...

"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.

"Shit!" Omid cried.

I spotted the walker that had grabbed Omid and reacted as quick as I could, pushing it with all of my force away from the man so it hit the floor.

"Kill it!" I commanded.

Travis looked around frantically, grabbing the nearest object which was the lid of a dustbin. He hit the walker with it over the head until it stopped fighting.

"Guys, there are more!"

A group of five walked out from one of the building doors and poured into the alleyway. We turned and went to run back in the opposite direction.

"More of them!" I noticed, as they began to trap us, blocking both our exit routes.

"Oh my God, this is it. We're going to die," Travis realised.

"No, we're not!" I pointed to an old, rusted ladder that went up one of the walls and onto a balcony. "Go!"

Christa and Omid ran to the ladder, but abruptly stopped before going any further.

"Aren't you coming?" Christa asked, her voice full of stress and panic.

"Right behind you, you need to get safe first though," Travis informed.

The couple quickly climbed the ladder while Travis and I waited. It didn't look steady enough to carry all of our weight at once, and barely looked or sounded like it was coping with just the couple.

"We're not going to make it," I said calmly to Travis as the walkers got even closer.

"I know," he whispered.

The ladder creaked and then began to unhinge itself from the wall, falling forwards so it hit the other building and narrowly missed our heads.

"Find another way!" Christa instructed, her voice shaking.

"It's okay!" My heart raced. It wasn't okay. Not at all. "Please take care of Clementine."

"Travis, Marcey get the fuck out of that alleyway!" Omid shouted at us.

"There's nowhere to go now," Travis yelled back. "Just go, go to Clem. Stay safe."

"Say goodbye to Clem and Lee for me," I sobbed.

I heard Omid cry. Christa nodded, and I thought she looked like she was crying. Maybe it was my own blurred vision and the distance between us on the ground and them on the roof. The couple disappeared from sight. They were safe, they'd keep Clementine safe, they'd make sure Lee was okay. They'd say goodbye for me.

I turned to Travis. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"Supporting me. Being my friend."

I wrapped my arms around him, and he did the same to me, burying his face in my hair.

"I can't believe our stories end like this," he said, voice heavy with emotion.

"This isn't our ending," I comforted, tears streaming down my face. "Not really."

I glanced past Travis to see the walkers getting closer. They were close enough now that they could reach us in just a few steps.

My mind rushed to think of my family, my dog, Kenny, Ben, Carley, Katjaa, Duck... everyone I had lost. I thought of the good things, the people who still had a chance. Christa, Omid, Clementine... Maybe Lee, too.

"See you real soon, guys," I whispered to myself.

I kept my eyes tight shut as the walkers gathered around Travis and I, engulfing us. I hoped he kept his eyes shut too.


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