The Walking Dead: only trying to do the right thing
Chapter 11: a miracle
Chapter 11 has been delivered to the story, folks. As you can see I am publishing faster than usual, and if you are free, feel free to check out my other Walking Dead story about Clementine and Sam.
Now that Lee had some change from his redneck friend, he walked his way up to the telescope, praying that it was still in working condition. As he got towards the telescope, something ahead had caught his attention that left Lee both shocked and confused. His eye's widened as he witnessed what he had just saw. "What the fuck?"
There, was a barrier made up of body parts, blocking the road behind it, and several undead walkers were impaled on spikes. What sick bastard would do this? Did they do this out of hate for the walkers, or did they do this was a warning?
Lee considered putting these walkers out of their misery, but he knew that noise would just attract more of them, and it would just be a waste of ammo. He placed his pistol back into his back pocket and walked towards the telescope.
Lee placed a coin into the side of the telescope, and closed his left eye and look through the telescope, happy that it was still in working order. He looked around the river, hoping that something useful was there, but unfortunately, there was not a single working boat out there, and even if there was, swimming to it would not be a very good option.
"Well, that boats not salvageable, Lee, but the battery is still in working condition. Might be useful if we do find a boat." Kenny admitted, after finishing checking the boat, walking back to his one and only closet friend in this day and age. He looked up where he spotted the same barrier Lee had saw not too long ago. "What the fuck?"
"Yeah, I know, it's sick." Lee agreed, not even having to leave the telescope to know what Kenny had just saw.
"See anything?" Kenny inquired, looking towards the river, only to see the entire river was foggy, and almost impossible to see through.
"Nope, nothing." Lee answered, turning the telescope to his left side, double-checking that he did not miss anything. He gasped slightly when something had caught his attention.
Someone, someone alive was spotted on top of nearby building, jumped down with some free running skills. The figure was wearing an bluish jeans, a red and grey hoodie, followed by he/she wearing a hood.
"Shit! Get down!" Lee warned in a loud whisper as he yanked Kenny down, seeing the figure coming their way.
"What is it?" Kenny asked until he realized why they ducking when they spotted the figure going into a newspaper stand. "Alright, Lee, let's get 'em!"
"Wait, Kenny!" Lee said, placing his right hand out to stop him, knowing how Kenny can do stupid things when he is desperate. "We just wanna talk."
"Oh, we're gonna talk alright." Kenny replied, pulling out his Glock 17 from his back pocket. He looked back at Lee before leaving, knowing Lee was not going to help him without no persuasion. "Lee, think about it, what if this is the same person who Clementine's been talking to? The guy on the radio? If it is, we can end this right now!"
"I suppose you're right." Lee agreed, waiting for a chance to catch whoever was talking to Clementine, and possible, could be the same person who was spying on him while Lee was digging.
"You go straight ahead, I'll take the left." Kenny instructed, crouching slightly as he made his way to the side of the news-stand, trying to make as less noise as possible.
Lee slowly crept up to the news-stand and peaked over the counter with his gun clenched tight in his hand, only to discover whoever was there had disappeared. He arched a curious eyebrow, wondering how they got away without him even knowing. "What the-"
As he stood up fully, he heard footsteps creeping up behind him. In a split-second, Lee swiftly turned around, attempting to shoot whoever was behind him, only for his gun to be knocked out from his hand by the same person he had saw.
The figure raised their left hand and punched Lee across his face, almost knocking him to the ground.
Despite the pain, Lee noticed the figure attempting to hit him again, and this time, he was prepared. He waited until the figure attempted to hit him again, and when they did, Lee countered his/her's attack by blocking their arm, and then returning a hit to their belly, winding them slightly.
Now that they were down for a bit, Lee gripped the figures neck, squeezing it tightly as he shoved them against the wall. "Don't you fuckin' move! Are you the one on the radio?!"
The person did not answer. He/she grabbed Lee's arms and struck him directly in his face, almost breaking his nose in the process. The figure swung another hit towards Lee, who caught their arm and headbutted the person in the face.
The person kicked Lee in his groin, causing to to collapse onto the ground in agonizing pain. He watched helplessly as the figure pulled out some sort of ice pick and was about to finish him off.
Just as the figure was about to deliver the finishing blow, blood suddenly shot from their head, killing them instantly.
Lee gasped slightly as he was helped up by Kenny, who had just saved his life again. He was grateful for that as Lee picked up his pistol again. "Thanks man. I thought I was done for."
"No problem, Lee." Kenny replied, leaning down to the figure and removing their hood and mask. "Now what do we have here."
Lee and Kenny both looked shocked for a moment, discovering whoever they had just killed was a girl in around her early twenties, and this was not the person on the radio due to it being a man's voice.
"Christ, it was just a girl." Lee said in shock as he picked up her ice pick tool, thinking it would be handy if they were to run out of ammo.
"Shit, Lee you know I didn't have a choice, right?" Kenny inquired, feeling slightly guilty that he had killed someone who was not a walker or their enemy. "I mean, if I didn't shoot-"
"Yeah, yeah, I know. She was gonna kill me." Lee replied, assuring his friend that he did not bid any ill towards him for doing that. "Just a little shocking is all."
Kenny nodded slightly as he looked around, suspecting that the gunshot he just fired might have attracted any nearby walkers. He looked back down to Lee, who was checking the girl's bag for anything useful, but nothing good they could use. "Lee, we should get going. That gunshot might have attracted some unwanted attention."
"Alright." Lee agreed, standing up from the corpse until he spotted Kenny running back to the where they were moments ago. "Kenny, what are you doing?"
"I'm not leaving this battery, Lee, this is our ticket to freedom if we find a boat." Kenny answered, holding the battery closely in his hands as they both began to run back to the house they were staying at. "Let's go."
Eventually, Lee and Kenny made it back to the house the others were staying at. Both men ran into the backyard and closed the gate behind them. On their way back, Lee and Kenny agreed not to tell anyone about the girl they just had to kill back there.
Both men were soon greeted by everyone at the house, who had slight smiles on their faces.
"Lee!" Clementine said, running towards her guardian, happy that they were not back and unharmed. She ran into Lee's arms, who was crouched down and waiting for her hug.
"Hey, girl." Lee greeted, smiling slightly until he looked up and noticed the others smiles.
"What y'all smirkin' about?" Kenny inquired, setting the battery down next to him.
"Look what he found, Kenny." Katjaa said, leading to the shed that was now open they revealed something that was almost a miracle to Kenny.
"Holy shit!" Kenny gasped silently to himself, not believing what they had just discovered inside the shed. There, was a beautiful working condition boat that had been locked in there the entire time. "Goddamn! A boat!"
"Yeah, well." Carley stated, rubbing the back of her head slightly. "We're not sure if it works or not."
"Doesn't matter." Kenny replied, keeping calm in this happy situation as he went over to expect the boat. "I'll check it to see if it works, and even if there is problems, me and Lee found that battery over there."
"Good enough for us." Carley agreed until she had looked towards Lee to get his attention and nodded her head towards the house, meaning she wanted to talk to him in private.
Lee nodded, knowing what the meant as he released Clementine out from his hug and followed the shorter woman into the house.
When they were alone, Lee closed the backdoor behind him so he and Carley could talk in private. He waited for her to speak first, expecting her to say something important.
"Lee, I've been thinking a lot lately." Carley stated. "About you."
"I think about you too, Carley." Lee admitted, almost leading to the exact same conversation back at the Motor Inn.
"Lee, remember when we were in the drugstore and I said I liked Doug in a parent's basement sort of way?" Carley reminded, and she got a slight nod from Lee in agreement. "Well, I like you in a similar way except a little more past a parent's basement way."
I took Lee a few seconds to understood what she meant exactly, and now, he understood she was trying to tell him she had strong feels towards him. "Oh, I see."
"Yeah. What do you think?" Carley asked, hoping that the man from Macon cared for her in the same way.
"Carley..." Lee began, placing both of his hands upon her shoulders. "I care for you too in that sort of way like you said. I just never found a way or the time to say it to you."
Carley nodded slightly until they both stared into each other's eyes for a moment as their faces moved closer, closer, and closer to each other's faces until suddenly, both of them had their lips pressed against each other's, sharing a passionate kiss.
The two moved their arms around each other's backs with their eyes closed, enjoying every moment of this romantic moment, not seeming too bothered that anyone from outside could just walk in at any moment.
As a couple of minutes had passed, the two ended their passionate kiss and looked into each other's eyes with smiles across their faces.
"So, I take it we're a couple now?" Lee asked, although to answer to that question was quite obvious.
"Yeah, but let's not tell anyone yet." Carley suggested, not wanting to make a big fuss about her and Lee being together. "Now, let's go outside. And see if Kenny needs any help with the boat."
"Sounds like a plan." Lee agreed, smiling slightly as he and Carley left the house and made their way into the backyard, hoping that this boat was in working condition and that it would be their ticket to freedom.
Chapter is complete. As you can see, Lee never met Vernon and his group, and Molly was killed by Kenny. Some of you may not have liked that, but I decided to add an interesting plot twist. Hope you liked it. But the good thing is, Lee and Carley are now a couple, but they will keep this a secret for now.