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Anne Marshall belongs to AquaDestinysEmbrace

Tess Carver belongs to The Writer's Day

Chapter 13: We're not alone

Axel's POV

We all walking down a path somewhere in the forest.

Before we could get to the north as fast as we can, Nick desperately convinced Luke and the others to find Pete though the old man might be dead, but there is possible he could have a little time left to breath in these air.

Clementine and Luke leading us to where she saw Pete last time. I was right behind them.

I'm still thinking how I gonna explain to the group.

"Now, you said it was just up here?" Luke asked as Clem nodded. "Yeah, just a little ways." She replied.

Rebecca then walked to me and Clem with a remorsefully look. "Hey, Clem. Axel. I'm so sorry if I give you two some shit back there. I'm just... probably out of control of pregnancy." She apologized as I look hesitant at her, but I shrugged.

"So you finally feel sympathy on us just because we're not working for a psychopath like Carver?" I spook up. "Hey, it wasn't easy. I'm just-" Rebecca hasty said, but I interrupted her.

"I get it. You're forgiven. Just stop treating me or anyone like we are bunch of bad guys." I said, accepting the apology.

"Yeah, it's okay. I can handle it." Clem said with a calm look as Rebecca smile at her.

"Thank you." Rebecca said, and then her smile fell down. "I wish Cath was here. She always been so nice. I'm glad that Sarah found a friend that she could play with. Until one day, Carlos forbidden her to being around with Cath. I obliviously didn't know why until I heard your conversation with Carlos for a couple nights ago. I also agree that Sarah sometime needs to learn how to protect herself."

"Glad that you're understand with me and Cath of course." I agreed.

"Yeah. I... I just don't know why Cath didn't come with her half-siblings and Anne..." Rebecca looked sad.

I looked down and pondered about that thought.

But I was stopped thinking when I noticed that Clem strayed from the path.

"Clem?" Rebecca called to her, but the little girl didn't respond and keep walk. "Clementine?" Tess called her, but no affect.

We start follow after her, into the woods. After passing trees, we finding a red truck and there was some dead walkers on the ground.

Clementine stopped and standing front of the truck.

The back doors of the truck is little crack open.

"There. That's where we were." Clem said as Nick stepping to aside of Clem and then darted to open the back doors. "Nick, wait!" Tess shouted out.

But Nick just opened the doors. When he did it, Pete was no there inside of the truck.

"He's not in there!" Nick exclaimed, getting worry about his uncle.

"This was the last place I saw him." Clementine said.

"Where could he be?" Anne wondered. "Look around. I doubt that he can run away from this place with his currently shape." I said as I, Chris and some others start look around of this area.

"Yeah. He can't be that far from here." Chris agreed.

Except the truck, all what we see is just some corpses, but someone has finished them before we arrived here.

Was it Pete...?

Then Clementine went to other side of the trunk from us as Nick and some of us follow her again.

When we turned the corner, we found Pete's corpse. His guts are gutted out.

"Oh god..." Chris muttered in shock.

Anne placed her hands on the mouth and looked horrified over Pete's fate. Nick look devastated more than anyone as Tess comfort him through placing her hand on his shoulder.

I then walked over to Pete's corpse while giving a sympathetic glance. I standing right beside of it and crouched down to examine the body.

"Wh-What happened?" Nick desperately asked to Clem who looked sad at Pete's corpse.

"He's been shot." I said, found a bullet-hole on his forehead.

Everyone except Nick widened their eyes in surprise.

"What?" Chris hissed.

"But he didn't have a gun." Clem spoke up as we getting be on guard now. "Wait, you think it was-" Anne were going to tell, but I interrupted her.

"Ssshh. You hear that?" I said and listening something.

"Hear what?" Luke asked as he, Chris, Clem and Anne trying to listen what I 'hear'.

"Nothing... Absolutely nothing."

No sound of anything, not even from walkers either. Sounds like Carver and his people has been here before, but it's too difficult to confirmed it right now.

"Don't tell that..." Chris trailed off and drew up his gun from the holster. "We're not alone."

I held my crossbow in case. "Yeah, and at least, we're being watched." I said.

"Watched? Seriously, what can be worse now?" Anne added up as I look at her and pondered about what she just said.

Until Carlos broke the remain silence. "We have to go. This place would be a deathtrap later."

I sighed. He's right, there's nothing we can do from here...

"You're right. Let's hit back on the road." Chris said as everyone start go back to the path except Nick and Tess who still standing and starring devastated at Pete's corpse.

"I'm so sorry, Nick." Tess sympathetically said as she hugged him and in the response from him, he hugged her back.

We are back down on the path and were going to continue our trip, well... for me, heading back to my place where my group are at...

But I stop waking and take a deep breath in my mouth. I think it's time to tell them...

The only one who noticed that I stopped was Anne as she stop walking and look at me.

"Axel? Are you alright?" She asked as I look at her and the rest of group.

Chris take a look at me that he's trying to tell me to go on.

I sighed out.

"Guys." I called to everyone as they stop walking and turned in the direction of me. Nick by the way, still looked too sad for paying his attention of me. But I can't blame him for that.

"What is it, Axel?" Clem asked.

"Is there something you wanna tell?" Tess asked curiously.

Here we go... Better anyone of us don't freak out.

"I am from a group where they living at those mountains." I simply said as everyone including Nick too looked shock at me except Chris who already knew about my group. "The same mountains where we going to."

"What?" Luke said with surprise. "Excuse me?" Rebecca exclaimed and formed a scowl on her face.

"Really? At those mountains?" Anne asked. "But why didn't you told us that earlier?"

"That's because he just wanna leading to us a trap." Everyone look at Carlos who just glare towards me. "I told you guys that we can't trust him! He tried leading us into a deathtrap!" He accusing me as I give him a coldly glare.

I gritted my teeth of the anger inside of my mouth.

That guy needs to shut the hell his mouth...!

"I had reasons why I kept this secret in my mind, asshole!" I exclaimed back to that stupid nutcase before I turned to the others. "The first one was that I didn't wanna getting my group involve in this shitty situation with Carver, until that bastard found my crossbow with the initials. Besides, I didn't knew that you guys already have planned to leave for the mountains. And the second, I didn't trust some of you, guys. Especially not after what happened back at the shed. I just needed some time to see how much understandable you are."

After the explanation, I then turned back to Carlos with a glare again. "And I can see the source of my second reason right now." I muttered angrily. The doctor scowled at me in the response, but didn't say a word back.

I look at the others again with a normal look.

"So, sorry about distrusted you guys. But I was just thinking about my own group first before this one." I apologized and lowered my head.

They just pondered about my words. Clem and Sarah was the only ones who didn't bother much. Anne, Tess, Alvin, Nick and Luke was just looked confused, but not hostile like Carlos was or still is. Rebecca were the only one who looked wary on me, but didn't say or at least not starting accuse me either just like how she did back at the shed when she thought that I was working with Carver.

Until Chris broke up this remain silence and getting between me and the group.

"Axel have already told me earlier, so I was a part of this." Chris said as everyone look at him. Carlos gives him a disappointing glare towards him as he crossed his arms over his chest.

I give him an appreciated glance.

"So, your group, are they... good people?" Luke asked.

"Yes, they are. Don't worry about them. Some of them might have some... flaws, but I can't blame them. Everyone including us have flaws." I replied with a nod.

"But... are you sure you and your people don't mind?" Alvin asked uncertainly.

"We'll figure out when we crossed the bridge when it comes."

"Either way, sounds like we have a new place that we can stay." Tess spoke up as Carlos shot a disgusted look towards her. "Don't get use to it once if we're there. It will just temporary arrangement." He spat as Chris looked really angry by the man's stubbornly attitude and distrust on me.

But Tess place her hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"Carlos. What the hell do you mean by that?" Luke inquired and frowned at Carlos. "We're not going to where he and his group living at. Who knows if he's lying and turned out to being a bunch of psychopaths like Carver?" The doctor hissed back.

"Carlos!" Tess exclaimed with a warning tone in her voice.

"What? I'm not taking any chances anymore! Not after he put my daughter in danger back in the cabin." Carlos shot back and glare at me.

I narrows my eyes at him until then, I sighed out and figure out an idea.

Let's see if this will working out...

"How about you guys vote while Clem and I stay out of this as we are not 'trustworthy' members in this group yet? Those who wanna get to my place, raise your hand up. Those who refuse and wanna go another destination without any plans, don't raise your hand up." I spoke up as everyone look at me so confused.

"That's a good idea to me." Tess added.

"Yeah, I agree with that." Anne nodded.

"Sounds fair enough." Luke agree.

"Now hold on-" Carlos countered in, but interrupted by Chris who immediately raise his hand up. "I'm going." He said.

"Me too." Anne simply said and raised her hand up. "I'd love to meet some new people."

"If you two going with Axel, then same here. Besides, better than be out here forever with no roof above our heads." Tess pointed out and raised up her hand.

Carlos looked disbelief on them whom voted to go to my place as he look at the rest like Luke, Alvin, Rebecca and Nick who still ponder about the vote. Sarah was the only one who just standing quietly.

Or it's because she don't wanna make her dad angry if she wanna go to the mountains...

"Yeah, I'm going. I wanna have Rebecca and the baby safe where Carver will never find us there." Alvin said and raised his hand up.

He must really love his wife though her temper sides sometimes against his morals.

"Well, I guess I'm out of ideas. Better than nothing." Luke spoke up and raised his hand up.

Rebecca look confused as she wasn't sure to trust me again or either go to the mountains, but I'm can tell that she won't object when there's a madman whom chasing after us.

The pregnant woman finally responds by shrugged her shoulders and then raise her hand up a little.

I understand that she's just worry about her baby, but she needs to think about what's the best for it.

Except Sarah, Nick was the only one who didn't respond as he just standing there and was in 'his own world.'

Tess then gives Nick a pleasant look as young man noticed it. He was still devastated over his uncle's dead, but after a few seconds, he shrugged his shoulder and raise his hand up without saying a word or even not looking back to Tess.

Clem smile at them and their vote while I feel proud of them.

But Carlos won't be happy about this...

The doctor looked so disbelief at his own group and then, he glare at me in the response.

"You think you can just calling some decisions out like that?" Carlos inquired.

"If you still refuse to get to the mountains, you can just go and hit another destination. But I already warned you, Carver won't just be a one thing that you'd worry about, but your daughter's safety and of course, walkers. No one watch your back." I reminded as Carlos just scowled at me, but then he continued the walk down the path.

Sarah follow after Carlos and feel worry about him.

I sighed while the others still looking at him concernedly. He probably realized that I was right, but refuse to admit it.

"Just give him a time. He just worry about his daughter." Luke said.

My shoulders shrugged in the response.

We continued to walk down the path. I let a breath out of my mouth.

That was little easy, but took some spat.

Anne's POV

I stared straight ahead as we walked down the path.

During in the walk, there are a bunch of thoughts in my head that I bothering about now. Like about Nick...

Poor Nick... I can't imagine what he's going through right now... Pete was so nice...

I look over my shoulder at Nick. He has slow his pace as Tess did the same and holding his hand in her own.

She's even tried to comfort him, but it seems Nick just have lowered his face and didn't barely take an eye-contact with Tess.

I then watch at Axel who talking with Chris some things, whom are a couple paces behind me.

That was a big surprise back there when Axel told us he is a part of another group at those mountains where we heading. Well, more for Carlos as he still doesn't trust him yet.

I hope things between them will be better...

By the way, I wonder about his group at the mountains. Are they really are good people? Well, I think we can trust his people as long we trust Axel.

Axel have proved enough that he not meant to harm any of us. Same as Clem did too.

I turned my face back to ahead of the path.

"You... sure you still wanna come with us? I mean, wanna have us to come with you and your friend?" I heard Luke ask to Clem as I walking next after them. "Look, I know we got off to a rough start, and I can't make any promises that it won't get any rougher, but we all know you and Axel now."

"Yeah, I'm with you guys." Clem replied. "Besides, I don't wanna leave Axel. Even I have some things to do. My other friend, Christa is out there somewhere and my older brother is still alive. Axel said he will heading for the north so I have to find him. He's all I have left in my family."

My eyes widened. Oh yeah! Her brother! Almost already forgot about that Chidike guy.

"Oh? Sorry to hear that." Luke said with surprise and feel sad about Clem. "Well, we're heading for the north too. So, there's a big chance to find him on our way, I hope."

I smiled at Clem to assure her. "I hope we will meet your brother one day. Anyway, we're glad to have you and Axel too."

"Not everyone is..." She muttered, looking over her shoulder.

"They'll get there." Luke said. "Alright, I think we can lose them if we get to Axel's group at the mountains. But it will take four or five days to get there."

Four or five days?! Oh boy, this is gonna be a LONG walk... Wait a minute, what about Axel? How long did it take for him?

"Wait? Five days?! It took me at least one and half days to reach your cabin." I heard Axel spoke up.

"I'm sorry, Axel. But we have to take a rest in every nights. Especially for Rebecca and her baby." Chris ensured him.

The crossbow boy let his defeat sigh out of his mouth. "Fine..." He moaned.

"But... I don't think I'll be able to get there that too far." Rebecca said worriedly. "It's gonna be OK, Bec." Alvin said positivity.

"We have to keep moving. It's our only choice..." Carlos stated.

He's right... We have to keep moving. Now that Carver's shown up, he will do anything to find us... and bring us back... and he won't stop until he does...

I sighed and closed my eye. That monster just doesn't know when to give up, does he? Will he ever being stopped?!

And one more thing; will Axel's group willing let us stay with them there?

To be continued

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