Episode 4: Around Every Corner Part 1
Alexander's POV
Out of The Train and Off Walking in the Streets We Go...Lee Seems Pretty Upset At Me About the Talkie But He Can't Be Mad At Me Forever...Ben Seems to Soften His Mood Up As He and I Were On Talking Terms, JUST Talking Terms, I'm Still Pissed at What He Caused But What He Said When Lee Was Getting the Tank Off The Bridge...Half Of Me Forgave Him But Half of Me Wishes Banish Him From My Life...So Yeah Me and Ben Are Talking Until I Felt I Could Trust Him, But What I Really Wanted Was to get Back together With Him...With Clementine She Seems Worried That Lee is Keeping Her Talkie, I Really Hope She Found Her Family, And Mine That's What She Said, But Right Now Lee's Ordering Me to Keep Her Away from the Talkie and Think of an Excuse if She Even Talks about the Talkie...With Kenny He Seems to Be Leading Us, But I Also Worry For Him And He Still Seems Depressed, After Loosing His Whole Family,That's Rough...With Chuck He Seems to Be His Normal Self, I Guess We Even Bonded a Little While on the Train...With Christa, She Seems To Like Me I Guess, Were on Good Terms, We Shared Life Stories and Her and Omid Looked Cute Together...Now With Omid, He is SO Optimistic, And Funny, Never Knew He Was Into Southern History Like My Mother Is...Anyways We Bonded Too...
"How's Omid" Lee Asked Christa Who Was Walking Ahead of Us
"His Leg's Pretty Bad" Christa Answered
"I'm Fine" Omid Answered
"You're Not Fine, You Need to Rest, HE Needs to Rest" Christa said
"Kenny, How Much Farther to the River Front?" Lee Asked
"Should be just a Few More Blocks Up Ahead" Kenny Answered
"And there'll be Boats there?" Christa Asked
"There Sure as Hell Better Be" Lee Said
"There'll Be Boats. Have to Be. Have to Be" Kenny said
"It's Going to Be Okay. Kenny Knows What He's Doing" Ben Reassured. I Looked Up At Him. We Stopped as We Heard a Bell Toll and Looked Up to See a Bell Tool...
"What The Hell..."
"Maybe This City Was Not So Dead After All..."
"Keep Moving, No One's Ringing that Bell. It's Automatic, on a Timer" Kenny Explained
"What Kind of Church Bell Goes off at Twenty Past The Hour?" Lee Asked. We All Just Looked Around
"Someone's Up There!" Lee Exclaimed as We Looked Up to See...No One
"Are You Sure" Ben Asked "I Don't See Anything"
"Hey! Hey Up There!" Lee Yelled Out
"Damn It Lee! Keep Quiet!" Christa Scolded "You're Gonna-" We All Paid Our Attention to the Talkie as Someone's Voice Came Out
"If I Were You, I'd Get off the Street. Now." We Heard The Voice Warn
"I Thought You Said that Thing Didn't Work"
"Who is this? Is that you up in the Bell Tower?" Lee Asked into the Talkie. I Felt Ben's Grip On Me, As He Held My Hand, I Looked Up At Him as He Gave Me a Nervous Smile. I Rolled My Eyes, Not Letting it Bother Me
"What the Hell Was That? Is Someone Trying to Fuck With Us?" Omid Asked
"Sounded More Like a Warning" Ben Said
"Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls..." Chuck Said, My Eyes Widen, Knowing What He Was Saying, The Bell Was For the...Walkers!
"What Are You Yammerin'on about? Kenny Asked Before He Turned to See a Bunch Of Walkers Coming our Way
"It Tolls For Thee..." Walkers, Walkers, Were Everywhere...
"Everybody, RUN!" Lee Ordered Out Loud as We All Ran...
Off With Clementine, I Ran Finding a Way Out Of This Herd
"AAHHH!" I Screamed as One of the Walkers Caught My Foot And I Landed on the Black Hard Ground, I Moved and Struggled With My Feet Trying to Get it Away
"Alex! Someone Help Her!" Clementine Yelled Out.
"BEN!" I Yelled Out For His Attention, He Turned to Me as Soon As I Got His Attention and Came Running For The Walker and Did the Same Like Did With the Walker at the Motel...And Carried Me Bridal Style Joining Clementine, I Panicked as We Were Now Surrounded By Walkers and Ben Put Me Down...
"BEN!" Clementine Yelled Out For His Rescue, I Looked Over at Ben Seeing What He Was Gonna Do...But He Ran Away Leaving Me and Clementine
Oh So He Can Kick a Walker Away But Runs Away When More Walkers Come His Way...Jerk...
I Held Onto Clementine as She Breathing Nervously and Panicking As The Walkers Were Getting Closer...Shit...Someone Help Us!
"AH!" Clementine Yelped as One of The Walkers Came Really Close to U, Launching For Us Until Chuck Putted it With His Shovel as Lee Joined Us, Clementine Hugged Lee Before He Came For Me and We Hugged Warmly Until He Decided to Carry Me Up Bridal Style
"Get Them the Hell Outta Here! I'll Catch Up With Ya!" Chuck Ordered. Lee Gave Him One Last Look Before Running Off...
"Move Your Asses! River's Street Right Up Ahead!" Kenny Exclaimed to Us
"That's Not All..." We All Looked Ahead to See More Walkers Up Ahead, Shit!
"Not More..." I Complained Clutching Onto Lee's Neck
"Oh Give Me a Fucking Break!" Kenny Complained Taking the Words Right Outta My Mouth
"Wait, Where The Hell Is Chuck?" Christa Asked, We All Looked Behind Us To See Chuck Still Fighting Off The Walkers...
"Shit! He's In Trouble We Gotta Help Him!" Omid Suggested as More Walkers Came Walking Up To Us
"There's No Time! We've Gotta Go, Now!" Kenny Exclaimed
"I'll Be Fine! Just Go!" Chuck Exclaimed/Reassured as He Putted The Walkers. Following His Advice We All Ran With Lee Still Carrying Me...
Safe and Sound...
We All Ran Inside A Gate Running Away From The Walkers as Omid Fell As We Entered and Lee Put Me Gently Down Before Closing the Gate Back
Noticing Omid's Fall, I Went Over to One of His Side's
"You Okay?" Lee Asked
"Ugh.." Omid Started Before Sitting Up "Yeah"
"You've Opened Up Your Wound Your Bleeding!' Christa Examined "Shit That's Gonna Get Infected We Gotta Get Him Inside, Clean Him Up!"
"Kenny's Hows that Door Coming?" Lee Asked
"I'm Working On It, I'm Working on it!" Kenny Answered Back
"Well Work Faster Would You?" Christa said Back "Won't Be Long Before Those Things Outside Know Where We Went, You Know they can Smell Blood!"
"Lady I Ain't the One Who's Bleeding!" Kenny Said Back, As I Looked Between Christa and Kenny...
"Let Me See If I Can Find a Way In" Lee Suggested Before Walking Over to Clementine
"Are You Sure Your Okay Omid?" I Asked Looking at His Leg, Damn That Had to Hurt...
"Yes Alex! Again and Again and Again, I'm Fine!" Omid Reassured "Can You Guys Stop Asking That For One Fucking Minute!"
"Sorry I Didn't Mean.." I Trailed off, Offended
"It's Okay Alex, I Believe He Is Not Fine Either, But If He Says He's Fine, Which is Foolishness, Then Let that Be"Christa Reassured Me. I Nodded as Clementine Walked Over, Sitting Next to Christa.
"Are You Okay Alex With You And...Ben" Lee Asked. I Shrugged Looking At Ben, How Can He Say He's My First Priority When He Left Me and Clementine to Be Eaten Out There, Never Should Have Gaven Him a Second Chance...
"It's Alright, I Guess Me And Ben Were Never Meant to Be, I Guess" I Said Sadly. Although Part of Me Wanted to Get Back together With Him, I'm Following My Heart and It Keeps Beating...Ben...Ben...Ben...Ben...Ben...Ben, Is All I Hear and Feel From My Heart...
"Okay, I'm Glad I Caught You Guys When I Did, Don't Know What I Would Do If I Lost One of You Guys Or BOTH...I Would Just..." Lee Said Sadly Looking Down
"It's Alright, Lee. You Protected Us, That's What At least Matters, Thanks...Dad" I Side Smiled. Lee Eyes Widen Before Smiling Back And Walking Over to Omid and Christa
"How's He Looking" Lee Asked Christa
"I'm Alright" Omid Answered
"You're Not All Right You've Re-Opened Your Wound, You're Loosing Your Blood, God Only Knows What Might have Gotten in there. It Could Be Infected. It Could be-"
"No Offense But You Really Need to Work On Your Bedside Manner" Omid Said
"She's Just Worried About You Man, Don't Worry We're Gonna get You Fixed Up In No Time, Just as Soon as Were Inside" Lee Reassured "Okay?"
"Okay. Thanks, Man" Omid said Back
"Please Go and Help Kenny, We Need to Get Inside NOW!" Christa Demanded
"Alright, I'm On It, Just Sit Tight" Lee Said
"Hey, I'm Not Going Anywhere" Omid Joked...
Minutes Later...
"I've Already Tried it Already Tried that Already, It's Locked Too" Ben Said As Lee and Kenny Landed on the Doggy Door
"Who The Hell Ever Heard of a Locked Doggy Door?" Kenny Asked
"I Have. My Neighbor Had one Just Like That. It's Radio-Controlled, The Dog Wears a Collar with a Chip in it so the door only opens when the dog get's close to it" Omid Answered
"Well Shit Everyday's a School Day"
"Alright, So?...Where's the Dog?" Ben Asked As Lee Turned To Look In Another Direction...
I Sighed and Got Up From Omid's Side to Walk Over to Ben Who Was By the Windows
"What's Up Jerk" I Greeted Crossing My Arms as He Turned to Face Me
"Oh Shit, Alex, I'm Really Sorry What Happened Back There, I Truly Am! I Still Have Feelings For You-"
"That's What You Always Have to Say to Make Me Forgive You, Do You Ever Think What I Wanted to Say, Or How I Felt, You Always Suffocate Me With Your Feelings and To Tell You The Truth I'm Sick Of It, I Know You Like Me But It's Gonna Help Your Chance Of Getting Back Together With Me" I Confessed. Ben Sighed and Looked Down
"I'm Sorry, Okay? Look I Am Trying to Find a Place In This Group But Everything I Touch Or Do, It Gets Destroyed, Like I Did to this Group...Man I'm So Stupid, I Wish Lee, Mark and Kenny Would've Just Left Me Back In The Woods With The Walkers, I Wish I Was Dead..." I Gave Him a Look Of Sorrow As I Heard the Words He Was Saying "I Feel Like I'm Worthless In This Group, I Told Lee And Eventually Kenny Will Know Too, If I'm Still Alive...I Just Wish I Could At Least Did Something That Helped And Didn't Get Ruined..."
"Look Ben, I'm Sorry What You've Been Through, I Am, Really Am. And Part Of Me Regrets Breaking Up With You But Part Of Me, Will Feel Like You Might Do Something Like This Again, I Can't Be With Somebody Like That.." Ben Nodded "But I'm Gonna Give You Another Chance" Ben Looked Up As I Saw Happiness In His Eyes As He Put His Arm Around My Waist, Pulling Me Closer and Giving Me a Passionate Kiss...Wow, Was All I Could Think During The Kiss, It Felt Right, It Felt Like Sparks Went Through, It Felt Like He Did Really Care For Me All Along, Not Like Kevin, Kevin Never Kissed Me Like This, It Was always Just a Peck and We Never Even Hang Or Go Out a Lot But With Ben...He's Like a Lee, A Best Friend and Lover To Me...
"Wow..." I Said After We Pulled Apart, Ben Smirked "Well You Did Do Something Right..."
"Really What's That?"
"You Found Me..." I Smiled as We Hugged
"Okay That's Enough You Two" Kenny Said. We Looked At Kenny "Lee's Found Something.." We Both Walked Over to Lee Who was Shoveling Out Dirt In a Grave...As We Saw a Collar Inside..
"Nothing. Clem Go Sit With Christa and Omid, Okay?" Lee Ordered
"But I Want to-"
"Just Do What I Say, Okay?" Lee Said Back Before Clementine Walked Back Over to Christa and Omid "You Should Go With Them Too, I Don't Want This to Haunt You In Your Sleep, Alex" I Nodded before Going Over to Sit With Christa, Omid and Clem...
I Held My Chest As Lee Was Yanking The Collar off of the Body and The Dog's Head Fell Down, Disgustingly...
"Okay That Is Not Cool.." Ben Exclaimed As We All Reacted And As Christa Puked
"Are You Okay?" I Asked Christa Who Stood Back Up
"I'm Fine Honey, It's Just The Smell" Christa Answered
"Are You Sure You-"
"I Said I'm Fine Okay" Christa Said Back As We Faced Lee...
"Yes! GodDamn!" Kenny Exclaimed in Happiness As Lee Unlocked The Doggy Door, I Ran Over to The Doggy Door as Clementine Followed Behind
"You See Anything In There?" Ben Asked as Lee Looked Inside
"No. Looks Like it's been Empty A While" Lee Answered Getting Back Up
"Whatever You're Gonna Do, Do It Fast..." Christa Warned As We Heard Walkers Near Us
"Okay let Me See If I Can Reach Up In There..." Lee Said before Putting His Arm Inside
"Be Careful Man" Ben Said
"It's No Good. I Can't Get it" Lee Said As He Got Back Up
"Here, Let Me Try. I Think I Can-" I Looked Down to See Clem Already Crawling Inside The Door, My Eyes Widen in Worry As We Heard Nothing and She Didn't Come Out Yet..If I Lost Her, It Would Haunt Me EveryDay...
"Clem What Do You See In There?" Lee Asked As We All Looked In Worry...
"Ta-Da" Clementine Exclaimed As She Walked Out, I Sighed In Relief
"Good Job, Clem" Lee Praised
"Yeah Way To Go" Ben Cheered
"You Were Awesome" I Cheered
"I Did Good Right?"
"Yes You Did. You Did Good Clem"
"Can We Maybe Have this Conversation Inside? My Leg's Starting to Hurt Like Hell" Omid Got Up
"Look's Okay From Here, Everybody In" Kenny Said.
"Ladies First..." Ben Teased As I Smiled at Him Before Entering...