AN: Hey guys, this chapter was kind of tough to write because of Lee and Sandra's interaction.

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Supernova1219: That was the original plan but that cut into the chapters length far too much along with something else so I had to take them both out unfortunately. Don't fret though it will happen not far in the future. I also liked putting that feature in too. I'm glad you noticed. Clementine will have to get used to doing things in her smaller and younger body. And ooooh yeah she will definitely John Wick some motherfuckers in this story.

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"Tell me...what was the reason you were in that police car?"

Lee stayed silent, unsure how he should reply to such a question. He could lie protect his status as a convicted criminal.

After all, the young woman didn't know who he was and it he could probably hide that information.

If he told her the truth it was unlikely that she would let him out of these cuffs. She already admitted that she would have left him in that car if it wasn't for this "Clementine" who wasn't present. But if this person knows him like the young woman said, is it possible that they know whaf he did?

Lee mentally shook his head. There was no way that this person would let him out if that was the case.

"I was caught...shoplifting." he said off handedly. Lee studied the woman hoping that she didn't she through his lie. For the next few seconds he waited for her response.

After a few pop moments she eased back on her seat. "I guess I was just being paranoid...She did say you couldn't have done something too bad." She said light heartedly.

Shifted his hands a bit making the chains of the cuffs rattle drawing Sandra's attention to them.

"You mind taking these things off me? Its difficult to rest with these things cramping my wrist."

Sandra nodded

"Yeah gimmie a momment." Sandra said putting her hands in her pockets feeling for the keys. After she got a hold of them she got up from her seat and went over to Lee. He raise his arms to help her get a better look.

A few moments later Lee heard the cuff click before the easily slid off his wrists.

"Thanks, those things really start to hurt when you have 'em on for so long."

"No problem." She said while rising up to her full height and going back to her seat.

Lee with his hands now free he pushed himself up into a sitting position despite the pain that he put himself in.

"Hey I was serious when I said you should be resting."

"I'm fine." Lee said with a slightly strained voice.

"My name's Lee, what's yours." Lee asked politely.

"I'm Sandra."

"What happened to the officer that was driving me? He seemed like a nice guy." Said Lee.

Sandra's face darkened at that.

Lee noticed this and asked "What's wrong?"

"We...we found him but he was one of them. He was dead but while we were trying to get you out, he came back and nearly killed me. In the end we took care of him." Sandra explained slowly.

"Damn that's a shame he seemed like a good guy too." Lee said with a disappointed tone in his voice.

After a brief pause Lee asked "So when did all of this start?"

At first he wasn't really sure what to think about the situation that he was in but he decided to trust the woman. After all, there wasn't any reason not to believe her considering that he wasn't in the hospital nor being hauled to prison. For those reasons Lee decided that he could trust her.

"It all happened about 2 days ago. Everything started out normal at first, I just got done making myself and Clementine breakfast when a car crashed outside in the front yard. I took a look out the kitchen window and saw that there were already some guys around the car. The driver was in horrible conditionso they tried to get him out of the vehicle but that is when things got crazy. The driver sprung to life and sunk his teeth in the poor guy's throat. Then he came back as one of those monsters before attacking and killing his friend. I wanted to get the the fuck out of here when I saw that but Clementine stopped me. I'm glad she did because all hell broke loose not long after. Everyone was trying to make it to some sort of evacuation and they all got packed together and picked apart."

As Sandra retold the those past events, Lee sat quietly letting the information soak in.

"Why didn't any of the monsters try get in here?" Lee questioned while looking around the room. "From the looks of it this place is in good condition for something like that happening."

"Clementine figured out that the monsters are attracted to sound and with all the chaos out there, they didn't bother coming from us. So we waited for it to pass like a storm."

"So you got lucky?"

Sandra nodded slowly.

"Real lucky." Sandra said solemnly.

Sandra stretched out her body some what on the smaller sofa and said. "Anyway I'm going to sleep and I suggest you do the same."

Lee obeyed and layed back down on his back.

"Wake me if you need something." She said closing her eyes.

After a few mintues Sandra fell asleep and Lee found it difficult to do the same.

Not because he wasn't tired, he could definitely feel the fatigue trying to pull him into a state of rest but he had something gnawing at him in the back of his mind. At the mention of the name Clementine, Lee felt that he was forgetting something really important. Not to mention the feeling he felt when he heard it.

He felt...relieved.

Looking at the ceiling he thought to himself,'Just who are you Clementine?'

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(Several hours later)

Clementine opened her eyes and found herself in her bedroom once again. Although it was nice to be back in a nice comfortable bed wasn't quite used to it. She looked at the closed curtain and from the light shining through it, it would appear that she had slept longer than she would have liked. She sat up and got out of her bed while shaking off the morning grogginess. Exiting her room, she made her way to the livingroom. And saw Lee leaning back on the couch holding his head like he was trying to ease a migraine. and Sandra was strangely nowhere to be seen which Clementine found strange.

"Lee!" She said getting his attention.

Lee slowly turned to see a little girl with a giddy look on her face heading towards him.

Before he could react, he found himself in her embrace. Lee didn't know what he did to deserve this kind of affection but he found himself returning it in a fatherly manner. He didn't consider himself good with kids at all. He thought of himself as quite the newbie actually but for some reason the action came naturally.

It felt right.

When the girl pulled away looked at him happy eyes.

"You're Clementine?" Lee said with surprise evident his voice.

"Sandra told me about you, but I didn't expect you to be so young."

As soon as those words left his mouth a saddened look crossed the girl's features briefly.

'So he doesn't remember.'

"What's wrong?" he asked with concern evident in his voice.

Clementine stayed silent for a moment before saying, "You doubt my ability?"

Lee thinking he offended her, he tried to fix what he said.

"Of course not. Its just that kids normally don't know how to do these kind of things so it surprised me. Thanks for patching me up." He said earnestly.

The girl smiled smugly at that.

Clementine heard footsteps behind her and turned around to see Sandra holding a cup of water.

"Goodmorning Clem." She said walking past her to hand Lee the water.

"Morning." She replied automatically.

"You want anying to eat?"

Clementine looked Sandra straight in the eyes.

"Peanut butter." she said without missing a beat.

Sandra had to suppressed a giggle.

Despite what's going on Sandra didn't know what was up with Clementine and her sudden love for peanut butter but she would oblige to her request.

About five minutes later Clementine found herself sitting on a stool that was facing the counter so she could eat. Enjoying the flavors of that sandwich Clementine thought about how a simple disk like this won't be available in the near future so she enjoyed every taste of it. She took a side ways glance at the jar and decided that if she had more room in her bag, she would bring it with her.

Clementine took a look to her left watched Lee and Sandra holding a conversation with one another. Dispite the situation they were in right now, watching them like this made it look almost normal. Clementine sported a small smile at the scene playing infront of her.

Thud

Unfortunately the scene before her got ruined because something walked roughly into the glass sliding door while she wasn't paying attention. Clementine eyes quickly locked on to the figure of a man with his body pressed against the glass.

She knew that it was no walker because the fence in the back yard prevent them from getting in.

So what the fuck was that?

Upon seeing his appearance, Clementine knew something was very wrong. His skin was sickly pale and his eyes were sunken in and his sclera were yellow. There was also some blood on his shirt suggest that he participated some sort of unsavory activity before hand. On top of that he seemed very jittery.

About 3 second passed at this time and Sandra and Lee were already on there feet. The man's eyes fixated on two of them and his face twisted into a feral snarl before he let out a bloodthirsty cry that made Sandra step back in fear. He raised one of his hands and hit the window with a hammer fist strike, sending spider web cracks through the glass.

-Chapter end-

AN: Another cliffhanger eh? Sorry 'bout that. I wouldn't have to do this if I had a computer. And yes this will be our first encounter with a viral. Canonically this is about the time where the TV burglar that Clementine told Lee about in the bus comes along. The only thing thats different is that he was bitten beforehand hehe. If you're wondering how it found them without them making noise is because these things constantly looking for something to kill. They don't wander aimlessly like walkers. Lee and Sandra's interaction with each other. At first I was going to have him tell the truth about what happened but then I remembered how Lee tried to keep his identity a secret from the others until Carley them old him to come clean to them. I also felt like he wouldn't tell the truth because Sandra didn't know who he was. Sandra believed the lie easily because she trusted what Clementine said about him not doing anything "too bad".

Fun fact: I had to delete a scene about Clem having a nightmare involving AJ because it was too much filler sadly. Perhaps in the future I could make a story with the focus on AJ and how he's dealing with his loss.