I'm back! I was planning on updating yesterday but Typhoon Ruby decided to hit on my town. Thank god it was only Signal #1. There was barely electricity yesterday and I only got to update the other fanfic.

Anyway, A friend of mine dared me to make Duck as childish as possible. And I cannot refuse dares. So sorry if he's kinda annoying in this chapter.

Hope you enjoy reading!

"Okay, I can check the bridge if it's passable or if someone out there is waiting for us on the other side." Luke folds his map.

"You sure splitting up from the group is a good idea?" Carlos crosses his arms.

"Well, I never said it's a good idea." Luke shrugs. "Besides, I can bring Clem or Duck with me if I need back-up."

Carlos looks at both Clementine and Duck, Who was punching each other on the shoulder for some reason. And shakes his head. "They're just kids, Luke."

"We can do it" Overhearing the adults' conversation and walking to them. Clementine puts a hand on Duck's shoulder.

"You sure?"

They nodded.

"That's good." Luke smiles. "But I can only bring one of you though. The other can stay here"

They both pout. "I can go." Duck steps forward.

"No." Clementine steps forward and pushes Duck. "I can go."

"No!" Duck yells as he tries to push Clementine.

As the kids were pushing each other. Luke sighs, He looks at Nick. Maybe he can come with him, Seeing his depressed face after seeing his uncle's corpse. He sighs again. Bad idea.

Seeing Duck pulling Clementine's hair and Clementine pulling his face off, Luke sighs yet again. "Come on, Don't be like that." He walks to them and grabs Clementine by her shoulders, "Carlos, Help?"

Carlos nods. Grabbing Duck on his waist and pulls him away from the girl."Do you kids always do this?"

Duck crosses his arms and turns his back on Clementine. "Only when she's on my way."

"Why don't you settle this like other kids do, Rock- paper-scissors?" Alvin suggests.

Playing rock-paper-scissors, Clementine used Rock, While Duck used scissors. Which means Clementine gets to go.

Duck pouts and sits on a rock.

"You ready?" Luke looks at Clementine. Clementine nodded.

Seeing the two head the bridge, Nick stands up. "I can come too, I can cover you."

"Just stay here, Nick."

Nick sits back down and thinks about something, Or someone.

"So..Duck? Why don't you tell us about yourself?" Alvin says. "Where did you grow up from? Where were you when this shit started?"

Duck sighs. "Well, I grew up in Fort Lauderdale, I was traveling with my parents from Memphis, Tennessee after visiting my aunt when this started."

"What about Clementine?" Sarah asks.

"What about her?" Duck looks at Sarah.

"Aren't you two siblings? Why won't you mention her?"

Duck facepalmed. "For the last time, She is NOT my sister! I grew up in Florida and who knows where she came from, Probably in Atlanta? I don't know. I haven't even heard of her existence before all this happened. She's just my friend, Well. Close friend. Considering that she's been on my side for almost 2 years now..."

"Well...How about your name? Duck just sounds too ridiculous. What kind of parent would name their child 'Duck'? I'm sure as hell ain't gonna name my child that. No offense though." Rebecca says.

Duck shrugs it off. "Meh. None taken. Anyway, It's just a nickname that I'm used to being called. My real name is Kenny Jr."

"Makes sense. But I still don't get why your parents would call you Duck."

Suddenly, Nick gets up. Looks at the bridge carefully, Grabbing his rifle and runs to the bridge. "I think Luke and Clementine is being attacked!"

"What?!"

Duck ran to Nick's side. "Let me come with you."

Halfway through the bridge, Duck's eyes widened. Some guy is attacking them. At least looks like it. He has a gun on his hand, But it looked like they were talking.

Seeing Nick reloading his rifle, Duck stops him. "Wait, We don't know this guy yet. Or if he is gonna shoot them."

Nick glared at Duck. "What if HE is gonna shoot them?!" He points the rifle at the man.

"We don't know that yet!"

"DON'T SHOOT!" Luke yells. Nick can barely hear it, But Duck can hear it clearly. "He said don't shoot!"

"I know what I see." As Nick begins to shoot, Duck prevents a death by pulling the rifle away. Which results Duck having the brim of his hat blown away.

"You almost blew my mind!" (Ba dum tss) Duck sighs. Looking at his hat's hole on the brim and putting it back on.

Luke runs to them. "Duck, You okay kiddo?"

"Yeah, But my hat isn't."

Luke then turns to Nick. "I told you not to shoot!"

"I can barely hear you, man!" Nick glared at Luke. "Like I said, I know what I saw."

"You nearly blew a kid's face off!"

Clementine and the man ran to them. "Uh...I wasn't going to shoot. You know." The man scratches his head. "I'm Matthew by the way...You have kids with you?"

"Yeah, 3 if you include a 15-year-old, Anyway. I'm Luke, This is Nick, Clementine and Duck."

"Oh, A friend of mine mentioned something about having a kid named Duck."

"That's cool. At least someone else has a weird nickname as I do." Duck shrugs it off. Not thinking it could be his one of his parents since they're both dead. Yep, Not getting his hopes up.

"Anyway, Like I said. I have plenty of food. Just follow me."

"You sure nobody's waitin' for us on the other side?"

"Unless you're referring to my buddies staying at a ski resort, I don't think so."

"You mind if we bring our whole group with us?"

"Sure, Go ahead."

After walking to the ski lodge for a while, Duck pants. "Are we there yet?"

"Yup." Matthew nods. "I'm gonna inform the others that y'all are here."

While waiting for Matthew to come back, Luke walks to Clementine and Duck. "You...mind if y'all climb up there to see if someone followed us?" Luke asks. "It'll be like climbing a treehouse."

"I had a treehouse once."

"See?" Luke smiles.

"I hated it."

"Go nice and slowly, I'll catch y'all if you fall. Probably."

"Done!" Duck yells from up the thing he's standing in. Hands on his hips as he does a pose.

"That was fast." The author doesn't know how to describe Luke's face so he will do the symbol thing. His face was like this ._.

"Anyway, What do you see?" Luke looks up.

"Uh..." Duck looks through his binoculars, "I see a light!"

"Where are they headed?" Luke asks.

"On the bridge, Luke! ...Wait, Another one! Luke?" Hearing no response, Duck looks down. Not seeing Luke there, He looks around. "Where are they?"

Seeing the group gathered in front of the ski lodge with a couple of other people he doesn't know. He sighs, "How dare they abandon me?!"

Climbing down and walking to the group, He scratches his head. He doesn't really want to deal with strangers right so they'd better be good guys. "Eh?" Duck raises a brow after seeing Clementine...hugging someone.

He begins to run, Could it be someone they know? Well, It's obvious. Why would Clementine hug someone she doesn't know? Could it be Christa? Molly? Or maybe it's someone only she knows.

Finally seeing who Clementine was hugging. His eyes widened as he drops his jaw.

"I thought you were dead."

I just thought making the reunion a cliffhanger, Pretty Clever? Isn't it? No? ok

I couldn't really memorize the characters' dialogues so sorry if it's not entirely what they originally said.

Again, Sorry if the characters are OOC, Sorry if it didn't live up to your expectations, Sorry if there's anything you're offended about, You know what? Sorry about everything you think I did wrong in this fanfic.

Thanks for reading!