Hey guys. Happy Thanksgiving! This is what we've all been waiting for! And guys, I'm sorry for taking so long! I promise, the next one will be next week. Episode 5! This year's going by fast. Anyway I still have one more trick up my sleeve. Can any of you guess who the final returning character will be? Well, you'll have to wait. Now, ladies and gentlemen! EPISODE 5! And before I go, I want to let you guys know it's been a while since I played walking dead so the lines sometimes won't be the same.
Disclaimer: I don't own either of these franchises, unfortunately :(
A New Future Ch. 16
Clementine's POV:
Clementine fell to the frozen ground and when she looked up, she saw everything going in slow motion. Luke firing at Arvo's group, the bald Russian crawling away, firing his gun.
She saw Arvo kneeling over his sister's body and shouting "No! Natasha! Please!"
She turned and saw Kenny firing into the trees saying "You started this shit!"
Then as her eyes focused, she saw the crying bundle on the ground near Rebecca. As she started crawling towards him, she heard Luke shout "Clem! What are you doing? Come on!"
She looked between the baby and Luke and instantly made the decision. Ducking at gunfire, she took the swaddling bundle in her arms and ran back to Luke.
Surprise showed on his face as she sat down next to him. He stammered "Oh man. I didn't even know he was out there! Good job Clem."
Clementine heard Kenny say "It doesn't have to be this way! You can just go!"
The blonde that was shooting at him shouted in Russian. Annoyed, Kenny shouted "English, motherfucker!"
The Russian shouted back "I kill every last one of you!"
Clementine looked to her left to see Jane struggling to stay awake after taking a blow to the head from "Natasha." Mike had shot Natasha in retaliation. Luke grabbed Clementine's attention and told her to cover him. Clementine raised her gun and fired into the trees. The Russian ducked behind a boulder, but as Luke ran to Clementine, the bald Russian with the shotgun shot his leg! Clementine was about to fire as the Russian leveled his gun at Luke... only for his eyes to widen for a second of pain as he felt a bullet penetrate his skull!
Clementine looked over to where the shot had come from and saw Sarah holding the gun shakily. Clementine looked over and saw Kenny glaring at Arvo. In a second, Kenny had his arm around the kids neck and pulled him up and made him into a human shield, calling out to the one in the trees. Clementine, horrified, yelled "Kenny, what are you doing!?"
He replied "Ending this."
Suddenly, Clementine saw movement... where Natasha lay dead. She watched in horror as the girl started crawling towards her with dull, grey eyes. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Arvo struggling to get out of Kenny's arms. Clementine shakily rose her gun, freshly reloaded, and couldn't help but stare into those eyes. Grey with a milky white, no black or color. After drawing a breath, Clementine fired the bullet.
She only heard Arvo cry "NO!"
She heard Kenny curse and saw Arvo kneeling over his sisters corpse, crying her name over and over, only to stop and turn towards her, the gun still in her hands. Hate, anger, and a dozen more not-so-happy emotions clouded his eyes.
She turned and saw the blonde Russian marching over to Kenny, looking triumphant. Kenny was lying on the ground, his gun just out of his reach. Smiling, the Russian raised his gun and got ready to pull the trigger... when Clementine heard saw him frown, and saw fear in his eyes as a crimson glow went through the air. Turning around, she saw Jane with a red aura stalking towards them. Jane's eyes were a fluorescent purple, tinted with red. Her hands were covered in purple flames. Her features were outlined with pure hatred. Jane turned her eyes onto the Russian and roared with rage "Leave us alone!"
Clementine watched as her friend raised her hands and raised him into the air. Jane smiled creepily and brought him down to kneel in front of her.
As he pleaded for his life, Clementine saw the old Jane come back for a second as she said "Look away Clem."
Closing her eyes, Clementine heard the final pleas of the man before she heard the sound of humming drown him out and the sound of bones cracking and breaking.
She looked back to Jane and saw the corpse of the man. Where his head was supposed to be, there was a puddle of bone, brain, and blood. In her head, Clementine whimpered "So much blood." Behind her, she heard Bonnie throwing up what she had left in her stomach. Jane looked back at her and Clementine saw spots of blood on her jacket and her face, but a lot on her fists and before Jane looked away, Clementine saw a little crimson red flash in her friends green eyes.
Clementine cautiously walked up to her and asked "Are you okay?"
Jane turned to look in her eyes, but shame filled them and she walked off.
The group walked over to Rebecca's body that was still lying in the tire she'd rested in.
Mike asked "How the fuck did this happen?"
Luke replied "She turned. It was all just too much for her. Clem spotted it first and she did what had to be done."
Bonnie put a hand on Clementine's shoulder and comforted "It wasn't your fault."
Bonnie turned towards Rebecca and said "Don't worry Rebecca. We'll take care of your baby."
Clementine sighed and said "At least she's with Alvin now."
Suddenly, Kenny turned and knocked Arvo to the ground! Clementine turned and shouted "What are you doing Kenny?"
Kenny, not listening, shouted at Arvo "This is all your fucking fault! Survival of the fucking fittest?! Fine, we're the fittest now, and now you get to die!"
Before he could fire, Luke and Mike got in the way. Mike shouted "What the hell Kenny?! The kids lost enough already!"
Clementine interrupted "Send him out on his own. We don't need to kill him."
Luke replied "Clem, you don't mean that."
Clementine said "No, I do. I know when you let in new people who you shouldn't trust."
Kenny turned and said "Yeah. We let in new people in Georgia. They took us to a dairy for a nice hot meal. One of our guys got attacked by crazy people in the woods. Lee and me saw through that place ."
Lilly joined in "Kenny and Lee found out what that place really was. A human slaughter house. The three people who lived there, Andy, Danny, and their mother, Brenda, were cannibals. They said "survival of the fittest" too. They made all of our group except Lee, Clementine, Carly, and Ben eat it. They put me, Lee, Kenny, Clementine, and my dad in a fucking freezer. My dad had a heart attack and Lee tried to help. Kenny, the loose cannon, put a salt lick on my dad's head." As she said the last part, she sent a sour look Kenny's way.
Kenny shouted "I said "sorry" a hundred fucking times!"
Lilly put her hands up and said "Relax Kenny. I know why you did it. Anyway, me and Kenny both agree. We're not bringing anyone who was happy to kill us just a few minutes ago into the group."
Arvo immediately said "I have food. In house. It's not far."
Immediately, Kenny said "Bullshit."
Arvo protested "No! It's true. Not far!"
Before Kenny could reply, Clementine said "We could use the food. We won't last much longer."
Sighing in defeat, Kenny replied "Fine, but if something happens, don't blame me."
Before they got too far, Kenny noticed Luke's limping and said "Hold up. We'll rest here for a while."
Clementine noticed Arvo was still walking. Kenny, noticing this, said "I said stop."
Once he realized Arvo wasn't listening, he pushed the teen onto the ground and roared "When I say stop, you fucking STOP!"
Mike immediately came to the kids defence "Kenny, he's had enough!"
Kenny replied "He's getting what he deserves." He then walked off with the baby in his arms before anyone could reply.
Mike mumbled under his breath before walking off. Bonnie went after him while Arvo laid against a tree. Sarah went to sit somewhere. Clementine went over to Luke and kept pressure on his leg. Luke sighed, looked down to her, and asked "How'd we get here, Clementine?"
Confused, Clementine replied "We walked. Most of us anyway. You had to be carried."
Laughing, Luke winced "Don't make me laugh. It hurts a lot, but that's not what I meant. I mean here. Sitting in the snow, with almost everyone we set out with dead."
Clementine immediately said "It wasn't your fault, Luke. Groups fall apart."
Luke replied "No, Clementine. I could've done more. I wish I had, and that'll never go away. I could've and should've done more. That's not up for debate."
Bonnie came up and asked "What are you guys talking about?"
Clementine looked at Luke and saw the desperate look in his eyes and replied "Jane."
Bonnie replied "Oh. Yeah, what she did back there was sort of frightening. She didn't really seem like herself, either. What was that anyway?"
Luke replied "I don't know. She probably explained it to the others, but it's vicious. She practically took on half of the walkers by herself by the ski lodge. Anyway, we don't know."
Bonnie looked back to Jane and said "I still don't know. Can we trust her? She could kill any one of us with a flick of her hand."
Clementine, angry, replied "Fuck you, Bonnie! I know we can trust her! At least she didn't trick us into a firing squad!"
Bonnie, surprised, defended herself "I apologized for that already. Why don't you trust me?"
Clementine countered "Why don't you trust me? Jane could've killed or abandoned us all a thousand times, but she hasn't."
Sighing after her outburst, Clementine said "I'm going to talk to Kenny."
As she walked over, Mike stopped her and put a bottle in her hands.
He said nervously "Clem, can you check Kenny's bandage? Bonnie offered, but I think you should be the one to do it. He trusts you the most. That bottle's peroxide. It's going to clean the wound."
Clementine looked down at the bottle and said "I know what it is. It's going to suck."
Mike frowned and replied glumly "It has to be done."
Clementine continued over to Kenny and when she got there, Kenny said "I think we should call him Alvin Junior. What do you think?"
Smiling, she said simply "I like it."
Kenny smiled and said "Alvin Junior it is."
Hearing the name, the baby smiled warmly. Chuckling, Kenny said "Why, I think AJ approves."
Seeing the bottle in her hands, Kenny asked "What's that?"
Clementine sternly replied "I'm going to change your bandage."
Sighing, Kenny said "Sounds like I don't have a choice in the matter."
As Clementine shook her head, he pulled off his hat and said "Fine. I just hope it doesn't scare this little guy... or you."
As Clementine lifted the bandage, she saw how worse it got over the days they'd walked.
Kenny asked half-heartedly "Well, how bad is it?"
Sighing, Clementine said "I'm glad Carver's suffering right now. He deserves it."
Kenny nodded, but as she poured the peroxide onto a towel, he said "I guess this is going to be the sucky part."
Clementine replied "Don't be a baby. We already have one."
Chuckling, he said "You were always good for a smile."
As she put the towel on his eye, Kenny backed away at the touch, hissing and cursing.
Clementine sighed and said "The sooner I put this on, the sooner it'll be done."
Kenny sighed and replied "You sound like my mother."
Clementine, smiling, asked "Good or bad?"
Ignoring her question, Kenny said "Alvin should be doing this. He should be taking care of this kid. Not me."
Clementine looked down at the bundle and said "Maybe this guy will be tough just like him."
Smiling, Kenny replied "Yeah. Alvin didn't look it, but that guy had a pair on him. It's a shame that Carver took this away from him. I used to be glad about my time away from my family. Now, I miss them. I can't go by one day without seeing their faces. I won't make the same mistakes again."
Clementine replied "You won't. I'll be there too."
Finished, Clementine wrapped a new bandage around Kenny's head.
Jane walked over and asked "You alright?" Kenny put his hat back on and smiled up at them.
And they continued on. Jane walked by Clementine and asked "What were you and Bonnie yelling about?"
Clementine replied "Bonnie's not sure we should trust you after the incident on the road."
Jane asked "You do? I was expecting you to think I was sort of a monster, I guess."
Clementine said "I only think I should avoid being on your bad side."
Jane said "I didn't want to do that and I think you're right. Bringing Arvo into the group is not a good idea."
Clementine asked "Why do you think that?"
Jane explained "Well for one, he said that medicine was for his "sick" sister, but other than her skin being a little pale, she looked fine and he was trying to get rid of it back on the deck. Yet he begged us not to take it. That's strange enough for me not to trust him."
Hours later
As they got to edge of the trees, they saw what remains of a power station.
Kenny asked "Hey? Is that it?"
Arvo turned and asked "What?"
Before Kenny could wack him, Clementine said "Arvo, we're not trying to be mean. We just want to know if this is the place."
Arvo, understanding, replied "No. Still more miles. One more day at most."
Kenny cursed "Goddammit! You fucked us!"
Jane interrupted "Kenny, we can't travel at night. This is a good place we could set up camp. Let's go check it out."
Kenny noticed AJ crying from his outburst and said "Yeah, I guess so." As he gave AJ to Clementine, he said "See if you can calm him down."
As he and Jane disappeared into the power station, she looked to the others, but Mike said "Oh no. That's all you."
Clementine looked down at the bundle which decided to cry like a siren. Thinking quickly, she got an idea. She turned her head and when she turned around, she smiled and stuck out her tongue! When the baby saw her, he instantly started laughing, or as close to laughing as he could get.
Mike smiled and said "I'd never thought that'd work."
Bonnie smiled and said "You got him to stop? You're good."
Clementine looked down at the smiling infant and said "He's cute."
Bonnie laughed and said "Yeah, he is. Babies are usually pretty ugly after being born."
Mike chuckled and chimed in "That's true. They usually look like weird little aliens."
Clementine saw Kenny coming back. When he got near them, he said "It's safe. You can come down now."
As the sun set, they finally were able to get the station open. Arvo was handcuffed to the antenna. As the group huddled by the fire, Clementine looked at Jane. She and Kenny had refused to sit next to the fire.
As she thought, she heard Luke say "It's my birthday. Near as I can tell."
Clementine smiled and said "Happy birthday Luke."
Mike joined in "Yeah, man. Happy birthday."
Luke chuckled and replied "Thanks guys."
Bonnie smiled and said "So that makes you what, 27?" Luke replied "Yeah, exactly. You remember?"
Bonnie said "Yep. I also brought something to celebrate." Opening her backpack, she pulled out a bottle. It had three big letters. R, U, and M.
Luke smiled and said "Where did you get that?"
Bonnie smiled and replied "Carver's stash. He advocated drinking."
Clementine asked "What does that mean?"
Luke explained "He hated drinking. Or when other people did."
Before he could open the bottle, Bonnie grabbed it and said "Wait, we have to have the others."
She handed Clementine the bottle and said "Clem, can you talk to them? Use the rum as incentive." Clutching the bottle, Clementine went over to Jane first.
Jane saw her and asked "They send you over to win me over with that?"
Clementine asked "Will it work?"
Jane sighed and said "Depends. What is it?"
Clementine replied "Rum, I think."
Jane smiled and said "Maybe, but what if I make it weird?"
Clementine snorted and said "The only way you can make it weird is if they do."
Jane smiled and said "The only thing I make awkward is dancing. God, I cannot dance at all. Garrus is the only way I can dance. During the war, he dragged me out onto a dance floor and I hated it. Then, as it went on, I started to love it. Just feeling him that close, that was the first time I actually danced. It was amazing. We just danced, me and him. At that point, nothing else mattered. It was just me and him, together. I hope I'll get to do that again."
Clementine laughed and replied "I hope I'm there to see it."
Jane replied "You will be. I'll make sure of it. I'll keep you safe and in return, you keep me safe. Deal?"
Clementine smiled and nodded. Jane cleared her throat and said "Time to not make it weird." Then she walked over to the fire to join the others.
Clementine looked over to Kenny and saw him holding AJ, sitting near the fence. Figuring he wouldn't want the drink, she went over and sat next to him.
He smiled and said "Hey Clem. Crazy day, huh?"
Clementine smiled and said "That's a word for it."
Kenny chuckled and he said "You know... Lee and I didn't part on the best terms, but he was my best friend. He may not have helped or supported me a lot, but he... did when I really needed it. Then when I saw you at the lodge, I felt like I was in a dream and when you sat with me and we had that hot meal, it made me realize, you weren't a little girl anymore. You were grown up. I felt... pride. Proud that.. I don't know. I was just so happy to see you. It felt like everything was pulling together."
Clementine smiled at the memory, but frowned as she said "I miss Lee."
Kenny looked up and said "Me too, Clem. Me too."
Kenny looked back down to AJ and said "When I look at this little guy, I can't help but miss Duck and Katja."
Clementine replied "Maybe you'll see them again... one day."
As Clementine stood up, she said "Come on by the fire. Please Kenny?"
He shook his head and, not taking "no" for an answer, Clementine said "The baby might be cold."
Sighing in defeat, Kenny got to his feet, careful of the baby, and walked to the fire. As Clementine walked back, she saw Arvo sitting in the cold. As she walked over, she took a protein bar she'd kept for emergencies at the lodge. She handed it to him, but he didn't take it.
She knelt and whispered "I'm sorry about your sister. I didn't have a choice. She was gone. I've lost people too. Let me tell you something. We're not any good to them dead."
Arvo simply took the bar and turned away from her. She heard him mumble "Thank you."
She walked back to the fire and heard people laughing and Kenny saying "Now that I can believe."
She sat down next to Kenny and said "It's good to hear people laughing again."
Luke replied "Yeah, it is. We're usually busy trying to survive, so we forget the other good things about life."
Bonnie said "Now, you can open the bottle."
Again, before he could, Jane interrupted "Why don't you make a little birthday toast?"
Mike asked her "Aren't we all suppose to have glasses?"
Jane mocking replied "Well, unless you have 7 glasses up your sleeves, be quiet. We can share the bottle, right?"
Mike put his hands up in surrender as he said "I stand corrected."
Luke cleared his throat and said "To the loved ones we've all lost on the way and to the hope that'll we'll see them again, one day."
Lilly smiled and said "Hear, hear."
Luke smiled and said "Thanks. I didn't mean for it to rhyme."
Lilly said "It was good, Luke."
Mike frowned and said "It's too bad two of the group didn't make it. One of them left and the other... well enough said."
Clementine saw Sarah look down in grief and Luke sigh.
Kenny smiled and said "I guess your charms don't work on all the ladies, Luke."
Bonnie replied before she drank a little rum "Worked on me." Realizing what she said, Bonnie groaned and said "Dammit. I did it, didn't I? It was just the drink talking."
Mike replied "They say "A drunk mans words are a sober man's thoughts."
Bonnie smarted back "Well, I'm not a man, so you can take that somewhere else."
Kenny asked "Luke, if you don't mind me asking, what was your major? I mean, did you go to college? Sorry."
Luke smiled and said "It's okay, Kenny. I, uh, had a major in art history. Didn't really help me with jobs."
Clementine smiled and said "I miss school."
Bonnie agreed "Yeah. Just putting down notes, bad cafeteria food, and boring lectures. Sounds like heaven right now."
Kenny replied, smiling "That's heaven for you? My heaven is a big barbeque, drinking cold beers, and lighting huge fireworks."
Bonnie replied "True enough, but I'll take what I can get."
Mike looked at Arvo and took the bottle I've to him. Kenny looked like he was about to say something, but fell silent.
As they resumed talking, they heard Arvo yell "LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Mike backed off and said "I'm sorry, I was just-" he was interrupted by Arvo yelling again "LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Kenny got up, but Mike simply knelt down and said as Arvo continued crying "It's okay, it's okay."
As the group split up to sleep, Bonnie muttered to Clementine "It was good while it lasted. Thanks Clem."
The Next Morning
They had gotten up early so they could get to the house as fast as they could. A few hours of walking and they found themselves on the edge of a frozen lake, the house on the other side.
Kenny observed it and said "That thing looks half-built."
Arvo replied "The supplies are there. I promise."
Kenny said "What about the lake? Is it safe?"
Arvo nodded and said "Yes. Is safe. Come. I go first."
Before they started walking, Clementine said "We should probably spread out. The ice looks too thin for all of us." As they spread out, Clementine stepped onto the sheet of ice that was their lifeline.
Clementine heard the cracking, but nothing happened. She looked to Jane and saw she was perfectly calm. As she crossed the ice, she turned back and saw walkers!
Lilly noticed them too and said "We should get moving if we want to live."
Looking back, Clementine saw two walkers who got too close to each other and they were sucked down into the icy lake. As she turned around, she saw Arvo going faster.
She heard Kenny shout "Hey. Stay with us!" Then Arvo started sprinting. Kenny cursed and ran after him.
Mike, holding the baby, muttered "He's gonna kill him." Clementine watched as Mike walked over to break it up.
Suddenly, she heard a deep cracking sound behind her. She turned and saw... Luke, on thin ice.
Bonnie said "Luke, come on! You can make it!"
As he tried to move, the ice broke and his leg went in! Before they could do anything, Sarah dashed over and tried to pull him out!
Clementine cried "Sarah! Don't! You have to be careful!"
Sarah pulled Luke out, but as she did, cracks formed and Sarah pushed Luke as far as she could and cast Clementine one horrified look. Clementine sprinted to Sarah and slid as she reached to Sarah. Just as both of their hands touched, Sarah disappeared into the frozen lake.
Clementine was terrified. She'd been so close. She heard thudding and saw Sarah, right beneath her! Clementine immediately flipped her pistol and hitting the ice with all her strength. She heard everyone yelling at her to stop, but she wasn't about to abandon her friend! Then, Clementine saw Sarah stop moving. She started pounding the ice harder and that's when it took her into an icy embrace.
Clementine turned through the water in confusion when she saw Sarah. Cold, expressionless, lifeless. Inside her head, Clementine cried out in pain and horror at the loss of her friend. A flash of purple came from above and seconds later, two strong arms pulled her out of the frozen depths.
She heard Jane say "Oh fuck. She's going to freeze to death!"
She felt Jane running, Luke asking "Where's Sarah?", and Kenny yelling "What the hell just happened?!" Clementine looked back to the frozen lake, the final resting place of her friend.
Jane ran into the house, put Clementine on a bench, took off her jacket, and started working on a fire. Lilly went to look for the supplies.
Clementine whispered "Sarah's gone. It's all my fault."
Luke replied "No. It's my fault. It should've been me."
Kenny turned towards Arvo and said "This is all YOUR fucking fault! If you weren't here, none of this would've happened!"
When Arvo didn't respond, Kenny mocked "What? No speaking da English?"
Arvo looked up at him with pure hate as he boldly said "Fuck you."
Kenny, beyond reason, roared "You Commie piece of shit!"
Kenny knocked Arvo to the ground and started beating him, all while Arvo yelled repeatedly "Fuck you!"
Mike shouted "Kenny! He didn't mean for that to happen!" and Bonnie yelled "Kenny! That's enough!"
Clementine got up and ran up to stop Kenny from hitting Arvo anymore, but as he drew back to hit Arvo, his elbow caught Clementine's face. As she backed up, he looked back to her in terror as she clutched her cheek. Lilly came back and saw Arvo and asked "What the hell did you do to him? He wasn't lying."
She shoved a duffel bag into Kenny's hands and walked over to check on Clementine. He picked a can out and asked "Explain to me how a can of fucking chili is gonna help her?"
Lilly snapped back "How's beating a kid going to?"
Clementine looked up to Kenny as he sat in shame. Jane had finally gotten the fire going and Clementine put her hands next to it and felt the warmth spread through her cold limbs. Soon enough, she fell to sleep next to the warmth of the flames.
When Clementine woke up, she heard Mike say "Damn. What the hell was that guy thinking? He could've killed you."
She heard Arvo say "Thank you."
Clementine heard Mike mutter as he left "This has got to stop."
She heard beside her "Hey, Clem. You up?"
Clementine turned and saw Jane next to AJ, who was in a box as his crib. Clementine got up and sat next to Jane. Clementine asked "What's happening?"
Jane replied "Kenny's working on a truck outside with Lilly. Luke's sleeping. He kept on going about how it was his fault so we sent him to bed."
Time Skip:
Clementine had tried to help Kenny with the truck, but after several tries, he let her go inside. Clementine went inside to find Lilly sitting next to AJ. Lilly turned, saw her, and said "Hey Clem."
As Clementine sat down, Lilly said "I always dreamed of having kids, but guys just saw me as hostile. They were afraid I might blow up in anger. Either that or they were afraid of my dad. I know that because I eavesdropped some people back in high school."
Clementine replied "Well, I think hostile is pretty close."
Lilly laughed and said "I guess. You know, there were only two things I regret. The first, not so much, is shooting Carley. I just wanted to protect the group and she just kept poking. The second is never getting to say goodbye to my dad. I know you probably saw him as the big mean guy with anger management issues, but he was a good guy. Before all this, the most angry I had seen him was when he caught me with a boy at 13. It was innocent kissing, but he blew his cap anyway. Your typical dad."
AJ started crying and Lilly said "I think he's hungry."
Clementine picked him up and he calmed down quickly. She asked Lilly "Do you want to hold him?"
Lilly protested "Oh no. Something might happen-" and before she knew it, AJ was in her arms.
Lilly muttered "Hi there. I'm Lilly."
She looked up to Clementine and said "I think it's going to puke."
Just then, AJ spat out white baby formula onto Lilly's shirt! Lilly panicked and said "It puked! It puked!"
She put AJ in Clementine's arms and muttered "Yuck."
Outside, they heard the growl of an engine and Kenny shouting "Hell yeah!"
As they went outside, they heard Mike ask "Is that what I think it is?"
Kenny replied "Yeah. We're golden."
Lilly said "Good. Now we can go back down south. I don't know whose idea it was to go north, but it was a stupid one."
Kenny replied "You know, you don't get a say. You left us one time and you can do it again for all I care."
Mike asked "What about Arvo?"
Kenny said mockingly "The Russkie? Yeah, he ain't coming."
Bonnie interrupted "He'll die on his own."
Clementine replied "Sarah died on her own. He caused that. It would've been safe if he hadn't bolted."
Lilly said "Maybe, but we need supplies. We won't last long and Howe's is a day away."
Mike replied "I ain't going back there. I was thinking Texas."
Kenny said "This truck is heading north. To Wellington."
Bonnie replied "We should sleep on it, guys. We're all tired and we need to rest."
Kenny looked to Clementine and asked "You remember when we had a working car and sat on our asses, Clem? I'm not going through that again."
The group went back into the house, Kenny into the truck. Mike walked up to Clementine and said "Talk to him before he gets us all killed."
Clementine went to the passenger door and saw Kenny checking under his bandage, repeatedly saying "God damn it!"
As Clementine opened the door, he shouted "Get the fuck out of here!"
She said "It's me."
Kenny looked at her in relief and said "Clem. Come on in and shut the door."
As she sat down, he said "Can you believe this Clem? I give them a working truck and they act as though I took a shit in their cereal."
Clementine replied "Kenny, they're trying to survive, just like everyone else."
Kenny nodded and said "I know, but Wellington is out there. We just need time. We need more food if we're going to keep AJ alive. Lee had tore his way across Georgia just to find you."
Clementine hung her head and said "Maybe he shouldn't have."
Kenny looked at her and said "I should smack you. He sacrificed everything for you and I've been trying to help you anyway I can. That means something damn it."
Angry, Clementine shouted "Kenny, ask yourself how many people would be alive if it weren't for me?"
Kenny replied "Ask yourself how many people are alive or were alive long enough to do something that mattered because of you. If you hadn't been there at the dairy, we wouldn't have made it out of that meat locker. If you hadn't been there at Savannah, we would've been stuck in that back yard of that mansion and Omid would've died. If you hadn't been there when we were stuck in Carver's death camp, what would've happened? Trust me, Clem. You've done more good than bad."
Clementine looked down and said "I'm just scared Kenny. That one day, I'll be alone. That one day, everyone will die and I won't be able to stop it."
Kenny pulled her in a hug and said "Clem, you'll never be alone. I'm too young to die and I'm not planning to just yet."
Clementine smiled, looked up to him, and said "Thanks Kenny."
Returning the smile, he said "You're welcome. Now come on. Best to get some beauty sleep."
Time Skip:
Thud. Thud. Thud.
That noise brought Clementine out of her sleep and as she rubbed her eyes, she saw some figures by the truck. She went outside and saw two people talking, but she couldn't see who it was. Pulling out her gun, she walked up to the figures and saw one of them was Arvo and the other... was wearing Mike's jacket. Gasping, she asked "Mike? What are you doing?"
Mike turned around and asked "Clem? Shit. Look, we just got to get away from that guy."
Clementine looked back at the house and asked "Who? Kenny?"
At the mention of Kenny's name, Arvo tightened his grip on the rifle and in return, Clementine leveled the pistol at him.
Suddenly, Bonnie came around the corner and said "I got the rest of it."
She saw Clementine and said "Clem."
In her hands were the two bags of supplies. Clementine whimpered "That's all we have."
Mike sighed and said "Okay Clem. I'm going to walk towards you, nice and slow. You're going to give me the gun and everything will be okay."
As he walked, she threatened "I'll shoot."
He kept walking and she asked "Why are you doing this?"
He replied "He gave us no other choice." Clementine, not wanting another death weighing her down, handed Mike the gun.
Smiling, he said "See? It's okay-".
He was interrupted by a gunshot piercing the night and a bullet tearing through Clementine's shoulder! Clutching her shoulder as she fell, Clementine saw Arvo holding his smoking rifle. Bonnie and Mike hovered over her and Bonnie was saying "Oh Clem. I'm sorry. I didn't want this to happen."
Mike tried to say "Bonnie, we got to go."
Bonnie shook his arm off and said "Don't you dare touch me."
Then, Clementine saw them get to their feet and sprint to the woods as she heard Kenny roar "What did you do? What did you do?! Clem? Clem?!"
As her vision blurred, she saw Bonnie turn and look back to her in pity and then she disappeared into the trees. Then it went black.
In the darkness, Clementine heard a voice calling "Clem? Clementine?"
Jolting awake, she saw the face she thought she'd never see again. Lee sat next to her with a small smile on his face. Confused, she asked "Lee?"
He replied "It was just a bad dream sweet pea."
Looking around, she realized she was in the RV. Looking up front, she saw a younger Kenny driving and Katja, who was holding a sleeping Duck in her arms. Kenny was wearing his old fishing shirt and he still had his ball cap. He didn't have a beard, but he looked older without it. Turning around, she saw Lilly and Ben, her assigned guard after she shot Carley, both sleeping. She turned around as Lee asked "What was it about? Duck?"
She replied "He's bit."
Lee looked over to Duck and said "We don't know how this works yet. Maybe it's like a cold. His mom's a doctor, she might be able to help him. I was never sick, but my brother, he always had something."
Clementine whimpered "It's not like a cold."
Lee got a sad look on his face and admitted "No. It's probably not."
Clementine asked "Lee? Why did Lilly do that to Carley?"
Lee replied "I don't know, Clem. She was scared. And that can make people angry sometimes."
She asked "Have you ever been that angry?"
He got a distant look in his eyes as he said "One time. What do you think? Should we have left her behind?"
Clementine looked back at Lilly and replied "No. She's one of us. She made mistakes, but so does everyone else."
Lee said "I don't know. Clem, people don't always make sense."
Confused, Clementine asked "How come?"
Lee replied smiling "Well, it's not like math Clem. Sometimes there just isn't a right answer."
Clementine muttered "I hate math."
Lee chuckled and said "Me too, sweet pea. But part of growing up is having to take care of the people you care about even if that means hurting someone else."
Clementine whimpered "I don't want to hurt anyone."
Lee looked at her sadly and replied "It's not that easy."
She whimpered again "I'm scared Lee."
He looked down at her and asked "What can I tell you to make it better?"
She replied "That you won't leave me."
Chuckling, Lee said "Oh I wouldn't do that. I promise. Everything's going to be alright."
Crying, Clementine laid against him and closed her eyes. He put his arm around her and soothed her and soon she fell to sleep. Then she woke up again.
As her vision cleared, she saw Kenny driving the truck with Lilly next to him. Luke was sitting next to her, sleeping. Lilly noticed her and said "Kenny. She's waking up."
Clementine noticed instead of snow, there was green trees with bits of frost. She asked "Where are we?"
Kenny replied "We're heading back to Howe's. Jane convinced me that even if we're going to find Wellington, we still need supplies. If not for us, for AJ."
Clementine noticed something and asked "Where's Jane?"
Kenny replied "She volunteered to sit in the back. We couldn't fit all three of of you in the back because of your injury."
Suddenly, a gunshot went through the air and the truck swerved out of control! Lilly curled around AJ protectivly and Clementine braced herself. When she looked at Jane, she saw her friend being tossed from the truck and into the trees! Then she felt the truck flip over as it went down a hill, then she blacked out.
As Clementine woke up, she couldn't help but be embarrassed at how many times she's blacked out. A man pulled her out and put her next to Kenny and Lilly. Luke was put on the ground after her and soon after, they were tied up and AJ, alive and unharmed, was in a box on the ground, crying his lungs out. She heard a man gruffly say "This is all of them boss."
Behind them, they heard a voice with a southern accent say "Good. We'll bring them to the compound. They'll pull their weight. If they want to live."
The "boss" came in front of them. He was wearing a camp jacket with a hood, giving him a military look. They couldn't see his face since he was wearing a mask. Brown boots and gloves with a hunting rifle. As he looked at Clementine, he saw her hat. Looking between the three of them, he started laughing and said "Well, well, well. What do we have here? Oh, Karma's a bitch."
Beside her, Kenny and Lilly gasped and looked at the man in horror. She thought about that voice and she realized she had heard it before. It was a voice who had been filled with kindness, anger, fury, and pleading all in one day. It was someone she had hoped never to see again. The man confirmed her fears as he pulled off his mask to reveal... the smiling face of Andy St. John. Andy saw her horrified expression and said "Well, this is going to be fun."
Did any of you see that coming? That was an awesome twist, right? I think the reason I don't like season 2 as much as 1 is because the villain was gone to soon. Well I say, Real Villain Time. I really hope they bring Andy back in #3. I mean, just imagine it! That'd be great for the plot. That'd be awesome in my opinion. Review and see you in a little bit!
