Lee crouched down and decided to sneak his way over to the house, the rain still pouring down on him. He walked slowly, making sure to be careful. Something had to be going on in there, and Lee could tell when Katjaa began yelling.
"No, please God, NO!" she shouted.
"Just shut up and he'll be fine!" Brenda chided.
There was a pause, and then Lee could hear Andy's voice. "Something's up. I'm gonna take the boy and check around back."
"No, please, don't take my boy!" Katjaa begged.
"Let go, woman."
"L-Let me...let me out! Let me out!" Sarah was heard next as she let out gasps of breath, and a loud knocking noise followed. "Let me go...I...I want...I need my-"
"Settle down, I don't wanna hurt y'all!" Brenda yelled at the two females. By now, Lee was almost to the porch of the house, and finally, Brenda's somewhat large frame could be seen. "Andy? Danny, is that you? What's going on out there?"
Lee didn't hesitate with his answer. "I left Danny in the barn. He got what he deserved!"
"Oh God..." Brenda muttered, walking away from the screen door. "Come here!"
"Let me go!" Katjaa yelled.
Lee stood up and walked to the door, and he noticed that Brenda was holding Katjaa hostage by the stairs. There was a chair propped up by the door to the right of them, and Sarah could be heard pounding on the door. She was crying softly and whimpering pleas to be let out.
"Lee!" Katjaa cried.
"Get back! Don't come in here!" Brenda ordered. "You just HAD to go snooping around, didn't you?!"
"Let her go, Brenda!" Lee said as he slowly moved to open up the screen door. He made his way inside, and stopped abruptly once he saw that Katjaa was held at gunpoint.
"Lee, please, don't you take another step!" Brenda warned, backing up just a bit.
"Brenda, come on, you know you don't wanna do this," Lee tried to persuade, taking a few more baby steps to get closer to Brenda.
"Just go away and leave us be!" Brenda yelled. He took this time to walk a few more extra steps, until Brenda pointed the gun at him. "Stop right there, I mean it!" she warned, backing up the stairs while holding on to Katjaa.
"Think about your husband, Brenda," Lee said. "He wouldn't have wanted the dairy to turn out like this!"
"I'll kill her, Lee!"
"Don't do this..." Katjaa barely managed to get out. Lee then took a few more steps forward, and that's when the lightning flashed and he noticed David at the top of the stairs. He had turned into a walker, and from that moment, Lee knew what he had to do. He kept making Brenda back up the stairs, until finally David was able to grab her, and Katjaa was freed. However, Brenda was bitten.
"Katjaa?" Lee asked. "Are you okay?"
"They took Duck! Where's Kenny?" she asked frantically.
As if to answer her question, they heard Andy yell from outside, "I said don't you move, asshole!"
"Don't you fucking hurt him!" Kenny yelled back.
"Oh my God!" Katjaa screamed and ran outside. Before Lee left though, he turned to the door that had the chair in front of it, and moved it so Sarah could be freed.
Once the door was unlocked, the door was opened and Sarah nearly stumbled out, shaking and looking around. She wanted her dad; where was he? She looked over at Lee as if to silently ask, and he beckoned her out of the house.
"Let him go, goddamn it!" Kenny ordered, and Katjaa and Lee were horrified to see Andy holding Duck hostage, his rifle aimed at the back of the child's head.
Sarah turned and noticed Carlos coming around the corner of the house, and she bolted over towards him, hugging him tightly and burying her face in his chest. "D-Daddy...Daddy!" she whimpered.
"Shh, I've got you, honey," Carlos tried to soothe, rubbing her back. He watched the scene unfold in front of him, and he wanted to get his daughter out of this hellhole as quickly as possible. But right now, that wasn't an option.
"That ain't gonna happen!" Andy growled at Kenny.
"Andy, don't!" Lee nearly pleaded.
"Shut up!"
Kenny tried to run over towards his son, but that was a bad move, because Andy immediately shot him in the stomach, sending him down and causing Katjaa to scream in absolute terror, running over to his aide.
"DAAAAD!" Duck yelled.
"Sarah, stay close to Carley and Ben, okay? I need to check on Kenny," Carlos asked of his daughter, who nodded and quickly ran over to where the two were waiting with Mark and Travis. She hid behind Ben and clutched onto his school jacket, peeking out from behind.
"Andy..." Lee began, holding his hands up.
"Who the fuck do you people think you are?" Andy demanded. "Look at what you've done!"
"Calm down..." Lee stepped forward slowly.
"Calm down? What for, huh? All we wanted was some goddamn gasoline-" But he was interrupted when a bullet flew into his ear, causing him to accidentally let go of Duck. It turned out to be Carley who had shot near him.
That's when Lee sprinted for him, and wrestled the man for his gun. Meanwhile, Duck made his way back into his parents' arms. Lee managed to get the gun from Andy, and hit him in the face with it. The two men then stumbled, and rolled down a small hill, fighting each other along the way. The rest of the group watched as Lee and Andy took turns delivering blows to each other. Until finally, Andy was able to get away from Lee, and turn on the generator, causing the fence to turn on.
"Get up, get the fuck up," Andy said, picking up Lee by his shirt. He slowly drug him over to the electric fence. Lee fought hard, he wasn't going to die like this. He was going to make these assholes pay.
"Lilly, help!" Lee yelled as he saw Lilly with Clementine at the barn door, but she never shot her gun. That didn't matter though, as Lee was finally able to get away from the fence. He pushed Andy, and got the man on the ground. From there, he was able to continuously punch the cannibal in the face. The remaining group members, Carlos, Sarah, Lilly, Clementine, Larry, Ben, Travis, Mark, Carley, and Kenny's family just stood there and watched.
Finally, Carley stepped forward. "Lee, that's enough," she said, and Lee stood up. "He's had enough," she added.
"Is that all you got, Lee?" Andy yelled. "You ain't shit!"
"It's over!" Lee screamed.
"Fuck you. As soon as Dan and Mama get out here, you're all fucked!"
"They're not coming!" Lee said.
Andy stood up, "Lee, what the fuck do you mean?"
But Lee didn't reply, he just began walking away. He was done with this; he was going to leave and get Clementine and the rest of his group back to the motor inn.
"Don't you DARE walk away from me, Lee!" Andy commanded, but Lee ignored him, and he dropped to his knees in defeat. "Get back here and finish this, Lee!"
Lee stopped, and looked from Andy to his watching group. Should he finish this once and for all, and kill Andy? Or simply walk away? After a moment's decision, he chose the latter. He wasn't determined to become some killing machine like the St. Johns.
"Get back here and fight me like a man, Lee!" Andrew called, but that wasn't helping as Lee walked over to his group.
"LEEEEE...eeee."
"They're getting in!" Clementine cried, pointing over to the fence. And she was right; walkers were beginning to stumble through the electric fence, which was now shut off due to the heavy rain, knocking it over.
"Lee!" Andy called one final time.
"Let's go," Lee told his group, and Clementine ran to catch up with him. Lilly was the last to leave; she turned and noticed Brenda, who was now a walker, coming out of the house and towards Andy, who wasn't moving from his spot. She gave the man a glare, as he and his family had nearly caused her father's death, before following her group.
Once the group reached the woods, it had nearly stopped raining. Nobody seemed to care that they were drenched; they were just glad to be away from that awful place.
"Hey Lee, I'd say I'm sorry for leaving the motel unattended, but...ya know," Carley said.
"I'm glad you showed up when you did," Lee replied. "If you hadn't taken that shot at Andy, we might not have gotten out of there alive."
"Were they really...killing people? For food?" Carley asked almost incredulously.
"Yeah. And Clementine almost ate some. But I stopped her. I can't leave her alone, Carley. This fucking world, now. It's hiding just...unspeakable shit at every turn."
While they were having that conversation, Carlos and Sarah were walking behind them, Sarah clutching her father's hand as if she were afraid that someone would grab her again. She didn't like those people, not even when they were nice.
Lilly walked away from Larry and approached Carlos, walking on the other side of him. "Hey, Carlos? I just wanted to say, thank you again for saving my dad's life. God, you don't know how grateful I am." She gave him a small smile, and Carlos could tell that this was a side of her that was rare to see.
"Don't mention it, Lilly..." he replied. "It's what I do."
"Well, if there's anything I can do for you, just let me know, okay?" she said, smiling, then went to catch back up with her father.
"Dad?" Sarah asked, pulling on her father's sleeve.
"Yeah sweetie?" he asked, looking down at her.
"I like Lilly," she said simply with a small smile. "She's nice."
Meanwhile, Duck was pestering his father. "Are you okay, Dad? Did it hurt?" he kept asking, since Kenny had been shot trying to save his son.
Kenny waved it off. "I'm fine, just not as young as I used to be."
"Clementine, stay close," Lee said, waiting for the little girl to catch up.
"Lee, are those bad people dead?" she asked.
"We didn't kill them, so I don't know. They might have been able to get away from the walkers, but I'm sure they won't be coming after us," he answered.
"That's good," Clementine replied.
Duck interrupted their conversation, "Hey Dad, what's that noise?" he asked.
"Sounds like a car..." Kenny trailed off, trying to listen to it.
"Oh God... Not more strangers..." Ben said. The group then walked forward quietly, just in case there actually was somebody out here. But they kept walking, until an actual car came into view. They were all surprised.
"Hello?" Lee questioned.
He and Kenny slowly sneaked up to the car, its front doors still open. Lee looked inside and noticed that the gas tank was empty, which caused him to frown. "Figures." He took the keys and was about to look around some more when Kenny spoke up.
"Oh, crap!" he exclaimed, looking at the trunk. "Baby, you gotta see this! There's a shitload of food and supplies back here!" he called to Katjaa.
That made the rest of the group come over to the car. Looking in, they realized that Kenny was right.
"This food could save all of us!" Katjaa cried.
"This is enough to last us for weeks!" Travis added.
After a pause, Ben spoke up. "Look, we don't know if these people are dead."
"If they come back, then we're just monsters who came out of the woods and ruined their lives," Lilly pointed out.
"Where are these people at though, Lilly?" Larry chastised, turning to his daughter.
"But this stuff isn't ours," Clementine pointed out.
"Dad, whose car is it?" Duck inquired.
"Don't worry about that, Duck, it's ours now," said Kenny.
"It's abandoned, Ducky, don't worry," Katjaa added.
"But what if it's not?" Clementine interjected. "What if it's not abandoned? What if it is someone's?"
"Wouldn't that be stealing?" Sarah spoke up innocently, looking from Carlos to the rest of the group.
After a moment, Lee made a decision. "You're right, we shouldn't take this," he said, walking over to Clementine.
"Fine," Kenny said. "Suit yourself, the rest of us are taking this stuff," he said to Lee and Carlos who stood firmly by their little girls. They watched as the rest of the group rummaged through the trunk of the car. "Okay, what have we got in here?" Kenny said, mostly to himself as he looked through the items.
"Look, there's more food in that box!"
"They have antibiotics! Is there any more?"
"What else do they have?"
"See if there's any water..."
"Lee, there's a hoodie in here that could probably fit Clementine," Katjaa called out. Lee only looked down at the little girl and she shook her head no.
"She's good, thanks," Lee answered.
"Whatever, man. It's gonna get cold out eventually," Kenny replied.
Carley approached Lee at that moment. "Hey, there were some batteries in one of those boxes. I thought they might work in your camcorder." She fished some out of her pocket and held them out to Clementine. "Here, you can have some too. For your walkie-talkie."
"Batteries, huh? You sure you can handle those?" Lee asked, somehow amused.
"You're never gonna let me live that down, are you?" Carley smirked. This seemed to be an inside joke between the two of them. She looked down at the camcorder and frowned. "Oh, God. Lee, you're gonna want to see this."
Lee looked at the camcorder and looked a bit surprised. "Oh, shit."
After he watched the video, he had a pained expression on his face. Carlos noticed this and couldn't help but wonder, as he officially trusted Lee as of now.
"Are you okay?" he asked him.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Lee nodded. The two men looked over at the others, who were carrying all of the food and supplies by now. Kenny beckoned the others away, and they began to make the rest of the trip back to the motor inn.
Carlos sighed as he gave Sarah's hand a gentle squeeze. This had been one hell of a day...
Well, that wraps up Episode 2. What a day indeed, Carlos. ;) Review?
