Episode 2: Starved For Help, Part 3
Alexander's POV...
"Carley! Ben! You Made it Back! Where's Lee and Mark?" I asked looking back into the Woods as I Greeted Carley and Ben Who Walked inside the Gate.
"Their Helping Around the Farm" Ben Answered.
"And Decided Were all Gonna Stay on the Farm For A Day" Carley Said.
"What?! All Of Us?! No Way! Whose Gonna Watch The Motel While Were Gone, Ever Thought of that Genius!?" Lilly Exclaimed, Walking Over to Me, Carley and Ben With Kenny Following Behind
"Calm Down Lilly! I've Made a Plan to Stay Back Here And Let the Rest of You Go And I Promise you, Your Walk to there Will Be Worth it, Their Place is Locked Down Tight Over There!" Carley Compromised. Lilly sighed.
"Well Okay, I Guess that's Fair, But Ben's Staying, I Still Don't Trust Him" Lilly Ordered.
"But Lilly He's Just a Kid, He's Survivor Just like U-" I defended.
"Don't Alex, If She Doesn't Trust Me, Then It's No Big Deal, Really...But I Hope Soon, I Will Gain Your Guys Trust" Ben said
"Well Do We Leave Now Or..." Kenny asked.
"Right, Everyone Out in the Woods, Ben We Watch the Campus" Carley Assigned. Ben Sighed before Nodding and Watching Us Leave the Gate.
Just As I was About to Walks Out, I Looked back at Ben Who Watched Sadly At Us. I Gave Him a Look of Sympathy Before Walking Up To Him
"Alex, What Are You Doing Your Supposed to Follow Them" Carley asked me in Confusion
"I am. Calm Down," I then Faced Ben "You Okay?" He Nodded
"Thanks Alex, For Sticking Up For Me Back there" Ben Smiled. I Smiled and Did the Unthinkable and Hugged him, Which He Surprisingly Hugged Back.
"Your Welcome" I said before Running Back to the Group...
Ben's POV
"Well Let's Get Going Ben" Carley Exclaimed before She Sat Down. I sighed and Followed Her, Taking the Spot Next to her. All I Was Thinking About Was This Whole Situation I was Stuck in, Lilly, The Dairy, My Stomach and Not Being Wanted and Oh My God...The Loss Of Travis and Mr. Parker...What Happened to this World? But Mostly I Was Thinking about Alex...She Seemed Really Sweet and I Could See it in her Eyes She's Been through So Much Stuff...She was the Only Friend I had Right Now, Of Course She Was Cute and All...But Me and Her? So Many things Could Go Awry With Us, And I'm Still Mourning over the Death of My Fellow Members...Oh My God, I Feel Like I'm Not Gonna Live through this...
"Ben!" Carley Exclaimed, Taking me out of my Trance.
"What?"
"You Were Kind of Out...What's Up?" Carley asked. I shook my head.
"You Know What's Up, This Group, My Friends...Life" I said in a Depressed Tone. Carley Sighed
"Well Join the Club Kid, It's Gonna get Harder and Harder Every Moment, But Your Gonna have to learn to Stick With Us, Were Friendly" Carley Reassured
"Your Right...I'll Try to Stay Cool" I said Before An Awkward Silence Formed Around Us. This Question I Had in my Head Was Bothering So I just Asked. "What Do you know about Alex?"
"Well She's Single, I Hear. If that's What You Mean"Carley Smirked. I Shook my head
"No I Didn't Mean It in that Way, I Mean, How is She?" I asked But Deep Inside, I was Glad She was Single...
"Well, She is Closest With Lee and Clementine, Survived With Them Until They Met Us, She's 17, She's Also Dealing With a Traumatic Disorder and She's a Really Sweet Girl" Carley Answered. Traumatic Disorder?
"Traumatic Disorder?" I Repeated but Out Loud.
"Yeah, It's Not that Serious But Whenever You Bring Up Her Family and Friends She Goes into this Deep Depression and Has this Fear Traumatized look, She's Been Having these Dreams About her Family, These Past Months That's Really and Probably Ruining her Mental Health, I'm Just Worried For Her, Hoe She Doesn't Do Anything Stupid These Days But Right Now She Seems Okay, I Guess. Look She's Been through a Lot, That's What Lee Told Me and The Only People In Her Life Right Now Are Lee and Clementine, But I Do See the Ways She Looks at You, I say You Go For It..." Carley Explained. I Hid a Smirk at the Last Part...
"I Guess, But I Really Don't Wanna Ruin Our Friendship Or Something Bad happened to one of Us...I'm Scared I might Break her Heart or Lose Her, I Really Feel Connected With her, She's the Only Person, That Makes me Atleast Smile Since I Came Here..." I Confessed. I Really Like Her And I Didn't Wanna Loose Her Or If I Make a Stupid Decision and Mess Everything Up With Her, Like I Always Do, Everyone Says, I Mess up Everything I Touch...
"Well, Life's Short, It's Now Or Never" Carley Declared...
A Half an Hour Later...
Alexander's POV
"Were Finally Here!" I exclaimed as We Walked Our Legs Off.
"Hey Ya'll..." Kenny Called Out. My Eyes Widen When My Eyes Landed On Mark Who Had an Arrow Stuck In his Back.
"Mark! Oh My GOd! What Happened!?" Katja exclaimed Looking at the Same Direction I was Looking.
"He Got Shot With An Arrow"
"Christ! Are You Gonna Be Okay!" Lilly Exclaimed Wide Eyed at Mark Who Bending Down In Pain. Man Just Looking At his Expression, I Felt Sorry For Him..
"Yeah...I'm Fine...I Should Just...Pull it out" Mark Said Weakly. I Shook my Head
"Oh No Honey, Come On, Brenda's Got You. C'Mon Inside now. We'll Have you all Sorted Out" Brenda Said to Mark as Mark walked Up to the House, With Kat and Brenda Following Behind
"What Kind of Shit is this?!" Larry Exclaimed Out of No Where
"We Ran Into Some People on the way up here..." Lee Explained. "Bandits I guess. I think it was them that Attacked Us."
"They Gave us alot of problems in the beginning, killed a bunch of our Farm Lands. We Were able to get 'em to stop by makin' a deal" The Man We Met Earlier Who held the Gas Tank Explained.
"You Knew About these People?" Kenny asked.
"Food For Protection. Like We Didn't have much of a Choice. But they Did Stop Hasslin' Us!" The Boy in the Blue Said.
"God Damn it! Carley Said this Place Was Locked Down Tight!" Larry Exclaimed.
"Maybe It Isn't as Safe Here as We thought" Lee said.
"Were Sorry! We've Never had them Screw with us like this! Not Since We Started Givin' them Food! Listen We My have an Agreement with those People But We Will Not Stand for this Shit!"
"Ain't No Way We Gonna Let those Son's O' Bitches get away with this" The Guy in the Blue Shirt Said
"You Know Where these Assholes Are?" Kenny asked
"They're Hard To Pin Down But I Think I Know Where At least one of their Camps Are" The Guy in the Blue Shirt Responded. "When You're Ready to go Scope out that Bandit Camp,Come Find Us" The Guy in the Blue Shirt Finished before Walking Of With The Other Guy Beside him
"Bandits! Are You Serious?! This Place Isn't Safe, We Can't Stay Here!" Lilly demanded.
"Not Safe?! It's A Hell Of a Lot Safer than that Motor Inn. I think All of us and our Guns Can Handles a couple of Punks with Bows and Arrows!" Kenny Spoke Out Before Turning to Lee "What we need to do is Find a Way to get our Whole Group out here to stay. Take this Place Over if we have to."
"Whoa! Cool Your Jets There, Rambo. These are Nice People Here. Let's Not Do Anything to get us thrown out before we eat!" Larry Said
"I'm Gonna Head out and Help Dan deal with these Bandits. You Guys should try to make friends with Andy and Brenda While I'm Gone" Lee Suggested.
"Well that's Easy. I've Got Charm Comin' outta my ass" Larry Smiled. I Hid My Smile...Sure, Larry...
"Yeah That's Real Charming...Dad"
"Where's Ben and Carley?" Lee Asked
"Since Carley and Ben ate some food on the way to get us. She Volunteered to stay behind and watch the Motor Inn Until We get back" Lilly said. The Guy I Thought was Andy Walked Up
"Hey I Remembered Seeing Kids in your Group, So I went ahead and fixed that Swing while you were out. Hope yours kids like it." Andy Said
"A Swing! I Love Swings! Just like at my tree house. Come on Alex and Duck" Clementine said Grabbing My Hand.
"Why Don't You Kids go play on the Swing, Huh?"
"Yeah" Duck Exclaimed as We Ran Over to the Swings.
"Push Me Alex" Clementine Asked as She sat on the Board. I Smiled and started Pushing her, Gently
"Want Me to Go Faster?" I asked. She Quickly Shook her Head
"No Thanks, It Makes My Head Dizzy" Clementine said.
My Turn!" Duck Exclaimed. Clementine Frowned as I stopped Pushing and She Jumped Off, Leaving Duck and Kenny on the Swing
"Thanks Alex" Lee Said From Beside Me. I Looked up at Him
"For What?" I asked
"For Being a Great Guardian Of Clementine While I Was Out" Lee explained.
"Well I have Been Babysitting her Since I was 14, We Get Along Very Well..." I said. Lee Smiled Before Going over Clementine. Ignoring their Conversation, I Felt a Yawn Come on, So I took a Seat on the Wood Stump Behind us, Watching Duck and Kenny and Taking a look around, This Place Looked So...Beautiful, Like I've totally Forgotten There Were Creeps and Weirdos Out there eating each other...
I laid Slowly on the Stump, Falling Slowly to Sleep...
* "Alex, You Okay?" I heard a Voice Call Out...The Voice Sounded So Familiar. I Fluttered Open my Eyes to See Two Big Blue Ones looking deeply into Mine...
"Ben?" I asked, As I Slowly Sat Up. Ben Sighed in Relief
"Thank God, I Thought Something Bad Happened to you, Where's Everyone?" He asked looking Around. I Looked around to see, I was Laying on the Ground, Deserted in the Woods With Only Ben by my Side
"What Happened? I Thought We Were At the Farm and You Were..." Ben Grabbed both my Hands. I held My Breath at How Close We Were...
"Listen Alex, I know We Don't Have Much Time..." I Gave him a Confused Look. I Saw Sorrow and Lust in his Eyes...Oh My God He Was Cute..." But...I Love You...I-I L-Love you, Alexandra and I wanna Scream it out!" I Gave him a Look in Disbelief, Was this Really Happening?! "And When I Die, I Want you to be the Last Person I See..." I Smiled, Hugging him.
"Me Too" I said. We both Smiled as I took my Hands and Wrapped around his Neck As We looked Deeply into Each other's Eyes before Leaning in...
"AAHHH!" I Screamed As I Saw A Bunch Of Walkers Coming After Us
"Come On Let's Go!" Ben Said Grabbing my Hands and Pulling Me Up before We Started Running away from the Walkers, But they Seemed So Much Faster...
"Ben!" I Screamed Out as I Saw Him Trip. I Pulled him up, But It was No Use, His Feet Was Caught in some Hole. I Shook my head, Not letting Him go that Easily...
"You Have to Go Alex! Leave Me and Remember, I Love you..." Was the Last Words I heard From Him as the Walkers Walked Towards and towards us...Until Finally Launching on Ben. I Put my Hand Over My Mouth, Tears Quickly Falling Down As I Watched The Guy I Really Liked Getting Devoured by The Things I Most Hated...
"AAHH!" Ben Screamed
"Ben!" I Shouted But Froze When the Walkers Noticed Me, My Eyes Widen And I Stepped Slowly Back As They Started Coming Towards Me..
"Leave Me Alone...Get Away!" I Shouted at them but they Wouldn't Budge, I Screamed Even Louder as One Caught my Arm and Sanked his Teeth into my Skin...I Slowly Lost my Vision as I Felt the Other Walkers, Biting into my Body...*
I Quickly Fluttered my Eyes Open...Oh My God...I Think I Like Ben...
Bandit's Camp
Lee's POV
"Don't You Fucking Move!" I Jumped When I Heard An Unfamiliar Voice Behind, I Slowly Turned and Got Up and Out of the Tent to Face a Woman With Black Hair Pointing a Gun Frantically At Me and Danny. Shit!
"Shit!" I Quickly Brought up my Gun.
"PUT YOUR GUNS DOWN! I ain't going back! You tell 'em Jolene ain't going back!"
"Hey! We Had a Deal! No Shooting Unless We Gave you Food! What the fuck happened!?"
"You had a Deal With THEM!" Jolene explained Gesturing to Me. "I ain't THEM, I Know You, I Know what you are and I Know What you do."
"You Don't Know Me!"
"You Steal My SHIT! You Steal Everything from Me!" Jolene exclaimed
"We Had a Deal! You People Broke it First!" Dan Said
"Why are you alone up here? What Happened to you?" I Finally Spoke Up/Asked.
"Well that's a hell of a question, Mister. They Told Me I'd Be Safe with them...Men who lived here. But it weren't safe. Not For Me, and not for my girl. They didn't treat her nice. Not at all. They took her away, into the woods. Wouldn't tell me where. And I begged them. Every Way I Could think. And they just laughed..." The Woman Chuckled Which Made Me Worry for her Even More "...So I killed 'em. And I'm Staying here Until She Comes back to me. One way or another...she'll come back. Now maybe you didn't hear me the last time..When I asked you sweetly...Put your damn guns down! You think I Won't kill you? I'm gonna take this crossbow here, and put a nice sharp arrow, right through your eyeball and into your goddamn brain. You're not men...you're monsters. All men are monsters Take what they want, then destroy it all! Take a Can of Beans, Take the little girl it's all the fucking same to you!"
"Where did you get this hat?" I asked gesturing to the tent behind me.
"The Little Girl"
"You STOLE it from her"
"So what if I Did? You Stole her from ME!" I gave an Confused Look, As Dan Looked at Me. Wait Hold Up...
"What the Hell are you talking about?"
"You Know What? I changed my mind. I;m putting this arrow right through your BALLS. Yeah! Right through. String 'em up on that tree. Then I'mma Head over to that farm and Shoot every goddamn person I've seen" The Woman Threatened.
"Look, There's two of us and one of you. No Matter what Happens, One of us is gonna kill you" I threatened Back.
"Like you could kill me. They Couldn't kill me. They tried. Killin' Everywhere! Take all the dead folks you want, We'll Make more! Go on Tell him boy! Tell him what you got in mind fo-UGH!" My eyes Widen Shock as the Woman was Now on the ground, Lifeless with a Bullet in her head, blood flowing under head.I slowly turned to Dan
"God Damnit!"
"You Straight up murdered that woman!" I said after the silence.
"Hardly, She had a Crossbow pointed at my Forehead!" I sighed and shook my head at the dead body infront of me. "It's a clean shot through...Right through the forehead. That's Good Shootin' Right here. Still, What a Waste."
"So that's it? We Going Back?" I asked.
"If they ain't here, I don't know where they are. And it ain't a good idea to go tromping through the woods looking for them. So yeah, We head back. Once they See this, They'll get the Message." Dan explained as he took the crossbrows and We Headed back to the Farm, Not until I gave the Woman One Last Look...
St. John's Farm
Alexander's POV
"So is she gonna be okay?" I asked petting the Maybelle Cow As Me, Clementine, Andy, Katja and Duck were in the Barn with Maybelle.
"With The Operation I'm giving her. She'll be just fine" Katja reassured.
"Good to Hear" Andy Chimed in.
"She so pretty" Clementine complimented looking at Maybelle.
"Can't believe she gives out milk from her...Disgusting" Duck exclaimed. I playfully rolled my eyes at him.
"But the Butter and Milk isn't" Andy defended.
"She seems to be hauling up fine,Just Some rest and She'll be unstoppable" Kat said. I looked up as Lee entered the Room.
"It's Okay Clementine You can pet her" Kat said as Clementine looked up at Lee.
"It's Okay Go Ahead"
"Woah..." Clementine said as she petted Maybelle. "Katja says Maybelle can have her Baby tonight."
"We'll See Clementine"
"What's this thing?" Lee said going over to a Salt Lick
"Daddy Says it's called a Salt Lick" Duck answered.
"Yeah, But Don't lick it. It's Gross" Clementine said. Lee smirked
"Did you lick it?" Lee asked. Clementine gave him a Blank Look
"I don't Know..." I smiled.
"Have I missed anything here?" Lee asked. I shook my head.
"No Not Really" Duck answered before Sniffing the air "Mm. It smells Funny in here..."
"Like Doo-dee" Clementine said Before Her, Duck and I burst into small Giggles
"Kids! And Alex!" We Quickly stopped.
"So Alex, How's Everything Going? You Like this Place?" Lee asked Crouching Next tome as I was Sitting on the Ground Next to Duck.
"Yeah This Place Seems Cool, I Really Wish Dinner would come a lot sooner, I'm Hungry" I said. Lee smiled before Crouching back up.
Lee's POV
After that Talk With Alex and Clementine, I felt relieved that I returned Clem's Hat Back and the Way Alex and Clem looked at me. They Seem Glad to have me...
"You Found it too,Huh?" I heard Someone Behind Me. Kenny..."Lee, They're Hiding Something, Behind this door. I got a quick look. They Got Boxes of Stuff. And Something Metal and Sharp"
"Don't get Paranoid"
"It's My JOB to be Paranoid, I got my whole family on this Farm. How about you? What About Alex and Clem?" Kenny asked.
"I'll Protect them, No Matter What" I Declared.
"I Know you will. Look that guy with Katja...What's-His-Name. He Locked it up real TIGHT the second we came in here. I definitely heard a noise back here, Lee"
"What?"
"My Point is, We gotta know for Sure. So go find a hammer or something, And I'll have this thing off in a second. You back me up in case them farmers come running." I gave him a look.
"Hang on, Man. Think this through. Smash the lock. Then what if it turns out your wrong? You just fucked your whole chance to get a good meal in those kids you're trying to protect. Use your head, Kenny."
"Alright Professor, What'd you have in mind?" Kenny asked.
"Let me have a look at what were dealing with first" I said before going back to the Lock.
Alexander's POV
I Covered my Stomach as My Stomach Started Growling Which Received Small Giggles and Chuckles From Clem, Duck, and Andy. I secretly blushed in Embarassment.
"Um Excuse Me For a Sec" Andy said before Getting Up and Walking Over to Lee and Kenny
"Sorry About My Stomach, I'm Just...That Half Jerky Really Didn't Feel Much" I explained.
"It's Okay Alexander, We All Are Hungry" Kat Comforted. I Smiled and Nodded.
"Is She Really Having a Baby?" Duck asked Looking at Maybelle.
"Yes, But I'm Not Sure She's All the Way Ready Tonight, It May Take Some Time For Her to Rest and then have the Baby" Kat Explained.
"Maybe I'll Just Head back to the Motor Inn, Probably Keep Ben and Carley Company and Devour Some Leftovers from their Basket they brought back" I suggested.
"You Can't Leave! What About the Meal Were Having? What About Me? You Can't Leave Me..." Clementine asked in Shock. I Sighed and Gave a Weak Smile.
"Of Course I'm Not Gonna Leave You, I'd Miss You Too Much" I Said
"Andrew! I Need Your Help Again" Kat Called Out as Maybelle looked a little Sweaty...
"Sorry About that, What's Going On?" Andy Asked as He Rejoined the Group.
"She Seems Fine But Her Temperature seems to be on the High and Low" Kat Explained.
"Well Let's have a look here..."
A Half an Hour Later...
I jumped when the Bell Rang...Thank Goodness!
"MOM! DAD! Dinner Time! Dinner Time!" Duck Exclaimed Jumping Up.
"Okay Honey, Let's Get Dad" Kat said Before Duck came Running for Kenny.
"DAD! DAD! DAD! C'mon, let's EAAAAATTTT!" Duck exclaimed.
"Kenny Come Along Honey, Kenny, C'Mon, Don't make the Children Wait." Kat said As We Got Up.
"Yay!" Clementine said As We Walked out the Barn House and to the Main House...
ST. John's House
"Wash Your Hands Before You Join the Table" Brenda Said as We Walked inside.
"Okay!" Clementine said as Her and Duck Went running for the Stairs With Kenny and Kat Following Behind. I Decided to Go Until...
"Hey Sweetie, Mind if you Help Us Set the Cups and Souvenirs For Me, Dear?" Brenda Asked Walking Up To Me, I Smiled and Nodded Before Walking into the Diner and Grabbing a Cup as a Whole Stack Was Placed on a Counter Behind the Table.
"Thank You Dear, Now Run Along and Get Washed Up" Brenda Said Patting My Back Before I Ran Up Stairs to Wash My Hands And Quickly Running Back Down and Taking the Seat Next To Clementine.
"Everybody Sit Down and I'll go get the Meal! Ooh, This is a Delight!" Brenda Exclaimed.
"I Could Eat a Horse"
"Where's Mark?" Lee asked Standing in the Doorway.
"Now Don't You Worry About Him. I've Already Brought Some Food Up. You Just Let Him Rest" Brenda said. Lee Gave a Suspicious Look.
"Mind if I Wash My Hands First?" Lee asked
"Bathroom's Right Outside the Hall. And Be Sure to get under your nails, you've been mucking around in the dirt all day" Lee Nodded and Walked Out.
"Man I Hope Lee Hurries Up, I am Starving!" Larry Said Impatiently.
"So What Are We Having For Dinner?" Lilly Asked.
"Oh You'll Just have to wait and See" Brenda Smiled. "It'll Be a Feast You'll Never Forget, After The Meal You'll Be So Full You'll Feel Like You Just ate a Whole Person!"
"Mom!" Andy Exclaimed, Looking at Brenda. Brenda Gave him a look before Facing the Others.
"Oh You Know What I Mean" Brenda said Waving her Hand.
"Well We All Really Appreciate your Work Around the Barn and Your Patientness" Andy Complimented.
"And Of Course We Appreciate Your Courtesy of Giving us a Meal and Having a Loving Mother Like Brenda" Larry said Winking at Brenda. I Rolled my eyes at him.
"Well I'll Go get the Food" Brenda said before Walking Inside the Kitchen and Coming Out With Each Steak Placed on Every Plate...
"Yay! Food!" Duck Exclaimed
"Lee Seems to be taking his time.." Kenny said Impatiently.
"Lee!Did ya fall in!?" Brenda Laughs "Dinner's on the Table an everyone's havin' at!" Brenda Called
"Barbecue Wow!" I smiled gracefully using my Fork and Picking Up My Piece of Stake
"Alex! Clementine NO!" Lee Exclaimed Which Made Me Jump and Drop my Fork. I Looked up at Lee Who Looked at Me With Widen Eyes. What Was Going On?
"Lee? Jesus Man, Did You Find Something" Kenny Asked, Looking at Lee's State.
"Sit your ass Down Lee. This Lady has Made You a Meal" Larry said
"Yeah Lee What's Gotten into you?" Lilly asked siding with her Father.
"He Could Use Some Goddamn Manners!" Larry exclaimed angrily, Glaring at Lee.
"It Didn't have to end this way..." Danny said
"This Woman Right here, Is FUCKING Insane!" Lee exclaimed. My Eyes Widen at Brenda and Lee.
"This Woman Right here, Cooked You a Homecooked meal, You Ungrateful Shit!" Larry Exclaimed Back at Lee. "Show Some Respect!"
"Thank You Larry"
"You Don't Even have a DECENCY to take a handout when Offered One! It Just makes me Sick, It Really Does!" Larry Ranted.
"That's Enough Larry" We All Looked Worriedly around as Duck Happily ate his Meal.
"Ken Maybe We Should-"
"Hang on Kat, Just Keep Duck Close" Kenny ordered.
"You Know What? Fuck You Larry. Eat Up." Lee exclaimed Angrily at Larry
"I Will, and I'll Enjoy Every Last Bite" Larry said before picking up a Piece of Meat and Putting it inside his Mouth. I Saw Lee Give an Disgusting Look At Him as He Chewed and Swallowed...
"Lee What the Hell is wrong with you?!" Lilly exclaimed.
"Don't Indulge him Lilly It's Always Something with this Guy." Larry said looking up at Lee.
"Can Someone Please Tell Me What's Going On..." I Finally Spoke Up, Worried.
"Mom, I Was Eating that!" Duck Whined as Kat Took his Plate Away.
"Yeah What Is Going on?" Lilly Asked again.
"Their Picking us off to trade as meat" Lee answered.
"Youre out of your Skull!"
"MARK is UPSTAIRS right now with NO LEGS!" Lee said. I Covered my Mouth in Shock.
"M-M-Mark i-i-i-s D-dead?" I asked but Whispered in Shock to myself.
"Brenda Tell Me He's Not Being Eaten Right Now!" Lee Asked Brenda, We all Looked at her.
"It's True.." Brenda Revealed. I Gasped, Shaking my Head
"Everything Could Have Turned okay for you folks" Danny said.
"He Woulda' Died anyway! We Gotta think about LIVIN'!" Andy reasoned
"Settle Down, Honey. Growin' Up in rural your taught not to waste, It's How I was raised and how I raised my boys" Brenda Explained as We all looked at her like she was Crazy "But Now You've got Monsters Roaming Around that do nothing but eat people. And For What? To Continue to rot until they eat some more. We think that we could put that meat to better use." I Gave a Disgusted look and pushed my plate away as I felt it, haunting me even though I was hungry...
"Ugh! I Think I'm Gonna puke!" Lilly said in disgust pushing the plate away.
"Andy is Right; We after Folks who are gonna die anyway, one way or another" I gave daggers and glared at her.
"Like Ya'll"
"Just Because he got shot in the back with an arrow, Doesn't mean he's gonna die!" I exclaimed angrily at her as She Glared at me Right Back.
"Alex, Clementine RUN!" Lee Ordered Us. I looked Around, Frantically...
"Nobody's going Anywhere!" Andy Exclaimed Pulling a Gun out. I Froze Because He Was Right Beside ME!
"We've got lots of use for ya'll right here" Danny said Picking up his shot gun and pointing it at us.
"What...the...what...the fucking...what...fuck!" Larry exclaimed in Confusion
"Put your Guns down! Were Walking out of here!" Lilly exclaimed as Kenny started ranting out protecting his family
"I Don't wanna die!" Duck said "Mommy! What did I eat!?"
"Everyone! Everything Will be okay!" Lee Spoke
"Lee! Lee...!" Clementine cried as I Quickly Comforted her by Putting my Arm Around her as She snuggled Safely inside
"AAHHH!" I Shouted in Pain as My Hair Got Grabbed and I Was Pulled away from Clementine Who Cried out for me.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Lee Shouted at Andy and launching for him but Danny held him back with his Gun
I then watched in Shock as We Heard Noises from the Stairs
"PLLLEEAASE...SOMEONE!..." Mark Called out as He Slided Up the Doorway. We All Gasped as He Came in View and Had Blood Trailing Where his Legs Should Be...
I Looked at Lee Hopelessly as He Turned around
"Alexand-" I cried out as Dan hit him with his gun knocking him out.
"LEEE!" Clementine Cried out even more.
"Shit!"
"Now For the Rest of ya, Let's Go!" Andy said pulling on my hair harder, Too Bad It Was Growing out...
I watched as The Three Took Me, Clementine, Lee, Kenny, Lilly and Larry inside a Room, a Meat Locker Room.
"If You Touch my Family I swear to GOD I WILL KILL YOU!" Kenny shouted at the Three as they Closed the Door in his Face...
A Few Minutes Later..
I Shaking Badly, My Eyes Were Wide as I Watched What was Happening Around Me, I Was Shooken Up Badly, Watching Mark In Pain Like that...Getting Held Hostage By Three Sickos, and Being Trapped inside a Meat Locker, Was So Freakin' Terrifying to me, Hearing Larry's Shouts was even worser...
"Open the God Damn Door!" I heard Larry Shout "Open Up! I WILL TEAR YOU FUCKERS APART WITH MY..." Larry Shouted
"Will you stop your banging!? We gotta find another way out of here" Kenny ordered as Lilly puked in the corner.
"You sick Fucking Bastards!" Larry shouted out again "OPEN THIS DOOR GOD DAMNIT! I Will knock the god damn..."
"Dad! Stop!"
"It-it was a person! They tried to make us eat a person!" Clementine said to Lee Who just woke up.
"But you didn't do it..."
"No..."
"The rest of us did, God Damn it! If you hadn't dragged your feet..." Larry complained.
"Come on Dad, Now's not the time" Lilly said
"That EVIL Fucker INVITED me to eat the meat, and all the time he knew what it was..." Larry said. It was true...
"Stay calm dad, We'll deal with it later.."
Lee then looked at me
"You Okay Alex, They Didn't hurt you Did they?" Lee asked Worriedly. I shook my head.
"Thankfully" I said.
"OPEN UP!"
"Lee, those psychos have my family, and were stuck in a damn meat locker! We gotta get the fuck outta here!" Kenny spoke up
"This Goddamn thumbsucker was the one who brought us here!"
"Will you all just shut the fuck up!?" Kenny exclaimed
"I'm Scared" Clementine said
"Don't be. It's gonna be okay. I'm Gonna find a way out of here..." Lee determined. I put my head back against the wall, Listening to Larry's Rants...
"Dad, Please!"
"Hey Alex, You Sure your okay?" Lee asked me. I shrugged. "You look Pale and You seem to be shaking"
"I'm just a little bit shookened up...Just Find a way out of here, Please..." I asked faintly. Lee nodded before going back to his search.
"I'll Keep you comforted" Clementine said as She sat next to me.
"Don't give up were gonna find a way out of here" Lee reassured us.
"Can I help?" Clementine asked.
"Sure, Honey! You keep your eyes open for exposed screws or loose panels...anything we can pry away to open a passage out of here" Lee said
"Okay..." Clementine said before Lee went back to his search.
"Please Settle Down!" Lilly exclaimed.
"Please Shut up, Larry" I said faintly but of course he didn't hear...
"There's more of us on the way, let us out if you wanna live!" Larry shouted
"Dads that's not gonna help!"
"They're not gonna open the door!"
"Salt licks..."
"Think we can heave it through the door?" Kenny asked.
"Nah. Door's too solid" Lee said
"I'll break the damn door down!" Larry shouted
"Dad! You can't get-" My eyes Widen as Larry clutched his heart in pain
"Urg!"
"Easy..."
"Hrrgggtt! Oh God..." I watched as Larry dropped down
"No, Dad! C'mon! Dad!" Lilly Shouted, Holding her Father's head "Oh GOD, He's Stopped Breathing, I think He's had a Heart Attack!" Lilly said pumping his chest
"Shit. Is He dead?"
"He's not Dead! Somebody Help Me!"
"Fuuuucck...if he's dead..."
"HE'S NOT DEAD!" Kenny turned to Lee
"You Know what has to happen lee. You saw that poor bastard at the motel. How fast he turned" Kenny asked. I shook my head, Knowing what he was saying..
"What are you saying?" Lilly asked.
"Lily, I'm Sorry I'm Truly, Truly am..." Kenny Trailed "But in a Few Minutes Were gonna be stuck in a Meat locker Room With a 6-Foot-Four, 300 pounds, Seriously Pissed off Dead Guy."
"Fuck You! We can bring him back! LEE!"
"We'll mourn him later but right now we have to keep him from coming back!" Kenny suggested.
"NOO!" Clementine Cried.
"God Damnit, Kenny! He's not dead!" Lilly Exclaimed
"Lilly can Still Save him" Lee Said.
"I Wish She Could, Believe me, I Do. But that Man is Dead. You Both Know what happens NEXT"
"Kenny Listen-"
"Don't think I Forgot about what you said at the drug store..when you all though Duck was Bitten. Well I'm just doing the Same thing, Except Duck wasn't bitten and we know this Guy's Not Gonna make it" Kenny Said. "Remember what Ben said. You Gotta destroy the Brain. Come on Lee You Can't be on the middle in this one. You gotta have my back this time!"
"God Damn it Lee! I need you! Please Help me!" Lilly begged. I looked Between, Lilly/Larry, Kenny and Lee on what was gonna happen...
"Lee!" Kenny exclaimed as Lee Went to Lilly's Side
"Is he breathing at all?" Lee asked going over to Larry
"No, No I don't think so!"
"Okay Let me Check Over, And You Keep Checking His Pulse" Lee ordered
"Are You Stupid! He's Gonna Turn! Your Putting Us all of us at Risk you son of a bitch!" Kenny exclaimed angrily at Lee as he Started Pumping Larry's Chest
"Your Worthless Lee!" Kenny exclaimed before Throwing a Salt Lick on Larry's Head, Squashing his Head. I looked away in Disgust.
"NOOOO!" Lilly Screamed and Cried out
"Kenny! What the Fuck!" Lee exclaimed
"I'm Sorry, I'm So Sorry! I Just- It had to be done" Kenny Explained
"You Don't Know that!"
"Yes I Do, Lee! And so Do You! I was Counting on you, Man" Kenny said Narrowing his Eyes at Lee
"I'm Sorry I-" Kenny Apologized walking over to Lilly.
"Don't you fucking touch me!" Lilly exclaimed at Kenny as Lee Went over to Comfort Clementine
I Looked over at Larry's Body...Man He was a Good Man, Kinda..I Mean Of Course He was a Good Man Who didn't deserve to Die like this..Atleast he Died by his Daughter's Side, The Only Person he had left...
A Few Moments Later...
"Sorry No Coin on Me..." I said, Lee Sighed and Walked Around Landing on Lilly and Larry...
I Kept giving Glances over st Lilly and Larry...I Really Felt Sorry For Her...
"Hurry the Fuck Up Lee, We Don't have all Day Here..." Kenny spoke up as Lee was Unscrewing...
"Can You Help Me Out Here, Kenny" Lee asked Kenny who Walked Over and they Both Put Down the Vent
"Well there's our way out lee" Kenny said
"Clementine can Fit Through..."
"Looks Like it'll Probably Lead through that Back Room" Kenny said as Lee Went over to Clementine
"You Think You can do this?" Lee asked.
"I'm Scared" Clementine Answered
"It's Okay To be Scared"
"We Need You Clementine" Kenny said
"Okay..." Clementine Said After She Looked at me and I Gave her a Reassuring look. I Watched as Lee Picked Her up and Into the Vent...
"Your Gonna be fine"
"What do I Do When I Get out?" Clementine asked
"See if you can get to the other side of that door and open it" Lee answered.
"It's Gonna Be Okay" I said as She Started Crawling through the Vents. We all were in Silence hearing the Noises from the Vents, Hoping She was Okay.
"Are You Okay? Did Anyone See You?" Lee asked Clementine Who Walked In, She Shook her head
"No But there's a Man Outside"
"Where the Hell Are You Going?" Lee asked Kenny
"Why do you care?" Kenny snapped back before Walking out.
"Kenny!"
"Lilly I'm Sorry but we Gotta Go" Lee said to Lilly who was Still Grieving
"I Know. I Just need a minute to say goodbye" Lilly said. "Hey. were Good Okay?"
"Yeah This is Good" We Heard From Outside
"Shit! He's Gonna Get us all killed!"
"Stay Here, Both of you and Take Care of Lilly Okay?" Lee Ordered Us as We Nodded.
"I Will" I said
A Few Minutes Later...
Lee's POV...
"Shit!" Kenny said in Shock as We Both Ran inside a Stable for Cover as Andy Came into View, Capable of Seeing Us.
As We Hid in the Barn, I Slowly and Quickly Peeked through the Door Seeing their Still Talking.
"Pick one to keep and Kill the Rest." I heard, I then Faced Kenny.
"Their Talking about Killing Us!" I Whispered to him
"No Shit"
"We'll Take him out together" I Suggested
"How?"
"He Doesn't know were out. He's gotta walk past us to get to the Meat Locker. We can take him when his back is to us." I explained.
"See What He's Doing Now. Lee! Focus Where's Danny?"
I Slowly opened the Stable Door to see Dan Setting up a Trap, I Quickly Closed it back
"What's he doing now?"
"Sick Fucker thinks this is a Game!" I said in Anger
"See Where he is Now"
I Slowly Opened the Door And Quickly reacted and Took the Gun as it shot off in another Direction, I Stumbled back but Quickly build up my Balance and Grabbed The Hook I took and Stabbed it through Dan's Chest as He Pushed Me Back and Took the Hook out and Pointed his Gun at Me, Who was Helpless, I Looked Over at Kenny who chose to stay in the stable, I Shook my head at him...
Lilly Who came to my Rescue stabbed him with another Hook as He Fell Down, Caught in his Trap. I Stood up as Kenny Walked Out, I Gave him a Look Disappointed He didn't help me...
"Nooooo!" We Heard a Scream from the Main House. I looked at Kenny who Ran out to Of Course Protect his family. Now Facing my Situation, I Grabbed the Rake Beside Dan and Pointed it at him
"EEUURRRGGHH! You see, You Understand Now Don't You?! You can have me!" Dan said. Sick Fuck..."It's how the World Works Now! Give Part of yourself...So others can Live!"
"I Should Fucking Kill You Right Now!" Lilly Spoke up
"Mark Never Volunteered to be food!" I Exclaimed angrily at him
"You Gotta Keep Me Alive! If You Kill Me, The Meat Get's Tainted You Can't Eat it!" Dan said
"Your Already Tainted!"
"You Ain't gotta kill me, Just like you didn't kill Jolene...Eeurghh!" I Sighed and Stabbed the Hay Stack
"This is NOT How the World works now. You Won't Make Me Kill You!" I Exclaimed before putting my hands on my Knees, I Looked over at Clementine and Alex. Lilly Nodded as Clementine Smiled. I looked Outside in the Rain
"Go. I'll Cover You" Lilly Said.
"Just Stay Here and Keep Clementine and Alex Safe." I ordered as I Looked over at Alex and Clementine. "I'll Be Right Back" I Finished before Walking Out of the Barn after Giving the Girls One Last Look.
A Few Minutes Later...
"Kenny!" I called out as I Was in the Rain, I looked over at the House, Where the Nightmare Started...
I looked over at the Grass and Corn to hear a Rustling Noise and a Walker Coming My Way before It got Stabbed...I looked to see it was Carley, Haven't seen her in awhile
"Carley!" I exclaimed in Relief as I Saw Carley More Clearer and Ben Walking Up...
"Lee?" Carley Asked.
"Ow!"
"Shut Up! Is everyone Okay?" Carley Asked "You Guys have been Gone way TOO Long!"
"We Need Your Help!"
"Yeah,When You Guys Didn't Come Back I Figured Something was up. What Can We Do?" Carley asked
"Larry's Dead. They Chopped Off Mark's legs and tried to feed them to us!" I explained.
"Shit! Is Everyone Else Okay?" Carley asked in Shock
"Is Alex Okay?" Ben Asked in Shock too. I Gave him a Look. Since When Did He Care About Alex?
"They've Still Got Duck and Katjaa in the House and I Don't know where the Fuck Kenny is" I Answered
"Alright Were Coming in to Help" Carley Said
"The Main Gate is too Dangerous, Go Around the fence and see if there's a back way in. I'll Keep looking for Kenny" I ordered "Do You have a Weapon?"
"I Don't leave home without it Ben Stick Close and Lee, Be Careful." Carley Finished before Walking Away with Ben Following Behind.
I Slowly Walked over to the House to hear...
"No, Please God, NO!" I Heard Katjaa scream
"Just shut up and he'll be fine!" I Heard Brenda's Voice
"Something's up. I'm gonna take the boy and check around the back" I Heard Andy say.
"No Please Don't take my boy!"
"Let Go Woman!"
I Slowly Walked Up the Steps
"Settle Down. I Don't wanna hurt ya'll" I Froze When I Saw A Figure Infront of the Door
"Andy? Danny, is that you? What's going on out there?"
"I Left Danny in the barn...He Got what he deserved" I Spoke up
"Oh God.." Brenda then walked out of View as I Walked up Closer
"LEE!" I Heard Katjaa Call out.
"Get back! Don't Come in here!" Brenda Warned Holding Katjaa at Gunpoint.
"You Just HAD to go Snooping Around,Didn't you?" Brenda said as I stepped closer to the door
"Let her go Brenda!" I Tried to Console as I Opened the Door, Coming in.
"Lee, Please Don't you take another step!"
"Brenda Come on now, you know you don't wanna do this." I consoled.
"Just go away and leave us be." Brenda Exclaimed
I Slowly Walked Forward "Stop Right there I mean it!"
"Think about what your doing. it doesn't have to end this way"
"I'll kill her ,Lee" Brenda said going up some more steps
"Just Let me go..." Katjaa Pleaded
I Slowly Walked Forward Some More "Stay Back! Don't Do Anything Stupid!"
"Let her go Brenda"
"Please Listen to him" Katjaa said
"I'l Do It" Brenda said Pointing the Gun at Katjaa's Head While Taking Up Some more Steps
"Please..."
Like Before, I Walked a Few More Steps Slowly "I Don't wanna kill you, Lee!"
"Please Don't Make this any Worse!"
"Just Stop!" Brenda Begged Before Taking More Steps. I Slowly Walked Forward Some More as She took her Last Steps before She got Caught by an...Undead Mark, Letting Loose Katjaa
"They Took Duck! Where's Kenny?" Katjaa asked
"I Said Don't Move Asshole!" We Heard Andy From Outside
"Don't you fucking hurt him!" We Heard Kenny Exclaim From Outside
"Oh my God..." We Both ran Outiside...
"Let him go God damn it!" We Turned to See Andy holding Duck at Gunpoint
"That ain't gonna happen" Andy said
"Andy Don't"
"SHUT UP!" Andy pointed his gun at me as Kenny Came running Towards them, I watched as Kenny Got shot and Katjaa by his AID...Shit...
"Andy!" I Consoled As I Walked Slowly up to him, Hands up in Surrender
"Who the fuck do you people think you are!? Look what you done!" Andy Exclaimed
"Calm Down" I Consoled
"Calm Down? What For, huh? All We Wanted was some goddamn Gasoline!" Andy Exclaimed before He got Shot in the Ear By...Carley. I then Ran Towards Andy, Starting A Fight Between...
We Both Started Struggling With The Gun, Before I Eventually Hitted Him with it, Making Us Fall Down a Hill and Crash through a Fence, I Slowly Got up but not enough time When Andy Knocked me back down with his Foot, I laid on the Ground As Andy Started and Powered up the Fence...
"Get up. Get the Fuck Up" Andy Said as He Grabbed my Collar and Started Dragging Me...Shit! I Quickly Tried to Struggle looking For Something to set me free, So I thought about Punching His Had Frequently. I Struggled against the Wired Fence. The More I Struggled the More He'd Push Harder. I Looked over at Lilly
"LILLY!" I called out before she shot a clean shot through Andy. I Quickly got up and started Punching him and Punching him as the Others Watched Behind Us. I took my last Punch and Got up Off of him
"Is that all you got Lee?!" Andy spoke up. "You ain't Shit!"
"It's Over!" I Exclaimed
"Fuck You! As Soon as Dan and Mama get out here, Your all Fucked!" Andy exclaimed as He got up.
'They're Both Dead" I Revealed. Andy looked up at me.
"...What did you do? WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!"Andy Exclaimed. I Sighed and Turned Around Walking Towards the Others
"Don't you dare walk away from me, Lee!" Andy Called out "Get back here and Finish this, Lee!" I Stopped and Looked at Andy. Should I kill Him? Well I Didn't Kill Dan...
I Shook my head and Continued to the Others, Ignoring Andy's Rants...
"They're Getting in!" Clementine Said pointing at the Walkers Ahead of Us
"Let's Go..." I Said Walking out the Gate With Alex and Clementine following Close Behind...
A Few Moments later...
Alexander's POV..
Man that was a Day, I guess. It was Total Silence As We Walked Back to the Motel, Totally Unaware that Ben was With Us...
"Hey Lee, I'd I'm Sorry For leaving the Motel unattended but ya know" Carley Said
"I'm Glad you showed up when you did" Lee said "If you hadn't taken that shot at Andy, We Might not have gotten out of there"
"Were you really killing people...?..For Food?" Carley Asked.
"Hey" I Heard Someone Beside Me. I Turned to look at...Ben. I gave a Weak Smile "What Happened Over there? You Seem a bit Shooken Up, Plus You Look Paler as My Grandma at Her Funeral"
"It's Nothing, Just a lot has happened over there..." I said. Ben nodded. "Look It's Really Sweet You Are Concerned For Me, I Would do the Same with you, I Guess"
"Thanks, Oh! Here, I Saved You one" Ben said pulling out a Biscuit from his Jacket Pocket. I Smiled
"Thanks Ben Your Sweet You Really Are" I thanked as I Tor the the piece into three parts and Gave them one to Duck and Clementine and the Last One for Me
"Thank You Alex" Kenny thanked. I nodded before paying Attention back to Ben
"You Seem to Be Sweet Too" Ben Teased. I Rolled my eyes
"Whatever, They Needed Something After What Happened Tonight..." I Said
"Cute and Sweet, I Like that in a Girl" Ben Smirked. I Looked up at him, He Thinks I'm Cute...
"You Think I'm Cute" I Smirked. I Saw Ben's Eyes Widen
"Oh I Can't Believe I Said that" He Whispered to himself but I Heard it Clear, Boys..."I Mean I Think Every Girl's Cute, I Guess But Your My Friend, That's What Makes You, Cuter?" He Asked/Said as an Excuse. I Rolled my Eyes, Shaking My Head
"Don't Worry Ben, To Even things out, You Don't Look Bad Yourself I Guess" I Smiled before Walking Ahead of him, Leaving Him Dumb Founded. But Right Now, I Don't Have time for a Boyfriend...
"Hey Dad, What's that Noise?" Duck Asked as We Heard a Noise
"Sounds like a Car..." Kenny Answered
"Oh God...Not More Strangers" Ben Complained
We All Walked Down a Trail as We Followed a Light Revealing a Car
"Don't Shoot. Were Here to Help!" Lee Called out, But there was No Answer or Movement. We Watched as Lee Slowly Approached the Car and Looked Inside as Kenny walked behind the Car
"Oh Crap! Baby You Gotta see this,There's a Shitload of Food and Supplies Back Here" Kenny Said lookin through the Back Window, We all Walked Over
"Wow..." I Said looking at all the Stuff in the back
"This Food Could Save all of us" Katjaa Suggested. Lilly Gave a Angry Look
"Not ALL of us..." Lilly Said, Talking about Kenny who Sighed Still Saddened About What Happened in the Meat Locker
"Look, We Do't Know if these People Are Dead" Ben Spoke up
"If they Come back Then Were Just Monsters Who Came out of the Woods and Ruined their Lives" Lilly Reasoned, I Shook my head Agreeing With Lilly
"This Stuff Isn't Ours" Clementine Spoke Up
"Dad, Whose Car is it?" Duck asked Kenny
"Don't Worry About that Duck, It's Ours Now" Kenny reassured
"It's Abandoned Duck Don't Worry" Katjaa Reassured
"And What if it's Not? What if it's Not Abandoned? What if it is Someone's?" Clementine asked
"Your Right We Shouldn't Take this" Lee Said Going on Our Side
"What?! Did you get some meal the rest of us missed out on?! We HAVE to take this Stuff!" Kenny said
"We'll Survive Without it" Lee Defended
"The Hell We Will" Kenny said back
"We'll Find a Way"
"The Rest of us are taking this Stuff" Kenny Said. I Shook my head at Him Giving him an Angry Look, I Hated or Strongly Disliked Kenny Right Now. I Watched as Kenny opened the Back Window and examined the food/Supplies
"Lee there's a Hoodie in here, Probably Can Fit Clementine or Alex" Katjaa Called out
"No Thanks" Lee said after Clementine gave him a Unapproved Look.
"Here Alex, You Might Need It,To Replace that Dirty Jacket of yours" Katjaa Said Holding the Pink Hoodie for me. I Smiled Gratefully at her, As I Took the Hoodie
"Thanks Kat" I Thanked.
"Alex! No That's Not Ours!" Clementine Exclaimed.
"Whatever Clementine, I'm Not Gonna Wear it, I'll Just Hold it Around, Okay?" I Asked as I Wrapped and tied the Hoodie Sleeves Around my Waist.
"You Look Nice with that On" Ben Complimented as He Walked towards me. I Smiled
"What's Going on Between you two" Lee asked Curiously looking between Me and Ben
"Nothing We Were Just Talking Lee" Ben said. Lee Narrowed His Eyes at Ben
"It's Nothing, Really Lee" I Reassured.
"Look To Be Honest, I Really Don't Even Care If You Both had a Thing For Each other" Lee Said. "I'm Just Worried that you might Hurt her"
"Lee, Your Not My..." I looked Down, Thinking about the Word I Was Gonna say, Thinking about the Last Words He Said to me...
"Alex, Get A Hold of Yourself..." Lee Consoled Me. I Looked Back Up
"Oh Umm, You Know What? I'm Just Gonna Walk back to the Motel With Clementine, Don;t Worry We'll Be Safe" I Said before Taking Clementine's Hand and Walking off to the Direction of the Motel...
A/N: This Was a Long Chapter Because I Was Gonna End the Episode Here, So Anyways Hope You Really Enjoyed it or Just Liked it, Please Review, Tell Me What You Think...