"What's wrong?" I heard a familiar voice ask as we walked through the door. I gave Luke a look that said. Don't you dare tell Luka.
"N- Nothing." he said as he sighed though fright was still all over his face.
"Luke I know that's not true." Luka told him as she pressed a hand against his face. I saw him blush. Right then right there I wanted to go on another rampage through the forest. I felt my face heat up as I crossed my arms. I had bigger things to worry about besides their relationship but I couldn't help still being angry about it.
"It's really nothin' I'll uh... Clem and I are gonna go for a walk in the morning..." he mumbled looking down at his feet. I stared at him intensely by 'walk' did he mean shoot me? I tensed up feeling my arms lock into place and my legs feel as if they'd collapse underneath me. I watched as Luke put his hand on Luka's bringing it down from his cheek back to her side. He let go.
"C'mon Clem lets get some sleep." he said quietly as we approached the two couches. I sat down and leaned my head back. I felt the plush soft feeling as my head sank into it. I wanted to feel like this forever. I knew it wouldn't last though not even close to forever. Luke handed me a red and orange plaid blanket to cover up my legs with. I quickly covered up and felt my eyelids get heavier and heavier...
I looked up feeling better then I had in a LONG time. This was just like when I uh... "died" I guess after I rescued Luke from the ice water.
"Nick?" I asked looking up. "Lee!? Kenny? Carlos, Sarah!?" I asked happily as I ran towards all the people. There were way too many to name.
"Clem... sweet pea cut it off. You still have time." Lee told me. I stared at him intensely. Was he kidding? No way! I wasn't living with one leg. I didn't WANT to live in this world anymore. It sucked everyone I cared about... it all happened to them and now it was happening to me too just like Nick had told me. I looked over at him. He looked different... strange. I don't know what it was about hi-
"Nick where's your hat?" I asked looking up at him with puppy eyes. Nick chuckled.
"You gave it to Luke." he smiled. It had been such a long time since I'd seen him smile. I don't actually think I've EVER seen him smile before for that matter.
"Hiya Clem!" I heard a familiar voice behind me as I saw Duck running towards me. I smiled.
"Hiya." I waved.
"Daddy said you were gonna be okay if you cut off your leg." He explained.
"NO WAY! I'm not being legless." I said crossing my arms.
"Well you gotta do somethin' about it." Kenny spoke up stepping towards me. "I might not be here to help ya anymore but you can at least TRY." Kenny told me crossing his arms.
"Ya know you remind me so much of Luke's little sister Clem." I looked behind me towards the direction that these words had came from.
"Luke had a little sister?" I asked curiously to Nick. I knew this was just a dream and it probably wasn't true that he had a sister but I still liked to pretend that whatever wasn't true really was when it made me feel this good.
"Yup, you should ask him about it I just-" Nick placed his hand on the left half of his head. "Aghh-" I looked at him confused as my happy paradise slowly faded dark. All the people around me began to look faint and pale. Duck coughed as his eyes looked about to fall shut. Kenny looked like he was about to fall asleep but every time he'd fight it his eyes would almost fall shut. THUD! I looked behind me to see Lee faint and hit the ground hard.
"Clem." I heard a familiar voice break me out of my nightmare I felt faint and weak as I looked up to see Luke standing above me.
"What-" I coughed loudly as the taste of iron appeared in my mouth I spit on to the floor revealing a crimson red against the wooden floor.
"Fuck. C'mon we gotta go." he said pulling me to my feet. I collapsed to my knees... my legs felt tired.
"I'm..." I yawned. "I'm tired can't we do this" I coughed more of the irony taste appearing in my mouth. I swallowed hard. "can't we do this later?" I asked.
"No way, we gotta do this. NOW!" he shouted picking me up bridal style and running out the door into the forest. I watched the early sun glow and light up his face an orangey yellow color. We stopped mid woods and he laid me down next to a rock.
"I got a whole lot to tell you before you die Clem." he said pacing back and fourth.
"I uh... I gotta leave." he said silently. My eyes widened.
"You can't leave!" I shouted.
"Clem I gotta! Fuck if I had a choice not to I'd choose it. I just... won't watch this happen again." He looked down pain on his face. I gave him a confused look. "I'm not gonna watch it happen again... I couldn't protect her then..." Luke paused. "And I can't protect you now." he sighed.
"Who?" I asked looking up at him my eyelids feeling heavy.
"My- My sister." he said under his breath as he looked down at his feet. My eyes widened.
"My little sister. She had brown hair, brown eyes. Loved everything and everyone. She got bit by a walker tryin' ta escape a group 'o bandits." he said true sadness on his face.
"Well you can still protect me for what time I have left, I mean-"
"No I can't. I can't watch you go through this Clem!" he yelled. "I- I'm sorry I just... I can't go through this pain again. It's only felt this shitty a few times now and I don't wanna be around for another."
"So deserting me is a better plan?" I asked furrowing my eyebrows at him.
"Clem I ju-"
"LOOK OUT!" I yelled seeing a walker stumbling behind him.
"Holy fuck!" he put his arm underneath its chin and went for his machete when... "GAH CLEM HELP ME!" he shouted his foot now the only thing separating him and the walker that was laying on top of him. I slowly stood up stumbling as I did so. I grabbed his machete and gave a weak slice right through its head. My eyelids felt extremely heavy now.
"Luke..." I whispered collapsing back to my knees. He kicked off the walker and crawled over to sit with me.
"Yeah?" he asked me. I felt my eyes burning with tears. "I- I don't want to die!" I cried out releasing every last tear I held in for the past 3 years. He gave me a sympathetic frown as I felt his warm palms start to rub my back in circular motions. I coughed spiting more blood on to the forest floor. It was freezing and hard, I couldn't imagine how Luke felt considering he just slammed his head into it. Then again I couldn't really imagine or think about anything I felt so tired. I watched my vision turn into a large blur. I got out my pistol and handed it to him. His eyes widened.
"C- Clem... don- don't make me do this Clem please!" he pleaded. I sent what little of a glare I could make towards him.
"Luke... do it. Just do it." I said under my breath as my eyelids fell shut. I quickly re-opened them just to feel them fall shut again. Although my vision was blurry I could distinctly see Luke slowly stand up gun in his hands trembling as he held it up aiming for my head.
"Wait- Luke." I whispered with what little strength I had left. I watched as he knelt down next to me.
"Yeah?" I leaned over to him and kissed him on the cheek. He put his hand where I kissed him as his eyes widened.
"What was that for?" he smiled.
"Just something I've been wanting to do for awhile." I smirked.
"You can do it... I want you and... Luka to get together when I'm gone..." I whispered as Luke stood back up. His eyes went wide.
"No, no, NO! I can't do this." he said as he began to break down. "I- I'm not talking about this right now." he said slamming his fist against his leg.
"Well when would you li- like to talk about it because- b-because my time is u-up." I said starting to feel weaker as my eyelids began closing. I fought against it.
"I- I guess I should..." Luke paused looking down at the ground with pain as he held the gun back up aiming towards my head. I smiled at him as I took one final breath. BANG! My vision went fuzzy and white as everything began to fade out.
"C- Clem?!" I heard a quiet sobbing muffled voice of Luke's ask as I felt my feet get lighter. "Oh god Clem I shoulda been there for you..." I heard him sob as I saw a blur of him kneeling next to me hand holding on to my lifeless one.