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It was about 3 am in the morning. Sandra put Clementine to sleep hours ago and made sure she the little girl went to at the right time.
At least thats what she thought she did. Clementine was wide awake planning what she was going to do next. She already had the food that she was going need for her travels. She would like to have more but her current amount will suffice. Also hadthe first aid kit so she could fix up Lee's leg when he makes it to her.
Now all she needed to do was to see if her father had some useful tools and she finished early she would have a crack at that safe.
She opened her room door slowly so wouldn't make extra noise. She made her way to the garage and opened it. It was dark but not so much so that sight impossible.
Clementine turned on the lights and saw her father's tool box sitting on his workbench. Walking up to it she grab the handle and pulled it off the latch which wasn't on sercured slipped open and the tool box's contents spilled on the floor.
Clementine flinched at the sound and quickly put the tools back inside. Turning the light off she left the garage and when into her room. While she was their she pulled the first aid kit out from under her bed then made her way to the slide in door.
It didn't take her long to deposit her goods into the tree house but it took long then she would have liked. Because of her smaller body she couldn't carry both of them in one go. It also took her longer to bring the tool box because it was heavier than the first aid and she didn't want to accidenly make it spill again. She after both items were up there, she scrummaged through the toolbox and found a tough looking star-head screw driver inside it. It fit her hand nicely and it didn't have to much weight to it. She thought it would be useful go have just in case a walker got too close to her. She knew she couldn't fight one off like her older self but if she was given the chance she could probably stab a walker in its eye socket, or stab it straight up decaying nose into its brain.
Not long after that Chementine retreated back into the house. Since she finished all of the most important things she wanted to take a crack at the safe so see if she could get it open. She knew her father was caring and intelligent man so the safe combo would have to be something that he could easily remember. He wouldn't want to forget it when he needed to protect his family. The only thing that she could think of that could easily be remember was their birthdays. Even if she didn't get the gun she would still be okay ,but in the short turn game she wouldn't be able to do as much as she would like to.
She made it to the room and opened the sliding closet. There the safe was sitting just were it was last time.
She decided to use her birthday first.
Left 11.
Right 15.
Left 03.
Tick.
Clementine made an audible gasp.
'Un-fucking-believable.'
She pulled the little it open and saw a standard stock beretta M9A1. It was a reliable home defence weapon with moderate stopping power. The gun was already loaded and besides it was an extra cilp.
She held it in her and noticed that it had some weight to it ,and it was a little big for her hand but manageable.
Things were looking up for her however there was one problem.
Where would she conceal it?
There was absolutely no way in hell the other survivors would let an 8 year-old girl wave a gun around.
She would need to prove to them that she could actually use it. Before then, she would have to keep it hidden.
She couldn't have it on her unless she wore big baggy cloths with was an obvious no go. It slow her down and she couldn't that happen. It would have to be stowed away in her backpack.
For now.
She grabbed the extra clip before she closed the safe and left the room to go to bed.
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After about 4 hours later, Clementine woke up and decided to play the news channel. She wanted to see if there was anything about the dead yet.
To her pleasure, there wasn't.
She heard a door opened and knew that it was Sandra coming out of the guest bedroom. When she came into the living room and saw Clementine watching T.V she was surprised.
"Clementine? Why are you up this early?" Sandra said confused.
"I wasn't really that tired." She said watching the T.V.
"So why are watching the news? I thought kids your age would rather watch cartoons."
"Don't smart kids watch the news?" Clementine said childishly.
Sandra said with a laugh "Yeah, I guess they do."
Before she could say anything else the home phone started rigging. Sandra being in close proximity was able to pick it up after the third ring.
"Hello?" Sandra spoke into it.
"Yeah, are you guys alright?" She stopped talking a few seconds and listened to the person on the other side of the line.
"Okay, I'll tell Clementine. Goodbye and be safe." With that she hung up the phone.
"That was your parents Clementine. They said they'll be back before spring break." She purposely withheld the part of information about her dad being in the hospital.
"Why are they taking so long?" Clementine asked innocently.
"They were uh, having too much fun and lost track of time."
To change the subject Sandra asked Clementine. "Okay, I'll start making breakfest, anything you want particular?"
"I like peanut butter."
Truth be told, yesterday was the first time in years that she had something like that. Since production stopped after the outbreak, goods like those went bad after a year or sooner.
"So you want a sandwich?"
"Yes."
"You know that isn't breakfest food. I could whip up something much better than that for you."
"But I want peanut butter." She sounded kinda sassy.
Sandra found it cute.
"Alright, if you say so kiddo." Sandra started to walk into the kitchen but pause when she heard Clementine.
"Do we have cookies?"
"Not for breakfest."
"Please~ I only want one."
Sandra sighed. "Fine, just this once Clementine."
"Yay!"
With that Sandra disappered into the kitchen.
Clementine turned her attention back at the T.V.
The headline read as follows: "No one allowed in or out of Savanna."
'So it begins.' Clementine thought bitterly.
It didn't matter though, this time she was ready.
A few hours later Clementine and Sandra were both watching a movie because she wanted to take Clementine's mind off about what was happening and Savanna. She was surprised that Clementine wasn't sending a barrage of questions her way. Instead, if she guessed properly, a subtle look of acceptance on her face.
During that time there was a lot of activity outside. The neighbors were leaving for some reason. Clementine knew but there was nothing she could do. Sandra was going to die soon.
Should she let her die like last time?
Sandra definitely isn't a threat to her or to the group but she doesn't bring anything to the table either.
She was a very kind person.
If she wasn't bitten by that walker from before would she have taken up the mantle of Clementine's protector?
The answer was without a doubt yes.
It would be cruel to let it happen again. Clementine remembered when the walkers attacked them in the when they were returning from the park. She took her there to cheer up her but it quickly soured. Sandra's first reaction was to throw herself infront of Clementine protecting her retreat. Sandra feared for her own life, but prioritized her safety.
She payed the price for it too.
Sandra wasn't at all physically strong. The walkers were able to get the best of her.
When they were getting back to the house, Sandra shielded her from the threats. She still remembered the bite that ulimately led to her demise.
A walker was able to grab her and Sandra put her arm in the path of the walker's bite to protect the little girl. Sandra had to wrestle it off her arm and during that scuffle another walker blindsided her and took a chunk out of the space between her neck and shoulder from behind.
They had made it back and Sandra told Clementine to hide somewhere safe. Clementine thought the tree house would be good because she would be high up, away from the creatures if they came looking.
Sandra stayed in the house, telling Clementine that she would defend the house if anything bad happened. In reality, she succumbed to her injuries within the hour.
Sandra put on a brave face for Clementine dispite knowing she was going to die.
For Clementine to let her die just didn't seem right.
Because of this, Clementine finally decided to speak up.
"Sandra..."
"Yeah Clementine?" Sandra looked at the 8 year old.
"I think we are going to be in big trouble."
"Clementine, if this is about the cookie-"
SKKRRRRR!
The sound of a car crashing outside stopped her mid sentence.
-Chapter 2 end-
An: Do you think Clementine will be able to save Sandra? Since we know so little about Sandra and what happened, I decided to her to fill in the blanks on how she got bit.