"...and that's how I learned what a Cleveland steamer was." I said finishing my story.
"That's really gross." Sarah made a face. "Why would anyone do that?"
"It just turns some people on." said Nick and I at the same time.
"W-we're not gonna do that...are we?" she looked disturbed and had a look on her face as if to dare him to say yes.
"Of course not baby." Nick kissed her forehead.
"Good..." Sarah sounded relieved. "We can do other stuff though if you want."
"Heh..." I smiled a little. "Like fu-..."
Nick covered up my mouth, knowing exactly what I was going to say. His girlfriend looked a little confused, but decided to let it go. Suddenly Rebecca stumbled a little ahead and Bonnie caught her. "You alright?"
"She's exhausted. We all are!" said Luke glaring a Kenny. Nick and I looked at each other.
"I can keep going." Rebecca said weakly. She was going to turn. I could feel it in my bones. From the looks of it, the baby had weakened her and left her barely alive. Looking at it either way, whether we had stayed or not, Rebecca was probably gonna die. I saw Bonnie give Luke a look that I was sure meant that she was very worried and she was not going to make it.
We continued on in silence for a while until Skywalker spoke. "We should have stayed until she was in better shape."
"She wasn't gonna get better back there." said the master of the beards making a good point.
"We gotta find food and get her someplace warm."
"This look like someplace warm to you?! We could still turn back."
As Kenny and Luke argued, I whispered to Nick. "Yo Nick, you got an extra gun I could use?"
"Yeah...why?"
I looked at Rebecca who was walking in front of us and then looked back at him. He hesitated for a minute, but handed it over. I wasn't going to shoot her now, but when she turned, I'd do it. Up ahead, Kenny was pushing everyone forward while Luke angrily told him that he never listens to anyone.
"Shut up, Luke. We have to keep going. Otherwise we may as well stop and let Rebecca drop dead." I said rolling my eyes as I walked up beside him.
"Of course you would agree with him." Luke said bitterly. "Anyway, Rebecca's right behind us. She can hear you."
"Don't make me..." Behind us, Rebecca fall down and her son let out a loud cry.
"Over here. There's a place for you to sit." said Mike gesturing towards a large tire.
"Rebecca, let me take the baby." said Kenny.
"He's okay." said Rebecca sitting down. "I've got him."
"No, you rest for a minute. I'll watch him."
"Back off, Kenny." said Luke as Rebecca rocked her baby. "She said she doesn't want you to take the baby. Don't be weird about it, okay?"
"I ain't bein' weird about it!"
"Yeah. You kind of have been and not just now." he said referring to when Kenny was sniffing the baby.
"He's had a baby before. He knows what he's doing." I spoke up.
"So? He still doesn't have to be all weird about him. It's not his baby."
"Well at least he cares about the baby unlike some bozo who would rather mess around with some hussy than..."
"Are you ever gonna let that go?!"
"Not as long as I'm alive, fucker!"
"Hello?!" We all turned around to some figure who was coming our way. I frowned. Who was that...oh! Arvo!
"Arvo!"
"Arvo?" Bonnie looked confused.
"Jane and I met him up on the observation deck." I explained.
"You know this son of a bitch? What does he want?"
"He doesn't look like much." said Bonnie obviously noticing his limping.
"That ain't the point."
"I don't know what the hell he wants." I said shrugging. "He has a sick sister though. They might wanna f-I mean, they might want some help."
"Hello." Arvo said as he approached us. "You're Clementine, yes?"
"Hey, Harry...uh Arvo."
"These are your friends?"
"Yes and no. If you mean am I with them, then yes."
"Maybe you can help me now. All of you can."
"What do you need?" asked Bonnie
"I need...things...for...bandages. I need bandages." "Are you hurt?" asked Bonnie.
"No. he confessed before some people started coming out of the bushes and some lady (who I was guessing was his sister) stood beside Harry Potter. "These are my friends. We stay hidden for safety, but you we know. You're Clementine."
His sister said something and then Harry said something back. One of the guys with some sick ass tattoos in the bushes laughed and then said something. Harry and one of his group members started talking about something, but I don't think anyone understood.
"What did your friend say?" I asked.
"I told them that you are the ones who robbed me." Harry informed me. "They think it's funny that you're just a little girl."
"Robbed?" Kenny looked at me.
"They want you and your friends to put down the guns so we can take your things."
"Listen here, asshole!" I growled. "I didn't take your shit! Jane's the one who took your damn gun, not me. If you wanna get revenge, fine, kill her. I couldn't care less. We didn't do anything!"
"Jane..." Arvo looked around. "Where is she?"
The bald guy spoke once more to Harry for a moment until I spoke up. "That bitch gave Luke..." Here I pointed at Luke. "...every STD in the book and then made like a banana and split. That means she fucked Luke and left."
"It's a trap! I know it!"
Suddenly everyone pointed a gun at each other. "Hey! Stop! We have a baby with us!"
"You have a baby with you?" Arvo looked over in Rebecca's direction from where the tiny boy was crying.
His friend and Arvo spoke back and forth at each other while everyone started arguing and yelling. I suddenly saw something I didn't like to see. Rebecca was slumping over her baby and then stopped moving. I could clearly see when she had died when all of a sudden, she started moving and groaning. Oh crap! She had turned! I pulled out my gun and aimed it at the woman I wanted to shoot ever since I saw her. I was only nice to her because I promised Alvin, but now she was all mine!
"See ya, mother fucker!" I muttered under my breath as I shot her right in the head.
Before I knew it, everyone was shooting at each other and I had ducked down to avoid getting shot. Mike had gotten shot in the arm, Kenny was shooting from behind a tree, and Luke, Sarah, and Nick were behind a wall. Arvo was pressing down on his sister's chest. She had probably been hurt. I looked around where was the baby? Suddenly I heard crying and saw him on the ground whining. I gasped and wiggled on over until a bullet whizzed past me.
"HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Luke shouted over to me as if I was crazy. "GET OVER HERE!"
I ignored him and sprinted for the baby. If it was anyone else, I would have left them, but not him. I had to protect him. Once I got over to safety, Luke was shocked. "Holy shit. I didn't even see him out there."
"He was crying pretty loudly dumbass." I rolled my eyes.
"We've gotta do something. We can't just sit here and wait until they run outta ammo."
I didn't say a word and instead palm faced. Was he serious? If they ran out of ammo or if one of them did, it'd be easy to take them out!
"If I can just get over to your side, I could get an angle on this guy." said Luke. "Cover me alright?"
"If you say so, Skywalker." I pointed the gun over the wall, carefully not to accidently shoot Kenny, and fired once. The man ducked down and Luke slowly came over, but was shot in the leg.
"LUKE, NO!" shouted Bonnie.
"LUKE, YES!" I burst out laughing.
The bald guy was just about to shoot Luke, but Kenny killed him. Meanwhile, I laughed at Luke. "AHAHAHAHAHA! YOU GOT SHOT! AAAAAAAHAHHAHAHA!"
"Clem, that's not funny!" He glared at me. "Shit it hurts like hell! I think it went straight through!"
"That's what you get for coming this way, dumb ass." said Nick.
I took a chance and peeked over the wall and saw Kenny pressing a gun to Arvo's head. "YOU GET OUT HERE OR I PUT A BULLET IN THIS KID'S HEAD!"
"KILL HIM!" I shouted.
"GET OUT HERE RIGHT FUCKING NOW!" Arvo tried resisting. "Quit fightin' me boy! You think I'm bluffing? GET OUT HERE!"
Suddenly Arvo's sister started twitching on the ground while growling and was crawling over to me. I pulled out my gun and finished her off. He broke away from Kenny and ran for his sister. "Natasha! Natasha!" he looked up at me and sent me a dirty look.
Suddenly the gunshots ended and I looked up. It was Jane! Wait...what?! WHAT WAS THE WHORE DOING BACK!? She seemed pretty shocked at what she just did to the last guy and I really don't know why.
"It's safe to come out now." said Kenny.
"Son of a bitch...what is she doing back?" said Nick.
"I don't know...food maybe?" I shrugged just as confused as him.
"Maybe she caught some more STDs came back to give 'em to Luke." joked Nick.
"Heh. Yeah." I gave the baby to Bonnie and went over to Jane as she was putting her knife back into her knife pocket.
"Man...that was, uh...that was intense." said Luke as if that were necessary.
"I thought that was it." confessed Mike.
"It was for these assholes." said Kenny sounding tired.
"I didn't know this man." said Jane looking sadly at the man she had stabbed. "I've never killed someone that didn't wrong me in some way...that didn't deserve it...I tried pretending it was a walker, but it's different. "
"Hmph." I said shaking my head thinking of her sister, but let it go. She'd deny it if I said so. "He deserved it. He was trying to kill us."
"Yeah, that's why I did it...but it felt wrong..."
"It felt wrong...that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!" I shook my head and walked away.
All the others were staring at Rebecca's corpse while Luke threw Jane a nasty look for a few seconds. Mike spoke up. "How did this happen?"
"She turned...just like that." said Luke. "She just lost too much blood."
"Clem, you did the right thing to protect the baby." said Bonnie.
"She was always really nice to me." said Sarah. "I'm gonna miss her."
"Me too." said Nick placing an arm around Sarah.
"Don't worry, Becca...we'll take care of your boy...you rest away." said Bonnie.
"Rebecca was a nasty ass two-timing ho, but she...she was still a two-timing nasty ho." I couldn't find anything else to say. "Rest in piece, Nasty Ho."
"Clementine!" Bonnie, Mike, and Luke said in unison.
"What?!"
"Do you really have to ruin the mood every time!?" said Luke scowling.
"Fuck yeah! She was a nasty ho after all."
"You're a real piece of..."
"YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" Kenny shouted before beating on Harry Potter.
"Hey, hey!" Bonnie shouted at him before handing the baby to me.
Mike intervened and pushed Kenny off him before he and Luke stood in front of him. "It's over man. He ain't a threat to us!"
"OF COURSE HE IS, NOW MOVE!" Kenny pulled out his gun.
"What are you doing?!"
"I'm doing the same thing this asshole tried to do to us!"
"Mike and Skywalker...MOVE OUT THE DAMN WAY!" I shouted.
"What?! No!" said Mike.
"Please!" said Harry with tears in his eyes. "There is house, food...please. Please, I can take you!"
"BULLSHIT!" Kenny and I shouted.
"No, no! Is true! We have place. Not far. Food!"
"See? He wants to help!" said Luke.
"He's just trying to save his own skin!" said Nick frowning. "For all we know, he could have more people there!"
"Nick's right. We can't trust this mother fucker!" I said glaring at Harry. "Why would he help?!"
"Please! I don't want more people dead!" said Arvo crying.
"Then close your eyes and I'll make it quick!" Kenny said ready to kill him. If he killed Luke and/or Mike in the process, GOOD.
"If he's telling the truth, it could save all of us!" said Bonnie.
"And if he's lying, we could be killed." I said.
"It's worth the risk to check this place out." said Jane. "Trust him, don't trust him, it doesn't matter. We should go anyway. We just need to be careful. It can't be far from here."
"You stay outta this! You're the reason why these fuckers came after us in the first place." said Kenny making a good point.
"Don't try and pin this on me!"
"Lay off her Kenny." said Luke unsurprisingly. "She just saved us."
"It is her fault!" said Nick. "If she hadn't robbed and threatened him, he wouldn't have come after us and we wouldn't have nearly died. Don't stick up for her just because she fucked you." "Yeah, Luke. Shut the fuck up and don't stick up for your girlfriend." I said glaring at him.
"If there are supplies, we need them. We ain't gonna last much longer without more food. Think of the baby!" said Bonnie. "We've got to take a chance!" "Unless someone's got a better plan..." said Jane.
"Fine." the master of the beards put down his gun. "We got something to tie this shitbird up with?"
"Yes." Bonnie tied up Arvo and soon after we were on our way despite some protest from Nick and I. What if more people were there and we got killed or someone got hurt? Then if there were any survivors, they would know they messed up big time.
"So...you weren't really bit at all, were you?" said Jane trying to strike up conversation as we walked.
"Nope. Not at all."
"You know, you were pretty crazy for risking your own life like that." I noticed her looking at my torn sleeve.
"What can I say? I'm a tough kid. Like I've said before, I'll try my best and protect those I care about unlike some people."
"Look I know you're probably pissed I left your friends..." "Not really." I mumbled, but she ignored me.
"...when I heard those gunshots...I...I knew it was a mistake. If it helps, the thing I'd normally do is walk away for good (Here I groaned remembering what she said about her sister), but I didn't...despite what my instincts were telling me and everything I've seen."
"How do I know you won't leave again?" I asked. We didn't need Jane at all, but if it ever got to a point where cannibalism was necessary, Jane was the first one on my list.
"Believe it or not I wanna try and make this work. All I can do is promise I won't abandon you again, which to be fair, I've never done before...even though I should have a few times now." "Heh...that's funny." I smirked at what she just said. The bitch was one big liar.
"You don't have to point the gun at him the whole time!" said Mike.
"He ain't goin' nowhere, Kenny. No need to get your arm all sore." said Bonnie.
"I'm worried about Kenny." said Jane. "He's in a dark place. We've gotta keep an eye on him.
"Phfft! You should have seen him when his kid was bitten." I said in dismissal. "Compared to that, he's tame!"
"He's the only one he trusts...that he really trusts. That means you're the one who's gotta pull him back."
"NO WAY!" I said shaking my head. "He'll fucking kill me! I'm not doing that!"
I remember when Lee told me that Kenny went ballistic on him when he had tried to get him to stop the train. What if he tried to fuck me up too!? We walked on for a little while before Luke's weak ass legs gave out.
"Wait up!" said Bonnie to Kenny. "We need to stop."
"No, no! I'm fine!" said Luke. "I just need a second. I put more weight on it than I should have."
Nick snickered while Sarah looked a little concerned. Luke glared at him. Kenny, meanwhile told Arvo to stop, but he kept on going. The bearded master frowned and pushed him down. "When I tell you something, you fuckin' listen, you understand?!"
"Kenny, there's no need for that!" said Mike after helping Luke sit down.
"He deserves it." I said glaring at Harry Potter.
"He deserves to be treated like a human being!" Mike shook his head. "I'm gonna have a word with him. He doesn't have to treat that kid like that. He's been through enough without Kenny beating on him. You alright here?"
"Yeah, yeah." Go on and talk to him. I've got Clem, Nick, and Sarah if I need anything." said
Bonnie. "Clem, can I see the baby for a minute?" "Why?" I held him out of her reach.
"To give to Mike."
"Why?" I glared at her.
"Just so Kenny doesn't try anything."
"So you're using a baby as a shield. That's fucking low." said Nick making a good point.
"Not as a shield!"
"Fine, here." I handed Mike the baby. "However if anything happens to the baby, ONE. EYE.
OPEN!"
Bonnie knelt down beside Skywalker and spoke to him. "What is it with you guys?" "What do you mean?" Luke asked her as Nick and Sarah went off together.
"Every man I've known is always tryin' to let each other know how tough they are. Put 'em in their place. Bunch of dominant alpha male horse shit and it all ends the same way."
"Don't look at me. I ain't that guy!"
"Hahahahaha...bitch please, Luke." I giggled.
"She's right, Luke. You get into your fair share of pissin' matches too."
"You know, all men aren't like that. My friend Lee wasn't like that. He was a good man." "Well I wish I had had a chance to meet him." said Luke.
"Me too... I wish he was here now..." I confessed. '...so he could have kicked your ass."
"I guess it took a woman to talk some sense into 'em. Looks like Jane broke it up." Luke observed Jane, Kenny, and Mike.
"More like her stink broke it up."
"Clem, please don't be like that." said Bonnie shaking her head. "We all stink."
"I don't." I pulled out some perfume. "I wear this all the damn time. You guys ain't getting any though."
"Where'd you get perfume from?" asked Bonnie. "It looks really expensive.
"I made it myself." I said placing it back into my bag. "I'm not telling you how to make it though.
It's a secret recipe."
"How come I don't smell it now?"
"I'm wearing it underneath my jacket...plus I think it might have worn off. It only lasts a little while, but it keeps the stink off." I shrugged.
"I see. Clem, could you do me a favor and keep some pressure on Luke's leg?" asked Bonnie. "I'm gonna go fetch some bandages."
"Eeeew!" I looked down at Luke's leg. "It looks so gross! I'm not touching that."
"So you can cover yourself in walker guts, but not touch that?" she said looking amused.
"Well...I...um...Luke's leg is just crawling with STDs! What if I catch them too!?" I asked looking fearfully at his leg.
"You don't know that, Clem."
"You don't either, Bonnibel!" I growled.
"I'm right here!" said Luke annoyed.
"Fine. I'll use my sleeves. If I have something, I'll kill you." I used my jacket sleeves to cover up my hands and pressed down on Luke's leg.
"Hey, Bonnie..."
"Hm?" Bonnie turned and looked at Luke.
"I'm sorry."
"For what?" However Luke didn't say anything and looked away from her. Bonnie and I gave him a confused look before she left again.
"Shit! Ow!" He jumped in surprised when I accidently pressed down a little too hard on his wound.
"Oh suck it up, ya baby." I glared at him. "Jane's watching."
"Hahaha. Very funny." He sighed. Everything was silent for a while until... "How did we get here?"
"We walked, dumbass." I pointed out.
"I'm serious." He shaking his head. "I'm sittin' in the snow...leaned up against a tree with a bullet in my leg...but still alive...when so many of my friends are dead...for no good reason...and I couldn't do anything to stop it. Everyone we set out with is just gone...Pete, Alvin, Rebecca, Carlos...I could have done more and that ain't for debate. I know it in my bones and I've gotta live with it."
"Yeah...too bad I don't care." I said shrugging.
"You're really heartless you know that." Luke frowned looking extremely annoyed now. "How can you sit there and say that?!"
"Carlos was an asshole and he was too overprotective of Sarah, Alvin...well Alvin was a bro. I liked him fine enough. The only problem he had was staying with that whore, Rebecca.
Rebecca was a two-timing ho. Pete, now he was alright. I would have died it wasn't for him.
Don't give me that look, Skywalker. You know good and well how I felt about everyone and how I am about people."
"That doesn't mean you have be such a..."
"What? Bitch?" I asked him angrily as I stuck a covered finger inside of his leg. "Say it! I DARE YOU!"
"AAAGH! Clem! Stop! That fucking hurts!" he yanked his foot away from my hands.
"What's going on over here?" Bonnie had come back.
"Luke's being a baby." I said crossing my arms. "You go ahead and wrap up the baby's leg while I go talk to Nick and Sarah."
"Where are they anyway?" Bonnie said looking around. "It's been a while since I've seen them."
"I think they went into the woods for something."
"What would they be doing in the woods for without saying anything?" Luke pondered.
"I think I know." I walked off towards where I saw them going.
"Don't wander off too far, Clem." warned Bonnie.
"I won't. Geez..." I walked around in the woods for 5 minutes, but saw no site of them. "Nicolas Cage! Sarah!"
No one answered and I began to worry a little. What if they died then...OH NO! That meant I wouldn't get to see them kiss or make little Nicks and Sarahs! "NICK! SARAH! NIIIIIICK!
SAAAAAAAAARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Clem, stop yelling!" Jane had grabbed my arm and scared a fart out of me. "Did you just...?"
"Yes because you scared it out! You'd better be glad I didn't crap myself." I said fanning the air.
"How did you find me?"
"You were yelling. Did you forget that little talk we had not too long ago?" "No."
"So then why were you yelling?"
"Because I can." I said rolling my eyes. "Anyway, I'm looking for Nick and Sarah if you didn't get my hint."
"I've heard." Jane crossed her arms. "Come on, Clem. Bonnie wants you to fix up Kenny's eye...oh and to stop making all that racket...that was from Luke."
"He's one to be talking." I mumbled remembering what Pete said. "Okay, I'll be back. Just one more minute."
"I'll look with you."
"NO!" I said loudly making Jane jump. "Uh...I mean, no Jane. We should go back now. They'll be fine. Come on."
"Ooookaaay then..." Jane said confused. Truth be told, I didn't want her to find Nick and Sarah getting it on. She'd probably laugh or something. Hell I'd do the same thing if it was her and Luke.
