Chapter 27: Revenge Robbing

Anne's POV

I woke the next morning and saw Kenny standing over the edge of the deck. I stood up, stretched then walked over to him. "Helluva view, huh?" I asked.

"One of many for me." Kenny said.

I looked over at Bec, who was coughing. Kenny looked at her, as well. I walked to her. "If you want, we can wait a bit longer." I offered, but she shook her head.

"I'll be okay to travel." She said.

After a few minutes, the others started waking. Clair went downstairs to get Windrun. After we all got our things packed up, we headed out.

We'd been walking for a while now and it was getting cold. Ashley had her arms wrapped around Kate to keep her warm. Chase did the same for Jennifer, Dylan did the same for Rebecca T., Nick did the same thing for Tess, and Patrick did the same for Verity. The leather jackets my boyfriend and I had on kept us warm. Clair stayed with Windrun.

Bonnie helped Bec walked as Bec held her son. Chris had his arms wrapped around Sarah to keep her warm. My mother stayed by my side as Shel tried keeping her sister warm, despite Becca saying she was okay.

God, it's freezing…

Bec collapsed to one knee.

"You all right?" Bonnie asked her.

"She's exhausted. We all are." Luke said. He and Kenny then frowned at each other.

"Not to mention freezing." I added.

"I can keep going." Bec said weakly.

Honestly, I don't think she'll make it…

We kept walking then soon Kenny spoke up. "We shoulda left right away, instead of waitin' around. We coulda found more food and been someplace warm days ago."

"We did the right thing. She was in no condition to move." Chris said.

"She's worse now!" Kenny said.

"We can still turn back." Evonne said.

"That's not an option." Kenny said. "Everybody hang in there. We gotta keep movin' if we're gonna make it to that town before nightfall."

"You don't even listen to anyone else. You just go on barkin' orders." Tess snapped at Kenny. "Okay, you're pushing them too hard."

"I'm just doin' what has to be done as always." Kenny said.

"Tess's right. Everyone's tired." Clementine said.

"Why are you takin' their side again? We shouldn't even be out here, we coulda got to better shelter days ago." Kenny snapped.

"Stop snapping at her, goddamnit!" Amanda said. "Like Anne said yesterday, it's her choice whose side to take."

"Thanks, Amanda." I said.

"Only my parents called me that. Everyone else just called me Mandy." She said.

I smirked. "I'll keep that in mind." I told her.

You know, when she's not a psycho, Amanda's pretty cool. Now I see how her, Kate, and Ash were able to get along.

Bec suddenly groaned and fell to her side, which made the baby start crying.

"Over here, there's a place to sit." Mike said, referring to the kind of tire you'd find on a big truck. Bonnie helped Bec over to it.

"Bec. Let me take the baby." Kenny requested.

"He's okay. I've got him." Bec insisted.

"No, you rest for a minute. I'll watch him." Kenny said.

"Back off, Kenny. She said she doesn't want you to take the baby. Don't be all weird about it, okay?" Luke said.

"I ain't bein' weird about it." Kenny snapped.

"Yeah, you kinda have been." Emily snapped back.

"You should listen to Luke." Clementine said to Kenny. "It's Bec's decision."

"I was just tryin' to help." Kenny said.

"We get that, Kenny. But you don't have to be all weird about it." Shel said.

I looked at Chris and saw he was looking around. "Babe?" I said, getting everyone to look at him.

"What's wrong, baby brother?" Tess said.

"Listen." He said.

Over the sound of the wind, I heard squeaking of some kind.

"Hello!?" I heard a familiar voice shout.

Shit… Please don't let that be who I think it is…

We all looked ahead. "What is this?" Mike asked. I turned my eye to Chris, who's hand rested on the grip of his pistol.

I looked back at the stranger. I noticed he was limping.

I then heard him say something in Russian and gulped.

"Arvo?" Clementine asked.

"Arvo?" Bonnie repeated.

"Anne , Clem, Jane, and I met him on the observation deck before the attack." Chris explained.

Kenny looked at me, my boyfriend, and Clementine. "Y'all know this sonuvabitch? What's he want?" He asked.

"He don't look like much." Bonnie said.

"That ain't the point." Kenny said.

"Hello! Please?" Arvo said, still heading our way.

"I don't trust him." Chris said.

"Also, he might be mad at us." Clementine added.

"Everybody, keep your eyes open!" Luke ordered as everyone but Bec walked to him.

Chris and Kenny pulled out their guns. "Hello. You are Clementine, Chris, and Anne."

"What's goin' on here, friend? You got people with you? Where are they?" Kenny asked.

"You're not out here on your own, are you?" Luke asked.

Three others came out of the woods, aiming guns at us. "These are my friends. We stay hidden for safety, but you three we know. You're Clementine, Chris, and Anne." Arvo said.

The girl next to Arvo asked him something in Russian, and he replied in Russian. One of Arvo's friends laughed and spoke Russian as well.

"We don't want any trouble, man." Chase said.

Arvo looked at me, Chris, and Clementine. "I told them you three are the ones who robbed me. They think it's funny that you three are so young..." He said.

I growled. That little shit ratted us out!

"'Robbed'?" Kenny asked.

"…and they want you and your friends to put down the guns so we can take your things." Arvo finished.

"All we took were the pills, Arvo." I said.

"Jane took your other stuff, not us! You don't have to get even with us." Clementine added.

"'Jane…' Where is the fourth?" Arvo asked, looking around.

The bald headed dude started speaking Russian again and Arvo responded.

"She's gone! She left the group." Chris told Arvo.

"It's a trap. I know it." Arvo assumed, then spoke in Russian again.

"Hey, hey, HEY!" Kenny said then we all aimed our guns at the Russians.

"This can be easy for you." Arvo said.

"It can be easy for us all." Kate reasoned, but Tattoo Dude spoke Russian again.

"All of you just put your guns down. This will be fine." Arvo said.

"We have a baby!" Clementine said as the baby started fussing.

I looked at Bec and saw she hadn't moved since these Russkies got here.

Oh God… Please don't let her be dead…

"You have a baby with you?" Arvo asked and Tattoo Dude looked at Bec.

The Russian survivors all started talking Russian, which in turn, got us all worked up.

I saw Clementine looked over to Bec and I saw Bec's eyes turned milk white.

Shit! SHE'S TURNING!

"HELP! BEC, NO!" Clementine shouted then Kenny aimed at Bec and let out a gunshot, killing her.

"No!" Luke shouted.

I saw Chris push Sarah down. "STAY DOWN, SARAH!"

By that point, we all started shooting each other.

That's chapter twenty-seven. I know it's a cliffy, but that's what happened at the end of Episode 4. Anyway, review and more chapters will head your way.