Chapter 20: Anger Issues
Chris's POV
I was so furious about Amanda finding me, I didn't hear Clem's voice. I calmed down and looked at her.
"Sorry, Clem. What were you saying?" I asked.
"I was talking about that woman Carver mentioned. I know someone with that name." She said.
"Wait. Did she have pitch black hair tied back in a ponytail and blood red eyes?" I asked, and she nodded.
"Yeah, why?"
"Because she's my mother."
Clem's eyes widened. "She did mention you a couple of times. She looked ashamed when she did."
I nodded. "Yeah. She was considering an abortion when Tess's mom, Coleen, volunteered to be my mom." I explained. "Is…. Is she still alive, Clem?" I asked.
Clem sighed and shrugged. "I don't know, Chris…. I haven't seen her in a while…" She told me.
I looked down sadly. "Oh…" I said. "When did you last see her?"
"Before I got separated from her and my friend, Christa." She replied.
I nodded as Jane walked over to us. "So, Chris. What was the deal with you and that girl back there?" She asked, referring to Amanda. My anger resurfaced and I stormed ahead of the others again.
"You shouldn't have asked him that, Jane." I heard Anne say.
After a few more minutes of walking, I saw a statue of a man carrying another man.
So, this is Parker's Run…
I saw Mike, Emily, and Bonnie standing next to each other. Emily's back was facing me. Everyone else except Tess, Sarah, Luke, and Nick were here as well. Knowing Jane would bring up Amanda again, I simply kept walking.
"We can't just sit here doing nothing." I heard Mike say.
"I know. I know. They'll be here soon." Bonnie said.
"She's right." Emily agreed when Mike looked at us.
"Holy shit." He said. Emily turned around and spotted me, then smiled and hugged me when I got close enough to her.
"It'd been so long."
When I didn't hug Emily back, she pulled away with a raised eyebrow.
"What's wrong, little brother?" She asked me, but my anger wouldn't let me talk. Verity ran to me and hugged me tightly, and yet I still didn't hug back. She pulled away and looked at me worried.
"Miserable little brown-haired bitch." I growled, making Emily realize who I was talking about.
"Amanda?" She asked, already knowing the answer.
"Yes." I replied.
"Who's Amanda?" Bonnie asked.
I calmly walked over to a picnic table not far from her with one of my Sais in my hand. "Someone I'd LOVE to do THIS TO!" I replied, then jammed my Sai into the table.
"Jesus. And here I assumed you were a nice guy who only killed walkers." Mike said.
I sighed and calmed down. "Sorry. Just another person I want revenge on." I said.
"It's okay, Chris. But we were starting to worry if no one else would make it." Bonnie said.
"Well, besides…" Mike said, looking back at Kenny.
"Now, hopefully we can figure out a plan." Emily said.
"Where's everyone else?" Clementine asked.
"We were hoping you would know." Bonnie muttered.
I widened my eyes and looked at Emily. "T- Tess never showed up?" I asked, and she shook her head.
"No, and I'm getting worried." She said.
"This memorial works fine as a meeting spot, but no way we can stay here long-term." Mike said.
"He's right. There's no way we can." Emily agreed.
"I told y'all, that's why we're waiting. And as soon as everyone else gets here, we'll figure something out." Bonnie said.
"You wanted to leave without us?" Bec asked Mike.
"What? No. I wanted to go out and try to find everyone." Mike said.
"What does Kenny wanna do?" Clementine asked.
I looked at Kenny to see him sitting on the fountain. He must be grieving about Sarita…
Mike and Bonnie looked at each other, and Mike nodded. They then looked back at us. "I tried to talk to Kenny and he flipped out on me. Started yelling. Scary shit." Mike explained.
Kinda sounds like when Dad and I would yell at each other because of the bullies.
"I know he probably didn't mean it. But it was scary." Bonnie said.
"Reminded me of when Dad was drunk enough to yell at Coleen." Emily said.
We all looked at Kenny. I looked at Clem to see she had a saddened look.
"I've been nervous to even go near him." Mike said, looking back at us.
"What, you think he's gonna shoot you?" Jane asked.
"The way he is right now? I dunno. Maybe. He's not thinking rationally…"
"He's just… he's just not thinking straight." Bonnie said.
"Somebody's gotta do something. We can't just keep sitting here forever." Mike said.
"Damn right. Tess is still out there." I agreed.
"I should go talk to him." Clem said. "This is my fault."
"Hey. You did what you thought was right." Jane assured her.
"She's right. That's all anyone can do in that situation." Anne agreed.
Clem then walked over to Kenny while the rest of us walked to the others in a corner.
"You think I don't what y'all are whispering about over there? 'What's wrong with Kenny? Why's Kenny acting that way? Do you think Kenny's okay?'" Kenny asked. "That's all I hear from anyone anymore."
Dammit... He heard everything we said.
I kept my eyes on Kenny and Clem when Chase sat down next to me. "Can you hear what they're saying?" He asked me.
I shook my head. "No, I can't."
"You think that just because you're a little girl you can just get people killed and no one will care?! That because you're 'sorry' it'll all magically go away?! That's not how it works!" We all heard Kenny shout.
I looked at Clementine. Poor girl looks like she's gonna cry…
I sighed with both sadness and anger. I felt sad because I knew what Clementine was going through, and I felt angry because Kenny just yelled at the closest thing he has left to family.
"I know what Clem's going through right now." I thought aloud, making everyone look at me.
"You do?" Jennifer asked me, and I nodded. "Yeah. My dad yelled at me all the time."
"Me and my girlfriend are two-thirds of the reason why he would yell at Chris." Ashley said as she and Kate walked over to us while holding hands.
"I'm going crazy just sitting here not doing anything." Mike said as Clem then walked over to us.
"Just give it time, Mike. It's still early." Bonnie said.
"I have to side with Mike on this one. Tess is out there." I said.
"Clem! How'd it go?" Bec asked. Clem looked at Kenny.
"Kenny's being a jerk." The girl muttered. She looked like she was gonna cry still.
"Clem, you can't just expect him to bounce back. What that man's going through…" Bec said.
"At least you tried…" Rebecca said to Clem.
"Still. Doesn't exactly help us figure out what we're gonna do now." Mike objected. "We've got no food, no water, it's getting damn cold, and we're losing daylight fast."
"When the others get back, they'll know what to do. Luke will have a plan." Bonnie said.
"We thought Kenny would have a plan." Mike said.
"Mike… Bonnie…" Bec calmly said.
Jane sighed. "Mike's got a point. You can't just keep sitting around waiting. Things are difficult enough right now and soon you'll have a baby on your hands, too." Jane said.
"What, suddenly you're pretending to be concerned?" Bec snapped.
"Seeing you people floundering the minute things don't go according to plan has just got me on edge, all right?" Jane snapped back.
"Well, I don't exactly see you stepping up to help right now, either." Mike said.
"Would you guys knock it off?" I groaned.
"This bickering is getting us no where." Kate said.
"We should go find Luke, Sarah, Tess, and Nick." Clem said. "If they're in trouble we might be able to help them."
"Clementine's right. After everything… after all this. If there's any chance they're still alive, we need to take it." Bec said.
"I'll go. Chris and Clem can come with me. Emily, if Amanda shows up, can you deal with her?" Jane asked, and Emily nodded. "Leave it to me." Emily said.
"I'll come with you guys." Anne said, and I nodded before Jane could object.
"Thank you, guys." Bec said.
"No problem." I said.
Jane and Clem looked at Kenny. "Listen. Bec. If anything goes wrong here…. You got something to protect yourself?" Jane asked.
Bec pulled out Carver's revolver. "I've got this. You don't think I'd need to…?"
"I don't know. But you better keep that close."
"I don't see why you guys are wasting your time going to find them." Becca said.
That does it!
"You shut up, Becca." I snapped making all but Becca look at me with surprise.
Becca just glared at me. "Your sister's dead, dude. And now you want to go find her?" She asked, and I growled and clenched my fists.
"Tess. Is. NOT. Dead." I snarled, tightly clenching my teeth.
"You have no proof that she is."
"Becca." Shel calmly said.
"You're REALLY starting to get on my nerves, Becca." I growled.
"I'm just speaking the truth here. There's no way the others are still alive."
"You don't fuckin' know that!"
"And you do?! All I'm saying is when you come back as a walker, I'm not gonna be the one who said I told you so."
I growled, picked her up by her shirt, only for her to push me off her.
Anne grabbed my arm. "Baby, don't. She's not worth it. Save your anger for Amanda. I have a feeling that she'll be coming back."
I sighed, and nodded, still glaring at Becca. "We'll finish this when I get back."
"Whatever..."
"Come on, guys." Jane said and the four of us walked away.
"Be careful, you guys." Evonne said.
That's chapter twenty. The next update will immediately take place after Jane, Chris, Anne, and Clem leave. Y'all know what to do.