Hey everyone! So, this chapter was a tough to say the least. I purposely didn't write much description in this one. It needed to feel like it was all a little fast paced. I think you'll soon understand why. Hope you enjoy.

TWD Chapter 5 – Tough calls.

Olly, Luke and Pete all dashed down to the cabin. Olly carried Clementine, Luke close behind her and Pete took the rear. All but Carlos and Sarah had been waiting for them to return outside. As soon as Rebecca saw the little girl curled up unconscious in Olivia's hands, the arguments erupted.

"What the fuck!? Who the fuck is she?"

Great. Of course she'd be out here. "Calm down, Rebecca." Olivia took a protective stance in front of Clementine after placing her on the ground.

"Don't tell me to calm down, girl!"

"Hey, Hey! Stop it! I need to go get Carlos." Luke sprinted off in to the house.

"What? Why does he need Carlos?" Nick turned to Pete and me in confusion.

"The girl's been bit by a dog." The groups eyes grew wide.

"You... you see this dog, Pete?"

"No, but Olly made a call."

"So, you're just going to take her word for it!? Fuck. She's bit man. She's going to kill us."

"Calm the fuck down, Nick. That bite it way too big to be a roamer's."

"Hey, don't tell me to calm the fuck down! I lost my mum to those fuckin' things!"

"Nick's right! On top of that, she might be working for Carver! Didn't you even think to ask where the hell she came from?"

"Carver, Carver, Carver. That's all the fuck it's about with you, Rebecca! She already told us that her and her friend were attacked and then she was bit by a dog!" Am I the only one here who's going to defend this girl?

"Fuck you, Olivia."

At some point, Clementine had awoken."I'm not working for any-" A gunshot rang out, narrowly missing Clementine. Everyone's startled eyes turned to Nick.

"What the fuck, Nick!?" Olivia charged towards him, fury masking any other emotion. She liked Nick, but not way in hell will she let him hurt this little girl.

The cabin door flung open and a panicked Luke ran out. "Whoa, whoa. What the fuck?"

"Everyone just calm the fuck down for a second." So Alvin does have a backbone.

"Clementine, you okay?" Oh, now Luke's concerned?

"I-I'm not working for anyone. I don't know what you're talking about. I just need help."

"We got a doctor right here, okay. He'll have a look." Luke assured her. "Now what hell is wrong with you people?! Okay, she's just scared!"

"We're all scared, Luke! Don't act like we're the ones being irrational because we don't buy this bullshit story."

"Fuck sake, Rebecca. She's a little girl!" Don't they realise how scared she must be?

Carlos' smooth figure brushed past the crowd. "Let me take a look." He held his hand out to her, but Clementine was hesitant. I'm not surprised. I know what it likes to have your life in someone else's hands.

She glanced over to Luke, who tried reassuring her. "It's okay. Go ahead. He's a doctor."

They're all going to eat their words now. Carlos will see the bites too big to be a roamer bite and she'll get patched up. That'll shut Rebecca up, for sure.

Clementine pulled up her sleeve slowly, trying to ignore the pain. Once she had finished, Carlos placed his hand on it lightly, inspecting the bite whilst a smile was easily visible from Olly. The look on Rebecca's face will be priceless.

"Hmm. Whatever it was, it got you good."

Her smile faded as quick as it had come. "Sorry? What? 'What ever it was'... Are you for real, Carlos?" The fury Olivia felt was like fire, ready to burn any that got too close.

"This isn't how we do things, man When you're bit, you get put down. End of story. I'm not going through this again!"

"Shut the fuck up, Nick."

Luke glared at her. "Olivia, stop it! Look, Nick... Nobody is suggestin' that."

"We could take her arm off." All eyes were on Pete now. Especially Clementine's. "I know that worked for a cousin down in Ainsworth. We could try that."

"Has anyone bothered to think about what Clementine wants!?" No way will I let them do this. This isn't there choice.

"She's hardly in a position to be makin' choices!"

"This isn't your choice either, Rebecca!"

Everyone turned to the sound of the cabin door opening. "Who's she?" In the doorway stood Sarah, looking curiously at Clementine over the rims of her red glasses.

Carlos rose to his feet. "Sarah? What'd I say? Stay inside." Sarah looked at her father with sad eyes, then shut the door of the cabin. He then returned to kneeling beside Clementine who attempted to plea one last time.

"I don't mean to be any trouble. I just want to stop the bleeding and then I'll go. You'll never see me again, I promise." This girl is tough, that's for sure. Carlos better help her, or I swear...

"And where exactly would you go?" Carlos asked.

"To find my friend, Christa."

"Forget it. You won't get five feet." I'm sure she'd get further than you could, Nick.

"Look, I may be in the minority here, but my gut tells me she's telling the truth. It probably is just a dog bite, Probably..."

"Thank you, Lucy. Someone's finally talkin' some sense." Olly beamed at him with gratitude, Luke nodded at her in return.

Carlos sat up from his position and rounded up to the group. It's okay, Clementine. Carlos has to have realised you're telling the truth.

Alvin was the first to talk. "So? What'd you think?"

"A bite like that... could be anything." Fuck. Is this really happening? Is Carlos even a fuckin' doctor!? "Only one way to find out. We wait. By tomorrow morning, if the fever's set in, we'll know if she's going to turn. In the meantime we can lock her in the shed."

"Oh, no no no. No fuckin' way, Carlos! She needs help. That bite is-"

"This isn't your call, Olivia!" Olivia's blood boiled beneath her skin and her eyes glazed over, glaring at the man she once respected.

"She's right... My arm it needs to get cleaned, stitched and bandaged..." Clementine looked like a helpless animal whilst her predators decided whose prey she is.

"The girl's in bad shape, Carlos." Sometimes I think me and Luke are the only sane ones in this group.

"We have all that stuff inside the cabin, we could probably get by with..."

"ALVIN, please..." Damn you, Rebecca.

"But, yeah. We can't do nothing." I take it back, Alvin doesn't have a backbone.

Carlos turned to the girl and spoke softly. "I'm not wasting supplies on a lurker bite. If it turns out you're telling the truth, I'll clean it and stitch it in the morning."

"This is horse shit!" Olly turned and stormed in to the cabin and slammed the door of her bedroom. Throwing her sheathed katana on the pine floor, she collapsed onto the bed, tangling herself in the sheets. I mean, what the fuck is their problem? She's a little girl! Damn it. Fuck those guys.

A few minutes later, a light tapping was heard on the wooden door to her bedroom. "Go away!" Olivia may have been acting more immature than the little girl outside, but she felt like she was the only person amongst this group that possessed any moral centre. Herself, and maybe Luke.

"It's me, Luke." Think of the devil.

"...Come in." Luke tentatively stepped inside of the room, the floor boards creaking under his feet. He was afraid to set her in to a blind rage once again. He'd only seen the death glare she gave Carlos today a few times, the one that stuck in his mind the most being the day he met her. "This is bullshit, Luke. I mean, she's tired and hungry and hurt... so what do we do... we lock her in a fuckin' shed like an animal!"

"Hey, I don't like it either!" Luke stopped and took a second to breath. He knew she was right. Their group had never done anything like this before and he was beginning to lose sight on what was right and wrong. "...Com'on, there's a house meeting."

Olly paused for a second, and took a deep breath. "I'm leaving..."

I hope you guys enjoyed. I'm not too good at scenes with a huge mass of characters because I'm always afraid it'll get confusing, so if it did, I'm sorry. I tried to sneak in Olivia's thoughts on the character who was talking if it wasn't obvious, so I hope that made it easier.