"Come on... Just come the FUCK on!" Kenny yelled angrily. Of course, the one time they thought everything was going to be okay, something like this had to go and happen. Couldn't they ever catch a break? "Who did this?" he questioned once more.
"Could have been anyone," Carlos answered as he and Omid walked inside to inspect the empty shed.
"It's the guy on the radio, the one that's got Clem!" Lee insisted. "They're gone! Holy shit...they're gone..." His eyes widened in realization.
"Relax," Christa tried to calm him down.
"Hey guys..." Omid interrupted, holding up a piece of paper.
"Looks like it wasn't the guy on the radio after all," Carlos added.
"Who was it, then?" Lilly asked.
"Molly," Omid revealed.
"NO fucking way!" Kenny walked in the shed to get the note.
"I knew we should have never trusted that bitch," Lilly commented.
"Well, look, she's been dealing with shitty situations even longer than we have," Christa pointed out. "No wonder she got the jump on us."
"I don't care! When I find that bitch, I'm gonna tear her goddamn throat out!" Kenny yelled, making Sarah flinch.
"She says that it's because of some argument, and that she couldn't take it anymore," Omid pointed out. He wasn't aware of what had occurred only hours earlier.
"I can't believe she did this..." Lee trailed off.
"She fucked us!" Kenny yelled.
Christa looked in the other direction. "Omid, can you go over the fence and let us into the backyard? We shouldn't be out in the open."
"Yeah." Omid went to do as requested.
"We are so FUCKED!" Kenny continued.
"Clementine is still out there," Carlos pointed out.
"So we get Clementine, and then what?"
"We get the fuck out of cities. I'm done with cities," Christa replied. "We go into the countryside and make a go of it."
"I actually like that idea," Lilly said after a thought.
"Me too," Ben added.
"Nobody asked you," Kenny snapped, clearly still angry at the young teen.
"You just did," he pointed out.
"Don't get fucking smart with me, Ben," he replied bitterly.
"Chill out!" Christa tried to calm everyone down.
"Do you remember we had a boat?" Kenny asked sarcastically. "A boat!"
"Get over it!" Ben nearly yelled, causing Sarah to cover her ears from all the yelling.
Carlos grabbed his daughter's hand. "Please stop arguing," he asked, not wanting her to become frightened.
"Everyone keep it together," Lee ordered. "Nothing has changed, has it?" he asked.
Lilly scoffed. "Nothing has changed?"
"Everything has changed!" Kenny yelled once more.
Lee shook his head. "I mean immediately. We stay the course, don't turn on each other."
"Yeah, chill out, Kenny," Ben commented, getting a dirty look from Kenny.
Omid then opened the shed doors so that they could get inside the yard of the house. "We can do this in the yard," Christa said.
Ben, Kenny, Lilly, Carlos, and Sarah made their way to the backyard, with Kenny hot on Ben's trail. "Ben, I swear to God..."
"What do we do without a boat?" Christa asked of Lee.
"Get to the countryside," Lee agreed with Christa's plan. "That's the best bet for all of us. Cities are more filled with the dead now than ever."
"You're right," Christa said.
The two of them made their way to the yard, where everyone else was watching Ben and Kenny have a squabble. Omid had an almost helpless look on his face.
"Where the hell do you get off?" Kenny demanded.
"I'm just saying that we should all chill, not just you!" Ben cried defensively.
"Chill?! Our group is diminishing, Clementine is...who the fuck knows, and we're robbed of the only hope we had!"
"So?"
"So, you should have died a long time ago. Saved us a lot of problems."
"FUCK YOU, KENNY!" Ben finally yelled, much to the surprise of everyone, even Lilly.
"Careful, guys-" Lee began, but Christa pulled him back.
"No, let him," she said.
"I am so, so, SO sorry about Katjaa and Duck. I AM!" Ben nearly pleaded. "And I know I fucked up, but STOP pushing me around and STOP wishing I was dead!" Kenny tried to interrupt, but Ben cut him off. "NO! You know how they died. You've said good-bye. I never got to see my family, my parents, my little sister...do you get that? Your family is gone, but at least you had them to lose!" At this point, he sounded like he wanted to cry. "I never made it home. They could be alive or dead or walkers or WORSE, and I DON'T KNOW! SO GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK!"
Kenny stared at him. "Oh...Ben, I'm-" But he was interrupted when the sound of walkers was noticeable.
"Oh, shit!" Christa said. "Here they come!" It was a rather large horde of them.
"In the house!" Omid ordered, taking off first, and the rest of the group followed suit. Lee slammed the door shut, making sure it was closed all the way, before turning to his group. Sarah seemed to be frightened, and Lilly was trying to calm her down.
"They shouldn't be able to get in the backyard, right?" Carlos questioned, but he spoke too soon because he heard the shed being knocked over. "Maybe not..." he added.
"We can secure this place!" Christa said determinedly.
"Okay," Lee nodded, "Search the house for weapons!"
"On it!" she said before running off.
"The rest of you work together to block off the windows and doors," he ordered. "And Lilly, you take Sarah upstairs," he added, and the group obliged as they began moving furniture in front of the doors so the walkers couldn't get it. Upstairs, Lilly had taken Sarah into the safest room of the house, and they waited up there.
Omid ran to the front doors, where some walkers were beginning to approach. This changed the plan.
"EVERYONE, HELP OMID NOW!" Lee called out. He tried to run there too, but a walker had gotten its hand through the doggie door, and grabbed Lee's foot, trying to bite it. Luckily, he managed to kick it away, but send its hand right off.
"LEE, HELP!" Kenny yelled. Everyone with the exception of Lilly and Sarah were at the front doors, trying to hold the furniture in front of the doors without much avail. Lee quickly went into the kitchen and grabbed a meat cleaver from one of the drawers.
"Cut their fucking arms off!" Christa cried.
Lee did so, and closed the doors afterwards. Hopefully the furniture blocking it would stay intact.
"Now what?" Omid asked.
"Shh, we hide," Lee quieted everybody down.
They were just starting to make their way to where Lilly and Sarah were when, suddenly, a walker broke through one of the windows just above an end table. "GET UPSTAIRS!" Lee yelled, and everyone obliged. He killed the closest walker with a meat cleaver, while Omid shot a couple more down. Sarah and Lilly had no choice but to leave the room they were currently in.
"Guys, help me with this!" Kenny ordered, ready to push a dresser towards the end of the hallway.
Lee and Carlos obliged, helping Kenny push the dresser to the end of the hall. Hopefully it would help block off some of the many walkers that were getting inside the mansion. "Everyone get to the end of the hallway!" Christa ordered.
"What do we do now?" Ben asked.
"This'll slow 'em down," Kenny said. "We get to the end of the hallway and take a fucking stand!"
"Dad, I'm scared!" Sarah cried out, clinging to her father's shirt.
"We'll be fine, Sarah, just be quiet and listen to Lee." He tried to calm her down, but it wasn't working very well. She hid behind her father and the rest of the group while they got ready to shoot. Everyone had a gun, so that was a good thing, but there wasn't much ammo for them to waste. They heard the sound of the walkers coming up the stairs.
"We can't let ourselves get trapped," Lee spoke.
"Let's kill as many as we can," Lilly added. "And when you see an opening, go for it."
"How many bullets do y'all have?" Kenny asked.
"Three," Christa said.
"Five," Lee answered.
"Four," Omid added.
"Two," Ben said.
"Six," Lilly spoke.
"And I've got eight," Carlos said lastly.
"Hopefully that'll be enough," Kenny added. "Y'all know where to aim."
"Get ready," Christa prompted as she heard walkers making their way up the stairs. Lee took the first shot, sending a walker falling to the ground. But that was only one, and there were many more to come. Soon, the whole group with the exception of Sarah was firing shots, trying to keep the walkers at bay. This plan was not the best they've had, but it was pretty good for coming up with something short notice.
For the next several seconds, the only things that could be heard were the growling and the gunshots. Sarah covered her ears, looking on in fear.
"I'm out!" Christa cried.
"Me too!" Kenny said.
"Fuck, now what do we do?!" Omid asked.
"There's no goddamn opening!"
"UP!" Lilly yelled, pointing to the attic trapdoor. Lee pulled down the rope and ordered everybody up. He dropped his gun in the process of climbing, and once they were safe in the attic, the trapdoor was closed.
"Here, I'm not good with these," Ben said, handing Lee's gun back to him. "You dropped it down there."
"Everyone okay?" Christa asked.
"We're fine," Carlos answered.
"We need to get out of here and keep moving," Omid pointed out.
"Kid's right; we gotta keep movin'," Kenny agreed. "Think there's a chance we get Clem and catch up to that goddamn thief?"
"I don't know," Lee replied.
"Well, we're not getting out through this window," Omid told them. "No latches, no roof access, and thirty feet straight down."
"Anybody got any ideas?" Kenny inquired.
"I bet this guy would," Omid spoke up, referring to a statue in front of him.
"Knock it off," Christa chided.
"Dixon Kent the Third, industrial-"
"OMID!"
"CHRISTA, I'm just trying to lighten the fucking tone," he replied in defense.
"We need solutions, not stupid jokes!" she retorted harshly, causing everyone to quiet down. "I'm sorry..." she apologized afterwards.
"So, no ideas, then?" Kenny asked.
"There's gotta be another way," Lee insisted.
"Check the floor for any other access, a vent or anything," Christa offered.
"Or we wait for the house to clear out and stick to high ground," Kenny added.
Suddenly, the walkie talkie buzzed, and it was Clementine's voice. "Lee, Lee! I'm okay..." she trailed off. "I'm where my parents - oh, no!" The radio then cut off, and nothing but static ensued.
"What does that mean?" Lilly asked.
"She's at the hotel where her parents stayed; he hasn't moved her," Lee replied.
"Yet," Kenny commented.
"Yeah..." Carlos trailed off. "But at least she's okay."
"For now," Christa pointed out.
"Okay, now how do we get out of here?" Kenny interrupted.
"We don't know..." Omid told him.
"Well, now your life depends on it. How do we get out of here?"
"We're fucking trapped, Kenny. How are we supposed to know?" Lilly snapped, glowering at the mustached man.
Kenny turned to her. "Listen, princess, we're all sick and tired of your damn negativity, so if you can just-"
"My negativity?!" Lilly interjected. "With all of the shit that's been going on these past few days, I have every right to be negative! We all do!" In frustration, she picked up the statue and threw it against the wall, causing it to break through a little.
There was a pause, then Omid said, "...You ruined that dude's face."
"Shut up, sweetie," Christa said. "Look!"
Kenny walked over and picked up a piece of the wood. "It's corroded to hell."
"What's on the other side, a thirty-foot drop?" Carlos questioned.
"No, this mansion butts up against the one next door," Omid answered.
"Well, I'll be damned," Kenny smiled.
Lee took a nearby coat rack and rammed it into the wall, making it crumble a little bit. "This wall ain't shit."