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
Benjamin "Ben" Rugby and Timothy "Tim" Rugby belongs to AquaDestinysEmbrace
Chapter 50: Discovery
Axel's POV
After we went through the sewer system, Vernon are leading us to a ladder which it's lead us to a manhole. It looks like the same one me and Lee came into the sewer from the alley in River street. But when Vernon opened the manhole and got out as Lee follow after him and then me. When we got out, we're right in the middle of street where we heard the bell tower first time.
"Finally fresh air." Lee said.
"Can't tell you enough as Crawford scared me and my people which they made us to hide down like rats." Vernon said with a sad tone.
I give a sympathetic glance to Vernon. What the hell is wrong with those people who doesn't want have any children and older?
Then we saw the mansion where our group is there... oh my god, Emily. If Cath isn't there yet, how gonna I explain her?
We went through the gate and heading to the backdoor. Before we heading to the door, we saw a grey Volkwagen Transporter right behind the fence.
"There wasn't a car right there before we heading to find a boat." I said.
"I don't know, but maybe it belongs to Molly and the brothers as Tim mentioned earlier they're going leave this city soon." Lee guessed.
Hmm, yeah, it seems like and that means... My hands is getting harder by anger now.
Lee opened the door and when we came into the mansion, we saw some persons who poking around in the kitchen. It was Molly and the brothers Rugby.
They stop poking around when they noticed we're here now.
"Oh, you two made it back." Molly said playful which I glare at her.
Before I was going to react on them, Emily and Carley shows up from upstairs and saw us in happy shock as Carley went quickly to Lee and hug him. Lee hug her back and then they kiss each other. Me and everyone just be quiet to give them a moment.
Emily approached me and give a hug.
"I thought you two didn't make it. Cath and Clem told us about what just happened when they came back with these three and we-" Emily explained while she looks happy and little sad too.
"Slow down, slow down, we're fine. Is girls alright?" I asked.
"Yes, they're okay. I was just so worried about them when they were gone. I can't just believe it they just left without say any word." Emily said.
"We will talk with them about it later. First..." I said and turned to these assholes who were going left us behind with walkers.
Tim seems look happy that I'm okay, but that was mistake. "I'm glad you guys okay. Man, that was so-" But I interrupted him when I grabbed his gun and pushed to the ground. "What the hell?!" Tim exclaimed in shock.
"Axel? What're you doin-" Carley inquired.
"Get back, YOU SON OF BITCHES!" I exclaimed in anger and aiming with my Desert Eagle and Tim's pistol at Molly and Benjamin who look angry for push his brother down. He reach his pistol up from his pocket and aiming at me. Molly just standing right beside him and sent a intense glare to me.
"Axel, what the hell?" Emily inquired in disbelief.
"Get back, boy!" I yelled coldly.
"Let him go, you long-hairy fucker!" Benjamin exclaimed and still aiming at me while take a step.
"I SAID GET THE FUCK BACK!" I yelled with a furious tone as Benjamin stopped moving, but keep aiming at me.
"AXEL! Put your weapon down!" Lee demanded with a strict tone, but I just ignored him.
"Come on, let's take a break, alright?!" Tim try to make a reason with me, but I just shook my head.
"Don't tell me what to do, not after after what you three were going do with me and my friends back there!" I snapped.
"Stop or I will-" Molly snapped.
"Whatever you're going to do, I'm ready for you." I said coldly as Molly looked shock by my courage.
I swear I will shoot Tim if that tough bitch will really going to fight me.
Then Tim reached his hands forward me and the other to Benjamin. "Look guys, I know he's mad but still he's not gonna do anything." Tim ensured his brother and his his friend, but they wasn't sure about what he just said as I don't.
"Oh, you're really sure about that?" I scoffed and getting close to him.
"Stop!" Benjamin demanded angrily.
"Shut up and get back!" I snapped coldly and looking at Tim again. "You guys were going to left us behind, didn't you?"
"Hello, we saved your asses back there. Why can't you just be thankfulness, moron?" Molly retort.
"Because of you don't want have any blood of children on your hands. Tell it was true." I demanded.
Tim's face fell down and then sighed. "Alright. Look, we never thought this trough, but it doesn't matter anymore. Not after when you girls shows up and stopped our battle between us. Even you guys caught us by surprise, we would never believe you and your folks and like you said back in the river street; you understand how we was paranoia because of Crawford." Tim replied as I approached him.
Benjamin did same thing to stop me, but Tim reach his hand forward him to say don't anything stupid.
"Look, we saved your girls and your friend and helped them to get to this house." Tim said as I noticed Emily stand right beside me.
"Axel, he's right. Please, don't get too far." Emily said and placed her hand on my shoulder to calm me down.
I sighed. Fine... but if they do something like what they tried in the alley, they'll better watch their asses. I drop Tim's gun and it landed on the floor right beside Tim as Benjamin getting close to him.
"I'm okay, bro." Tim ensured his brother who looked angry at me.
When I turned around, I look at them over my shoulder and say, "The door is right there, you three can just go now." I said.
"I don't think so, we saved your asses and you owe us that. I guess this is a fair way." Molly objected as I glare at her.
I saw Lee still holding Molly's ice climbing as I grab it quickly and raised right forward Molly.
"Listen, lady. We don't owe any shit to you and your boys. You three were." I snapped. "Your stupid bells idea got one of us separated from our group and we found him death in the sewer." I said as Lee's face fell down while Carley and Emily looked shock now.
"What?" Emily gasped.
"Wait, you mean Chuck? Is he dead?" Carley asked.
"Yeah. We found him in the sewer. He... didn't make it." Lee replied and looked gloomy as I glare at Molly and the brothers.
Because of these morons.
Carley and Emily look sad about find out Chuck's fate and then they glancing at Molly and the brothers. They look little shock now about what they have caused, but Molly and Benjamin looks angry for being accused by me.
"Hey, don't give us that look. How would we know you guys were in the street before we ringing the bells?" Benjamin inquired.
"I don't care what you would know before the bells. You should've thought what would will happen after you have done something stupid." I replied coldly and take a breath. "But after you saved the girls as it was Chuck's last wish, you guys can go but if you want to stay here then stay right here and don't go to another room."
"Whoa, you can't just punish us like that." Molly shot back.
"Yeah, hell we stay right here." Benjamin agree.
Suddenly, Tim standing between them and us. "Guys, let's do what he say, alright?" Tim said as Benjamin and Molly looked disbelief on him for agree with me. "Timothy? What the fuck are you doing?"
"Stop it. He's right there, we were kind of reckless with the bells and we got one of them killed." Tim tried give reason with his brother and Molly. "Think on the bright side; they giving us a safe place. Better than living in our car outside in the street." Molly and Benjamin shook their heads in disappointment.
I wide my eyes after what just said. So the transporter car outside of the gate is their's?
"Your car? You mean that transporter outside of the gate?" Lee asked as Tim nodded.
"Yup, it was our father's car. We already took it before Crawford could found it." Tim replied and look at me. "We will stay here and do not anything, but we will keep our own guns, deal?"
I just looking at him and thinking. I'm not sure if it's good idea to let them keep their guns. Or other wise, I think that's enough after have threat and give them a room arrested.
"Okay then. You will regret it if something goes wrong because of you." I said as Tim nodded and give him Molly's ice climbing as he accepted so he give it back to Molly.I turned around as Lee approach me.
"You think this is necessarily?" Lee asked and crossed his arms as I looked at our newcomers.
"Lee, I know they might have caused Chuck's death and we should probably cross over the bridge, but I think it's too early to do that and they can't just say we owe them after we lost one of us." Carley said as Lee shrugged.
"I don't want to disturb you all, but who is this guy?" Emily asked and looked at Vernon as we do too.
Oh, I almost forgot him.
"This is Vernon. He helped us to get us back here after we got separated from Kenny and the girls." Lee explained as Christa ran down off the upstairs and heading to us.
"Lee? Axel? Oh my god, I'm glad you guys's alright." Christa said with a shock and happily look.
"We're okay, for now I guess." I said and looked at Benjamin and Molly as the sarcastic teenager give a finger.
Ha, ha, is that best you can do?
When Christa stand right beside us, she looking at Vernon with intrigued look. "Who's this?" Christa asked.
"His name is Vernon and he's a doctor." I introduced as Christa, Carley and Emily widened their eyes in surprised by hearing that Vernon is doctor.
"A doctor?" Christa inquired and get closer to Vernon. "Please help us. My and Emily's boyfriends is injury. I begging you, please help them." Christa begged.
Vernon look little misunderstanding as we forgot mentioned that we have two wounded men.
"You two have something that I should know?" Vernon asked.
"Yeah, sorry. We have two wounded men and one of them is getting worse." I explained.
Vernon huffed out and say, "I wish ya'll mentioned earlier, but-" But Emily interrupted him. "Please, I'm medic on this group, but I'm not good enough. I need you for a little help. They'll probably gonna die soon or later. Please." Emily said with a pleading look.
Vernon look sorry about her and then he closed his eyes. After a few seconds, he open his eyes and say, "I see what I can do. Just take me to them."
"Thank you. Here, this way." Emily said and led us to the upstairs and before I was going to follow her lead, I placed my hand on Carley's shoulder.
"Can you please stay here and keep an eye on them?" I asked as Carley look at them.
"Sure. I will. I don't think they're not bad people, but we don't know what's their deal." Carley replied as I nodded.
I follow after Emily and the others while Carley standing and leaned behind against the wall to watch Molly and the brothers.
What is wrong with that blonde one? She think she can get away from thing she has done like Chuck's fate? I hope things will be easy later with them. Now I wonder how's going with Doug and Omid. But where's Cath and Clem?
Tim's POV
Me, Benny and Molly just standing around in the kitchen. I see Molly looks unhappy for not poking around the house because of Axel and his group. And I see my annoying brother looks so angry by Axel and me too for agree with Axel's statement.
I looking at that young woman who watching at us. I hope she can't hear from us.
"Come on, you two. These people ain't gonna hurt us, I know that." I said as Benny looks arrogant at me. "How you know that? They just giving us a goddamn room arrested instead say thanks like they did to that fossil dude." Benny complained.
"And then accusing us for murder." Molly added.
I sighed and shook my head. I know I feel little frustrated about that too, but they have lost a friend because of us.
"Look, I maybe agree they might have overreacted on us. But they have right to be angry at us because we're responsibility for their friend's death and we can't just ignoring about it if we have to stick with them together." I stated.
"Ignoring? They came into this damn city with one reason, a stupid and cowardly one. Especially, that redneck dude would know that a boat is a pointless and the coast isn't safe as this land isn't safe either." Benny said sarcastically.
I have enough of his arrogance after what happened in Crawford... does he and Molly will never get over it? By the way, this group seems like what we need a little help to get fuel for the car.
And back in the river street, I saw Axel's face that he doesn't like that Kenny guy's plan to get a boat. Maybe he want to get back to the mainland. He and maybe some of his group would come with us. They might know what's outside of this city more than we three do.
But I don't think they want to separate each other so easily and that will be some tears from some of their eyes. Plus, some of them doesn't trust us after we got one of them killed.
"Why are you turn against us with that rat?" Molly inquired with a disgusted look and referred Axel. "I didn't turn against you two. We're on the same side with them, the living side, not an inhuman side like Crawford." I replied.
"Hey, they seems okay to me but they're so sensitives over our few mistakes." Molly added.
Yeah, but these mistakes are big.
"Still, we maybe can ask them for a little help from them to get some fuel for our car." I suggested.
Benny and Molly looked disbelief on me. "Whoa hold on there, you want ask them for a help to find some fuels?" Molly inquired.
"No way. We don't need their help. We're fine on it's own." Benny objected.
Yeah, but how long? We didn't even found any fuel after Crawford. Not even a drop.
"And how believe you that we'll be fine when there's no fuel in the city?" I scoffed back.
"What? You think it is my fault that Crawford took everything and put our lives in risk with these assholes?" Benny inquired as I sighed.
"Look bro, I know you and Hilda were close, but you can't just-" But cut of by Benny when reached out his finger right forward my face. "Don't ever talk about her anymore, do you hear me?!" Benny shot back as he huffed out and turned around to a window.
Dammit! What the hell did I do? Nice working, Timothy Rugby.
"You shouldn't tell him like that, Tim. He need little a time to get over it." Molly said and look disappointing on me as I sighed and feel guilty.
"I know... but it has been almost five weeks since..." I said, but I couldn't say as Molly lower her head down and look little sadly.
Then we hear someones yelling out. "Clementine? Clementine!" It was Lee who yelled and it seems like he finding after his little girl.
"Cath? Cath, where are you?" Axel shout out.
Hmm, I wonder what happened with those little girls. Last time we saw they were with Kenny and that college teenager.
Axel's POV
Damn it. Where the hell are they? Me and Lee are looking after the girls around the house because they are missing. Emily stays with Vernon and Christa to help Doug and Omid, but she worried about Cath again. I told I go to see her. But it seems they're no where to be found.
"Catherine Sophia Carver, where are you?!" I exclaimed, but no respond from her.
"Clementine, are you there?" Lee inquired and getting worried about her as I am too.
Then Carley came to us and ask, "Guys, what's going on?"
"We're looking after the girls. Have you seen them?" Lee asked.
"No, I haven't see them since they were with Kenny and Ben- Oh yeah, Kenny..." Carley said and then looked little gloomy.
What? What about Kenny?
"What about him?" Lee asked.
"I think you two should go to see him yourself." Carley stated as me and Lee didn't understand what she talking about.
We're heading to the living room and saw Ben sitting on a chair right beside Kenny who sitting on the sofa and... drinking a bottle of alcohol?!
"Kenny?" Lee said.
Kenny stopped drinking and then looking at us. It seems like he didn't even noticed we're back alive.
"Oh... hey you two made it back. Good job. Good job." His voice was slurred.
Seriously? Is he drunk already?!
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Lee inquired and we looked disbelief on Kenny.
"What does it look like?" Kenny asked as he took a gulp from the bottle of alcohol.
Jesus, man. I thought Patrick was the only one has that attitude when he's drinking.
"Where'd you get the bottle?" I asked and crosses my arms over my chest.
"Found it." Kenny said with a smirk on his face. "First good thing that happened since…" But he looks speechless as Lee approached him.
"Kenny, give me the bottle." Lee said and reach out his hand to grab the bottle, but Kenny move it away from him. "Kenny. Give me the damn bottle." Lee demanded with serious look as Kenny's smirk turned into glare.
"Get the fuck off me." Kenny whined and stand up from sofa.
"Getting wasted isn't going to help anyone." Lee said with a strict tone in his voice.
"Oh yeah and what is? We are fucked!" Kenny exclaimed as he sat down on the sofa again.
We are fucked, huh? What, because there's no a boat left?! I sighed and looked disappointment.
"How come?" I inquired and sent a glare to Kenny.
"Molly said that there is not a single boat left in Savannah. No way out! We got walkers all around us, that crazy f*** on the radio messing with us… hell, if now ain't the time for a drink…" Kenny babbling, but trailed off and take a gulp again.
Then he offered the bottle to Ben as he grab it, but that stupid teenager looking at me and Lee were we glare at him.
Don't you start too! I shook my head in disappointment as Ben let his grip off the bottle which he declined Kenny's offer.
Ohh, this is getting better and better. Oh god, I almost forgot the girls.
"Have either of you seen Clementine or Cath?" Lee inquired.
Kenny take another gulp and then say, "Damn if I know. They gotta be around here somewhere." I frown at him and his unconcerned answer.
Then I looking at Ben. He supposed to guard on the bench and how come the girls sneak out of the house?
"Ben, how did the girls sneak out of the house? Did you just let them go without try to stop them?" I accused Ben as he sent a glance to me. "Hey, don't putt all that on me. Omid took a turn for the worse and Emily asked Carley and I to help her. What else could I do? I mean, It's not like I-" But I getting impatient by his stupid excuses as I approached him quickly and grab his jacket to pull him up closer forward my angry face.
"Boy, I'm have no time with your stupid excuses. Just tell us where they are if you know or not." I said with angry look as Ben getting nervous by me even he's older than me.
"I... I t-think they went outside to play in the backyard." Ben said with his cranky voice as I widened my eyes.
What?! He just let them to play outside with no watching them?! What the fuck, Ben?!
"On their own? With no- one watching them?" Lee inquired.
"Man, will you guys stop get rid of me? They're fine out there." Ben defended.
I give him a death glare as I shoved him back to his chair and walk away, but I turned to him and hissing, "You'd better watch your ass when I coming back without them!" I walk away with Lee to the backdoor where it's lead to the backyard.
Dammit, Ben! Did he really forgot about the guy in the radio? If the girls is outside of the house, there's a good chance for him to get close to Clementine and who knows what he will doing next.
Outside of the mansion, in the backyard
I got out of the house as Lee follow with me and close the door after.
"Cath? Catherine!" I exclaimed, but no answer or I can't see her or Clem either in the backyard.
"Clementine? Clementine!" Lee shouted out, but still no answer.
We walk around of the backyard and see through the bushes if they hiding in there, but nobody was there.
Then we approach to the fence and look to the other side, but nobody or any walkers was out there.
Please be alright, girls. I getting worry now and-
Suddenly, we heard a sound from the doors of the shed as we looking at it.
"What was that?" I asked while keeping my eyes at the doors of the shed.
"I don't know, but has anyone poked in the shed?" Lee asked as he narrows at the shed.
I widened my eyes. No, nobody did. Which means who knows what's inside of the shed.
"Be careful." I said as Lee nodded and we two approached the shed.
We standing right front of the doors and look around of the shed. We see the doors and the rest of shed is covered by vines. It seems like no one has been in the shed a long time, even before the walkers.
But someone or something is in that shed as we grabbed the handles of the shed and pull back on them. When we pulling to open the shed, I feel doors is pushed by someone or something from inside of the shed which it's opening as I almost lose my balance when I leaning behind while Lee fell back down to the ground.
Then we saw two small persons in the shed and it was Cath and Clem who looked shock and happy at us.
"Lee!" Clementine exclaimed.
"Dix!" Cath exclaimed and running to hug me as Clem did same thing to Lee.
She hugged me around my waist and leaned her head to my stomach as I have never felt that felling for a long time ago since my own sister hug me for three months ago, back in Atlanta.
I smile at her and placed my hand on her head. Thank god that she's okay. I will never let anyone EVER to hurt her just like what ever happened in Atlanta.
Then we separated from each other as Lee and Clem did same and talk with them.
"Are you two alright?" Lee asked and have his hands on Clementine's shoulders.
"We're okay. What about you?" Clem replied and asked.
"We're just fine, look we have a long story. Just... what're you two doing in there?" I replied.
"Exploring. And you two will not believe what we found in there." Cath said as she approached doors as they're not full completely open.
Cath grab handles and pull them to open. When she opened the shed, we widened our eyes in surprised what we see in the shed; a boat. Untouched, looks good sharp and seems okay. Looks like Crawford just missing one thing to clean up.
"This one was here the whole time?" I said and looked surprised.
"I guess we were donkeys this time for not checking this shed earlier before we walked to the river." Lee chuckles as I rolled my eyes over his comment while the girls giggled.
Then I heard someone getting closer to us from behind. We looking behind and saw Kenny who came out of the house and holding the bottle in his right hand. He still look depression and gloomy but when he looking at the boat, his lips turns into a smile and look hopeful now. He even drop the bottle from his hand and came closer to the boat. He standing right beside us as we all five see now that things looking up.
To be continued
A/N:
Well, there was another The Last Of Us reference. XD
Wonder what Tim's got in his mind about Axel.
Molly is one of my favorite character, but I don't like when she just saying the group owe her right after Chuck's death. No one didn't mentioned about him or his fate in the game and I don't think the group can just ignoring about what just happened with that poor hobo.
Please preview and I will answer back. :)
I hope you fans really enjoy this chapter. ;)
