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Nick shouted, "Shit! Lurkers!". I watched as he raised his rifle up, not shooting just yet.
The tent started rustling, with a panicked Troy walking out, "What's goin- Fuck, you guys just gonna stand around here or are we goin'?!".
"How'd they get that close without anyone seeing 'em? Wh'the hell's Luke?" Mike shouted, annoyance clear in his voice.
My eyes went wide, "We gotta go!". Troy was right, we're just standing here. Walkers aren't gonna wait for us to get our act together.
"You just keep that baby safe." Kenny slowly started to walk towards the horde, what is wrong with this guy?
"No, Kenny, we need to leave!" Sarita pleaded, grabbing onto his arm.
Kenny shoved Sarita off of him, turning to face her and yelled, "Go!".
"We can't stay here!" Bonnie yelled, helping Rebecca up with the assistance of Carlos.
"Clementine! Where's the place you and Jane found?" Rebecca groaned in pain, I can't imagine how messed up this must be for her. Nobody deserves to give birth to this.
"This way!" Clementine started walking towards the deck, everybody following her. I looked over at Kenny, he was just bashing the same walker in the head... Should I go stop him?
"C'mon, we ain't waitin' for him!" Nick called over to me, I started running. Troy and Nick tagged with me, seemed to be an ongoing pattern, all of us together.
Somehow we got in front of everybody. Running up the stairs of the deck as fast as I could I heard Luke talking, "... that's about as human as I've felt in a long time. I almost forgot what-". I turned to go into the building, just a second ahead of Troy and Nick, stopping as I saw Luke and Jane sitting next to each other. So that's where he was...
I tilted my head slightly, "What're you guys doin'...?". It took me a minute but after seeing Luke's pants barely on and Jane's jacket off I finally put two and two together, "Oh, uh...".
"James?!" Luke yelled out, his eyes widening, "Jesus, It's not... um."
Nick walked up behind me, face scrunching up as he saw the scene infront of him, "Luke...? Are you fucking kidding me?".
We we slightly pushed out of the way by Bonnie as she helped Rebecca into the gift shop, "In here, let's get you comfortable.".
Tension got worse when Kenny walked in, noticing what was going on right away, "What the fuck are you two doing up here?"
Luke stood up, fumbling with his belt as he spoke, "What's going on?!".
Kenny got closer to Luke, pointing to the outside, "We've got God-knows-how-many walkers out there which YOU were supposed to be keeping an eye out for!"
"Well maybe we should do something about that.", Jane spoke up. She isn't wrong but it wasn't as easy as it seemed. Like Kenny said, we have tons of walkers out there.
Carlos ran in with Sarah, "Quick, help me get situated.", kneeling down to position Rebecca.
Kenny also ran over to Rebecca, "I'll give you a hand."
"James, we need help out here!", Mike yelled out from the deck as I heard the bullets start unloading into the horde. How was I supposed to help?! I... I can't handle a gun, not yet. Nonetheless I ran out to the deck, wanting to help in whatever way I could.
As I got onto the deck I noticed Sarah followed me, the gun I gave her in her hands. I thought Carlos took that?
Sarita was on the deck as well, helping with the walkers, "Sarah, go back inside! It's dangerous-".
I cut Sarita off ,"She's fine.". This wasn't the best time to see if she could handle it but I knelt down and looked her in the eyes, "Sarah, if you get scared go back inside. Okay?".
Sarah nodded, shaking a tiny bit. I patted her on the back, "Just do what Clem taught you, don't forget to count if you need to.".
"Keep shooting! They are NOT gettin' up here." Luke hollered, continuing his onslaught of bullets.
Everybody started to unload onto the horde. I don't think Sarah shot, but these things do take time. I started stabbing the walkers that were at the gate but after a while I couldn't hold them off myself.
I heard a shrug from Jane as her gun clicked, "I'm out!".
The door was about to burst, we all held onto it, pushing as hard as we could. I saw Luke run over to Clementine, together they pushed the cannon up to the gate, blocking it up further.
"What the fuck is goin' on out there?!" Kenny hollered, still helping Rebecca give birth.
I felt the deck rumbling from under me, this wasn't going to hold for long...
Sarita ran over to Sarah, "Sarah, go inside!".
"This deck's gonna give!" Mike yelled, running back inside with everybody else.
In a last attempt to do some right I ran over to Sarah, in hopes of getting her inside. The deck gave as I ran over to her, before hitting the ground I saw Sarita push Sarah further back onto the deck.
As my body smacked the ground I felt pressure all over the right half of my body. Opening my eyes slowly and looking around, I saw the deck was on top of me. Sarita was nowhere to be seen. I could barely see Sarah dangling off the deck, it sparked a panic in me but thankfully Bonnie snatched her up.
"Oh my god! Are you guys okay?!" I heard Bonnie's voice ring out. Come to think about it, everything was ringing.
"Nghhh.." I couldn't speak properly, but I did feel something wet on my arm... wet and warm. It was blood, the real question was is it mine?
"We're coming down!" Luke yelled down to us, we just needed the walkers off of us right now.
"Nh...No, just- just keep them off us!" my head was aching, not a surprise considering the circumstance.
My arm was hurting bad... do I want to know what happened to it?
Jane jumped down, "Hold on...". She started to lift the deck off of me.
The deck finally lifted off of me, as I looked over at my arm I saw a pool of blood... Oh my god. My arm had a chunk taken out of it, blood was just pouring out. What was wrong with it?! I grabbed my arm, trying to stop the flow. I looked around for a sign of Sarita, I could see her leg sticking out. "We need to get S-Sarita! I'll help!".
"Wait, Sarita?!" I heard Kenny's voice shout out from the top of the deck, seeing his face lean over the deck, a menacing glare overcoming his features. "You lil piss ant-", he nearly jumped off the deck but thankfully Mike and Luke held him back.
Jane looked over at me, "Just go, I got this!". I could hear the clicking from the upper deck, everybody was running out. I started to kick walkers away, I wasn't gonna abandon anybody. Not today, not ever.
"Fuck!" I heard Jane cry out, running over to see the deck was off Sarita but...
It had impaled her, right through her stomach. No, no this wasn't supposed to happen. The noises around me became blended, I could hear screaming. My head was dizzy, next thing I knew I was being pulled back up the deck. Looking at my arm I saw the crimson stream flowing still, is this karma?
Once at the top I felt something, rough hands around my neck. A blunt force hitting my face, was I on the ground? The world just kept getting darker, until the second hit split my lip. Dad? I could start to make out words again. "What did you fucking do?!", that voice... Ken?
"Get off'a him!" That was Luke, no doubt. The pressure was lifted off me, and as I felt two pairs of hands carry me inside I slowly drifted into the dark.
Groggily opening my eyes, looking around the dim room just to meet them with a familiar blue pair. Biting his thumb in his usual manner, looking down at me. I spoke up, voice strained from its dryness "What're you doin' up?".
"Keepin' watch. We were worried 'bout you." he said, kneeling down to hand me a bottle of water. I tried to lift my arm but it hurt? Looking down I saw it was bandaged, it wasn't bleeding anymore but it was too sore to move. Using my other arm I grabbed the water and chugged it, it felt like I haven't drank in forever, or ate for that matter. Nick whispered in my ear, "C'mon, we can talk in the other room. So we don't wake the others.". I nodded, following him into the side room.
Once in the side room I sighed, covering my face with my hand "Nick, I'm so sorry...". Seeing him give a questioning look I continued on, "I just fuck everything up, ever since I met y'all. I got Sarita killed, I almost got Sarah killed! It shoulda been me under that deck, not her-" I stopped talking when Nick got in my face, glaring at me.
"This was not your fault." the warmth from his body was refreshing compared to the chilly winter air, "I should've done more... maybe this wouldn't've happened.".
I stiffened up, "No, you were doin' just as much as any of us!" trying to not get flustered by how close we were, "Th-This is nobodies fault! Not yours, not mine!".
I gulped, watching his piercing blue eyes soften, "James...". It was hard not to stare, considering he was right in front of my face. Leaning down to stare me in the eyes he got a bit closer, our noses started to touch. Oh good lord are we about to...?
"Will you be quiet-" I looked pass Nick's head, seeing Kenny standing there. "You piece of shit! You get Sarita killed and now you get to have your fine and dandy with your fruit loop boyfriend!?", he walked up trying to push Nick out of the way but failed. Nick grabbed him, pushing him away from us.
That's when Clementine came in, "Kenny...? What are you guys doing?".
I pushed both Nick and Kenny out of the way, "It's okay Clem, let's go back to bed.". I wasn't trying to baby her, but even adults don't need to deal with this nonsense. I looked back at Nick then headed back to the other room with Clementine. Taking my diary out of my bag I started to write just like old times.
Nearly dying was scary, but living makes me even more scared. I feel like a mess, I am a mess. I'm not sure why most of the people here like me, I'm... not sure why Nick likes me. If he actually does? What was that back there? This is all so confusing, Goodnight diary. In hopes for a better tomorrow.
As I put my book back in my bag I laid there, waiting to drift off into sleep.
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blindbandit - Looks like James didn't save her, Sarita did though!
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