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Chapter 30: Abandoned Car

Axel's POV

It's been a while after the St Johns's defeated, it have stop raining and it's been quiet in the woods. No bandits or any walkers shows up. Everyone was so tired, confused and traumatized.

We follow Lee who leading us back to motor inn. I see Clementine look still little frightened by Lee because what he did to Andy. Honestly, I would do same thing. But now I'm not sure if it really make me feel better because it reminds me back that day, the fight between me and Amanda.

"You think Lee will be fine? After... you know." Cath said who walk right behind me.

I didn't looking at her as I'm still little angry that she risk her life to attack Andy. "He'll get over it. But I guess he's just sad over Mark as we all do." I said lowly.

"And what about Kenny? You think he will be fine?" Cath said and look at Kenny who still clutching his wound.

Kenny did the same thing what Cath did, but everyone will do that to try save their children. I frowned at Cath now as she notice and got a misunderstanding expression on her face.

"What the hell were you thinking?" I exclaimed, but lowly so the other couldn't hear me.

"What?" Cath asked and didn't really understand what I mean.

"I told you to stay with Clem and Lilly. But you came into the fight with Andy which you puts your life in risk. You could have died." I explained and Cath shoot a glare to me.

"You and Lee were in trouble. Haven't you heard Lee yelled to Lilly to shoot Andy before you saved him? She had a fully loaded rifle in her hands and didn't even try to help him or you. I know it sounds crazy, but it seems like that she wanna let Andy to kill you and Lee." Cath exclaimed but lowly tones too as I looking back to her with a confused look.

Then I look at Lilly who look mixed with anger and sadness, she still carry Danny's rifle. I remember now what Kenny said that Lilly will probably sides with St Johns, well she didn't except let them to try kill us after what we did to her father. She even murdered straight at Danny right after Lee decide to spare him. Lilly will probably become more threat than her father was.

"After what Kenny, Lee and I did to Larry, after she shot Danny as Lee decide to spare him, yeah. I guess we should be careful around with her." I said as Cath nodded.

"Do you think Andy will come after us, after we just left him behind like that?" Cath asked.

"I don't think so. You saw how he broke down as he has nothing else to live for. He didn't even move a finger to get away from the walkers." I said.

"Can we stay here for a while so I check with Kenny?" Emily shouted, but not too loud so someone or something can hear her and us. Lee nodded and we stay for a while. I walk to Lee who still look quiet.

"Hey, man? How are you feeling?" I asked.

"Honestly, I don't know how to answer that." Lee said as Carley and Doug shows up.

"Are you okay, Lee?" Carley asked.

"I'm okay, as long you and Clementine are." Lee said and smiled as Carley did same.

"Don't wanna interrupting this, but I just wanna to say that we're sorry for leaving the motel inn unattended." Doug said and apology for leaving the motor inn.

"Don't worry about it. We glad that you guys came to the dairy when you did. Your laser pointer and deadeye have saved us today. Or we probably wouldn't have been able to get out of there the way we did." I said with an appreciated smile to Doug and Carley.

"We gotta stick together." Doug said with a smiled, but then turned to curious and disbelief on his face. " Were they really… killing people? For food?"

Lee lowered his head as I did same. "Yeah, and I should have stop them before they could bring Mark in the house and that's was when..." I said as Doug and Carley look frightened now.

"And Clementine and Cath... they almost eat some." Lee said.

"But..." Carley asked.

"I stopped them right after I found Mark... without no legs." I said as Doug got a disgusting expression while Carley place hand on her mouth in chock.

"Yeah. I can't leave Clementine alone, guys. This fucking world now… it's hiding just, unspeakable shit at every turn." Lee said and frowned at the sky that he wonder now what happen in the rest of the world.

"There's some fuckers who doing crazy things like we never have seen before." I mumbled as they nodded at me.

"You don't think what I thinking?" Doug asked with a horror in his eyes.

"Let's drop it, okay. We had lost Mark and Larry tonight and we're so exhausted." I said seriously tones.

"Katjaa managed to grab this while she was inside the house. She said that it was with your stuff." Carley said and pick up the video camera from her pocket that we found back in that camp where the woman lived there until Danny killed her.

"Yeah, it . We found it at a camp while we were looking for the people who shot Mark." Lee explained.

"Yeah and there was a woman, she was gonna to tell us about St Johns and these bandits. But Danny shot her before she could spit out. Maybe this will give us something about these bandits." I said.

"But it doesn't work. You have any use for it, Doug?" Lee asked to Doug who is smart to computers.

"It's just a basic camcorder. A Save Lots cheapie. Let me check it out, see if I can get it working." Doug said as Lee smile and gave video camera to him.

When Doug working on the camera, Me and Lee hear Kenny yelped in pain as Emily check the gunshot on his stomach.

"Let's go check with Kenny." Lee said as I nodded.

Can't believe he took the risk and got shot, but he survive. I can tell Patrick who made my hidden blades wouldn't have survive, not even a cat scratch. I smirked over that joke.

We approached Kenny, his family and Emily. "Hold still there. ...It seems like the bullet must had brushed away from your wound, I guess. But you will be fine later." Emily said and knell up.

"Are you sure?" Katjaa said uncertain.

"I'll be fine, hon. If Emily said so... I'm just not as young as I used to be. Anyway, thank you Emily. I really mean it." Kenny said grateful as Emily smiled.

"Your welcome, Kenny. You're a tough dad I ever seen." Emily said as she and Kenny notice me and Lee are right next to him.

"Hon, Emily, why don't you two and Duck go on ahead to the others so Lee and Axel and I can talk for a second, huh?" Kenny said as Emily and Katjaa nodded.

They walk away with Duck and leave Kenny alone with Lee and me. I see Kenny have a worry expression on his face. "There's gonna be fallout." He referred about in the meat locker.

"…For killing Lilly's dad? Yeah, I would imagine so." Lee agreed as I nodded.

"You guys have right. After that, Lilly just shot and murder Danny and didn't really even try to help us from a safe dead." I growled little and look at Lilly who glare at us now.

But I ignored that there's no time to fight and look at Kenny again. "What do you think?" He asked.

Well, Mark lost his legs and being served for food, we decided to kill Larry while holding Lilly from to stop us, then she shot and killed Danny, we left Andy behind who gives up and left behind with the walkers and now the bandits are still out there in this woods and who knows if they will come get us in the motel now after the farm is overrun by dead.

"We fucked up. We fucked up real good." Lee said sympathy as I look at him in chock and disbelief.

Is he serious? Well, we have done horrible things today, but that was to survive and there isn't right and wrong either.

"You can't say that, man. The rest of us are alive, aren't we?" Kenny said and tried to cheer up Lee.

"Mostly. But what are we gonna do now?" I asked.

"I don't know. But listen, that RV back at the motor inn is just about ready to roll. I want you two to come with us, I mean it." Kenny said about his plan to the coast as I sighed.

This again? We don't even know if there is still boats left at the coast. Well, I maybe not agree with the coast, but left the motor inn sounds miracle.

"Okay then, I'm still not sure if the coast is a good idea, but leaving the motor inn sounds good. It's not safe there no more if these bastards in the woods know where we live." I explained.

"Fine. But let's hope we will not separate each other. We're strong together, aren't we?" Kenny said.

"Ken's right, we can't just split up for this. He has a legit point there." Lee said and tried to convince me.

"Okay, but what about Emily and-" But cut of by Kenny. "I've told with Emily and she think it might be better to move on than stay closer to the people who wanna to kill us." Kenny explained.

Wait, did Emily really say that? I don't know, she maybe just worry about Cath and the others.

"Okay then." I answered as Kenny nodded and walk away, leave me and Lee behind as the girls approached us.

I see Clementine have a sad look as Lee getting curious now and wonder what's with her now. "Clem? Are you okay?" He asked and bend down to her level.

"Yeah… um.. Lee? Did Lilly have to kill that man in the barn?" Clem asked as Lee look at her with a calm look.

"I'm sorry you saw what she did, but she's just overreacted because those people cause her dad's dead. If they didn't have brought us in the meat locker, Larry would be still alive. You understand?" Lee explained, but I guess he's lying because he doesn't want make her to be scared of Lilly.

"But it doesn't mean that make her feel better, right?" Cath said with a doubtful face.

"Honestly, I don't know if it does or not for her. But can we still really trust her as she's the leader?" I asked and look hesitant at Lee.

"She have to get over it. All we just doing for her is to give some space." Lee answered as I give him a questionable glance that he didn't remember that Lilly didn't help him from being killed by Andy. But there's nothing we can do with it.

"Hey, Dad, what's that noise?" It was Duck who called to his dad as he heard something.

Everyone approached to the boy and try listen the sound that he talking about.

It sounds like a familiar sound. As I see Kenny have a recognize expression on his face. "Sounds like a car." Kenny said.

As Ben get nervous now. "Oh, God. Not more strangers."

"Are we gonna really try to find the car?" Travis suggest with a curious and tense look.

Lee, Kenny and I look each other and then we starting to sneak closer to the sound and then we found a station wagon in the middle on the path. The passenger door is open and the lights inside it still on and the pinging noise of the door.

Is someone there? I don't see anyone around the station wagon, but can't tell inside of the vehicle. I aiming at the station wagon with my crossbow and look at Lee as he notice and start to call out. "Hello?"

But no answer which mean he have to check in the station wagon. "I got your back, man." I said and aiming at the car as Lee nodded while he start to sneak closer to the station wagon.

When he almost there, I move careful after and still keep aiming at the station wagon. When Lee reached the door, he stood up and looks inside while I take a look at back of the station wagon if there is someone who hiding there.

When I looking at back of the station wagon, I widened my eyes and get surprised as Lee mumbled. "Figures." But I ignored him and still looking.

"Whoa..." I exclaimed as everyone start to wonder what I found and I raise my hand up that everything is clear.

"Come here, everyone. You all gotta to see this!" I said with a happy tone.

"What is it?" Emily asked.

"This car's got many boxes full of food and supplies in the trunk." I said.

"No shit?" Kenny said with a smile as he and everyone take a look at what I found.

"This food could save all of us." Katjaa said as Lilly glare at her over those words.

"Not all of us." Lilly said coldly and referred about her dad.

Kenny sighed at her comment and I glare at her. Just ignore her because she's not fine in her head now.

"Wait, we're just gonna take all this? Just after what we found someone else's?" Travis asked.

"Yeah, we don't even know if these people are dead." Ben agree.

"If they come back, then we're just monsters who came out of the woods and ruined their lives." Lilly said and agree to do not take the food.

"None of this stuff belongs to us." Cath said.

"She's right. I don't want anyone of us to ruin someone else's life. We leave this food and just go." Emily said as I sighed at her answer.

"Look Emily, I know this is hard for you and all of us too. But even it's not abandoned, why would they just left this stuff behind, especially left the key to the car too. It doesn't make any sense if it's not abandoned." I explained and try to convince Emily, but it seems she doesn't agree with to take the food.

"And what do you mean about the key?" Emily asked and crossed her arms.

"It mean they should have locked the car and they didn't. All cars have an alarm if anyone break through the windows and it will alert for the owners and of course, the walkers too." I said.

"And the bandits too." Carley said.

"Hmm, that sounds logically. I mean what if these bandits have killed the owners and we don't have much left back at the motor inn." Doug said.

"But what if it belongs to them? They won't be happy when they see it's empty." Travis asked as some of us got something in head with that thought.

Duck look now curious and nervous about the station wagon and look at Kenny. "Dad, whose car is it?"

"Don't worry about that, Duck. It's ours now." Kenny answered and calm his son down.

"It's abandoned, Ducky. Don't worry." Katjaa said.

"What if it's not?" Me and everyone got attention by Clem and look at her. "What if it's not abandoned? What if it is someone's?"

I see everyone was quiet now. It's Kenny, me, Katjaa, Duck, Carley and Doug who agree to take the food while Lilly, Emily, Cath, Ben, Travis and Clem don't want to do that. That leaves to Lee who didn't say about yet. I don't like it, but we need this food.

Lee just looking at Clem and then at the car for a while. Suddenly, he approached Clem and bends down to her level. He frown sympathy at her. "We have to take this, Clementine. We need it to survive." As Lilly walk to him with a scowl look.

"Who says it's your decision to make?" Lilly snapped at Lee and earned a glare from me.

"Back off, Lilly. You're not able to make a decision." I said coldly.

"WHAT?!" Lilly exclaimed as everyone being surprised and nervous by her outburst, but I'm just looking at her and not scared of her.

"You're too upset and vengeful over your dad's dead and the murder of that fucking human-eater in the barn which it will blind your leadership and Kenny is hurt. So Lee will be our leader for this tonight. Look, if you want some food, so enough with this shit." I explained as Carley and some other nodded, including Kenny too who wanna make up decisions, but he believe Lee is a good leader. But I got a dead glare from Lilly.

"Like it or not, this food is what we've been needing for days. Now, get over here and open the trunk, Lee." Kenny agree as Lee rises back and stares at Lilly until she looks away from him.

Emily just look disappointed now and start talk out. "This is ain't right."

I sighed and rubbing my head.

"This is survival, Emily. There is no right or wrong." Katjaa said humble and Emily just shook his head, but do nothing about it.

Lee walked over to the truck and open it. There was six boxes of food and supplies in the truck. Great, this is a really jackpot today.

But I see Cath place her hand on Clem's shoulder to shows that she sides with her to do not steal the food from the station wagon. I understand about their innocence, but they'll get over it.

"Supplies." Lee said as he pick up the first box from the truck and turned to Katjaa who stand next to him.

"I'll take it." Katjaa said and Lee handed over the box to her.

He turned to truck again. "Great. Maybe we'll survive this after all." Lee said as he grabbed another box and noticed Duck was behind. "Duck, why don't you carry this?"

Lee handed over the box to Duck and the kid accepted. "Okay."

"There's plenty of food in this box." Lee said and grabbed another box.

"Here, I can take it." Travis said who stand next to Lee as he handed over the box to one of new members of the group.

I see Emily who look now disbelief at Travis as he noticed too. "Don't bother her, I'm gonna talk with her." I said to Travis and he nodded.

"Got a box of food here." Lee said and Ben came next to him.

"I'll carry it." Ben said and Lee handed over the box to another new member.

"More food here." Lee said and grabbed another box as Kenny showed up right next to him.

"Here, I got this." Kenny said as Lee and I look hesitant because of his wound.

"Are you sure, Kenny?" Lee asked.

"Lee, I'm fine." Kenny responded.

Come on, we don't need to argue in whole night. Lee give the box to Kenny as he accepted and there was no sign of pain except he huffed.

"And now the last one here." Lee grabbed the last box from the truck and see Carley is right next to him.

I see they didn't said anything and just smiling each other. What a tragedy day and then a romantic in the end. Old times, I guess.

Lee give the last box to Carley and she accepted. Then Lee check around in the car and found a sweater. Maybe he's gonna give it to Clementine. But I'm not sure if she'll accept that.

"This hoodie looks to be your size. Why don't you hold on to this? It might get cold." Lee said and show the sweater for Clementine.

"It's not mine." Clementine refused.

"We're not like the bandits, honey. We didn't hurt anyone to get this. Understand?" Lee explained.

"I guess so." Clementine said who look calmed now, but still disappoint over to take stuff from the car.

Then I notice Emily and Cath approached me. Oh, here we go...

"I hope what did you thinking." Emily said little strictly.

"Listen Em, Like Katjaa said that there is no right or wrong in survival and plus, there is no way if there's someone here in this woods with bandits and walkers." I explained as Emily shook her head.

"Look, I know we need this stuff for our group. But it doesn't mean we are better than the bandits." Emily said.

"Listen, Emily: We protect the kids and the other, we respect each other, we don't steal or hurt anyone to get some food and supplies. And that's the rest of all we can to keeping our humanity as long we can and we'll still doing that." I explained.

Cath look down for a while and then looking at me. "I guess you'r right." She said as Emily look at her chock, but she sighed.

"Okay then, but what if the owners comes back and found us, what then?" Emily asked.

"I don't know, but I'm not sure that we'll never see them because we leaving soon from the motel." I said and wasn't sure about my words, but feels no worry about it.

Then I see Carley approach Clem and give some batteries to her, probably for her walkie-talkie.

"Hey, guys! I got this thing work and you need to see this." Doug said and have a worried expression on his face as Lee, Carley, Emily and I approached him.

We five looking at the video camera and then we goes wide-eyed at what we see now.

"What the hell?" Lee exclaimed.

"But... how did..." I mumbled and getting be chock and skeptical.

Two minutes later

After we saw the clip of the camera, we see Emily look angry and disgusted now.

"That slut bitch, what did she think that she can..." Emily mumbled as Doug interrupted her. "Emily, don't be like that. This woman just lost her daughter and it isn't her fault about what she doing." Doug tried to calm Emily down.

"Doug's right. Besides, she didn't even ever had lay a finger on Cath or Clem." Carley agree as Emily glare at them.

"You really think that was okay for sneaking and looking at a couple of girls like a goddamn pedophile?!" Emily screamed at us as we just look at her in chock. Then she realize what she said and how yelling at us before she feels guilty for that. "I'm sorry, I just..." Emily tried to apologize, but Carley place a hand on her shoulder.

"It's okay, we're understand. Cath will be fine with you and us." Carley cheer Emily up.

Emily look at Carley and then smile before she hugged her. "Thanks, Carley." Carley hugg her back too as Cath approach us.

"Is there something wrong, sis?" Cath asked as Emily separate from Carley and walked over to her sister.

Okay, I think it's time to talk about our main problem now.

"Guys, I don't want to interrupt this, but you missing our problem now. The bandits will find us now after the dairy is overrun by the dead." I said as Lee and the other look at me except Kenny, his family, Ben and Travis who still checking on the boxes of food and supplies from the station wagon and Lilly just keep in watch around in case if someone is there.

"You're right. The motor inn isn't safe no more as this woods too. But we need to get ready and Kenny got the RV work." Lee said.

"But what then? I mean Kenny's plan about the bout sounds like a good spot, but longshoot. But we need to... I don't know... complicate with these bandits." Doug suggest as we look at him disbelief.

What? Are you nuts?

"Doug, you saw how that bastard shot his own friend back there like a crazy drunky asshole. There is no way they will have business with us." Carley objected.

"She's right. We can't expose people like them." I agree.

"Let's get back to the motor inn before something getting trouble by these people." Lee said as we nodded and start to go back to the rest of group.

Now we heading back to the motel with the food from the station wagon. Now I wonder what will happen next. Bandits, RV and Lilly. I know Lilly will be so stubborn to stay in the motel and don't think she will change in her mind because of the bandits.

To be continued

End of Starved For Help

Kenny: "Macon is done, pals."

Axel: "I guess it is time to move on.

Lilly: "If we keep going like this, we'll get through the winter here."

Axel: "What?!"

Kenny: "The winter? We'll freeze our asses off here."

Axel: "Open your damn eyes, for god's sake! It's not safe here anymore!"

Cath: "Do you think we will be fine out there than here?"

Axel: "All I can say that there is walkers who trying to eat us while there is some fuckers who want to kill us and take our shit."

Axel: "He, so did I disturbed you when you and him were gonna...mmh"

Emily: "Cut it off, Ax. You're getting worse than Chris who always teasing with Tess about like that. But yes, please don't tell to the boys or anyone."

Axel: "Will see if I can shut my mouth."

Carley: "I love you, Lee.

Lee: "I love you too, Carley.

Kenny: "Lilly's not doing so good, huh?"

Lee: "Well, we killed her dad."

Axel: "We did kill her dad and that's I'm worry about if it will lead one of us to die later."

Clem: "Will people get mad when they use drugs?"

Axel: "Something like that, but worse than that."

Lilly: "Axel, tell me that it was you who caused all this and not her or else!"

Axel: "You're making a big mistake."

Emily: "Leave him alone!"

Doug: "He's a good boy."

Lilly: "Axel!"

Carley: "Stopp, this is crazy!"

Lilly: "This is about trust and I've never trusted you!"

Axel: "Hell it is! This is about your fucking revenge!"

BANG

Episode 3: Long Road Ahead

A/N: Finally! Now the episode 2 is done! :D

And I'm sorry for late because I'm on vacation again in Spain now. :)

I chose to take the food from station wagon.

Letter Hacks:

I have borrow many OCs from more than ten authors to appear in this saga later.

It will be a one more love couple soon. ^^

Alright then, I have to get back to write "This is Survival", but don't worry about this story. It will never go to hiatus just like last time. I will write new chapters of this story too.

But like I said earlier, I'm on the vacation now and it will be hard to write on my phone. XD

So review about this chapter and I will answer back. See y'all later. :)