Disclaimer: These characters belong to the Walking Dead game which is the property of Robert Kirkmen and Telltale games.
A/N Just a quick note. It seems like some of you may think this is a Lee/Lilly. I haven't named the parings because I myself like to be surprised to see who ends up with whom. Also if you didn't notice in chapter 2 and in 3 Carley expresses having feelings for Lee. Once again that doesn't mean this is a Carley/Lee either. Anyway thanks for the reviews and God bless.
*BANG*
The sound of nearby gunfire was enough to wake the deaf. Yet he simply lay there still feeling drowsy unable to distinguish between the objects in front of him as they spun uncontrollably.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
A scream caused his eyelids to jump up and the items of the room to remain still.
Who was that? He thought.
Immediately began to worry if anyone in his group had gotten hurt. Not that he was exactly in the best shape.
Ignoring the mind numbing pain and the drowsiness that still plagued him; he began to move his right arm and his left. One after another.
"Ah!" He cried as he fell off the bed. Across from him the door stood firm.
It didn't matter though. He had to get out; he had to help his friends though in his current state he wondered how much help he could be.
Still drowsy and painful he slowly yet surely made his way to the door. Then came the difficult task of reaching for the doorknob which might as well had been a mile away.
Outside he could hear people arguing. However could not distinguish what was being said.
Regardless however he could be no help if couldn't open the door. He reached with his right hand and now was just 2 feet away. However that was all he could get at this point. Looking to his right he noticed the book shelf and crawled towards it.
After knocking over a few books he slid two of them near enough to the door to give him the boost he required.
This time his hand grasps the door knob with full force and twisted it hard right. The door creaked as it opened allowing him to see two women arguing. One had a gun.
"Just stop!" One of the women yelled.
I know that voice! He thought as he using both hands flung himself at the railing and began wrestling with her for the gun.
"Mark?!" Lee yelled.
"Get out of here!" He yelled back.
Katjaa ran down the stairs to Lee.
"We gotta help Mark!" he shouted. Just then however Mark heard Kenny's voice from beyond the door.
"Help Kenny!" Mark ordered as he was still struggling with Brenda for the gun.
Mark knew he was a goner there was no point in helping him now.
Just then he lost his grip sending Brenda backwards against the wall. It was not hard however as she almost instantly stood up straight and pointed the gun at Mark's head.
He didn't struggle, he didn't plea. He just stared down the barrel of the gun, praying in his mind as he was most likely about to meet his Maker.
Mark closed his eyes and waited for the shot.
However "Oooof! Get off me!" was the only sound he heard. Opening his eyes he saw Katjaa had tackled Brenda and had caused her to lose control of the gun. The revolver bounced of the wall and landed just a few inches from Mark's hands.
He immediately grabbed it and pointed it at Brenda who currently had Katjaa's throat in between her hands.
"Enough!" Mark shouted as he pointed the gun at her head.
Brenda released Katjaa and raised her hands over her head.
*Bang*
Another shot from outside caused Mark to stupidly look to his right. As he did so Brenda dove for the weapon in his hand.
Mark looked back just a moment too late.
*Bang*
*Bang*
One shot was from outside and one came from the revolver. Looking ahead Mark saw Brenda clutching her chest. He had not meant to fire the weapon but when she grabbed the gun his hand tightened as a reaction.
Suddenly Brenda's body went tumbling down the stairs leaving only him and Katjaa who at the moment was covered in Brenda's blood.
Mark looked at Katjaa, who returned the same blank stare.
"Thanks….. for coming….. back" He said before coughing. Once the adrenaline rush had subsided Mark found himself extremely tired once again. He dropped the weapon and flipped over on his back. The room grew foggy. Katjaa came over and picked up his head.
"Hold on!" was all Mark heard her say before everything went black.
"Just take it slow dad." Lilly said.
"I'm fine!" He retorted.
Lee gave a deep sigh. The two had been at this ever since they escaped the Dairy. Though part of him was grateful, as the group had taken on an awkward silence.
"Hey lee um…. Sorry for leaving the motor inn unattended but ya know." Carley's voice said from behind.
"Please" Lee replied "If you guys hadn't shown up when you did we may have all been dead right now."
"We're they really killing people for food." Doug asked.
Lee nodded. He was just glad he had stopped Clementine from eating any.
"Thanks you guys for showing up." He said to both of them.
"Actually it was Carley's idea." Said Ben. "She seemed worried about you."
"Worried about the group!" Carley corrected him. Though Lee noticed a slight blush on the young woman's face.
"Hey can we stop for a minute." Called Lilly from behind.
"Darn it, Lilly! I said I'm fi….." Larry started before he stumbled and leaned against a nearby tree.
Looking back Lee saw Kenny and his family were also stopped. Kenny had taken a bullet near his abdomen. Though every part of him wanted to keep moving until they got back to the motor inn Lee knew going at this pace wouldn't do either man any good.
"5 minutes" Lee said.
Carley, Doug and Ben stood at the head of the group keeping a watch out for any unwanted guest.
Lee headed toward the back to see how Kenny was doing.
"How you doing?" Lee asked him
"I was shot!" Came the reply.
"I'll patch you up once we get back home." Katjaa assured him.
"Um honey why don't you give me and Lee a second?" Kenny asked.
Both her and Duck headed toward the front of the group. Leaving only Lee and Kenny.
"That meat locker was something huh?" Kenny asked
Lee stood across slightly puzzled. Kenny was never one for small talk and this was not the time for it.
"Get to the point." Lee stated.
"Well it's just about what I said about having to smash Larry's head in and all that. You think Lilly's gonna take that to heart?" He asked.
Lee folded his arms. He knew what his friend was really asking. It was written all over his face.
"Eh maybe not but she may be a bit peeved that you tried to drop a salt lick on his head."
Kenny's jaw dropped and he turned his head to avoid eye contact.
"You saw that?" He asked.
"It's not whether I saw it but whether Lilly saw it." Lee replied.
"Did she?"
"I don't know and before you ask I won't tell. There's enough tension between you two as it is."
"I…"
"No!" Lee stopped him. "I know you're reasoning behind it Kenny and I got nothing against you but I'm not the one you have to worry about."
"Hey guys." Travis butted in.
Lee and Kenny both gave him their full attention.
"The group started moving again, come on this guys getting heavy."
"Come on man I can't weigh that much." Mark said as he lay holstered on to Travis' back.
"Hey I can take over for a while" Lee said.
Travis turned around and Lee took Mark off his back and placed him on his own.
"You're not really heavy." Said Lee
"Well I've recently dropped a few pounds." Mark replied
Lee chuckled slightly but honestly felt bad for his friend's predicament. Just then however the group heard a noise in the distance.
He and Kenny went to investigate. In front of them was an old station wagon. Lee looked at the front seat and grabbed the keys from the ignition which stopped the sound.
"Woah!" Kenny suddenly shouted.
"There's a whole bunch of food!"
Lee watched as the group seemed hypnotized by the amount of food which lay in the back trunk.
Kenny immediately wanted to take the food though Ben seemed worried that the owners may still be alive.
Lilly shared in Ben's concern though Larry was all for taking the food.
"We can't take this food!" Lee finally said. Kenny looked at him as though he was crazy.
"Did you get some meal back there the rest of us missed out on?" He asked.
Lee was starving to tell the truth. He had eaten no bread when they initially arrived at the farm and he certainly had not eaten any of Mark's leg. However this just didn't seem right. They had scavenged in the past but this was different. The lights were still on the car when they arrived which meant it had only been recently abandoned as the battery had yet to drain out. There was no sign of attack and no blood which made Lee believe that the owners simply ran out of gas and went to find some.
"We'll survive without it." Lee simply stated not wanting to explain all that to Kenny.
"Like Hell we will…. You do what you want but the rest of us are taking this stuff."
Lee was too tired to argue so he simply handed his friend the keys and watched as they ransacked the trunk of the car.
Just then a small hand grabbed ahold of his own. Looking to his left he saw Clementine. He gave a half smile. She always seemed to be there for him.
"Hey Lee" said Katjaa.
He looked ahead to see the woman walking towards them. In her hand was a small camera. "I found this among your things back at the farm"
Lee nodded and accepted the device from her.
"Uh Katjaa?" He asked as she began to head back toward the station wagon.
"Yes?"
"Where'd you get that backpack?"
"Oh this I found it too, inside is something we need."
Katjaa left them to head back to the car but her presence was replaced by Doug and Carley.
"Hey Lee I found some batteries." Carley said.
Lee chuckled slightly. "Sure you should handle those?" He asked
"You're never gonna let me live that down are you?"
Lee looked at Doug and handed him the camera. "Hey can you get this working?"
Doug studied the camera for all of two seconds. "It's just a save lots cheapee…. Wo!"
Both Carley and Lee moved closer in to see what had surprised Doug.
"Hey I can't see?" Said the man on Lee's back. He had actually forgotten Mark was still there.
"I knew it!" shouted Doug.
"Knew what?" asked Carley.
"When we saw those two bandits on the road earlier I knew there had to be a reason we hadn't run into them before. So the St. John's have been in a way keeping them off our backs this whole time."
Lee's stomach turned at the thought. If that were true it would not be long before they realized their free meal tickets were no longer there. They would search and possibly find the motor inn.
Perhaps taking that RV ain't such a bad idea He thought to himself.
"Don't worry Lee" Carley reassured him.
"I'm sure those guys will just move on."
It was as if she could read his thoughts though she was always good at that.
Her words comforted him slightly but he couldn't shake the feeling that they had jumped out of the St. John's frying pan into the fire
"Everything gets rationed." Lilly argued.
Lee could not believe his ears. It had been two minutes since they got back with the food and Kenny and Lilly had already started arguing.
"Listen girl we haven't eaten a decent meal in days so excuse me if we're all a little hungry."
Lee placed Mark down on the couch and walked ahead to see if he could stop this nonsense.
"You remember how quickly the food from the army base went?! We'll be back in the same situation if we don't ration properly!" Lilly shouted.
"You listen to me!..." Kenny started to say.
"No you both listen to me!" Lee interrupted. Everyone around him suddenly went silent. "We just we're at a Dairy where we would be the food, Okay! We were locked in a meat locker, shot at, I was nearly electrocuted and Mark lost his legs! So here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna take enough food out so no one goes hungry tonight. Then we're gonna put the rest in storage and divide out proper rations tomorrow. Got it!"
There was definitely an awkward silence that followed. Kenny and Lilly looked at him as though he had just lit a bomb in the room. In a way he had. Lee usually tried to be calm but in this situation he couldn't help but yell at them like a group of kindergarteners that just couldn't behave. Even Larry said nothing.
Had it lasted any longer Lee might have apologized for what he said just to break the silence. Luckily Lilly broke it for him.
"I suppose that makes sense" She said. "You wouldn't mind dishing out the rations again? Would you?"
"It'd be my pleasure" He replied "At least I can feed everyone this time."
Lee walked over to the bags and took out a bunch of canned goods. He distributed them evenly between the group without any hassle or further argument. Afterward he went over to the bags to begin placing them in the vacant motel room the group was using as a storage unit.
"Way to take charge there." A voice said from behind him. The voice belonged to Carley.
"Well you know tired, had a long day."
"I can imagine."
"Um Lee….." Carley Began as Kenny and his family walked over.
They had used one of the empty bags as a sort of garbage so that the cans would not simply be discarded on the ground.
"That tasted like the best meal ever. Thanks Lee" Duck said.
Thanks Thought Lee?
"Thanks Lee?" Kenny said as if reading Lee's mind.
"I was the one who got the food." He told his son
"I wasn't talking about the food" Duck stated as he ran off.
Lee smiled. It was good to be appreciated. Though one look at Kenny's face brought him back to the real world.
"Well ain't that something" Kenny said. "I find us this lovely meal and you get thanked for it."
"Thank you Kenny" Katjaa said from behind though she sounded slightly annoyed.
"Now that's more like it." Kenny said. "Speaking of the meal Lee um I didn't see you eat any."
Lee swallowed hard. He had hoped no one would notice. "Um…. I'm just not in the mood to eat….. you know after everything that happened today. "He hurriedly replied.
Kenny stared him down. "You really did get some meal back there we all missed out on?!" He accused.
"No I didn't just after all that happened I'd rather not eat."
Kenny came closer until his hat nearly touched Lee's head.
"You're lying." He said.
Lee stared right back at him. He was lying, but he didn't owe Kenny any sort of explanation.
"Kenny just drop it." Katjaa said from behind.
Kenny looked back at his wife and then at Lee.
"Oh I see what this is." He said.
In all honesty Lee couldn't care less whether he had figured it out or not. He wasn't ashamed of what he was doing and no matter what Kenny said he was going to stand his ground.
"Oh I almost forgot!" Katjaa yelled causing the staring contest to come to an end.
Lee watched as she grabbed that mysterious backpack she had had on ever since they left the Dairy. "Kenny could you go grab my needle and wire please?" She asked.
"Why?" Kenny asked back.
Katjaa didn't answer right away. Instead she opened the backpack and grabbed a large bag out of it. It seemed like it had been in a freezer of some kind but as Lee studied the bag he realized what the contents were.
"Oh my!" Shouted Mark as Katjaa revealed the objects to everyone.
"My legs!" Mark shouted again.
Katjaa smiled.
"Now Kenny get the needle and wire. I've got a lot of sewing to do."
A/N Thank you all who made it to the end. I know this one was rather long but I didn't want to end it without revealing Mark's legs. Now I know the game said they ate his legs but I kinda wondered why would they eat the fresh legs rather than the meat that we know they were storing in the freezer. So I figured maybe Mark's legs were stored in a freezer for a later date while they ate some other poor man or woman's body parts. Thank you all for reading and God bless
