quietly, he used the multitool to quickly unscrew the four screws holding the lock in place. His palms were sweaty with nerves because he was afraid of getting caught. Hopefully nobody would notice that he was gone.
Finally, the lock was off, and he opened the doors quietly. What he saw, frightened him. There was blood everywhere, and sharp tools, and even a saw. What in the hell was this place? And why did the St. Johns have it locked? He wished Kenny and Carlos were here to see this monstrosity.
"Boy, didn't you hear the bell?" a voice said, and Lee turned around fast to see Andy standing behind him, an angry look on his face. "Dinner's ready," he spoke, slow and solemnly.
"The door was open like that..." Lee lied. "I was just making sure that everyone was inside already."
"It was probably my idiot brother," Andy said simply. "Was anyone with you just now?"
"No," Lee said truthfully.
"Okay, good." After that, thankful that he didn't get caught, Lee made his way inside following behind Andy. He had to admit, he was hungry, and he was looking forward to eating dinner.
In the house, most everybody was already seated at the table. Lilly emerged from the bathroom after washing her hands and took a seat at the table by Sarah, the younger girl offering her a smile. She decided that she liked Lilly.
"Biscuits, wow!" Duck exclaimed as Danny brought a basket full of them in.
"Brenda, you are an angel," Larry commented, probably the nicest words most of the group had heard from him.
"Oh, boy!" Duck cried, bouncing up and down happily.
Lee and Andy had walked into the house, Lee wondering why there was a bookcase hiding part of the hallway.
"Excuse the mess," Andy told him. "We had to block the back door after a walker got upstairs. Don't worry, that was awhile ago and they ain't been back inside since." He walked into the dining room, and Lee couldn't help but wonder why there was a handgun in his back pocket.
"Everybody sit down, and I'll go get the meal," Brenda announced. "Ohh, this is a delight!"
"I could eat a horse!" Kenny piped up.
Lee looked around. Everyone was here and accounted for; all but one person, and that was David. He had to inquire, "Where's David?"
Travis looked around too and frowned. "Yeah...where's Mr. Parker?"
"Now don't you worry about him, I've already brought him some food up. You just let him rest," Brenda said, reassuring the group.
"Mind if I wash my hands before I eat?" Lee asked.
Brenda nodded, "Bathroom's right outside in the hall. And be sure to get under your nails, you've been mucking around in the dirt all day." She smiled.
Lee nodded and headed to the bathroom. He took his time in washing his hands, but he was still curious about these people. They still had to be hiding something from his group. Curiosity got the best of him, so he decided to poke around for a bit. He crept slowly up the stairs, just to make sure they didn't hear him. The first thing he saw was a closet, so Lee decided to take a look in there first. He saw a lot of morphine, and he wondered why the St. Johns needed all that much. Suddenly, a little hole in the wall caught his attention. "What the...?" he questioned.
After checking out the closet, he moved to the next place, which was a bedroom. There was a light underneath a bookshelf, and it looked pretty suspicious, so he decided to move that out of the way too. There was another door behind the bookshelf. He opened it slowly, and much to his surprise, there lay David Parker on the floor with his other leg cut off.
"Lee..." he barely managed to get out.
"David? What happened to your other leg?" Lee questioned, barely being able to look because there was just so much blood everywhere.
"Don't... Eat... Dinner..." David whispered.
"Lee!" Brenda yelled, "Did you fall in?" Laughter followed after that. "Dinner's down here on the table and everyone's ready to eat."
"Barbecue!" he heard someone yell.
Lee turned around, horrified, and that was when the gravity of the situation hit him: They were eating David's other leg as the main course for dinner. He knew what he had to do next, and stop Clementine from eating that meat.
"Clementine!" he nearly gasped out.
He immediately ran from the room, down the stairs, and into the dining room. He noticed a rifle by Danny, and then turned where Clementine had a piece of meat already on her fork, prepared to take her first bite. Lee quickly jumped in.
"DON'T EAT THAT!" he yelled.
The little girl jumped and looked at her guardian in mid-bite, and slowly put her fork down. Everyone else looked at Lee in confusion, Carlos pausing as he was cutting up Sarah's portion of food.
"Lee, Jesus, man. Did you find something?" Kenny questioned.
"Ah, sit your ass down, Lee!" Larry practically ordered. "This lady has made you a meal!"
"Yeah, Lee, what's gotten into you?" Lilly added.
"You're...eating...human meat!" Lee uttered out slowly.
"Dad, what is he talking about?" Sarah whispered to Carlos.
Carlos grabbed Sarah's fork out of her hand and sat it down. "I know you're really hungry, sweetie, but do not eat that food," he ordered.
Sarah whined, "But Duck's eating his!"
"I don't care," Carlos replied. "Do not eat that food."
"That woman is fucking insane!" Lee yelled, pointing to Brenda.
"She made you a home-cooked meal, show some respect, asshole!" Larry yelled back.
"Thank you, Larry," Brenda replied.
"David is upstairs with NO LEGS!" Lee yelled even louder. "I saw him!"
Travis gasped, "Mr. Parker!? We're EATING Mr. Parker!?" He then turned in his seat and threw up in the floor. He had actually taken a few bites before Lee had made it downstairs in time. "What the fuck?" he gasped as he retched.
Katjaa snatched Duck's plate away. "Mom, I was eating that!" he whined.
"I don't give a shit what you think," Larry interrupted and took a big bite.
"Lee, seriously, what's gotten into you?" Lilly asked.
"Don't indulge him Lilly, it's always something with this guy," Larry said as he continued to eat.
"Brenda, tell me right now that we're eating David," Lee demanded to know as he angrily looked at the older woman.
"It's true..." she trailed off.
"Everything could've turned out okay for you folks," Danny pointed out in a low, creepy voice.
"He would've died anyway! We gotta think about livin'!" Andy pointed out.
"Settle down, honey," Brenda chided. She paused, and then began to ramble. "Growin' up in rural Georgia, you're taught not to waste. It's how I was raised, and how I raised my boys. Now, you got monsters roamin' around that do nothing but eat people! And for what? To continue to rot until they eat some more! Now, we'll put that meat to better use."
"Ugh, I'm gonna puke," Lilly moaned, pushing her plate away.
"You're all sick...sick in the head!" Lee replied.
"Andy is right, we go after people who were gonna die anyways, one way or another!" Brenda continued.
Danny put down his fork. "Like y'all."
Lee looked around. "Clementine, run!"
Clementine jumped, looking surprised. She had nothing to say; she didn't know what to say.
"Nobody's going anywhere!" Andy yelled, getting the gun out from behind and pointing it in every direction. Danny got up and pulled out a rifle, doing the same.
"We've got lots of use for y'all, right here," the younger brother added.
Sarah's eyes widened, and her breathing began to pick up as she looked around. The two brothers were pointing their weapons at the group. She squeezed her eyes tightly shut and gripped Carlos' shirt.
"What the...? What the fucking, fuck!" Larry yelled, pushing his plate of food away.
"Put your guns down!" Lilly yelled. "We're walking out of here!"
"You're not going near my fucking family!" Kenny shouted.
"Mommy, what did I eat?" Duck cried.
It was literal chaos in that dining room. "Everyone calm down, everything will be okay," Lee tried to reason.
"Lee... Lee!" Clementine whined. That's when Andy grabbed her by the hair and pulled her away from the table, a scream coming from her lips.
"I'll kill you!" Lee snarled, getting ready to lunge towards Andy, but he couldn't because Danny stopped him with the rifle. Suddenly, there was a large thump, and everything went quiet. The group looked around for something, but found nothing.
"Please...someone..." It was David. Somehow he had managed to crawl down the stairs, and now everyone saw him. A trail of blood made a path behind him. "Help me..." he barely managed to get out.
"Dad!" Sarah cried. "Make it go away!"
"Clemen-" And that's when Lee was knocked out.
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