Author Note: I do not own The Walking Dead or any of it's characters

Axel Dixon and Cath Carver belong to me.

Emily Carver belongs to HiddenTruthandLies2

Oh, I forgot to tell something that I should told before. I chose fight with Kenny to stop the train. But in this story, Lee have convinced him.

Chapter 40: The Clearing

Axel's POV

I jumped off of the boxcar and looking around just in case if there's any walkers around this place, but it was nothing here except forest. Then I noticed Kenny climb down at the ladder of the cab and look sad and gloomy now. His eyes is close until he open them to looking at his family now. I see Cath is with Clementine right behind me and Carley is standing beside of me.

We see Lee now who climbing down at the ladder after Kenny and follow with him to Katjaa and Duck. Katjaa comforts Duck who laying on the floor of boxcar at the side door. Duck just huffing out but weaker.

When Kenny was standing right beside his family, they are so upset over their son's incoming fate.

"Ken, I... I think it's time." Katjaa said to her husband.

Kenny nods and crosses his hands, then he narrows his eyes at the other, especially at Ben and Chuck. "The boy's been bit, in case any of you haven't figured it out yet." Kenny explained and look back at his wife again.

"What do you need?" Lee asked as Kenny's responded with his cranking voice.

"I... I..." Kenny mumbled and look speechless now.

"Katjaa?" Lee asked and the woman glancing at Lee with her eyes with some tears and turned around to her son.

"It's time to …this is not possible." Katjaa said with sad tones.

Then Emily approached Katjaa and placed her hand on the mother's shoulder.

"Easy, Katjaa. Relax..." Emily tried to calm Katjaa down from be more upset and looking at Duck with a sad look. "What are you gonna do with her?"

Katjaa just looking at Emily and then staring at her son. I huffing out because I assume what Katjaa are gonna say next.

"We cannot allow him to become one of those… those monsters." Katjaa said firmly as Cath and Emily look chock by her, but they know that there is no other way than put out off his misery.

"I don't want non of us become walkers and rotting around to eat something living, but is this really the answer? I mean... he's just a boy." Cath said and look sadly for losing a friend of her.

Emily squeeze her arm around her little sister and Cath leaned her head on the stomach.

I closed my eyes and say, "We have to shoot him. No more than that. I think shooting is more humanity."

Katjaa and Kenny glancing at me, they think I have right, but they're frightened to do that. Which Kenny's voice getting more cranking now.

"Kat… what if he doesn't?" Kenny inquired.

"Kenny, I love you very much. I love our son more than life itself." Katjaa said while she start cry little. "I need you to hear me. What you're saying, that he may not turn, is foolish."

"But I-" Kenny started to say but Katjaa interrupted him.

"No." Katjaa said.

Then I see Kenny didn't really accepted as even he stopped the train. We looking at them with our sad eyes.

"There's… Come on, Kat. There has to be a-" Kenny started to say again, but Katjaa interrupted him again.

"Stop it." Katjaa said.

"He can just drift off to sleep, right, hon? I mean, Jesus, this is our son!" Kenny exclaimed while waving his arms.

"I know! But, we all know that it's… here, or nothing." Katjaa said and pointed her finger to her head as Kenny sighed with his defeated look.

"Well... fuck... just... who then? You want me to?" Kenny inquired.

"You don't have to." Katjaa refused.

"I do it." Kenny said.

"No! You don't have to!" Katjaa exclaimed with sad tones.

"I'll do it." Lee said firmly as we widened our eyes in chock at him.

What? Lee? Are you sure?

"No. It should be a parent." Katjaa said.

"No, he's right. A parent should never to do something like this." I agreed with Lee and frowned at Duck.

"They're right, Kat. We can say our goodbyes and... just let that be it" Kenny said.

"I don't know..." Katjaa wasn't sure about my statement, but it seems she don't have any options right now as she looking at Lee now. "Lee, you'd be doing this family a great service."

True. Lee has helped us more than one hundred times.

Then Katjaa turned to Duck and say, "Let's go in the woods so the kids don't have to see this."

"Yeah." Kenny nodded.

"Give us a moment to say goodbye?" Katjaa said.

"Of course." Lee replied with a sad tone.

Katjaa pick Duck up and carry him to the forest with Kenny who follow with his wife.

I looking at them with a saddned look as I heard Clementine asking to Lee. "What's happening?" I look over shoulder at her and see Lee approach her.

Lee bend down to her level and say, "I'm going to take care of Duck."

"I though he was going to die." Clem said and didn't understand what Lee means as Cath went next to her.

"He mean he's gonna... putting him out of his misery." Cath explained with a sad look.

"Oh." Clem said as she looked down.

Then Carley approach Lee with a saddened look. "Lee... Are you sure that you have to do that?" Carley asked.

Lee standing up and looking at Carley as his face fell down.

"This is not because I'm convicted murder, but someone must have to do this than a parent. Look, Carley. Things will-" Lee said, but interrupted by a gunshot from deep in the forest which causing crocs flying away from trees.

I side my eyes and looking at the forest. "What the-"

"NOOO!" It was Kenny yelled which it sounds like he is in trouble.

"What happened out there?" Emily asked.

"I don't know. Carley, Emily, get Clementine and Cath inside the train! Doug, get in the cab in case if something getting dangerous around here!" Lee exclaimed.

"On it!" Doug replied and get in the cab as Lee running off into the forest.

"Wait, I coming with you!" I exclaimed and began running after Lee into the forest.

We ran through the forest as I grab crossbow from my back and prepare for something else. Then I see something right front of Lee as he stop running and stand. I stand right next to him and see what's going on. I raise my eyes in remorse and see Katjaa is laying on the grass with a bullet hole in her head. Then I see a gun in her hand. Kenny was knelled down and cry over his wife's corpse and I notice their son, Duck was placed against the tree and is barely alive as he trying to see where his parents were.

I opened my mouth in chock. "Wait? Did... did she... just?" I muttered.

"Holy shit..." Lee muttered sympathetic.

I shook his and place my hand on head while holding crossbow with other hand. "Why... how could she..." I muttered with sad tone.

Katjaa couldn't just live longer without her son, she already mentioned that she loved him more than her life.

Then Kenny look at us with tears over his face from eyes. He is so upset, he lost his wife and now losing the last thing in his life left now. Kenny looking at his wife's corpse again and close her eyes so she can rest in peace. He grabs Katjaa's gun and got back up.

Kenny, Lee and I went closer to Duck who still breathing, but more weaker than before. He has one minute left I think as Kenny holding Katjaa's gun and staring his dying son.

"What do we do?" Kenny asked with tears in his eyes.

I don't know if I wanna do that, but let's wait what Lee say.

"Give me the gun, Ken. I'll do it." Lee said as Kenny give the gun to him no doubt.

Then Lee aiming at Duck, but he look now hesitantly now that he wasn't really sure to shoot Duck. His hand with the gun is shaking now while I shaking annoying which I decided that I do it myself, but when I took a step forward Lee,

BANG!

Lee fired the gun and Duck's misery has ended now. I looking at him and then Duck who got a bullet hole in his head. Kenny's tears still streamed down his face. I looking so sympathy at him for losing all of his family. Lee lowered the gun and huffed out.

"Let's get back to the train now." I said and start go back to the train as Kenny and Lee follow after me.

Poor Kenny. I don't what I would do if I have lost all of people I care. After we walked through the forest, we saw the others who look so sad, but curios too about what really happening as Carley approach us and ask, "What the hell happened out there?"

Non of us didn't answer her question as Kenny still walking to the cab and Doug came out off of it.

"Are guys okay?" Doug asked and then noticed that Katjaa isn't with us. "Where is Katjaa?"

Kenny didn't answer either and climbing up to the cab as I and Lee who pass through Carley and she follow us.

"Tell me; what's going on?" Carley repeated.

We didn't answer back again as Emily and the kids were standing at the side door of boxcar. They look worry now.

"Where is Katjaa? Is she alright?" Emily asked.

I looking at her and then Carley with saddened look. "She's... gone." I muttered and jump in the boxcar while everyone look wide-eyes, but it seems they didn't understand what I mean.

"What do you mean she's g-gone?" Clementine asked and look afraid now as Carley went closer to her boyfriend.

"Lee?" Carley asked.

Lee just looking down sadly and say, "She gave up... she just couldn't handle to moving on without her son, so she..." Lee replied, but couldn't say that Katjaa shot herself.

"Is she... dead?" Cath asked and look chock.

Lee nod in response and everyone hung their heads over losing not just Duck, but Katjaa too that they never expected that she wanna take suicide after losing her son. Then Lee, Carley, Ben and Chuck get in the boxcar. When all of us was in the boxcar, Kenny start the train and it's moving again.

What a hell day. I wonder what's gonna happen with Kenny and when we get to Savannah. Will we really find a boat? We'll see later. I just sitting down next to Cath and Emily and I looking at the view through the opened side door.

To be continued.

A/N: What a tearful for losing a pure boy. :(

Well, that was one of my saddest moments in my life.

I chose Lee to shoot Duck.

No letter hacks in this chapter this time. Sorry. :/

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