Crawford - Time: 11:57 PM

The group ran as fast as they could through the building stairs until they barged through a door to a school hallway and closed it behind them.

"Fuck! You think they saw us?" Kenny asked in which Lee shrugged.

"Your guess is as good as mine." Lee said while they all looked around.

"What the hell happened here? I thought this place was suppose to be secure!" Christa asked.

"What always happens I guess." Molly said while they looked at her, to which she looked back. "In the end, the dead always win."

"Yeah... Nothing to be surprised about I guess." Ethan said while Ben paced around.

"Oh man we are SO screwed!" He said in which Vernon shook his head.

"No. This is good." He said in which Lee looked at him, and nodded with a smile.

"You know... You're right. Back then people here were smart and had weapons. Now they're dumb and they don't." He said with Vernon nodding and smiling back.

"Exactly." He said.

"I agree. So long as they don't box us in, we can still do this. The plan hasn't changed." Kenny said in which Ben looked at him

"The plan hasn't changed? Every time walkers show up, the plan changes." He said. "Do you have any idea how many of them there are?"

"No. Do you want to do a head count, or do you want to grab what we need and get out of here?" Christa asked in which Ben looked back at her, calming down a bit.

"Come on. I think I know which way to head." Brie said as she started leading the group to what appeared to be a classroom that appeared to be for small children

"Wow... This reminds me a bit of Preschool. Looks like more of a command center now, but you know..." Ethan said while looking around and saw a map. "Hey, Brie was it? Is this the map to the facility?" She looked and nodded.

"Yeah, that's the one." Brie said while everybody started to gather around. "Just give me a second though."

"Any idea about getting a battery?" Lee asked while Brie started looking around until Vernon pointed at a part of the map that had the word 'Motor Pool'.

"Probably at the auto shop? There use to be one in the alleyway near the fire escape." He said in which Brie nodded.

"It's called 'Herman's' you can't miss it." She said.

"Ok, so what about fuel for the boat? Any idea on where we can find it?" Ethan asked while Brie looked more.

"There's a maintenance shed across from the playground here..." She said as she pointed at the called location. "If they were storing fuel, that's where it might be."

"What about medicine?" Christa asked as Molly pointed at the nurse's station.

"Right here. Nurse's station, they were using it as a medical facility." She said with a smile wile Christa stared at her.

"...How do you know that?" She asked in which Molly's eyes widened, as if she made a mistake.

"Just... Makes sense doesn't it?" Molly asked while Ethan looked at her in question, wondering if she was hiding something.

"Ok then. I'll make a run to the maintenance shed for the fuel." Kenny said with Brie looking at him.

"It'll be faster if I come with you. I can take you right to it." She said with Kenny nodding.

"I'll go too!" Ben said with a smile.

"No. Two people are enough." Kenny said, making Ben's smile fade away. "You stay here and see if you can use those tools we brought to get that door open. We might need to shoot our way out of here."

"...Ok..." Ben said sadly.

"I'll go for the medicine." Christa said in which Vernon looked at her.

"I'll come with you, I know what to take." He said in which she nodded.

"Ok, so I guess that just leave me to get a battery." Lee said.

"I'll go with you, watch your back." Molly said while Ethan looked at all of them.

"Then what about me? Should I stay here and keep watch or go with Lee or Christa?" Ethan asked in which Lee looked.

"I'm leaving you with Clementine at the moment. If anything complicated comes up, I'll let you know." Lee said with Ethan nodding.

"Ok... I can do that." He said with Lee giving Kenny a hatchet.

"Alright, we've got a plan. Everybody be careful, stay close to one another, and meet back here when we're done. Good luck." Lee said with everybody leaving.

"What about me? what can I do?" Clementine asked, with Ethan and Lee looking.

"I need you to stay here with Ben and Ethan and watch over our command center. I'm putting you in charge of it, ok?" Lee asked while Clementine looked at Ben.

"You're leaving me with Ben?" She asked in which Ethan shook his head.

"Nah... He's leaving Ben with you, and he leaving you with me. Understand?" Ethan asked in which Clementine looked and smiled.

"Oh... Ok." She said with Ethan looking at Lee.

"I'll watch over them. Don't worry." He said as Lee was about to walk away.

"Hey Lee? Ethan?" Ben asked, which stopped Lee while he walked to them. "I need to talk to you both about something. I need your opinions."

"Ok.." Lee said while Clementine walked away, with them walking out of the room. "What is it?"

"It's Kenny." Ben said. "Since I've been helping him work on the boat, I've gotten to know him a bit better. He's a good guy, and it's eating me up knowing what I know. I've been thinking on telling him the truth."

"Ben... Come on now..." Ethan said in which Ben shook his head.

"It's my fault Duck and Katjaa got killed. If I hadn't screwed up back in the Motor Inn they'd still be alive." He said while he rubbed his head in stress. How am I suppose to just carry something like that around? I have to tell him."

"...I agree. You should tell Kenny, just not right now. At least not yet." Ethan said.

"If he knows now, I don't even want to think about it. He's barely hanging on." Lee said with Ethan looking.

"Who says it has to be now?" He asked as he looked at Ben. "You can hold on for just a little bit, right?"

"No. I can't! I don't know how much longer I'll last and keep looking at him in the eye." Ben said in which Lee sighed.

"Look... If you and Ethan think it's a good idea, then ok. But if you do plan to, just don't tell him now. He's trying to get his shit together at the moment. And when he does, then you can tell him. Just not now. Got it?" Lee asked in which Ben looked down and nodded.

"Yeah... I got it." He said with Ethan looking at him.

"Just hang in there for a bit. There will come a time." He said with Ben nodding and walking away, with Lee going to meet with Molly. Ethan looked at Ben for a bit until he saw Clementine sitting in a wooden seat and crouched down to her. "Hey Clemmy, you ok here?" She nodded and looked at the desk more.

"This desk is just like the ones we have in my school." She said sadly. "I know it's weird, but I kind of miss it. Being in school." Ethan chuckled while he sat on the large desk.

"I never went to school when I was young, younger than you even. My dad always kept me away from school so he could keep and eye on me in case I was going to tell the police officers about my mom." Ethan said while he saw a plastic apple and started to look at it. "After my mom left him and took me and my sister, she only home schooled me and my sister. It was hard on her."

"You never went to school?" Clementine asked. "What was it like?"

"It was... Ok. The only bad thing about it was I was always at home and never had any friends." Ethan said until he looked at Clementine. "Did you ever have any friends back in your school?"

"Yeah... My friend Alfred." She said with a smile. "He's allergic to peanut butter."

"That must suck, huh?" Ethan asked with a chuckle. "What's your favorite subject?"

"History." Clementine said, in which Ethan's eyes widened playfully.

"Oooh. I was never good at history." He said with a smile, to which she smiled back.

"Ethan? Do you think things will be normal again? Just like the way it was before?" Clementine asked, in which Ethan looked at her seriously.

"I don't know the answer to that Clem. I really don't. But I hope so. Maybe not now, but only time will tell." He said in which she nodded slowly. "Do you think it will be back to normal?"

"Yeah..." Clementine said in which Ethan put the plastic apple up and crouched down to her.

"No matter what happens, always hang onto the hope. It's what keeps us going." Ethan said as Clementine got off the desk and hugged him, to which he hugged back.

"I love you Ethan; Big brother." She said in which he hugged tighter.

"I love you to Clem; Little sister." Ethan said with a smile while he heard footsteps going on in the stairs, making him take out his pistol. "I heard something. I'll be right back right quick."

"Please be careful." Clementine said, in which Ethan nodded.

"I always am." He said as he walked out of the classroom and looked around the corner to see just Lee walking down the hallway until suddenly both Kenny and Brie came through the doors, with gas cans in hand.

"Little help here?!" Kenny asked while both he and Brie put down the cans and pushed the door, preventing the walkers from getting in with Lee joining them and trying to keep it closed.

"Brace the door with something!" Brie yelled as Ethan found the hatchet, ran to it and gave it to Lee.

"Use it to brace it!" Ethan yelled as Lee did just that, stopping the walkers from getting in. "Jesus... That's a lot."

"T-There's so many of them." Brie said in shock while Kenny picked up a gas can.

"You got the fuel!" Lee said with a smile.

"Yeah, but let's not just start high-fiving each other just yet! Help me get this back to the class room." Kenny said as they all walked back, with Lee looking at Ethan.

"Glad you showed up. Are they ok?" Lee asked, with Ethan nodding.

"Yeah, they are. They're still in the class room." He said as they all walked back together into the classroom, with Clementine running to them.

"You're back!" She said happily.

"Yeah, and we made out pretty good too." Kenny said with a smile until he looked at Ben. "How're you doing with that door?"

"Still working on it." Ben said, in which made Kenny sigh.

"Here. Let me give you a hand." He said as he walked to Ben. "Did you get that battery yet?"

"Yeah, Molly has it. She should be back soon." Lee said with Kenny nodding slightly, then looked at Ethan. "You want to stay here or go and see Christa and Vernon?"

"I..." Ethan said while he thought for a bit. "...I think I'll stay here for now. Keep everything in check."

"Ok... Just let me know if anything happens." Lee said as he walked out, leaving them while Ethan stood there and looked around for a bit and waited for Lee to return with the medicine. "How's the door going?"

"Can't open it for some fucking reason." Kenny said. "Can you and Ben find something to get this door open?"

"Yeah, sure." Ethan said as he looked at Ben. "Come on. Let's go." They both walked out of the classroom and looked around. "You see anything?"

"No. Not really." Ben said until he looked at Ethan. "Thanks for agreeing with me back there."

"Nah, don't worry about it. It's understandable. I honestly don't blame you, if I were in that same position I'd feel the same way." Ethan said with Ben nodding.

"Yeah... Just once though I'd like to do something useful." Ben said in which Ethan looked at him.

"Hey, you're plenty useful. Things just haven't looked good right now because of what we're dealing with. You'll find your calling soon, I promise." Ethan said until he heard a noise in a locker, making them jump a bit while he took out his pistol. "Just step back. In case something happens." Ben nodded as Ethan opened the locker slowly, which resulted in a walker jumping out and pinning him down, with him trying to push it back. "GET OFF ME YOU SHIT HEAD!" Suddenly, something happened that surprised him, Ben grabbed the walker and threw it away from Ethan, giving him enough room for him to shoot it, killing it.

"Are you ok Ethan?" Ben asked, with Ethan looking at him in surprise.

"You... You just saved my life." Ethan said silently, in which turned into a smile. "Well holy shit! You saved my life!" He patted his shoulder, with Ben smiling. "Thanks man. I mean it."

"I-It's..." Ben said, actually feeling great about what he did and felt useful. "...You're welcome. I appreciate it."

"Come on. Let's find something Kenny can use." Ethan said while they walked and saw through the door of where the walkers are. "Looks like they're gone. At least for now." Ben looked at the hatchet and removed it from the handles. "You sure you want to do that? We put that in to stop the walkers from getting in a bit ago."

"Yeah. It looks like they're gone. Maybe it's safe now. Besides, they're not here right now." Ben said as he walked away, with Ethan following until they heard the bells.

"Oh shit..." Ethan said as they took cover behind a wall while they heard footsteps as well.

"What should we do?" Ben asked with Ethan preparing his pistol.

"In case it's up close, kill them with the hatchet." Ethan said in which Ben quickly moved and was about to attack, but saw it was Lee and Molly.

"Jesus Ben!" Lee yelled as Ben put down the hatchet, with Ethan looking.

"Lee! Oh man, I thought you were walkers." Ethan said.

"Sorry!" Ben said. "We got spooked by those bells and thought you were one of them."

"What the hell are you doing here?" Lee asked.

"Kenny and I still couldn't get into the armory. He sent me out to look for something, so I found this." Ben said as he showed them the hatchet.

"We thought they since they were gone, using it to brace... the door... was... pointless." Ethan said as Lee's eyes widened, with Ethan realizing what he helped just cause. "Oh fuck me." Suddenly walkers came through the door, shocking them. "SON OF A BITCH! BEN, WE FUCKING MESSED UP!" Molly took out her weapon and stabbed on in the head, killing it until one grabbed her.

"LEE! DO SOMETHING!" Molly yelled until the walker was shot, helping her escape and ran to them. "Thanks!"

"It wasn't me!" Lee said as both Molly and Ethan looked to see Clementine with a gun in hand.

"Nice shot kid!" Molly yelled as she ran to the classroom.

"Thanks." Clementine said as Ethan and Lee smiled at them, with them running and leaving Ben and Ethan.

"Ben! Let's get out of here!" Ethan yelled as Ben nodded and followed them.