Episode 4: Around Every Corner Part 5

Alexander's POV

Man Back There Was a Close Call, Ben Almost Getting Voted Off, Walkers Invading And Kenny's Anger, I've Never Seen Kenny Like That Before...Well I Don't Blame Him, To Tell You The Truth, I Hated Ben When He Told Me The News But, I Couldn't Find Myself to Be Completely Mad at Him...

"Christa Everything Okay?" Lee Asked as We Entered Omid's Room

"Omid..." Christa Called Out Sadly Before Going to His Side

"Clem Stay Back, Don't Get Any Closer" Lee Ordered

"I've Never Should Have Left You...I'm So Sorry" Christa Said Sadly

"Christa Get Away From Him" Vernon Ordered, I Watched as Lee Pulled Christa Back as Omid Woke Up

"Hey? Back Already?" Omid Asked in His Normal Tone. I Sighed In Relief As Omid Was Okay

"We Got You Medicine" Christa Said

"Good Feel Like I Could Use Some" Omid Accepted as Vernon Gave Him Some Pills as Me, Clementine, Kenny and Ben Walked Inside, Looking Down at Omid

"You Okay Kid? You Look Worst Than I Do" Omid Asked Noticing Ben's State, I Looked Up at Ben

"We Almost didn't Make it Outta there Because of this Asshole. Shoulda' Left Him behind when had the chance" Kenny Scolded Glaring at Ben And Looking At Lee

"Guys What The Hell Happened Out There?" Omid Asked Worried

"Let Someone Else Tell Ya, I've Got Work to Do" Kenny Said Before Walking Out

"Okay With a Little Luck you should start Feeling Better Pretty Soon. I'll Stay Here For a Few More Hours to Check On Him" Vernon Explained "Let Me Know If You Need Anything."

"Thanks Doc" Omid Thanked Before Laying Back Down

"Yes! Thank You So Much!" Christa Praised Vernon

"Maybe Now's It a Good Time For You and Me to Talk. In Private" Vernon Asked Lee As They Walked Out, I Looked Back Over At Omid

"We're So Lucky to Have Vernon" I Said as I Sat on the Other side of the Bed, Opposite of Christa.

"Yes, Very, Don't Know What I Do Without Omid..." Christa Said. I Nodded

"What Would You Do?" I Asked Curiously

"Kill Myself Or..." Christa Answered "But Let's Not Talk About That, Let's Just Praise And Be Grateful Omid Is Okay"

"I'm Gonna Go Draw" Clementine Said Before Walking Out

"Sweet Girl Isn't She?" Christa Smiled. I Nodded

"She's Like a Sister to Me, I Guess Everything We've Been through With Lee, I Guess" I Answered As I Saw Ben Walk Out "Excuse Me Christa" I Got Up and Made My Way to Ben...

"Ben" I Called Out, I Watched as He Slowly Turned to Me "What's Going On? What Did Kenny Mean By 'Leaving You When You Guys had the chance'?"

"It's...Look, Lee Saved My Ass Out in The Bell Tower, Because of YOU, That Made Me Realize How Much Lee Ment to You, And I Don't Wanna Get In The Way Of That, I Haven't Been Protecting You That Much Than I Should, I Have to Focus On Kenny Hating Me, Try to Be Useful to This Group And Being Your Boyfriend, But I Just Think We Need a Break, For Like, A Day...So I Can Think This Out, Okay?" Ben Explained. I Shook My Head as My Heart Sank...He Wasn't...

"You're Breaking Up With Me?" I Asked as Tears Roll Down My Cheek, Ben Looked At Me With Sorrow and Sadness

"For A Day, Then We'll Get Back Together, I Promise, Right Now I Just Need Space From Everybody Especially You..." Ben Corrected. I Looked Down as Ben Used His Finger to Hold My Head Back Up "...I Love You" I Nodded Before Kissing Him On The Lips, One Last Time...

"Me Too, I Love You Too..." I Said Back. Ben Nodded Before Turning Around and Walking Off As I Watched Him...

I Walked Inside A Room to Cry My Eyes Out, Not Expecting to See Lee And Clementine Who Were Across From Eachother As I Saw Clem Was Crying and Cuddling herself as Lee Watched Her With Sadness

"What's Wrong?" I Asked Going Over to Lee, Lee Sighed

"I Lied To Her, To You Girls..." Lee Answered

"What Happened?" I Repeated

"..." I Scoffed

"Fine, Don't Tell Anyways, You Know What? I'm Not in The Mood Right Now, So I'm Just Gonna Leave..." I Said Walking Out, Pissed...

Awhile Later...

"Who Are You! Leave Us Be!" I Exclaimed Through the Door, Trying to Kick it Open

"Bad Girl, Don't Make Me Ground You!" The Man Scolded From Outside The Door

"Leave Us Alone! Leee!" Clementine Cried

Lee's POV

After I Rallied off the Walker, I Picked Up Clementine's Hat That had a Little Bit Of Blood On it and Grabbed Her Talkie as I Saw a Top On The Ground, Alex Always Had This With Her...I Grabbed The Top and Kept it In My Pocket Before Holding Clementine's Hat, I Looked Down At My Wrist...No...

"No...No...oh, Fuck!" I Complained Holding My Wrist

"Lee? Lee? You Out Here?' Christa Called Out "Lee" I Looked Back Down at My Bite, Shit! No Way...

"Shit! Are You Crazy? What Are You Doing Out Here? It Ain't Safe" I Heard Kenny's Voice, I Sighed and Hid My Bite, I Couldn't let them Know, Imagine If They Knew?

"Lee, Where's Alex and Clementine? Their Not in their Room!" Omid Asked Worriedly

"Vernon Ain't In The House Either! What The Hell Is Going On!?" Kenny Asked They Walked Closer And Closer To Me

"Whose Blood Is That?" Christa Asked Me, Noticing The Hat

"It's a Walker, Fucker Jumped Me From Behind" I Answered

"So Where's Alex and Clementine?" Kenny Asked

"Clementine and Alex Are Gone, I Found Her Hat and Radio on the Ground Here, Along With Alex's Top. That's All I Found" I Answered

"There's No Chance They Just Wandered Off On Their Own?" Omid Asked Hopefully

"No. No Way" I Denied

"Then Who The Hell Took Them?" Kenny Asked Angrily

"Last Night Vernon Came to Me and Offered to Take Them With Him. Said They Be Better Off" I Said

"Son of a Bitch. I Knew We Couldn't Trust That Fucker."

"Wherever They Are. I Have to Find Them" I said

"So Alex and Clementine Were Kidnapped, We Need to Do Something! I Can't Believe This Shit! I Should've Never Spoken Those Words to Alex If I Knew This Would Happen..." Ben Panicked

"Clementine And Alex Might not Have Enough Time. We Have a Better Chance of finding her if We all Go together. Who's With Me?" I Asked

"Lee I'm Sorry We Can't it's too Risky For Us" Christa Backed Down "And I Have to Put Him First and He's Not Well Enough to go off on Some Rescue Mission"

"Christa! I'm Fine I Can-Ow!"

"He's Just Not Up to It Lee And I'm Not Leaving Him Again. I Really Am Sorry And I Hope You Find Them, Your Gonna Have to Do It Without Us"

"It's Okay I Understand"

"This Wasn't an Easy Decision Lee, I Want You to Know That" Christa Said, I Turned to Kenny

"Lee Man...You Know I Care About Clementine and Alex And I Am a Christian Man. But I Keep Asking Myself, if this was me, Asking You For Help, Asking You to Put Your Life on the Line, Would You Be there for me?" Kenny Asked "Because There've Been Plenty Of Times When You Ain't Been"

"Kenny Man I'm Begging You Here. I Can't Do This Alone. I Need Your Help. Please" I Begged

"Lee I Know You Think You and Me Might Have Been on the Same Page a Few times Lately. But the way I See it, You've never really Had My Back. Right From the Beginning You Were Never Looking Out For Me and Mine. Not When it Mattered. So Pardon Me If I'm Not Bending Over Backwards to help you and yours, Now."

"What About You Ben?" I Turned to Ben, Come On He Had to Say Yes

"Just Thinking About It And Me Being a Bomb To The Group. I...I Don't Know. Whatever You Think is Best" Ben Answered

"Clementine And Alex Are the Few Good Things About this World. They Stood Up For You in Crawford When Kenny Wanted You Gone. Don't You Think You Owe it to them to stand up for them now" I Reasoned

"Your Right. I Owe Them" Ben Agreed "I Swear Before This is Over, I'm Gonna Show I Can Do Something Right, I'll Prove it To You. You'll See, I'll Get Back together With Alex and We'll Be Happy Together, Again..." Ben Determined

"Guess it's Just You and Me. We Should Go Find Vernon. See if He Took Them" I Ordered

"Good Luck."

"Yeah To Both of You. Bring Alex and Clementine Back Safe" Omid Said

"We'll Get The Boat out Onto The River. Figure We Can Wait There Until you Get Back. Or At Least Until Nightfall" Kenny Suggested. I Gave Kenny, Christa and Omid One Last Look

"Come On Kid, Let's Go" I Said As I Walked Off With Ben Behind...