Johnson stood outside the gate alone, patiently waiting for Clementine to arrive. His hands started to tremble as he thought about what he was doing. Was he really going to betray his group, everyone who had his back for so many years, for a bunch of kids? Something deep inside of him didn't want to, but his conscience was telling him to help them, and that took power over his loyalty to Sanchez.

The sun slowly descended out of view in the horizon, creating a beautiful pink sky that looked like something out of a movie. The beautiful sunset meant the complete opposite for Johnson though, as he had to be back at his camp before sundown in order to stick to his cover story that he was scouting the area for gas. He told Sanchez that he wouldn't be but a couple hours, and he was already late.

After a few minutes of waiting and enjoying the skyline, The large gate to the New Frontier slowly opened, revealing Clementine on the opposite side, with AJ, Louis, Gabe, and Javier next to her. They all sported serious looks on their faces, like they were all ready for what was coming. But in truth, none of them were ready for the plan to come. Not for a longshot.

Johnson focused his attention on Clementine, almost ignoring everyone else's presence. "Clementine. It's good to see you again." The soldier gave her a welcoming nod. "But i'm sure you're not here for pleasantries. Let's get down to business then. The plan. You ready?"

Clementine's heart went from a slow, steady, and calm beat, to a rapid beat as her nerves heightened anticipating the plan that could mean life or death for her, or any one of her friends. "Yeah, let's hear it."

"Well, I talked to some of the people in the group that I trust, and they agreed with me. It was only a matter of time before we parted ways with Sanchez and his gang of criminals. You guys just gave us a reason to finally do it. But even with us, we wouldn't stand a chance with a frontal assault. But a battle from the inside, that's a different story. That's where you guys come in. You see, there's space in my humvee for three more people. Whoever is coming with me, you have to be ready, because, simply put, for my plan you're going to be captured."

Louis let out a nervous laugh as sweat dripped down from his forehead. "You… you're kidding right? You want us to get captured?"

Johnson's face was completely serious as he turned over to Louis. "I wouldn't waste my time coming here to tell you jokes. That's the only way that this will work."

Louis swallowed as he wiped the sweat off of his face. He didn't like his odds at surviving if he was in the custody of a bunch of murderous psychopaths. He already had to go through that once, he didn't want to do it again. "Are you sure about this?"

"Trust me kid. I'm a soldier. If there's anything i'm good at, it's planning for a battle. I've ran through this in my head over and over these past months. I wouldn't put you guys in danger like this if I didn't think this was the only way. But it is the only way. Simple as that." Johnson kept it as blunt as possible because he didn't have much time.

"So, we get captured, and then what? How is that going to help us get our home back?" Clementine sternly asked. She wasn't convinced with this plan either, it seemed like too much of a risk to her. Not so much for her, but for the unborn baby inside of her. The baby wasn't even born yet, and her maternal instincts were already kicking in.

"Well I was getting to that. You guys get captured. Then from the inside, you create a ruckus, anything you can do to cause a big distraction. It's gotta be a big one though, because while y'all doing that i'm going to be planting explosives on every one of the humvees in Sanchez's possession. Now, the rest of your people have to be waiting close by from the school, close enough for you to see me at the gate, because when I give the signal they will have to attack. Now Sanchez and friends will have two things to worry about from two different directions, which gives me and my friends the perfect chance to attack from the inside. Once we gain the upper hand, we break the three locked up out, we let the rest of your people in, and we fight. Hopefully, if everything works out like i'm planning it will, Sanchez and the survivors will be forced to retreat. Once they try that, my c4 goes off, and they all go up in flames. The end." Johnson cleared his throat as he finished his elaborate plan for rebellion. "Any questions?"

Clementine calmly nodded as she listened to the scheme. It was risky, but she had to admit it was pretty smart. She could actually see it working, even if it would definitely get messy. She just hoped that it would only get messy for the other side, and not hers. "No, we're ready."

Johnson nodded. "All right then. Who's coming with me then?"

Clementine hobbled forward on her crutches, ready for anything. "I'll go with you."

Louis stepped forward as well, and grabbed Clementine's arm. "No way. You're not going." He wasn't about to let her get put in danger, not with his child sleeping peacefully inside of her. "I'll go." His heart was racing, and his mind was telling him not to, but he fought the fear inside of him with the love he had for Clementine. He knew that it was time for him to man up.

"Louis-... No. I should go" Clementine pleaded. She didn't want Louis to be in danger. If something went wrong and he ended up dead, it would be the one that finally breaks her.

"No!" Louis yelled. "It's not your choice anymore Clem. Your life isn't the only one at risk now."

Clementine sighed and shook her head. Louis was right. As much as she wanted to fight with her friends, she didn't want to risk anything happening to her baby. "You're right. I'm sorry, that was selfish."

"Yeah Clementine, I think Louis is right. Without two feet, you're just putting yourself at risk, and potentially ruining the plan. If you want to help, you'd be better off waiting on the outside with the rest of your group. Even then it's a risk, but that's up to you" Johnson chimed in. He didn't want to be rude,but Clementine joining in on the plan with her disadvantages would probably slow everyone else down. If they wanted this plan to work, that was a risk they couldn't afford to take. "Alright, so that's one person. Who else is coming with me?"

"I'm going." Clementine and the others turned around, to see Violet, with a look of determination. "I wanted to fight them in the first place, so i'll be damned if i'm not in the front lines for this one."

Violet briskly walked next to Louis. She was ready to kill. No questions asked. The months since she lost her home, all that she could think about was getting her revenge.

Johnson nodded once more. "Alright that's two. Who's our last prisoner?"

Aj stepped forward. "I'm gonna go." He was almost instantly stopped by Clementine, who's face quickly turned to concern.

"No Aj. You're staying with me. I'm not letting you leave my side." She knew that Aj would probably volunteer, but she wasn't going to let that happen.

Aj's eyes widened as he frowned. "But, I can help!"

"You can help." Clementine grabbed Aj by his chin and looked down to him. "I need someone very brave who can protect me you know…"

Clementine saying that quickly gave Aj a new mission. He wanted to help take back the school, but he wanted to protect Clementine much more. "Fine… I'll stay with you. But i'm only doing it for my little brother, we have to make sure he's safe.

Violet cocked her head sideways in confusion. "Little brother? What are you talking about Aj?"

Clementine went to stop Aj from spilling the news, but it was too late. "Oh, Clementine is having a baby! We have to keep her safe so the baby can turn out ok."

Clementine shook her head. Aj was such a loudmouth. She didn't want to tell anybody about the baby, not at least until after the fight was over and everyone settled down. Everyone worried about her enough because of her missing foot, she didn't want more reasons for people to be worried about her.

"Clementine! You're having a baby?" Violet asked as she quickly approached her friend.

Clementine paused for a second. There was no use hiding it now. "...yes."

Violet's jaw dropped. She was completely speechless. "Oh my god….is the father…?" She looked over to Louis. His tomato face gave her the answer. "Holy shit….. why didn't you tell me?"

"I- I just found out myself" Clementine explained. She wasn't lying, this news was still very new to her as well.

"You can't go then. Are you crazy?" Violet was stunned that Clementine was going through with taking part in the attack, putting her unborn child's life in danger.

Clementine wasn't going to budge, though. "I'm going. It's final."

"Don't worry Violet, i'll protect Clem. I promise" Aj reassured as he put his pinky out to Violet in a gesture to seal the promise.

Violet sighed and interlocked pinkies with the young boy. "Fine… but you better not break that promise. I want to see what that baby looks like."

Clementine smiled. Aj was truly the greatest big brother for her child that she could ask for.

"Don't worry so much Aj. I'll be fine."

"Hey uh, sorry to ruin this little moment, but i'm kind of running on a time limit here. Who's coming with me?

Aasim walked out of the crowd that was forming at the gate. "I'll come…..I can't leave Violet and Louis alone with each other, or Louis will end up dead for sure." He approached Louis. "I never thought i'd see the day that I would hear that you're going to be a father. Congratulations man."

Louis smiled. This meant a lot to him, considering how much him and Aasim didn't get along. "Thanks Aasim."

Johnson quickly snapped his fingers to draw attention back to him. "Alright guys. We got everyone. It's time. The rest of you are going to have to follow us in your own car. I'm sure there's one here. Just stay a good distance away from us, we can't make this obvious or the whole plan is ruined. Oh, and i'd suggest you guys bring as much firepower as possible." Johnson opened the driver's seat to the humvee, and unlocked the doors. Violet and Aasim followed without any hesitation and entered the back seats.

Louis stopped, and turned around to face Clementine. Tears were starting to form out of the corners of her eyes. Louis opened his arms up, and Clementine immediately dropped her crutches to wrap Louis into a tight embrace. "I'll be ok Clementine, don't worry about me. Just keep that baby safe for me okay?" Louis gently placed his hand on Clementine's stomach. He still couldn't believe he was going to be a father, that there was a little version of him growing up as he spoke. All that he knew now was he had to protect it, no matter what he had to do.

Louis kissed Clementine softly on the forehead and walked into the humvee. There was no going back now. Without warning, the humvee drove off.

Tears rolled down Clementine's cheeks as she watched her lover leave. "I… love you Louis."

Javier approached Clementine. He was silently watching the entire time, and it was clear that she needed his help. "Clementine…. I had no idea…. I'll help you in any way you can." There was a lot more to be said, but sadly there was no time.

"Well… I could use a car. And some guns."

"Jeez….. We're on a short supply of ammo and gas… but I got you. You owe me one, though."

XXX

Javier drove a cherry red minivan with Gabe towards the gate, where Clementine and Aj waited along with Ruby, Willy, and Omar.

"Well, here you go. There's not much gas, but it should be able to get you where you want to go. And the weapons are in the trunk, we gave you as much as we can." Javier explained as he rolled down the window. "But that's not it….. Me and Gabe talked it over and we decided that we're gonna come with you. There's just enough space in the minivan for us, and it sure looks like you could use the help."

Clementine wasn't going to argue there, they definitely needed the help. "Thank you, Javi. Really."

Javier smiled as he unlocked the doors to the car. "Don't thank me, it was Gabe who talked me into doing it. Ain't that right Gabe?" Javier looked to the passenger seat to see Gabe blush and look down to the floor.

"Y-yeah. We couldn't just leave you guys to fend for yourself, we had to do something." Gabe was mostly concerned about Clementine, the crush he had for her years ago still lingering in his mind.

Clementine gave another thank you to Gabe and entered the minivan, followed by the rest of her group. Without any extra conversation, Javier drove off. "Lead the way Clem, I have no idea where this school is."

Clementine pointed to a long street on the right side, which was covered by forest on both sides. "It's that way. And try to go fast, I want us to catch up to the others before they get there too. Just in case." All she could think about was Louis as the minivan turned right and sped down the street. She couldn't get the thought out of her mind that this plan wasn't going to go well at all, and that he was going to end up the one who dies next.

"What the fuck?" Javier quickly hit the brakes upon seeing the Johnson's humvee in front of him, surrounded by three of the same vehicles. Multiple soldiers got out of the surrounding humvees, with rifles in hand and aimed at all windows. "Um, Clementine, I think we got a problem here" Javier said as he pointed towards the commotion.

Clementine looked from the front window to see Louis being dragged out of the humvee, by no other then the person she never wanted to see again. Ramirez. "Fuck….fuck! Clementine grabbed the pistol on her side and went to open the door, only to see multiple soldier appearing out from the surrounding forest.

It was a trap.

They were surrounded.

Ramirez threw Louis to the ground and walked towards the minivan. As he crept closer and closer, Javier could feel the pure evil in the man. It was all over him, his face, his unkempt, receding hair, his walk, his sinister smile, everything. It all screamed wicked. The devilish man knocked on the driver side window, and motioned his pointer finger down to tell Javier to roll down the window. Javier hesitated, and took another look around. They walked right into a trap, there was no escaping it. He rolled the window down, and right on key he ended up staring at the barrel of an old silver magnum revolver.

Ramirez peered into the back seat and set his gaze onto Clementine. "Well, well, well. Look who it is. I knew you little fucks would be nothing but trouble as soon as Sanchez let you go. Lucky for me, you guys are gullible as shit. You really thought we didn't know about your 'plan'? All it took was a little good old fashioned interrogation, and Johnson was singing like a fucking bird. Just some advice for you, never trust a fucking coward. Not that it matters now, you guys had your chance to live and you blew it." Ramirez smiled as he reached his opposite hand into the car, and opened the driver's side door, while keeping his revolver aimed straight between Javier's eyes. "Now get the fuck out of the car, all of you."

Clementine cursed herself under her breath. How could she be fooled so easily? She should've known never to trust someone on the enemy side, even if their intentions seemed good. It just didn't make sense though. Something about Johnson just seemed different to her. She thought that he really was just trying to help her get her home back. But once again, she made the wrong call, and now she was going to really pay for it this time.

She looked down to Aj, who was sporting a face of sheer anger. "Johnson…. I thought he was a friend. He betrayed us! Why would he do that Clem?"

Clementine wanted to console the young boy, but in the moment she had no idea what to say to make the situation seem any better than it was. "It doesn't matter now. Don't worry Aj, we're going to get out of this. I promise."

A large military truck drove down the street from the direction of the school and parked next to Ramirez. It was a large vehicle designed to transport multiple people in the back. "All right kids, everyone inside the back of the truck." Clementine and company listened against their will, and they all climbed into the back of the truck. "Why the sour faces? You're all going back home. Isn't that what you wanted? Come on, at least you're all gonna die in the comfort of your own home. That's gotta count for something right? Not that I care, if it was up to me you'd all be dead already."

Ramirez closed the back door to the truck as Ruby, the last one to enter, climbed inside. "Enjoy the ride kids, because it might just be your last one."