The Good The Bad The X-Boy-Glad you liked the chapter and also hope you'll like how things continue from this point forward. While some things just won't change because Lee wouldn't be able to change it, some big things will be changed.
Windyrat-Glad you liked it bud, hope you enjoy this one.
Smeake-Good to hear from you and hope you'll like this one too.
CosmicArmor-Ha ha, funny you say that but last chapter was my average length. Guess that means I just kept you on edge and left you wanting more. Anyway enjoy this one.
Guest-Read on and find out.
Guest-Now this is something i've seen a lot of people say and I just don't get it. Does Clem being independent mean she has to hate and fight with Lee? She's a kid and while they are forced to grow up quicker in this world that doesn't mean she's going to be looked to when people are making choices. I feel i've shown that she's become quite independent but I want just have her start fighting with Lee unless they start to seriously disagree on some things, as of now they are on the same page.
Guest-Hmmm what is Carver going to do…
Fewpolecat93-Ah I felt a bit bad that I've neglected Nick but no worries as I'm planning on getting him more involved soon, so that's on the way.
Worker72-Glad some people are enjoying Vince, the 400 days characters as a whole I have an idea for which you'll see soon enough. Also, the end for Carver is on the way so look forward to that my friend.
Enjoy
Carver looked down at Lee who showed no fear, keeping direct eye contact with the man. The fact that Lee didn't seemed frightened pissed Carver off even more as he could tell that Lee wouldn't be dissuaded with just words. He looked to his left and right eyeing the group before looking back down to Lee, "Troy, bring Kenny over here." He said as he let go of Lee's shirt dropping back down to the ground,
"What are you doing?" Sarita asked fearfully as she watched Troy drag over Kenny,
Kenny was pushed down to his knees and looked over to Lee then back to Carver, "Fuck you." He spat out to him.
Carver narrowed his eyes and grabbed Kenny's shirt with one arm and with the other started to press the walkie talkie antenna into his left eye. Kenny screamed out in pain and struggled against Carver as everyone else stared in horror, "Stop! Kenny!" Sarita cried out as Carlos continued to hold her back,
"You fuck!" Lee exclaimed as he started to get up only for Troy to kick him to the ground. Bonnie and Vince looked at each other both feeling that this was going to far. Lee let out a cough as Troy's boot slammed into his chest knocking the wind out of him, "S-stop this." Lee said weakly,
Carver pressed the walkie into his eye again before finally dropping Kenny to the ground. Kenny let himself collapse, he could barely keep himself conscious. Lee took deep breaths as he watched a small pool of blood form around Kenny's head. Lee closed his eyes, he was a bit relieved that it was over yet Carver seemed to sense this and leaned down to him, "Pay attention, we aren't done here yet." He whispered out icily,
Lee's eyes sprung open and he turned watched Carver walk over to Molly grabbing her roughly by the hair, "No! Don't you fucking touch her!" Lee exclaimed jumping up only for Troy to grab his shoulders forcing him to his knees. Carver slammed his fist into Molly's stomach knocking the strength right out of her. Lee struggled against Troy wildly but couldn't break free from his grasp as Carver continued to hit Molly, "Stop! You want blood take it from me!" Lee shouted out,
"This is how you'll remember, if you want your friends to be safe you'll follow my rules." Carver replied as he dropped Molly to the ground,
"Fine! Just please stop!" Lee exclaimed as Molly lowered her head taking deep breaths,
"You don't get it friend, her death is non negotiable." Carver said causing Lee's eyes to widen in fear,
"Bill-" Bonnie said in shock,
"Quiet!" Carver shouted out as he kicked Molly in the stomach sending her fully to the ground,
Lee continued to thrash around trying to get out of Troy's grasp to no avail. "It's o-okay Lee. It's okay." Molly whispered out as Carver pulled out his revolver aiming it down at her head. He slowly pulled the hammer back, everyone hearing the click.
However just as he started to squeeze the trigger Kenny dove at Troy bringing him to the ground. Carver looked up aiming his revolver up as Lee immediately dove at the man. Carver pulled the trigger just as Lee hit his body causing the shot to go wide and miss. The two men fell to the ground, Carver's revolver skidded across the floor as Lee wrapped his hand around his neck. Two of Carver's henchmen quickly aimed up their guns ready to kill both Lee and Kenny.
Yet to the shock of everyone Vince raised his gun and fired killing the two men with a burst of gunfire. Kenny who was on top of Troy looked around and quickly spotted a piece of firewood which he reached for. Meanwhile Nick and Matthew ran for the two rifles the dead henchmen had. Despite Troy's struggling Kenny quickly grabbed the piece of wood and began to slam it into Troy's face.
Just behind them Carver put his boot into Lee's chest and kicked him off of him. He pulled himself to his feet and looked around for his gun. He spotted it and just as he began to go for it Lee reached out wrapping his hand around his leg and biting deeply into his ankle. Carver let out a scream of pain as Lee's teeth pushed through his pants and flesh. Lee began to pull back ripping off his achilles tendon dropping him to the floor. Lee spit out the flesh from his mouth as he got to his feet.
As Lee walked towards his revolver Kenny finally got to his feet and looked down at Troy whose face now resembled a smashed watermelon. Blood poured out of his face, and his whole facial structure was now gone. Kenny took some deep breaths before he let out a loud yell and jammed the piece of wood down into what was left of Troy's skull. He turned back as Lee picked up Carver's revolver and started to walk over to Carver. "So here we are." Carver said as he gritted his teeth, "Ya think running away from this place is gonna save you? Huh?!" Carver shouted out as Lee stopped in front of him, "No, you're not that stupid Lee. You know what this world is, you know-" Carver tried to continue only for Lee to fire off a round into his head with a cold glare,
Vince walked over to the gate and looked outside, "Oh hell." He groaned out,
"What?" Bonnie asked a bit fearfully,
The other slowly walked over and looked outside only to see the herd of hundreds of walkers heading straight towards the building. Lee walked over to Molly and slowly helped her up, "Are you alright?" He asked softly,
"W-what? You think that hurt?" She coughed out with a weak smile,
"Lee!" Kenny called out as Sarita clung onto him,
Molly and Lee looked over as he ran over, "What?"
"It's the fucking herd, we gotta get out of here." Kenny said quickly,
"Alright." Lee said with a nod as he took a step forward, "Everyone we need to get a move on now. We need to get ourselves outside."
"Ya'll can follow me, I can take you two the loading dock doors." Bonnie said quickly as she ran over to the pen entrance,
The group ran through the hardware store only stopping for a moment if they saw a weapon to grab. As they got to the loading dock Bonnie pulled it open and everyone started to hop out, "Alright listen close we need to cover ourselves in walker guts, if we don't they'll smell us and we'll die." Jane said as people began to jump out of hardware store,
"Lee." Vince said from behind him,
"What?" Lee asked as he peered back only to see him standing firm, "Vince, what the hell are you doing?"
"I'm not coming. I got friends here." Vince said firmly,
"Vince this place is getting hit by that herd. You could be killed." Lee said a bit confused,
"It's something I gotta do. Now go on before you miss your chance." Vince said as he turned around a started running to the roof. Lee watched for a moment upset as he left but with no time to waste he jumped down out of the building onto the ground.
"Lee." Clementine whispered over to him as he looked around at the walkers surrounding the building. He moved over to her and pushed his hand into the walkers stomach that she was using. As he coated his arms and chest Clementine coated his back in the walker's blood quickly,
"You okay?" Lee whispered to her,
"Yeah." Clementine said with a short nod, "You?"
"I'll make it." Lee replied with a little smile,
"Hey, where's Vince?" Bonnie asked looking around,
"He stayed behind." Lee replied as he got to his feet,
"Alright quiet." Jane said firmly, "Look we need to spread out, we clump up they could still smell us. Move slow and stay calm, don't make any noise." Jane said as she began to walk forward into the horde.
"This time we are gonna make it through together." Clementine said confidently as she looked up at Lee,
"That's right." Lee said with a small nod as the whole group began to walk forward.
Minutes passed as the group pushed through the herd, as time continued they started to spread out even more. Lee and Clem however were right behind Carlos and Sarah. They could hear Sarah starting to hyperventilate as she looked at the faces of the walkers and it only got worse as they started to hear gunfire coming from Howe's. "Clementine please say something to her, try and calm her down. You're her friend." Carlos said softly,
"Sarah please, calm down-" Clem tried to say only for a bullet to rip right through Carlos's neck. He let out a gurgling yell as he clutched his neck that immediately alerted the nearby walkers who grabbed onto him and bit into his arm and shoulder pulling him to the ground. Sarah let out a ear piercing scream that caused other walkers to turn around. As walkers began to close in on the group Bonnie opened fire at walkers that closed in on the group. Lee pulled out Carver's revolver and took two shots, "Clem we gotta go. Sarah, Sarah?" Lee asked only to see Sarah sprinting wildly through the walkers,
"Dammit Sarah!" Luke exclaimed as he started to run after her follow by Nick and Matthew. As they reached the tree line a bullet shot out and ripped through Nick's shoulder. As Lee continued to walk forward with Clem, Clementine heard a loud scream from Sarita. She quickly ran over towards them in pure concern, "Clem? Clem where are you going?" Lee whispered out as he tried to follow her, very confused.
As Clementine ran she heard another yell and spotted Sarita reaching towards the ground for her knife as a walker held onto her arm while biting into her wrist. Sarita looked up at Clem fearfully for a moment as Clem ran up and held her hatchet up. Lee finally spotted Clem and Sarita and he saw her grab onto her arm, "Clem No!" Lee shouted out as she slammed the hatchet down on Sarita's wrist.
Sarita let out a piercing screech as half of her arm was cut, Lee stood there wide eyed as Clementine pulled back and once again slammed down the hatchet completely severing Sarita's hand. Sarita held onto her stump shaking her head slowly in complete terror, finally the shock wore off and she shouted out at the top of her lungs in pain. "Oh fuck." Lee breathed out before running up to Clementine,
"Sarita?!" Kenny called out having heard her shout. He turned over and spotted her being tore into by two walkers as she continued to scream in pain. "No!" Kenny shouted as he ran over to her quickly killing the walkers feeding on her. Mike ran over as well protecting him as he held her dying body, "Hun please hang on, I ain't gonna let you die." He said nearly in tears,
"Kenny you gotta let her go, we need to move." Lee said quickly,
"Get away from us!" Kenny shouted out furiously, "It ain't gonna go this way again, I won't be left alone."
Lee looked around and then back down at Clementine who was standing there in fear and clear guilt. "Kenny man come on, we can't stay here." Mike said as he slammed his hammer onto a walker skull. Lee could see Kenny wasn't moving so he took closed his eyes and took a slow breath. He reached down and took Clem's hatchet and quickly slammed it down into Sarita's skull, putting her to rest once and for all.
"No!" Kenny screamed out as he stared at her destroyed head that was split from the top, "How fucking dare you, Lee! How fucking dare you!" Kenny shouted out as he got to his feet,
"Not now, we have to move." Mike said grabbing his shoulder and pulling him towards the tree line,
"You had no right! No fucking right!" Kenny shouted as he ran away from the both Lee and Clementine,
"Kenny wait." Clementine tried to say yet he disappeared into the crowd of walkers almost instantly,
"It's okay, just follow me. I'm right here with you." Lee said softly as he took her hand and started to lead her forward. The pair pushed through the horde as the survivors at Howe's continued to fire at the horde drawing them in towards the building from all sides. As they continued Lee could hear Clem's breath pick up as she continued to squeeze his hand. He held onto her tightly and looked around, part of him worried for Molly yet he figured that she would be just fine.
As they reached the tree line a hand quickly reached out and pulled Clementine down. Lee grabbed the revolver from his belt and aimed down only to see Rebecca looked up at them in fear. He knelt down and she looked at the pair now relieved, "I can't find anybody." She whispered over to them,
"Us either." Clementine said with a nod,
"Doubt we will. Everyone took off in other directions. Hell we didn't even come up with a group up point." Lee said with a frown at their weak planning,
"It's okay, when we first escaped from here we all met up in a civil war park, called Parker's run. That's where we'd go if we got separated, so that's were I bet Luke will be. I just don't know how we're going to get there." Rebecca explained as she looked at the herd around them,
"We're still covered in their sent, all we have to do is push through this last cluster." Lee said firmly, "Come on follow me." Lee added as he got up and started walking forward once again.
Rebecca took a shaky breath and got to her feet slowly inching forward away from the trees she was using for cover. Yet as the walkers started to surround her she began to panic and back away, "No, go back. We have to go back." Rebecca whispered out frantically,
Clem turned back and bumped into Jane who had just reached the edge, "Jane!" Clementine exclaimed, "Please help us."
"Listen to your friend Lee, just push through them. You'll be fine." Jane hissed out as she kept walking,
"No please, just stay with us. Help us through this." Rebecca pleaded with her,
"We can't stick together, they will smell us and then you will be dead." Jane replied coldly,
"Jane." Lee said with narrowed eyes as he held a gaze,
She let out a sigh and slowly moved back to them, "Fine but we're going to need a cow catcher." She said as she looked around,
"Just tell me what you need me to do." Clementine said firmly,
"I just need...okay that one." Jane said pointing to a think female walker, "I'll need you to distract it." Jane said as she started to sneak around it,
Before Lee could speak up Clementine moved forward and quickly spoke up to the walker, "Hey, over here." The walker slowly started to turn only for Jane to reach out and twist its arm behind it's back.
She quickly stuck her knife into it's mouth and cut off it's lower jaw, "Won't be biting anyone now, will ya?" Jane said with a little smirk as she swung the walker around and started to walk, "Stay close, if you fall behind I'm not coming back."
The group began to walk once again, Lee hung in the back separated from the group slightly as to not cause too much of a smell for the walkers and finally they reached the end of the herd. Jane pushed the walker she was using down and quickly stabbed it in the head, "Come on let's get the hell out of here." Jane said as she walked into the forest. Lee gave a final look back to Howe's watching everyone on the roof firing at the horde before turning back towards the group and continuing.
Hours past the the group continued to walk, it wasn't long until the sun started to rise yet again. The thought of already spending a whole night away from Molly was killing Lee, not to mention fatigue was setting in on the others, especially Rebecca. "How much farther is this place?" Lee asked looking back to Rebecca,
"Not too much farther, we just wanted to pick a place that wasn't too close to Carver's camp." Rebecca replied,
"Let's hope your friends are there when we get there." Jane said while shaking her head slightly,
"Don't say things like that, they'll be there." Rebecca quickly said,
"Fine! Sorry." Jane said quickly wanting to keep things quiet,
Rebecca lowered her head and she looked behind them, "And god, I don't even know if we're safe. I know it's been quiet but what if the herd is following us."
"We're fine, just stay focused." Lee said firmly,
"I know I'm-i'm going as fast as I can." Rebecca said as she rubbed her stomach, "I just can't stop thinking about everyone we left behind. I don't know why Vince wouldn't leave with us."
"Can't dwell on that. He made a choice." Lee said trying not to think about him, he probably saved his life back with Carver and now he was more than likely dead,
"Stupid choice if you ask me." Jane said with a shrug,
"I don't know, I know we were thinking about using the herd but maybe if we were patient. Or if we thought of something else" Rebecca said halfheartedly,
"It worked!" Lee shouted a bit annoyed,
"If you can call that working." Rebecca shot back,
"Well maybe if people hadn't panicked things wouldn't have gone so bad." Jane added on,
"Of course we panicked! We were scared!" Rebecca exclaimed,
"The plan was good, it was the execution that was sloppy." Jane said peering back to her,
"That sounds an awful like you're saying it was their fault." Rebecca said angrily,
"What? No, no, that's not what i'm saying." Jane said clearly offended,
Lee clenched his fist and barked out orders, "Both of you shut the hell up, we are in the middle of the god damned forest! You want to kill each other do it once we're safe."
Suddenly Rebecca let out a whimper and she clutched her stomach, everyone stopped and quickly walked over to her, "I need to stop." She said quickly, "Just for a few minutes, please I don't want to slow us down."
"Sit down, it's alright." Lee said quickly, "Jane keep watch for us."
"I-alright." She said a bit hardly almost arguing with herself about it,
"Thank you." Rebecca said softly as Lee and Clem brought her over to a stump,
Rebecca lowered her head and her lip trembled slightly, "Alvin was suppose to be here for this. Now he's dead because of that madman back there."
"Kenny can help you, he had a family." Clementine said with a reassuring nod,
"That's right, you'll get through this." Lee said as he reached out and squeezed her shoulder,
"What are you going to do with it?" Jane suddenly asked to the shock of the others,
"What the hell is that suppose to mean?" Rebecca asked icily,
"Uh, sorry,I was just trying to make conversation. It was nothing." Jane said quickly as she rubbed the back of her head,
"No, what did you mean by that." Rebecca asked as she quickly got to her feet, "Do with what, my baby?!"
"I'm just looking at the worst case scenario. " Jane replied as she crossed her arms, "You three won't be able to raise a baby by yourselves."
"So what the fuck are would you propose?" Lee asked narrowing his eyes at Jane,
"I'm just saying you can't feed it and whatever, not out here." Jane replied,
"We look after it together." Clementine said firmly,
"I'm sure that sounds nice but sometimes you can't save everyone." Jane replied easily,
"And that's suppose to mean we just leave it behind?" Lee said hoarsely,
"You don't get it, I've seen this before. Back in the beginning me and my sister, we-" Jane started to explain,
"What she fucking die?" Lee cut her off, causing her to look at him surprised, "People fucking die, my parents, my brother all of them fucking dead. I haven't given up on myself or other people and I sure as shit ain't gonna start now because you can't get over the death of your sister." Lee said with an icy tone,
"You don't have the right-" Jane said unsure on how to truly respond to Lee's outburst before turning around and storming off down the trail.
"Lee that wasn't right." Clementine said as they all watched Jane walk away,
"Come on, let's go." Lee said ignoring the comment and leading the others forward down the trail once again. Nearly thirty minutes later they reached the center of parker's run. They looked around and spotted Bonnie, Mike, and Molly standing near the entrance. Kenny however sat at the fountain away from the others hanging his head. They ran over to greet the others and figure out what was happening and what their next step should be.
Alright everyone here we are back once again. Now I have a few updates, one being why I was gone for so long. So what had happened was my laptop charger broke and I had to order a new one that took nearly two weeks to show up, obviously that sucked. Regardless I'll see you all in the next chapter where things are sure to get interesting.