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A/N: Hello everyone, here is the 6th chapter as promised: where the fated battle between Clementine and her friends against the raiders will soon begin...and where the residents of the school suffer a great loss (especially for Willy).

Reviews and comments will be appreciated.

Chapter 6: The Battle for Ericson's

After Clementine and AJ had slid down the ladder and headed towards the center of the courtyard to inform their friends that the raiders had finally arrived, Violet had walked up to them.

"Clem, what's wrong?" The older blonde asked, as she could tell from the troubled look in her younger girlfriend's eyes that something was terribly wrong...and had a good guess to what it was.

"...It's time." The African American teenage girl answered softly, while gesturing towards the gate and her girlfriend immediately knew what she was talking about.

"They finally show up?" Violet asked as her suspicions were confirmed: Lilly and her people had finally decided to show themselves and attack their home...and would be in for the fight of their lives.

"Yeah. They're right outside." Clem replied softly, confirming her blonde girlfriend's suspicions were correct and how the raiders were right outside their walls, no doubtingly cooking up a plan before they broke down the gate.

"Stay safe...okay?" She orderly softly, while asking her younger girlfriend to stay safe during the fight...as she couldn't bare the thought of losing Clem to the same people that Marlon had given Minnie and Sophie to in order to save his own cowardly and lying ass.

"I promise Vi...I'll find you when we survive this battle." The younger teenage girl stated softly, promising her girlfriend that she would stay safe once the fighting started and would find her after the battle was over while reaching for and holding Violet's hand in her own to seal the vow, which earned a loving smile from the older blonde as she planted a tender kiss on her cheek as they joined the rest of their friends waiting for them in the center of the courtyard.

The moment everybody was together, Clementine knew they only had very little time to go over their plan and needed to make sure her friends weren't just physically ready to confront the raiders...but also mentally: especially if Lilly had any tricks up her sleeves.

"The raider's are finally here. They've got at least four, five people: all carrying guns and they've brought a cart with them. Probably to load up whoever they capture during the fighting." The young African American teenage girl stated, informing Louis and the rest of their friends that the raiders had finally shown themselves and were right outside the gate, along with how Lilly's people were armed and had brought a cart with them to transport whoever they caught back to their base of operations, much to their deep surprise.

"Oh no." Willy muttered softly, while somewhat frightened after hearing how the raiders were carrying guns and had brought a means of transporting whoever they took prisoner back to wherever their base was!

"Those assholes..." Mitch simply scoffed while crossing his arms, showing he wasn't the slightest afraid of the raiders...especially since his secret weapon was complete and ready for action.

"I just can't believe they're really here." Ruby stated softly, as she couldn't believe that Lilly and her people finally arrived...but knew that the fight to defend their home was now completely unavoidable.

"Once they get inside, I'll keep them focused on me. That should give Mitch and Willy the time they need to plant the bomb." Clem continued, stating that she would keep Lilly and the raiders focused on her, keeping them distracted in order buy the combative brunette and his best friend the time they needed to set up the handheld explosive.

"I'll set it underneath that cart. It'll work...I promise." The older brunette replied, stating that he would place the bomb directly underneath the cart and promising/reassuring his friends that it would work.

"If they do manage to get inside, we fall back...?" She added, while testing her friends if they remembered where they were supposed to lead the raiders if they somehow managed to get inside the school grounds.

"To the Admin building." Louis answered while pointing to said building that was right behind him and Violet, with the younger teenage girl nodding in agreement.

"Exactly, right into our traps. Ready to test out your swinging log, Willy?" Clementine stated, smiling as she was glad that the older African American boy had actually been paying attention the past three weeks preparing for their fight against the raiders...and asked Willy if he was eager to see how his trap would work against Lilly and her people with a sly grin on her face.

"You bet Clem. Those assholes are going to be in a huge surprise!" The younger brunette answered while mirroring the grin, showing he was indeed looking forward to seeing how his swinging log would do against the raiders the moment they stepped inside the Admin building.

"So, uh, Clem? Any final words of wisdom?" Louis asked, wondering if his friend had any other useful advice she would like to share with him and the others before the raiders broke down the gate.

"You did face them and won after all. Well...sort of." He jokingly added while pointing out how the younger African American teenage girl and her boy had confronted Lilly and Abel and 'defeated' them both back in the forest...much to Violet's annoyance.

"Louis, shut up." The blonde stated, annoyed that the older African American teenage boy would decide to joke around while Assim and the others continued to look at Clementine, silently asking for any last minute words of wisdom.

"There's only two important things that all of you should know." Clem stated, informing her girlfriend and friends that she actually had two rather important pieces of advice that she felt they should know and that quickly earned everyone's attention.

"What is it?" Tenn asked, as he was curious to what his surrogate older sister's girlfriend needed to tell them before Lilly and the raider's began their attack on the school.

"No matter what happens, look out for each other. Keep each other safe, at all times." She replied, reminding her friends that if they wanted to survive this battle and avoid being captured and taken away to be turned into child soldiers, that they needed to protect each other...no matter what.

"And what's the second thing?" Violet asked, curious to what the 2nd piece of advice her younger girlfriend felt that she and the others needed to know...and would be deeply surprised by the answer.

"Don't let Lilly get in your heads. If she mentions Minnie or Sophie's names, ignore..." Clementine answered while looking at the older blonde with sympathetic eyes, informing her girlfriend, Tenn and the others to not believe anything Lilly said about the twins: as she would only be using them in order to lure them to her and her people...and was interrupted as a gunshot had echoed out.

The young African American teenage girl and her friends had heard it, but before they could even react...it was far too late, as the bullet had passed through Omar's left leg and the 2nd African American teenage boy fell to the ground while holding his injured and bleeding leg, much to the others compete horror and shock!

"Oh god!" Violet cried out while placing her right hand over her mouth after witnessing the bullet pass through his leg and her friend falling to the ground on his back with blood spilling from the back and front of his leg!

"Holy shit!" Assim cried out after hearing the gunshot echo out and witnessing Omar being shot in the leg and falling to the ground in pain with Tenn right beside him!

"Jesus fucking Christ!" Mitch cried out in shock, as he couldn't believe his own eyes as he and Willy had stared at the bullet hole through the second African American teenage boy's leg!

"Oh no, oh no, oh no!" Ruby cried out while bringing both hands to her face after seeing how much blood was spilling/pouring the gunshot wound to Omar's leg!

"Oh fuck!" Louis cried out after seeing his friend being shot and wounded in mere seconds without any warning before he and the others slowly backed away in deep shock!

"Shit! Shit!" The 2nd African American teenage boy cried out in pain, as he held up his injured and bleeding leg with his friends looking on in complete shock and horror!

Even though she was just as traumatized as her friends after witnessing Omar being shot in the leg, Clementine swiftly glanced around and spotted something that nearly made her heart stop...one of the raiders had climbed up a tree that gave them a bird's eye view of the courtyard and fired an M1 Carbine outfitted with a sniper scope while taking aim at the other residents after shooting the school's resident chef!

"Hide now!" The young African American teenage girl shouted, ordering her friends to take cover as they planned which Assim and the others sprinting across the courtyard to take hide while she quickly got behind her wounded friend.

"Omar!" Violet cried out while still in shock, greatly shaken after hearing the gunshot echo out and witnessing the bullet passing through the 2nd African American teenage boy's leg which caught them completely off guard!

"Violet, go! I've got him!" Clem stated, ordering her older girlfriend to take cover and reassuring her that she would get Omar to safety, which earned a firm nod from the blonde as she did as her younger girlfriend asked of her.

"AJ, hide!" She added while turning to her son, whom nodded in return and ran behind Violet as they climbed over the brick wall that was right outside the dorm building.

The moment her boy and the rest of their friends got behind cover, Clementine began to drag Omar to safety...and had heard Abel shouting as he and his people attempted to break down the gate...that was barricaded by debris and junk they had placed earlier during the day.

"C'mon push!" Abel shouted, ordering his fellow raiders to push through the gate...which proved more difficult than they thought, as they debris blocking their way didn't move an inch!

"Clementine?! I know you're in there!" Lilly then shouted after her second in command, calling out to the young teenage girl and stating she knew that she was on the other side of the barricaded gate!

"Clementine?" She repeated after not receiving an answer, as Clem continued to drag her injured friend to safety...even though they both spotted the sniper aiming her sniper rifle right at them and had her finger resting on the trigger.

"Oh shit, no!" Omar cried out in shock, as another gunshot echoed out...but thanks to Clementine's much swifter reflexes, she managed to move them out of the sniper's line of fire and the bullet simply struck a picnic table they had placed on its side to duck behind cover!

"Open up kids!" Abel shouted out, ordering the residents of the school to open the gates for him and his people to enter the school grounds while another raider had thrown a Molotov cocktail over the wall and the flames slowly burnt/roasted the debris blocking their way!

"This doesn't have to get any uglier, you little shits! Give yourselves up and just maybe, we won't hurt you that much!" He added while continuing to shout out to the young African American teenage girl and her friends and giving them an ultimatum: either give themselves up once he, Lilly and their fellow raiders entered the courtyard and promising how they 'wouldn't hurt them'...which Violet, her younger girlfriend and friends knew was a complete lie.

Fortunately for Omar, Clementine had gotten him behind the table the sniper had hit due to missing them and she looked over the side of the table...before swiftly ducking as she fired and missed once again!

"Ahh! Ahh! Clem!" The school chef cried out, while cradling his greatly injured and still bleeding leg with his friend placing her hand over his.

"Omar, I know it hurts, but you have to control your breathing. Take in deep breathes, that'll help take your mind off the pain. Trust me." The young teenage girl stated soothingly while walking the 2nd African American teenage boy on how to numb out the pain he was feeling to his injured leg.

After Clem instructed him on how to get his breathing under control, Omar had took in deep breathes to help block out the unbearable pain he felt coursing throughout his leg...and they both glanced towards the direction of the main gate, as the debris was burning and turning to ash from the fire and the gate was moments away from broken down! While comforting her friend, the young African American teenage girl had swiftly looked around the surrounding picnic tables for a weapon to defend herself and much to her relief/surprise spotted her bow resting on the picnic table right behind them.

"My bow!" She cried out in relief, as both her bow and quiver were nearby...but glanced back towards Omar, as she just couldn't leave him unprotected once Lilly and her people stormed the school grounds.

"Go, Clem. I'll be fine." The 2nd African American teenage boy stated, promising and assuring Clementine that he would be alright once the fighting started.

"But..." Clem attempted to say, but was cut off by her friend.

"You don't have much time! Go!" He firmly added, reminding her that she couldn't waste time worrying about his safety; especially as the raiders were seconds away from breaking the gate open and entering the courtyard!

Knowing that her friend was right, as she swiftly glanced over the picnic table and saw how Lilly and her people were moments away from kicking the gate off its hinges, Clementine had made a swift dash for her hunting bow and quiver...and once again managed to avoid being shot by the female sniper. After she had thrown the quiver her left shoulder and held the bow firmly in her right hand, the young teenage girl had knocked the picnic table over on its side and pushed it between the other two tables, while avoiding another two separate gunshots! However...that was when the fire had accomplished it goal: the debris barricading the gate had been weakened by the fire and after landing a powerful kick that forced the gate open... Lilly and her people had slowly walked through the archway and entered the courtyard with the horses lugging the cart behind them.

"It's alright. Just try not to move or make a sound." Clem stated softly while turning to Omar, reminding her friend to keep his breathing under control to help block out the pain and to not make a sound, so the raiders wouldn't know where to find him once the fighting started, with the 2nd African American teenage boy nodding in agreement before she turned her attention back to the raiders.

As they entered the school grounds, Lilly and her people had glanced around the seemingly 'empty' courtyard while noticing the barricades and decapitated walker heads that were placed on wooden pikes that were scattered throughout the yard, especially in front of the gate.

"What the fuck is all this?" One the raiders, a 40 year old mean with a brown beard and wearing a blue ski cap or head bandana asked, showing he was somewhat sickened or disturbed from the sight of the severed heads while stopping to examine one.

"Focus...there are just scarecrows." Another raider, a woman with short black hair wearing an olive green baseball cap and blue jacket replied casually, ordering her fellow raider to ignore the severed heads while pointing out they were merely 'scarecrows' to freak them out and showing she wasn't the least frightened by the decapitated walker heads as they advanced into the courtyard...with Mitch and Willy watching them walk by while hiding behind a tree on the left side of the gate.

"Hmm. Guess those little shits took us seriously." Abel pointed out as he and Lilly spotted the huge banner with the words 'Leave or Die!' dangling from outside the Admin building and fairly guessed that the residents of the school decided to go down fighting instead of giving themselves up peacefully.

"Spread out." The raven haired woman stated, ordering her second in command and most trusted soldiers to search the courtyard for Clementine and her friends, which they did without hesitation.

After they heard Lilly order her people to search the yard for them and their friends, Mitch and Willy had backed away from their hiding spot behind the tree as the raider wearing the olive green cap, Sullene, was standing lookout from behind the cart. However, the moment the two teenage boys retreated deeper into the bushes...they had unfortunately given away their position; as Sullene had turned around after hearing a bristling noise coming from the bushes behind her and began to walk over to investigate with her M1 Carbine steady in her hands.

After watching the female raider about to approach the tree/bushes near the gate from behind the picnic table, while Lilly, Abel and the raider with the beard had glanced around in different directions, scanning their surroundings...Clementine knew she needed to keep the woman, who she once thought of and considered a friend, along with her people focused on her so they wouldn't find/capture Mitch and Willy. The moment she witnessed Abel looking in the direction towards the tree...Clem had made her move.

"Lilly!" The young African American teenage girl cried out while drawing an arrow from the quiver and aiming it directly at Lilly, which earned both Sullene's and the bearded man's attention and aimed their M1 Carbines directly at her!

"Move and I'll shoot!" She added, threatening to shoot the raven haired woman where she stood, which earned Abel's attention as he swiftly turned around after hearing the young teenage girl's voice.

"You won't get the chance." The middle aged raider stated smugly as the bearded man, Yonatan, leveled the iron sight of his .30 caliber rifle with his eye...showing he had a clean show of the outgunned teenager, along with their sniper!

However...Lilly had raised a hand in the air, signaling the sniper to hold her fire: showing she didn't want her to shoot/kill Clementine just yet...and the sniper lowered her rifle as her leader commanded. After she witnessed the raven haired woman order her sniper to hold her fire...the young teenage girl took it as a sign that Lilly wanted to speak to her first, but maintained her shooting stance as the other two raiders had their rifles aimed right at her. After Lilly finally revealed to him how she knew the African American teenage girl, Abel had a smug grin on his face as he knew his leader was hoping she could 'convince' Clem to turn on her friends, especially after they banished them from the school after AJ shot and killed Marlon on the night he murdered Brody.

"Where are our new recruits?" The raven haired woman asked, demanding to know where Violet and the others were hiding while referring to them as new additions to their war!

"They aren't yours!" Clementine countered defiantly, showing she refused to tell the raiders where her girlfriend and friends were hiding and stated how they didn't belong to them or their community.

"Search the yard." Lilly commanded while turning to Abel, ordering him to search the courtyard while Sullene and Yonatan kept their M1 Carbines aimed directly at the young teenage girl.

Unknown to the raiders however...Tenn had peeked over the corner of the wall he was hiding behind and after he heard the raven haired woman order the man who shot his younger best friend to search the school grounds, he slowly backed away as Abel had glanced in the direction towards the dorm building.

"If Clementine moves...shoot her." She added while glancing over to Yonatan, ordering him to kill Clem if she attempted to do something stupid and the bearded man simply nodded in agreement, showing he had no problem in shooting the teenage girl whom had their mission more difficult than it needed to be.

As she kept Lilly and most of her people focused on her...the young African American teenage girl had secretly glanced over towards Mitch and Willy, as the older and younger brunettes had stared nervously after they heard the raven haired woman order Yonatan to shoot Clementine if she tried to be a hero...and more importantly how Abel, whom had been pacing in the center of the courtyard was standing only a few feet from the tree/bushes they were hiding behind.

"We'll find them Clementine and then we'll take them. Including you and your little boy." Lilly stated plain and simple, promising how she and her people would find/capture Louis and rest of her friends and turn them into soldiers to defend their community against their will...along with the young teenage girl and her six year old son.

"Take me." Clem replied, surprising the raiders and their leader as she offered to surrender herself to them voluntarily!

"You want soldiers? Fine. Take me with you...but leave everybody else." She added, stating that if the raiders wanted to recruit someone to fight in their senseless 'war' and demanded that they leave her boy, Violet and her friends behind...and gave a light sigh of relief as she watched Mitch and Willy sneak past Abel, as he was distracted after she volunteered to go with them back to their community!

"You'd do that? You'd come with me if I let the others go?" Lilly asked, genuinely surprised that the young African American teenage girl would actually sacrifice herself for the same kids who banished her and AJ from the school after the little boy had shot and killed Marlon on the night he murdered Brody!

"Yes." Clementine answered, confirming that she would indeed sacrifice herself for her friends, especially for her son and Violet.

"You've changed." The raven haired woman complimented, as she could tell that Clem was no longer the scared, naive and defenseless eight little girl she knew eight years ago before she was thrown out of their group after she accidentally killed Doug when she attempted to intimidate Ben into confessing that he was stealing from them.

"I grew up." The young teenage girl replied, pointing out that she grew up the past eight years: becoming wiser, stronger and being a teacher/guardian to AJ after his own parents were killed.

"I can see that. God you are just like him. Lee would've been heart broken, knowing he taught you all the wrong things. That the sweet little girl he protect turned out like this." Lilly stated while comparing the young African American teenage girl with Lee...and shook her head in disappointment/disgust that the man she once respected and later on hated taught Clementine all the wrong things when it came to survival in the world they lived in now.

"You're right Lilly...I am just like him. And if he saw me now, he'd be proud of who I am." Clem calmly countered while keeping her anger in check, as the raven haired woman had the nerve to insult her beloved mentor/father figure and stated how Lee would be proud of the strong, kindhearted and honorable survivor she had become.

"Why? Because you almost just gave up just now? Handed yourself over just to protect your friends, who banished you and your little boy from this school after whatever happened with Marlon?" The raven haired woman sarcastically asked, while coldly reminding the young teenage girl that her so called friends (with the exception of Violet and Tenn) exiled her and AJ from the school after the six year old boy murdered their previous 'leader'.

"Right...I'm sure that made all his sacrifices worth it." She coldly added, stating how the young African American teenage girl's 'unconditional surrender' would've made Lee's final courageous act while still alive meaningful.

"That's where your wrong. Before he died, Lee taught me a truly valuable lesson...one I always remembered when I was surviving either by myself or with other groups: to never give up and always keep fighting to protect the people I love and care about from heartless assholes like you and your people." Clementine countered defiantly, stating how Lee's final moments when he was fighting to stay alive while he was bitten to rescue her from the man who kidnapped her taught her a valuable lesson: to never give up, to always keep fighting in order to protect the people she loved and cared about.

"I'm only going to say this one time Lilly: get out of here." The young teenage girl added after she spotted Mitch and Willy silently creeping up behind the horse lugging the cart...and witnessed the combative brunette place his home made bomb in the back of the cart while setting the timer!

However...her words sadly fell of deaf ears, as Lilly simply shook her head in disgust at Clem's sense of morality, as it mirrored Lee's completely: as they both chose to side with their friends and always chose to see the best in people...even if they were heartless killers who had no shred of humanity left in them.

"If you won't help me find the others, I'll find someone who will. After all...we have recruited from this school before." The raven haired woman replied, as she knew that the young African American teenage girl would never give up her friends and stated she would simply find someone else to help them...and coldly pointed out the fact that she and her people had 'recruited' from the school before...and Clementine knew who it was Lilly was talking about: Minerva and Sophie.

"Minnie wanted to come along tonight. To tell all of you, her so called 'friends' how well she's adjusted to her new life and more importantly...how happy she is." She darkly called out while turning to her left, glancing towards the brick wall a few feet from the dorm building...while Violet and Louis sadly glanced down while hiding behind cover after the woman leading the attack on their home had mentioned Minnie's name.

"She said she had a girlfriend back here." Lilly continued while Abel smiled smugly/darkly as he found her twisted mind game rather amusing...while the older blonde's eyes widened in shock/surprise while glancing down after hearing that her former girlfriend was indeed still alive...but sadly closed them, as she was now in love with Clem.

"Along with friends she missed. She always talked about this one guy who could always make her laugh, no matter what." The raven haired woman added while glancing around the courtyard with the smug grin still on her face, hoping that her plan would draw the residents of the school out of hiding...while the older African American teenage boy's widened in surprise as well after hearing how Minnie had mentioned his name to the raiders...and glanced down in shame, as he had blindfully trusted Marlon and believed in the bullshit fairy tale his 'best friend' sold to him and the others.

"And her little brother. She had missed him the most." She concluded while revealing that Minerva had missed Tennessee the most the past year when the residents of the school believed Marlon's lie that she and Sophie were 'dead'...and Clementine sadly glanced in the direction of where Tenn was hiding, as she spotted the twelve year old boy glancing back at her with somber eyes after hearing that Minnie was indeed alive.

'Tenn...please, don't. Don't listen to her.' The young African American teenage girl mentally pleaded while shaking her head 'no', as if begging the scar faced boy not to compromise their entire plan...but sadly, he unwisely stood up and walked out from the wall he was hiding behind.

"Shit." Clem muttered underneath her breath while glancing down in disappointment, as Tenn had just screwed up their plan by exposing him to the raiders as he slowly and hesitantly approached their raven haired leader!

'What the hell is he doing?' AJ mentally asked while staring flabbergasted from what he was just seeing, along with Violet and Louis: his best friend stupidly breaking cover after Lilly mentioned his older sister's name!

"Where are they?" Tennessee asked softly, hoping that Lilly would simply tell him where Minnie and Sophie were...but unfortunately, his hopes of discovering what happened to his two older sisters would soon be crushed.

"Come with me and I'll take you to them." The raven haired woman stated with a 'gentle' smile on her face, pleased that her ruse worked in luring out Minerva's little brother had worked perfectly and had offered to take the twelve year old boy to 'see' his sisters...which Clem knew was a lie as she kept her arrow pointed at her.

"I can't. I just want them back. Please." He replied while backing away, refusing to go anywhere with the raiders and begged Lilly to simply give him his sisters back...which fell on deaf ears as she started to walk towards the scar faced boy.

"You'll be happier where they are." Lilly coldly replied as she backed the frightened twelve year old against one of the barricades while Clem was restraining herself from releasing her hold on the arrow and allowing it land directly in the raven haired woman's head.

"Don't listen to her Tenn! You know she's lying! She kidnapped your sisters. She took them away from you, Violet and from their home!" The young teenage girl shouted out, ordering the scar faced boy not to believe a word that Lilly said, as she had no intention of keeping her word and reminded him how she took both Minnie and Sophie to train and turn them into child soldiers to fight in a war against their will.

But before Tenn could run away, the raven haired woman had swiftly grabbed a hold on the collar of his shirt and pulled him in front of her: using the defenseless twelve year old boy as a human shield and drawing an army K-Bar knife out, placing the tip of the blade near the side of his neck!

"Lilly! Let him go!" Clem shouted, ordering the woman leading the attack on their home to release her girlfriend's surrogate younger brother...only to be answered by a smug grin on her face!

"Shoot me and my men while shoot you in return Clementine!" Lilly countered while holding Tennessee hostage and daring the young African American teenage girl shoot her...and pointing out the fact that her people would swiftly retaliate, as Yonatan had his finger resting on the trigger of his M1 Carbine ready to shoot Clementine the moment she released her hold of the arrow.

However, during the standoff...Clem had glanced to the back of the cart and spotted Mitch pressing down on the igniter, setting off the bomb and running for cover as the fuse started to sizzle. After five seconds had passed..the bomb detonated and a huge explosion had erupted, startling the horses and knocking the raiders off balance!

"Shit! Shit!" Lilly cried out in complete shock as she couldn't believe what just happened: the residents of the school had somehow created a man made explosive and Clementine had been acting as their decoy; having her and her people focused on the young teenage girl so they wouldn't notice the combative brunette placing his bomb in the cart before detonating it!

Although she was deeply surprised by how powerful the blast from the bomb was, Clementine couldn't help but smile as Mitch's man made explosive had yielded impressive results: as it scared the horses so much, that one had broken free from the cart, dashing past the erupting flames while the remaining horse repeatedly stood on its hind legs, neighing wildly as the explosion spooked it greatly! As the raiders slowly recovered from the unexpected blast, the young African American teenage girl spotted Mitch and Willy retreating behind the wall near the dorms, where both Violet and Louis took aim with their bows while Ruby tossed a few rocks in order to keep their remaining horse riled up.

However...Abel and Yonatan had recovered from the explosion much quicker and had ducked behind the barricades in order to avoid being hit by the arrows. Even though their sniper couldn't get a bead on Clementine or any of her friends, she still had a perfect view of the courtyard and stared shocked beyond words after the bomb, which she and her people never knew about exploded: they had lost one of their horses and both Lilly and Sullene were still recovering from the explosion while Abel and Yonatan were ducking behind cover!

As the raven haired woman was still stunned from the explosion and slowly picking herself up, Clem had retook her shooting stance, pulled back on the drawstring while aiming an arrow and fired...only to miss as Lilly had swiftly rolled to the right, leaving the arrow embedded into the soil! After she had missed her shot, the young African American teenage girl had swiftly ducked behind cover as Sullene, whom had eventually recovered from the explosion, witnessed her taking aim at her defenseless leader and retaliated by firing a single round from her M1 Carbine whilst in the kneeling position! After she had avoided being shot by the clearly pissed off raider, Clementine had glanced worriedly to her left: as she spotted Tenn laying sprawled out on the ground the moment the bomb exploded, along with Mitch and Willy from their hiding places outside the dorms.

Knowing that he needed to do something, as the younger scar faced boy had glanced at Lilly with a horrified look on his face, as she had literally used him as a human shield and placed the tip of a knife to his neck...the combative brunette had heroically charged out and screamed at the top of his lungs as he attempted to tackle the woman leading the attack on their home. But sadly...it had been a pointless effort, as Lilly had swiftly drew out her knife and impaled her knife into the left side of Mitch's neck: stabbing him in the carotid artery with the brunette staring shocked while gagging/suffocating on his own blood that was spilling down his throat!

"Goddamn it!" The raven haired woman frantically cried out while panting shocked as well while staring back into the teenage boy's eyes while holding his head: as she had just killed a suitable recruit who would've made a promising soldier!

Even Clem looked on deeply shocked and horrified from what just happened: Lilly had just stabbed Mitch in the neck after he selfishly charged in to protect Tenn from her! Even though they didn't have the best relationship, especially since he threatened her and AJ with a knife after her son shot Marlon and voted for them to be exiled from the school after they attempted to attend his and Brody's funeral...the young African American teenage girl couldn't help but feel saddened by the loss of combative brunette, especially as she watched him fall flat on his back while bringing both hands to his throat after Lilly released her hold of him.

"Mitch?! Mitch! No!" Willy screamed out in shock and horror, as he witnessed his best friend collapse to the ground, suffocating/choking on his own blood and attempted to rush to his side, only to be held back by Assim while Tenn slowly backed away, horrified as he watched Mitch suffocate on his blood after the raven haired woman stabbed him in his throat in order to save him!

The moment she released her hold of the teenage brunette, Lilly had swiftly impaling her knife through Mitch's left eye: driving the blade through his brain to prevent him from reanimating into a walker...much to Clem's and Willy's horror! After she had removed the blade from Mitch's head, the raven haired woman for from strange reason had struggled to keep herself together as she was having a nervous breakdown after she had stabbed and killed the combative brunette.

"Kill whoever you need to and take the rest!" She cried out while turning to Abel and Yonatan, ordering them to kill the residents who could still fight while capturing the ones that were either wounded or too horrified to put up much of a struggle!

After giving their leader a firm nod, to show they completely agreed with that order, the two middle aged men had swiftly retaliated as Yonatan had took aim and fired his M1 Carbine while in the kneeling position, alongside Abel whom fired his sawed-off double barrel shotgun in the direction towards the dorms! But thankfully...Louis, Violet and the rest of their friends had luckily managed to avoid being shot: as they swiftly ducked behind the stone columns/brick wall...and silently gulped nervously while glancing to the shut doors behind them, as they were littered with bullet holes that were meant for them! While the raiders were focused shooting at her friends and boy...they had failed to notice Clementine standing up from behind the picnic table while silently drawing out another arrow, taking aim at Yonatan's left leg and fired, shooting him above his left knee! The moment the bearded man had felt the arrow penetrating his leg, he screamed out in great pain while collapsing to his knee with Lilly looking on with a look of disbelief: as she couldn't believe that what was supposed to be a simple raid had become a living nightmare!

"You guys! Go back! Get inside the Admin building!" The young African American teenage girl shouted while calling out to Violet and rest of their friends, ordering them to enter the Admin building in order to lure the raiders towards their traps just like they planned!

The moment they heard Yonatan cry out in pain after the arrow had pierced through his leg, Assim, Willy, Tenn and AJ had ran out of cover while Violet and Louis had fired a single arrow from their own bow, forcing the raiders to duck behind cover while their friends sprinted towards the Admin building. After she and her people had ducked behind the barricades...Lilly had an angry glare on her face as she witnessed Clem and the four boys entering the Admin building after she drew out and fired another arrow in their direction.

"After them!" The raven haired woman screamed out while turning to Abel, Sullene and Yonatan, ordering them to chase after the young African American teenage girl and her friends!

Not needing to be told twice, Abel and Sullene had chased after Clementine and her friends with Yonatan limping behind them as he had pulled the arrow out of his leg. After they had stepped inside the Admin building, Tenn had sprinted down the corridor on the right while the young teenage girl along with AJ, Willy and Assim had ran up the staircase and hid behind the balusters, where they waited for the raiders to step inside...which didn't take long, as the sturdy wooden doors were kicked in by great force! Once the doors were forced open, Abel had cautiously taken point with his sawed-off shotgun with Yonatan limping beside him and Sullene covering them. As his fellow soldiers had glanced around, the bearded man had limped towards the center of the foyer...and was completely unaware of the large spiked log tied to a pulley system on the top floor!

The moment Yonatan was in the middle of the foyer, Clementine had drawn out her knife and with a single swipe cutting the rope...the log had swung forward, heading right towards the bearded man, whom screamed in horror before the razor sharp spiked end impaled directly into his chest, killing him instantly and knocking him flat on his back in front of his fellow soldiers!

"NO!" Sullene screamed out in deep shock as she and Abel stared horrified, as their friend and fellow raider had been impaled by a trap they never saw coming!

'Bulls-eye!' Clem mentally shouted, while she and AJ smiled as they witnessed the spiked log impaling/ramming into Yonatan and turned to Willy, giving him a thumb's up which the younger brunette returned with a huge grin on his face, as he was pleased that his swinging log trap worked beautifully before they ran up to the upper floor!

"Kill that one, the girl! That little bitch is the ring leader!" Abel shouted while turning to Sullene, ordering her to shoot and kill the young African American teenage girl after they spotted her, AJ and their friends running up the second set of stairs...and the dark haired woman answered with guttural scream, as she glared at the retreating teenage girl with great ire in her eyes while walking up the stairs!

The moment she and her friends reached the top floor, Clementine had swiftly turned around after hearing the loud and intimidating scream...and swiftly ducked as she spotted Sullene aiming her M1 Carbine directly at her head and fired...only to miss as the bullet struck the wall, much to her irritation and fired again! After they heard the first shot, Assim and Willy backed while swallowing nervously: as they could tell by the way insanely loud scream and look of death on her face...the black haired woman was out for blood! After she avoided the first two bullets, Clem had struggled to push the two seater couch that the Indian-American teenage boy Mitch, Louis and Omar had carried and placed on the top floor as another surprise for the raiders if they had managed to get past their defenses on Violet's orders! As she struggled to shove the couch down the stairs, Sullene had fired five-six shots more times, which only hit the right armrest and caused foam to fly out!

After the sixth gunshot, the African American teenage girl had gave one final push that sent the couch falling down the stairs...much to the dark haired woman's complete shock: as she failed to notice the position the couch was in! Before she could even react...the couch had smashed right into her chest/mid-stomach and pinned her against the wall and struggled to set to herself free...which was when Abel had ran up the steps with a lit Molotov cocktail in his right hand!

"This is fuckin' pointless! I told Lilly you wouldn't cooperate...and she just wouldn't listen, because of her sad and pathetic soft spot for you!" Abel shouted out an annoyed tone after seeing his remaining comrade pinned to the wall with a couch colliding into her and stated that he informed Lilly that attempting to persuade Clementine into siding with them due to their previous friendship would be a pointless gesture, which proved to be true as she chose to warn the residents of the school of their upcoming attack before tossing the Molotov cocktail up in their direction!

The second Clem, AJ, Willy and Assim spotted the cocktail flying over the wooden handrails...they stared horrified: as the alcohol contained in the glass bottle had ignited and poured all the wooden floor with smoke consuming the room, making it difficult for them to breath!

"Clem, right do we do?!" The Indian-American teenage boy asked while covering his mouth/nose as smoke had swiftly filled up the room and had a concerned look on his face; as the Molotov landed right between the young teenage girl and her adoptive son and witnessed them coughing heavily after they had unfortunately breathed in the vapors from the burning alcohol!

"J...Just get Willy out of here, A-Assim! Get back outside...while you...still...still can!" The African American teenage girl answered as she and AJ continued to cough hard, as the fire burning right in front of them, along with the smoke was making it difficult for them to breathe.

Even though both Willy and Assim were against the idea of leaving Clementine and her boy to die in a burning building...they had reluctantly did as she ordered, as the smoke from the flames was becoming intense, making it nearly impossible for them to breathe in clean air. As the younger brunette and older Indian-American teenage had ran down the corridor in order to escape the burning Admin building, Clem and AJ had slowly opened the closed doors to Violet's office and stepped inside before dropping to their knees in order to control their coughing fits.

"AJ...the door! Lock it!" She stated softly while turning to her son, ordering him to lock the doors behind them in order to block out the flames/smoke that was starting to enter her girlfriend's office!

The six year old boy nodded as he turned around to close and lock the doors as his mother asked...but unfortunately, he never got the chance: as Abel had kicked the doors and the power of the kick was so strong that it caused the doorknob to strike AJ's forehead, knocking him to the floor unconscious, much to Clem's shock!

"Your old friend Lilly isn't here and you don't have that blonde bitch with the bow to bail your ass out this time. So we'll have a nice little chat: you and me...alone." The middle aged raider and Lilly's right hand man stated with a smug and dark grin, pointing out how the young teenage girl didn't have his leader to stop him from doing what he planned on doing to her after their 'reunion' in the woods or Violet to come to her rescue...and how they could finally have a 'private chat' that was long overdue!

As Abel had walked up towards her, Clem stood her ground and drew out her knife while glaring angrily at the middle aged man...who landed a powerful backward slap across her face and she retaliated by landing a powerful kick to his right knee, which sent him falling to the floor on his back while holding his right wrist!

"Clem...I can't..." AJ wheezed softly after recovering from the last minute blow to his head, informing his mentor/guardian that he couldn't breathe from all the smoke entering the room through the openings underneath the doors.

"Just stay back!" She replied, ordering her boy to save his strength and to leave Abel to her...who delivered a kick of his own to Clementine's left knee cap that knocked her off her feet and forced her to drop her knife!

After the middle aged raider had knocked her to the floor, Clem had glanced up to see him slowly recovering from the kick she landed to his leg...and they both looked directly at her knife: which was within the other's reach! Fortunately for the African American teenage girl, she had managed to pick up her knife before Abel could and attempted to get back up on her feet...only to receive a powerful punch to her face from the middle aged man, that forced her to turn around and lean over the desk! Once her back was turned, Abel had pinned Clementine down to the sturdy wooden desk, she cried out in pain as he pulled and twisted her right arm behind her back!

"You know...whenever I see someone like you: weak, small, afraid and still alive? Well...I'll bet a whole of folks died just to make sure you lasted this long." Abel snarled angrily while keeping the young teenage girl pinned against the desk and mockingly stated that a number of good people had foolishly thrown their lives away just to make sure that she stayed alive.

"Just...keep talking asshole." Clem stated while glaring back at the middle aged raider...before grabbing the lighthouse model that was right in front of her girlfriend's desk with her free left hand and jamming the pointed tip of the roof directly in his left eye!

Abel had released his hold of the young African American teenage while backing away, screaming in great pain the second he felt the tip of the lighthouse model penetrating his eye! While he was groaning in pain from being stabbed in his eye...AJ had fortunately recovered from being struck in the head by the door...and was looking for some well deserved payback, which he delivered by impaling a fire poker through his left foot! The middle aged man had scream out in great pain, as the last minute sneak attack from the six year old forced him to collapse onto his knees before getting back up on his feet...but was panting deeply from smoke inhalation. The second she saw how tired and weakened Abel was from the injuries he just sustained and smoke he breathed in...Clem had charged in, tackling him through the glass doors to the balcony overlooking the courtyard!

As the middle aged man and teenage girl were struggling against the stone railing, Abel had growled angrily through gritted teeth and brought the palm of his right hand to her face in a desperate attempt to shove her away from him...which failed, as Clementine had swatted his hand away and landed a powerful knee between his legs: striking him in the groin which caused him to leap in deep shock! After she had struck Abel in his privates...they both panted deeply, as all the smoke they had breathed in from the fire had began taking its toll on them both. Once she had gotten breathing under control, Clem had glanced up to see Lilly's second in command raising his right arm up to throw a punch...which she was prepared for and successfully blocked and countered by landing a surprising powerful elbow strike to his lower abdomen! The power thrown into that blow was so strong, that it caused the stone railings to split in half and sent Abel falling off the balcony...but not before swiftly grabbing the African American teenage girl by her wrist and dragged her down with him...and then everything went black.

"AHHH! FUCK!" The middle aged raider screamed out in sheer agonizing pain, which caused Clementine to slowly regain consciousness as she had blacked out from the fall...and stared surprised to what she she had landed safely on Abel, as he obviously hit the hard/cold cement of the courtyard first...and had broken his right leg from the fall: the knee had been bent and blood had spilled out of the deep gash onto the ground!

"GODDAMN IT!" He cried out again, as he couldn't handle the unbearable pain to his fractured leg and punctured foot while the young teenage girl attempted to get back on her feet...but stopped, as she heard someone walking up towards her and slowly glanced up to see Lilly standing in front of her and pointing the barrel of her M1 Carbine right at her face!

The raven haired woman had panted softly as she had a conflicted look on her face and hands shaking as she couldn't bring herself to shoot the young African American teenage girl for an obvious reason: their past history together.

"Shit...this...this should be easy." She muttered underneath her breathe, conflicted as she simply stood there aiming M1 Carbine with her hands shaking which Clementine noticed with soft eyes.

"You won't do it. I know you won't." The African American teenage girl stated softly, as she instantly knew the reason why the raven haired woman couldn't bring herself to pull the trigger.

"Why?" Lilly asked softly, as she demanded to what made Clem believe she wouldn't bring herself to shoot and kill her...and her respond would hit her hard.

"Because we were family once. You won't kill family." Clementine answered with soft eyes, as if attempting to reach whatever humanity was still inside the woman who she once considered a 'friend' which caused her to look back at the young teenage girl with soft/saddened eyes...knowing that her words were true.

However...once her guard was down, Louis had came to the young African American teenage girl's rescue as he tackled Lilly to the ground much to her surprise! As the raven haired woman attempted to shove the older African American teenage boy off of her, Clem had looked at the M1 Carbine that Lilly dropped after her friend tackled her to the ground and attempted to make a grab for it...only to fall as Abel had grabbed left ankle and yanked off her feet, pulling her away from the rifle! Once she had turned over so she could face the middle aged man, Clementine had folded in her right leg and landed a kick to his face, which caused him to groan out in pain but still held on to her ankle! She attempted to land another kick to Abel's face...only to miss as he moved his head out of the way, but landed a more powerful kick on her third try: striking him on the ridge of his nose, which caused him to cry out as blood had spilled down his nostrils and forced him to release his grip on her ankle!

As Clementine backed away, the middle aged raider had recovered from the kick to his face and attempted to seize her ankle again...only for Rosie to come to her rescue, as she had pounced and bit her muscular jaws down on his slim arm! Abel had screamed in great pain, as he felt the Pit Bull's razor sharp teeth sinking into his arm while the young teenage girl continued to back away...and glanced back towards Lilly, only to witness something truly horrible: Sullene dragging Louis by the back of his shirt/jacket towards the cart with her friend screaming and struggling to get free! As the dark haired woman dragged the older African American teenage boy towards the cart, Lilly had gotten back up on her and picked up her Carbine before sprinting towards the main gate and fired two shots: killing two walkers that had entered through the broken down gate and startled their remaining horse!

Once she was back on her feet, Clem had stared surprised by the state the school grounds were in: fire from the bomb explosion had spread across the entire courtyard...and stared wide-eyed as she spotted Violet confronting the raider's sniper! The older blonde attempted to land a downward punch onto the older African American woman...whom easily blocked the blow with the stock of her scoped sniper rifle and shoved her back! Knowing that she needed to act fast, the African American teenage had glanced down to see her bow, which she had dropped from the fall after knocking Abel off the balcony just a few feet in front of her, along with her quiver...which only had ten arrows remaining. After she had picked up both her bow and nearly empty quiver, she heard AJ calling out her name and turned around just in time to see him running out of the still burning Admin building.

"Clem! Clem! Are you okay?" The six year old boy asked while panting softly, showing that his breathing was slightly improving as they were both outside...and was relieved to see his mother still alive, as he was horrified the moment he witnessed Abel dragging her with him as they fell from the balcony!

"I'm alright AJ. Go help Ruby and Willy take care of the walkers." Clementine answered softly, assuring her son that she wasn't that injured from the fall and instructed him to help Willy and Ruby kill the walkers entering the courtyard, as the noise from the all fighting, explosions and flames had unfortunately attracted them to the school, with the little boy nodding in agreement.

Shortly after her boy sprinted across the burning courtyard to assist the redhead and younger brunette...Clem had sadly glanced between Violet and Louis, as they were both being dragged/forced back towards the cart and stared deeply shocked as she caught a glimpse of Assim and Omar, laying unconscious inside!

'Oh god...Omar...Assim...' The young African American teenage girl mentally stated with a saddened look on her face after seeing that the raiders had captured two of her friends...and how dangerously close Violet and Louis were to joining them!

'Shit! What do I do? What do I do?' Clementine mentally asked herself as she was stuck in an impossible position: having to choose to save either her blonde girlfriend or the older African American teenage boy as the raiders they were struggling with were dangerously close to shoving/loading them into the cart!

'I'm so sorry Louis...but, I can't let them take Violet. Please for forgive.' She mentally stated while shedding a single tear as she made her decision and fired the arrow...which struck the sniper behind her left shoulder and allowed Violet to run for safety!

After she had fired and saved her older girlfriend from being captured...Clem could only watch helplessly as Sullene had shoved Louis towards the cart and struck him behind his head with the stock of her M1 Carbine, knocking him unconscious as he fell on top of Assim, whom was laying on top of Omar! While the black haired woman was loading their third and final prisoner onto the cart, Lilly had fending off the walkers that were frightening their remaining horse and knew needed to leave while they still could!

"We cut our losses! Fall back! Fall in and fall back!" The raven haired woman shouted while calling out to her remaining soldiers, ordering Sullene and their sniper to retreat before any more walkers had arrived and made their escape impossible!

"But...what about Abel?" The black haired raider asked, surprised that they were forced to retreat and to leave the middle aged man behind, along with Yonatan's crippled and lifeless body that was still in the burning Admin building!

"There's nothing we can do for him! There are too many walkers coming! We need to leave, now!" Lilly answered in a strong and firm tone, stating there was nothing they could do for her second in command as a small herd of walkers was approaching the school and how they needed to leave right away before any more showed up, before swiftly turning around and shooting a walker point blank in its head!

Knowing that their leader was right about the walkers and how they were scaring their remaining horse, the sniper had smacked the Cleveland Bay on its mid-back, it stood on its hind legs while giving a loud 'neigh' before charging past the archway with Lilly and Sullene running behind it! The moment she heard Lily give her remaining soldiers the order to retreat with Louis, Omar and Assim as their prisoners...Clem had sprinted to give chase while Willy fired a single arrow, hoping it would hit the horse to slow it down...only to unfortunately miss as the raiders had fled and raced into the forest! After the younger brunette had missed his shot...the raven haired woman had turned around with a Molotov cocktail in her hands and tossed it to the ground: causing the flames to erupt and prevent the young teenage girl from chasing after her! Shortly after she threw the Molotov to the ground and witnessed the flame come to live, Lilly had glanced up to meet Clementine's eyes...and gave the young African American teenage girl a glare after all the trouble she had caused her before running after the horse and her remaining people.

"Clem!" AJ cried out, calling out to her mentor/guardian and she swiftly turned to her left: spotting a couple of walkers approaching her son, Tenn and Ruby...while walking through the flames, setting themselves on fire which forced them to run in order to avoid being both eaten and burned alive!

After she saw how many walkers had gotten in the courtyard, Clem had immediately rushed to her friend's aid and drew out her bow while aiming directly at the walkers that were on fire: as she knew it would be incredibly stupid and pointless to use her knife. As the burning walkers had limped towards her, the young teenage girl had fired a single arrow for each walker that came at her...and knew she had to make every shot count: as she lost a few arrows from the fall and only had ten remaining in her quiver! Fortunately though...several of the walkers that entered the courtyard had walked around the flames, which were suitable for her to kill them with her knife!

As Clementine was cutting the walkers down left from right, she witnessed her friends getting in a few kills of their own: Tenn had repeatedly stabbed a walker in the head with his knife, Willy had slammed a heavy rock into one that was pinned down by burning debris and Ruby had stabbed a walker behind its head with her knife. After the younger brunette and redhead had spotted more walkers approaching from the forest, they broke into a fast run as the walkers had stepped through the fire and were bathed in flames! The moment she spotted the walkers enter the school grounds, Clem had made swift work of them by shooting them in the head with a single arrow and killed the non-burning ones with her knife.

After the final walker was slain, the young African American teenage girl had glanced around the still burning courtyard and spotted her friends stepping out from their hiding spots: Willy had taken cover behind one of the barricades and Ruby had taken shelter behind the stone columns outside the dorm building. As her friends had stepped into the courtyard, Clementine had slowly walked up towards Tenn, whom was sitting on the ground hiding his face in the palm of his hands: as he had felt immense guilt for Mitch being killed because of his naivety...before glancing up to meet sympathetic eyes from the younger teenage girl. Before she could comfort the guilt ridden twelve year old boy, Clem had turned to her right to see Rosie walking up towards her and smiled softly, as the Pit Bull had wagged her short stubby tail, showing she was glad that her new owner was still alive.

"Clem? I'm...I'm sorry. For trusting her." Tenn stated softly, apologizing to his surrogate older sister's girlfriend for compromising their plan by listening and trusting Lilly when she 'promised' to take him to Minnie...which he should've known was an obvious lie.

Before Clem could say anything, she turned to her left to see AJ walking up beside her and she smiled softly at her boy: as she didn't lose him to Lilly and her people, just like he didn't lose her. However...the young African American teenage girl and her son had sadly turned to see Willy sobbing as he and Ruby had gathered around Mitch's lifeless body.

"Clem!" Violet shouted as she walked up towards her younger girlfriend and pulled her into a soft, but firm hug: showing she was relieved that Clementine was still alive, especially since she had witnessed the younger teenage girl fighting Abel while they on the balcony outside her office...and had a look of horror when Lilly's right hand man had pulled her down with him after she knocked him off the balcony.

"Vi, oh thank god." Clementine stated softly as she returned the embrace, showing she was just as relieved that she hadn't Violet to the raven haired woman and her people before they pulled away from the hug.

"They...They took them: Assim, Omar...and goddamn it, Louis!" The older blonde stated sadly, informing her girlfriend that Lilly and the raiders had captured Louis, Assim and Omar before glancing towards the forest.

"I know...We're going after them." The African American teenage girl replied softly while placing a comforting hand on her shoulder, assuring her older girlfriend that they would go after the raven haired woman and her people to rescue their friends.

"If we knew where to look, I'd smash down the walls myself. But we don't." She stated softly, claiming that if they knew where the raider's were operating from, they could come up with a rescue plan to save the three teenage boys...but sadly pointed out that they didn't know where the raider's base was.

"We may not know where Lilly and her people ran off to...but we've got someone who does." Clem stated softly, agreeing with her girlfriend that they had no idea where the raider's were operating from...pointed out they had someone who did know while slowly turning around, with Violet and the others following her gaze as they knew exactly who she was talking about: a certain middle aged raider who was left behind...Abel!

Before the raven haired woman and her remaining soldiers had fled the school with Louis, Omar and Assim as their prisoners...Violet and Ruby had knocked out Lilly's second in command as he attempted to pull his arm out of Rosie's mouth and tied him to the flag pole by his wrists before taking care of the walkers that had entered the school grounds. After the fighting was over, Abel had eventually regained conscious and slowly opened his eyes...and stared complete shocked, as Clementine and her friends had silently walked up towards him and with extremely pissed glares on their faces.

A/N: There it is everyone, the 6th chapter to A World with You: A Violentine Story. I would like to apologize to my fellow Fanfic authors and loyal reviewers for the one month delay. I know that I promised to have the 6th chapter posted earlier during the beginning of July...but I've just been distracted since my mother left for vacation in Texas for a whole month. The seventh chapter will be posted sometime at the beginning of August. Until next time, bye.