Author's note: Hey guys after a long needed break, I'm back to writing What if's. I've been very busy since the last chapter in December, with universities and exams and other writing projects. All I can say is that I'm glad I'm back and I hope you don't feel as though I've abandoned this series. I actually started writing this chapter, but stopped halfway due to a motivational reason, but I just missed CARLEE. I just found it hard to get back into the mindset of these characters, but after re-reading all the previous chapters, I realized that this series can re-continue. Everything after chapter 13 can be considered my own series and something original because in a butterfly effect sort of way, the events of season 2 can't happen perfectly. I may be using characters from season 2. Looking forward to hear all of your reviews, I live for them :)
Talk soon - Writerdash73
Lee raised his eyebrows, he was surprised that Molly. Someone who he had just met was leading the group and gained everyone on her side. He wished he could have that power.
"Excuse me?" Carley said, Molly jumped up and down. "We're raiding Crawford, we need the supplies for Omid over there."
Lee ran over to Omid and looked up at a concerned Christa "I'm sorry, we couldn't pick up any medication."
"Save it Lee, things have just gotten worse since you left. Things and people are starting to… kick off." Lee frowned and looked behind him, he wasn't sure what he saw.
The two people that began this epidemic as enemies now huddled up together and were safe in each other's arms. Lily and Kenny looked exhausted, as if a million years of war had passed, but the stress was still prevalent on their faces.
Lee stood up and walked towards Molly. "So is everyone ok with this. From what I hear they aren't the nicest people." Lee needed to make sure that they weren't rushing into anything.
"You can say that again." Carley glared at Molly and gestured for her to keep quiet. "Does anyone not want to do this?" Not a single finger went up, not even half a hand was raised.
For Lee and Carley, this wasn't any normal supply run and they wanted to make sure that everyone understood the stakes. "Well everything has been arranged, Carley and Lee you are welcome to join us."
Lee stepped forward. "Ok. I'll do it for Omid! What's the plan?"
Molly frowned "Well you aren't going to like it."
Just then a huge crash was heard coming from the garden. Lee rushed out and saw Clementine on the floor leaning back from what had happened. Clementine got up and ran towards Lee, she had hoped that he wasn't dead. Lee knelled down and received the hug. Clementine then whispered in his ear and ran into the house looking for Carley. However, Lee was stunned to see what Clementine had stumbled upon. Kenny rushed out with gun in hand and his eyes opened up straight away.
"Lily! Get out here!" Lily rushed out as fast as she could and stared at the sudden luck that the group had front of them stood a shed and inside said shed was a speedboat: big enough to fit five, white like a cathedral. It was brand new and untouched, the boat was ready to be hooked to a truck and dragged to the shore.
"Shit… this looks like it could be our escape!" Kenny ran up to the boat and rubbed his hands all over. "Well you could fit about 5 people on the boat."
Everyone fell silent, Clementine held Lee and Carley's hands. Kenny turned back to look at the different groups and couples that have arose. It was apparent to Kenny that there were too many people.
He began storing the boat back in the shed. "Right now we need to focus on those supplies!"
Everyone nodded gathered their stuff and set out hopefully past the gate and into streets ready to take Crawford on by storm. Kenny stopped Molly, Lee and Carley. He made sure that the group was well aware that the boat needed battery and gas. Carley wrote that down on her list of things to get besides the pending medical supplies.
An hour passed, Carley and Lee held hands whilst roaming this familiar stomping ground. "Right back at it again eh?"
Carley turned to him "Well I didn't think we'd be back down in the sewers." Lee put on a cheeky grin. "Well luckily this time, I packed the fabreze." Lee winked and sprayed Carley down quietly. They laughed a little, but they had to be cautious.
Although Clementine and Christa stayed back to watch Omid, it was clear that Carley and Lee could rely on each other and they weren't the only ones worrying when Clementine was around. They had what it takes to be leaders of their community. Molly located the manhole they had to traverse into. It was increasingly obvious that the school was empty as they entered through the school.
"This Crawford base used to be a school, but got made into this compound 'cause of the resources they could access in here." Lee shrugged and raised his knew he would need it sometime soon and that these Crawford people were apparently dangerous.
Perhaps they were waiting for this new group to ambush them. Who knows where anyone was, everyone could be dead, but Lee and the gang couldn't say for sure or speculate Crawford's demise. All they needed to do was find the battery and the health packs.
The group gathered in one of the classrooms and decided their plan of attack. "I saw the armory packed in this room down the hall, I'm gonna go in and fill this bag." Lily dragged a big rucksack into the armory and began filling it with weapons.
Carley and Chuck rushed over to the nurse's office in order to find the correct aid kits to save Omid's life. Carley quickly kissed Lee on the cheek, which made Kenny frown. Kenny wished that he could go back to that with someone else in the near distant future, but the timing just seemed all wrong.
"Come on, let's get that battery and gas in the auto shop, which is where?" Molly heads out the door and gestures Lee to follow quickly. Lee quickly rushes towards the door and begins to retrieve the batteries and gas.
Meanwhile, Carley has stumbled on a tape, its solid black and contains the secrets of a thousand people. She inserts it into the VCR to possibly gain some insight into what may have happened to the people of the Crawford area. Carley sat back and waited to see what would appear on the screen. Chuck, distracted, had one eye on the cabinet and one eye on the television. Chuck and Carley saw a woman pouring in and out of the nurse's office, the very same one that they now sat in. This woman was crying, she was babbling on about having a baby, but the doctor in the film could not keep this secret any further. Chuck noticed something very familiar about the woman, but Carley shut the VCR off immediately. She couldn't bear to think about a child about her dream, about Reve and everything going on her life. Carley just kept quiet and went back to coldly searching the cabinets besides her.
Chuck came round and put a hand on Carley's shoulder, it wasn't parental, but caring. "Look, I know that that's a hard image to think about, but just think about Omid."
Carley pushed his arm off her and sighed really heavily. "Just… go watch the door… Now is really anything but the time to talk about weakness."
Carley grabbed what they needed and were about to head out of the room, but couldn't open the door. Walkers covered the door and sealed them in. They realized that if they opened up the door they would be bitten, so they jammed the door.
In Kenny's world however, things were not looking up. On one hand, he was having a great time, taking ammo down from the shelves of this classroom. As he had always hated math, Kenny took great pleasure in destroying the classroom in search of more ammunition. Some of it was tucked in between cracks in the walls, in desks and even some of the biggest artillery was wrapped in the American flag. He looked over at Lily and felt a great amount of stress overwhelm him. Lily was the first woman he had been with since Katjaa. Kenny took the time to reflect on this accomplishment, but it just made him frustrated. He didn't realize it, but in his internal rage, he caused a lot of damage to the room. Kenny threw things aside to get to the guns. He smashed abandoned coffee mugs and threw cupboards aside to get to the secret stashes that lay behind them. Lily however was not being very tolerant of Kenny's new behavior.
She stopped him immediately and gestured him over to one of the math tables still standing, out of concern of course. "Kenny, what's going on you big dickhead? Are you trying to attract walkers?" Lily whispered all of this, but Kenny couldn't fully digest her attitude.
"Listen Lily, you don't get to tell me what to do just because we slept together."Kenny had offended Lily with this comment, but blinded by rage, Kenny couldn't come to his senses quick enough."It was just sex, nothing to do with you. Just me. I don't have any emotional connection with you or whatever. If you died tomorrow, I wouldn't give a shit. I'm not Lee. Can we just get this job done?"
Lily stood up shocked, speechless, but she knew that this was the case and right now she just needed to get out of her heart because in the real world, she hates Kenny. "Yeah whatever."
Just then, a loud banging sound came from another room. Kenny peered his head out of the armory and an army of walkers surrounded the nurse's office.
"I've gotta go run an errand" Molly jumped out of the area with their battery, she was well out of sight.
Lee put the gas in the classroom, as Kenny and Lily sprinted out of the room. They ran to the main door to seal it. Lee placed the jerry can in front of the door propping it open. He immediately turned and broke into a sprint to help Kenny and Lily close the door. Just then, a walker had decided to join the party, but was instantly cut down by Kenny. A new fire had lit inside of him. He realized that he had done such a disservice to Katjaa and Duck by sleeping with Lily. Kenny needed the sex and the passion, but now it was time to shape up and honor them by acting like the man he knew he could be. Lee caught up with Kenny and Lily, as they rescued Carley and Chuck. They got through five, ten, fifteen walkers and eventually they got through the barrage. Lee ran inside to secure the area and give Carley a hug. Kenny looked away and Lily felt awkward standing next to him. Chuck decided to defuse the situation by giving them both a hug at the same time.
"Man, nothing a hobo loves more than a group hug."
Meanwhile, Clementine sat all alone in the garden of this beautiful house and wondered where everyone was. She kept a very steady eye on the perimeter, the occasional walker would come by and she would walk up to the gate. However almost every single attempt ended with Clementine unable to raise her safety knife to the head. She quickly jumped back and sat down every single time. Christa was avidly watching her from the window, she was tempted to go and get involved, but Omid's aggressive coughing wouldn't let her leave his side. Clementine frustrated with herself threw her knife to the ground and stormed into the house, she was mad at took a seat right across from Omid and Christa, this gave Christa the chance to interrogate Clementine and pry into her little mind.
"What's wrong Clementine?" Christa asked in her most naïve voice. "I haven't and I can't kill a walker. It's just something I need to do." Clementine looked down in shame.
"Well it isn't something so easy to do for someone your age you know?" Christa looked at Clementine with a sort of fear, but this was immediately put away by Clementine's response. "Well Carley told me that things like age and size really don't matter anymore. My heart's big enough and the courage is there."
"Yet, you can't kill a walker." Christa crossed her arms, but she suddenly had a revelation. "Have you been up to the attic yet?"
Christa opened the door to the attic. As the stairs came crashing down, Clementine stepped out of the way and Christa was the first to climb up. She made sure the room was safe and gestured for Clementine to make her way up the steps. Just then, she spotted her greatest challenge yet. Across the attic was a smaller walker. Clementine assumed that this would be easy for her. The walker was chained up and it couldn't hurt anyone even if it wanted to. Clementine stepped forward ready to pounce on the animal.
Christa was behind her, ready, just in case things went sour, but she needed to make it clear to Clementine the difficulty of the challenge she faced. "You're right, age may be irrelevant. But please show me that you can kill a walker and do it quick, Omid is waiting."
Clementine wanted to make Carley and Lee proud. She smiled and was happy to seize this opportunity. After all, she had seen bigger walkers before and this small child-like walker was nothing to her. She approached the walker with blade in hand, sizing it up, ready for the kill. But, the walker turned around and Clementine saw the face of a ghost. She instantly jumped back and began to look sad.
She turned to face the attic exit. "What's wrong Clementine?"
"He looks just like Duck. I don't think I could." Christa stepped back, she knew a child's first kill is a very difficult procedure, but she never anticipated the level of difficulty to be this great.
"Duck? You mean Kenny's kid." Christa gave out a sigh of relief and then went over to Clementine to comfort her. "This happens in the real world, you may be young, but you may have to kill someone. As a walker or not, they may have been your best friend. But if they turn, you have to get rid of them, it isn't safe."
Clementine thought of Carley and the strength of her fellow women. They're going to have some hard times ahead and if she wanted a voice in this group, she needed to step up and take charge of it. She jumped up and ran at walker. With knife in hand, Clementine's loud battle cry is heard, followed by a stab sound and a body dropping to the floor. Clementine welled up with tears and ran back to her room, she couldn't comprehend what she had just done, that she curled up into a ball and slowly drifted to sleep. Christa returned to Omid and recounted the tale to him, but even she had gone through this emotional process that she needed some rest of her own.
The bells toll once again, but this time it came from within the school. Tons and tons of walkers surrounded the school and slowly entered the rest of grounds. They waited and banged on the door like whiny children, but this caused a great sense of fear within the rest of the group. Lee, Carley, Chuck, Kenny and Lily rushed to the backdoor of the classroom. It was labeled armory, but it led to the entrance of the tower where the bells came from. They ran up the stairs.
"Lee! Quick! Walkers! Ground floor!" Kenny yelled to the bottom of the stairs.
Lee got his leg trapped in the stairs protecting the rest of the group. Walkers charged up the stairs and Lee was killing them left, right and center. But Carley quickly took charge, which allowed Lee to get out of the trap and run up the stairs with the rest of the group. Everyone was relieved to reach the top. Lee took a look at the bells, he was sick of those goddamn bells, everywhere in Savannah. Carley hugged Lee as soon as they got to the top of the stairs. The bells went off again and this time everyone looked towards the bells. Lily saw up close in person as the walker attached to the bell grabbed a hold of her.
"Oh my god! Lily! Hold on!" Kenny yelled at the top of his lungs and went to grab her back.
Kenny grabbed her hands and Lee shot the walker. Lily quickly grabbed tight on the rope of the bell. "Kenny! Grab my hand!"
Chuck prepared the escape route, Carley defended the stairwell and Lee couldn't do anything but watch as Kenny grabbed a hold of Lily's hand. He looked deep into her eyes and Kenny fell weak.
"Sorry, it was just sex."
Lily was quiet as she plunged down the tower. No one looked as she fell. Everyone silently made their escape to the sewers. With all the supplies they received, the sheer weight of the supplies crushed any hope of opening a dialogue about what had just happened.
Next time on "What if Lily Missed..." :
As one story has come to an end, another conflict and dialogue has arose. What will Kenny's punishment for his crimes and sins be? How will the Everett Family break it to Clementine about the end of their demise? Finally, Who is your dream team for the boat? Remember you can only pick 5! Time will tell in the next chapter when the characters take to the high seas!
