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Sarah decided eventually that Wellington was the best option, because the cabin would remind her of her father, Rebecca, Alvin and everyone else who died on their journey. Only two of them remained. And one of them was a teenager who had only recently learned how to survive. Wellington was definitely their best bet. Kenny said there were loads of children, and it had big, strong walls to keep them all safe. And it was full of supplies! There were supplies back at the cabin, but that was weeks away. Kenny and Luke were still arguing, but Sarah built up enough courage to pipe up from the back of the group.
"I...I think Kenny's right. We should go to Wellington." Sarah said quietly, and the whole group turned to her. She shyly looked away while Kenny smirked and folded his arms.
"That settles it. You want the best for the last person in your old group, don't you?" Kenny said and Luke sighed. All of the group nodded and began walking away from Sarah and Kenny's camp. Luke and Sarah didn't move for a moment, with Sarah looking away from Luke uncomfortably, worried of what he would say.
"...Why do you always side with him?" Luke muttered quietly and walked away from Sarah, catching up to the group. Sarah glanced at him as he walked away and she suddenly regretted siding with Kenny again.
Sarah sighed and looked down at the ground as she slowly followed the group. She wished she had sided with Luke instead...he was the final person left who she had known for over a year, and now she made him mad. Maybe the cabin wasn't such a bad idea after all...she would get to read the rest of her books...and Clementine and her could have sleepovers...but it was too late now. She had to walk through the cold for days, with someone who was mad at her and a ticking bomb. And to make it even worse they never stopped arguing.
Sarah looked around at the remaining members of her group. Luke, Kenny, Clementine, Bonnie and the baby. How had her group become so small? Those walkers did everything, and they were still a huge threat. People had to sleep with a gun next to them every single night...and they had to go looking in bins for food...it was horrible. But at least she still had them.
The wind whistled in the trees as the group of five (six including the baby) continued on their journey to Wellington. Nobody even knew if it was there, but they had to take that risk if they wanted safety. There had been an unusually small amount of walkers around, with only one that Sarah spotted in the trees and another dead one on the ground. Sarah was still paranoid however, and she kept her pistol close to her chest just in case she had to use it to protect herself or another member of the group.
Kenny suddenly stopped walking, and the rest of the group stopped too. He looked like he was peering into the trees, searching for something. Suddenly Sarah heard a noise close to her and she spun around. It sounded like a squeak. Kenny suddenly beckoned for them all to come into the forest, and the group walked into the woods and hid behind a bush.
"What the hell are we doing?" Luke snapped. Sarah noticed he had been getting easily annoyed lately, but she didn't know why. "We need to keep moving."
"Godammit, be quiet Luke!" Kenny snapped back as he peered out from the bushes. "I saw some kid around here."
"Yeah, but-"
"Kenny knows what he's doing, Luke." Clementine whispered and Luke glared at her. He muttered in frustration and stood up, only for a bullet to whizz past his head. He immediately fell back down.
"Luke!" Sarah whispered in fear, worried for his safety.
"I'm fine, I'm fine, don't worry." Luke said as he slowly slid his machete out of the holder attached to his back. He held it tightly in his hand. "We've got some problems."
"We can see that, Luke!" Bonnie said. Kenny peeked through the bush but didn't see anyone. "I know I saw some kid there!"
"Er...Kenny? What did that kid...look like?" Clementine asked, seeming nervous. Kenny shrugged and shook his head in irritation.
"I dunno. Purple jacket, maybe? Blue jeans and some kind of metal thing around his leg." Kenny said, adjusting his cap to his head and holding his gun tightly. That reminded Sarah to get out her gun and she also held hers. Clementine's eyes widened. "What?"
"...Nothing." Clementine replied, also taking out her gun. Now Kenny, Sarah and Clementine all had their pistols out, Luke had his machete and Bonnie held her AK47.
Suddenly Sarah heard loud voices around her and they seemed to be yelling out orders in Russian. She peeked out of the bush to see three tattoed men holding shotguns and pistols. They were waving their weapons around and looked angry.
"Who are they?" Bonnie asked, worried. The baby began to stir due to the loudness of the argument coming from the three men. "Shhh...shhh, it's okay..."
However, the baby wasn't affected by Bonnie's soothing words and it began to cry louder, which attracted the attention of the three men. The five glanced at each other nervously as they stomped into the woods with a young adult and a woman following them.
"We need to run." Kenny whispered and everyone looked frightened but nodded. Sarah suddenly found it hard to breathe and she realised what was happening. She tried to calm herself down and she held her gun tighter, but it seemed to slip out of her hands. Kenny got ready to run. "Try not to split up unless we absolutely have to. We're safer together. If we do split up, meet back at the observation deck. We all know where it is. Good luck, everyone. Ready...GO!"
Everyone leapt up from their hiding spot behind the bush and began dashing away from the three men with guns, who immediately noticed them and began firing their guns aimlessly. The group had already forgotten about their plan and were slowly separating until they were running on five different pathways, with Kenny holding the baby.
Sarah screamed as she saw a walker reaching out towards her to her left, but she quickly ran past it before it could grab her. She panted heavily as she glanced to her right to see Bonnie ducking under tree branches and hopping over dead trees as she made her escape. Sarah hoped Luke, Clementine, Kenny and the baby were okay. She suddenly heard loud gunshots in the distance and to her right, and when she looked in that direction she saw one of the men chasing after Bonnie. Luckily Bonnie was slowly outrunning him.
Sarah continued to run on her pathway, making sure to avoid tree roots and bushes as she ran from the bandits. She quickly adjusted her glasses so she could see better and she continued to run. Her backpack bounced around on her back as she ran as fast as she could, not looking back for one moment. She suddenly heard Bonnie screaming out in pain and she glanced to her right in fear to see Bonnie on the floor and a bullet hole in her leg. Blood flowed out as the man ran at Bonnie and aimed his shotgun at her. Sarah quickly aimed her gun at him but she didn't want to kill anyone, so she quickly looked around and noticed a stick next to her. She quickly picked it up and threw it at the man while he had his finger on the trigger. The stick slammed into his gun and it flew out of his hands, landing on the floor.
"Bonnie, run!" Sarah screamed and Bonnie slowly got to her feet and cried out in pain, but she continued to run. The man cursed and picked up his gun, glancing at Sarah in anger. Sarah's eyes widened and her feet started working on their own as she began to dash away from the scene, crashing into the bushes and grass to get away.
She cried out as she tripped over a root and fell to the ground, crashing into the grass and dirt. She heard footsteps and yelling behind her and she painfully got to her feet again and kept running, but she was slower now because she had twisted her foot. Not enough for her to need bandages, but definitely enough for it to hurt for a few hours. She heard a gunshot and ringing in her ears as a bullet whizzed past her head and slammed into a tree trunk. She glanced behind her to see the man right behind her, but he was clutching his side as if he had been hit or something.
Sarah turned back around and her eyes widened as she saw a walker to her side, lunging at her. She completely froze up in fear and screamed as the walker fell on top of her, snapping its jaws at her. Her gun fell out of her grasp as she held the walker up, crying and screaming. The man skidded to a halt and turned to run away when another walker surrounded him. He began whacking it with his gun while Sarah struggled with the walker.
"Get...off..." Sarah barely managed to say as the walker leaned in even closer. "Daddy...help...me..."
Then a thought flashed into her head. She had been told not to think of her father anymore, but she needed to do it if she wanted to survive. She had to think of everyone who had sacrificed themselves for her to keep living, and she couldn't let it end now. Using all of her strength she cried out as she pushed the walker off her and quickly stood up, picking up the gun and shooting it. Another walker grabbed her but she pushed it off, accidentally shoving it into the bandit. He cried out as he got devoured by the walker. Sarah screamed and covered her mouth, but she couldn't stop now. Walkers were surrounding her.
She started running again, stumbling for a moment. She quickly steadied herself and ran past all of the walkers, glancing around in fear. She couldn't do this alone. Where was Bonnie? Was she okay? What about Clementine? And Luke? And Kenny? And the baby!? What if they were all dead!?
She eventually burst out of the woods, coughing as she bent over and groaned. She stood back up again, trying to calm down so she wouldn't have an anxiety attack. She noticed two people in the distance all of a sudden and she started to run away when they called out to her.
"Sarah!"
"Hey, calm down! Stop! It's us!"
Sarah skidded to a halt. Wait. She recognised those voices. She turned around to see Clementine and Kenny chasing after her. They both still held their guns. Sarah sighed in relief and ran towards them.
"Thank god. Do you know where Luke and Bonnie are?" Kenny said in a worry. Sarah suddenly remembered the horrifying image of Bonnie getting shot.
"Bonnie was running next to me, when she got shot in the leg." Sarah said sadly, and the other two gasped. "I threw a stick at the bandit and Bonnie ran away, and I don't know what happened after that."
"What happened with you?" Clementine asked, curious.
"The man chased after me. A walker fell on top of me and almost got me but I pushed it away. Another one tried to get me but I accidentally pushed it into the bandit chasing me and he got eaten." Sarah said uncomfortably. "Then I just ran and found you two."
"Well, at least you're okay." Clementine smiled and Sarah also smiled.
"But where the hell are Luke and Bonnie? Those assholes better not have touched them." Kenny muttered in irritation. He held the baby, who had calmed down now. "Maybe we should go looking for them, to see if-"
BANG!
The three glanced at each other. Kenny looked down at the ground before running into the woods with Clementine close behind. Sarah was about to follow them when she heard squeaking from behind her. She spun around to see a young adult/teenager aiming a gun at her. She gasped in fear.
"P...please don't h...hurt me..." Sarah said in fear, closing her eyes and looking away. The boy seemed guilty, but he placed his finger on the trigger anyway. Suddenly, Sarah heard groaning. She opened her eyes to see a single walker stumbling towards the boy, getting ready to bite him. He was about to shoot her, and maybe this would save her, but could she really let another person die?
[Warn The Boy]
[Do Nothing]
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Thank you for reading this chapter! If this chapter is short it's because of extremely long paragraphs and not much speech. This chapter does have a lot of words though. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE review and I'll see you next time!
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Results Of The Voting!
Side With Kenny: Eight Votes.
Side With Luke: Four Votes.
