The smell was unbearable, that was for sure as they walked through the storm of walkers. They were being careful not to bump or touch any of the walkers as they practically tip toed through the mess. The sound of gurgles and moans filled the night air as they continued to walk passed all the zombies who were in their drunken state. It was going pretty good, Clementine had to admit. Everything was quiet, there were no casualties so far, and they were nearly halfway through the horde already. The sooner they got out of here, the better. "Is that Tavia?" Someone called out, and sure enough, the rest of Carver's guards had assembled on the roof, firing their machine guns in an effort to kill the lurkers. Did they even know that their leader was dead; beaten to a bloody pulp?
"Stay calm..." Carlos ordered as Sarah and Clementine trekked on behind him. Clementine couldn't see any of her other group members at the moment, but she had to assume they were around here somewhere, quietly making their way passed all these walkers. The smaller girl also couldn't help but to hear Sarah's quiet whimpers as they walked through. Clementine figured she was probably out of her mind right now, and scared to death. After all, Sarah had never been exposed to this kind of stuff before. Hell, she didn't even know that there were a such thing as walkers. "Shh... Quiet honey..." Carlos tried to calm down his daughter. "Clementine, come help me." He ordered.
Clementine obliged, and caught up to her friend. "It's okay, Sarah." She offered words of comfort.
"Calm her down, please, just say something. You're her friend." Carlos said as they continued to walk.
Clem racked her mind for something to say, anything, it could have been something stupid for all Carlos cared. "Everything's going to be fine." She said, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she wished she could have taken them back. Everything was not going to be fine, and it all happened so fast, yet time seemed to be in slow motion when the bullet from one of the guard's gun whizzed passed her, and right into Carlos' neck. His hand went to the wound instinctively, but there was nothing you could do. It was a clear shot.
"Dad!" Sarah yelled so loud her voice nearly cracked. Her hands went to her head, and she cried out in pain. "Dad!" But it was too late, he had fallen to the ground and walkers had taken him over, biting into his flesh over and over again while Sarah watched, losing her sanity piece by piece, and ceasing to function, just like he said. Because of her screaming, it attracted the walkers to them, and Clementine began killing the ones that were closest to them. Sarah and Clem were back to back, but if Clem was being honest with herself, she didn't know what to do in a situation like this.
"Sarah..." Bonnie called out as she fired her gun at some nearby walkers, and Clementine knew that if the teen girl didn't keep her voice down, they were doomed.
In the midst of her thoughts, Clementine said the only rational thing that came to mind. "Run!" She yelled towards Sarah, and the teen girl didn't hesitate to take off, getting away from all of the walkers. "Sarah, did you-" Clementine began to say, but she was already gone. Now she had another thing to worry about once they got out of this damn mess. Where would Sarah be? And would they be able to find her easily? This plan was going to shit. Everything was supposed to go quickly and smoothly, but it all turned into a bloodbath. A bloodbath with too many deaths already. Without Carlos, they were in trouble, because now, they had no doctor when they were hurt, and what would happen when Rebecca went into labor?
Clementine continued smashing her way through the hundreds of lurkers, wondering when and if she was ever going to reach the end of it. Did Sarah know where the civil war sight was? Would she be there waiting when the group got out of this horrible place? But Clementine knew better, Sarah probably couldn't even form a coherent thought right now. She had just witnessed her dad get shot and eaten, and Clementine was worried about her. None of her other friends were in sight either, so she hoped they were okay, and not dead. Hadn't enough people died already? Clem was sick of this crap. Once she wasn't around anymore zombies that were trying to attack her, she looked around for her friends again, and that was when she heard Sarita's screams.
Her golden eyes scanned the area quickly, and that was when she saw Sarita trying to get away from a walker who had her hand in its mouth. She was bitten, and there was no time to lose. Clementine quickly made her way over to the foreign woman. "Help me Clementine!" Sarita screamed, and Clem's eyes flashed back and forth from Sarita's hand, to the zombie head. There was no time to waste on a situation like this.
"I'm sorry Sarita!" Clementine nearly yelled, and brought down her small axe to cut off Sarita's arm. This had to be done, or else Sarita might not live. The small girl continued to chop and chop as Sarita's high-pitched screams filled the air, until finally, the arm was off.
"Oh my god!" Sarita yelled as she held up her half an arm. Her eyes were wide, but Clementine just hoped that she wouldn't pass out from blood loss or shock while they were still in the middle of this damn herd.
"Come on, we gotta go!" Clementine ordered, pulling Sarita along with her. They were nearly to the end of the horde now, and Clem was more than thankful. Albeit they had lost two people, Sarah and Carlos, and Sarita would be a determinant, because nobody knew for sure if cutting off the bitten area actually worked. Lee tried it, but he must have done it too late, because he was dead. "We're almost out Sarita!" Clementine nearly yelled looking back at her friend, who didn't look so good, and finally, they reached the woods.
"Well," Jane said as she too met Clementine out in the woods. "Looks like it's just us three." She smirked.
"Wait a second." Clementine said as she looked around. "Where is everyone else?" She asked.
"Alive... Hopefully." Jane answered.
