We're finally getting in to the events of the game now which means... Clementine! Back to Olivia POV.
"Hey, Luke! How much further until we get back to the cabin?" Olly, Luke and Pete had offered to go and look for some game for food. They'd managed to get some rabbit, but that's all that they snagged.
"Not much further." So they continued their trek in silence. Olivia had regained much of her strength thanks to the group, mainly thanks to Luke. She knew if it weren't for him, she'd be dead. The others would have cast her out. Most had come to accept her now. Nick spoke to her in the evenings about his and Luke's bust business which was always entertaining, Pete was teaching her how to fish down at the lake, Carlos and his daughter Sarah spoke about their spanish origins and Carlos even taught her how to heal simple wounds. Rebecca's husband was nice enough when his wife wasn't around, but Rebecca... Rebecca still didn't trust her. This only made Olly suspicious that she had something to hide... perhaps it has something to do with this Carver guy everyone keeps whispering about. Not that I'll be sticking around to find out. I'm still planning on leaving. They're good people, but I need to continue North. "You keepin' up, Oliver?" Luke turned his head slightly towards her with his cheeky smile plastered on his face.
Olly picked up the pace until she stood beside Luke and Pete. "I told you not to call me that, Lucy." Olivia's frown was replaced with a smug grin at Luke's disgust.
"Lucy? Really? Took you this long to come up with that?" Olly continued to grin to herself. "Well, you still haven't told me the story behind that dirty cap of yours." Luke gestured to the cap on her head that attempted to keep her wild hear out of her face. Her smile faltered.
"Yeah, com'on girly. Out with it." Pete had always tried to mask his curiosity until now.
Olivia sighed in defeat. "What's there to say? It's a reminder.."
Luke glanced down at her, she was slightly shorter than he was so it was always difficult to tell how she was feeling because the damned hat concealed her face He hesitated before persisting. "A reminder of what?"
Olly stared at the endless road in front of them, reminiscing over times forgotten. "It was-" Suddenly an arm was abruptly placed in front of her, preventing their brisk pace.
"Sssh, did you hear that?" They all stopped to try and listen to what Luke had heard. The only sound audible being the sound of birds tweeting above their heads.
"What did you hear, son?" Luke didn't say anything.
"There it was again. Did you hear it?" Olly and Pete shook their heads. Then a slight shriek was heard by all three of them on the east side of their flank. The group took up running towards, what sounded like, a young girl in trouble. They could hear the struggle, they were close. That's when Olly saw her, a young girl wearing a baseball cap attempting to push off a walker. Luke saw her too and sprinted forward, then sliced the roamer's head clean off. More began to surround the group, they were quickly being outnumbered. Olly unsheathed her katana and sliced through the head of one and then curved round and sliced another. Pete used his crossbow to put a bolt in the head of one that was gaining on him. Then turned and put a bolt in another.
"I'm out, grab her and let's go!" Luke obeyed, scooped up the girl and all three of them ran back towards the cabin. The group's pace slowed when they were in the clear and stopped to take a breather.
"Damn... I think, I think we're okay." Olly coughed as her throat seemed to tighten.
"You sure you're okay, Oliver?" Olly nodded. "I knew it was too soon to bring you out with us. You're still getting better."
"It was my choice, Lucy." She gave him a half smile and he returned it.
"Well, you sure know how to swing that sword of yours..."
"Don't mean to interrupt this lovin' moment, but you're carrying a little girl that seems to be a little out of it." Pete stared at them knowingly.
"Oh, shit. Right. Hey, you okay?"
"I-I think so..." Pete was right, this little girl was out of it. They all continued there walk home so they could get this little girl checked out. Luke seems to make a habit of saving people's lives. Olivia smiled to herself.
Pete twisted to look the girl over. "What are you doing out here?" He seemed to speak more harsh than intended so Luke interrupted.
"Where are the, uh... people you're with? There's no chance you made it this long on your own." Olly scowled to herself. This doesn't seem like any of our business.
"My friend and I got attacked." Luke and Pete both shared startled looks.
Pete was attempting to keep his cool. "Hmm... these folks mention what they were after?"
"They might've just wanted food. We were cooking some sort of weasel."
Luke's face tried to remain indifferent. Olly could see right through it though. "They attacked you for a weasel...? Damn. That is low... They didn't mention any names, right...? They weren't searching for anybody?" Rebecca ain't gonna like this. The little girl just shook her head. This seemed to relax Luke a little. "Well... I'm Luke, and that's Pete and behind us is Oliver."
"He means, Olivia. Everyone calls me Olly though."
"Hi, I'm Clementine."
"It's nice to meet you, Clementine. For now, we're going to take you back to our group, okay? We got a doctor with us and you look like you could use some- OH SHIT!" In panic, Luke dropped Clementine to the ground which rewarded him with a squeal of pain.
"Luke!" Olly started to run towards the little girl, but Luke pulled her back.
"She's... she's been bit, man. FUCK! Fuck fuck fuck... what are we gonna do here...?"
"No, it was a dog!"
Pete stared at the little girl, attempting to keep his calm demeanor, whilst Luke began frantically pacing and Olly watched with interest. "I didn't see no dog, Clementine."
"Com'on kid. Look, we just saw you with those lurkers back there!"
"Calm down, Luke."
"How can I calm down, Olivia!? You weren't there whe-"
"No! Just look at it! Please!"
Luke turned and glared at her. "Yeah, and have you sink your teeth in Pete's neck? No way."
"My neck? Why'm I the one?"
"Cause I don't know a dog bite from a mosquito bite from a lurker bite, man."
"It's not!" Olly peered down at the girl, cradling her arm. She stepped forward and knelt down next to her.
"Woah-oh... careful." Clementine glared at him. "Hey, don't look at me like that, you're the one that's bit here."
"I'm going to slide your sleeve up now, is that okay?" Clem nodded and slowly but surely, her sleeve was rolled up over the wound. The wound was deep and if it wasn't taken care of, it would get infected. Olivia gazed in to Clementine's eyes. "Was this done by a dog?"
"Yes." Olly nodded and helped Clementine to her feet.
"Woah, wait. What did you expect her to say?"
"I believe her. I'd say the wound was far too big to be human sized."
Pete nodded. "Then that's good enough for me."
Luke's eyes darted from person to person. "W-what?"
"Look, Luke. We have a doctor. You helped me when I needed it and I sure as hell ain't gonna leave a little girl out here to die when we have a doctor who will look at this and agree with me." Luke sighed and began walking forward again and the others followed. However, they all turned back to see Clementine barely able to walk. "Hey, Clementine... you okay?"
"I-I'm fine... just... tired."
"Well, you better be fine. 'Cause I ain't carryin' you anymore with that bite on your arm."
"Don't worry about..." Clem never finished her words before her whole body swayed to her left and toppled to the ground.
"Ah, shit."
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