I'm sorry guys. I don't know when I'm going to update next. May be a couple weeks. So I'm going to do this as best as I can. Also I don't think I should add Bonnie. I really want a different story so, in the next chapter , someone's going to be taking Bonnie's place, but she will be in this story. Also I'm changing Sarah's personality. I hate her death.
The show must go on. As always I don't anything blah blah blah. LOL
New Future Ch.6
Clementines POV:
As Clementine hugged Kenny, she whispered "I thought you were dead."
He whispered back "I know. I'm so sorry Clem."
As he pulled back, the man in the red sweater, who Clementine had pegged "teacher", said "I'll take that as a yes."
Kenny put his hand on her shoulder and asked "These people with you?"
Clementine nodded and watched as he said "Come on inside. We got plenty of room for you all."
The man in the red sweater said "Great. I just started dinner." Carlos looked nervous before asking "You're sure you won't mind?"
The "teacher" waved him off and said "Of course not. We've got plenty."
She then followed Kenny inside and Shepard walked up beside her. Kenny looked at Jane curiously before they went inside. When they got inside, the man in the red sweater, Walter, started lecturing them about the lodge.
In her mind, she thought "Called it."
Kenny was obviously thinking the same thing as he raised his hand and made a yapping motion with his hand behind Walter. Clementine started giggling which got Walter's attention.
"What's so funny?"he asked.
Kenny turned around chuckling and said "Nothing, Walt."
Just then the rest of the group walked in. Sarah looked in a corner and said "Dad, look! They have a Christmas tree!"
Carlos quieted her down before Kenny asked "Clem, are they cool?"
Nick took that as an insult, but before he could say anything, Clementine said "They're cool."
Kenny looked at her before setting his rifle on the bench. Luke followed his lead, then the rest. Kenny and Clementine then went over to the fireplace to sit down. Clementine looked at the fire and felt safe and at home. He looked at Clementine and smiled.
She said "Christa said you were dead."
Kenny laughed and said "I am. This is all a dream!"
At this, Clementine shot him a scornful look which made Kenny laugh and say "Sorry, bad joke. Ya know, when I saw you, I half expected Lee to walk up next to you. You guys were like 2 peas in a pod."
At this, Clementine looked down at the ground and when Kenny saw this and immediately said "Aw man, I'm sorry Clem, it's just hard not to think about him. After he helped me with Duck, I owe him a debt I could never repay. Man, he was one hell of a guy."
Clementine looked up with a small smile and nodded.
Kenny looked at her and asked "What happened after Savannah?"
Clementine looked down and said "Everything went wrong. It always does. A few months after Savannah, Omid got shot by a girl. Christa lost their baby, after that on top of Omid's death, she just... cut herself off from her emotions. Then a few days ago, she got ambushed by another group. I distracted them and she ran off. I don't know what happened next."
Kenny looked down and said "I can't believe it. I was hoping that they were right about the country. That they'd be okay."
After that conversation, the Indian woman came over to talk to them. "So this is little Clementine."
Kenny smiled and said "Clementine, this is my girl ,Sarita. Ain't she beautiful?"
Sarita chuckled, hit his shoulder, and said "Ever the charmer."
Kenny got up to talk to Matthew and once he was out of range, Sarita leaned in close to Clementine and whispered "Clementine, does Kenny seem different than when you last saw him?"
Clementine whispered back "He seems happier, really. I mean, when I last saw him, he'd gone over the deep end after his wife and son died. He was drinking and throwing fits of anger. He seems what he might've been before all this."
Sarita smiled, then they heard Shepard "Clementine, can I talk to you for a second?"
Clementine said "Sure Jane!" She walked over to Shepard and they both went upstairs.
Shepard's POV:
Jane and Clementine went into a room and once they were inside, Jane turned around and said "Now Clementine, I'm going to do something that might seem strange, but I'm not gonna hurt you, okay?"
Clementine sighed and asked "What is it, Jane?"
Shepard closed her eyes and reached out with her biotics and started lifting Clementine off the ground.
Clementine realized what was happening and said "What's happening?"
Jane smiled and started setting Clementine down on the ground.
She started calming Clementine down and said "It's just something I can do."
Clementine grew excited and asked "How'd you do that?"
Shepard smiled and said "I was expecting you to be freaked out and trying to run away."
Clementine laughed and she asked "What else can you do?"
Shepard sighed and said "Not a lot that wouldn't level this house."
At this, Clementine bristled. Then Shepard said "I only use it in emergencies."
Just then, Walter called Clementine down to talk. Shepard laughs and says "Time to go to school Clem. I'll tell you more later."
Clementine sighed and said "Yeah, yeah."
Clementines POV:
Clementine went down the stairs and found Walter in the kitchen. "Hey Clementine. Would you do me the honor of having the first bite of dinner?"
She looked into the pot and asked "What is it?"
He smiled and said "I call it my Creme de la Walter stew. It's peaches and beans."
He picked up the peaches can and showed to Clementine. There was a little girl with pigtails on it.
He looked at it and her and said "Uncanny resemblance, huh?"
At that, she just gave a sour look. Chuckling, he said "Now you look like one of my students."
He smiled and said "Well Clementine, dinner's almost ready. Why don't you help Sarita and Sarah with the tree?"
As she walked over, she saw Rebecca, Alvin, and Carlos upstairs. Seeing as Sarah and Sarita were almost done, she just went upstairs.
Carlos saw her and said "Clementine. We need to talk to you. About Kenny. We need to be sure if he is trustworthy."
Clementine sighed and asked "What do you want to know?"
Carlos replied "Anything."
Clementine started talking "I met him at the beginning of the apocalypse. At first, he struck me as a guy who wants what's best for the one he cared about, like his family. Lee and him got into fights because of the things Kenny did, but Kenny always did it to keep people safe, even though he couldn't see the consequences. Eventually, when it all went bad, he took it hard and tried to cope. When two of the others showed up without him, I asked what happened. They said that he went down into a store full of walkers to save one of them. He got cornered and everyone thought he'd died. But a lot has changed since then and I don't know what happened after all this time."
Carlos took his hand from his mouth and said "Thank you for your honesty Clementine."
Just then, Jane called Carlos down to talk to him.
Shepard's POV:
Carlos came down and I said "Carlos, I think we have to talk about Sarah."
Carlos seemed to turn from nervous to very serious. "Carlos, she needs to grow up."
Carlos snarled "You don't know what she needs."
Jane ran her hand through her hair and said "Carlos, in this world, you can't protect her. Eventually, either you're going to die protecting her or she's going to die because she is too naive to survive. In this world, you have to know that the only reason you're going to survive is because you're going to fight."
Just before Carlos started arguing, Clementine came down and interrupted "She's right, Carlos. Sarah won't make it if she doesn't know what the world's like. I'm going to tell you something a friend once told my other friend Lee. You got to consider her as a living person. That's it. You ain't a girl, you ain't a boy, you ain't little, you're not strong, you're not smart, you're alive. That's it. You're either living or you're not. Whether you like it or not, you're not always going to be around to protect her. You're gonna be gone and she's either going to be right behind you or she's going to be alive."
Carlos took this in and sadly agreed. "I'll talk to her."
Clementine's POV:
Walter called "Dinner's ready."
As the groups went to separate tables, Luke waved Clementine and Shepard over just as Kenny called "Over here, Clem!"
Clementine hesitated before going over to Kenny's group. At this, Luke got this sad look on his face and Kenny started talking as he gestured to Jane "So Clem, who's this?"
Jane looked uncomfortable before saying "I'm Commander Shepard. I used to work in the Navy."
Kenny nodded and said "That's funny. When this all started, we met a woman who worked in the Air Force. Her name was Lilly and she was a bitch. She left us eventually and she took our RV."
Clementine remembered Lilly. She only did that because she was afraid. Afraid she'd die alone and no one would care. Clementine interrupted him "Only after she killed Carley, Kenny. She was trying protect us all. Ben was stealing the supplies, not to mention Carley was taunting her. In her view, she'd just tried to protect the group and we were about to throw her out into that world or kill her. She was scared. Besides, Lee got the train working."
Kenny nodded in agreement and said "Good point, Clem, but at least Lee tried to help both of us. Anyway, Clem, I heard that Alvin guy talking about someone chasing them."
Matthew spoke up "Yeah, earlier today, she asked if I worked for or heard of a man named Carver. That's either who they're looking for or who they're running from."
Sarita looked at Clementine and said "Well, you can stay however long you like, Clementine."
Kenny looked at her and said, raising his voice "She's staying for good."
Sarita looked down and said "It's her choice, Kenny."
Before Kenny could argue, Clementine said "I'm just so sick of running and I missed you Kenny."
Kenny smiled and said "This is like a dream. I'm just so happy!"
Then Sarita, Walter, and Matthew got up to talk to the others while Luke, Nick, and Sarah came over to talk to them. Sarah sat on Clementine's right, Luke on Kenny's left, and Nick sat down next to Shepard.
Sarah turned to Clementine and said "Thanks for talking to my dad."
Clementine whispered to her "Remember, you can't freeze up. You've got to learn how to let it flow."
Sarah nodded. Kenny looked at Luke and said "How's the beans?"
Luke just said "Oh, they're great. Thanks for the dinner."
Kenny then said "Peaches and beans. Good on the way in, not so good on the way out."
He started laughing at his own joke, while Sarah looked at him weirdly. Then Luke said "It's a nice place you here. You gonna stay here for the winter?"
Kenny replied "Actually, we're thinking of moving on up North. Ever hear of a place called Wellington?"
Clementine nodded and said "Christa and I were heading there."
Kenny smiled and said "It's supposed to be a settlement where we can be safe. Where anyone can be safe."
Luke asked "How far?"
Kenny said "I reckon near Michigan."
They started to argue until Clementine yelled "Back off, Luke! Kenny doesn't deserve you and Nick nagging on him."
Luke shook his head and said "Whatever. We're not staying, we're leaving tomorrow."
Kenny jerked his head up and motioned to Clementine and said "She's staying!"
Luke looked at Clem confused and Sarah looked betrayed before Clementine said "Just stop!"
Kenny looked down at the table before saying "Pass the beans, Duck."
Clementine gasped and as Kenny realized what he said, he just looked at her and then looked down. Luke looked confused as he said "Duck? Who's Duck?"
Clementine sighed and replied "Duck was his son."
Luke got this understanding in his eyes and looked down guiltily.
Walter came over and said "Uh, Clementine, can you come outside for a moment?"
As they were walking outside, Walter sighed and said "I'm sorry about that Clementine. I know how it feels to be trapped between two "clicks", I guess you could call it."
Clementine looked down and said "I just don't know what to do anymore. I mean, I feel like I want to stay with Luke and the others, but I also want to with you, Kenny, and your group."
Walter nodded in understanding and said "I know what you mean, Clementine. More than you know. Luke and the others have been with you and you forged friendships, but then there's Kenny. An old friend who you thought you lost, but you found him again. Can I tell you something?"
At Clementine's nod, he said "People think the world's over, but let me tell you a secret. It's not. People are more political now than they ever were before. In the end, we can't change the world. All we can do is empathize and use our heads. We need to have faith and believe in a better tomorrow."
As Clementine thought about what he said, she said "That's very nice, Walter."
Before Walter could reply, Kenny came out of nowhere and said "Hey guys. What are talking about?"
Walter thought before saying "Oh, politics."
Kenny asked "What the fuck?"
Walter explained "Well, you, being from Florida Kenny. I would thought you would know all about politics."
Kenny replied "The only good thing that comes out of the apocalypse is that we don't have to deal with that shit anymore."
As they rounded the corner, they saw someone peeping. Kenny raised his rifle and said "Hands up!"
She turned around and Clementine thought "Is this Reunion Day or something?"
Kenny said with a hint of anger in his voice "What the fuck?!"
The woman was Lilly!
Big twist huh! Did you see that coming? Hah! I told you people were coming back! Anyway, good bye guys for now. I'll be back, I promise! Oh and according to Walking Dead, all people from Florida says what comes to mind and love politics. I'm a Floridian and I don't do either.
