The Walking Dead: The Decimation of Mankind

Chapter 7: fallen

Hey everyone, I'm back. Wow it feels like forever since I last updated my story.,ya'll miss me? I know it's been a little late and I still have work to do, but not as much now. Enjoy chapter 7, folks.

After night had passed and the sun gave daylight and clear vision, the group of eight continued their journey south. Since Lee had been the driver after they left Howe's, Mike drove for a while with Lee sitting in the passenger, coordinating their journey on the road for any places they could check out.

"Here's a place." Lee announced, tapping his finger against the map. "I think it's a small town. Only a couple of buildings, but we might be able to find something there."

"We'll check it out." Mike agreed as he kept his eyes focused on the road.

While Lee and Mike lead the way, Clementine and Luke were playing another game of cards together. Bonnie was taking care of AJ and Jane was with Sarah, who was testing out her new guitar Luke had got her for the previous day.

Now that Jane was with them again, she tried communicating with Sarah who she saved while they were at the observation deck.

"So, you play the guitar?" Jane spoke out of the blue. This was going to take some time, but she felt like she made some progress with Lee the previous night.

"Only a little." Sarah admitted as she attempted to play it, but it had been so long since she last saw one. "I don't think I remember how to play it."

Jane however, knew how to play the guitar perfect. She borrowed the guitar from Sarah and began to play a slow tune. All of the group noticed this and listened intently. Whoever knew Jane could play an instrument so well? Especially in this day and age.

After playing for a moment or two, Jane gave Sarah her guitar back.

"Wow that was so cool." Sarah complimented with a smile. "Do you think you could give me some guitar lessons some time?"

Jane nodded in response with a slight smile. "Sure thing. When we find somewhere safe, I'll teach you everything there is to playing a guitar? Sound good."

"I'd like that." Sarah agreed with a nod.

Lee could not help but smile in amazement to Jane's contributes so far. She really was serious about wanting to be with people and finally getting the chance to bond rather than acting like a lone wolf all the time. Nevertheless, Lee was curious to see what other surprises she would throw at him.

"Got any threes?" Luke asked Clementine while they were playing a game of Go Fish together.

Before Clementine could answer, Lee quickly shouted a warning after they turned around a corner they could not see beyond. "OH SHIT! Hang on!"

The RV came to a screeching halt and everyone gripped onto something the best they could. Fortunately, no-one was injured. The only exception to this was AJ who began to cry hysterically. Bonnie quickly shushed him before his cries would attract any unwanted attention.

Clementine proceeded to the front of the RV to investigate why they had suddenly stopped. "What happened?"

"That happened." Mike responded, his eyes locked onto the danger ahead.

Down the road were a few more cars scattered across the area and blocking their way, but that was not the only problem. A group of walkers were also roaming the area too, roaming around in search of nothing as perusal. There was no way to get around them.

"Well, looks like we got to clear them out." Lee announced as he went to go and pick up and AK-47 until Luke stopped him.

"Lee, what if there are more of them?" Luke asked the obvious with a slight nervous expression across his face.

Lee knew more than obvious that sound attracted walkers and that's why they wouldn't waste ammunition if there were only a couple of them, but there was a whole group of them out there to take down silently. "Luke, you can't be serious. There's too many to take on with melee weapons."

"Lee, you did fight through a horde of walkers not too long ago." Clementine reminded her guardian. Although she tried to forget that day since she could have lost her guardian, but now seemed like a good time to bring it up.

"Say what?" Mike asked with a slightly shock face.

Lee just ignored them and proceeded to take out his hatchet. "It's going to be tough, guys if you want to do it this way."

"We got this." Luke assured as he took out his machete and prepared to fight for survival.

Mike took out his small sledgehammer and Jane took out her scratch awl, preparing to help.

Lee nodded and turned back to the others. "Bonnie, stay here and protect Clem, Sarah, AJ and the RV. Don't come outside under any circumstances, okay? We'll handle this in no time."

"You got it, Lee." Bonnie agreed with a nod.

Lee turned to the others and beckoned for them to follow him. "Let's go."

Lee, Luke, Mike and Jane exited the RV with Bonnie shutting the door behind them. Everyone prepared to fight and began to approach the car wreck on the road where the walkers did not seem to be aware of their presence yet.

"Jane, bring them over here." Lee ordered while getting a better grip on his weapon.

Jane jumped on top of one of the cars and whistled to get their attention. "Hey, assholes! Over here!"

The walkers turned towards the source of the sound and slowly began to march towards them while growling and snarling in desperation for a fresh tasty meal. As they were getting closer, everyone split up rather than staying together. This way, the walkers would spread out too rather than overpowering them from one direction. "Come on, motherfuckers!"

Lee got the first kill and slammed his hatchet directly into the walker's brain. He pushed it away and proceeded to kick another one down as it approached him.

Mike uses his strength to kick a walker down and proceeded to crush it's skull with his own foot. He raised his sledge hammer and whacked them directly across the face as they approached him from the sides.

Jane remained at the top of the car where they could not reach her yet. She knelt down and proceeded to stab them all one by one.

As for Luke, he was not doing as well as the others. He began to back away as the walkers moved in towards him. He decapitated a couple of walkers that moved in towards him, but they were approaching him from the front and the side.

Luke panicked when a single walker snuck up behind him and attempted to take a bite out of his arm, but fortunately, he was able to push it away and kick it before it could succeeded. He noticed more of them coming and was now beginning to regret this idea. "Shit."

Running out of options, Luke climbed into a car and closed the door, trapping himself inside. The walkers all gathered around the car and attempted to force themselves inside by slamming themselves against the windows. If one of them were to break, Luke would surely die.

Nearby, the others almost finished taking of walkers their way, but Jane was the first to notice a missing member of their group. She looked around and located Luke trapped in a car with walkers surrounding him. "Oh, shit! Luke's in trouble!"

Lee took a quick glimpse before he slammed his hatchet into the walker. "Jane, go help him!"

Jane nodded and jumped from car to car to go and help Luke before they got to him. She landed on a car right next to them and quickly caught their attention. "Hey! Over here!"

A few of the walkers surrounding Luke noticed a new target and proceeded to ignore Luke and go after her instead. Jane knelt down and stabbed them one by one as they tried to grab her from below.

Mike slammed his sledgehammer into one more walker, but in the process, he lost his grip and dropped his weapon which landed under a car. "Fuck!" he cursed as another walker proceeded towards him.

As Mike backed away, he looked towards the car beside him and noticed the door was open, giving him an idea. When the walker was close enough, it grabbed onto Mike and attempted to bite him. Mike wrestled with it for a moment before throwing the walker down into the car and then closing the door to crush its head.

Mike did this a few times to make certain it was dead. He located his sledgehammer under a car and went to go and help Lee deal with the last walkers in the area.

Meanwhile, Luke had walkers trying to get to him from the passenger side, but on the driver's seat, he noticed that the walkers from there had left to go and deal with Jane. Taking this opportunity before he got overwhelmed again, Luke exited the car and began to help Jane out by attacking the walkers attacking her.

Lee and Mike ran over to them a few seconds later and dispatched the last of the walkers. Now the road was clear of walkers and only the cars remained in the way. Everyone took the opportunity to catch a couple of breaths and make sure no-one was injured.

"Everyone all right?" Lee inquired, placing his weapon into the back of his pants.

"We're good." Luke assured, slightly shocked to his near death experience. It was almost as bad as the time he fell through a frozen lake and almost died.

"We got 'em." Jane stated the obvious as she jumped down from the car and joined the others.

"Now we just need to move these cars out the way." Lee suggested, but that might be a problem considering how many there were. "Luke, Jane, Mike, come and help me move them."

"Actually, I was going to take a look around the area." Mike declined with his arms crossed. "You know, see if there's any more walkers anywhere."

Lee arched an eyebrow in response. They could use Mike's help with moving the cars, but he had a good point about checking the area for more walkers. "You sure you want to go on your own?"

"I'm sure." Mike assured with a nod. "I'll take a gun with me just in case. If there's trouble, I'll come running back."

"No, I don't like that." Lee replied. Going alone in this day and age was risky. He debated on who to send with Mike and as much as he did not want to do it, he thought about sending Clementine. She handled herself well last time when she went with Jane to the observation deck. "Take Clementine with you, for safety. We can't be too careful."

"All right." Mike agreed as he proceeded back towards the RV, his sledgehammer in one hand.

As Mike walked away, the trio got to work on moving these cars out the way. Lee was able to put the car in neutral and he pushed from the driver's seat while Luke and Jane pushed the car from the back. They continued doing so until it was off the road and out of their way.

"Well, that's one." Lee announced the obvious while wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Around twenty more to go." Jane stated the bad news that earned her a funny look from Lee and Luke. She shrugged in confusion. "What? I'm just saying."

Luke just shrugged it off and got back to the matter at hand. "Let's just get back to work."

While Lee, Luke and Jane were taking care of the road block situation, Clementine and Mike were walking around the area together to scout for any walkers or maybe even something useful. Mike kept his sledgehammer ready while Clementine had a Glock 17 with her in case they ran into further trouble.

"Any reason why we're out here exactly?" Clementine inquired as they stepped over a log.

"Just keeping an eye out for any trouble. That and I wanted to go for a walk." Mike admitted with a slight grin across his face. "Don't tell no-one."

"Your secret's safe with me, Mike." Clementine assured with a nod.

Mike continued to lead the way into no specific destination until he heard rustling in a nearby tree. He placed his hand out towards Clementine as a signal for them to stop. Clementine nodded and aimed her gun towards the bush, preparing for trouble.

A couple of seconds later, there was no walkers or humans in the bush. A raccoon came running out of the bush and stared towards the two humans for a moment.

"It's a raccoon." Clementine announced as she lowered her weapon. "Just like the one we saw at the museum."

"I'm still hungry for raccoon." Mike admitted, placing his hands to his hips while trying to debate his next plan of action.

"Why? We got plenty of food back at the RV." Clementine reminded him. Part of the reason she did not want to catch the raccoon is because she wanted it to escape.

"I know, but all that's snacks and munches." Mike countered. He prepared to make a move. "Wouldn't you like a nice cooked dinner for once? I certainly would."

Clementine raised her eyebrows and looked somewhat skeptical about this plan, but nevertheless, as long as they did not attract any unwanted attention, then why not? Like Mike said: a cooked dinner would nice to enjoy indeed. "All right. As long as it doesn't case too much trouble."

"A raccoon? No problem." Mike reassured. He slowly began to approach raccoon while it was too busy eating something to notice them.

As they got close, Clementine accidentally stepped on a twig that caused a noise quite load to the raccoon just as Mike almost got to him. The raccoon ran away and Mike leaped forward in an attempt to grab it, but he missed and landed face first onto the ground.

Clementine could not help but laugh as Mike got up and the two chased after the raccoon. They bushed past a bush where the raccoon had ran through and eventually found their way out in an open area. However, before they continued running, Clementine and Mike froze in their steps and their eyes widened in fear.

They never expected to see a grizzly bear standing a few feet in front of them, feasting on the raccoon they were just eating. Now they were in trouble. Bears were extremely dangerous animals and were more than capable of running as fast as a horse if they needed to.

Since the bear was too busy feasting to notice them yet, Clementine and Mike slowly backed away as quiet as they could.

"Whatever you do, don't make a sound." Mike warned in a whispering tone.

The duo continued to back away until they were now quite a good distance away from the bear, but it was still within their sights. Just when they thought they were in the clear, the bear looked up and noticed new prey dead ahead. Without a second's hesitation, the bear began to charge their way.

"OH SHIT!" Mike screamed as he pushed Clementine forward while running. "GO! GO!"

Clementine panicked and took out her Glock 17. She fired a few rounds towards the bear, but since she was not looking back, she was unable to aim properly and just shot in random places.

"FUCK!" Mike screamed as they continued running from the woods, but the bear was catching up fast and it would be upon them in no time. The RV was not that far away and they had to get there fast.

Meanwhile, Lee, Luke and Jane continued pushing cars out of the way for the RV to advance through later. Now only two cars remained. However, right as they were about to continue moving cars, a few gun shots were fired. The source of the gun shots sounded like they from where Clementine and Mike went to which left the worst thoughts racing around Lee's mind.

"Clementine! Mike!" Lee shouted as he ran towards the RV, Luke and Jane following closely. He called out to Bonnie who was standing on top of the RV to keep guard. "Bonnie! See anything!?"

Bonnie looked through a pair of binoculars towards the woods where Clementine and Mike went through. With all the trees in the way, it made it difficult to see, but a moment later, she spotted a glimpse. "I can't see-wait, there they are! Holy shit! Grab a gun, now!"

Lee did not hesitate to obey and quickly caught the AK-47 Bonnie threw to him. He ran into the woods and spotted Clementine and Mike running their way with a 900 pound grizzly bear following them. "Fuck me...Get down!"

Clementine quickly moved out the way, but Mike was running out of breath and was forced to slow down despite the energy boost from the adrenaline.

"MIKE!" Lee warned, screaming at the top of his lungs.

Mike spun around and screamed as the bear lifted his gigantic paw and clawed Mike's torso. The bear then proceeded to whack him out the way and prepared to maul on the injured man.

The bear prepared to feast but felt incredible sharp pains in his stomach when Lee fired all of his AK-47 rounds, unloading every last bullet available. Clementine helped too and fired all of her Glock 17 rounds. Bears were tough to kill and hopefully these bullets would be another to bring it down before it hurt anyone else.

The grizzly bear cried out in pain and took a few stepped back before succumbing to his wounds and dying a slow death.

Lee dropped his rifle and quickly ran towards the injured Mike who was barely conscious and had a three claw mark across his chest. "Mike! Shit!"

Bonnie and the rest of the group joined them. She panicked as she knelt down to Mike and attempted to inspect his wound. "Mike! Jesus Christ, he got beat up bad!"

"Is he going to be okay?!" Lee asked. He tried to keep his voice down, but after this just happened, how could he remain calm.

"I...I don't know...I..." Bonnie stuttered with tears beginning to fill up in her eyes. "Look, just help me get him into the RV. It's too dangerous to be out here!"

Before Lee helped his friend, he noticed a single walker approaching them from the road. Frustrated with the injury of his friend, Lee wanted to take his danger out on someone and who better than a walker.

"Fuck this!" Lee growled as he took out his Glock 17 and aimed it at the walker approaching them. "I'm tired of making no noise!"

"Lee, no!" Luke warned.

Lee pulled the trigger and fired, taking down the walker with a single shot. He clearly was not thinking straight for a moment and had to get his act together.

"Lee!" Luke scolded, but right now his priority was on Mike. "Just help me with Mike."

Lee nodded and helped Luke pick Mike up. He was quite heavy than he looked, but they were not just going to sit back and let their friend die. They lost too many people already and out of all the ways to die in this world where the dead have taken over, getting killed by a bear was one of the worst ways to go.

After getting Mike into the RV, Lee, Luke and Jane were quick to move the remaining cars out of the way until the road was finally clear enough for them to continue moving. The second they were free, everyone boarded the RV and Lee was quick to jump into the driver's seat and pressed his foot against the gas, speeding off down the main road.

Everyone prayed that Mike was not fatally wounded and could recover with the medical supplies they had. How they wished they had Carlos with them still. All they could do was try their best and pray for his survival.

And that was chapter 7, folks. Mike tried to chase a raccoon, but has now been serious injured by a bear. Let's hope that his injuries are not fatal and he will recover. I'll work on getting chapter 8 to you guys and gals soon.