Walking Dead: Unknown Trials

Episode 2: Fear

First chapter of Episode 2 of my Walking Dead series, enjoy.

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Chapter 1

Clementine Hutchison did her utmost to remain stoic, to not fidget in her seat. She was seated in an interview room at the police station. She sat opposite Lilly who was conducting the interview, as usual dressed in her dark blue police uniform with her hair in a ponytail. Clem wore scuffed black jeans with a grey T-shirt and white hi-tops, as well as her usual blue and white baseball cap.

"So, when was the last time you saw Sarah Chaikin?" Lilly asked Clem, again.

Clem sighed. "As I said before, It was two days ago, I spoke to her about helping Violet who is still adjusting to being back at school."

Lilly narrowed her eyes. "And that's the last time you saw her, you didn't see her at all after that?"

"Like I already said, no. It was before curfew, she was gone the next day." Clem replied, trying hard not to let her frustrations get to her.

She had been getting questioned for over an hour and a half now. Lilly had been aggressively questioning her in her usual fashion and also even repeating the questions, clearly trying to trip her up, to make her change her story it seemed. But Clem remained focused, yet couldn't help but note how much Lilly had changed from when she had known her before.

She knew something was strange.

'This isn't how she used to be, she was serious about her job, but never...this aggressive before.' She wondered. 'She's never been the same...since her husband dad...could that be it, she lost him and now, it's just her job to the exclusion of all else.'

Whatever it was, it had clearly affected her people skills.

"You never left your dorm room that night?" Lilly queried.

"No, of course not, there's a curfew after all." Clementine shot back.

Lilly shook her head. "Doesn't stop students breaking it, especially when they might have seen or heard something unusual."

"I wouldn't know." Clementine replied. "What are you trying to pull here anyway, you're blaming me aren't you?"

Lilly threw her pen down and glared at Clementine. "I know you know more than you're letting on, Clementine, you can't pretend to not know. Do you think I've forgotten your detective habit!"

Clem tensed at that, she recalled what Lilly was talking about all too easily. It was her natural nosiness that led her to looking into things that usually didn't concern her, often criminal. It used to drive Lee and then her later guardians, to distraction. Now it seemed to have caused Lilly to think she was deliberately hiding information, even when she knew nothing about it.

It was at that moment the door to the interview room burst open and Shawn, in a similar uniform to Lilly, entered.

"Lilly, that's enough, you're pushing too hard and this interview has gone on too long." He insisted.

Lilly glared. "I don't recall asking your opinion, Greene, I am doing my job."

Shawn shook his head. "I heard you, you're trying to intimidate Clementine and for what, false leads, she doesn't know anything."

"You don't know her like I do, and..." Lilly began to protest.

"What is going on here?!" A harsh voice yelled.

It was a tall, heavy-set grey haired man with dark eyes, clad in a brown version of the police uniform, with a wide brimmed brown hat. The chief of Police, Lilly's father, Larry McGovern.

Shawn turned quickly. "Sir, I-"

"Have forgotten the rules, Greene!" Larry snapped. "You do not interrupt an interview in progress!"

Shawn shook his head. "Sir, I had to intervene as Lilly was being too aggressive in her questioning, also this interview has been going on for more than an hour and half."

"Lilly is doing her job and-" Larry began.

Clementine stood up. "I have said all I can say, I've answered the same questions again and again and still I keep getting asked them."

Larry glowered at her, then shook his head. "Alright, enough, enough. Lilly, Greene, my office, we will discuss this there. You girl, leave, interview is done."

With that he stalked off, leaving Shawn and a disgruntled Lilly to follow him. Clementine meanwhile left and began heading towards the exit of the police station.

Before she reached the exit, she noticed something that made her stop in her tracks. In the visiting room was two familiar faces. The first was Duck, clad in blue jeans, a yellow T-shirt and blue sneakers. The second was a prisoner, clad in the typical orange prison jumpsuit with brown boots. A tall man with a toned build, greying black hair with a similar beard and moustache, dark eyes and fair skin. It was Duck's father, Kenny Hammon. She bit her lip and knocked on the door before entering.

"Clem." Duck gasped upon seeing her.

Kenny's eyes widened. "My God, Clementine...you've grown so much."

She smiled at that. "Hi Kenny...how, how are you?"

"Well, surviving." He replied with a soft sigh.

Duck nodded in agreement, it was clear he was distressed and Clem couldn't blame him. The only consolation had to be that Kenny was mostly through his sentence, having been jailed for 10 years, 8 years ago, for manslaughter. This was due to mitigating circumstances as while Kenny was arrested for killing a man, he had snapped, killing the man who had killed his wife, Katjaa Hammon, Duck's mother. Catching him right after the deed had been done. As a result Kenny was in jail for 10 years and Duck was sent to Ericsons. After spending some time talking, until time was up, Clementine accompanied Duck as they headed back to Ericsons.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.