(Violet's Pov)
-Two Weeks Later-
I watched as Clementine would look at me as I drank a beer as she glared at me. I watched her a bit as I drink a bit more.
"Will you stop drinking?" She asked and I looked to her and placed the bottle on the kitchen counter as I looked at her. I crossed my arms as I looked to her and watched her.
"I stopped." I tell her and she looks at me.
"What's wrong?" she asked as she came up and cupped my cheek with the palm of her right hand.
"Nothing just wanted a drink." I mumbled as I looked to her and leaned into her hand a bit.
"Something is up." She said and I shook my head as I moved away and I watched as AJ and Mary came into the house.
"Hey mom." AJ said and I nodded to him.
"Homework first you two." I said and they both nodded as they headed into the kitchen.
"Violet." I heard as I turned to look at Clementine. She came up to me and I sighed a bit as she handed me the beer bottle and I just looked to her.
"I'm going to go finish up my paperwork and they want me back at the office again to go look for more people." I told her quietly so AJ and Mary don't hear me.
"Is that why?" she asked and I nodded a bit.
"Yea… anyway I just need to finish up the paperwork and then I'll be out again." I said and she nods as I kiss her cheek a bit and I look at her.
"It's going to be late; do you need anything to eat?" She asked and I shook my head.
"No, just my canteen filled with water, Juliet is making dinner for us anyway." I mumbled as I looked to her and she nods a bit and I kiss her.
"Better come back safe." She says and I nod a bit as I kiss her again then I finish off my beer and I look over to AJ and Mary as they look at us.
"Homework, now." I said and they looked back to their papers and I nod a bit.
"Don't be hard on them Violet." She said and I look to her.
"If they finish their homework then they can do what they want, if not then they have to sit there longer." I said and I heard some barking and looked as Snow nipped at Mary's shoe and AJ tried to grab Snow and I sigh as I rub my neck. I looked to Clem as she laughed a bit.
"I need to get going soon." I said and she looks to me.
"I know." She says and I look over to the children as they do their homework and I look back to Clem as I pull her to me and I kiss her neck a bit.
"Vi." She says and I chuckle a bit as I look to her.
"Do I get a reward for coming back safe?" I whisper in her ear as I kiss her neck again.
"Hmm, maybe, but you have to wait and see." She says and I nod as I pull away and I head into my office and I grab my papers and I sit at my desk and I do my paperwork for a bit. I then hear a knock on the door.
"It's open." I said still going through my papers and writing down the times.
"Hey." I heard and looked up to see Mary.
"Oh… hey, you ok?" I asked.
"Yea just… can I stay here?" She asked and I nodded a bit as she sat on the couch that was in here and she looked to me.
"You need anything?" I asked as I turned to face her.
"Do you know if they sell flower seeds here?" She asked and I rubbed my neck.
"I think so, do you need any?" I asked.
"I just… want to plant flowers near my mom." She said and I nodded as I thought a bit and I grabbed my wallet and gave her some money.
"Buy what you need, and get something for Clem and AJ, if you want to bring them with you then that's fine." I said and she nods a bit and still looks to me.
"What are you working on?" Mary asked as I went back to my papers.
"Just some paperwork." I said and wrote down times again and I looked to my watch as it beeped and I rubbed my neck a bit.
"Um, I have to leave um…." I tried to say and she just nodded and left the room and I grabbed the jacket of my uniform and the reflector sash we had to wear for work. I came down the stairs as I looked threw my files once more and I looked to see Clementine looking at me and I go up to her and I kiss her cheek gently and I look to her.
"Love you." I tell her.
"Love you too." She says and I nod as I kiss her gently and I head out the door and off to the base. Once I showed my I.D. to the guards, I head to the office area to drop off my paperwork and once done I looked over to see Joan watching me.
"Violet, seems like you're leading todays recruitment." She says and I nod a bit as I watched her. We both walked out to the group of people I was handed my rifle as I looked it over then I looked up to the group I was in charge of. We all headed out in two trucks as I looked at the map and they followed the directions that were given.
"There's probably no more survivors I mean come on; we haven't had a new person in weeks." I heard someone say.
"Well we were able to find Everett and her family so there could be more." I heard Diana say.
"That was luck." Romeo said.
"Not luck, if you look in the right places, though most people by now would have made communities on their own at this point, low food supplies can make people stop and settle, anyway if we find a community then we could make trades with them." I said not looking up from my map.
"Heard of a small little community further down in Florida." Diana said and I looked up and turned to them.
"What?" I asked.
"In Florida, there's a bunch of people they live in this fort apparently." He said and I thought a bit.
"we can make trades with them; we are not going to bother them." I said.
"Trade? What do they have to offer?" Romeo asked and I looked up to him.
"They're just a small bunch of people we can bring them here." He said and I thought for a bit.
"I'll request a few days trip from Joan, but I will be going." I said.
"Who died and made you boss?" A man asked and I looked to him.
"You will not mess with those people, I will talk with them, so back the fuck off." I said and he glared at me. I looked at him as he moved away and I just went back to work on my map. It's been five hours since we left the city and I haven't seen a new person or community at all.
"Come on there's no one out here." Diana said and I nodded a bit and rubbed my face a bit and heard some groaning to our left and I look to see some walkers.
"Yea… best we go now and quiet." I whispered but then there was a loud bang as one of the soldiers shot the walkers and I glared at them as more walkers began to show and I growled as we all hurried back into the vehicles and sped off back home. I clutched my rifle as I watched the Walkers in the rearview mirror.
"Fucking hell." I mumbled as Diana drove us home.
"I know." She said and I Watched the road as we drove back up to the city walls, we showed our papers and we got to the base. Once done we all got out and Joan came up to us.
"Walkers down in the woods almost five hours out, not much but someone shot one of them causing sounds." I said.
"Who shot the walker?" she asked.
"No clue."
"Check the rifles, everyone had a full pack of ammo if one is missing, you'll find out who." She said and I nodded as I went over to Diana who was checking the rifles. And I looked at the numbers on the rifles.
"Rifle number seventy-one is missing an ammo." She said and I nodded and looked to see that it was her father's rifle. I looked to her and she looked back to me and I saw the type of rifle it was and handed her my shell casing and she looked to me.
"Put it in there I'll take the blame." I told her as I went over to Joan's office.
"Come in." She said and I opened the door and closed it.
"You find out who shot the walker?" She asked.
"I lied… I shot the walker." I said and she looked up to me and stood up.
"You sure you want to do that?" she asked.
"Do what ma'am?" I asked.
"you really want to take the blame of other soldiers' actions? You want to take their punishment?" she asked and I looked her in the eyes.
"I shot the walker Ma'am." I said and she nods.
"You were a good soldier, still are, very admirable of you to take blame for a battle buddy, to protect your people." She said and I looked at her more as she walked to her desk.
"Here's the deal, I won't punish you for this, but what I can do is promote you." She said and I looked at her confused.
"You're willing to keep someone safe so they don't get hurt for causing trouble in the community, you show leadership skills and have been working really well on that wall, I've watched you work." She said I looked to her more.
"smart, talented, brave, hardworking, we need people like you to guide the others and to lead the newer generation, your boy for that matter is also smart like you, you can be my right hand, you can lead the army that I have built, I trust you enough to do that." She says and I look at her then to the ground.
"I… In charge?" I asked and she nods.
"Th-that sounds really good." I said and she nods.
"So… how about it? Better pay, good home, put your skills to the test?" she asked and I looked to her.
"You…. I…I can keep people safe?" I asked and she nods.
"You're in charge of it all, you can keep your family safe, the community, you'll be respected for your work." She says and I nod.
"Y-yea I…. Yea I'll do it." I say and she holds her hand out and I shake her hand.
"Head of security and General of the army." She said and I nod.
"Now go home and celebrate." She says and I nod as I walk out her office and I head on home. I get to my door and I open it and I see Clem asleep on the couch and I walk up to her and I kiss her cheek gently.
"Hmmm, morning." She said and I looked at the time and I nod gently as I look to her.
"Morning darlin." I said and she looked up to me and I smiled as I cupped her cheek gently with my right hand.
"You're very affectionate." She says and I nod as I kiss her and she kisses me back.
"Something happen?" she asked.
"Walkers a few hours out, got to keep a close eye on them." I said and she nods as I kiss her neck a bit.
"Vi." She says but I don't listen as I move my hand up her shirt a bit.
"Violet, the kids will be waking up in a bit." She says and I nod.
"After they leave?" I asked and she looked to me.
"We have work." She says.
"I can call you in." I said and she looked to me.
"Do you have a plan for us to leave here?" She asked and I looked to her as she sat up on the couch and I lay her back down.
"Not exactly…. Just relax." I said as I took her hand and I rubbed my thumb on the back of her hand.
"Violet what's going on?" she asked.
"Nothing, I'll just call you in today ok?" I asked and she looked to me.
"Violet."
"Yea?"
"Are you ok?" she asked and I nodded.
"I'm great." I said and she cupped my face as I looked to her.
"Just, watch for walkers ok? I… I know they're not as active but still." I said and she looked to me more.
"I know Violet." She said and I nod as I kissed her and the alarm clocks went off up the stairs and I look at her.
"I'll make breakfast." I said and she nods as I go in the kitchen and I begin to work on the kitchen and I call in Clementine's office.
"Hello, this is Violet Everett and I just wanted to make a call to request a day off for my wife." I said.
"Yes, Ma'am I'll be sure to put the order in have a nice day." The woman said and I nod.
"You too." I said and I hung the phone up as I made breakfast. AJ and Mary came down and I saw Clem get up as I set the plates down and I look to Clems leg.
"After the kids head to school you and I are going to head to the hospital." I said as I set hand the kids Juice and I go grab Clems coffee.
"Your leg is fine Violet." She said and I looked to her.
"I know but let's just give it a try ok? It'll be a spare leg for you basically." I said and she looked to me.
"Come on please." I said and she nods.
"Fine… fine." She said and I nod as I hand her, her coffee and I sit with them as I eat.
"So today we're going to learn the chain of command here." Mary said and I looked to them.
"That's nice." I said.
"Yea, so we have Joan being the leader like the president basically, then we have the General if we ever get one." She said and I nod.
"Vi are you listening?" Clem asked.
"Yes, I am, who's next on the list?' I asked.
"Oh, then we have…." She talked about the people in charge and I nod as I listen to her and I look to AJ.
"You know what you're going to learn today?" I asked.
"Same thing as Mary's group." He said and I nod to him and rub his head a bit as I looked at my watch.
"Time to head out you two." I said and they nod as they grab their bags and I clean their dishes as they head out. I finish the dishes and head over to Clementine and I kiss her.
"Not even a minute after the kids left." She says and I hold her.
"We haven't been able to do this in a long time." I whisper in her ear and She turns to look at me and I kiss her as I move her out the chair and I pick her up and take her over to our room. I laid her on the bed and continued to kiss her.
-Few hours later-
I looked over to Clementine as she slept and I moved the hair from her eyes. She opens her eyes a bit and looks over to me and I smile at her gently as I kiss her and she kisses me back. I hold her waist and move my hand up and down her side gently as she looked to me.
"I love you." I tell her.
"I love you too." She says and I rub her side more and I pull her closer to me and I kiss her again. The phone goes off and I sigh as I grab my boxers and shirt and I go answer the phone.
"Hello Everett house." I said.
"Hello, this is Joan, I've updated your record and I was wondering what housing you'd like to be located in." she said.
"Um… same house, makes things easier." I said.
"Alright, but if you change your mind, offer still stands." She said.
"Yes Ma'am." I said and she hung up and I looked to see Clementine dressed up a bit and I go up to her and I kiss her.
"Who was that?" She asked.
"Joan." I said and she sighs.
"Bet she doesn't call everyone up like this." She grumbled.
"It's fine… she might do it more later on anyway." I said and she nods.
"Can't wait to leave this place." She said.
"I mean, it's ok." I said and she looked to me.
"You…. You're not thinking of staying, are you?" she asked.
"Well no I mean… it does remind me of what the world use to be."
"Violet they forced you into the Military, what if they do the same to AJ?" she asked me a bit pissed.
"I'll make sure that they don't" I said.
"And how would you do that?" She asked pissed.
"I'll talk to Joan."
"She won't give a damn." She says.
"She seems to listen to me." I said.
"Listens to you?' She asked and I nodded.
"She's fucking messing with you so you could drop your guard." Clem said.
"I… I don't think she is, I mean this is a really good set up, just think it through." I said.
"God damn it Violet." She mumbled as she went to our room and I rubbed the back of my head. I go to our room and I watch her as she grabs some clean clothes and I grab a pair of jeans and a black shirt along with my boots.
"I'm still taking you to the hospital today for your leg." I said.
"Like hell you will."
"Clem it'll be a spare leg just in case the one I built is non-fixable that's all." I said an she looked to me and crossed her arms a bit.
"Please." I say and she nods.
"Fine whatever." She said and I smiled a bit as I grabbed the truck keys and I looked to her as she grabbed her cap and I come up and kiss her gently.
"Clem, I love you." I tell her and she looks at me.
"I, love you too." She says as I help her in the truck and I head to the hospital. It's just the old hospital this city used to have, they just cleaned it out so people could start using it. We headed to the front and I took her to the chairs and sat her down as I went to the desk.
"Name?" The woman asked and I handed her my I.D.
"Violet Everett, I'm here to see if we could get my wife a replacement leg to help her out more." I said and the woman looked to me.
"Alright, we'll get someone for you Mrs. Everett, just sit and wait." She said and I nodded as she handed me a form and I went over to the seat next to Clems' and I look at her as I sit down, I saw her reading a magazine.
"You know, for something so old this magazine is just…. boring." She says and sets it down as I laugh a bit.
"Sorry darling, maybe the next issue will come out in…. a few hundred years from now." I said and she laughed a bit as I held her hand gently. It took an hour before we were called up and I took Clementine to the office and we sat down, it wasn't long before a doctor came in and looked us over and started to get Clem fitted for her leg.
"Once we get your leg done, we will call you to come get it in a few weeks." The doctor said and I nodded as I looked to Clementine as she strapped the old leg on and we headed to the front desk and I paid for the leg in advance and was given a receipt for it.
"Violet… I want to leave after we get my leg." She said and I looked to her as I drove us home.
"I…. let's not rush anything, we need more time…. To plan things out." I said as I parked the truck in our driveway.
"You're acting like we should stay here." She said.
"I don't see anything wrong with this place though Clem, look I know you hate Joan but she doesn't bother you at all." I said as she got out and slammed the truck door and I sighed. I got out the car as she went up the steps and I went up and grabbed her arm. She turned around quickly and hit me.
"Ah fucking god Clem calm down."
"CALM DOWN?!" She yelled and I covered her mouth.
"Keep your voice down." I said and she moved my hand away.
"You want to stay here and be treated like this, fine but I'm not going to stay here." She said.
"And where the hell would you go?"
"Home."
"There are Walkers out there, you can't even fix your damn leg and you complain about how you keep breaking the damn thing, now grow the hell up and think things through." I said and she glared at me and looked at her.
"Fuck you Violet, just… fuck you, maybe I should have stayed with Louis, maybe being with you was the biggest mistake I've made in my life." She said and I looked at her as I let her go.
"You don't mean that."
"I do."
"…. Fine…. Fine, you want it to be like that, go right ahead, go be with Louis, go be with the petty fucking child who can't do shit for anyone unless it's for his own benefits, I've put how many fucking years into our relationship? I've raised AJ as if he was my own fucking son, I've treated you with respect I never treated you like a child, I helped you on your lowest times, and I love you so god damn much." I said as I looked to her.
"I…. you…. don't ever bring him up, don't ever fucking talk about him, just…... fuck off." I said as I went inside and I went up to my office. I don't know how long I was in there but I heard the door open and close as I heard AJ and Mary talking to Clementine and I got out the office and walked to the living room.
"And guess who's the second in command?" AJ asked excited as I looked to Clem and them.
"Who?" Clem asked.
"Violet." He said and she turned to look at me. She looked pissed but didn't say anything since the kids were around and I rubbed my neck as I looked to her.
"Violet hu?" She asked and I nodded a bit and so did AJ.
"Yea." He said and I looked at her as she turned away from me.
"Can you two go outside for a few?" Clem asked them and they nodded as I just looked to her as they leave.
"That's why you want to stay hu? Cause you get to be a damn leader hu?" She asked.
"No, I just."
"No? Cause this is what you seem to be doing, you want us to stay here and work, and die doing the things we fought years ago not to do with Lilly's group." She said pissed as she stood up and looked at me.
"You want the same shit to happen, you'll end up shot first." She said and I looked at her.
"Are you going to shoot me?" I asked her and she looked to me.
"When you leave…. Will you shoot me so you can leave easily with AJ and Mary?" I asked her.
"I…. If you get in my way." She said and I come up to her and I pull my pistol out and she flinches and I grab her hand and place the gun in her hand.
"…. Use this then…. If you decide to do so…. If you do it when I'm asleep put a pillow on my head and shoot me in the head…. The least you can do is make sure I don't turn to hurt anyone else." I said and she looked at me as she gripped the gun and I looked to her face.
"Then go find Louis and be with him." I said.
"I… I can't shoot you." She said.
"Well, you might have to, but why should you care…. Being with me was the worst choice you ever made right? You'd rather be with Louis…... so it shouldn't be an issue for you at all." I said and handed her the keys to the truck.
"Just make sure AJ doesn't see what happens to me that's another thing I ask you to do." I said and she looked up to me. I turned around and headed to my office as I got back to work on some papers. I didn't go out for lunch, I didn't come out for dinner either, AJ tried to get me to eat but I didn't I just stayed in my office and even fell asleep till my alarm went off. I got up slowly from my desk as I got up and went out the room. I knocked something over and looked down to see a cup of water spilt and I sighed a bit as I went and got a towel to clean it up.
"You finally came out." I heard and looked to see Mary as she came out her room and I nod.
"Yep." I said as I took the towel down to the laundry room and I look to see Clem come out dressed in her work uniform and I watched her and nodded as I went in the room and grabbed a clean uniform as I head out with her along with AJ and Mary as Clem handed me the keys and I took them to school as I drove us to work. I look to her as she just looks at the road and I look to her hand and I shake my head a bit as I go through the gate and we show our I.D.s and I drive her to her work and she gets out and doesn't talk to me. I sigh as I head to the work station to get an Update on my I.D. I park the car and I walk in as I explain what's going on and the worker nods as she updates my I.D. and called up Joan who said she sent in the documents in early this morning and they looked for the files. Once it was done, I headed back to my truck and then went to the base to work.
"Hey, if it isn't second in command." I heard and looked to Diana as she patted my back and I nodded a bit as I went and cleaned my rifle.
"Come on, you aren't excited?" She asked me and I looked to her.
"Not really…. Anyway, what do we have to do today?" I asked.
"I don't know what you have to do but I have to go exercise at the rec center so are you coming?" She asked and I nod as I head over to the rec center with her. Once there a few people were looking at me as I looked to them and followed Diana as we both worked out.
"So, explain how a new comer can become second in command in a matter of weeks, while people who worked for years don't even get to see the rank of captain." I heard and looked to see that it was Johnathan. He was a bit of an asshole when it came to people younger than him.
"Don't know, have an issue about it then take it up with Joan." I said and he glared at me.
"You're just a piece of shit, you're small and weak." He said.
"I suggest keeping your mouth shut Johnathan, or else you'll be left behind those walls without anything but the clothes on your back." We heard and I looked to see Joan as she walked over to us and I got up from the bench and set the weights down. We all saluted Joan and she lowered her hand down and so we did.
"Violet you're needed in my office." She says and I nod a bit as I set the weights back where they belong as we begin to walk to her office.