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 52: Crawford Part 1

Axel's POV

After we leaving from the mansion, Vernon has got us into the sewer system and lead into the terrible zone of Savannah, Crawford.

Oh, man. We have almost walked over a hour through the sewers...

Then Vernon heading to a dead-end, but there was a ladder at the wall, right front of him as he stop walking.

He looking up where the ladder leading to and say, "This should be it. The old school should be directly above us." Vernon turned to us when standing around of him.

"Okay people, this is it. Remember the plan." Lee said. "We stay quiet, we stay hidden, and we stay together. We find what we need and we get the hell out before anyone even knows we're there. Go it?"

We all nodded to respond him back and then I look at the girls who stand right beside Emily.

"And that part about staying close? That goes double for both of you." I said with serious look as Cath and Clem nodded.

Lee was the first one who climb up the ladder to the manhole. When he was right under of manhole, he push it away to open the way out this stinky sewer.

Then I climb up after him when he take a look out if everything is clear for now. He look down to us and whisper, "All clear for now." He go out now and then I climb to get out.

I looking around and see there was an old square building to the right and it has a bell tower. Lee and I sneaking into bushes near the building to hide while Vernon and the other came out of the sewer and joining us.

"What's going on? Shouldn't be some guards patrolling here?" Benjamin asked as I look around this area.

I don't see any guards. What the hell are they?

"What? Are you disappointed?" Kenny asked.

"Hey old man, I just saying that it's strange. Wouldn't you be disappointed if we're in a trap?" Benjamin retorted as Kenny sent a glare to him. "While you two quacking each other, then we can ignoring this one, over there." Tim said and pointing his finger at a person who appear in the middle of this area.

I see that guy just staying and doing nothing. Strange, it doesn't look like he's armed. But that doesn't mean he's not dangerous.

"Okay, I will sneak up and give a little present to that fucker. Lee, you follow with me and watch my back. And Kenny, if something goes wrong, shoot that guy when there's no other choice." I planned as Lee reached his hatchet and Kenny holding his rifle.

"Sounds good idea." Lee agree.

"You got it." Kenny nodded.

I start to sneaking out of bushes and approaching the guy who still didn't notice me. Lee follow and is right behind me. When I get closer to that guy, I prepare my hidden blade as the blade came out.

But when I was right behind of the guy, I got a weird feeling. I raised one of my eyebrows in doubtful and starring at him.

Something is not right here...

Then the guy turned around slowly as I getting prepare to stick my hidden blade through his damn skull and-

"What the hell?!" I exclaimed when I saw the guy's face.

His face is ugly as the skin is grey and the eyes is white.

A walker? Here?

The walker was going to get me, but I stand up on my leg and stick my hidden blade through the head. I kicked the walker away from me.

Damn... that was closed. I look behind of me and saw Lee looked surprised and shock as the others was when they came out of bushes.

I looking at the corpse with a shock look as Tim and Benjamin standing beside me. "What the FUCK is a walker doing inside here?" I inquired boys as they shrugged.

What the hell is going on in here? It seems like Crawford didn't guarding in the perimeter today or...

Before anyone could react, Cath exclaim, "The walkers!"

Cath looking panic behind us and we turned around. We saw many walkers appear from other side of the building.

What the hell?!

I looking around and see a door to the old school. "Everyone, get inside. NOW" I exclaimed as we all make rush for the door to the old school.

First brothers, Molly, Christa, Carley, Ben, Kenny, Lee, Clementine, Cath, Emily, Vernon and then me. When I got in, Kenny and Lee close doors after.

Inside the school

We're ran into deep hallway and then upstairs. Running so fast as we heard walkers getting more and more. Who damn know how many are out there.

"In here." Tim exclaimed lowly as he leading us into a door in the second or third floor, and he and his brother slammed the door to open. We all got in a hall with a lot of lockers, and Vernon and Brie leaned against the door to shut it.

I take a breath and holding my crossbow while I looking around if there's some walkers in this floor. Everything seems clear from here, but outside...

"Fuck. Fuck! Do you guys think they saw us?" Kenny asked and holding his rifle while everyone except Vernon and Brie look around here in this floor.

If they saw us, then we would be stuck in here.

I placed my hand on my forehead to think. "Your guess is good as mine. This place is too big for 'em to find us, so it's matter of time when they will find us here." I replied which it made Clem looked more nervous when she holds Cath by her green hoodie.

Cath hugged her to comfort her and look at us. "Will you guys just... stop saying like that? It scares some of us." Cath hissed gently.

I sighed and looked down.

"I think Cath's right there. Plus, I think we're good, for now at least." Lee said as Clem get less nervous.

I think he's right. We all should think little on the bridge side.

"What the hell happened here?" Christa asked and still looked shock. "I thought this place was supposed to be secured."

Yeah, that was an really unexpected.

"What always happens, I guess." Molly replied. "In the end, the dead always win."

"Oh man, we are so screwed." Ben said and started to pace back and forth.

Benjamin look at him with a disgusted look by Ben's cowardly.

"Will you stop pissing in your pants? You making worse if you keep going like this." Benjamin hissed.

"Anyway, this is good." Vernon said when he and Brie stopped leaned the door and join with us.

He's right. Last time, Crawford's people were smart and have guns, now they're dumb and don't have any.

"Vernon's right. We can deal with walkers easier than armed people." I agree.

"I agree. So long as we don't let 'em box us in, we'll be fine. The plan hasn't changed." Kenny said.

Me and everyone was okay with Kenny's statement, but Ben doesn't seems to be when he stand up right front of Kenny.

"The plan hasn't changed? Every time walkers show up, the plan changes!" Ben exclaimed with a disbelief look. "Do you even know how many are out there?"

I shook my head and sighed.

Will he ever stop being a coward for once, especially right here and right now?

"No, you wanna do a headcount or do you want to get the supplies we need and get the hell out of here?" Christa snapped.

No one didn't say a word after what Christa just said to Ben, until Brie went advanced down the hall and look at us now. "Come on, this way." Brie said.

I was little hesitant to follow her lead as she want Vernon kill me and Lee for six hours ago, but when the rest of us and even brothers and Molly too follow her I guess there's no time to argue about that.

We follow down to the hall and then we hear walkers where they are inside of a door which it's boarded of pieces of wood with a red x mark. Which means, don't open the door. All of us just starring at the door and getting be on guard if walkers will shut the door down and trying to get us.

"Just keep moving." Molly said as we keep going away from that door no doubt.

Then Brie leading us to another door.

"Here." Brie said and opened the door as we follow her in a room.

I hope we will meet some walkers in there.

Lee's POV

We all getting in a room and it appear it is a classroom. There was some school desks, a chalkboard, school books too and some kids stuff.

Then I see there was a door with a sign which it says; "ARMORY". I approach to the door and try to open it, but it's locked.

"Figures." I mumbled and walk back to the group when they start search around this classroom.

This room seems to be a good venue when we're going to find what we need and getting back here.

"Looks like they were using this room as some kind of command center." Kenny said.

"Seems to be. But where do we start looking?" Axel asked as everyone was speechless which nobody don't know how to answer that.

Brie looking at something right beside of the door. "Here, here's the layout." Brie said and went closer to another chalkboard, but a small one.

All of us are standing right front of chalkboard and starring at it.

It sounds like a map of this floor. Great and now where is...

"Any idea where we could find a battery?" I asked.

"Hmm, that auto shop seems a good spot to find a battery." Axel said and pointing his finger at the chalkboard where it say, MOTOR POLE.

"Yeah, it's called Herman's and you can't miss it." Brie said.

Okay then, and then...

"How about the gas for the boat and the car?" Tim asked.

"There's a shed across from the playground here, Crawford storing the fuel and the gas there." Brie said.

"What about the medicine?" Christa inquired and look so irritation now.

Before Brie and anyone could answer her question, Molly pointed on the chalkboard where it's called "Nurse's Station".

"Right here. Nurse's Station. They were using it as a medical facility." Molly said.

Wait, how'd did she know?

"How do you know that?" Carley asked with a skeptical look at her as Molly wide her eyes in surprised. "Just... it makes sense, doesn't it?" Molly replied and look away from her as Benjamin shook his in disappointed.

I sent a glance to Molly.

It seems like she has been here before we meet her and the boys, but there's no proof I can ask her about it even she will lying.

"Okay, I'll make a run to the shed for the fuel." Kenny said.

"It would be faster if I come with you. I can take you right to it." Brie said.

"I'll come too." Ben said.

"No. Two people's enough." Kenny objected as Axel shook his head that he doesn't agree with that statement. "Negative, three actually. Two people will get and carry things what we need while the third person cover their backs." Axel said. "Extra hands will make things done fast before walkers will find us here."

Kenny sighed and realized Axel's right.

"Then I go with you two in case if you two are in trouble with walkers." Carley stand up.

"Are you sure, Carley?" I asked.

"Don't worry, Lee. I'll be fine." Carley said with smile as I smile too.

"I'll go for the medicine." Christa said firmly.

"Me too." Emily said.

"I'll come with you two. I know what to take." Vernon said.

"I go too." Cath said as Emily shook her head. "No, you and Clementine stay here with Ben. It's too dangerous here, but you two will be safe here, I promise." Emily objected as Cath sighed.

I'm not sure I can trust Ben to look after the girls. Emily doesn't know about what happened back in the street. And worst, he caused Travis's death too.

"I'm gonna just stay here?" Ben said and look unhappy that he will stay here and not doing something helpful than watch the girls.

"No, you try find a way to open that armory. Ammo is the last thing on our list what we need from here." Axel said.

"Before the ammo, we need food and clean water too. And I know where should Crawford keep supplies, at the school canteen in the first floor." Tim stated.

"I guess me and Tim will go for supplies. Is there anyone of you guys who wanna help us or nor?" Benjamin said.

Hmm, someone need to go for the battery too and I guess that would be me.

"Guess that leaves me to go find us a battery." I said as Molly spook up, "I'll go with you. Watch your back."

"Okay... what about you, Axel?" I asked to him who didn't decide yet which he will go with.

Hold on, it's just me and Molly for the battery and two brothers for supplies, but which of them will he go for?

"I'll go with brothers." Axel decided as Benjamin have a dislike expression on his face. "Oh, great. Now you wanna join with rowdy boys like us, huh?" Benjamin inquired sarcastically as Axel sent an intense glare to him.

"Okay, we've got a plan. Everyone be careful, stay close to one another, we'll all meet back here. Good luck." I said as they nodded at me and went to the door.

Carley raised up her hand to say good luck to me as I smiled and did same thing. Everyone left except me and Axel who still are in the classroom with the girls and Ben who search around the door to the armory.

"Are you coming or not, Mr Snail?" Benjamin inquired when he and Tim are waiting for Axel as Molly did same too for me at the door.

"Just give us some minutes, Mr Cockroach." Axel shot back as the door shut himself before Benjamin could react back.

Me and Axel are looking at the girls who standing right front of us.

"You guys are really leaving us with Ben?" Cath asked and have a impatient look on Ben as Clem looks hesitant.

Probably because about what happened back in the street, even girls didn't have any grudge against him.

"We're not leaving you two with him. We're leaving him with you two, understand?" I said.

After a couple seconds, Cath and Clem smirk when they understand what I mean. I putting them in the charge over Ben for now.

"We will back before you two know it. Sit tight and do not sneak out again, understand?" Axel said as the girls nodded and go to sit on school desks to chat each other.

"Be careful and... keep your eye on Molly. She and the brothers hiding something about this damn place." Axel said.

"Yeah, I got that feeling too when she spooked out about that Nurse's Station." I agree.

Axel went to the door and open it but before I could go with him, Ben called me.

"Lee. Can I talk with you?" Ben asked when Axel went off this room.

I wonder what's he got to say.

I walking to Ben so the girls can't hear us.

"What is it?" I asked.

I notice some guilty sings on the teenager's face. "It's Kenny and... Emily too. Since I've been helping Kenny a lot of things and it's getting me feel no good. I mean he's a good guy. I think I should telling him the truth." Ben said as I shook my head.

Not this again... not right now.

"Ben, come on. This again?" I inquired.

"It's my fault that Katjaa, Duck and... Travis got killed. If I hadn't screwed up back at the motor inn, they'd still be alive and... if I hadn't told Lilly it was me who dealing with bandits, she w-would probably killed me instead Carley." Ben said and his voice getting little cranky now.

"Yeah... maybe." I said and frowned.

"And I'm really glad for Emily that she and Doug are... you know. And me? I can't just pretend to understand and never tell her and Kenny the truth. I have to." Ben said firmly.

I just starring at him and thinking about him and his statement. If he tell them the truth, Emily will probably be shock and feel betrayed and Kenny, he will cross over lines and who knows what he'll gonna to do. Except them, Axel will be angry too as he and Carley were accused by Lilly and almost got himself killed when he saved Carley.

He can't tell them right now, if he do and then we will be all screwed.

"Ben. No offense, but have you lost your motherfucking mind? Kenny's barely hanging on, you tell him you're to blame and Emily seems okay now, but Axel? Don't forget how he is and I don't even want to think what they might do." I said.

"I know. I've thought about that. But I don't know how much longer I can keep the truth." Ben said.

"I've already told you back in the train, remember? This is a bad idea. Real, real bad." I said and looking seriously at him which he glare at me. "Hey, maybe you're okay like walking around with somebody's blood on your hands but that's not who I am. I can't just pretend it never happened." Ben retorted with a scowl.

I narrows my eyes and feel angry by him for referring about how I keep my past and the murder before I told everyone in the motor inn. I know it feels like Ben is in that situation and doesn't like to keep secrets so long than I had over three months. But this is different, except Larry and Lilly too, no one did bother about what happened with the senator and what I have done. And now, mostly of our group loved Katjaa, Duck and Travis.

"Look, we need Kenny. We need him to hold his shit together if we're ever going to get out of here, so you need to keep this to yourself. For the good of everyone. You hear me?" I hissed lowly.

Ben just starring me with a glare and say, "I hear you. I'm gonna get back to this."

He went back to get work on the door as I shook my head in disappointed.

Damn it, Ben. I hope he will never screw this up.

I turned around and went to the door to go get the battery with Molly.

To be continued

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