I know there aren't too many people reading this story as of now, so I decided to add another chapter because I did manage to catch some people's interest!
Hope you enjoy this next chapter! Also every chapter is an actual chapter from the game, so the length of each chapter depends on the ones in the actual game.
Disclaimer: Of course I own nothing from both The Walking Dead Game or Comic Book/TV Series.
EPISODE I: A NEW DAY | CHAPTER 2: ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING
"Hello!" Shouts the older male as it seemeD to echo throughout the streets, "Anybody!" He tries again only to have the same results. The younger of the two brings his cuffed hands to grip his now aching head. He hit it pretty hard back in that wreckage and truthfully couldn't see that straight when he somehow managed to hit the undead officer in the head with that branch. Most of that was dumb luck.
Hearing the kid groan the darker skinned male seemed to remember he was there before glancing at his figure in concern.
"Thanks for that back there." He manages to speak up causing the hooded figure to glance his way. The scratchy, yet smooth and calming sound of the man's voice seemed to surprise the younger kid.
"If it weren't for you I'd be walking right along those things back there." He finishes shooting a small, but thankful grin towards the stranger. The hooded figure seemed to appreciate the gesture of kindness as he looks to the sky again.
"Don't mention it." He responds with a soft and naturally raspy voice. Without the panic laced in his voice the older male couldn't help but notice the femininity in it, "Couldn't just let you become one of those things." He seemed to shiver at the thought causing the older male to raise an eyebrow some.
"How's your leg doing?" The kids asked lightly as he twisted his body to lean on his elbow and glance at the older male. In turn the injured male begins to move it but quickly grabs at it and gnaws his teeth in pain.
"Hurts like hell." He manages to grit out as he attempts to grow use to the pain once again. Glancing at the still staring stranger he gives a strained laugh, "You wouldn't happen to be a doctor now would you?" He jokes causing the hooded figure to flash a smile.
"Nah, but I know enough that could help." He states while half crawling - half dragging himself over in pure laziness to the older figure who leans back slightly to let the kid get a better look at his bloodied wound.
"Jesus Christ." He mumbles as he brings his cuffed hands up to pull at the tore fabric trying to get a better look at the wound.
"Oh! I forgot about those!" States the older male catching the kid by surprise. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out the small key he snatched off the officer before he went cannibal on them, "I figured you wouldn't want to be stuck in those cuffs forever, so I kept this for you." He states causing the younger figure to smile in glee before taking the keys and quickly letting the cuffs fall to the floor.
"Thanks!" He cheers while rubbing his now bruised and slightly bloodied wrists, "Those things were killing me!" He stated before once again turning his attention to the injured leg. Ripping a larger opening in his jeans the older male flinched at the air now hitting his wound.
"The names Lee by the way." He responds after adjusting to the new feeling. The hooded figure glances up at him before smiling slightly, "I don't see a reason to keep it from you since we seem to be in the same boat here." He claims watching as the small figure stands to go grab a bucket and fill it with a hose nearby.
"You mean the same sinking boat?" The kid asks as he sits next to the injured male again. The response gains a dark chuckle from the older of the two.
"I guess you could say that." Lee replies flinching as the kid begins to poor some of the water onto his wound. The kid remains silent as he removes the mask around his neck and tears it down the middle to use one side to clean the wound. Flinching every so often the older male can practically see the other flinch as well. Once the wound is clean enough the kid uses the other half of his mask to wrap his leg tightly.
"So what's the verdict Doc?" Lee asks as he tries to adjust to the new found pressure on his leg.
"As long as that doesn't get infected you'll be fine." The younger boy finally speaks causing the older one to look at him, "That should keep you alright until we can find you some first aid." The kid proceeds to untie his hoodie and pull it off of his head. To Lee's surprise removing the hoodie revealed big brown eyes that seemed to at one point have makeup around them and long black hair pulled back into an elastic.
"I'm Pip." The now verified female announces. Lee shakes his head before returning the smile sent to him from the small female, who was now known as Pip.
"Well, I don't mean no disrespect." Lee states beginning to stand, "But this whole time I was under the impression that you were a boy." He chuckles causing Pip to laugh lightly as well waving it off.
"I get that a lot don't even worry about it." She states standing as well while delicately touching the slight nick on her head.
"You're bleeding." Lee announces watching her in concern.
"I'll live don't worry." She waves it off choosing to focus on peering into the window of the house they were residing in the yard of.
"Is anyone in there?" She hears Lee call out. Looking back she catches a glimpse of Lee calling up to a small tree house nestled into the large branches of the tree in the yard and finds herself rolling her eyes at his antics.
"Hey Lee? I think it's better if we search the actual house." Pip calls out as Lee begins to limp his way over to her. Passing her, Lee makes his way to a sliding glass door and begins to pound on it slightly.
"Hello?" He calls out again trying to peer through the glass and into the dark house, "Is anybody home?" Pip leaves the window and makes her way over to Lee. Compared to Lee, Pip could only just about see over his shoulder.
"Did anyone answer?" She asks quietly while turning to look behind them to make sure no more of those things were there.
"We need a little help!" Lee calls out once again. Pip seems to grow a little nervous at the silence of the neighborhood and moves a little closer to Lee.
"I think we should just go inside." She exclaims a little nervously, "I'd much rather deal with angry homeowners than those things that'll try to tear our faces off." Lee glanced back at her before silently agreeing and pulling the glass door open. This surprised the both of them before some movement from the treehouse caught Pip's attention.
"We're coming in." Called Lee as he took a hesitant step inside, "Don't shoot." He voiced out feebly as Pip forgot about the movement to step inside as well closing the door behind her.
"We're not intruders." Lee once again warned in case of any people in there.
"Or one of those things outside." Pip managed to voice out as well. The convicted duo seemed to get a closer glimpse at the condition of the house and grew less worried of angry homeowners residing there. The furniture was upturned, there was spoilt food on the table, as well as a large bloodstain on the floor.
"These people may need more help than we do." Pip glances at Lee as he says this and silently agrees with him. She passes him to go further into the house and into the small living room type area within the house, she could hear Lee mumble something along the line of "Oh Jesus" as he went to observe the large blood stained floor.
Pip seemed to notice a red blinking light and found that it was an answering machine. She glanced back at Lee who was observing some plastic fruit before hitting the button curiously. The machine sprang to life and began speaking in a cold metallic female voice.
'Three new messages...'
Lee walks over and picks up a picture frame to stare at for a bit.
'Message one left at 5:43 pm...
Hey Sandra, this is Diana. We're still in Savannah
Uh... Ed had some incident with some crazy guy at the hotel.
So we had to get him back to the ER and have it checked out.
Anyways he's not feeling well enough to drive back tonight so we're staying an extra day.
Thanks so much for watching over Clementine and I promise we'll be back in time before your spring break.'
The first message finishes and Lee puts the picture down before going over to the kitchen. Pip then picks up the picture to glance at the family portrait of a man, woman, and child. She assumed the small child in the photo to be Clementine that the woman in the message mentioned. She hoped that she was okay and prayed that the blood puddle on the floor did not belong to that cute little smiling girl in the picture.
'Message two left at 11:19pm...
Oh my God...
Finally...
I don't know if you tried to reach us.
All the calls are getting dropped.
They're not letting us leave and aren't telling us anything about Atlanta.
Please... Please... Just leave the city and take Clementine with you to Marrieta.
I've gotta go back to the hospital.
Please let me know that you're safe.'
Pip could feel her heart constrict as she listened to the distraught sound of the mother's voice. She had a sinking feeling inside her heart, but couldn't bring herself to assume the worst just yet.
"My God what happened to these people." Hearing a loud thump and groan Pip turned to giggle slightly at Lee who seemed to have slipped and fell. She walked over to help him up, but practically gags to see he slipped in blood. He groans as she helps him up and out of the sticky, but slippery copper like substance.
'Message three left at 6:51 am...
Clementine... Baby...'
The sad tone of the aching mother's voice nearly tore Pip's heart in two. She glanced at Lee to see the same heartbroken expression.
'If you can hear this... Call the police...
That's 9-1-1...
We love you...
We love you...
... We love you...'
The beep that cut of the woman's sobs was followed by thick silence. Pip could only hold herself slightly as she tried to shake the feeling of listening to someone's last words. She couldn't shake that off her mind and it left a horrid feeling in her soul. Lee also felt that he had listened to something that wasn't meant for anyone's ears.
"What a damn shame..." He lets out softly from his position in the kitchen. Pip glances over to him and walks back towards the sliding door.
"Do you think that girl in the photo was Clementine?" Pip asks softly receiving a hum of thought from Lee. She hesitated before continuing, "Do you think she made it out of here?" The silence that consumed the both of them once again gave her the sad answer that both of them knew was likely the reality of the situation.
"Daddy?" A small, scared, and static like voice could be heard from somewhere in the kitchen causing both figures within the house to jump in surprise. Lee instantly began to look in the drawers as Pip remained peering out of the glass door. Finding a walkie talkie in one of the drawers he pressed the button and spoke.
"Hello?" He asks. Crackling of static could be heard from the other end before a response was heard much to both of their relief.
"You need to be quiet." The young voice says, it sounded terrified. Pip and Lee glance at each other in concern before Lee presses the button to respond once again.
"Are you okay?" He asks as Pip turns around to dig through some drawers on the far end of the room. Hoping in vain to find some bandages or something. The hallway seemed to be blocked off so looking beyond there was hopeless.
"Im okay..." Came the response. It was slow and sad most likely showing that the person was anything but okay, "They tried to get me, but I'm hiding until my parents come home." Pip feels her chest tighten as she continues to listen and search for things. Lee stares at the talkie as he frowns.
"Where are you parents?" He asks already feeling like he knew the answer, but he needed to make sure.
"Lee!" Pip scolds lightly already dreading the answer that they both knew were coming. He could only shrug before awaiting the answer.
"They took a trip and left me with Sandra. They're in Savannah, I think. Where the boats are?" Pip sighed and could hear Lee do the same. This was indeed Clementine that they were talking to. Although Pip was grateful she was alright, she was horrified at the fact that she may have lost her parents and didn't even know it yet.
"Are you safe?" Pip hears Lee ask.
"I'm outside in my treehouse. They can't get in." Lee peers out of the kitchen window as Pip makes her way back to the sliding door. Pip smiles as she realizes she did see something in there.
"That's smart." Lee says at the same time as Pip.
"See? Can you see me?" She asks, "I can see you through the window." Lee smiles and holds up a hand to wave which causes Pip to smile lightly. She was glad the girl was safe. She wished she could somehow let that heartbroken mother of hers know that her little girl was safe and sound.
Suddenly a scream is heard through the walkie talkie as the little girl quickly goes back into hiding. Confused Pip turns to glance at Lee, but hears a familiar snarl followed by a shout from her companion. She looks over to see him struggling with what was once a female, but now a decomposing and disgusting corpse. Pip quickly begins to search around for something to help as a sudden feeling of deja vu rushes in. Searching frantically she can hear Lee push the lady off of him and into the counters giving him some space and time to get away. Pip glances up just in time to see him slip in the blood once again and cracks his head painfully on the corner of the counter closest to her. He seemed to be having trouble focusing his vision from the head injury.
"Pip!" He shouts, his speech was slightly slurred but he began to try and move away from the extremely close female zombie. Pip finally spots something on the table, but quickly abandons it to grab Lee just in time to drag him out of the corpse's grip. He manages to kick the lady sending it flying back a bit. Pip lets him go as he tries to stand up. The walking corpse however, decides to grab him again. Lee panics and goes to call out for Pip once again, but a heavy bowl is soon crashed against the walkers head. As the walker flies back once again the bowl shatters noisily leaving Pip with no weapon once again. She begins to search for something else, but the walker's already back at Lee snapping at his feet as he backs away towards the door. He manages to kick it a couple more times before hitting his back to the glass door.
"He-ere. Take it!" Comes a small scared voice from his side causing Lee to look up. Standing there with a hammer in her hands is Clementine who is shaking violently. Pip makes her way over as Lee takes the hammer and proceeds to beat the lady's head in with it.
"Don't watch this sweetheart." Pip manages to say before pulling the little girl into her. Clementine buried her head into Pip avoiding the gruesome scene before her. When a final crack is heard the commotion stops and Pip looks back to see Lee is a bloody mess.
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