A House Divided Part 2

Sarah...
Clementine's POV
"Say 'Cheese'!" I Suddenly Saw A Flash Once I Entered..." I Found This Under The House. There Was All Kinds Of Old Stuff!" I Walked Forward As Sarah Handed Me The Picture She Just Took Of Me, As I Looked Shocked In The Photo "It's So Cool!"

"Take One Of Me!" Sarah Asked As She Handed Me The Camera "Come On, Take One Of Me"

"Sure" I Said Before Setting My Bookbag Down

"Get Me In A Good Pose, Okay?" She Said As She Handed Me The Camera And I Without Hesitation, Snapped A Picture. I Looked Down At The Photo I Took, To See A Smiling Sarah, Who Noticed My Glum Look "What's Wrong? Um, Where's My Dad?"

"They're Just...Fishing" I Lied, Putting A Smile
I Know That's Not True" Sarah Frowned, It Then Became Awkward When She Turned Around And I Heard Breaths And A Little Bit Of Sobs...Is She Crying? "Sorry It-It's Just I Need to..." She Then Sat Down On The Floor Pulling Her Knees Up And Resting Her Arm On Her Knees, Staring Into Space As I Joined Her Facing Towards Her. I Gave Her A Faint Smile, Trying to Cheer Her Up "Want to See What I Found?" My Eyes Widen As She Took Out A Gun "Will You Show Me How to Use it? I Couldn't Find Any Bullets. If Something's Wrong, I Should Know. What If I Have to Use One"

"Okay...But It's Not A Toy" I Started

"I Know"

"First, Remember It's Just A Thing." I Continued As Sarah Aimed The Gun.

"What Does That Mean?" She Asked As She Aimed It Straight
"Umm...I Don't Know" I Answered

"I Thought It'd Be Heavier, Okay, What Do I Do?" She Asked. Here We Go...

"The Most Important Thing, Is When You Go to Shoot, take a breath before you pull the trigger" I Explained Holding Her Grip On The Gun, Straightening her Aim. I Watched As She took A Big Breathe..."Not That Big""What Should I Shoot?" Sarah Asked As She Pointed The Gun In My Direction As I Quickly Ducked Down Away From The Gun's Direction

"Don't Do That!" I Scolded As I Ducked Down

p style="text-align: left;""S-Sorry! Sorry..." Sarah Frantically Apologized "Maybe I Could Practice Outside" I Watched As She Walked Over to Her Window "There's That Tree. Hey! Luke's Back!" Sarah Exclaimed Before Walking Out As I Looked Out The Window Before Eventually Following Her Downstairs...

"That's Not Luke" Sarah Frowned As We Looked Over At The Front Door..."Clem!...I Think I Know Him!" Then There Was A Knock On The Door "He Can't See Me. You Have to Make Him Go Away"

"Go And Find Somewhere to Hide" I Ordered As Sarah Looked Around

"Where?" Sarah Asked Frantically Until Another Knock Came On The Door...br /"Hello...?!" A Voice Called From The Door
"Clem! I Can't Breathe! I Ca-Can't Breathe...!" Sarah Panicked

"Sshhh" I Shushed Before Walking to The Door...Let's See How This Thing Goes...Shall We?

I Walked Slowly To The Door And Reached for The Knob Until The Man Outside Quickly Opened Looking Down At Me, I Gave A Scared Look As He Had On A Brown Furry Coat On, A Shaved Beard And Mustache, He Looked Like He Is In His Late 30's, Mid 40's...
"Hello There" The Man Greeted

"Get Out Of here. Now" I Ordered Firmly, Not Letting This Man Inside...

"Is That How You're Dad taught You How to Greet A Neighbor?" The Man Said Trying to Make A Conversation/p
"I've Got A Gun" I Warned Narrowing My Eyes Up At Him

"Smart Girl. I Would too. But I'm Not A Bad Guy, Honey. Promise You That." He Reassured But I Just Gave Him The Evil Eyes "My Family And I Are Set Up a ways down-river. I'm Kinda Surprised we haven't run into each other" My Eyes Widen As I Looked Down At His Gun..."Yet. Whats Your Name?" I Looked Back Up At Him But Gave Him The Evil Eyes As I Slammed The Door On Him But He Pushed Back, Catching It Just In Time And Opened It Back "Hey Y'Know. I'm Sorry to Disturb You. I Only Need A Couple Of Minutes Of Your Time" I Watched As He Started Looking Around "This Is A Nice Place. Is There Anyone Else Around? You Don't Usually See Cabins This Big Out Here. Sure We Could Pack A Lot Of Folks In There"

"Just Me And-And Dad" I Lied

"Yeah And What's His Name?" The Man Asked

"Ed."

"Strong Name. I Like Him Already. Where Is He?" The Man Asked

"He's...Out" I Answered/Lied,Ignoring His Gaze

"Well I'll Cut to The Chase. I'm Out Looking For My People. Seven Or Eight Or Yeah Eight of them, to be exact. They've Been gone a long while...And I'm Worried They Might've gotten lost. Maybe You've Seen 'Em. Couple Of Farm Boys And An Old Man. Spanish Guy And His Daughter. Quiet Girl, A Bit Taller Than You. A Black Guy. This Big. A Pretty Little Pregnant Lady And Also A Girl With Long Brow hair, Always In A Pony Tail, Dirty Beige Tank Top And Jeans, Always has A Gun With And Thinks She's Tougher Than Everybody, And Yeah She's Also A Beauty, Wouldn't Miss Her. She Acts Like Me, Kinda. Plus, She's Linked With One of Those Farm Boys, You Might See Her With Them." The Man Went On Describing The Lost People. My Heart Started Beating Faster As He Was Describing Exactly The People I've Been Welcomed By.

"I Haven't Seen Them" I Answered/Lied Nervously

"Well That's A Shame. You Sure?" The Man Frowned

"Pretty Sure." I Watched As He Started for The Kitchen, I Looked Behind Me to See If Sarah Was Still There, Luckily She Wasn't. I Then Walked Inside to See The Man Looking Around...Ugh Why Doesn't He Just Leave Already?

"That's A Lot Of Plates For Two People. Looks Like A Tornado Ran Through Here" The Man Said Looking At The Sink Which Was Filled With Dished...Ugh Fatties...

"Yeah Well I'm Supposed to Doing The Dishes" I Answered As I Leaned on The Counter, Ad My Eyes Landed On The Knife Beside Me

"Just Passin' Through Or You Been Here A While?" The Man Asked Me "Hey, Listen Kid. I Hope Your Not One Of Those Nuts Headed Up North, Lookin' for Shangri-La. Now I'm Not Sure Why You'd Go Anywhere After Findin' This Place" I Didn't Hesitate to Grab The Knife But The Man Beat Me To it And Grabbed he Sharp Knife "Where Does This Go?"

"I'll Take it" I Said But He Walked Over to A Drawer And Placed it There. I Watched And Followed As He Headed Out

"Well This Is A Real Nice Place. Kinda Cozy." The Man Complimented Before He Walked Over to The Living Room Area, Looking Down On A Plaid Shirt "I Knew A Guy that Always Wore Shirts Like this. Doctor. Real Smug Son of A Bitch. But A Smart Man"

"What Happened To Him?" I Asked.

"Let's Just Say We Had Our Differences" The Man Answered "Sooner or Later, People Close to you Will Find A Reason to Cross You. Happens Everytime" I Looked Down at the Chess Board "Well, Well, Well White's in trouble. Three Moves Away From Checkmate" My Eyes Widen When I Heard The Door Upstairs "What Was That?" The Man Asked Me, I Just Shrugged Nervously As He Started For The Stairs...Oh Crap "I Thought You Said Nobody's Here"

"It's Probably Just The Wind" I Lied. I Gave A Look After He Pulled Out His Gun Heading up The Stairs As I Followed Behind Him. I Watched As He Opened Sarah's Door, Aiming His Pistol Around, To See...No One. I Looked Down To See Sarah Hiding Underneath The Bed Before I Turned to The Man, Crossing My Arms "I Told You, Nobody's Here"

"Seems That Way. Didn't Mean to Be Rude" The Man, I Think Apologized While Walking Up to the Window "Couldn't Just Leave You Here With A Good Conscience if Someone Was Poking Around, Right?" The Man Said, I Rolled My Eyes. Like You...

"Sure..." Everything Was Going Fine And He Was About to Leave When He Stopped And Picked Up A Photo Of...Sarah...

"Who's This?" The Man Asked Holding Of The Photo Of Sarah, I Took The Photo As I Looked Down On It

"Haven't Seen Her Before" I Lied As He Narrowed His Eyes Down On Me, I Crossed My Arms As We Were Having A Stare Contest...

"You Have No Idea Who These People Are Do Ya?" The Man Asked

"I Don't Know What Your Talking About" I Said Sternly As I Gave Him Again, The Evil Eyes

"Lemme Ask You This, When You Met 'em, How Much Did They Trust You?" The Man Asked Narrowing At Me, Watching Me Intensely

"What's Your Point?" I Asked Ignoring The Question

"If People Don't Trust You, How Can You Trust Them?" I Narrowed My Eyes Up At Him "Well, I Think I've Troubled You Enough. I Can Let Myself Out." I Watched As He Walked Downstairs...Man..

"Wait! Who Are You?" I Asked/Called Out.

"You Have A Real Good Day, Now" The Man Finished Before Completely Walking Out. I Turned Back to See Sarah Coming Out And Going Over to The Window

"Where Is He?" Sarah Asked Looking Down The Window

"He's Gone" I Answered, Looking Down too

"What If He Comes Back?" Sarah Asked Me, Scared...

Minutes Later...

"We Need to Find The Others" I Decided Getting Up And Heading for The Kitchen Door

"We Can't Go Outside" Sarah Called Out, I Ignored Her And Went Into The Kitchen Just In Time to See...

"Clementine!" Luke Called Out As He Entered, Looking Up At Me, I Smiled As Everyone Came In View Except For...Nick

"Clementine!" Alex Greeted Eagerly, Pulling Me In A Hug, As I Just Smiled And Hugged Back, Haven't Seen Her In A While

"You Were With Nick, Right? We Gotta Go Find Him." Luke Said As Alex Pulled Away, Standing Next to Luke

"A Man Was Here" Sarah Confessed, I Looked Over At Her As Everyone Else Did

"What?"

"What Did She Say?"

"You're Kidding Right?" I Heard Alex

"Someone Came to The Cabin" Sarah Continued

"What?

"Clementine Talked to Him"

"And You Just Opened the Door For Him?" Rebecca Asked In Disbelief

"Calm Down, Rebecca" Luke Ordered

"Calm Down? I Am Calm! You Calm Down!" Rebecca Said Back

"I Didn't Open the Door He Just Came In" I Explained, Crossing My Arms

"She's Telling The Truth!" Sarah Defended

"Did He Say His Name? Did he Say What His Name Was?" Carlos Asked

"Maybe It Wasn't Him"

"You Know Damn Well Who It Was"

"I Don't Remember" I Answered

"You Don't Remember?" Rebecca Repeated

"He Had A Gun, I Didn't Wanna Make Him Mad" I Explained

"Look...Clem Just Tell Us What He Looked Like?" Carlos Asked "What Was He Wearing? Did He Sound...Different?"

"He Had A Big Brown Coat. Did It...Did it Have A Lining? A Collar?" Carlos Asked

"Yeah. Fur." I Answered

"He Talked About Dad" Sarah Said "You're Not Gonna Hurt Anyone Are You, Dad?"

"Of Course He Won't, Sarah All Right? Your Dad's The Nicest Man I Know, Which Why He's Not going to Do Anything Crazy or...not nice. Right?" Luke Looked At Carlos Who Comforted Sarah

"You Know these Are Bad People, Sweetie. They will Do Or Say Anything To Hurt Us." Carlos Reassured

"All Right What Do You Think? Did It Seem Like He'd Be Coming Back?" Alex Asked Me

"He Saw A Picture Of Me" Sarah Said Holding A Photo

"A Picture? What Were You Doing taking Pictures?!" Carlos Asked As He Took The Photo Out Of His Daughter's Hands

"Carlos."

"What?!"

"You Need to Calm Down, All Right You're Scaring You're Daughter" Luke Reasoned

"It Was Sarah's Idea" I Answered, Crossing My Arms. Well It Was...

"I Don't Care Whose Idea Was It Was!" Carlos Exclaimed "He Was Scouting. We Got Lucky He Wasn't Expecting To Find Us. Clementine Must've Surprised Him. If She Hadn't Been There..."

"Well She's Here, No 'If's" I Turned to Alex Who Just Smiled At Me In Return "She Helped Us" Carlos Nodded

"Well He Was Too Smart to Stick Around. But He'll Be Back With The Rest" Carlos Explained "We Don't Have Much Time"

"He's Right. Everyone Pack Up. Were Movin' Out" Luke Ordered As Alvin Walked Past Us As Rebecca Catched Up

"Alvin, Wait!"

"We Have to Leave Now Sweetie. Before He Comes Back With More Bad Guys. But It's Gonna Be Okay. Let's Just Go Get Your Things" Carlos Said to Sarah

"Why Did You Leave His Camp?" I Asked

"Because We Had to" Carlos Started "Clem, I Don't Know What He Told You, But William Carver Is A Dangerous Man. He Is The Leader Of A Camp Not Far From Here, And He Is Very Smart. We Were...Lucky to Escape. Look I'm Sorry To Involve You, But Now That He's Seen You, You'll Be Safer With Us. We Have to Leave" Carlos Finished Before Walking Out With Sarah

"Look, W Gotta Find Nick On Our Way Outta Here. You Know Where He Was Right?" Luke Asked Me

"Yeah..." I Answered

"All Right. Everybody Grab Your Stuff. Let's Hit The Road"...