"What the hell? It was right goddamn here…" Lee gasped. Noticing the disappearance of the train from the tracks where they had left it.
"What do we do now?" Clementine asked, taking Lee's hand, shuffling towards him nervously.
"Omid and Christa should be here…" Lee sighed. "No idea wha-
Lee cut himself off as he heard a loud, high-pitched and deafening tune behind him. He snapped his head around to see a sleek red muscle car, with small splashes of dirt and blood around the wheels and skirts of the car. Lee peered through the tinted windshield to see Omid with a bright grin stretching across his face, sitting next to him was Christa who was holding her forehead in her palm, shaking her head. "Hey guys!" Omid said, happily as he stuck his head out the window.
"Omid?" Lee asked, walking over to the car.
Omid lent on the window frame. "Hey, man. Like my ride?" Omid asked in a humorous deep accent.
"If it means getting away from here, then yeah. I do." Lee said.
"I'm with him. I want to get as far countryside as countryside goes." Christa said.
Lee opened the backseat door for Clementine with a tired smile. Clem crawled into the backseat, nearly collapsing onto them halfway, managing to shuffle herself towards the furthest window seat. Lee followed her in closely, sitting next to the door he had opened. Lee slammed the door shut, and smacked his head back on the seat in exhaustion. "Shit." Lee sighed.
"What a day…" Christa sighed as Omid pressed his foot down on the gas pedal, following the bumpy dirt pathway around the train tracks.
"You can say that again." Omid said. "What happened after you climbed down? That was pretty risky."
"Cut through the bastards. Found something out that's pretty helpful. Smell like the walkers and they'll leave you alone." Lee said.
"That explains why you smell like...'that'. How about before we go to the countryside we find some clothes, or a river. Something." Christa said with a small chuckle.
"Whichever comes first." Lee scoffed.
"We're just glad you two made it back okay. She alright?" Christa asked.
Lee looked over to Clementine, who was looking down at the distant city of Savannah, pressing her forehead up against the fogged-up window. "Clem?" Lee said, caressing Clementine's hand comfortingly. "Feeling any better?"
Clementine just stared at the city and down at the radio she was holding. The faded stickers, the slightly chewed antenna and the chipped plastic shell outside it. "Nu-uh…" Clementine squeaked.
"Are you gonna cry?" Lee asked.
Clementine nodded and fell backwards onto Lee's shoulder, crying and squealing. Lee wrapped his arms around her front, cuddling her into him. "It's alright." Lee said.
"No it isn't…" Clementine sobbed. "I don't have anything left…my mom, my dad, they're both dead…" Lee looked down at Clem then back up at Christa and Omid, Omid keeping his eyes on the road, glancing back at Christa every few seconds, whilst Christa was looking at Lee, waiting for him to help her. "You have me…" Lee said.
"Huh?" Clem mumbled.
"You have something. You have me. You have Omid and Christa, and by now you know, I'll do anything to keep you safe. And as long as you're happy…well, then I'm happy." Lee said.
Clementine looked up at Lee and leaned back onto him again, snuggling herself into a comfortable position. "I…" Clem yawned. "I…"
"You what, honey?" Lee asked. After hearing no response for several seconds Lee looked down to see Clementine fast asleep, hugging his arm like a teddy bear. Lee smiled and leaned back in his seat with a small and soft laugh.
"So what happened out there?" Christa asked, quietly.
"This creepy motherfucker, got Clem to tell him everything. A while back, me and my group stole some supplies from his car. Like the hoodie she's wearing. We were starving, we had to do it. No idea it was him." Lee said.
"It's alright. I get it. Frankly I don't give a shit how tragic his life story is. He killed Ben, and Kenny, god knows who else. Almost got you bitten…several times." Christa said, annoyance heavily in her voice.
"We've been through so much together, I just…I don't know what that shit does to a kid. She's so innocent, you know?" Lee said, looking down at Clementine, who was still out like a light.
"Sweetest kid I've met before." Christa said. "I didn't know what I thought about you before…but if anyone was going to look after her then I don't think anyone who's seen what I've seen would choose any differently."
"Thanks." Lee said. "Alright. I'm going to get some sleep, if that's alright."
"Of course. You've been through loads. Besides I've been on my ass with this infected leg for days. Let me do something. Plus this car…oh this car…" Omid said, fondling the gear stick.
"Watch out, you'll make Christa jealous." Lee joked, shutting his eyes.
"Yeah right." Christa laughed.
"I forgot to say…" Lee said, before drowsily nodding off. "Congratulations."
Lee dropped his head backwards and quickly fell asleep.
Lee slowly opened his eyes to a blurry vision of Clementine curled up on the car seat, her head still on his knee, her thumb sat comfortably in her mouth. Lee looked around the car, Omid was still driving, and appearing as if he were to kiss the steering wheel of the car any second, and Christa was out cold, snoring slightly with every breath.
"Hey." Lee whispered.
"Jesus Christ!" Omid yelled, honking the horn slightly, beeping the first note of the small tune the horn made. Omid looked around, as the car slowly grinded to a halt.
"What?! What?" Christa said, slightly groggy. "What happened?"
"Sorry." Lee said, beginning to chuckle slightly.
"Oh, ha-ha." Omid said sarcastically.
Lee looked down at Clementine who was rolling around as she splayed herself across the car seats then back into the curled up position she was in.
"Aw, did we wake her up?" Christa asked.
"We're good." Lee said softly.
"Never do that again." Omid said, sternly as he began moving again.
"No promises." Lee said humorously.
Christa laughed and shook her head as she looked out the window, stopping her laughing immediately, as she held up her index finger to signal for the others to be quiet. "You guys hear that?" Christa asked.