The Walking Dead: Fight for Survival
Chapter 14: escaping
Hey, everyone, this chapter was suppose to be released two days ago, but as luck would have it, I was unwell. But I am feeling fine now and have the strength to continue writing. And this is going to be the last chapter until Amid The Ruins has been released.
A long while had passed since Lee had been brutally beaten by Carver after taking the blame for Clementine, and now the remaining group members tried to debate whenever they should go tonight or not. Bonnie had agreed to help them once it was time, but at the moment, a couple of them were unsure if they wanted to go tonight or not.
Luke and Mike, whom were standing by the security shutters speaking with Bonnie had eventually moved away and joined with the rest of the group.
"What did Bonnie say?" Rebecca inquired eager to get out of here as soon as possible.
"She said she can get us out of the pen if we can get the PA system going." Mike answered. "She thinks attracting that horde of walkers. Second she hears it she will run over and spring us."
"Walkers?" Clementine queried. "Then how are we supposed to get out of here."
"I think I can handle that." Jane assured, now it was her turn to do something useful to aid the group. "Remember what I said. If we smear ourselves in walker blood, then they can't tell us apart. We can just walk among them scot-free.
"That's great." Rebecca agreed, anxious to get out of here before Carver returned.
"Rebecca, it's not that great." Luke countered as a worried expression rose across his face.
"What are you talking about?" Rebecca inquired, shocked and confused to what the younger man had just said. "Do you want to stay here or something?!"
"Look, I know part of this is my fault, I-I know. I was hungry, I got reckless trying to steal some food and I got caught." Luke explained, but that was not exactly a reason to why it was not such a great idea.
"Are you fucking nuts?" Lilly was in complete shock to what he had just suggested. "It's your fault we're even in this situation and now
"We can't stay here!" Clementine clashed, not wanting anyone else to be injured or die for that matter after everything that has happened.
"Exactly." Rebecca agreed. "We have no idea what Carver's going to do to us next. We have to leave now."
"Look, I hear what you're saying, but it's risky." Luke explained.
"Risky? Did you see that that son of a bitch just did?" Mike reminded, referring to the injured Lee. "Look the plan works. Nothing needs to change. It's all set up. The hard part is done. This guy's fucking crazy. Who knows what he will do next?"
"Yeah, but now we're dealing with a guy beat to shit, Carley's in no shape to do anything, and I'm a goddamn mess." Luke picked out the flaws in their plan to why they could not escape yet. "Look, we should rest up, okay? We should bide out time, and we should wait for an opening."
"Bonnie's agreeing to help us tonight." Mike reminded him.
"And that doesn't mean she can't do it some OTHER night." Luke quickly responded, countering his reason with his own.
"We're NOT waiting." Rebecca refused, eager to get out of here the second they had an opportunity. "I am not staying here a day longer. Who's to say Carver won't shoot me once this baby's been born?"
A couple of the group remained silent during their conversation and argument on what to do. They did not know whom to trust. Staying here any longer was bad but going tonight when some of them are not fit to go is also bad. What would they do?
Before long, Carlos had returned after attending to Lee, and the look of his face did not look good. Carley had leaned herself up after spending hours of crying ever since Lee
"This is exactly what I'm talking about, guys." Luke explained, noticing Clementine gazing upon the injured Lee. "We're in no shape to go."
"You better fix him...You better." Clementine told Carlos, not wanting to lose her guardian and her friend after everything he had done for her. He did not deserve this. She had hope he would pull through, but all she could was wait."
"I'm doing my best." Carlos assured in a normal tone. "I got him as stable as I could, cleaned the blood, and got some of the swelling down. He is only bruised across his face ...But until he wakes up...We won't know if there's any damage to the brain."
Carley burst out in tears yet again when hearing the news of Lee possibly having a permanent injury.
"Shit." Mike swore.
Luke could only think of one more possible solution of them getting out of here by tonight, but he was certain that not everyone was going to agree with him. "Okay, look...Maybe I'm just playing devil's advocate here, but if...dammit, if y'all are serious about going tonight, then we're going to have to start talking about maybe...Leaving some folks behind."
"NO!" Carley refused.
"There is no other way." Luke replied.
"There's always another way." Sarita countered.
"This is bullshit." Rebecca admitted, obvious not agreeing with this selfish plan of his.
"Well, I don't like it either, but guess what? It's where we're at." Luke explained, but his words did not convince others to agree.
"Lee, Clementine, Lilly, and I are only here because of you people..."Carley reminded him, knowing this was unfair for her and her family to be involved in this situation, and now they wanted to leave him here when it was their fault for them being here in the first place. "And now you want to leave us behind? Fuck you."
"So we should risk all of our lives?" Carlos asked while shrugging his arms during mid-sentence.
"What are you saying?" Rebecca inquired.
"Nothing..." Carlos answered. "I'm-I'm just pointing out the obvious."
"We are NOT leaving Lee!" Carley refused, she could rather stay here with Lee and suffer from Carver's tyranny than just leave him behind like this.
"No! We're not leaving Lee!" Clementine agreed with Carley, feeling the same way about her and the others being here because of them. "That's not fair. We stay together."
"Life ain't fair, Clem." Luke reminded her. "We're just trying to make the best of a bad situation, here. No-one wants to leave Lee."
"Good, because...No-one ain't leaving me."
Hearing the family voice, everyone shifted their attention over towards the side of the yard and we're super relieved to see Lee was awake and was able to walk under his own strength. He still had a little trouble walking, but after taking the injuries he just suffered, any other person would have still been unconscious. His face was bruised after the many injuries he had taken, but he still seemed to be fine.
Carley stood up approached him and embraced Lee in a hug to which he returned. "I'm all right, Carley." he assured, groaning slightly while speaking. He waited until she was done hugging before speaking up to the rest of the group. "The plan does not change. We're leaving."
"You are one tough bastard." Mike admitted, chuckling slightly during mid-sentence.
"Do tough bastards get the shit kicked out of them in front of everybody?" Lee inquired; a slight grin appeared across his face. He watched as Clementine approached him with a sad yet regretful expression. "You all right, Clementine? Don't blame yourself. It was my choice to take the blame."
Clementine did not respond, and instead, ran towards Lee and embraced him in a hug.
"It's all right." Lee assured with a slight smile across his face as he returned the hug and held Clementine close to him like she was his own child.
Once the two were done hugging, Luke spoken up about their sudden change of plan. "All right...Well then, what now?"
"We get out of here when it's time." Lee answered.
"Like now, now?" Luke inquired, still thinking it was a bad idea to leave tonight.
"Yes." Rebecca answered.
"Where are we going?" Lee inquired, knowing that they had to make a plan. "In case things get bad and we get separated, we need a place to meet up."
"We could meet out at Parker's Run." Mike suggested.
"What's that?" Lee asked.
"It's a Civil War site a few miles north. Tourist trap. Got signs all over. Just follow the road." Mike answered, describing their meeting place they planned to head to.
"We stopped there after we escaped the first time." Rebecca added. "Luke and Carlos know where it is. It's not that far."
"Well, if a couple of you know where it is, then it will be easier to find if we're split up." Lee stated, trying to look on the bright side of their current situation. "All right, that works with me. Now all we need to do is get someone to go set off that PA. Who's supposed to do that?"
Unfortunately, there was only one person who would be able to get out of the yard without drawing any attention to herself, and that was no other than Clementine. One-by-one, everyone shifted their sights over towards Clementine with normal expressions across their faces. Luke, however, was shocked to see they wanted to send her.
"Wait, wait, hold on..." Luke interrupted, unsure if they could send Clementine on her own for a second time. "She's the plan?"
"Yeah, she is." Lee answered while folding his arms together. "She got out of here once, then she can do it again."
Clementine, realizing that everyone was right and she would be the only one to get out of the yard via the rope that Jane commonly used for her job here. She did not wish to go, but it was necessary. "Why is it always me?" she inquired.
Everyone proceeded over towards the rope to help Clementine get up. Mike picked up Clementine and held her on his shoulders for a second time while she grabbed the rope and yanked it down.
Once Clementine had grabbed onto the rope with her feet rested on the hook, Rebecca briefed the young girl on her job that she needed to do. "Be sure to remember to flip the switch for the outdoor speakers. Just the indoor speakers might not draw the herd. It's right on the microphone box. By default it's set to play music, so you should just have to turn it on, right? Then climb back up and drop into the stockroom. We will meet you there." Rebecca finished and hoped Clementine had remembered all this.
To be certain she remembered all of her instructions and did not forget anything; Clementine repeated what Rebecca had said. "I got into the office, I switch on the outdoor speaker, I turn on the PA, I go up to the roof, and then I go down into the stockroom to meet you guys. Is that right?"
"Perfect." Rebecca smiled.
Mike began to pull Clementine up towards the roof again for the second time, and hopefully Troy or any other guard would not arrive again which resulted in Clementine having to make a jump for it. Hopefully she would be able to get into Carver's office and meet them in the stockroom without being caught.
"Be careful." Carley warned.
"Good luck, Clementine." Lee wished her good luck.
"Thanks." Clementine nodded in agreement as she reached over towards the ladders, pulled herself through the ladder cage and proceeded to climb up towards the roof. Now all the rest of them had to do was wait until she returned.
Once she was gone, the rest of them group prepared themselves to escape the second Bonnie would arrive to assist them on getting out of here. They did not have any weapons for now, and even if they did, the odds of fighting their way out of here would be slim. Their only option would be to listen to Jane's plan, they sure did not like the sound of it, but it was better than nothing.
While the group was waiting, Carley had helped Lee sit down for a moment for him to rest; despite the fact he insisted that he was fine. "Lee, you need to rest."
"Carley, I'm fine." Lee assured, groaning slightly as he sat down in one of the chairs around the fire. "I can't rest; I got to be ready to make a move once Bonnie arrives."
Mike approached Rebecca while they were waiting and had an interesting question on his mind that he had to ask. "How do you know about the P.A system, anyway?"
"I used to make a lot of the announcements back in the day...I had it flipped on once...luckily there wasn't much around at the time to hear it." Rebecca answered. "It was plenty loud though."
"Think it will be enough to attract the walkers?" Lilly inquired as she joined in on their conversation.
"Should be." Rebecca admitted, but she was not one-hundred percent sure if that was going to work or no.
"We better hope so." Mike replied, folding his arms together as he eyed the security shutters, expecting Bonnie's arrival any second now.
Nearby, Luke and Carlos were having a discussion on the weapons situation if they were to be spotted. After all, almost everyone in this community were armed with AK-47's and they would have to be prepared if things went wrong.
"We will need weapons." Carlos admitted. "We might run into trouble in our way here."
"No problem." Luke assured already one step ahead of the weapons situation. "When I was speaking Bonnie, she mentioned she managed to get us a couple of weapons in a bag that she's going to bring for us when the P.A system goes off. Should be enough to get us out of here."
"We better hope so." Carlos hoped, folding his arms together as he turned towards his daughter, whom looked somewhat sad yet scared. He hoped he would be able to protect her and get her out of here in one piece.
After a couple of minutes had passed or so, a loud static had been turned on out from the speakers, followed by a voice recording of a woman's voice. The P.A system had been activated. Everyone ran towards the security shutters where Bonnie had returned, and she made haste to get a move on. She opened the security shutters and holstered a Single Action Army revolver. "Quick, we need to go, now!"
"Did you get us any weapons?" Luke inquired.
"Yeah, here." she replied, taking off her backpack and opening it up, revealing a couple of weapons for them to us: Luke's machete, an extra machete, a knife, a hammer, a hatchet, and two Glock 17s. "Take what you need. We need to get moving."
The entire group armed themselves with the weapons and proceeded to follow Bonnie out of the yard and into the community. Lee took a Glock 17, Luke took his machete back, Jane took the knife and the other Glock 17, Carlos took the hammer, and Sarita took the other machete.
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"All right, y'all, follow me to the stock room." Bonnie instructed as she ran down the community with the others follow her from behind. A couple of them had a little trouble moving due to their injuries, but were still able to keep up with the rest of the group.
Bonnie put her hand out for a moment when they reached the huge shopping area, beckoning for them to stop when she saw one of Carver's guards-Hank-run back down the stairs that led from Carver's office. It could only be assumed that he was trying to turn off the P.A system, but he could not do it for some reason.
Bonnie watched as Hank ran into another room, leaving them in the clear before any more guards returned. "All right, he's gone, let's go."
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"How much further do we have to go?" Carley inquired, unsure of where the stockroom was.
"It's just up ahead." Bonnie assured, unable to look towards her as she continued to lead them towards the stockroom.
The group eventually made it towards the stockroom and ran inside, closing the doors behind them. They were about to continue over towards the bay door. However, as luck would have it, a familiar face was already there waiting for them. Carver aimed his Ak-47 towards them as he moved in closer towards them forcing them to put their weapons down and then putting their hands in the air.
"I don't believe this. You want to disrespect me, fine. You want to throw away the life...I'm trying to build for us all...then fucking fine!" Carver told them while he paced up and down the room, still keeping them at gun point. "You want to run off with this dogshit group of cripple fucks, then fine! Be my guest."
While they were being held hostage, Lee had shifted his attention up towards the shelves and was surprised to see Clementine slowly shimming her way across the shelves. He had no idea what she was doing, but he sure hoped she could do something soon before Carver's executed them.
"But I will put a bullet in you and that baby before I let you leave again with my child, Rebecca!" Carver told Rebecca, refusing to let her leave again with his possible child.
"It's not yours, Bill!" Rebecca snapped, but she herself was uncertain herself if this was true or not.
"You don't fucking know that!" Carver clashed, yelling slightly as he aimed his gun towards each and every one of them. "And until we do, you're not going anywhere."
Clementine was now right above Carver, and all of a sudden, she pulled out a small Iver Johnson Derringer pistol that she somehow required and aimed it towards him, and without hesitation, she fired and was able to hit Carver in the side of his face, knocking him off balance. But the gun was that old that it did not do much damage.
Taking the opportunity to attack now that he was dazed, Lee raised his fist and punched Carver in his face, and then Luke proceeded to finish him off by snatching his Ak-47 out of his hands.
"Don't move!" Luke ordered, aiming the gun directly towards Carver's forehead.
Lee moved towards the shelves and caught Clementine in his arms as she jumped down and landed safely in her guardians grip. "Good job." Lee praised as he set her down.
"Luke, this ain't any of your business." Carver told him, shifting his gaze towards Rebecca who stared towards him with a hateful expression. "Rebecca and I just have a little custody battle on our hands. So if you please-"
"Shut the fuck up, Bill!" Luke ordered.
Rebecca continued glaring towards Carver with a hateful look and wanted nothing more than to kill him. She promised her husband she would avenge him after he was killed in the ski lodge, and that was a promise she wanted to keep. "Shoot him."
"What?" Luke was in shock to what she just said, and this caused him to take his attention away from Carver.
While he was not looking, Carver had suddenly holstered his Col Python out from his holster belt and prepared to shoot Luke. Lilly saw this and swiftly charged towards in front of Luke. "No!-"
A gunshot was fired and everyone was startled by it. Everyone shifted their gaze over towards where Lilly was standing and what they saw next left them shocked. Lilly was no longer standing and lied motionlessly across the ground, blood smearing out from her chest where she had been shot.
Before Carver had the chance to shoot anyone else, Luke had fired a gunshot into Carver's right leg, causing him to drop his gun. Lee proceeded to finish him off by shooting him in his other leg, crippling him and knocking him to the ground. "Aaaaaaaarrrrghh!"
Once he was down, Carlos had jumped down towards Lilly and placed his fingers onto her pulse, and then placed the side of his head onto her chest. But he could not find any sign of life. "...She's dead..."
Lee was in complete shock that Lilly had just given her life to save Luke. Anger filled up inside of him, and a monster inside of them that he always tried to contain since he saw his wife cheating on him with the senator was beginning to unleash. "You're fucking dead..."
Carver did not seem fearful by his threats and merely chuckled in response. "Fucking big man now, huh?"
Lee marched over towards Carver and pinned himself down on him like he did with Andy St. John and began to viciously beat Carver into submission, hitting him with his right fist, then his left fist, and then proceeded to do the same thing over and over again. No-one dared interrupt now as he continued beating Carver down until he was done with him.
After a couple of moments had passed, Lee had eventually grown tired of beating down Carver and stood himself back up to full height, watching as Carver spit up blood and was too weak to move. Despite the many hits he had just taken, he chuckled and glared towards Lee with his bruised and swollen face. "You ain't...Shit...Lee..."
"As long as you're dead...I don't give a fuck what I am." Lee replied as he pulled out his Glock 17 out from his back pocket and aimed it towards Carver's head. Without a second's hesitation, he pulled the trigger and hit Carver directly in his forehead, killing him instantly.
He took a couple of moments to catch his breath back and turned back towards the others, who picked up their weapons again. He turned towards the now dead Lilly and shot her in her head to prevent her from coming back as a walker. "Let's go, guys. We can't stay." Lee declared, beckoning for them to follow him over towards the bay doors.
Everyone was in shock to what had just happened, but decided he was right and it was time to go. The only one who did not seem shocked about Carver's death was Rebecca. She walked over towards his lifeless corpse and took his Cold Python that laid only a couple of feet away from him, and proceeded to follow the others outside. Mike and Jane open up the bay doors and escorted the group outside, knowing they had to get a move on before more guards arrived.
Once they were outside, everyone looked into the distance and was worried when they saw walkers in the distance. They would have to find a walker and get themselves covered up in walker guys as soon as possible. Rebecca was helped down by Luke due to her pregnancy, and Lee jumped down and almost fallen over. Carley was about to help, but he quickly assured her he was fine. "No, nah, -I'm all right, Carley. Come on, we need to get moving."
Lee noticed the many walkers in the distance and saw couple of them approaching them, and he could only assume this was not going to end well. "Oh, fuck. I thought they were coming from the south."
"They did...Looks like we're in the eye of it now." Rebecca replied, stating the obvious.
"Fuck...This is fucked." Mike admitted, suspecting that he may have just made the biggest mistake of his life.
"Here." Luke handed a hatchet towards Clementine as he pulled out his machete, preparing to fight off the horde of walkers. "You're going to need something."
"Thanks." Clementine thanked while she pulled out the Iver Johnson Derringer pistol that she took from Carver's office and threw it to the ground, knowing it was no longer useful. "Only one bullet..."
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Clementine raised her weapon when a walker was approaching her and she was able killed it with one hit. She turned around to see Jane had did the same, and by the looks of it, it was time to blend in.
Nearby, Carley looked towards her left when she heard gunfire coming from the rooftops. This was somewhat good as this would distract the walkers for a little while. "We need to get a move on."
Jane stabbed her knife into the walker's stomach and opened up its entire body, and collected its insides and began to smear them across herself. "You guys better hurry up and get to smearing if you want to live. Or you can die here...Doesn't matter to me."
Lee borrowed Clementine's hatchet and cut open the walker she had just killed and opened up its insides. He had to get himself, Carley, and Carley covered up before the walkers were among them.
"Oh, God..." Rebecca gasped.
"Ugh." Sarah cringed at the sight of seeing a walker's insides.
"Do it quick. " Jane warned them. "We need to get covered before the rest of them get close or we're fucked."
"This isn't going to work..." Rebecca admitted.
"I'll go first." Lee told Clementine, digging his hands into the walker and pulling out its body parts. He began to smear the blood all across himself, cringing slightly while doing so due to the smell. Once he was covered, he got Clementine to do his back for him while he eyed the many walkers in the distance heading their way.
"You're going to put that on yourself?" Sarah asked Lee, unsure if she wanted to go along with this.
"We have to, Sarah." Clementine replied while Lee rubbed walker guts across her back once he was covered. She took some more blood from the dead walker and began rubbing walker bloods around her face, her neck, and all across her torso. "Okay, now you. Turn around." she picked up some more walker blood and proceeded to run it against Sarah's back.
"Smells gross." Sarah admitted.
"No shit." Mike sarcastically replied.
"Everybody shut the fuck up and get covered." Jane ordered, knowing they did not have much more time.
Carlos, whom was now covered in walker guts, walked over towards his daughter and helped Clementine smear walker guys around her while keeping her calm. "It will be okay, honey. Just stay still."
"Are...are you sure?" Sarah inquired.
"I'm sure." Carlos assured as he began rubbing guts around the front part of her body while Clementine continued to rub her back. "There's nothing to fear if you remain calm. I'll keep you safe."
Nearby, Luke, Rebecca, Mike, Carley, Sarita, and Jane helped one and other rub themselves in walker guts as the horde was getting extremely close, and they had to get a move on.
"Hurry the fuck up." Jane requested, folding her arms together when Carlos had finally finished covering up Sarah.
Once everyone was covered in walker guts and were ready to go, Lee did a quick check on everyone to make sure they were ready. "Is everybody ready? They're almost here. Just stay calm and-"
"What the fuck is going on here?" a familiar voice inquired.
Everyone shifted their attention around to see it was Troy, whom had arrived when he noticed them out here. He had his AK-47 with him like usual. They had to do something before he did something he would not regret.
"What the hell sick shit?" Troy inquired when he noticed them covered in walker guts. "Why the hell do you all think you're doing?! Someone say something before I start-"
Troy noticed Luke about to reach for his Ak-47 and stopped him by aiming his gun towards him and forced him to stand up. "HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY! Don't you even fucking think about it motherfucker. I will fucking end you! You hear me?!"
Jane stood back up and slowly began approaching Troy seductively while she began to sweet talk him. She did not show fear while she was approaching him, despite the fact he was armed with an assault rifle. But what he was unaware of is that Jane was carrying a Glock 17 behind her back. "Troy. Troy, remember we talked about this."
"We did? What the fuck you talking about?" Troy asked as he began backing away from her, having no recall of her mentioning something like this.
"I told you I wanted to get out. You said you would help, and then I would help." Jane reminded him, whatever she had planned she would have to make this fast as the horde of walkers were extremely close.
"I thought you meant get out of the yard!" Troy replied. "Not whatever the fuck this shit is!"
The horde of walkers were now on them, and everyone was scared once they got close, but they were relieved to see Jane's plan was working, and the walkers passed them like they were one of them. Instead, they all had their attention focused on Troy.
"I did, but now we can leave. Troy...you can come with us." Jane offered.
"What?" Troy's expression softened as he lowered his gun and thought about her offer. He had to admit he sometimes was unnerved by Carver sometimes after witnessing what he did. "Well...where would we go?"
"Away from here...together..." Jane replied with a seductive smile across her face.
"All right then. I'll...I'll come." Troy admitted as he raised a smile across his face, taking up her offer to leave. He sniffed her and the smell of walker guts almost made him be sick. "Man, you smell really bad. You got to get a bath before we-"
While he was distracted, Jane had swiftly snatched his Ak-47 into her free hand, and brought out her Glock 17 and shot Troy in his crotch. He screamed in agonizing pain as he held his hands where his crotch use to be and collapsed to the ground. "AHH! YOU SHOT MY DICK OFF!"
"Come on." Jane told them as she handed Bonnie the rifle she took from Troy.
"You bitch!" Troy was now crying in pain after Jane had shot him, and he was unable to move.
They group all began to slowly move through the horde of walkers while Jane gave them advice on what to do. "Don't make any noise, got it? They might hear something they don't like. And for fuck's sake, WAlK. Act like you belong and you will belong."
Everyone began to move out as walkers devoured the helpless Troy. No-one expected Jane to do this, but it was necessary and now he finally paid for working with Carver and all the pleasure he took for hurting those who could not fight back like the heartless, twisted person he was.
Carlos took a quick look behind him to see Sarah and Clementine behind him. He hoped he would be able to protect her while they moved through the horde of walkers.
"We got this y'all..." Luke assured in a whispered tone. He turned towards the community for a moment, slowly so he did not draw any attention to himself. "Is that Tavia?"
Lee looked over at the roof of the building to see multiple of Carver's men shooting the walkers below them. They prayed one of them would not fire in their direction and shoot at them for mistaking them for a walker. They continued marching through the horde of walkers.
"Stay calm..." Jane told them.
"Shh..." Luke shushed them. "We're going to be okay."
"Don't run." Jane reminded.
"Watch Sarah." Mike whispered when he could hear Sarah beginning to panic.
"Shhh. Quiet, honey." Carlos soothed towards his daughter, knowing that if he did not keep her calm then her cover could be exposed, and he would not be able to help her without exposing himself. "Clementine, come help me! Calm her down. Please. Just say something. You're her friend."
Lee, whom was standing very close to Clementine, noticed a walker nearby that could hear Sarah's panicking tone and turned towards her to investigate.
Clementine was unsure on what she could say to keep Sarah calm. Whatever she was going to say, she had to do it quick.
"Clementine, you-" Carlos did not get the chance finish when he was suddenly shot in the side of his neck, causing him to collapse to the ground. "Aaargghgh!"
"DAD!" Sarah screamed, she could only watch as two walkers jumped onto her father and began to devour into him. She continued screaming towards him while placing her hands to her head. This by what Carlos meant by "Ceasing to function". "DAD! DADDDD!"
Her cries attract the attention of nearby walkers, and now everyone had to expose themselves in order to save her. Sarita acted first by stabbing a walker with her machete, Carley pulled out a Glock 17 and shot another walker behind Lee.
Bonnie proceeded help out by shooting walkers with her Ak-47. "Sarah!" she called out.
"Lee!" Carley gasped, firing more shots as she moved closer towards Luke and Bonnie.
"Man, goddamn it!" Mike yelled.
"Carley, I can't get to you." Lee called out to his girlfriend as he was unable to assist her.
Sarah was devastated by her father's death and began crying, and by the looks of it, she did not seem to realize she was in a horde of walkers. "Please daddy...no..."
"Sarah, shut up!" Clementine demanded. She did not wish to mean, but it was necessary if she was going to survive this. She looked around for an opening to escape, but there was not one and she turned back around to find her. "Sarah did you-"
Sarah became too hysterical and had run away into the horde of walkers, disappearing from everyone's sight.
Unable to help her friend, Clementine had to defend herself from the oncoming walkers.
"Clem, stay by me!" Lee shouted as he killed a walker that got close to them by whacking the side of its face with the hatchet. Another walker approached them, but instead of killing it, he leaped out of the way, pulling Clementine with him, and causing the walker to fall down. He jumped up to see another walker approaching her and stabbed it in its forehead. "Argh!" he groaned, unable to keep his strength up for much longer.
Lee ran through the horde of walkers with Clementine beside him when he heard a gasp, and what he saw next left him shocked. He watched as a walker had caught Sarita and was biting into her right wrist. She desperately tried to escape, but even if she did or not, Lee knew she was bitten and this means she was going to turn.
Sarita screamed as the walker but even more into her wrist, but the dramatizing experience soon ended when Lee killed the walker using the machete. He watched as Sarita clutched her bitten wrist, but he was unable to do anything now and he had to get himself and the others out of this horde before anyone else was bitten or shot.
That cliffhanger! Lilly and Carver have been killed, Sarita is bit, and now the group must fight their way through the horde of walkers. Well, I guess I will see all of you when Amid The Ruins has been released.