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

Hey guys. I know I said that this may be the last chapter, but I realized to finish it properly this chapter would have to be about 7,000 words. So I decided to split it in two chapters. Plus it's kind of professional to end with chapter 20 rather than 19. Wow can't believe it's been that many chapters since I started writing this. Thank you to all my readers. God bless you all.


Lee shut the door behind him. First Clementine goes missing, and now everyone else in the group was trying to battle for the last two spots on the boat. Almost everyone anyway. He had noticed Carley and Lilly talking in the kitchen. He had even asked them if either had seen Clementine. Neither had, though both had volunteered to start looking.

Lee chose to search the backyard since that was where he had found her last time she went on an "adventure."

He scanned the yard, but saw nothing unusual. Nothing that was except Clementine's hat sitting on the ground by itself.

Suddenly worry filled Lee's mind. He darted for the hat and then looked over the fence. There was nothing…. But a small radio near some trash cans.

Lee hopped the fence and cautiously picked up the radio. As he did however suddenly a walker leaped out from under the pile of trash and attempted to bite his head off.

Instinctively Lee put his left arm in front of his body to block the walker's attempt. He succeeded and immediately threw him down and using his boot smashed the walker's face in.

In the midst of the battle, Lee had not realized he had dropped Clementine's hat. He picked it up, but something about it was unsettling. Right next to the D, there was a small yet very red spot of blood. Lee looked from the cap to his left arm. There right under the palm of his hands was the bite mark that the walker had given him.

"No…..No…" Lee started to say before hearing footsteps approaching from behind.

"Lee, what are you doing on this side of the fence?" Asked Kenny.

Lee turned slightly to see that nearly the whole group had come outside.

"We looked for Clementine." Said Carley "But she's not in the house."

"Vernon's gone too." Stated Omid.

Lee wasn't listening. As the group got closer, all he could think about was whether or not to tell them about the bite.

Suddenly they were right behind him. He made his choice, and turning around revealed his cut skin to everyone.

"Where'd you get that?" Asked Doug showing true concern.

"I was bitten." Lee said plainly.

The reaction that followed was expected. Everyone was shocked to say the least. Kenny was in disbelief, though Katjaa came up to examine the wound. Duck was asking all sorts of questions, while Lilly simply stood by, speechless. She was joined by Doug, Carley, Travis and Ben.

Larry was strangely not present, though Lee was partially glad for that. He wasn't the nicest when it came to bite victims… or human beings in general for that matter.

"Listen!" Lee shouted, silencing the group.

"My bite isn't the issue here. Clementine's been kidnapped."

"What?! By who?" Asked Duck

"I don't know. Vernon said something about taking her with him. Maybe he went through with it, despite me rejecting his suggestion."

"I knew we couldn't trust him." Said Kenny.

"You know the way back there?" Asked Christa.

"I think so." Replied Lee.

"Then let's go." She said.

"We can get her back." Added Omid.

Lee was grateful, but knew they could not be allowed to come with him.

"Sorry but I have to do this alone." He said.

"Bullcrap!" Shouted a voice from behind Omid and Christa.

The voice belonged to Lilly. "You're not going by yourself." She said.

"We all care about Clementine." Doug commented

"We're in this together." Said Carley.

Lee's heart felt warm as his friends each volunteered to come with him. However he still couldn't let that happen.

"Sorry guys, but if I turn, it could put everyone in danger." He said trying to convince them

"If you turn then it'd be best that we were there to stop you from hurting anyone." Travis said.

Lee looked at the floor. He knew if they came with him there was a risk that Vernon's group would attack. If this lead to some sort of group conflict, it would be best if he, being the bite victim were the only casualty.

"Sorry I can't let anyone else come with me." He said finally.

At this statement almost everyone ceased protesting. He had worn them down.

"You're not letting us do anything." Stated Lilly. "We're choosing to come with you."

Lee stared at her. He knew there was no point in arguing with a Caul, especially this one who could be as, or even more stubborn than her father.

Wait that's it! Thought Lee. There was one way to guarantee she stayed behind.

"What about Larry?" He asked.

"Why isn't he out here?"

Lilly turned her head as he asked the question.

"His heart started to act up while we were arguing, so he's resting on the couch." Said Katjaa.

"You should be here just in case anything happens." Lee told Lilly.

"But…"

"No!" He retorted "Listen I'm just going to go get Clementine, and come right back. I'll be fastest alone." He stated.

Even Lilly stopped talking after he said that.

Satisfied Lee headed down the road, but about halfway down he noticed a pair of small legs walking behind him.

"Duck what are you doing?" He asked the little boy.

"Batgirl's been kidnapped and now it's up to us to find her." He replied.

"Not us, Robin" Lee replied "Just me."

"But I'm your ward, and I must always accompany you on a mission." Duck pleaded.

"Not this one." Replied Lee. "Batman's going solo."

At this Duck stopped protesting. He instead simply looked up at the older man, with the saddest faciel expression Lee had ever seen on the boy.

"Please…." He began

"bring her back."


Lee entered the morgue gun drawn. "Vernon!" He shouted.

No one answered back.

Looking around Lee saw that all the food had disappeared, as well as just about everything else.

"Listen Vernon." He called "There doesn't have to be any trouble here. I just want the girl. Just give her back and no one has to get hurt."

Lee listened, but doubted he would get a reply. It was clear he was too late. Leaning against the counter in frustration, he thought of how disappointed Clementine was after telling her he wasn't going on the boat. Maybe that's what threw her into Vernon's arms.

Just then, Lee heard the distinct moans of nearby walkers. He viewed out the high window which showed dozens of them walking on the street above. Looking back, he saw that none had made their way to the sewers. Not yet at least.

Suddenly the walkie talkie sprung to life. Just static at first, but soon following, came the voice of a little girl.

"Lee…." Said Clementine through the radio.

"Clementine?" He asked back. "Where are you? Are you all right?"

There was no answer.

"Vernon you…."

"Hello Lee" A soft monotone male voice said.

That's not Vernon. Thought Lee.

"Who is this?" He asked.

"It's not Vernon if that's what you're thinking. Clementine's just fine, but if I were you I would pick my next words very carefully."

Lee thought to himself. There was only one concern on his mind.

"Please don't hurt her." He pleaded.

"I'm not the one who hurts people. Better yet there is a mountain of dead between you and me, and if I can thank God for anything, it's that."

The walkie talkie's signal was lost after the stranger said those words. Just like Lee was lost on how he would find Clementine now.

One thing was certain, he would have to get out of this hospital. Looking back he saw that the sewers still had no walkers within them. He decided to head out the way he came, but was hit by a sudden stroke of dizziness. He tried to resist, but the feeling overpowered him. Right before he passed out, he noticed the distinct sound of footprints entering the room.

The walkers! They found me


"Are you sure about this?" Asked a soft female voice.

"Technically speaking, these things begin with a lot of hemorrhaging, followed by shock, infection, and in most cases where immediate medical treatment isn't available…..death." Said a familiar male's voice.

"What other choice do we have, he's running out of time. Now if nobody else has the stones to do this then I will." Said a much harder female voice.

"Wait I'm awake." Lee shouted as he realized they were talking about him.

"Lee you're okay!" Shouted Carley.

Lee sat up and saw Lilly, Travis, Carley, and Doug inside the morgue.

"What are you guys doing here?" He asked.

"Please." Said Lilly. "It took about five minutes for us to realize you were way in over your head and needed our assistance."

"But how'd you know where I was?" Lee asked. As far as he knew he was the only member of the group who had been here before.

"Well after observing the route taken by Vernon to get to Crawford, I statistically analyzed the tunnels infrastructure an….." Doug went on.

"Carley, short version?" Lee asked realizing time was limited.

"Doug read the map and realized this morgue was closest to the mansion." She simplified.

"Yeah and since I remembered you saying they were staying at a morgue…. Well it just made sense." Doug added.

"Hey, we can discuss how we got here later." Interrupted Lilly. "We have to decide whether or not to take off his arm."

"Take off my what?!" Shouted Lee.

"Well you see Lee." Doug started. "Stopping the blood flo…."

"Carley?" Lee asked again.

"Doug think's its like snake venom. Remove the arm and most of the poison will go with it." She simplified once again.

Lee thought hard about what was about to happen. If the bite was like snake venom then removing his arm may erase the effects completely. Then again if it didn't work, then he'd be without an arm, and most likely a lot of blood as well. However in the end it was worth a shot.

"Let's do it." He stated.

"You sure about this?" Asked Lilly.

Lee nodded. "Maybe it'll at least buy me some time."

Lee held his arm out. Lilly approached with the cutting tool she had found on the nearby counter.

"I'll try to go as fast as I can." She assured him.

"Fast would be goo… AAHHHHHHH!" Lee screamed as Lilly began the cutting process.

It was as though a thousand tiny needles were making its way into his skin. The pain only amplified when she hit bone. Lee thought he would die. As Lilly cut through the bone, the pain suddenly stopped and was replaced by a feeling of numbness. Lee wondered if this is how David had felt when he chopped off his leg.

Lilly finally finished and the hand fell flat on the ground. Lee looked at his arm. It was strange. He could still feel the fingers as though they remained attached. He suddenly felt a cold chill rush through his body, right before he passed out.


Lee awoke on the floor of the room. Looking around he saw his left hand… on the floor next to him. He then raised his right arm to see it had been bandaged. The end appeared more like a stump than an arm. He couldn't believe it. He thanked God he had survived an amputation with no anesthetics or additional blood. The question still remained however on whether it had been a success or not.

"Lee you're awake." Said Travis.

He turned to see both the teen and Lilly walking towards him. "We thought we lost you." She said. "You've been out for a while."

Lee looked over to the door where they had entered from. Something was banging from the other side.

"You guys find a way out of here?" He asked.

"Doug found a service elevator with a maintenance ladder near the corner. We should be able to get to an empty floor, or maybe even the roof." Said Travis.

"Let's go." Lee said as they all headed towards the elevator. Carley and Doug were already inside.

"I'll bring up the rear." Said Lee "Don't want to bleed on anyone."

Doug went up the ladder first, then Carley and Travis began to climb behind her.

"Thanks for coming to get me." Said Lee as the teen started his ascent.

"You should thank Lilly, it was her idea." He replied.

Lee wasn't at all shocked by that statement. He figured it had been her. She would be the first to completely ignore his warnings.

"Couple minutes after you left she gathered everyone willing to come and we headed out." Travis went on before he proceeded to climb up the ladder.

Lilly hadn't heard there conversation. She was busy at the entrance to the elevator, making sure the door they had entered from remained closed.

As soon as Travis was far enough…. To be out of earshot, Lee called Lilly over. Before she began her climb however, he grabbed her left hand with his only remaining one.

"Lilly wait just a minute." He said.

"We don't have time for this." Came the reply.

Lee released her hand, but she still remained where she was.

"Just in cas…" He began but she would hear none of it.

"No! You don't get to talk like that. Cutting off your arm worked. We're gonna find Clementine, and we'll all get out of Savannah together…." Lilly tried to go on, but instead she simply closed her eyes. Lee noticed one distinct tear flow from each of them.

Taking his right hand he used his thumb to wipe a tear off her left cheek. Then with one fluent motion brought her lips to meet his own.

Lilly's eyes were wide open now, as the two shared in the long embrace. She wrapped her arms around him as he wrapped his one arm around her.

When they finally separated, Lee noticed that the others had neared the top of the ladder.

He looked back at Lilly, who was still partly in a daze.

"Just in case anything happens to me…." He said "I thought you should know."

Lilly still remained speechless.

"Well we should probably head up…. The others are waiting fo….." Lee began before Lilly grabbed his face.

"Let them wait." She said as she brought his lips in for round two.


"Pancakes are ready." She called from downstairs.

The audio alarm was unnecessary. He knew the smell of his wife's, made from scratch blueberry pancakes.

He rushed down the stairs, without even properly putting his tie on. She already had his plate on the table by the time he reached the kitchen.

"It's about time." She stated. "Sit down, your foods getting cold."

He pulled his chair out and placed his rather large behind on the seat. In truth he often wondered how such small chairs could support his weight, but then again there were pancakes in front of him. He could wonder about matter and weight another day.

"Slow down." His wife warned as he engorged himself on the meal before him.

"Can't, got a conference today. You know the boss hates when I'm late."

"Well you're no good to him if you choke on your breakfast." She advised.

He slowed down his pace, just a tad to appease her.

"Now where is that daughter of yours?" She asked as if they didn't share the same child.

"Lilly!" She called up the stairs.

"Coming mom!" Came the reply.

"That girl's going to be late for her first day of junior high at this rate."

"Lighten up a bit." He advised her. "She's a teenager, probably already been through twenty different outfits trying to pick the perfect one for her first day."

Just as he spoke those words, his daughter came running down the stairs.

"Sorry I'm late." She apologized.

"Don't worry about it." Said her mother. "Have some breakfast."

"Okay" said the 12 year old as she went into the fridge and grabbed a nutrigrain bar.

"I meant the pancakes" Her mother remarked.

"Oh no way! It's the first day of school and I gotta watch my figure." Said Lilly.

Just then the school bus made its way to their street.

"Well that's the bus. See ya." She said as she darted out the door for her first day of school.

"What are we going to do with that girl?" Her mother asked

"I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll finish her pancakes." Said Larry.

"Oh no, you have that important meeting, remember?"

"Oh yeah, I'm late." Said Larry as he rushed up, and grabbing his briefcase headed for the door. His wife followed him.

"Have a nice day hun." She said as she went in for a kiss.

"I'll see you later." He said to her after the kiss.

"No, you're wrong." She replied in a sudden monotone voice.

"Excuse me?" He asked.

"It's the other way around." She replied.

"What are you talking about?" Asked Larry now genuinely confused.

"I'll…. See…you...soon."

Larry awoke to an empty room. He sat up and rubbed his eyes. Just another one of those dreams He thought. Though in truth it felt like something more. Like God was telling him something. Or maybe he just really missed his wife.

Rising up from the seat, he looked around. "Lilly?" He called, but no one answered.

He walked out toward the kitchen and looked through the already open door. Kenny, Katjaa, Christa, Omid and Ben were moving the boat out the shed.

Larry closed the door. They hadn't even decided who was going on that thing, though he knew his chances were slim. At the moment he was more concerned on the whereabouts of his daughter.

He went back to the living room…. To find the front door now open. That was strange, it was closed when he woke up. Larry went to examine the front porch. All was quiet as usual, but when turned around he saw four faces who were definitely not in the room just two minutes prior.

"Jumping Jehoshaphat!? What you trying to do give me a heart attack?!" He asked Vernon.

"Sorry didn't mean to startle you." He replied.

"Who are these people?" Larry asked.

"Oh, just some friends." Answered Vernon.

Larry felt pressure on his heart. Perhaps the scare had done more damage than he initially thought, or maybe it was the three hours of arguing that had occured earlier that morning.

"Hey Doc?" He asked . "Think you could take a look at my back? Been bothering me for months now."

"Of course." Answered Vernon. His companions remained awkwardly silent.

Larry paid them no attention. He instead lifted the back of his shirt and turned around. He felt Vernon applying pressure to his spinal cord as he did so.

"So where's the rest of your crew?" Asked Vernon.

"I don't know." Replied Larry. "Was taking a nap, and when I woke up everyone was gone."

"Everyone?" Vernon inquired.

"Well not everyone." Larry replied. "Kenny and some others are moving the boat out."

"They've already fixed it?" Inquired Vernon.

"Yeah, a while ago, just gotta get it out to the water."

"All right, I think I've found the problem here." Said Vernon as he cracked Larry's back.

"Oh, that felt good." Larry said.

Vernon cracked it again.

"Oh that one felt even better, can feel the tension being released." Said Larry

"All right, just one more crack. Now I warn you this one may hurt." Stated Vernon.

"Ah bring it on Doc." Replied Larry as he prepared himself.

Suddenly he felt a blunt hit in the back of his neck. Larry stumbled at first. Then fell forward onto the ground. His vision was blurred, and his hearing was fuzzy, but he wasn't unconscious…. Yet.

"This is it guys." He heard Vernon say. His words were followed by the distinct sound of guns being cocked.

"Remember we only use these if we have to. We're already taking their boat. Don't need to add murder on to the list."

Larry's vision and hearing both dissipated quickly. He tried to shout, but his mouth refused to work. He had to try and warn them somehow. He thought of Lilly. If anything happened to her he could never forgive himself. He tried in one last attempt to move his arm and lift himself up. However as he did so, he saw one of the cancer survivors walk up to him. The man raised his foot above Larry's head.

"Lights out old man." He said as he brought the boot down on him.


Thanks to all who made it to the end. I think most of you can guess which cancer survivor it was who kicked Larry at the end. God bless you all.

P.S I know I didn't mention Mark in the last chapter, but that was on purpose. You'll notice he wasn't mentioned in this one either. On the next one you should see why I didn't want him menitioned in these last two chapters.