After Death

Chapter 3

Christa and Omid walked downhill towards us. We waited where we were for them to get to us. When they finally arrived, I greeted them

"Hey! Omid, Christa you found us!" I said, quite excitedly. I wasn't actually expecting to see them again, as 'I thought they had...' I trailed off not wanting to complete the thought. They seemed happy to have found us as well, but kind of off put by Lee.

"Lee your still alive? Fuck man how?" Them thinking Lee was alive was kind of heartbreaking. All the thoughts surrounding the circumstances of his death still fresh in my mind. I looked up to see him looking at them, and then slowly down at me. He looked back at them and shook his head no. I decided to explain the situation to them.

"He died in a store in Savannah after he saved me. I..stayed not knowing what to do and he came back." I didn't want to tell them I was crying. "But he didn't try to grab me or anything. He just waved at me. And he got me out of the city to here. It's not safe in the city anymore."

"Well hell guys. We saw you heading towards the train." Omid said.

"Yeah, we ended just going back on the roofs the way we came until we found a way down out of the herd. Then we tried to find you guys. Looks like we were on the right track. But wait, you said Lee's a..." She stopped short. Trying to understand what happened and why a walker isn't trying eat anyone.

"A Walker? I guess that would explain why your so pale. And you lost some of your hair. You kinda look like you're losing muscle too. Your face looks kind of sunken in too" Omid started analyzing the walker aspects of Lee. It started to make me feel uncomfortable thinking about it. I pushed it to the back of my head. I decided to make a plan, 'Like Lee would.' I spoke up.

"Yeah he is a walker, but he's still Lee. We don't know why though. And he can't really do anything that he used to. He's only able to do walker stuff." It felt a little weird to say that. "He can pass through other walkers though. We just have to deal with this somehow. And we can use it to our advantage I think."

"Yeah the kids right." Omid sounded off. He then look off into the direction he and Christa were traveling in. "Maybe we should keep heading northwest. Maybe we can find some kind of small rural town or farm we can get some food from. Might even be able to find some weapons too." Omid added.

"That sounds like a good plan" I said. It did sound like a good one, so we headed Northwest in the hopes of finding ourselves some temporary shelter for another day. 'Still another day alive is better than being a walker' I thought, then looked at Lee. I looked away, sad that I put him in such a place.

Lee woke up feeling like he had slept for days. He felt numb, cold even. His vision and brain were hazy, but clearing quickly. Something felt off though. As he scanned the room, he noticed Clementine. There were tears in her eyes and she was looking at him weird. He waved at her. Then he saw how bad his arm looked, and how shocked Clementine was. 'Wait. Oh god did I...am I?' He looked around for a minute, assessing the situation then back at Clem.

"L-Lee? Is that...are you still...you?" Clementine asked. He attempted to say 'Yes, it's okay sweet pea', but it came out a guttural mess. 'Wait what? I can't talk? Oh shit I turned into a walker. Wait how am I?... It doesn't matter' He decided to just nod yes 'I need her to know its me. I need to get these cuffs off. And we need to get out of here now. We can worry about the whys later.' The situation was indeed strange but they didn't have much time for that. All Lee thought about was getting Clem out of Savannah and into safety.

"But if your a walker, how are you still you? I don't understand this." Clem spoke. 'I don't know Clem.' He shrugged his shoulders 'but we can figure it out later.' He noticed Clem was looking at him sad. About 5 seconds later, she let her emotions flow

"Lee I"m sorry I made you a walker. I didn't mean for this to happen. I should have listened to you. I...I'm sorry" She looked as though she was trying not to cry. To act strong as Lee taught her. All Lee could do was worry she felt this way, without a way to comfort and explain things to her. 'Clem, I'm sorry too. I should have been more careful. Things are gonna be difficult for us both now, in different ways.' He wanted to say all these things, but he couldn't. So he did what he thought was the next best thing.

All he could to is reach out his hand to her. She looked at it but hesitantly took his hand in hers. He was still numb and cold all over. And the more he thought it over, the more it bothered him. But Clem was looking at him, so he tried to smile. But after he did it, it kinda didn't feel right. Clem smiled back at him regardless and gave him the keys. He undid them thinking 'We need to get out of Savannah and fast'.

After a while they got up and walked out the door, and onto the undead streets. Lees plan was to get to the train. 'Maybe we could be safe if we can get it moving again' he thought. They traversed the streets, Lee leading the way through the crowd of ravenous beasts. Clem started to look around nervously.

"Where are we going?" She whispered. Lee attempted to show her the direction and a few gestures hoping she would understand, but she just shook her head. "What? Whats that way?" 'I'm trying to get us to the train Sweet Pea. That where I told Christa and Omid to go.'

After walking a bit we were close to the train. There were walkers everywhere, and it was unnerving Lee. The herd was thick enough that they started to bump into Lee and Clem. Lee could see Clem was getting scared, and tried to find another way. Clem piped up and showed Lee which way they could go, and they went. 'Good eye Clementine. I wish I could tell you your doing a good job.' Lee thought.

They walked forever until they ended up far from Savannah. They were lost in the countryside somewhere. They rested at a log next to a tree and 'fucked up looking car. Holy crap.' Lee looked away from the car and down at some bullets on the ground. They conversed about why Lee was still Lee, and what they could do and what he could do. Then Clementine asked a question that threw Lee off.

"Are you- um... Do you feel...hungry at all?" Lee shot her a concerned look, but nodded yes. 'That's a weird question but I do feel kinda...something.'

"Okay, I have some beans in my backpack if you want them." But Lee got distracted by two figures off in the distance.

The discussion with Christa and Omid over Lee being a walker left him kinda unnerved. He saw the looks on their faces and wondered if they even trusted him. He watched as they made glances at him in conversation, seeing if he would do something wrong. But after Clem talked to them,they just accepted the fact. They all decided to carry on.

"Maybe we should keep heading northwest. Maybe we can find some kind of small rural town or farm we can get some food from. Might even be able to find some weapons too." Omid spoke. It was a good idea that would likely get them to safety.

"That sounds like a good plan" Clem said. Lee felt more at ease that Clem agreed. They all started to walk northwest in the hopes of shelter. Lee looked down at Clem who looked a bit sad and put his hand on her shoulder. And they walked.

AN: I took a suggestion from HeWhoDestroysAll. Why? Because It was a great fucking idea. I've decided to write the first part of the chapter from Clementines view in first person. And to write the second part of the chapter in Lees point of view in third person. Why the switch up? Because fuck logic that's why. And more importantly, it seemed like fun. I also took time to write like hell to bring Lee from the beginning up to now. Figured might as well and start them both from the same point and what not.

Also, sorry it took so long to update.

Thank you everyone reading this. I really appreciate it.

Author out.