"Holy fuck!" Omid cried out. "What are we gonna do?"

I wriggled out of Travis' arms that had grabbed my waist just as the balcony collapsed.

"Ben!" I looked down from the roof, almost stumbling over the edge as I went.

Kenny and I met each others gaze. I shook my head, seeing the sadness in his eyes. He nodded once and smiled a soft, apologetic smile. He raced down off the roof using ladders on the side of the building.

"Kenny and I have got this," Lee told everyone.

"What are we gonna do?" Travis questioned. "I need to go help Ben too."

"And me," I decided.

"You guys can't do anything but jump across this gap somehow. Kenny and I will get Ben and make sure he's okay. Focus on getting yourselves safe first."

I sighed in defeat.

"If all this goes wrong," Lee looked sad. "You might be Clementine's last hope."

Lee moved down the ladder and vanished from sight.

"I'm gonna throw you across," Travis told me.

I laughed. "No, you most definitely are not."

"I can do it!"

"Travis, how do you intend on getting across?"

"I... I'll stay here, I guess."

"No!" I punched him in the arm. "I'm not fucking leaving you, not now. We can't lose any more people or risk it, and it's not going to be you."

Travis stared. "We can... we can both jump. If we don't make it, then at least it'll be together. Right?"

I thought about it, then nodded my head. There was no other option. "Let's go."

We went back to the other end of the room. My heart hammered against my chest and I took Travis' hand. "Ready?"

He turned to face me and studied my face for a second. "Let's do this."

We ran, jumped, and soared across the space. Somewhere mid-flight, our hands released each other to grab onto our safety wall. My skin tore as it collided with the brick and I was helped up by Christa. I struggled to get my breath back, looking to my side and seeing Travis lifting himself up over the side. He grinned at me, and I grinned back and then we started laughing. It was almost unbelievable.

"I can't believe we just di-"

There was a gunshot.

We all paused.

Lee ascended the ladder.

"What happened?" Christa demanded.

Lee moved away. "I couldn't do anything. Ben was really... messed up. Kenny couldn't leave him. It was just fucked."

We stood in silence. My eyes filled with tears. Kenny. Ben.

Lee covered his face and I hugged him.

"And the gunshot?" Travis enquired, his voice emotionless.

"Kenny made sure that he didn't feel any more pain than he had to."

"What?" Omid spoke as in disbelief.

"It was Ben's biggest fear, y'know? Kenny had one bullet left, and that's how he used it."

I let my tears flow, and Lee wrapped his arm around me into a hug.

"We should go," Christa said after a while.

"Right behind you."


We walked along the rooftops. I trailed behind Lee, Travis walking beside me.

I couldn't stop thinking of how the last words I'd shared with Kenny were arguments of pure rage. I regretted it so much. My parents had always told me arguments weren't worth it because there could be a day when I wouldn't be able to apologise. Today was that day, and I hated it.

I also couldn't forget that Ben had gave up his own life to make sure I got back to safety. Lee had said that Ben was 'messed up', though didn't elaborate and I was glad. I hoped he wasn't in pain when he died. Ben had done some stupid things, but he was part of the group and was my friend.

I wiped the tears from my eyes.

"Look, Lee, I know this is a shitty time, but I need to clear something up," Christa spoke. We'd been in silence for a long time.

"What is it?"

"Clementine." We stopped walking. "I know Kenny was your guy."

"We're not gonna die. All of us will look after Clem," I said in a calm voice.

Lee nodded and we continued walking.

There was a panel of wood crossing between the building we were on and another. I opted to go first, stepping carefully to make sure it was safe. I made it to the other side, followed closely by Christa and Omid. Lee waited with Travis, exchanging words in hushed voices for a few seconds while making sure we got across.

"Come on, River Street won't be far from here," I waved to the them.

Travis cautiously stepped on the panel, arms out wide to his sides like he was very unbalanced.

"You're okay," Lee reassured him. "I'm right behind you."

"I hate heights, I hate heights, I hate heights," he repeated. "I hate heights even more when I'm crossing them on an unsteady piece of wood."

"You jumped out of a building with me before," I folded my arms.

"That was different, I was with you," he muttered.

"Well hurry and you'll be with me again."

Travis did as I told and practically leaped with joy as his feet touched the building roof.

"Good job," Christa sarcastically said. "Now can we get going?"

The white stone building came to an end eventually, a huge gap above what was once a main road blocking our route to where we hoped Clementine was.

"Well, fuck," Travis sighed.

The street was littered with walkers. I stepped closer to the edge and examined a metal sign that was the only bridge to the other side.

"I think this is safe."

"Are you sure?" Omid checked.

"Almost positive. I'll go first."

"There's no way in hell I'm letting you cross that thing," Travis laughed.

I narrowed my eyes.

"Omid has a busted leg, Christa's walkin' for two, you and Travis have already risked your lives enough today. I'm obviously not doing so hot. Decision doesn't make itself." Lee looked back over the metal sign. "I'll go first."

"Lee, be careful," I worried as he went to climb down.

"I will."

The man began pulling himself along the sign towards the next building and closer to Clementine.

"Just go nice and slow!"

"Almost there," the man called back. "It's an easy crossing."

"Great, keep going!" I smiled.

Travis grabbed my hand suddenly, I snapped my head at him in surprise and saw his eyes full of panic. I turned back to the sign quickly, just as it began to break.

"Shit!"

"Ah, fuck!"

Lee lifted himself to the part still attached to the building and looked back at us.

"Are you okay?" Omid shouted.

"Fine, but I'm kinda fucked here."

"What do we do?" I asked. This could not be happening.

There was a long pause. Lee looked back at me. "You guys need to get out of here. I'll go get Clem. Let's meet outside of town, by the train!"

"Lee, that mission is suicide!" I criticized.

"It's the only way."

"Jesus.. we'll be there," Christa said.

Lee began to move again as Christa and Omid turned back to find another way down from the roof.

"Lee!"

"What's wrong?" He looked back.

"Please be careful, and make sure neither of you get hurt." I ignored the lump in my throat.

"I will, I promise. I'll see you soon, okay kid?"

I nodded, biting my lip. "See you real soon."

He smiled, and then began to descend the building.


We walked for a long time. Walkers were difficult to avoid, but somehow we managed it. I didn't speak for the whole journey to the train, instead thinking about everything that had happened in such a short time.

We'd lost so many people. More people than I could have ever imagined when I was walking through those streets of Macon, back where Lee welcomed me to the group and saved me from my inevitable death-by-zombies. Everything was so fucked up. What had happened?

I chewed my lip while we walked through an alleyway.

"The train shouldn't be far from here," I heard Omid say to Christa and Travis as I trailed behind.

"You really think they're going to make it?" Christa asked in a barely audible whisper. "Lee is bitten and has one arm, Clementine may not even be alive, and God knows what her kidnapper is capable of, not to mention the thousands of corpses running around the streets."

"Let's not talk about this."

"Lee wanted Marceline to look after Clem."

"What?" I gasped. They stayed in silence, realising I'd heard their conversation.

"Lee told me that Kenny was going to be the one to look after Clem, and failing that, it'd be you," Christa explained.

I let the tears flow from my eyes. "Why?"

"He said you knew you could handle yourself well, and you've looked out for her a hell of a lot." The woman didn't look impressed with his decision, but I couldn't help a small smile of joy.

"They'll be okay," I wiped the tears from my eyes and let myself smile. "Lee will get them both out of there alive and we'll see them in no time."

"Yeah," Travis smiled back and I took his hand as we walked, the town coming to an end.

We walked over hills and towards the train. I demanded that we stopped every few minutes to give Lee and Clem a chance to catch up, but they were nowhere in sight.

"Do... do you think they made it?" Omid wondered.

"Lee would do anything to keep Clementine safe," I told him confidently. "I'm sure they're fine. Let's stop and wait again."

"Omid and I will carry on walking in case they've beaten us to the train," Christa said.

"That sounds good."

The couple walked ahead while Travis and I observed the hills for movement.

"I wish they'd hurry up and get here," I sighed. "I'm getting worried."

"Lee is smart, he'll have figured something out to get Clem back. She's clever too, and she knows how to use a gun now."

"Yeah. I... I really hope Lee is okay."

Travis looked away to the ground. I knew what he was thinking. I knew he was right.

"C'mon," he said, putting a hand on my shoulder to guide me away. "Let's walk."

We began to move, but I couldn't help looking behind me again. Then a small figure came into my view. I hoped it was who I thought, but the only thing missing was the man who saved me, became my friend and one of the people I trusted most when the world was in chaos. Logic told me not to expect him to come back. There was no way he could have managed with one arm and the fever of the transformation. He already looked sick when we left him.

The small figure picked up speed, moving towards us quicker and I knew. I saw the familiar red hoodie and the hat and I knew who it was.

"Clementine!"


And the story ends.

I've updated this chapter just to say that the sequel is now posted! Personally I think it's much better than this story, and will contain more development of character and even more changes to the game's plot. I hope you guys will go read it to find out what's in the future for Marceline and the group.

Again, thank you everyone for reading and reviewing, you have all made me feel so much better about my writing :).

The next chapter: Alternate Ending