The Walking Dead: Fight for Survival
Chapter 13: planning an escape
Night time had finally arrived after a long day of nothing but hard work, and now Lee, Clementine, Carley, and the rest of the cabin group were back into the yard, plotting their escape once they were informed by Clementine that Luke is back and currently hiding in the comic store. Everyone now discuss their plan of action and how they planned to get the radios back to Luke.
In the center of the yard, everyone gathered around the fire as they discussed their escape plan now that Troy was no longer around to guard them.
"-Alright, alright, let me get this straight." Lee told everyone around him while everyone was arguing with each other slightly. "The plan is to break into a stockroom, get the radios, and get them to Luke?"
"Well, yes." Carlos agreed, speaking for everyone around him since they did class him as the leader of their group. "Don't you agree?"
"Of course I agree, I just noticed a couple of problems, that's all." Lee answered, leaning back in his chair with his arms folded around his chest. "Number one: what if they find out two of their radios is missing? And second: how can we get them in the stockroom? We're all busy during the day, and we can't exactly get out of here without drawing attention to ourselves."
Carlos was about to say something back, but closed his mouth when he realized he was right. He hummed as he looked towards Sarah, whom merely stared at her father, and then he shifted his gaze towards the others. "Hmm...You do a good point, Lee."
"Do you have any other plans?" Rebecca asked him.
"Not yet, but I'm thinking, all right?" Lee assured, but he had no idea what his next move was going to be.
"Wonderful." Rebecca sighed, rolling her eyeballs around in annoyance.
"Fucking fantastic..." Mike mumbled.
"Hey, cut Lee a break." Lilly requested, defending Lee from their judgment, although they did not exactly say anything to offend him. "He's probably the smartest out of us all here. If it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't be alive myself here right now."
Lee raised a slight smile and gave a supportive nod towards Lilly to which she returned. He was glad to have her back in his life now that she was no longer the high-tempered, angry woman he once knew. He soon shifted his attention back to the previous subject. "Look, there's no way out of this yard apart from the main gate, but that's always locked. Besides, even if we do get out of here, what's the plan next? Shoot our way out?"
"Have you seen their guns?" Rebecca reminded them. "Those are automatic rifles. We can't shoot past them."
"I got an idea..." Jane had finally spoken after she usually kept silent during everyone's conversations and when she was not crazy. "There's a horde of walkers coming, right? If
"The first thing I here you say, and it's a crazy idea." Mike chuckled. "Besides, how do you know it works?"
"Because I always use to do it all the time before I got sucked into this camp." Jane answered as she sat down in one of the chairs. "It's simple; you just smear walker guts all around you and they can't tell you from a human to an undead. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack."
"Is she serious?" Lilly inquired, shocked about this plan of hers. "You want us to cover ourselves up in their blood and walk among them?"
"Better then shooting our way out." Jane clashed, shrugging her shoulders slightly.
"Look, we'll come back to that later." Lee suggested, but he himself was not too sure about this plan of hers. For now, he got back to the other problem at hand. "Okay, first, how do we get out of this yard and get the radios?"
"What about the winch?" Carley suggested.
Everyone shifted their attention over towards the broken ladders in the corner of the yard and looked above to see the rope and the winch that they usually used to lift things up towards the roof. It did seem like a good idea, but it did not look safe for any of them to use.
"That good work, but that thing breaks all the time." Jane warned, finally speaking after she always kept silent during their conversations. "We just need someone light to climb up on."
"Besides, all of us are too heavy for that thing...Except for Clementine..."
"What?" Lee was in shock to what he had just said. No way was he going to send Clementine up there all on her own. "That's crazy."
"Lee, I can do it." Clementine assured, getting out from her chair and proceeding over towards her guardian. "I have to."
"Clementine, it's dangerous." Lee warned, unable to imagine what would happen if a guard caught her out of the yard. He turned towards the others who seemed to agree with Mike about sending Clementine up there. "Guys, are you serious? These are not just walkers were dealing with. These are people. People armed with automatic rifles."
"Lee, I said I can do it." Clementine reassured, an annoyed expression was beginning to rise across her face.
"Clem...I..." Lee trailed off and sighed, knowing there was no other way, but he did not want to lose the closest thing he had to a daughter. He promised to protect her no matter what, and sending her out there on her own meant he could not help her if she got into a situation.
Lee stood out of his chair and knelt down to Clementine's height level, placing his left hand upon her shoulder whilst looking into her eyes. "Clem...Can you promise me that you will be careful? If something bad happens, you know we can't do anything to help."
"I know, Lee." Clementine was aware of the many risks she would take by doing this job, but she had to do it for the sake of everyone here. "I can do it. I've done worse than this."
"...Alright, then, Clementine. Come on, I'll give you a boost." Lee offered as he and the others stood up and made their way over towards the broken ladders. He leaned down and picked up Clementine and placed her on his shoulders, holding her ankles as he tried to keep his balance. "Can you reach it?"
"Almost." she replied, reaching out her hand as much as she could Clementine struggled to reach the rope for a moment, but she was able to reach it eventually and yanked most of it down for them to use. Lee placed her back down once both ends of the rope were dropped down for them to use.
"Here. I'll pull her up." Mike offered, he gripped onto the normal rope while Clementine held onto the rope with the hook on the end that she used to put her feet on it.
Mike slowly pulled the rope and lifted her up to the top. "Try to hurry, all right?" he suggested in a whispered tone. "Carver's guards aren't the smartest guards in the world, but they're also not stupid either."
Mike shifted his attention over towards the security shutters when he could see Troy was returning, and this was not going to end well if he caught them doing this. "Shit, Troy's coming back!"
"Fuck, Clementine, hang on!" Lee shouted in a whispered tone, but he was unsure what to do next.
"Lee, I can't stand here, I've got to let her go." Mike panicked, knowing he only had a matter of seconds to move before Troy returned. "Grab something, Clementine!"
Without thinking, Clementine leaped onto the broken ladder cage, grabbing on for a dear life. "Oof!" she grunted as she swung onto the ladders and climbed her way up to the rooftop. She stopped just for a moment when seeing a herd of walkers in the distance. "That's not good."
Clementine continued climbing the ladders while Lee and the others ran back towards the center of the yard around the fire, and hopefully, she would be able to get the radios before the guards noticed she was missing, or if they would spot her on her way there.
Lee and the others sat back down just in time when the security shutters had opened from the outside where Troy had marched inside with his AK-47 was usually. "All right, what the fuck are you all doing?"
"What?" Lee shrugged, acting like he had no idea what he was talking about. "We're just talking with each other. That a crime?"
"Shut up." Troy ordered as he eyed each and every one of them, whom merely stared at him. "What are y'all still awake for anyway?"
"Just...Talking..." Carley simply answered, unsure what to say as an excuse,
"Talking, huh?" Troy queried, not seeming to notice that the little girl with the group was no longer present with then. He continued watching them for a moment until he finally decided it was time to go, and that there was no trouble here that concerned him. "All right, feel free to head to bed whenever. Don't bother me how much y'all sleep."
After he was gone and closed the security shutters behind him, everyone sighed in relief that he did not notice Clementine was missing. Now all they had to do was waiting until Clementine returned. Hopefully she would not get caught in anyway and would be able to get those radios.
Lee was the most worried one out of them all. He did not want anything bad to happen to Clementine, and he knew full fact that Carver and the rest of his men had no quarrels with hurting a child. Looking back, he remembered the many times she was in danger. The walker that ambushed her in the drugstore when she needed to go to the bathroom, the walker that grabbed onto her foot during the escape from the drugstore, the St. Johns when they held them all hostage and Andy even grabbed her hair at gunpoint. The Save-Lot Bandits when she and the others were held hostage, the walker that almost got her when she was trapped in the cage, when she was trapped against the horde of walkers in Savannah. She was always luck to get out of those situations without dying, but Lee knew that Luck did not always last forever.
While he was deep in his thoughts, Carley whom was sitting beside him had reached out her hand and placed it upon his own. She spoke to him in a soothing and reassuring tone with a slight smile across her face. "Lee, you know Clementine's going to be back. She knows what she's doing."
"I know that, Carley." Lee replied, still deep in his thoughts about his adoptive daughter. "It's just that she's came close to death more times than I can remember."
"I know, Lee, but Clementine isn't like other girls, remember?" Carley reminded her boyfriend of the fact that Clementine was one in a million. "She's smart and knows how to handle situations. I promise that any moment now she will jump back down from that rooftop with the radios, safe and sound."
"I hope not. Jumping from that height could break her legs." Lee replied in a joking matter, trying to make bright during his concerns for Clementine.
"I'm sure one of us will be ready to catch her when she's back." Mike assured while he leaned back in his chair and placed his hands into his lap.
"Let's just hope she can make it back." Carlos hoped with a worried expression across his face when he feared the many consequences they would suffer if things went wrong.
"She'll be back." Lilly reassured towards the doctor. "I've known Clementine for a long time, and that little girl is not like any girls." she turned towards Lee for agreement. "Right Lee?"
"Right." Lee smiled. "Besides, are there even any guards in that stockroom?"
"Me and Lilly were working in there earlier today. No-one was guarding the inside while we were in there." Sarita answered. "I'm not sure if anyone's guarding the inside during nighttime, though."
"Well, all we can do is wait...And hope." Carlos stated, hoping that he could count on Clementine to make it back here in one piece.
Around fifteen-minutes had passed or so during their waiting time in the yard, and to their relief (especially Lee's) they looked towards the broken ladders to see Clementine had returned, but the only problem she had was getting back down. She climbed down the broken ladders as far as she could go and looked down to see Mike waiting for her with his arms spread open, preparing to catch it.
Clementine jumped down and landed safely in his arms, and Mike carefully set her down and headed back over to their beds.
"We should get in bed before Troy returns." Mike suggested as the two proceeded to make their way over towards the bunk beds.
Nearby where everyone was resting, Carley and Lee whom were currently sharing one of the beds both seemed relieved when Clementine had returned. Carley playfully nudged Lee's arm with a slight grin across her face. "Told you that she would make it."
"I knew that." Lee assured, but Carley merely rolled her eyeballs around in response.
Clementine remained silent for a moment as she walked over to everyone else, who was waiting for an answered, anxious to hear if she got the radios or not.
"Did you get the radios, Clementine?" Lee inquired, speaking in a normal toned voice when his worries were at ease.
Sarah whom was sitting inside her bed with her legs crossed together spoke up towards her best friend, like the others, eager to hear of her noise. "Come on, Clem, don't keep us waiting. Did you get the radios?"
Clementine merely smiled in response as she took out one of the radios from her jacket pocket and showed it to everyone. "Get two of them. One for us, and one for Luke."
She placed the radio back in her pocket and climbed into her bed underneath Sarah's.
"All right, now let's all head." Lee told them, not wanting to risk anything in their plan going wrong now that they got this far. "We don't want Troy sneaking up on us."
Everyone nodded in agreement and proceeded to get to sleep.
Sarah lied herself down on her side and praised Clementine for getting those walkie-talkies without getting spotted. "That was so cool, Clem. Nice job."
"Good job, Clementine." Carlos praised, relieved that she had completed her mission with a hitch.
"Thank you, Clementine." Lilly thanked, never being more grateful to have the young girl and her friends back.
"I had the feeling you would make it back in one piece. Nice job." Jane praised while getting herself comfortable across the ground since she did not have any beds unlike the rest of them. "Anyway, get some rest."
"Thanks." Clementine simply replied.
Clementine proceeded to get some rest for the night. But her eyes opened again when she felt Lee's hand touching her shoulder with a smile across his face. "Nice job, Clementine. I knew you could do it, sweat-pea."
"Thanks." she smiled, but soon closed her eyes when she needed to get as much sleep as possible, knowing it was time to work again in the morning.
The next morning, everyone had woken up as early as they could before they it was time for them to work to discuss their plan of action. Now that they had the radios, all they needed to get those radios out to Luke...But there was still a slight problem with their plan.
"All right, everyone's here." Lee declared, folding his arms together as everyone gathered around.
"All right, now all we need to do is get one of the radios out to Luke. " Rebecca stated the obvious, but she was unsure to why they still had to discuss their plans. "What's the problem, exactly?"
"We need to figure out who's doing what before we're out of here, and-" Kenny was cut off when the security shutters had opened. He swiftly grabbed the radio and hid it behind his back while he watched Tavia marched inside.
"Time to get to work." Tavia declared while marching inside with her AK-47 holstered. "Daylight's burning. Most"
"Yeah, where's my dad?" Sarah inquired.
"He's where the rest of you are going: To work." Tavia answered in a somewhat harsh tone towards the young girl. "Rebecca, Carley, Lilly, Sarah, Jane...If you need to take a piss, I suggest you do it now because the next break won't be for a while. Troy will be coming up for the rest of you."
"Why just them?" Lee inquired.
"Like I said...Troy's coming for the rest of you." Tavia repeated, ignoring his question. She turned around and marched out of the yard. One of Carver's men-Hank-closed the security shutters and left the remaining group alone.
The second they were alone again, Lee quickly got back to the previous subject, and he knew he was going to have to move fast before Troy arrived. "All right, look. If we're going to do something, we have to do it NOW, and if Luke's all we got, then we pair up with him."
"I'll do it." Mike assured while folding his arms together. "Where's he sat?"
Lee did trust Mike and would have his help at any time, but after last night's events, he now felt he could give his adoptive daughter more for jobs. "Actually Mike, I was thinking about sending Clementine..."
This caused Clementine to smile slightly. She now knew that Lee no longer treated her as a kid, and instead, treated her as someone he could trust and send on dangerous missions.
"Are you fucking kidding?" Mike asked, shocked that he would be willing to send a little girl to risk doing something so dangerous. "No offence or anything, but she's a kid. Why would you want to send her? I can do it."
"Clementine's smart" Lee answered while he folded his arms together against his chest. "Look, she knows where Luke is, she can hide, and she got the radios for us in the first place. And I don't think Carver or his men would expect a little girl to lead them to their doom. If I trust someone to do something this important, I trust her."
Clementine did not really have any say in this but she did agree that her getting the radio to Luke was the best thing to do right now. "Lee's right. I can do it."
"You don't trust me to get a radio to someone?" Mike asked. "Look, its crazy. Just give me the radio."
Before they could discuss or argue further on who should take the radio, the security shutters had opened again. For a second time, Lee swiftly hid the radio behind his back again as Troy came marching in with his Ak-47 holstered. "All right little chickens, let's get to pecking."
Clementine was too busy keeping an eye on the radio behind Lee's back, knowing if Troy saw it, then it was not going to end well.
"And don't think today's going to be like yesterday. No way. No shenanigans." Troy refereed to the previous day when walkers had invaded the community. "This rooster's going to be surveilling your ass every second of the day, you hear? Don't think I'm going to be around to save your assess if things go bad again. Got that?" he told Lee. "I need an answer, boy."
"Yes sir." Lee answered, trying to hide his anger and prevent himself from hitting him.
"Come on, then." Troy ordered, turning back around to escort the trio with him.
Before heading out with him, Lee realized he still had the radio with him and had to get rid of it before Troy or anyone else noticed.
Quick as a flash, Lee swiftly turned around towards Clementine like a ninja and began fiddling around with her coat. "Clementine, oh, you have your pockets all out." he gave her a supportive smile and a wink as he pushed the radio into her pocket for her to get to Luke. "You're going to get tangled on something. Now we go, all fixed."
Troy could only assume he was doing stupid to waste time, but what he was unaware of is that Lee had just placed the radio into Clementine's pocket.
Clementine placed both of her arms around her pockets to better hide the radio since the antenna was showing slightly. Troy merely stared towards Lee whom shrugged in response. He only assumed he was a lunatic like before. "Whatever, done with the huggy, wuggy shit? Let's go."
Troy escorted them out of the yard and took them over towards the same area where they were working last time, and he was certain to make sure nothing went wrong this time. As he got towards the fire exit that would take them outside, he was stopped by Bonnie. "Hey, Troy, she's with me, remember?
"Oh, shit, I almost forgot." Troy admitted.
Bonnie merely responded by shaking her head side-to-side in disappoint and folded her arms together. She noticed Clementine and Lee looking towards each other, both looking somewhat concerned. She shrugged it off and assumed it was nothing she needed to be concerned about
"Well, then take here, I don't give a damn." Troy replied, unnecessarily whacking his AK-47 against Clementine to shove her forward.
"Hey!" Lee was about to hit him for touching Clementine, but he stopped when Troy aimed his AK towards him, and he also did not wish to do anything to compromise their plan. "What's going on?"
"Never you mind." Troy refused to answer his question.
"Just different chores she needs to do. It's nothing that will hurt her." Bonnie assured him before walking away and escorting Clementine with her. "Come on, city mouse."
"Will she be gone long?" Lee inquired attempting to make an excuse for her since she had the radio in her pocket, and they all knew she had to get it to Luke as soon as possible. "She should stay with us...People she knows."
"I assure you, it ain't going to kill her." Bonnie reassured a second time.
"Okay." Clementine agreed, turning back towards Lee to assure him that she knew what she was doing. "It's okay."
After she was gone, Troy proceeded to escort the two outside against their will. He took them back down the walkway until they reached the same store they were working in yesterday before they were ambushed by walkers. Troy stood by the entrance as he nodded his head towards the inside. "All right, get to work, little chickens."
Lee and Mike obeyed his order and proceeded to get a move on with their work. Both of them hoped that Clementine would be able to get that radio to Luke soon before she either ended up losing it, getting caught, or Luke would leave. After all, Clementine did remind them that Luke did not look in the best shape when she saw him. Hopefully he would not pass out from lack of sleep or try to steal some food.
"Ya'll better hurry that shit up." Troy warned, leaning against the door frame with his arms folded. "You think I like babysitting you assholes?"
"You sure got a temper, you know that, Troy?" Lee admitted while he held a wooden against where the window use to be for Mike to hammer down.
"Shut the fuck up, you fucking moron." Troy ordered, waving his gun around in the air for a moment. "Don't forget that I'm the one holding the gun here, asshole."
The two continued their work for a couple of moments while Troy had walked a couple of feet away when Carver has contacted him on the radio. They could not make out what he was saying exactly, but did here some words. "What...? He's here...? No fucking away...All right, I'll bring them..."
Troy made his way back into the workshop and aimed his weapon at them. "All right, little chickens, looks like you're getting off work early. Bill radioed, says he wants y'all back in the yard ASAP. So get fucking moving."
Lee and Mike obeyed his order and made their way out of the building and back down the walkway with Troy holding them at gun point behind them. However, they noticed he had stopped and had his attention focused on the comic store. "You two wait there! Don't move!" Troy ordered as he made his way back towards the comic store to investigate.
The two had no idea why he wanted to go inside there but they obeyed his request and remained where they were. Lee folded his arms together as he turned towards Mike. "Why do you think they called us back to the yard?"
Mike merely shrugged in response.
"Figures." Lee sighed.
The duo shifted their attention over towards the comic store when Troy had appeared into their sights again, and to their shock, he held a familiar face by her neck. He kept his grip on her neck as he dragged her over towards her guardian and friend.
"You people been here one fucking day and already you're fucking up. Well you wait and see what happens." Troy shouted as tossed Clementine back over to Lee and Mike, who were waiting by the fire exit. "MOVE!"
"Hey!" Lee snapped until he remembered that Troy was still carrying his gun. He placed his arm onto Clementine while they were held at gun point.
Troy aimed his weapon at them and proceeded to escort them back into the building. He took the trio through the building and back towards the direction towards the yard.
Once they arrived, Lee, Mike and Clementine were forced back to the yard where everyone in their group was hear and accounted for, but to their shock, Luke was there too, and the second they saw him they knew trouble was soon to follow. He looked injured and was currently sitting on the ground while Carlos attended to him.
Tavia and Troy stood guard over the prisoners to make sure none of them tried anything.
Carver was amongst the many people in the yard, and he did not seem happy after discovering their escape plan. He gave them everything they wanted in this day and age, and this was the thanks he gets. He marched up and down the area while speaking to the group in a calm yet serious matter. "- and how is it that we're repaid for our trust? With treachery...? With deceit...? With theft!"
"Did anyone know about this?" Clementine asked Lee regarding Luke.
Lee merely shook his head in response.
Carver held one of the radios Clementine had stolen into the air, knowing there was still one radio unaccounted for. "Whatever you were planning is over...It's done. You can't just run from your problems. You can't just up and leave when it gets tough..." he lowered his hand and walked over towards Rebecca. "...Because there is nowhere else you can go where it ain't." he proceeded to walk past everyone else in the ground. "Tough is all we got, now. Get that through your fucking skulls."
Carver marched back into the spot he was standing moments ago in between Tavia and Troy, demanding the second radio. "Luke here, he can't help you now...You got to help yourselves...You got to help me find the strength to forgive you. Now you can start...by telling me where the other one is. I'm going to count to three. If that radio ain't in my hand by then, we will have to make things more difficult...One...Two..."
No-one responded to his request, not wanting to get their friends into trouble. Especially Clementine, whom was the one who stole them in the first place and she currently had them in her possession at the moment.
Clementine did not anyone else to suffer from his tyranny, especially if their blood would be on her hands. She was afraid, but had to speak up in order to save her friends. If she did not say something, then all of them would be punished.
"I have-" Clementine was about to admit to her crimes, but Lee had spoken up over her and suddenly snatched the radio out from her pocket and held it up into the air.
"I got it right here!" Lee declared, holding the radio up into the air for Carver to see. He watched as Carver held out his hand for the radio and proceeded to give it him back, but he was stopped by Carley.
"Lee..." Carley was in too much fear to get her words out.
"It's all right, Carley." he assured, marching back over towards Carver. "Sorry about that...Not sure what we were thinking. Here's the radio."
"Three." Carver finished counting as Lee dropped the radio into his hands.
The duo started at each other for a moment. Carver kept an angry expression across his face, but as for Lee, he first looked concerned about what consequences he would face, but his expression changed into a hateful one when he assumed Carver was bluffing. "...heh. Think you're all tough...Bastard."
Everyone present did not have the chance to blink when Carver had smacked the end of the radio against Lee's face; the force was so powerful that it knocked him to the ground.
"No!" Carley gasped.
"God." Luke mumbled.
"You just made a big fucking mistake, Lee." Carver warned him as he tightened the radio in his hands. "We don't tolerate what you just did, and now I'm going to make you pay for that."
Before he could continue, Lee had suddenly burst back up with his hand curled into a fist, and he punched Carver directly in the side of his face, almost knocking him to the ground. Lee went for a second hit; Carver blocked his fist using his arm and head-butted Lee back down towards the ground, and this time, for good.
Carver's expression turned even angrier as he proceeded to beat down Lee to further to punish him for his treachery. He continued smacking the radio against the helpless man, causing blood to smear across his coat and face, but he did not seem to care.
"Fucking stop!" Mike demanded, backing away in fear as he proceeded to beat down Lee.
"Stop him!" Carley begged, about to run over and help her boyfriend, but she was held back by Carlos. "Somebody stop him! Let me go! LEE!"
"Stop!" Carlos exclaimed while he tried his best to restrain her form helping Lee, but he was able to get a good grip on her. "Clementine, come and help me!"
"You don't have to do this, Carver." Mike assured, but his words did not get through to the evil man.
"NO! STOP IT! NO!" Carley begged, now crying as she could not bear to watch her boyfriend suffer like this. "LEE! LEE!"
Clementine looked back towards both her guardians as she tried to decide what to do next. As much as she wanted to help Lee after he had taken the blame for her, she knew that would not end well and she would end up getting stopped by Troy or Tavia. She instead ran towards Carlos and helped him restrain Carley from running over there.
Bonnie had entered the room and witnessed the entire events of Carver beating down the defenseless Lee. "Bill! That's enough! Bill! Please! Stop!"
Troy had looked towards Carver for a moment with a somewhat visibly unnerved expression, but he looked away and pretended nothing had even happened, not showing any care for the beating of Lee.
"Bill, there's a breach!" Bonnie warned.
Carver shifted his attention back towards her when hearing the word "breach," and struck Lee down one more time before marching towards the shutters with Troy and Tavia. "All right, everyone come with me. Bonnie, you stick around. Make sure these folks don't get into any more trouble."
Bonnie was in complete shock to what she had just witnessed. "Yeah...Sure."
Carver stopped in his tracks and turned around to the prisoners, and some of them were now attending to Lee, who was now unconscious. "No supper for y'all tonight. Maybe an empty stomach will give you some perspective...Then we will try this again tomorrow."
"Do your best with him, Carlos. You need to get him able to move, because we're leaving tonight." Bonnie declared, and this caused each and everyone one of them to raise shocked yet puzzled expressions to why she had decided to help them, taking a big risk for all of them. She thought Carver was a good man for building all of this community up, but after witnessing him killing Walter and beating down Lee that was the last straw for her, and it was time to get out of here. "We're leaving tonight."
Well, what a twist of events, eh? Lee has been beaten down by Carver but did try to put up a fight, and now it is time for them to trust Bonnie to help get them out of the yard. Stay tuned for 14 that will be the last chapter until Amid the Ruins has been released.