It didn't take long for the group to find the route back to the house, easily making their way up to the house via the fence near the shed. As they were walking up to the shed, Dallas noticed a walker coming towards them, not having noticed that they were coming. Taking the opportunity, he pulled an arrow from his quiver and put it in his crossbow, sticking it against the walker's head and firing, continuing to walk as the walker feel to the ground. Just as they were about to turn the corner to the shed, they suddenly heard a loud banging, coming from inside the shed itself, sounding like someone was trying to knock the door down. When they turned around to look, they found a shovel pushed between the handles, trapping whoever was there inside the shed.
"Let us out of here you bastards!" Carley's voice shouted, coming from inside the shed.
"If you don't let us out right now, I will rip your fucking heads off!" That sounded like Lee, which meant that they must've got jumped for some reason while they were gone.
"Hold guys, we'll get you out!" Dallas shouted, pulling the shovel away from the door, opening it to reveal a flustered Carley and a one armed Lee.
"About time you guys showed up," Lee exclaimed, not even seeming to notice that half his arm was missing.
"Those fuckers," Carley cursed, snarling at thin air.
"What happened to you guys? Where's the boat?" Kenny asked, looking into the now empty shed, the boat missing from its usual spot.
"It was Vernon. Those fuckers came here to steal the boat, and when we tried to stop them, they knocked us out and locked us in here. They were all armed and everything," Carley replied, hanging her head in shame.
"Mother fucker!" Kenny screamed walking away to vent his rage on the nearby bin.
"So they didn't have the little girl then?" Chuck asked, looking at the pair curiously, probably noticing Lee's missing arm as well.
"Nope, they didn't have her. Just a bunch of old people with guns," Lee replied, looking ashamed.
"Well she's with someone else then. Her parents were supposed to be in Savannah, but I think someone used that to their advantage to gain her trust," Dallas theorised, barely being able to contain his questions.
"So, we're going to go after her right?" Carley asked, looking up at Dallas with worry in her eyes.
"Do you even have to ask?" Kenny questioned, coming back from his rage filled bin bashing.
"Okay that's it. I don't know why no one else has brought this up yet, but Lee, why the fuck is half your arm missing?" Dallas asked, making everyone go silent.
"Cut it off," Lee replied, looking down at the stump that was once his arm.
"Fuck, that's badass," Molly smirked. Scowling at her, Dallas turned to look at Lee properly, looking him in the eye.
"Why did you do that?" he questioned, not understanding how that would help.
"We thought it might save his life, or at least give him more time. He was lucky the bite was on the wrist, and not anywhere important. Who knows what will happen next," Carley answered for him, wrapping her arms around his only arm that was still intact.
"Everything is just falling to shit right now," Kenny whispered, getting everyone's attention. Nearby, the low groaning of walkers could be heard, slowly approaching the house.
"I'm going to go over the fence and let you guys in," Molly said, walking over to the fence, and pulling herself over, landing on the ground with a soft thud.
"This can't be happening, it just can't. Everything is so fucked up right now…" Kenny trailed off staring off into the distance.
"Clementine is still out there somewhere, we can't give up," Lee said, placing his good arm on his friend's shoulder.
"So what? We get Clementine back from whatever psycho took her, and then what?" Kenny questioned, shoving Lee's hand away.
"We should get out of the cities. Cities are the worse place to be in this shit hole a of a world. We could go to the countryside, and make a life out there," Chuck suggested, as Kenny shook his head in annoyance.
"Yeah, I like the sound of that," Ben agreed, making Kenny glare at him.
"No one asked you shitbird," Kenny snapped.
"But you just did," Ben retorted.
"Don't you be fucking smart with me." Kenny glared at Ben, his eyes boring through his skull, while Ben cowered away, hiding behind Dallas, who stepped away from him little.
"Everyone just calm down and keep it together. Nothing has changed, we're still okay, right?" Dallas asked, looking over to Kenny.
"Nothing has change?!" Kenny asked in disbelief, looking like he was speaking to an idiot.
"I mean right here, right now. We need to stay on course, and not turn on each other," Dallas implored, looking around the group.
"Yeah, just chill out Kenny," Ben agreed, putting on a brave face. Before Kenny could answer, the door opened nearby, showing Molly waiting for them on the other side.
"Can we please do this in the yard, where it's safer?" Lee asked, leading the group through the shed out into the yard. Ben and Kenny were the last ones to walk through, the latter glaring at the former.
"Ben, I swear to god…" Kenny started to say, before he disappeared around the corner, leaving Carley and Dallas alone, the former looking at him worriedly.
"What will we do, now that we don't have a boat?" Carley asked, shaking her head.
"I think I agree with what Chuck said. We should go out to the countryside. We've been around cities, coastlines, boats and all that for way to long now. Just take Clem and the group out there and live as safe as we can get," Dallas answered, getting a smile from Carley.
"I agree, the countryside does sound like the safest place to be right now. There's a problem though," Carley said, looking out into the yard where was standing nearby, watching something intently.
"You know it doesn't have much time left," Dallas said, finishing her sentence.
"It took me three months to tell him how I feel, to tell him that I like him. Now, I'm about to lose him, just like that. Those things lurking around out there have ripped everything I love right out of my fingertips, and I can't do anything to stop it. It's all just so fucked," Carley sniffed, fresh tears falling to the ground at her feet.
"I know things are bad right now, but you have to be happy with what you have right now. Some people didn't even get a chance to be with their loved ones, to find people that love you back. We'll be together until the end. When Lee can't take it anymore, we will be right by your side, helping you every step of the way," Dallas reassured her, pulling her into a hug.
"Thanks Dallas. I honestly don't know what this group would do without you, you're like the glue that holds us all together . Where would we be if you weren't here?" Chuckling, Dallas put an arm around her shoulder, leading her through the shed into the yard.
"Without me, you guys would so be dead by now," he laughed, Carley laughing along with him.
"Where the fuck do you get off?" Dallas heard Kenny shout. Looking at each other, Carley and Dallas ran into the yard to find Kenny and Ben, the former giving the latter a verbal beat down.
"I'm just trying to say that we should all chill out, not just you," Ben pointed out putting his hands up defensively.
"Chill? 'Bandits, hey, chill, here's some pills!' 'Vernon, chill, here's our fucking boat.'" Kenny said sarcastically.
"This isn't my fault," Ben whispered, looking over to Dallas for help.
"There ain't one thing that's happened to us that wasn't caused by your stupidity," Kenny growled, glaring at Ben.
"Kenny…" Dallas trailed off, moving over to try and get through to him.
"We should've left you back in Crawford to die." This looked like the last straw for Ben, who suddenly screamed, surprising everyone.
"FUCK YOU KENNY!" he screamed, making Kenny stumble backwards.
"Guys, please-" Dallas started to say before someone grabbed him by the arm, stopping him.
"No, let him do this, needs to learn to defend himself," Carley said, letting go of Dallas' arm.
"I am so, so, so sorry about what happened to Katjaa and Duck, I really am. I know I'm a fuck up, that I ruined so many people's lives, but you have to stop pushing me around and you need to stop wishing I was dead!" Ben shouted, stepping towards Kenny angrily.
"You-" Kenny began to say, before Ben cut him off.
"No! You know how they died, you know what happened to your family. Hell, you've were able to say goodbye to them! I never even got to see my family, I haven't seen them since before this all started. My parents, my little sister, I don't even know where they are. Do you even get that? Your family may be gone, but at least you had a family to lose. I never had a chance to go home, I got stuck in all this, never being able to escape. They could be alive, they could be dead, they could be walkers, or worse, who knows, because I SURE AS HELL DON'T. SO GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK!" Everyone was gobsmacked, staring at the exchange with shock, surprise and awe on their faces, never having seen Ben shout like he just did.
"Ben, I'm so sorry, I-" Kenny began to apologise, before he was cut off by one of the scariest noises in the known world. The groans of walkers filled the air, making everyone turn around to see an enormous herd of walkers shuffling their way, all of them ready to rip the group limb from limb.
"Fuck," Kenny swore, frozen to the spot.
"Come on everyone, get inside the house, right now!"
I always loved this moment in the episode. Ben proves that he isn't a pushover, that he lost someone as well, poor guy :c
So yeah, hope that was enjoyable for you folks ^_^
Next up, the big house showdown, isn't it exciting? :3
I can tell you this though guys... There will be a death in the next chapter, so prepare yourselves...
Farewell my Bookies of Awesomeness :D
