After Death

Chapter 4

"How long have we been walking?" Omid almost sighed. We had been walking for hours, and just crested a large hill. The sun had just set, and our eyes still had yet to adjust to it. We couldn't see our noses in front of our faces in the pitch black.

"Long enough. We need to find shelter soon." Christa chimed in. "Anyone see anywhere we can stay?" Everyone scanned the horizon, except Lee. He was looking back at Savannah. He looked as though something was wrong. After a minute someone said,

"Hey look! There's some buildings over there. They don't look far off either." It was Omid, and he looked happy. We started walking, as it was our best bet at safety. We arrived and we each took a window. As we were looking in the windows, Lee walked right inside. Everyone looked shocked, then they waited and watched the windows. They couldn't see anything and Lee walked out about 30 seconds later.

"Is it clear, Lee?" I asked him. He shook his head yes and motioned us in. We all walked inside cautiously, but eager to get out of the cold. It was a small, beat up one floor shack. It had a tiny living room, kitchen area, dining area, a small bedroom. There wasn't a bathroom to be seen. 'That is disgusting' I thought 'Who lives in a house without a bathroom.'

After doing another look through, we started to search for anything of use. Christa and I searched the immediate area. Omid went to search the bedroom. It didn't take long to find some food and water, a can opener, matches and a map. With what little we had with us, this would be good. 'But what if someone com-' Omid had cut my thought short.

"Guys! You should come check this out!" We went to the bedroom, curious to his find. "I think were good on weapons for a bit." he said. There were 4 different pistols, and what seemed to be 'a shotgun and a rifle?' I thought. I couldn't tell the difference. I looked down to see all different kinds of ammo as well.

"I love rednecks." Omid piped in again. "Especially rednecks with guns. I'm a huge fan right now."

"It was pretty lucky to find all this stuff." I said, thinking aloud. "What if someone comes back for it though?" I said, slightly worried. Lee looked over at me, seeming to know what I was talking about.

"Nobodies going to come back for these sweetie." Christa said, trying to reassure me.

"That's what they said last time..." I said kind of softly. Lee still looking at me with what appeared to be worry across his deathly face. "If we have to take this stuff, we should leave. Just in case someone does try to come back. It would be dumb to stay." I said. I looked at Lee and he was walking over to me. He stopped in his tracks, his attention suddenly shifted to the front door. He moaned lowly and he motioned us to hide. He went to sit behind where the door opened, and waited. About 20 seconds later, a man walked into the door. As soon as he closed the door Lee grabbed him and got him on the ground.

"WHAT THE FUCK" the man said loudly. He struggled trying to get Lee off. He seemed to start fighting harder when he saw Lee was a walker. "Oh fuck man! Get it off me! How are you in here!" Lee pinned his arms down, and he seemed to get scared. He must have thought he was going to die. But Lee just held him down. The man had a look around, and he noticed Christa, Omid and I as we slowly emerged from our hiding places.

"Who the fuck are you people? Why are you in my house?" His gaze averted right back to Lee. "And get this fucking creeper off me! How are you not eating me?" He said, seemingly angry he wasn't being eaten to death. Lee didn't move though, not trusting what the man would do. But his grip loosened enough the man was able to push Lee off of him. As he tried to get up, he also pull out a gun

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FUCKING HO-GAH FUCK!" Lee had grabbed and bit his leg, letting a shot out into his roof as he fell. Lee attempted to pin him again, but he tried to point his gun at Lee. Lee grabbed him and they wrestled for control. He started to fire off bullets, none of them even aimed in Lees direction. Three rang out, and one of them grazed me about two inches above my wrist.

When Lee saw this, there was fury in his eyes. He looked at the man and, to everyones surprise, yelled a garbled "NO!" and struggled harder with the man, almost getting his gun. After about 20 more seconds, Lee had the gun. He pointed it at the mans forehead and pulled the trigger. The initial shock settled, and Omid spoke first.

"Holy shit", he said wide eyed. I shot an angry look right in Christas direction

"I told you someone would come back!"

Lee found himself traversing deeper and deeper into his sub-conscience, attempting himself to solve the puzzle that was his current state. Omid broke his train of thought.

"How long have we been walking?" he said, the breath heavy in his tone. It was dark but Lee knew what was where. He could see just like everyone else, but he could damn sure smell and hear better now. 'Must of gotten stronger with the loss of feeling. Wonder what happens if I get shot.' He didn't want to find out. Christa broke him out of this thought, explaining our need of shelter.

But he drifted slowly back into his thoughts, staring off in the direction of what was once Savannah. 'I wonder if any walkers followed us out of there . There were so many at the train, and more kept coming. The whole city must be overrun. I wonder if anyone got out alive, if Molly or any other survivors got out. We just need to get further away fr-' Omid broke his thought process again.

"Hey look! There's some buildings over there. They don't look far off either." Omid stated, glee in his tone. When we approached the house, Clem, Christa and Omid went to look in the windows. Lee looked at them and thought 'They can't see. I'll just walk inside, it's not like I can die...Well not easily anyway. Still went out fighting the first time.' He ended his thought and opened the door and look around. He observed the insides and saw clothes and junk on the floor. 'Disgusting' He thought.

Lee looked around and saw a bedroom through a slightly cracked door. He checked it out and when he found no living or dead, he went back outside. Everyone came inside and checked their surroundings. Christa suggested looking for stuff. Clem and Christa checked the front room, while Omid checked the bedroom.

Clem and Christa both found food and water within seconds, and Clem found some matches and a map. Christa found a can opener. 'This all will come in handy.'

"Guys! You should come check this out!" It was Omid in the bedroom. We all walked through the door, and saw what he was talking about. 'That's quite a few guns.' There was two revolvers, a .9mm, a .45, a 12 gauge shotgun, and a 30-06 hunting rifle. There was also quite a bit of ammo for each gun, except the revolvers.

"I love rednecks. Especially rednecks with guns. I'm a huge fan right now." Omid spoke. Lee shook his head in sub-conscience agreement. Then Clementine pitched a thought.

"It was pretty lucky to find all this stuff," She said. "What if someone comes back for it though?" There was a worried look on her face when she said this. Lee looked at her, obviously knowing what she meant by her words. 'I understand what she means, but I don't think anybody is coming back.' He thought to himself.

Christa tried to reassure Clem, but to no avail. She only responded with "That's what they said last time..." in a soft, still worried tone. Lee looked at Clem, and her at him. She then suggested they leave, as a safety precaution. It would be foolish to stay, if someone did come back. He started to walk over to her, to comfort her.

He stopped short when he noticed a scent in the air. He looked over at the door 'Shit! Clem was right. Someones coming.' Everyone looked at him, wondering what was going on. He signaled them to hide, and they did. He walked over behind the door and waited. 'If I can get him down. I can still protect them.' The man walked through the door and Lee jumped him.

"WHAT THE FUCK" the man rang loudly. A fight ensued where Lee pinned him down. He looked around scared asking us questions, wondering why we were in his house. He seemed scared then Lee picked up another scent. 'This man just pissed himself' He thought.

He wanted to laugh, and it caused his grip to loosen a bit. It was enough the man threw Lee off him. He jumped up and pulled out a gun, pointing it at the others. Lee saw the gun and acted at a moments notice.

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FUCKING HO-GAH FUCK!" The mans words stopped short as Lee took a chunk out of his leg, bringing him onto the floor again. They wrestled around on the ground, Lee trying to pry the gun from his grip. Bullets rang out and Lee saw the last one hit Clementine's arm. A blind fury of rage and worry befell him 'CLEM NO! NO!'

"NO!" He yelled in a harsh, ragged scream. He gripped the gun from the man and pointed it at his head. He thought to himself 'You die for hurting her' and he pulled the trigger. Lee looked over to make sure Clementine was okay. She was staring daggers and Christa.

"I told you someone would come back!" Lee got up and walked over to her to give her a hug. She looked up at him and smiled. But when she saw his face better, she became frightened, and Omid and Christa were staring at him. Lee couldn't tell there was fresh blood slowly drying on his face.

AN: Thanks for reading guys. Hope you enjoy this next here little dealio I wrote.