Chapter 24: The Attack

Chris's POV

Tess, Emily and I sat at the statue when I chuckled.

"What?" Tess asked.

"I was just remembering that time I shoved ice cream in Em's face." I replied.

Tess chuckled as well. "Yeah. That was funny." She said.

Emily frowned. "Was not. And anyway, need I remind you two that you both got drunk that night?"

Tess and I both shuddered. "Please don't." I said.

I then saw my girlfriend, Clementine, Clair, Bonnie, and Mike come back. Mike was carrying two big bottles of water.

"You're tellin' me your arms ain't tired?" Bonnie asked him.

"Nope. I could do this all day." Mike replied as I walked to Anne, who smiled when she saw me.

She and I wrapped our arms around each other.

"Hey, baby." I greeted.

"Hey." She echoed then we shared a kiss.

Bec soon screamed, and we all ran to her.

She'd been like that for the past few minutes.

"Breathe like I told you." Kenny said.

Sarah looked to the treeline with wide eyes. Walkers were coming. "Oh, no… Clem… Clementine…" She said, making all of us look to see the walkers.

"Shit…" I muttered.

"That's all we need." Amanda said.

"How'd they get that close without anyone seeing 'em? Wh'the hell's Luke?" Mike asked.

"We ain't seen him. Ain't no tellin' where he is." Tess replied.

"Kenny! We've gotta do something!" Clementine said.

"You just keep that baby safe." Kenny said. "Chris, come with me."

I walked to Kenny's side, my Sais in hand.

"Guys?" Anne asked.

"We can't stay here!" Bonnie said.

"Clementine! Where's the place you, Anne, Chris and Jane found?" Bec asked.

"We'll show you!" Anne said.

"Good. Someone help me up."

Bonnie and Shel helped her up while I looked at Clair. "Get Windrun to the deck! Go!"

"Mike! The water!" Clementine said.

"On it!" He said then ran to get the water while Anne ran to Sarah.

"Come on, Sarah!" She said as Kenny and I took out a couple of walkers. Kenny started beating one in the head the way I bashed Carver's face in.

Now I know he ain't acting like himself…

I soon grabbed his arm. "It's fuckin dead! Move, man!" I ordered.

"Dammit." He said.

"Run!" I shouted and then he and I took off to the others. I caught up to my girlfriend at the steps of the deck. The two of us followed Clementine up the stairs. We found Luke and Jane laying down and I frowned.

"…that's about as human as I've felt in a long time. I almost forgot what-" Luke said to Jane when I cleared my throat, gaining their attention. "Guys?!"

"What's going on?" Clementine asked.

"Well, uh… I mean…" Luke stammered.

I growled. "Just get off your sorry asses, both of you!" I ordered.

"In here. Let's get you comfortable." Bonnie said to Bec when Kenny frowned at Jane and Luke.

"What the fuck are you two doing up here?" He demanded.

"Kenny! What's going on?" Luke asked as he and Jane stood up.

"We've got God-knows-how-many walkers out there which YOU were supposed to be keeping an eye out for." Tess replied.

"Hey, hold on a second…" Luke said.

"We ain't got a goddamn second, Luke!" Jennifer shouted.

"Just tell me what's going on!"

"Bec's having the baby!" Clementine said.

"Now?" Luke asked as Bec screamed. "Fuck, I'm sorry."

"You better be!" Emily snapped.

Bonnie and Shel helped Bec lay down. "There ya go. Just ride it out." Bonnie said.

"I have pills. I think they'll help with the pain." Clementine said as she handed Bec the pills we took from Arvo.

"What are they?" Kenny asked.

"Looks like oxy." Bonnie said.

"I want 'em." Bec said.

"Wait, wait. Is that okay for a pregnant lady?" Kenny asked, widening his good eye.

"Give me the fuckin' pills!" Bec snapped and Clementine obliged.

"They're comin' up the stairs!" Mike told us.

"Goddammit!" Kate growled.

"Language!" Clair scolded.

I looked at her. "Now ain't the time to worry about that, Clair!"

"Y'all go out there and keep the walkers off us!" Kenny told us.

"What about you?" Anne asked Kenny.

"I'll do this. I've been here before."

"Let's go!" I ordered.

All of us, except Kenny and Bec, ran outside and started shooting the walkers. Bec screamed and it sent chills down my spine.

Now I know how my mother felt when she gave birth to me…

"There's too many." Jane said.

"Shit!" Mike said.

"Keep shooting! They are NOT getting' up here!" Luke ordered.

"Damn right they ain't!" Nick said.

Luke and Mike moved to hold to door closed. Bonnie and Jane helped them. Clair continued to shoot off her arrows into walkers' heads.

"Find somethin' to block this gate!" Mike said.

The rest of us looked around and saw only one thing.

"We can block the gate with this!" Clementine said, referring to the cannon.

"Luke, help her out!" I ordered.

"I'm comin'!" He told Clementine. They then started to push the cannon until it fell into the deck, taking half the deck down with it.

I jumped back as part of the deck fell.

HOLY SHIT!

I saw Jane, Sarah, and Amanda hanging onto the deck.

Clementine and Luke ran to help Jane while Kate and Anne ran to help Sarah. I stood in front of Amanda, a fire burning behind my sunglasses. I knelt down in front of her.

"I should let you fall." I snarled coldly.

"PLEASE DON'T, CHRIS!" She pleaded.

"Then apologize, Harris!" I demanded.

"Apologize?! I don't think so!"

"Fine. Have fun being eaten alive." I said. She looked down in fear, then looked up at me.

"OKAY, OKAY! I'M FUCKIN' SORRY! I'M SORRY FOR THE PUNCHING, THE KICKING, AND PUTTING YOU IN THE HOSPITAL! I'M BEYOND SORRY, CHRIS!"

I nodded then looked at Ashley. "Help me pull her up!" I ordered. She nodded and ran to help me pull Amanda up.

Once we got her up, she threw her arms around me. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She said.

I nodded. "You're welcome." I said, hugging her back.

Bec screamed again as Kenny told her to push.

Jane went wide eyed. "Oh, shit… They're climbing up."

"What?" I asked.

"They're gonna make it up here." Jane said.

"Fuck!" Mike shouted.

"Does this shit ever end?!" Luke growled.

"How about instead of askin' pointless bloody questions, we find a goddamn way to stop them?!" Rebecca T. shouted.

"We need to break the rest of the deck." Clementine said.

"She's right. She's right! Drop the whole deck!" Luke ordered.

"Drop the… are you fucking crazy?" Mike asked.

"Does anyone ever say yes to that question?" Chase asked.

"Look around!" Dylan ordered.

We each set about finding different ways to drop the rest of the deck. I spotted the other support. "Crap." I muttered. "Look!"

"That'll work! We bust that, the whole thing comes down." Luke said.

"Good eye, dude!" Becca said to me, and I nodded.

"Mike, boost me!" Clementine ordered. Mike put her on his shoulders and she started to hack at the support pins. After three hits, the whole deck fell, trapping the walkers on the ground.

The walkers stopped their attempt to get to us and we all panted.

"Oh… Oh no." Bonnie whispered and I saw a baby boy in Kenny's hands. It wasn't moving.

No…

"Is it…?" Clementine started to ask when the baby coughed. We all sighed with relief then gathered around.

That's chapter twenty-four. The next update will pick up right after this and feature a song. Review and I'll post more chapters.