Darknessarising-Thanks
Guest-Hope you enjoy this chapter as well
Fewpolecat93-Vince is going to be involved in this story as are all the 400 days characters, can't tell you how or when but they'll be around. Also I have a plan for Carver's death that may or may not involve Kenny so…
Clutzycutie-Alright so first, glad you liked the Carver and Lee convo I enjoyed writing it. Second in reference to Sarah as much as it does suck to see her go through what she does maybe if she had been eased into the world before she would have been alright. As much as I hate to say it the only thing that could have saved her at that point was Carvers harshness. And lastly I never liked how Bonnie got like a free pass as soon as we were put into Carver's camp so I wanted to make Molly treat her harshly because she deserves it.
Smeake-Thanks as always man
Darksawr-Yes Shel will be in this story eventually but I can't tell you how and why, so just read on.
EroSlackerMira-The way I see it, Carver never had enough time to be built up and thus we are just stuck with a flash of what could have been an awesome villain. As for Lee and Carver they are having a more original partnership, they both aren't really against each other, Carver likes Lee and feels he could be good man to work with him.
Guest-Sorry for the wait pal.
Enjoy
Clementine walked through the hardware stores main room looking for Bonnie, she spotted her right near the fire escape of the building, "Hey Clem, over here." Bonnie said while waving her over, "So you're just gonna be running some nails to the boys outside, real simple work." Bonnie said as she handed her a large orange bucket. She paused as she watched Clementine for a moment, "What's wrong?"
"Reggie...Reggie's dead. Carver killed him." Clementine replied with a tremble in her voice,
"What?!" Bonnie exclaimed in shock,
"He just pushed him off the roof," Clementine said with a drop in her voice,
"Maybe he...maybe you just…" Bonnie said trying to come up with a reason for Bill's innocence but after she looked at Clem's face she stopped, "Here you take these nails down to those boys and then you come right back here to me." Bonnie said walking over to the fire door and opening, "Go on you'll be fine." She said with a nod before looking up to the roof of the comic shop next door, "Troy, Clem's just gonna take them boys some supplies real quick!"
"Fine." Troy said as Clementine walked outside and looked to her right only to see Reggie's body through the wire fence, "Hey that's not of your concern girl!" Troy barked out causing Clem to quickly turn around,
Clementine walked towards the far shop while walkers banged on the wooden fences to her right, she looked at them concerned noticing that even with just a few walkers hitting on them they were shaking violently. She entered the shop just as Kenny grabbed Mike and forced him against a wall, "Fuck this! If they want this done so bad tell them to do it themselves!" Kenny shouted at Mike while pressing his arm into his neck,
"Kenny, calm down man." Matthew said quickly,
"Get your fucking hands off me!" Mike shouted back angrily,
"No, they aren't gonna fucking force us to do shit Matt." Kenny said with narrowed eyes,
"I said get your hands off me!" Mike said struggling against Kenny's grasp,
"Or what? You gonna go tell on me?" Kenny replied pressing his arm harder,
"Guys stop fighting, it isn't worth it!" Matthew said quickly as Clementine came running over to them,
"I'm trying to help you asshole!" Mike said while pushing back against him,
"You're one of them ain't cha!" Kenny exclaimed almost madly,
"Reggie's dead! Carver killed him!" Clementine shouted causing all three men to look over shock and confused,
"What? Are you-are you sure?" Mike asked as Kenny let him go.
Just then Mike's body that was pressed up against a poorly covered window pulled one of the plywood barricades down. Walkers, who had already been beating against the window, shattered the glass and started to pull themselves into the building, "Fuck! Grab a weapon!" Kenny commanded as he picked up a hammer and readied it.
Five walkers pulled themselves through the window and slowly separated themselves, going after different targets. Clementine picked up a wooden board and started to slam it onto the head of the walker pursuing her. She continued to back up hoping the one of her hits would kill the walker, yet it continued to lumber after her with no hesitation. Finally she felt the wall on her back and started looking for an escape rout.
She immediately dove behind a toppled shelf and started to push her way towards the other side as the walker followed closely behind. She reached the end of the shelf, and panicked as she saw pieces of metal keeping her trapped behind it. She mustered all her strength and was able to push the shelf out of the way long enough to escape. As it fell back into place, a piece of metal impaled the walker's skull killing it.
She looked to her right and saw Matthew holding a sledgehammer while three walkers lumbered towards him, "Clem, get outta here!" He yelled as he swung hitting a walker in the leg snapping it in two and sending it to the ground,
Clementine ran over to the back of the store and grabbed hold of a ladder, "Matthew move!" She shouted out. Matthew looked back at her and jumped back while Clementine threw the ladder down bringing another walker down to the ground. Just then Troy kicked open the door to the shop and started taking shots at the walkers. He Ak-47 barked wildly as he took precise head shots killing each of the walkers with ease. A bullet ripped through a walkers skull and flew into Matthew's shoulder sending him to the ground. "Matthew!" Clementine exclaimed and ran over to him,
"Alright what the fuck is going on in here!" Troy shouted out with fury lingering off each word,
Kenny looked over at Mike and waited for him to rat him out about the fight. Mike took a breath and looked up at Troy, "Nothing, barricade came loose. We were just trying to survive."
Troy looked over to Kenny who let out a small smile that quickly disappeared, "Yeah, that'd be the long and short of it."
Troy watched the two of them for a moment before narrowing his eyes, "Stop fucking around, i'm staying here for the rest of your shift, make sure you're doing your fucking job."
"You shot Matthew!" Clementine shouted as she pressed her hand against his wound while he let out pained groans,
"What the fuck am I supposed to do about that?" Troy said with an unconcerned look,
"Help him!" Kenny shouted out,
"Take him to Carlos, I sure as shit ain't helping him." Troy said before looking back to Kenny and Mike, "Get the fuck back to work, you need to cover this window back up!"
Matthew got to his feet, "It's okay Clem, I'll go in a minute, you just head back." Matthew said taking some deep breaths while he held his wound. Clementine stared at him for a moment unsure what to do, "It's alright Clem, you go on. You don't need to be out here where it's not safe."
Clementine gave a small nod and slowly walked out of the shop. As she walked back towards the hardware store she passed a comic shop and without warning the door swung open. Before she could react a man jumped out and grabbed her, putting one arm around her and the other over her mouth pulling her inside. She struggled against the man as he pulled her deeper into the store and finally bit his hand, "Ow! Clem, stop! Relax it's me!" Luke exclaimed as he dropped her,
"Luke?!" Clementine exclaimed as she turned around,
Luke shook his hand in pain, "Yes...damn you bit the hell outta me." Luke said as he looked at his finger,
Clementine reached out and hugged him quickly, "I was worried, we all were."
Luke let out a smirk, "Awe, it's good to see you too kid." Luke took a second to gather his thoughts then said, "Alright look I followed ya'll best I could, I haven't slept since ya'll got nabbed and...well this is the first chance I got to talk to somebody. They're everywhere, they got guards watching everything." Luke paused and shush Clem as he saw Matthew walking past the door heading back to the hardware store. "We got a herd of lurkers just south of us, biggest one i've seen around these parts."
"Lee asked about that when Carver mentioned it, he said it's supposed to be a few hundred." Clementine said with a bit of worry in her voice, "He said it might pass us."
"Yeah well I heard that too but that ain't happening. It's gonna hit this place, could be today or it could be tomorrow but it's coming." Luke said as he peered out the window,
"Are you...are you feeling okay?" Clementine asked as she looked at Luke's pale face,
"No- No I mean yeah, sorry I could just use some sleep is all. Hard to rest when you're worried about a lurker jumping you but i'm fine." Luke said with a reassuring smile,
"This seems dangerous…" Clementine added nervously,
"Well yeah, the whole situations is dangerous but don't worry I got a plan. Now I know that they all communicate over radios, they tell someone what they are doing at all times. So if I can get one I can listen and watch for an opening and when I see one I come and spring you guys." Luke said quickly, "Only problem is, I don't have a radio."
"I-I can get you one, I think." Clementine said quickly,
"Okay, okay good. Now we have to be smart and safe about this, no one can know. Can you do that?" Luke asked kneeling down,
"Yes I-" Clementine started to say,
"Hey Girl! Where the fuck are you hiding!" Troy shouted out from just outside,
"Go quick, get outta here." Luke said quickly.
Clementine nodded and ran out of the door and immediately saw Troy storming over to her, "What the hell were you doing in there missy?"
"I was...looking at comics." Clementine said with her best convincing face,
Troy narrowed his eyes and stared at her, "Get back inside, and don't let me catch you fooling around again."
"Yessir." Clementine said quickly before running back to the hardware store.
Nearly another hour past as everyone finished up their first work day. The only good thing about the winter was the sun sets early letting everyone have shorter work days. Lee was the last to enter the pen, "God there you are." Molly said jumping out of her seat as Vince shut the door behind him,
"Talk to you later Vince." Lee said with a nod,
"Yeah, sorry about the pen." Vince said with a frown before turning back and walking away.
Lee turned back to Molly and pulled her into a hug, "You okay?"
"Just fine, you'd be proud of me I controlled myself and didn't slap the chick they paired me with today." She said with a playful smile,
Lee let out a little laugh, "That's good, glad to hear it." Lee pulled back from Molly and looked at the group all sitting at the fire, "What's going on?"
"Everyone's having a debate on what's our best chance to get out of here." Molly said with a frown, "And of course they're fighting about it, what else is new."
Lee let out a sigh, "Guess I should head over and try to handle this." He said as he started to walk over to the fire pit,
Kenny looked up at Lee and let out a smile before nodding, "Glad to have you back pal, now you can help me talk some sense into these folks."
"What are you trying to talk them into?" Lee said with an unimpressed look as he took a seat next to him, Clementine gave him a small smile from just across the pit,
"He's trying to talk us into killing ourselves." Rebecca said with a cold gaze,
"What is it with you?" Kenny said with an icy tone,
"Cool it, what are you trying to plan Ken?" Lee said firmly,
"He want's to draw the herd right to the door." Mike said with an unsure look, "I just can't figure out why."
"Because it'll be fucking chaos here when it hits. No one will be paying attention to us." Kenny retorted,
"I don't know Ken, attention or not walking out of here while a herd is surrounding the building is going to be tough." Lee said a bit dismissively,
"Thank you, see Kenny. We can't just walk out the front door, we'll be torn apart." Rebecca said a bit smugly,
"Well unless we cover ourselves." Lee said causing everyone to look over at him, even Jane looked over at him with a surprised look,
"What do you mean cover ourselves?" Nick asked confused,
"I've done it once before in Savannah, you get a walker and cut it open. Cover yourself with it's blood, makes you invisible to walkers, they can't tell the difference." Lee explained as Jane stood up and walked over to the group,
"That's bullshit, no way that works." Mike said reluctantly,
"No he's right, as long as you don't panic and you coat yourself right you'll be perfectly fine." Jane butted in,
"I don't know Kenny it sounds dangerous." Sarita said timidly,
"Dangerous?" Kenny said with a scoff, "Of course it's dangerous, every fucking thing we do is dangerous!"
"Kenny, do not speak to me that way." Sarita said with narrowed eyes,
Kenny took a short breath, "Okay, Okay. Sorry."
Suddenly Clementine spoke up, "Maybe Luke could help us...he's outside. He wants a radio to keep an eye on the guards." Clementine explained quickly,
Rebecca let out a relied smile then turned back to Lee, "Now that's a plan I can vote for."
Mike looked down at Clem a bit surprised, "Huh, he didn't mention he met with you. He flagged us down after Troy headed back inside."
"Doesn't matter, Luke knows what he's doing. He can watch the guards then give us a chance to escape safely." Nick said confidently,
Carlos slowly walked over to the group, "I've done what I can for Matthew, the bullet is lodged in his shoulder, I was able to stop the bleeding but I can not remove it." Carlos said as he wiped his hands clean from blood,
"What does that mean?" Kenny asked with an annoyed tone,
"It means he'll survive but his arm is not going to be easy for him to use now." Carlos replied with a frown,
"Shit." Kenny said while shaking his head. Kenny let out a deep sigh then sat up straight, "Back to the point, we don't know when Luke will be able to help us, best shot is slipping out of here with the herd."
"I mean it really isn't that hard to control these things, remember back in Crawford with the bells?" Molly said making Kenny smile,
"Yeah got every fucker on the block to head right to ya." Kenny said with a nod,
"Don't know if you noticed but there ain't no bells here." Nick said with a scoff,
"Yeah no shit kid but what I'm getting at is we just need something loud to make sure they hit this place." Kenny quickly shot back,
Sarita thought for a moment then turned to Kenny, "Well Carver's PA system seems quite loud."
"And there are speakers for the outside of the building.' Mike added on,
While the group began to hash out the plan of using the PA Molly leaned over to Lee, "Hey what are you doing, people are kinda expecting your input here."
"I'm thinking." Lee replied quietly as he ran his hand along his chin,
"Controls are in his office, that much is clear." Jane said with a shrug to the group,
"It's all controlled from there, all you need to do is flip a switch to turn it on." Rebecca explained halfheartedly,
"Well that's perfect! We just need to get into his office, why didn't you say so sooner." Kenny said with a grin,
"Because it's a idiotic plan. We need to get a radio to Luke and just wait." Rebecca said firmly,
"You're real difficult to work with sometimes." Kenny said coldly,
"Kenny." Sarita butted in quickly,
Finally Lee spoke up, "We need to do both." Everyone turned to him, "Waiting here for an opening could cost us our lives, Reggie's proof of that. But just running out of the pen with now eye on the outside won't work either, we need Luke to watch for us then spring us once the herd distracts the rest. We slip out the back before the herd even circles the building." Lee explained,
"Now that plan I can get behind." Jane said with a nod,
"Lee hold up, Luke is in no position to help us, you want to put your faith in a man who just left us when times got tough?" Kenny said shaking his head,
"Ken we are going to need to turn that speaker on to draw the herd in, now how would you suggest we do that from inside the pen?" Kenny paused before lowering his head, "Right, we have a man on the outside, we need Luke to bring the herd in and spring us, it's the only way."
"But the walkers, they could still kill us." Nick said with a worried tone,
"Not if we cover ourselves, we just have to stay calm." Lee said easily,
"Gotta say you should listen to the man, if everyone keeps it together and doesn't clump up we can push right through them." Jane said crossing her arms,
"Fine, what the hell are we waiting for. Let's go get the stupid radio." Kenny said jumping to his feet,
"How are you going to get into the stockroom, no way to open the gate." Rebecca said dismissively,
"I actually I got that covered." Molly said walking over to the corner of the pen. She stopped and looked up the side of the building where half a ladder hung, "Just need one of you to give me a boost."
"Wait, you should send the kid." Jane said pointing her thumb to Clem,
"What? Why?" Molly said dismissively,
"I don't doubt that your quick but she's less likely to be seen. Besides if she gets caught Bill probably won't kill her, you...I'm pretty sure you'll just get shot." Jane said crossing her arms,
Molly and Clem both looked over to Lee waiting for him to make a call for who was being sent out to grab the radio.
Alright I am back, sorry that this chapter took so long but better late than never right? Hope you are liking the build up, I realize I am sticking to the story a decent amount but I hope you are liking the original scenes I am putting in here and there. Also vote time! That's right, who do you think Lee should send out for the radio Clem or Molly? Click on my name and vote on the poll at the top of my homepage!