Author Note: I do not own The Walking Dead or any of its characters
Axel Dixon and Cath Carver belongs to me
A New Day: Hershel's Farm
On the way to the farm.
On the trip to the farm it will be night and quiet after the undead people on Clementine home.
Lee and Axel were relaxing in the back of Shawn's pickup. The girls are in the car with Shawn running. Cath looking at the little girl with a curious look. She wonders if it is why she was alone in her own home until Lee found her.
Cath. "So Clementine, how is it that you were alone before Lee found you?"
Clementine looks back to her with a little shy looking but happy.
Clem: "My parents left me with a babysitter, they are on vacation in Savannah or was that they would come home two days ago when the monster shows up.".
Cath start feeling sorry for this little girl if she sadly history.
Cath: "Oh my God, I'm so sorry to hear that."
Clem: "It's okay, I got a walkie-talkie so, they will call me back soon, I hope."
Cath give her a little doubtful and sad look that Clem's parents could not make it in Savannah, but then she remembers her brother Chris that he probably take or run by the military. She starts sinking her face with a sad face.
Clem: "Are you okay?"
Cath: "I'm fine, I just worry about my big brother and my family too."
Clem. "What happened to them and how you are stuck with that boy, Axel Right Is he a friend of your brother that he mentioned?"
Cath: "Yes, he's my parents were looking for the rest of our family, I think the military is to evacuate all people from their homes, including our family home My brother injured his shoulder that he was shot ..."
Shawn just starting to look at the girls and getting to curious about Cath's story while he was still running.
Shawn: "Why was your brother shot?"
Cath: "The military would carry out all the patients from the hospital where I was there because of my leg and I was one of the military's list of the executions My brother, Chris, and Axel save me and the other patient who was. In the hospital before the military would executions. military has already rest of. My brother was shot on the run from the hospital. "
Shawn is shocked after heard of the military horrible things to the patients.
Shawn: "What? Oh God, it was ..."
Clem: "It was so horrible."
Cath: "It was, and still is, because it was only in the hospital except everyone else in this country that I heard."
Cath, Clem and Shawn still talking in the truck while Axel talking to Lee about the hospital also because they are still sitting on the back of the truck.
Lee: "Jesus Christ, why the hell did they do that to those poor patients?"
Axel: "I'm not really sure, but it can be a virus like the man on the radio mentioned."
Lee: "Why do you mean?"
Axel: "I saw one of my acquaintances who he got the bite, and after he was shot it near the head of a police officer, he came back as one of the things."
Lee: ". So you say that a bit is how we turned back to these monsters'
Axel: "Exactly, and I think it is the brain that have to slug it to ensure that these things will never move again."
Lee get to be upset and remember how he bashed the poor undead teen girl back in the Clementine house.
As they now see a farm a little far away on the road. After a few seconds, Shawn makes a right turn, drive through a road of crops and they arrived at his family's farm. He parks his truck at a blue truck that was right next to the fence, Lee and Axel jump from the back while Shawn and girls coming out of the truck.
Lee: ". Hey, thanks for the ride, Shawn"
Shawn: "No sweat, man."
Cath start looking around the farm.
Cath: "So this is your family's farm?"
Shawn: "Yep .. been here long before I was born, more than a hundred years"
Axel: "I guess this farm is your family's pride."
Shawn: "Yeah, it is."
Cath: "Whoa, this place looks really nice, never been on a farm before."
Shawn: "Really? Thank you!"
Axel: "Well, farms are not one of my things, but never knew that there is peace here."
And then came an old man walking outside from the yard, dressed in a green outfit farmer with a beard, named Hershel Greene.
Hershel: "Thank God you're okay."
Shawn walks up to his father and they give each other a hug.
Shawn: "I was worried that it would be bad here too."
Hershel. "Has been quiet as usual these past few days Ol 'Breckon down the road going to the mare's gone lame, but it's not something new."
Shawn: "Dad, listen, I hope you do not mind, but ..."
The old farmer noticed new people on his farm.
Hershel: "You have brought a few guests."
Lee: "Your boy is a lifesaver."
Hershel: "Glad he could be of help to someone."
Axel: ". Same here. Look, we're not disturbing you much, but we need some place where we can rest only for a night."
Hershel: "Good only for tonight .."
Hershel take a look at Lee and Clementine.
Hershel: "So it's just you and your daughter then?"
Shawn: "Oh, not his daughter, he is ... well ... a guy who found her alone."
Hershel: "Honey, do you know this man?"
Clementine: "Yes."
Hershel. "Okay then"
Then Hershel look also at Axel and Chris.
Hershel: "You two are not brother and sister, it is."
Axel: ". No, I'm just her older brother's best friend, I promise him to take care of her."
Hershel: "Is that so?"
Axel give a glare to Hershel.
Axel: "Yeah, I hope you do not think that you thinking the same thing to Lee."
Hershel give a glare back to Axel, but he gives a calm face to him because he did not want to discuss it.
Hershel: "Okay then."
Hershel notice that Lee's injured leg and Cath's bandage on the leg.
Hershel: "It looks like you two hurt your leg looks pretty bad in there."
Axel: "Oh, it's not worry about Cath legs, its almost healed, I guess Lee bones are the worst .."
Lee. "Ah, yes, it does not do so well."
Hershel: "I can help you, Shawn, drive on in and check on your sister you, take a seat on the porch and I'll go see what I have ..."
Shawn and Hershel go in their home while Lee took a seat on a bench on the porch. Axel takes place on a bale of hay that was next to the porch while Cath and Clementine standing at the front door as Hershel comes back out with some bandages and gets to work on Lee's legs.
Hershel: "Let's take a look ... Yes, it is swollen to hell."
Lee: "It HURTS like hell."
Hershel: "I bet it does."
Hershel: "What did you say your name was?"
Lee knew that he never mentioned it before, but he answers honestly.
Lee: "It's Lee."
Hershel. "Nice to meet you, Lee, I Hershel Greene And what's your name, boy.?"
Axel: "Axel Dixon."
Hershel "Right, now still it may sting a little."
Hershel Lee began wrapping the leg with a bandage because it gives pain Lee and he winces.
Hershel: "How'd this happen?"
Lee gets a bit worried to answer that question because he did not want to talk about his past. But he just gives some details.
Lee: "Car accident."
Hershel: "? That so? Where were you headed, before the car accident?"
Lee: "I was getting out of Atlanta."
Hershel "The news says stop."
Axel: "I did the same thing, I was focused on my job."
Lee: "We met a guy One of the things that you have heard about, on the road .."
Hershel: "Who was with you, the girl?"
Lee: "I was with a police officer, he gave me a ride .."
Hershel: "Awful nice of him."
Lee: "I am a very nice guy."
When Axel hear that the car accident with a police officer, he start to remember two days ago that it was a police car that crashes off the road from Atlanta. But he was not sure if it was the same as Lee was in there.
Hershel: "The house is full with my We got another shift family of three sleep in the barn, you girls and your friend here are welcome to rest there when we're done here ..."
He stops working at Lee's wounds in a minute to meet the little girls behind him.
Hershel: "I did not catch your name, little ladies."
Clementine "Clem-Clementine."
Cath: "Catherine, but you can call me Cath."
Hershel: "Can not imagine what you have gone through, Clementine and Cath."
Lee: "I look after Clementine until we find his parents."
Hershel: "And I know you mentioned you promised Cath brother to take care of her and until it, Axel?"
Axel: ". Uh, yes I-..."
Shawn came back outside to talk to his father that interrupts Axel.
Shawn. "Dad, I think, first in the morning, we must reinforce the fence around the yard."
Hershel: "It does not seem necessary."
As Lee gives a doubtful glance toward Shawn.
Axel: "Why not?"
Hershel: "Because no matter what you saw out there, it should not happen here."
Shawn: "I do not know what you saw on the TV or heard on the radio, but there is some serious ... shit hitting the fan. I don't think anyone knows how big it is yet .."
Lee: "Your son's right. You're gonna wanna fortify this place."
Axel: "Yeah man, it doesn't mean that these monsters out there is banished from this place."
Hershel: "Stuff like that doesn't happen around here, Shawn."
Shawn: "Dad, I'm serious! Lee come on. Tell him what you saw out there, man!"
Lee: "Teenage girl with her guts spilled out on the floor, stand up from the dead and tried to bite me."
Cath: "Whoa, that sounds disgusting."
Axel: "I think we should move on now, it has just begun and will not be the last of this shit later."
Hershel: "Well, what do you think you should we have lots of chores as it is ..
Shawn: "Lee, Axel and those folks in the barn can help in the morning we have to do it, really .."
Hershel: "I already said okay."
Shawn goes back into the house as Hershel completed its work on Lee's legs.
Hershel: "Well, I'm done here should start to feel better in the morning.".
Lee: "Thank you."
As Hershel stand up and turn around towards Cath. He walking to her.
Hershel: "Let's see your leg."
Axel: "You know what you doing, i mean you are a doctor?"
Hershel: "I am a veterinarian, but i know how i doing. My other son got shot on his leg for long time before."
As Hershel bent down and rolls of bands from Cath's legs, and check on it if the wound is gone.
Hershel: "It seems like the wound is almost gone, but you need take a relax a couple days with your leg."
Cath: "Thanks, Mr Hershel."
Hershel nods and still look at her leg.
Hershel: "How'd this happened?"
Cath: "I feel on the floor, there was a plank with spike and my leg land on it and stick trough it for 1 and a half weeks ago."
Clementine: "Sounds really hurts."
Cath: "Well, you doesn't really have to worry about it, i'm fine for now and so you all too."
Clementine smile as Hershel stand up and turned around back to Lee.
Hershel: "If your leg gets hot or the swelling doesn't go down, you're probably dealing with an infection."
Lee: "What do we do then?"
Hershel: "We'll probably just have to shoot you."
Lee had gone wide-eyed as everyone looked at Hershel, hoping that he wasn't serious. But it doesn't seem like Hershel is really seriously.
Hershel: "We'll clean it, re-dress it and you'll be fine."
Lee: "Okay, that'd be preferable."
Hershel: "There's blankets and such in the barn. We'll be seeing y'all bright and early. Come tomorrow, which way you think you're headed?"
Lee: "Towards Macon, I suppose."
Hershel nods at him and walks back inside the house after looking Cath and Clementine again.
Lee: "Well then i guess we take a sleeping for now."
Axel: "Yeah, you right."
Axel walks ahead to the big red barn that was on the right of the farmhouse with Lee and Clementine following behind him. Cath caught up to him.
Cath: "Hey, Dix. You think Lee and Clementine should go with us, You know, for safety in numbers?"
Axel: "Actually, Lee planning about headed to Macon because his family is there from, just like mine own too, i hope. So yes, they are with us for now."
Cath give a smile and happy face to Axel.
Cath: "Okay, cool."
Axel: "Wait Cath. Lee, me and Cath are just gonna have private talk. So you and Clementine can go in the barn first."
Lee: "Okay then, good night you two and thanks again you helped us back there."
Axel: "You too."
Clem: "Good night Cath and Axel."
Cath: "Have a good sleep."
Lee and Clementine getting in the barn as Axel and Cath stay outside to talk."
Axel: "Listen up, Cath. There some one thing you never tell anyone including Lee and the girl too."
Cath: "Okay, what is that about?"
Axel: "You don't tell anyone about my drug business or any my other mistakes from the past, you understand. I don't want it to people who gonna trust me to turn misunderstanding about me later if they know it. You understand?"
Cath: "Yes sir, "I understand". But what if someone gonna found out about you?"
Axel: "No one won't, alright."
Cath: "Okay then."
Axel: "Let's get in and sleep now."
Cath: "Yeah, damn i'm so tired."
Axel and Cath getting in the barn to sleep.
In the barn when Lee and getting in and settling on their blankets while Axel and Cath talking on the outside.
Clementine: "It smells like…"
Lee: "Manure."
Clementine: "Manure? Like, when a horse plops?"
Lee: "Just like that."
Clem nods at him, but then her face wavers as she starts thinking about her family again.
Clementine: "I miss my Mom and Dad."
Lee: "I bet, Clem."
Clementine: "How far is Savannah?"
Lee: "Pretty far."
Clementine: "Oh, okay."
Lee watched Clementine fall asleep and eventually dozes off himself. As Axel and Cath get in the barn and sees those two sleeping. Axel and Cath heading to their own blankets wish there are on the left side of the barn.
Later that now, Lee was dreaming a woman voice and then hear a glass breaking as that woman screaming. Lee shot up from the sleeping bag, breathing heavily and realized that he had only been dreaming as he looks around and saw everyone around him still resting peacefully. He lays back down and falls back to sleep and hoping never have that nightmare again.
Next morning
Axel have woke up and see Cath and the others who still sleeping. He stand up and stretches out his arms while yawning out and go out of the barn. He looks around and it was nice sunny weather today, does not look like anyone one of them dead people have not been here, than he thought the last word. And he see a blue truck over there from the barn, i front of the house. He walk to the blue truck and take a little closer at it and he realized that is not Shawn's truck. Then he heard some voices from behind him, it sound like a little boy and a woman. He turned around and see a boy who look little older than Clementine but younger than Cath. He see a woman with a blonde hair who is next of to the boy, the woman is probably his mother. Then there was a man with a mustache and wear a red ball cap over his mullet. Those family must be who Shawn mentioned last night. Axel decide to go and talk with them.
The Duck: "Mom! Dad! Hurry up! I want to do something fun."
As that boy talking to his parents, they notice Axel who came right to them.
Axel: "Hello there, you guys must be the family who stay here for a night as Shawn mentioned."
The Man with a mustache: "Yeah and i guess you and your sister in the barn with other those two who did same thing."
Axel: "Eh, i'm not her brother, just a friend of her older brother. Name's Axel, Axel Dixon."
The Man with a mustache: "I'm Kenny, this is my wife, Katjaa. And this is our boy, Junior but call him Duck."
Axel giving a doubtful glance towards Duck before he look back at Kenny.
Axel: "Where do parents name their kids Duck?
Kenny: "We're from Fort Lauderdale. Everything about his name doesn't bother him."
Axel: "I see, not even like a dodging or quacking?."
Kenny: "Quacking."
Duck: "DAAAAD!"
Axel: "Sorry kid, its my fault who brought up this stupid joke but don't disturb-..."
Axel was interrupted when he notice Cath came out from the barn who have wake up already and yawns now."
Cath: "What's all this yelling about... Oh Hey there."
Katjaa: "Hey, i'm sorry for our boy who yelling out and wake you, sweetie."
Axel: "I already told you, it was i who brought up this but forget it now. Everyone this is Catherine but you call her Cath"
Cath: "Hi there."
Cath give a smile to Kenny and his family as they did same.
Axel: "And this is Kenny, Katjaa and their son, Duck."
Kenny: "Hey there."
Katjaa: "It's so nice to meet you, Cath."
Duck: "Hi, Cath."
Axel: "So where are you all heading to?"
Kenny: "We trying get to our home in Florida, but those things whatever they are on our way. But Hershel mentioned to us earlier that you two and that man with a girl in the barn are heading to Macon, right."
Axel: "That's right, me and my family lives and is there, i hope."
Kenny: "I'm sorry to hear that for separate form them, but Macon is on the way so it would be nice if you and your friend can have a ride with us and help together to make sure those freaks will never get us."
After heard from Kenny's word, Cath get a happy face.
Cath: "Really, thank you. What do you think, Dix?"
Axel was so surprised about Kenny's offer to get Macon by the ride. It would be fast to get his family, but then he think about Lee and Clementine now. Lee have planning to get Macon too, but Axel want him know the offer too.
Axel: "I would say yes, but let's see what the others in the barn to say what they would like."
Kenny: "Ah, gotta consult the companions. I understand."
As they heard from groan from the girl in the barn.
In the barn
Lee had woken up from his sleeping, then he see Kenny who was right front of him.
Kenny: "Hey, get up."
Lee yawns as he gets out of the sleeping bag he was sleeping in and sees Clementine already up and scratching her arm.
Clementine: "Ah, I'm itchy."
Kenny: "Well, you slept in a barn, little lady. Lucky you don't have spiders in your hair."
Clementine gasps and searched her frizzy hair for spiders.
Kenny: "But, I bet your daddy scared them all away, huh?"
Lee: "I'm not her dad. Name's Lee."
Kenny: "I'm Kenny. Already met Axel and Cath outside."
Duck comes running up to the front of the barn, calling out to his father.
Duck: "Dad, we're gonna build a fence! There's a tractor and everything!"
The boy runs off to the Greene house.
Kenny: "We better get going or we won't hear the end of it."
Clementine grabs on to Lee's hand as they follow Kenny out of the barn.
Kenny: "That's my boy, Ken Jr. We call him Duck, though."
Lee: "Duck?"
Kenny: "Yeah. Nothing bothers him, like water off a duck's back, you know."
Lee: "That's a valuable trait, lately."
Kenny: "No kidding. But frankly, I think it's because he's dumb as a bag of hammers."
Duck: "Daaad!"
Axel: "Dumb as a bag of hammers, did you say something."
Axel was right behind them and give a doubtful smile towards Kenny as they surprised of him.
Kenny: "Well, he makes up for it with enthusiasm. If you know what i mean."
Axel and Lee nods at Kenny as they heading to Kenny's family who talking with Cath.
Kenny: "Word is you were on your way to Macon."
Lee: "My family's from there."
Kenny: "Well, Macon's on the way, but personally, I'd appreciate the company of a guy who can knock a couple of heads together if he has to."
Lee: "Sure, we'll tag along."
Axel: "I guess we are seven for now."
Kenny: "It's a plan, then. Honey, Duck, this is Lee. And, uh, what's the girl's name?"
Lee: "Clementine."
Kenny: "Clementine."
Katjaa: "That is a very pretty name."
Clementine: "Thanks."
Shawn came up from the side of the house to Axel and the others.
Shawn: "Well, we should get to work. We all seen what those things can do out there, so the faster we get this fence up, the better."
Duck: "I wanna build a fence!"
Shawn: "Yeah? Well, I need a good foreman. You can sit on the tractor and yell at me whenever I take a water break."
Duck: "On a tractor? Cool!"
Shawn: "Duck and I will hop to it."
Shawn walks away with Duck right behind him to reinforce the farm's fence. Kenny walks towards his blue truck and the two girls take a seat beside Katjaa.
Katjaa: "I can keep an eye on the girls here on the porch. We can visit."
Axel: "Thank you. I be right back."
Lee and Axel walk together to Kenny who check on the motor of his truck.
Lee: "Hey, there, uh, Kenny. Need any help?"
Kenny: "Naw, I think I got it."
Axel: "Okay, but you can ask me for help to fix your truck because my dad had teach me how to fix a vehicle."
Kenny: "Well thanks, but it will not take longer for this. My own old man teach me too, even he was a mean son of bitch but taught me respect."
Axel: "Sounds like we have a same dad but my own is little nice and loyal man. Sometimes he have a fight and that was some reasons why he's disbanded from military and become mechanic on RAFB, but we are still happy family and i hope they are fine."
Kenny give a smile towards Axel as Lee did too. They give a little sorry face about Axel's family that he wasn't with them when this mess shows up.
Kenny: "Do you two need any help?"
Axel: "Excuse me?"
Lee: "What do you mean?"
Kenny: "I mean, in taking care of those girls you got with ya. You two know what you're doing?"
Axel: "Well i have a younger sister who is in almost Cath's same age, but i know how what i know doing as a big brother. What about you Lee, you've kids your own?"
Lee: "Nah, nah. No... no kids."
Kenny: "Woulda liked one then."
Lee: "You know."
Axel starting learning little about Lee and his family.
Lee: "How's your son doing?"
Kenny: "Good, I think. Katjaa's got a sister up in Memphis; we were coming back from visiting her. We were in a gas station and some guy grabbed my boy. I thought he was kidnapping him. I was on the fucker in about two seconds, and… Christ. Just lucky I was there. We saw a lot of bodies before we stumbled upon Hershel's, but… we're a tough family, Lee. Ain't nothing gonna faze us."
Axel: "So, what's your family's plan?"
Kenny: "Get back on down to Lauderdale and let this mess get sorted out. Government will start handing out shots and the National Guard will do its thing. On the odd chance things got too bad, we could hop on my boat, I guess."
Lee: "You've got a boat?"
Kenny: "I'm a commercial fisherman. Catching mackerel, dolphin, whatever's biting and paying. Katjaa wouldn't be wild about it, but the boat's not that bad."
Lee: "All right. See ya."
Lee and Axel walks over to Katjaa, Clementine and Cath as they were talking amongst themselves.
Katjaa: "Your families must be one of best you've."
Clem: "Thanks."
Cath: "Well, someones of my family is complicated like my oldest sister is too bossy, but still love her and my dad is kind a man who never believe on his own son or daughter when they had a trouble. Only my stepmother, my other sister and my favorite brother well my only brother are those who is closest to me."
Clem: "What about your mother?"
Cath's face become little sad and lowers her head.
Katjaa: "Clementine, i don't think we do need to know about her real mother."
Cath lifted his head with a normal face and looking back towards Clem and Katjaa.
Cath: "My mother is dead. She committed suicide when i was five years old."
Clementine and Katjaa getting shocked and feel sorry for Cath.
Clem: "God, i'm so sorry. I shouldn't ask you about it."
Katjaa: "Oh god."
Cath: "It's okay, I get over it after when I was seven."
Katjaa: "How could she left you behind?"
Cath: "I don't know and i do not want to know why."
Lee: "Hey there, girls."
Axel: "Hello there."
Katjaa: "Hi."
Lee: "You having a nice time with Katjaa and Cath, Clementine?"
Clementine: "Yeah."
Cath: "How's your leg doing, Lee?"
Lee: "Well, it's feeling a lot better than it was yesterday. And how's yours?"
Cath: "It feels fine, Thanks to Mr Hershel so i don't feel any pain from my leg."
Axel: "That's good. You three look fine after yesterday."
Katjaa: "I think we're doing just fine."
Cath: "Clementine was actually telling us about her first grade."
Lee: "Oh, uh, how's that?"
Clementine: "It's easy."
Axel: "Well, yeah."
Axel was little disinterestedly about the first grade because it was always easy for himself when he was in Clementine's age years ago. He got a glare from Katjaa, he notice and then he quickly rephrased his words.
Axel: "So, you're good?"
Clementine nods at him to answer.
Katjaa: "Anyway, it's almost like we didn't see people eating each other for the past three days. It's peaceful here, no?"
Cath: "Yeah, it is."
Lee: "So, uh, what do you do when corpses aren't walking around?"
Katjaa: "I'm a veterinarian back in Fort Lauderdale, like Hershel here, except more with cats and dogs and not horses. What is it that you do, Lee?
Lee: "I used to teach up at the University of Georgia."
Cath: "Oh, a college teacher, huh? Which study?"
Lee: "History."
Cath: "Cool, i like to study in history."
Katjaa: "How about you, Axel? Which grade are you in?"
Axel are going to lie about his past because he wasn't sure if they were not ready to know about two years ago and the drugs."
Axel: "9th grade, but I always go hunting with my dad in the fall every year since I was already seven years old."
Katjaa: "We need to hope that we can go back to our jobs and lives soon, guys; back to normal. It can't stay like this."
Lee: "Yeah, my mistake."
Katjaa: "We'll all be home soon."
Axel: "How did you handle getting through the city?"
Katjaa: "Kenny just drove. We passed by so many people that needed help, and… we just, passed people. Over some, and just… just-"
Axel: "It's okay, it's fine. My dad would do that too, i mean you can't save all that what him to say me. But at least you should try."
Katjaa: "I want to go home tomorrow, but even then, I can't take away the things we, the things Duck, went through. Don't you want to go back to the moment before you knew about all this?"
Axel: "This could all be providence, you know."
Cath: "What do you mean by that "providence"."
Lee: "What Axel trying to say that you just never realize when something is happening to you, what you're being given; maybe this'll all work out."
Katjaa: "Your optimism is… refreshing. New. These past couple of days, at least."
Axel: "Thanks Katjaa and your welcome."
Katjaa: "You too, Axel."
Kenny: "Dammit! Hey kid, i think i need your help now."
Axel: "Sure, Kenny. I'm on my way."
Axel walk back and help Kenny to fix his truck.
Lee: "Back in a bit."
Katjaa: "Okay, Lee."
Lee decides to check on Shawn and Duck to see how their fence building was coming along. He heads over to Duck as he was sitting on the tractor, pretending that he was driving it while Shawn was hammering a few nails on some plywood.
Lee: "How you doing, Duck?"
Duck: "Good. I'm gonna drive the tractor. I'm the foreman! Lift with you back, Shawn!"
Shawn: "Hey, Lee."
Lee: "Hey. Need a hand?"
Shawn: "That'd be great. If you can cut those two-by's to length, that'd sure speed things up."
Lee picks up a saw that was on the board and starts sawing it in half.
Shawn: "My dad doesn't know how bad it is."
Lee: "No, he doesn't."
Shawn: "I saw a guy in Atlanta kill a kid. A boy. Just shot him right in the face."
Lee: "Damn."
Shawn: "He didn't even hesitate. He just turned, put the barrel of the gun right between this kid's eyes and pulled the trigger. You don't see things like that. It's not like in the movies."
Lee: "They don't fall like you think."
Shawn: "Did you have to do it?"
Lee: "Do what?"
He cuts the board all the way in half and sets up another one to saw.
Shawn: "Kill. Had you have to off one yet?"
Lee: "Oh. Uh…i bashed a poor girl's brains in."
Shawn: "Whoa, I couldn't do that. I'm just glad we're getting this fence built. Dad just wants to keep the family safe and thinks inviting people in is a bigger threat than whatever's out there."
Lee finishes another board and starts on another.
Shawn: "How about yours? How's your family?"
Lee: "My brother and parents are in Macon, I hope."
Shawn: "Oh man, I hope so, too. Maybe it's not too bad there."
Another board was cut and before Lee got started on another one,
Shawn: "That's probably all I need cut for now. Thanks."
Lee places the saw on the board and stands beside Shawn.
Lee: "And Shawn, thanks again for the ride."
Shawn: "No problem, Lee. Couldn't leave any of you guys behind. Anyway, when you see my dad around, he may want some help in the barn."
Lee spots Hershel going into his barn with a pitchfork and sees Axel who helped Kenny to fix the truck follow the old farmer. He turned around and waved Lee to come here to talk with Hershel. Lee heads over to the barn. When he get in the barn and sees Axel look at the old farmer as he was shoveling some hay with a pitchfork until they noticed Lee was inside.
Axel: "Hey Lee."
Lee: "Hey, did you and Kenny fixed his truck?"
Axel: "Yeah, it should be done in a few minutes right now."
Hershel take a look at Lee and Axel and still keep shoveling some hay."
Hershel: "How'd you get out of Atlanta?"
Lee: "I got a ride and then I was in a wreck. I walked until your boy, Axel and Cath found me."
Axel: "Yeah, the Military was going to evacuate the people, Cath's big brother, well he stay behind and distracted the soldiers so they couldn't get me and Cath when we run into the woods, then we end up on the road there Shawn meet us.
Hershel: "Hmm. Well you two are no worse for wear."
Lee: "This farm's a nice plot of land."
Hershel: "Heh, had you told me twenty years ago I'd still be doing this, I would've told you that you were full of crap. Never was the plan, having a place like this. It was in the family, and I guess so was I. Family's important; it's all that matters. You agree with that?"
Axel: "Makes double for me, yeah."
Lee: "Was brought up to, yes."
Hershel: "Where's your family now, you guys? Parents? Wife? Girlfriend?"
Lee: "My parents are in Macon, with my brother."
Axel: "My dad and my stepmother is with my baby brother in Macon too. My little sister lives with her own mom, somewhere outside of Atlanta."
Hershel: "Well, I hope they're all right. But now Lee, you've got this little girl to take care of. Clementine, is it? You just stumbled up on her?"
Lee: "I was being attacked and she came to my rescue."
Hershel: "Hmmph."
Hershel jams the pitchfork into the hay and walks up to Lee and Axel.
Hershel: "And what is your mind over that girl, and especially her older brother?"
Axel started to glare towards Hershel.
Axel: "What do you mean by that?"
Hershel: "Can I give you both a piece of advice then?"
Lee raises his eyebrow and answers for them both.
Lee: "What is it?"
Hershel: "I don't know who you are or what you did. Let's say things don't get better back in the cities, or they get worse before they do. You're gonna have to depend on the honesty of strangers if you're gonna make it. And if those same people begin to questioning yours, you're gonna be in trouble. But, at least you have the common decency to listen to a man giving you advice."
Before Axel is going to answer back, they hear someone screaming outside.
Lee: "What the-?"
Lee and Axel run out of the barn.
Hershel: "Go, i get my gun.!"
To Be Continued
A/N: Well i hope you fans enjoy this long chapter.
Next chapter is coming soon with my choice about Save Duck or Shawn. What do you fans think is going to happen in the next chapter?
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