smeake

Good chapter, can't wait for the next one

Thanks for the support, hope you enjoy this one as well.

ShadowDemonIce

This is a good story, love it how you brought back lee. Also is Lee missing his arm?

Glad you liked the way I brought him back. As for his arm, yes it's cut off. I went with the realist possible way for Lee to come back, first he cut off his arm stopping the infection. Next he told Clem to just leave him instead of shooting him, after a long rest Lee regained consciousness.

Enjoy

Nearly three weeks had past since Molly and Lee escaped Savannah, the first few days Lee stopped in almost every building they past looking for Clementine to no avail. Each day Lee felt his heart weighing on him, he knew he did the right thing telling her to go but he wished he made her stay. He is fine, minus an arm and she could be dead for all he knows. After the first week Lee silently gave up his search, he began to recede into himself barely speaking to Molly.

Molly on the other hand tried her best to give him space, she knew that he was in a living hell. The second week was by far the most awkward for her, as Lee would barely speak and ignore her when they were driving. They continued to drive north, not for any reason, in fact that had no plan. Without them talking they had never even thought of one slightly, they continued to let the road lead them along.

As the third week started to tick by Molly began to press Lee, trying to get him to open up. "So, I gotta know. Does it bother you?" Molly asked peering over to him while they drove down a mostly empty highway,

Lee took his eyes off the road and looked over to her, "Does what bother me?" He asked softly,

"The arm? I mean it must be fucking weird right?" Molly said with a small smirk,

Lee let out a soft chuckle, "I can still feel it, that's what is driving me crazy." He moved his stump, pointing it straight out, "Like right now, i'm wiggling my fingers."

"What? Bullshit." Molly said crossing her arms as she put her foot on the dash,

"Serious." Lee said with a small nod, "And I can't deny everything is a pain in the ass, but I can shoot and reload my gun. That's all I need now." He said returning to a stoic face.

Molly turned back and started rifling through the glove box, "So, who was this asshole anyway?" She asked referring to the stranger,

Lee let out a long sigh, "Few months back, we were staying at a motor inn. It wasn't a good place but we were making it. Problem was, we were running out of food. Macon was getting picked clean and we couldn't hunt worth a damn. Then one night we just come up on this car, not a person in sight with a bunch of supplies sitting in the back." Lee lowered his head for a just a second before looking back at the road, "Clementine told us not to take the supplies but we needed the food, so we took it all. Just opened the truck and grabbed everything, then walked away. Turned out the man was alive and us taking his food lead to his wife and daughter's death. He blamed us, and he wanted to take Clem away because he thought I was too dangerous to have her."

Molly shook her head, the thought of stealing the guys supplies wasn't sitting well with her. She saw that happen time after time in Crawford, people who weren't good enough to be in the community would either be killed or lose everything they had. "Sounds like you really fucked up. You had it coming." She said bitterly before realizing what she just said.

Lee's eyes narrowed and he slammed his foot on the brake causing the car to come to a screeching halt. Molly let out a little yell as he body pushed against her seatbelt. Lee turned to her with fury in his eyes, "Don't you think I know that!? That's all I can think, my friends, my arm, Clementine! All that fucking gone because of that choice! So trust me, I don't need to hear from you that I got what I deserved!" He shouted while almost trembling with anger.

Molly's heart was racing as she could tell that Lee was on the brink of snapping. She didn't even mean to say what she said, "L-Lee...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that." She said sincerely trying to calm him.

Lee felt himself coming down from his anger, he let his head rest on the steering wheel, "Doesn't matter, it's true. It's my fault, I made the call." He said with a drop in his voice,

Molly stared at the man and she couldn't help but feel like shit, he had been blaming himself every day since she found him and now she just tells him it was his fault. "Lee, you were looking out for your people. You didn't want to hurt that prick but it happened, everything after that, that wasn't your fault." Molly took a pause before continuing, "Back in Crawford, stealing, leaving people for dead. That was just what happened, I hated knowing that was happening and that's why I said that. It wasn't you, it was them, that fucking place."

Lee took a deep breath before sitting back up, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have blown up like that." Lee said softly, "None of this is your fault, all you've done is help."

Molly let out a small smile, "It's fine, I kinda deserved that one." Lee began to drive down the highway once again having calmed down, "So Lee, we need to figure out a plan here. We can't just keep driving aimlessly."

Lee let out a slow nod, "I know." He said with a sigh, "I've been avoiding it, just hoping that I'd find Clementine but it's just not going to happen." Lee licked his lips before saying, "Maybe we just find a place to hold up in for awhile."

Molly peered over to him, "Not much of a plan...but in lack of any other one, that's gonna have to do." Molly said with a little shrug, "Got any place in mind?"

Lee let out a sigh then his lips curled into a small smile, "Why not here?" He said pointing to a small turn off that had a few buildings,

"Here? A fucking truck stop?" Molly said dismissively,

"Relax, just for a few days. Then we can get a move on, they have to have a map in there that we can use to make a plan." Lee said turning into the parking lot,

Molly let out a little sigh, "Fine, maybe these places haven't been picked clean yet either. We're running a bit low on food."

Lee nodded in agreement as he shut the car off and tucked the keys into his pocket. He got out of the car and paused looking around slowly, his eyes locked on a truck that was parked. He pulled out his pistol and began to walk towards it slowly, Molly raised an eyebrow and followed closely behind him. He peered into the truck and didn't see anyone, he quickly put his gun back into his pants and placed his hand on the hood, "It's still warm, someone's here." He said taking his pistol back out,

Molly let out a groan, "Sonofabitch."

Lee started heading to the main building which was a simple gas station. He pushed open the glass door and kept his gun raised as he scanned the room taking small steps. He peered back and saw Molly holding back while he pushed further into the store. Lee started to look down the few isles yet still saw no one, he could feel his stomach twisting as he was getting concerned that he couldn't find these people. He took a step back while slowly lowering his gun.

He heard a crunch from right behind him and before he could turn around he heard a click from a pistol. He felt a cold barrel touch the back of his neck, "Put it down." The man commanded. Lee closed his eyes and let out a slow exhale as he dropped his gun to the floor. Just then Molly took Hilda and smashed a window causing the man to look over in shock. Lee took this moment to elbow the man in the face, he whirled back and dropped his gun.

Lee spun around and dove at the man who was clutching his nose that was dripping blood. Lee tackled him to the ground and began to punch him wildly, suddenly he heard a woman shout out fearfully, "Stop! Don't hurt him!"

Lee looked back as Molly ran in and jumped over the counter grabbing the young indian woman and forcing her against the wall. The man Lee was on let out a yell and slammed his fist into his face, "Let her go!" He commanded with a southern twang that sounded very familiar to Lee. The man picked up his gun and put it to Lee's head, "Do it or I kill him!"

"Kenny?" Lee asked in shock while staring at the man in shock while he pressed a gun to his head.

Kenny's eyes went wide and he looked down at Lee slowly pulling the gun away from his head, "Lee?" He replied just as shocked.

Alright so here we are three weeks after the escape from Savannah and Lee is reunited with Kenny! At this point Kenny had already met back up with Sarita and they have a budding relationship. Also just a side note, this Lee and Kenny were good friends.