Disclaimer: These characters belong to the Walking Dead game which is the property of Robert Kirkmen and Telltale games.


Carley sat on the RV rifle in hand. Though, truth be told she preferred her Glock 17 to any long ranged weapon.

She glanced over the horizon to see if anything was moving. All was still outside the home which was a relief after all the action they had seen recently.

Below her Ben was trying to hammer more boards to secure the wall. A task that proved dangerous…. For him. He had already stubbed the same thumb twice and seemed to be only lightly touching the nail at this point.

Poor kid thought Carley.

Looking to her left she saw that no had emerged from Kenny's room yet. Not surprising seeing as how late the group went to sleep. Lilly was awake but was completely occupied with trying to get her dad to rest which proved futile.

"But you just had a heart attack yesterday." She'd say.

"Yeah yesterday! Today I'm working!" He'd reply.

Carley smiled at how the two carried on.

"Carley?" came a small voice from behind.

She turned to see Clementine had silently made it up the RV.

"You need something?" she asked

"Not really. It's just no one's really up other than Larry and Lilly. Just wanted to know if there was anything I could do?"

Carley scratched her head. The group had sort of fallen into a lul today. Even Ben fixing the wall seemed unnecessary at this point. The only thing that really needed to be done today other than finding some sort of wheelchair for Mark was sorting out the food they found and rationing it.

"Nothing to do up here." Carley told her finally. "See if Ben needs any help."

"Okay" Clementine replied and headed down the ladder.

Carley smiled. Clementine probably would have been better at hammering nails into a wall rather than Ben who she noticed had hit his thumb a third time.

Looking across the horizon she caught herself worrying about Lee again. In truth she was still confused. That dream she had yesterday had not helped her in the slightest.

It was just a dream she thought to herself. Though she knew otherwise. The dream had meant something. Something she had no idea of at the moment, but something.

"In deep thought?" Asked Doug.

Carley turned to see he had snuck up on her in a sense.

"Just making sure nothing's going on out there." She replied.

"More like just checking to see if Lee's back." Said Doug.

Carley sighed. She had literally just been thinking about Lee though she knew Doug possessed no mind reading abilities…. At least she hoped he didn't anyway.

"Doug, I don't need this now." She replied.

Doug smiled at her the in his normal goofy way causing her lips to crack with a half-smile.

"I know, sorry" He said. "Let me make up for it by covering you on watch."

Carley looked back at the horizon. The idea of Doug on watch nearly caused her to break out in laughter. Not that he never did it but it was more of like if he and the two kids were the only ones not doing anything then give him watch. Even then he only came out slightly ahead of Clementine.

Still it was a sweet gesture. Watch was the most boring job, yet it required the most attention.

"Thanks but I'm good" She replied finally.

"You sure I mean you didn't get much sleep last night."

"None of us did." Stated Carley.

"Yeah but not all of us stayed up to have private time with Lee."

At this Carley's eyelids jumped up and she was glad she was currently facing away from him. She didn't think that anyone knew of her late night escapade.

"It's not exactly what you think." Carley replied.

"Define not exactly." Doug said.

"Well….." Carley started as a foreign object landed just a few inches from Doug's foot. Looking down Carley saw it was an arrow like the one they pulled from Mark's back. She looked to the woods and noticed at least two or three heads looking back at her. Aiming her scope she fired back at one but missed her mark.

The shot seemed to alert everyone else at the camp as Clementine and Ben ran for cover.

"Everyone down!" Shouted Carley as both her and Doug leapt form the RV into the concrete floor.

Lilly and Larry joined them as they heard multiple footsteps approaching the wall.

"What's going on?" Larry asked.

"It's the bandits from the dairy." Carley replied.

Just then the group heard the distinct sound of the lock being tampered with at the front gate.

"We have to do something." Lilly said.

Looking behind her Carley saw that Kenny and his family had emerged from their room. Kenny laid down cover fired as Katjaa and Duck walked over to join to group.

"What the hell is this?" Kenny spouted.

"We're under attack what's it look like?" Lilly replied.

"Oh crap! Oh crap!" Ben kept repeating.

"We have to stop them from getting in the gate." Lilly stated.

Carley threw Lilly the sniper rifle and took out her Glock. She suddenly realized the group had only three guns between them. Lee and Travis had the other two rifles.

"Ben take Clementine and Duck into Mark's room and shut the door behind you!" Carley shouted.

Ben nodded and proceeded to do so.

Carley poked her head out but immediately retracted when she heard a bullet ricochet of the ground near her head.

"Got him." Said Lilly who obviously had more success.

Carley poked her head out again and realized the bandit who had been attempting to break in was lying dead on the floor. The others had spread out seemingly afraid that they may be next.

"Kenny I'm going to try and get closer" Carley called

Kenny nodded. "I got you"

Carley moved to where the couch now was. The group had placed it there since it was closer to the truck and could be used to put med supplies as they tended to Mark's legs.

Bullets whizzed by as she did but she let nothing stop her as she slid under the couch. Kenny continued to fire as Lilly ran for the same cover.

Upon reaching it she let off a few shots with the rifle and Carley heard another bandit drop to the floor. This caused those that were left to retreated and fire from the nearby woods.

Lilly looked at Carley, who looked back at Kenny. The three nodded and Kenny laid down more cover fire and the two women headed for the wall. Upon reaching it they both put their backs against the sturdiest sections. The three traded shots with their masked foes though neither side seemed to have an advantage. That wasn't until Lilly announced she was out of ammo.

Just then Carley remembered it was her who initially had the rifle and she had left the spare ammo back on the RV. She thought at first of calling out to Kenny but realized only a fool would expose themselves up there.

She checked her gun. "O got one clip left" She told Lilly.

"Crap where are those two!?" Lilly shouted in frustration.

Carley took a moment to think of what would happen if Lee and Travis walked in while all this was going down. The two would not expect anything and be completely exposed to arrows and gunfire. No matter what it took they would have to hold back the bandits. She couldn't bear the thought of losing those two…. Well really just Lee though she didn't need to think about that right now.

"They're closing in." Lilly said.

Carley pointed her gun over the wall and took out two bandits that were fool hardy enough to get too close. The others ducked behind nearby cars and fired back.

Carley kept them from approaching until she heard the dreaded sound of her gun running out of bullets. She ducked under the wall as a slew of arrows and bullets went by her head. Lilly crouched over to her.

"We have to make a run back to the RV." She said.

Carley nodded in agreement and motioned for Kenny to provide the necessary cover fire.

However Kenny shook his head. Carley realized why almost immediately. Kenny had only been pretending to shoot almost as soon as the two women reached the wall. He had ran out long before them.

She knew it would be suicide to run back with no cover fire. What made matters worse was that she heard the bandits slowly walking to the wall now that no more gunfire was heard. Carley looked to Lilly who returned the same blank stare. It was over.

Suddenly two more bodies fell flat on the concrete floor in front of them. This stopped the others in dead in their tracks.

*bang* *bang*

Two more bullets and two more bodies joined the others on the ground.

"Fall back!" One of the bandits shouted as the group dispersed and disappeared into the woods.

Carley looked above the wall and smiled as she saw two familiar faces approaching.

Couldn't be happier to see Lee…. Err them I mean.


Lee checked the forest as Travis opened the gate. Before entering however Lee noticed that the wall was filled with both arrows and bullet holes. His mind went straight to Clementine as he entered and pushed the two garbage dumpsters the group had been using as a gate.

"You're back!" Two voices shouted from his left side. Lee turned to see both Carley and Lilly just about two feet in front of him.

"Is everyone okay?" He asked. "Where's Clementine?"

"She's fine." It was Carley who was first to reply. "They're in the Mark's room with Ben."

"Lee! Thank God you showed up just in the nick of time" Kenny shouted from in front of the RV.

"A little too close for comfort" Lilly added.

Lee walked up to the group by the RV and the others followed suit.

"What took you so long!?" Shouted Larry. "We we're nearly killed."

"I think we're blessed he showed up when he did old man." Kenny said.

"Calm down! Both of you." Said Lee "What happened?"

"Well this one was supposed to be watching the forest." Lilly stated.

"I was!" Carley snapped back.

"Then how were we caught off guard?" Lilly pressed on.

"Hey if she didn't shoot back at them who knows who could have gotten killed." Doug stated.

"All right enough!" Shouted Lee. "This isn't helping, it doesn't matter who's at fault. We need to make better preparations so we're never caught off guard again."

"No what we need to do is gather everything and get in that RV." Kenny stated.

Lee let out a long sigh. Kenny had essentially opened a can of worms and the worms were spewing out as everyone began to argue at once about whether to stay or leave.


Clementine greeted him with a warm hug as he entered Mark's room.

"I'm glad you're safe" He said.

"You too" she replied.

Lee stood up to see That Katjaa was already in the room though she had left as soon as everyone started arguing.

"Ben thanks for looking after them" Lee said to the young teen.

"Oh yeah well I'm just glad no one got hurt."

Lee nodded and Ben left the room. Only to be replaced by Travis.

"Hey Lee you forgot about these things." He said as he showed two large crutches.

"Crutches?" Asked Mark.

"It was the best we could do man." Lee replied.

"That's good but Mark won't be able to walk on those crutches. Not how his legs are now anyway." Katjaa stated.

"Oh yeah" Lee said suddenly reminded of the items he still had in his backpack.

"Will this work?" He asked her.

Katjaa took the small box from his hand and examined it. "Leg wraps?" She said as she read the instructions. "Used to tighten muscles and prevent cramps."

Opening the box Lee saw it was a little bigger than he thought though not nearly big enough to cover the whole leg.

"This might work Lee, but we would need more than one."

Lee opened his backpack and presented the contents to Katjaa.

She looked down and then back at him and smiled.

"That'll do."


Lee checked the bodies and closed the eyes of the bandits them had killed. He and Kenny searched each corpse for weapons and anything else they could use. Lee found mostly crossbows, though Kenny was able to find a pistol and some ammo under one of the bodies.

"I'm telling you Lee this is exactly why we have to get out of here!" Kenny shouted as they continued checking bodies.

"Kenny I just heard you going on for the last half hour. Please a little break would be nice."

"I'm sure it would but those bandits ain't gonna give us that luxury. We have to go. It's not safe here anymore."

Lee thought to himself. Kenny was right in part. This place wasn't as safe as they initially thought. The addition of attacks from the outside only made matters worse. However Lee still wasn't ready to simply leave. The fact still remained that Kenny's idea of getting a boat just didn't seem practical. They would have to somehow find a working boat that fit twelve people. Then they would depart into open sea and hope to find an island somewhere that the infection had not gotten too. It was all just too risky for Lee.

"You two find anything?" Lilly asked.

Lee thanked God she had interrupted so he wouldn't have to argue with Kenny.

"A gun and some ammo." Kenny replied.

"We found some crossbows too." Said Lee.

"Don't worry about the crossbows" Kenny said. "We need guns not medieval weaponry."

"If we could teach ourselves how to use these things it may be to our advantage. Especially since crossbow ammo can be reused."

Kenny shrugged his shoulders but Lilly simply nodded. "Makes sense just put them in storage for now and we'll learn how to use them eventually."

"Whatever waste yall time learning how to use arrows." Kenny stated.

"Time for breakfast." Ben called from inside the motor inn.

"Good thing too I'm starved" Said Kenny. "Come on Lee."

Lee felt his stomach growl as though it agreed with Kenny. "Um I'll catch up just gonna check make sure we got everything." He replied.

"We can check after we eat man….." Kenny started to say.

"Um Lee could I have a word with you….. in private" Lilly said as she headed back to her room.

Kenny looked at Lee as if expecting an explanation but he had none to give.

"What's that about, booty call?" Asked Kenny

Lee could help but crack a chuckle at the suggestion. Though he knew whatever she wanted had nothing to do with that.

He entered her room. Lilly was going through some items behind the bed.

"Sit" She ordered without looking at him.

"What's this about?" He asked.

She didn't answer immediately. Instead she revealed a half of an apple and some other snacks. She tossed them to Lee and sat down on the bed in front of him.

"That wasn't from out the station wagon so you can eat it." She said.

Lee smiled. "Thanks, was it that east to see what I was doing?" He asked.

"I think everyone saw what was going on. I admire you for it… though I think it's kind of stupid." She said.

Lee nodded and rose from his seat.

"Where do you think you're going?" She asked.

"Oh was there something else?"

"Sit" She simply said.

Lee returned to his sitting position.

"Those bandits caused me to realize how low we are on ammo and how vulnerable this place is."

Lee tried to listen though the food in front of him was making it very difficult. He had to use all his reserved strength to stop himself from devouring it in front of her.

"Furthermore." She continued "We're beginning to run out of medicine."

That got Lee's attention. Medicine had never been much of an issue with the pharmacy so close by but the last few times he and Kenny had been there Lee noticed that it had gotten rather skimpy.

"I know we just fought a battle but there is no time to celebrate. We need to scavenge for supplies."

"By we you mean me and Kenny. Don't you?" Lee asked.

Lilly simply nodded.

"I know you just got back but with the recent attack we have no time to relax."

Lee agreed. "I never thought they would attack so soon." He said.

"Wait!" Lilly accused "You knew this would happen?"

Lee's eyes widened as he realized he never had revealed the contents of the video to the rest of the group.

"I found a video camera out in the woods while scouting with Danny. Doug fixed it. When we watched it we saw that the bandits we're distracted with the dairy. We knew that it was only a matter of time until they found us." He said.

Looking at Lilly's face one would think he had slapped her.

"You knew this and didn't tell me?!" She shouted.

She stood up and he copied her not wanting to be vulnerable to an attack from above.

"I just watched the video last night. I didn't think they would attack this early."

"We could have all died out there today!" Lilly retorted.

"I know, I'm sorry but I couldn't predict they were gonna attack the day after."

Lee heard the door open behind and turning saw the one person he would not want to see at this moment.

"What's he doing in here?" Larry asked.

Lee trembled slightly. He did not need to be in the middle of these two. Not when both were angry like this.

"Nothing dad he was just leaving." Said Lilly.

Lee walked by Larry, who gave him an angry stare the whole time. Even after Lee left the room he could feel Larry's eyes burning a hole in the back of his head.

"Well that didn't take long." Kenny said as Lee approached the group eating breakfast.

Lee joined them and opened the snacks Lilly had provided him with. Neither Larry nor Lilly had exited the room which for now Lee took as a good sign.

However someone else's motel door opened up and Katjaa emerged from it.

"Finally" Said Kenny "Was about to come in there and get ya. Oh um I better bring Mark his food."

"No need" Said Katjaa "He'll come get it."

As soon as the words exited her mouth Lee noticed Mark emerge from his room. On each leg was at least 4 leg wraps. He had the crutches under his armpits. He moved slow, pushing both legs off the ground and only resting them for brief moments. He was obviously still in pain but seemed glad to be out of his room.

"Well I'll be." Said Kenny "Good to see you up and about Mark."

"Good to be up and about" Mark replied.

"Well I got a plate for you right here." Kenny stated.

"Yeah….. just before that I…. uh have to use the bathroom."

It was Carley who looked back at him. "Well then just go…. Oh… oh! Not it!"

"Not it!"

"Not it! Not it! Not it!"

"Not i….. Crap!" It was Kenny who spoke last.


A/N Thank you for all who made it to the end. God bless you all.