After talking with Luke, Clementine went back inside, only to be pulled away again. "Bill wants a word with you up in his office." Tavia said, leading her up there. Why in the world would Carver want to talk to her? She didn't care, she was just glad that she had some good news about Luke to tell everyone tonight. They all needed some hope. On her way to the office, Clementine ran into Rebecca, who was sobbing.
"Rebecca?" Clem exclaimed as the two girls passed each other, but Bec didn't hear her and kept walking. Did Carver do something to her?
"She's a strong woman, surrounded by weak men." Carver said as he walked out of his office. "I ain't letting my kid be raised around that." He crosses his arms, as in emphasis of what he's saying. "Get in here." He ordered. Clementine nods and makes her way into the office, but as she walked in, something caught her eye.
"Alvin!" She almost yells as she looks over at the man who helped her. He was tied up in a chair, beaten, bloody, and bruised up. Clementine thought that he might have been dead. "Alvin!" She said as she approached.
"He passed out hours ago." Carver said as he followed behind Clem. "He can't hear nothing."
"You're a bully." Clementine says bitterly.
"Come again?"
"You're just a bully." She repeated. "I know it wasn't a fair fight."
"Yeah, I suppose it wasn't." The man replied. "But life ain't fair most of the time so you better get over it. And I wouldn't be so concerned about him if I were you, you need to worry about yourself, acting all tough and shit." He motioned for her to sit down at his desk, and she obliged, feeling scared by his tone of voice. He was so intimidating, and she hated it.
"You're a murderer..." Clementine said. "You can try and call it something else, but I know what it is. What it really is." She continued to talk while Carver gave her snake eyes.
"Listen Clementine..." Carver began, "You're awfully close with that other girl... What's her name? Sarah? Yeah, Sarah. It'd be a shame if something were to happen to her because of your actions around here." He smirked as he sat on top of his desk, crossing his arms. Clementine's eyes went wide, he couldn't possibly know, could he? "Hm, that's what I thought."
"Don't take it out on her... She doesn't know any better as it is." Clem said.
"Well then, you'd better straighten up your behavior, don't you think?" He retorted, but Clementine said nothing. "Go on and head back to the yard, supper's almost ready." He said and she jumped up at the sound, and made her way back to the yard, hoping to see Sarah there too. In her mind, Clem knew that Carver wasn't bluffing either. Sarah could be considered weak, and Carver would take her out the first chance he got. It was in that moment that Clem knew that she had to teach Sarah how to protect herself; at least a little bit so she could stay safe.
When she got back to the yard, it was already dark out. Had the day went by that quick? The survivors were sitting around the fire talking about a plan to get out of here. Kenny and Rebecca were arguing about what plan to take, and Clem figured out that they knew about Luke. He had talked to all of the group members today. There was talk about turning on the PA system to draw walkers to the camp, and then there was talk about getting Luke the radio. It seemed like the group was always split in half on situations like this. "That's your problem." Rebecca said directed towards Kenny. "You don't think things through. If your plan is to stroll through a herd of walkers, you know it's not going to fucking work." She said.
"Actually," Jane chimed in. "I do it all the time."
"First words I ever hear you say and it's some crazy stupid shit." Mike said.
"What do you mean exactly?" Sarita asked Jane.
"When you cover yourself in their smell, they can't notice you." She explained.
"Lee figured that out..." Clementine said.
"All right!" Kenny said, standing up. "Let's find a way to get that radio."
"Clementine..." Sarah said, catching the younger girl's attention. "Will you come to bed with me?" She asked, and Clem debated whether she should help her group, or spend time with Sarah. "Please?" Sarah asked.
"You go ahead Clem." Kenny said. "We can do this."
"Are you sure?" Clementine asked.
Kenny nodded, "We'll wake you up in the morning." Sarah and Clem then stood up, and went to their usual spot on the ground, it was colder tonight they both noticed, and Clementine still had Carver's words haunting her in the back of her mind. She didn't want anything to happen to Sarah, she wanted her girlfriend to stay safe at all costs.
"Hey Sarah?" Clementine asked.
"Hm?" The girl replied as they got into bed together and got situated.
"When we get out of here, I'm going to teach you how to use a gun properly, and I'm going to teach you other stuff to survive too." Clem said. "I don't care what your dad says anymore, you need to know how to protect yourself just in case something happens."
"Okay." Sarah nodded, and she must have been tired from the day's events, because she was out like a light in just a few short moments. Clementine decided that she'd better get some sleep too, if they were leaving tomorrow, she wanted to be rested up so she could be as much help as possible. Hopefully her friends would be able to get the radio for Luke, then tomorrow, the rest of their plan would work out smoothly.
