Author's Note: Hey guys, I'm not going to lie, I've been slacking. Had a lot of Uni stuff to sort which was an absolute nightmare, so I'm sorry.

The door slammed wide open as the sun came up. The rays perfectly reflected off the white door and the light had awoken Omid and Christa. Omid sat up and witnessed the team re-enter, missing a team member of course. He felt a sense of hope for his injury, as Omid was quite literally on his last leg. Christa however, was not in the best of moods after Clementine's rebirth in the attic. She groggily rose to her feet and proceeded to look out the window. The streets were empty, but the sky looked beautiful. She tried to think back to a time where the sky looked like an ocean, which she could surf on with the clouds, but her mind simply went blank. Christa's eyes snapped back open when she heard all the supplies hit the table, as Kenny chucked the bag onto the table and rushed to his room. She ran over to look for the medication that Omid needed. Within seconds, Omid felt a sigh of relief and went back to sleep. The rest of team, aside from Kenny, did not feel the weight of the situation leave their side. Everyone was silent, it was a nice change of pace from the usual, constant screaming that usually takes place, but the reasoning wasn't liberating at all. Carley was right behind Kenny because she too rushed to her room, but noticed Clementine already sleeping off a tough experience. Carley simply wiggled her way into the bed and embraced Clementine. Both of them felt more comfortable, more at home in each other's company. Subconsciously, they had both accepted their new relationship together. Unfortunately, Lee still had work to do. He and Chuck began organizing the supplies straight away. Chuck had to arrange the weapons, as Lee could not keep his eyes open. Lee was a mixed bag of emotions at the moment. There was so much on his mind that if you cracked his skull open, it would look like a Jackson Pollock painting and in a way Lee felt as though his life had exploded everywhere. Everyone knew that everything had fallen out of order since Lily's death, but no one wanted to address the elephant in the room.


Clementine woke up. She felt comfortable and loved. Loneliness was not part of her dictionary at this point at time. She felt refreshed and ready to start a new day with some emotional experience under her belt. Confidence was rushing through her veins and she was ready to start her guard shift. Clementine was hoping for some words from the wise, but the wise were asleep after their tough time. So she shrugged it off and got to business. Every step was careful leading up to fencing outside the house. Clementine used to treat the fence guard duty as a game. She was a gladiator and the knife was her spear, but now she turned her hat backward and got to work. Bodies and bodies of walkers dropped to the floor. She had started to create a pile and she felt genuinely proud of herself as she wiped the sweat away from her forehead. The pile, a mix of greens and browns put together, it was depressing for a young girl. She was proud of the work she had done as if she went back in time and was back in soccer practice. Yet, all the bodies hit her, emotionally. Clementine was not new to walkers and a body pile, but one that she had created, was a new phenomenon. Carley instantly popped into Clementine's mind, so perhaps she thought maybe some advice was in order. She scaled the stairs up to her room and woke up Carley or tried to at least.


Lee woke up from his little nap and decided it would be best to draft up a plan. The Everett family had made one on board the train, but it was time to "re-adjust". With a more realistic approach, Lee began to write:

"1st - Break the news to Clementine about her parents." To Lee this was priority number one, as he knew that honesty was a value that keeps families together. In his previous life, he learned that communication is also just underneath honesty. He continued

"2nd – Pick the team for the boat." Lee knew that there was some tension surrounding the boat just outside the house. Some obvious concerns included: getting it out on the water and the fuel to set sail. Also, where would that pristine, white speedboat take them? Should they head north and head for a winter wonderland? Lee imagined that the walkers would be slower in the snow, but he couldn't know for sure.

The rest of the things on the list were administrational duties as leader of the group. For example, loading up on ammunition, food and fuel. Lee wondered about how life on the boat might differ from life on the land. Would it be best just to stay on the freedom of the land and wonder wherever he saw fit? Or would the confined spaces just be safer? Lee was unclear as to whether or not the walkers could swim, although it was highly unlikely. A big choice approached Lee and he wasn't sure he was ready to make it on his own. With the insecurity and self-doubt of a teenager, he wandered up to see the rest of his family and sought council from his co-captain, but his exhaustion couldn't take him any further. He simply crashed on the chair in front of Clementine and Carley's bed. Guess the decision-making will have to wait for The Everett Family.


The voices in his head clamored for attention. "Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!"

They screamed at him. "You should have dropped her"

"No, you should have pulled her up!"

"You couldn't have, even if you wanted to."

"Would you let that happen to Katjaa?"

Many triggers were released in Kenny's brain. There were so many different opinions pinging around in his brain. So many triggers were lighting Kenny up, that he just had to awake from this long break. He wasn't sure where he was at anymore. He needed to clear his head. Kenny picked up his trusted shovel and began picking at the walkers on the fence. He began mindlessly, one by one, smashing skulls in. Kenny was rapid, he was on a roll and he could not contain this anger. It all came out in one furious scream. It awoke the entire house from this hiatus that they had been taking. Everyone heard someone that was desperately crying for help, even if he didn't know it. Kenny had just called everyone to attention. Christa was the first respondent. Omid was back up on his feet as well. Christa and Omid seemed to be the only ones in the house having a great time.

"Kenny, it's not happening. Not like this." She tried to console Kenny.

She didn't know him, but she tried. "You weren't there Christa, you were here with your man. Maybe if you were with us things would be different."

Christa placed her hand on Kenny's shoulder. "It's not your fault Kenny."

This was the final trigger that Kenny could take. Like a bull faced with a brick red wall, Kenny exploded. "But it WAS my fault Christa. Everyone has died because of me!"

Kenny violently tore Christa's arm away from him and threw her down to the ground. Omid got down on his badly injured knee to prop her up. "Let me list them out for you: Shawn Greene, Danny, Ben, Duck, Katjaa, some random lady I didn't even know. Just cause I didn't want her to turn. And lets not forget Lily! Oh and her father. I'm a fucking awful person. I kill cause I can't… I can't see an end except death. There is nothing left for me."

Immediately, everyone rushed outside to the garden. Walkers in massive amounts and sizes pushed on the fence. The amount doubled, tripled during Kenny's grand speech. Christa had fainted and Omid had retreated with her back into the house, but everyone else had their eyes and ears out for Kenny. They tried to rake him back him, but he just wouldn't go. Kenny began to get on his knees, sob and mourn the loss of everyone he had killed or had a part in their death. Lee took this as an opening and gestured everyone to the fence. They needed to start clearing out walkers and fast. They didn't need to become a target, not right now.


All the walkers had been killed. Carley noticed that the bodies formed some sort of protection around the garden area. Everyone had broken off to their separate rooms again. Lee thought that this was the best moment to break everything to Clementine. Carley thought that seeing Kenny in such a fragile state might be an anti-drug to Clementine to not act irrationally.

Lee turned to Carley, "Well the unbreakable broke today."

"Is that even possible?" Lee went back to his own business. "It shouldn't be. I hope he's ok."

Clementine looked up. "He'll make it. Kenny is one of the strongest men I know. He'll make it."

Carley and Lee exchanged looks again, one of love and for the first time, perseverance. "Listen Clementine, we really need to talk for a minute, Sweat Pea." Everyone stood up and traded places.

As if in a stereotypical situation, Lee and Carley took the bed and sat opposite from Clementine. She took the chair and held on for dear life.

Clementine's nails crushed the wooden handles in suspense and tension. "Am I in trouble?"

"No, Honey you aren't." Carley looked at her with eyes full of compassion.

"It's something a little bit hard to talk about." Clementine knew what the message was. She isn't the naïve girl she once was. "My parents are dead aren't they?"

Carley and Lee tried not to act surprise now that her little girl has grown up a considerable amount within a short period of time. "I get it. I know you've been meaning to tell me, but I was a little girl, I didn't know how to take it."

Carley was the first respondent to her new awakening. "Look, if you want to talk about it. We're here for you." Clementine got up and hugged both of her new parents with real content. "I think I'll be just fine."


Christa stayed crying softly out on the garden. She was still torn up about something. Kenny came out to apologize as he thought it was his fault, which it obviously was.

Kenny put his hand on her shoulder. "You know, Katjaa almost had a miscarriage."

Christa turned to look at Kenny and she didn't believe the words that came out of his mouth. "Could you not be so insensitive? Just for once."

Kenny tried to sympathize. "Omid don't know does he? Look, I made a lot of mistakes, but let me help you, this once."

Christa turned away and snapped back at Kenny with a gun in hand. "Listen whoever gets on that boat tomorrow, the other will not. And if I see you again, I'm going to try and kill you."

Kenny chuckled. "That's a serious threat, but I'm getting on that boat." Christa reached out her hand.

"That sounds fine to me." She got up and walked away, she got back into the house to an Omid freak out. "We need to get on that boat."


Chuck sat in the kitchen faced with a bottle of something. Carley comes down to the kitchen and sits opposite Chuck.

"What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?" Carley liked the flirting. She found it humorous and refreshing. "What's a nice place like this doing with a guy like you?" They both laughed and smiled.

"So what can I get you, be warned your choice is limited." Carley pretended to weigh her options. "Let me get a…. maybe a…. no I'll have the whiskey." Chuck smiled. "Great choice."

They made a silent toast and downed their liquor. "Wow lady Everett, can handle her drink." Carley rebutted, "Lady Everett was good at a many number of things before the outbreak."

Chuck began to wheeze. "I could have died this morning. So I like my drink. I'm glad you can't stay away from a drink."

Carley looked up at the stairs. "Lee doesn't know, so let's get this done with quickly." Carley chugs the rest of the whiskey, the amount was less than a quarter, but she instantly regretted downing the rest of the whiskey.

"So are you getting on the boat or where does the Everett family end up next?" Carley took a long while to think about this question, mainly because she was a little bit intoxicated, but she replied.

"Where have you been since the raid ended?" Chuck chuckled again, he found the "question replied by a question bit" tedious. "I was at my second place preparing stuff for tomorrow. I'm not getting out on the water. Never liked the sea much."

Carley eccentrically jumped to her feet and extended her finger at Chuck. "You have a second bunker."

Chuck began to calm down Carley, no one could know about the bunker. "Actually it's my first bunker, with all of my personal possession's, that I have the key to."

Carley began to ponder everything, but swayed from side to side, as she thought about it. "So you aren't some homeless guy. Tell me all about yourself." Chuck looked down. "I had a daughter just like you and I'm going to pass you some advice before you sober and kill me."

Carley's eyes widened and she sat diligently for the first time. "You going to loose 'em all." Chuck finished his sentence. She cried a bit and passed out over the bar. It was the most depressing moment of her life, but she couldn't even realize.


Everyone woke up again. It was finally time for the epic moment where everyone picks their team. Kenny attached a car he stole to the boat and dragged the speedboat to the water. The Everett Family, Kenny and Chuck took the car, yet Omid and Christa were already in the boat shooting walkers that were tailing. Kenny parked the boat by the dock and released the boat into the water. Omid and Christa held onto the boat as planned, they were in for quite a bumpy ride. Quickly, Omid dropped the anchor in order to stop the boat from leaving without the designated team. The boat came to a grinding halt, but luckily nothing was damaged.

The team began to gather around the boat and Omid got out of the boat to talk with the others. "Ok, how's this going to work?" he asked with intrigue. "Well Kenny is taking the boat because he's probably the only one that can drive it."

Christa stood up. "Well, I'm not leaving the boat. I told you how this is going down Kenny and I'm going to enforce it now." Christa pulled out her gun.

Kenny began to turn red, but tried to find a peaceful resolution after all the damage he's caused. "Hey, Christa, look at the boat. We can all fit in there in fact."

Omid looked back nervously at his wife and simultaneously the couple pulled a gun. "Not with you Kenny!" Lee stood in front of Omid's barrel. "Stop this, we're all getting on this boat!"

Kenny and Carley nodded. "I can't believe I'm trying to help Kenny, but yes, we can all make it. There doesn't have to be us against him mentality."

Christa threw her gun down and took of her shirt, as she yelled. "I lost a child! Carley you tell me, if Kenny killed Clementine would you let him on the boat." As Christa picked up her gun, Carley noticed all the blood already on her under-vest.

"Christa! You don't get to say something like that! We've all lost someone, it hurts, but it's not an excuse!" Kenny stepped forward after Lee. "Yes Christa! Did you forget that I had a son? You weren't there so we don't talk about it. What did you loose a fetus? Big Deal! At least you didn't have to live with it! Feed it! Pay for it! In all it's annoyance, love it!"

Omid did not realize and was overwhelmed. He couldn't contain himself. Omid pointed the gun up at himself and was about to fire until Lee pushed him into the boat. The gun scrambled and Kenny grabbed at it and ran back to hold Chuck hostage.

Christa fired her gun and it just grazed Kenny's arm. "Oh you've got me pissed girly."

Lee knocked out Omid and it was a Mexican stand off with Chuck, Carley and Clementine in the middle. Carley held Clementine behind her so that she wouldn't get hit in the crossfire. "Carley!"

Kenny was annoyed and all his tempers flared. "Carley this! Carley that! What about me Lee? The boat was my idea, support me on this, and back me up!"

Christa started to start the boat and Carley began to side step to the boat. Kenny fired a shot at Carley's feet at the same time as Christa. No one was leaving until something was resolved. A dead silence arose until a rock was thrown, which was random. Everyone turned and looked at the nearby alleyway. Just as Kenny and Christa were distracted, a boomerang hit Kenny over the head. Chuck was let go and Carley began to run with Clementine towards the boat. Kenny was knocked straight to the floor. He began to fire in the general direction that the boomerang came from.


Five people were on the boat and the boat took off. Walkers began to charge at the docks and Kenny got up. Chuck was dead. His body and blood laid everywhere and Molly was limping towards Kenny. It turns out she was also nicked by a bullet.

Kenny was on his knees, he could hear was white noise. "Hey! Kevin! Shit! Kenny! Come on let's go!" Kenny stood up and ran with Molly. The Everett Family, Christa and Omid got on the boat and began to sail south. Lee and Carley sit with Clementine all huddled up and Christa drives at the top of the boat with "I'm sorry" on loop in her mind.


Next time on "What if Lily Missed..." :

Well ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you the new boat team. A captain has been chosen and the teams have been set. All things are coming to a head in some original content, which might not take as long to produce. I'm ready to call this the end of season one, which means that a new conflict is gonna arise, but first will Kenny survive? Where are The Everett family go next? Find out next time on What if Lily Missed...