Kenny picked up the coat rack and hit the wall, causing it to break through even more. He smiled. "Yeah, we can do this," he nodded. "Okay, we'll work in shifts. Lee, Carlos, and I. Everybody else just get comfortable until we get through this thing. We have to work fast."
Everyone else obliged, taking a seat in different places near the center. Lilly was rummaging through a loose board on the floor, not taking notice of anything else.
Sarah sat down on the couch next to Omid, and looked at his leg curiously. "Does that still hurt?" she inquired.
He shook his head. "A little, but it's a lot better than it was since your dad gave me that medicine."
Sarah smiled. "That's good." There was a little bit of silence then, the only sound coming from the banging on the wall from Kenny trying to bust through. There was worry in the air, and it could easily be sensed. Everyone's thoughts were on Clementine, and if she was safe or not. Hopefully they would get to her in time before whoever had her could really hurt her or cause her harm.
"Do you think Clem is okay?" she asked to no one in particular.
"God, I hope so," Lee sighed. He didn't want to think about the possibilities of that man even laying one finger on her. "Try not to worry, though."
Christa glanced over at Ben. "What about him?"
"We gotta support him," Lee answered. "He's only a kid still; it's easy to forget that."
"He lose his shit like that often?" Omid questioned.
"No, that was a first," Carlos spoke.
"It's good that he did; Kenny couldn't pull that shit on me," said Christa. At that, Sarah stood up and went to check on Ben, since they were talking about him.
"Kenny's been horrible to him," Lee told them, shaking his head. "And you saw Lilly..."
At her name, Lilly briefly glanced up, giving Lee a look, before continuing what she was doing. When she got to a box, she pulled out an unopened bottle of wine, causing her to look surprised. She gave a bitter smile and started trying to open it.
"Alright, I'm outta gas," Kenny announced, coming back over to the group. He looked over to Lee and Carlos, signaling for one of them to go.
Carlos stood up. "I'll go," he volunteered, heading over to the wall.
Kenny took a seat in his absence. "It shouldn't be long now," he commented before leaning and placing his head in his hands.
"How are you?" Christa asked.
Kenny sighed. "I'm...I don't know how to answer that," he said honestly.
"I'm sorry," Christa replied. "You've lost more than anyone."
"It'll be alright, Ken," Lee added.
"I appreciate it from both of you," Kenny spoke. "We've all lost families." His eyes glanced over at Ben, and the young man still looked quite sad even if Sarah was over there talking his ears off. She couldn't help it, though, she just wanted to see if she could make him feel better.
"Maybe you should take it easy on him from here out," Lee suggested, practically reading Kenny's mind.
"I'm angry as hell," Kenny said instantly.
"Not at him," Lee said.
"Maybe. Maybe not."
"You heard him outside," Lee pointed out.
"I did." He nodded. "I never really thought about it like that."
Kenny turned and noticed that Lilly had managed to open the wine bottle, and was practically chugging it down her throat. He gave a low sigh. "You mind sharin' that?"
Lilly quit drinking and, reluctantly, handed him the bottle. "Fine, what the hell."
"Well, cheers," Kenny announced, and took a large swig of the bottle before offering it to Lee, who refused. Christa, on the other hand seemed reluctant. She looked down at her stomach, probably thinking about her baby before taking the bottle and chugging it down herself. Kenny seemed to realize what she was thinking, and he looked at her in shock, as if he regretted offering her the bottle.
"I'm through," Carlos finally announced, looking into the hole that he had created. It was just large enough to fit everybody.
"No walkers," Omid pointed out. "Things are looking up."
The hole led to a bedroom. Once the group was through, Kenny spoke up. "Everybody keep a goddamn eye out."
Sarah let out a gasp, and the rest of them turned to see what she was looking at. It was a dead couple lying on the bed. It appeared that the man had killed his wife, before shooting himself. They were still holding hands.
"Don't look, honey, just don't look," Carlos whispered to his daughter, backing her away from the sight.
"God..." Kenny sighed.
"How could they do this?" Lee trailed off.
"It's what Katjaa did," Kenny pointed out, as Omid and Christa looked at him sympathetically.
"Let's keep moving," Lee tried to change the subject.
"Lilly, can you take Sarah?" Carlos asked, and she obliged and wrapped her arm around the young girl, taking her to the opposite end of the room. Carlos wanted to be as much help as he could, and he couldn't do that if he needed to shield Sarah from everything. "What now?" he then turned to Lee and asked.
"We should move," Omid spoke up.
"Yeah," Kenny nodded.
"Let's clear the room first," Christa said. "Lee, you figure out where to go from here."
"Okay," Lee agreed, and began looking around the room.
The only opening was the door to the very small balcony, and the only way to get out was to jump to the other rooftop.
"Nothing other than personal items in here," Christa announced as the others walked over to Lee.
Kenny observed what was in front of them for a few seconds, before turning around again. "Looks like we can stay off the streets all the way to River Street if we're careful."
"Let's go," Lilly said.
"Go ahead," Ben added.
Sarah's eyes widened slightly, and she looked up at Carlos. "Not again..."
Carlos gently patted her back in reassurance, as the group began jumping over to the rooftop, one by one. They had to climb onto the balcony railing to do so, and surely made it. When it was Sarah's turn, she slowly walked outside, where the balcony was starting to get rickety.
"It'll be okay, Sarah, just jump as far as you can," Carlos assured her. "The others will pull you onto the roof."
Sarah nodded, her heart pounding, and took a big leap. She was able to touch the top, and Lee helped her stand up.
Carlos jumped after she did, and then it was Ben's turn. However, when he jumped, the balcony broke off, causing Ben to fall to the ground. "Ben!" Sarah screamed at the top of her lungs, tears coming to her eyes immediately. She ran to the edge of the rooftop and looked down. "Dad! Do something!" she cried.
"Me and my fucking mouth..." Kenny mumbled.
"BEN!" Sarah cried once more.
"Sarah, get back," Carlos warned. "Lilly, take her!"
"Holy fuck..." Omid trailed off. "What are we gonna do?" he questioned with wide eyes. Kenny took off running, and began climbing down a ladder to go get the young man. Sarah's sobs could still be heard, with Lilly trying to shoosh her and calm her down. It didn't seem to be working, though.
"Why isn't anybody helping him?" she hiccuped.
"Dude, let me help you," Omid nearly pleaded.
"This isn't something we need to risk," Lee told him. "The rest of you worry about her." Here, he referred to Clementine. "And if all of this goes bad, you guys might be Clementine's last hope." Here, the other adults looked at one another. Sarah had her eyes squeezed shut.
"We'll keep an eye out," Carlos assured him.
Lee climbed down the ladder and looked to his left, where he saw Kenny attending to Ben.
"Oww...uh...I'm okay!" Ben tried to persuade them. He was nearly covered with some debris.
"What the fuck happened, Ben?" Kenny asked.
"I'm sorry, just get me up...my leg's hurt, I think." Ben sounded like he was in a great deal of pain.
"We're gonna get your ass up," Kenny tried to assure him.
"Really? I thought you-" Ben was cut off as Kenny removed the debris off of him. The sight that they saw was horrible: The teen was impaled in the stomach with the railing, and his leg appeared to be broken.
"Fucking hell..." Kenny trailed off.
"What is it? I'm okay...I'm okay..."
"We can get you up." Kenny said hopefully, grabbing Ben's torso and trying to pull him off the metal railing.
"OW!" Ben yelled loudly, and Kenny laid him back down. It was going to be hard trying to get him off that rail without attracting walkers. Ben sat up and he saw the pole, he grabbed onto it, and stared at it for a moment.
"Yank him off!" Lee replied quickly, unable to come up with something better.
"...Please," Ben whined. That's when the walkers could be heard.
"FUCK!" Kenny said, looking up and seeing a group of them. He tried to pull Ben off the railing once more, causing the young boy to yell out again. This didn't help matters a single bit.
Ben noticed the walkers too. "DON'T LET THEM GET TO ME!" he begged. "PLEASE."
Kenny stood up. "Do you have any bullets left?" he asked Lee. "This one's only got one in it." He referred to his gun.
"I'm out," Lee said.
"Shit," Kenny said simply, and the walkers were coming closer. The man looked down to Ben, and then back up to Lee. "Get the fuck out of here," he ordered.
"What?" Lee questioned.
"She needs you," Kenny said. "Go back, Lee!"
"Kenny!"
"THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION, LEE."
The walkers were quickly approaching, and Lee knew that it was time. "Okay. I'm going."
"Good. Get back up there, NOW!"
"What are you gonna do?" Lee asked cautiously as he backed away.
"FUCKING GO!" Kenny ordered, closing the gate on him. He began fighting off the walkers as Lee climbed up the ladder. "Back, you sons of bitches!" he yelled, punching a walker in the face.
"AHH, FUCK! KENNY, PLE-" Ben tried to shout, but was cut off when Kenny lodged his final bullet into Ben's brain, putting him out of his misery.
Lee stopped midway up the ladder, knowing what had happened. Sadly, he reached the way to the top where the others were.
Up on the roof, everyone had heard what had happened, and Sarah was taking it the hardest, as she was still crying.
"They're...gone," Lee said, and this made Sarah cry harder. "God...DAMN...God..." He placed his hand over his face.
