"You may not like them, Shane but the facts are the facts we're murdering them if we don't send someone into the city. They hardly volunteered." Dale explained.
"We don't have anyone to go in. It's either leave them or take a person from their family and get them killed." Shane argued calmly.
Glenn approached the two as they stood by the head of the RV with stressed looks on their faces. "You guys alright?" Glenn asked.
"No, we're not." Shane sighed.
"What's wrong?" Glenn said.
"The day you first came into the camp a few hours before that two of our men left to find help in the city. Now we used to talk to them on a radio they took with them, they've been out there since you came. So that's got to be…what, a week…more than that? And we haven't spoken to them for five days." Dale said.
"Well why don't you send someone in there to pull them out?" Glenn asked.
"We would, it'd be an easy in and out mission from what it sounded like. But everyone here has a family with them." Shane said.
"I don't." Glenn said.
Dale and Shane looked over to Glenn with unsure looks. "You have that girl with you." Dale said.
"Well…yeah, she barely knows me though, and like you said, in and out." Glenn said. "Easy."
"Well…if you're sure…" Shane said hesitantly.
"What? No! We can't, if…something happens that'd be two carers she's lost in too much of a short time." Dale said.
"How do you know about Lee?" Glenn asked.
"Carol told me. And from what it sounds like Clem definitely knows you exist." Dale explained. "Look, we can't…"
"I'm quick, I can get in and out no problem, I'm sure of it." Glenn said.
"Well they had the only radio we had, how do you suppose we keep in touch?" Dale asked.
"The kid had a walkie-talkie, we both still have them if she's kept an eye on hers." Glenn said.
"Well, you better go ask her before you make any decisions. Maybe you should think about it too. You need to make sure." Shane said.
"Alright, I will. But I've been here for, like, two weeks now and I've done jack shit. I want to do something." Glenn said, walking away from the RV and over to Clementine, who was sitting writing on a piece of paper with four other kids sitting around a small plastic table as Carol and Lori sat watching them, laughing and talking.
Clementine looked up and ran over to Glenn. "Hi Glenn!" Clementine said happily.
"Hey, kid." Glenn said with a weak smile. "So, I just need to ask you something."
"Okie dokie." Clementine smiled.
"So, that walkie-talkie you have. I have one and you have one. You still have it right?" Glenn asked.
"Mhm." Clementine said happily, leading Glenn over to the table.
"So, do you think I could maybe borrow the other one?" Glenn asked.
Clem froze in place and looked up to Glenn. "I…why?" Clementine asked.
Glenn crouched down in front of Clementine. "I need it for a secret mission." Glenn scoffed. "I need to go into the city to help some people in the group. Don't worry yours will stay here with Dale and Shane and I'll take the other one into the city."
"But…isn't that dangerous?" Clementine asked.
"Nah, of course not. What's the worst that could happen?" Glenn asked.
"…You could…I…" Clementine sighed. "I don't want you to get hurt…"
"Why would you be worried about me getting hurt?" Glenn asked.
"It's just because…I…you promised…" Clementine said shyly. "You promised you wouldn't leave me."
"I'm not leaving you I…It'll be fine. Worst case scenario I'd be back in two days." Glenn said confidently.
Clementine looked down to her feet with a large sigh. After two silent seconds Clem lifted her arm up and passed Glenn her walkie-talkie.
Glenn smiled and took the talkie. "Thanks, Clem." Glenn said. He stared at Clementine who was still looking at her feet with a frown across her face. "Clem…"
"What?" Clementine asked sadly.
"Okay, how about you do the talking for Shane and Dale? You can hold onto to the radio and make sure I haven't lost yours." Glenn said. "Deal?"
Clementine looked up and cracked a tiny smile. "Deal." Clementine said.
"Sweet. Alright kid, you get back to your stuff." Glenn said before walking back to the RV.
"Good news?" Shane asked.
"Good news." Glenn confirmed. "On one condition."
"What?" Shane said.
"Clementine keeps the radio. She'll be your talking guy, alright? Trust me this isn't her first time." Glenn said.
"Alright, deal." Shane said.
"Are you sure you want to go through with this?" Dale asked.
"I'm sure. Again, not the first time I've made a run." Glenn said.
"Okay, better go through these details." Shane said. "From what the Dixon's said their place ain't too busy. But that was before we lost contact with them. Take a car and you'll be able to drive right though into here." Shane pointed to a grey shape on the map.
"And what's 'here'?" Glenn asked.
"It's a corner store. When we lost contact with 'em this is where they were hiding out. They should still be there." Shane explained.
"Alright, should be easy. So I just go through here and down this street?" Glenn asked, tracing his fingers across the map.
"Yeah, you'll get there easy." Shane said.
"Alright…simple…" Glenn said.
Sooo, that was boring and it took ages to write to try and make it someone good. But I just thought nah it's not that important just try and get it out so you can continue…ah well, we'll get there. Obviously this is just a few weeks into the apocalypse, Rick turns up at least a month into it. We'll get there soon. This is just the calm before the storm, if you will.