The Darkness of The Heart
Chapter 2 of my Walking Dead story, enjoy.
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Chapter 2
Clem knew she had to do something, to say something. The building was collapsing, the fire still raging. Yet Violet stood, rooted to the spot, frozen by her own reluctance as Minerva stood there.
"C'mon Violet, it'll be just like before...no, better even." She was saying. "You and me, together again, nothing, absolutely nothing able to stop us..."
At this Clem couldn't take it anymore and she burst out. "She's lying, Violet. She doesn't care about you, she just wants to use you!"
Violet started at that and turned sharply, noticing her. "C-Clem?"
Minerva scoffed. "Oh please, you could have at least tried something original. She's just jealous Violet, you've already seen that."
Violet hesitated, looking between Clem and Minerva, unsure what to say or do.
"Violet please...I..."
"Don't listen to her." Minerva snapped. "She just wants to come between us. She's the one who wants to use you, just to pleasure herself."
"That's not true I-"
"Have you forgotten Violet, all the wonderful times we shared. Like that night on the beach, just the two of us." Minerva remarked.
Violet turned towards her again. "Minnie..."
Violet had missed it but Clem caught the glint in Minerva's eye, even that had been a set up. But how could she prove it, how could she prove Minerva didn't actually value their relationship and just saw it as a means to an end.
She growled, then she remembered what she had, right there, in her pocket. She fished out the necklace and held it up.
"If you really mean that much to her Violet, why did I find this in the trash outside that barn?" She queried desperately.
Violet turned and her eyes widened in horror. "That's…That's the necklace I, that we..."
Minerva rolled her eyes and scoffed. "You think you can win Violet over with some cheap tat from the past, that's-"
"What?!"
Minerva froze at that. Violet's voice had taken on a sudden dangerous edge and only now did she realize her mistake. She had thrown the necklace away and was now dismissive of it. But Violet turned to her glaring...still wearing her necklace. Which she then ripped off and threw at Minerva, who dodged.
"If that's what you think of me then there, you can have that back!" Violet spat, her voice coated with betrayal.
Turning away, Violet approached Clem, who dropped the necklace and reached out to Violet.
"C'mon, we need to get outta this place."
Minerva cried out. "You can't just leave, I-"
"Shut up!" Violet yelled. "I don't wanna hear it...you betrayed me and then think you have the right to play with my heart like that, fuck you!"
"No, you're mine!"
With that Minerva lunged for Violet, grabbing hold of her and trying to pull her along, but Clem managed to grab her too and pulled her back, just in time for at that moment, part of the catwalk gave way and with a horrible scream, Minerva fell to the fiery wreckage below, out of sight.
Violet grimaced and Clem pulled her away from the jagged edge.
"Violet, I...I..."
Violet shook her head. "Shit, I never imaged, but this isn't the time Clem, we gotta get outta here, somehow."
Clem nodded, jolted back into reality, just hoping Violet really was as composed as she seemed.
"C'mon, this way." Clem said and began to lead Violet towards the walkway, intent on taking her to the exit she had seen.
As they made their way across however, both trying to keep the smoke from getting to them and worried about the rising flames, it happened. Hearing the ominous rumble, Clem reacted and shoved Violet ahead, just before jumping backwards, both landed heavily on the floor as rubble from above fell and smashed the walkway in half.
"Clem!" Violet yelled.
Clem stood up. "Go Violet, that door over there, there's a hole in the wall and scaffolding that'll get you out, just go!"
Violet shook her head frantically. "But, I can't, you..."
"I'll think of something, now go!" Clem yelled.
She was on the wrong side of the gap; with no way out now.
Violet reluctantly did as she was told and went to escape, Clem meanwhile turned back and began to look for another way out. Only one possibility presented itself to her, as crazy as it seemed.
So she made her way to the ladder that led to the ground floor and made her descent. There was nobody else in the building now, at least, nobody alive, she couldn't hear any screams or cries or yells. Grimacing and keeping low, still covering her mouth and nose, Clem gingerly picked her way around the burning rubble, she knew it was a long shot, the electrical system had to be gone by now.
But it was her only chance, at least the only one she could see at the moment. Reaching the large warehouse doors that marked the main entrance to the building she tried to use the control panel to operate them. In a moment of surprise, they did open, but only a foot or so off the ground.
"Shit...well, still works." Clem muttered to herself.
With that she got down and crawled out through the gap, gasping for the fresh air as she finally pulled herself out of the burning building and too her feet. She had to find the others and get away. But before she could move someone suddenly grabbed her and before she could say or do anything, something hit her hard on the back of her head, and everything went black.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.