I'M SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING DAYS AGO. I WAS REALLY BUSY.
By the way, I just realized I saved Matthew...Meh, I don't really have any role for him so let's just pretend he's dead.
So I do this thing now, If I write something in Bold and italic. It means it's a reference and if you didn't know then just look at the end of the story because I'll explain them.
Anyway, I don't think I'll be updating my other fanfics until January. Sorry.
Hope you enjoy reading!
"BILL, NO!" Reggie screams as he is being pushed off from a building while the girls watch in horror, Duck didn't have much emotion on his face.
"Weakness...incompetence...it puts us all at risk. So next time you're asked to do something, You'd better do it." Carver stares at Reggie as he falls from the building.
Duck sighs. "He has met a terrible fate, Haven't he?"
"DUCK, STOP WITH THE REFERENCES. IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE."
"I like your sense of humor, Kid." Carver puts a hand on his shoulder. "Anyway, Bonnie's got some stuff for y'all to do." He turns to both Clementine and Duck. "Go!"
The two then runs off while Carver talks to Sarah for something.
Bonnie is seen picking up nails. "Oh, Hey. So, They want y'all to run some supplies out to the guys workin' at the expansion." Bonnie walks to them and hands them a bucket of nails. "Real simple, Just take this over to 'em." Bonnie smiles. "That jacket looks real nice. I don't know what Tavia's talkin' about. Seeing the two's sad faces, She frowns. "What's wrong? Clem? Duck? You all right?"
"Reggie had met a terrible fate."
"Duck, Shut up." Clementine sighs and turns to Bonnie. "Carver killed Reggie."
Bonnie's eyes widened. "What..? What are you talking about?"
"Carver pushed Reggie off the roof"
"Maybe... Maybe it was just an accident... " Bonnie looks around then kneels at their height. "Listen to me, Take this stuff out to those guys and come straight back. Just...be safe, Okay? Now ain't the time to be callin' attention to yourself." Bonnie gets up. "I need to find out what happened." She then walks to the door and opens it. "Hey Troy! Duck and Clem's just gonna take them boys some nails." Bonnie yells out.
"All right." Troy replies. "Just follow them cables."
"I ain't nobody's laborer, Fuck that! let 'em do this shit themselves if it's so goddamn important." Kenny yells as he pins down Mike.
"Get your fuckin' hands off me, man."
"You ain't gonna force me to do this bullshit."
"I said get your hands off me!"
"Or what? You gonna go tell on me?"
"Dad! Calm down!" Duck interrupts them.
"I want to, Duck... But this son of a bitch keeps testin' me!"
"I just want to get the work done and-" Suddenly, A piece of wood comes off and reveals walkers on the other side.
*Skipping the walker attack part*
"That was intense." Duck pants. "I almost got bit..." He looks at the scratch on his orange jacket. "Thank god.." He folds his orange jacket's sleeves up to his elbow.
"What if you really got bit though?" Clementine looks at him worriedly, "I wonder how Kenny would react..."
"He would obviously deny the obvious." Duck sighs.
"How come? Well, Besides that you're his son." Clementine looks at Duck. "Some dads just get it over with."
"One time, When I was like 8. I had a really nasty cough that won't go away, So my parents took me to several clinics. Most of them just recommended coughing syrups and such, But none of them even made my cough go away. Then there's this asshole doctor that I had something in my lungs that can cause a serious illness and kill me." Duck clears his throat.
"That's harsh."
"Yeah, Then dad was like 'No...no...NO! That ain't happenin'! My son ain't dyin'! It's just a normal cough...That's all. There's no way he's dyin'!' Then a week later, My cough was gone and I'm still alive to this day- Clem?" He turns to his side, Finding Clementine gone. He looks around, "Clem?"
Seeing the door from a comic book ship recently shutting, He narrows his eyes. "Don't worry Clem, I'll rescue you."
He runs to the shop like a Ninja and slowly opens it. Seeing Clementine hug an unknown man, He slowly goes inside the shop. "...Luke?"
Clementine and Luke turn to Duck. "Hey, kid." Luke smiles and holds a fist near Duck, Which Duck fist bumps him. "Hey, I need your help."
"I don't think that I can help you so Clem can do it." Duck moves Clementine in front of Luke and walks to the store shelves.
To his surprise, The first shelf he came across was full of his favorite comic book. Super Dinosaur. And it was not just his childhood favorite, It's his all time favorite.
Suddenly, "Duck and Clementine! Come out here where I can see you!" Troy yells.
"Alright, alright...Just come back with the walkie talkies and being 'em to me. It's really important." Luke says,
Duck grabbed a copy of Super Dinosaurs and ran out with Clementine.
"What were y'all doin' in there?" Troy asks, Looked pissed like always.
"We were looking at comics." Clementine excuses. "Super Dinosaurs..." Duck mutters while showing Troy the comic.
Troy's expression softens a little. "Well, I suppose that excuse is valid. I remember my brother readin' that shit. But no goofin' around next time. Or else y'all will meet the back of my hand, Got that? Anyway. Bill's gonna have a word with you both. You'd better hurry up and get to his office." Troy walks away.
Walking to Bill's office, They both notice Rebecca in the office...Crying? They both raise a brow.
"Hey, You'd better hurry up. Bill doesn't like to wait." A man interrupts the two. (Wyatt)
No response. Just stares.
"So yeah...You should go." Wyatt walks away and the two continues to walking to Bill's office.
Walking up the stairs, Rebecca appears crying and exiting from Bill's office. "Rebecca?" They look at each other worriedly and goes in Carver's office.
"Rebecca's a strong woman surrounded by weak men. I ain't lettin' my kid get raised around that." Carver looks at them. "Get in here."
They see Alvin handcuffed to a chair in the corner of the room, badly beaten and unconscious. "Alvin...? Alvin?" Clementine tries to slowly approach him.
"He passed out hours ago. He can't hear nothin'." Carver says.
"Why are you doing this?"
"Me and him, We got history. Understand? Couple of things we had to..get worked out." Carver crosses his arms. "I wouldn't get so concerned about his well-being if I were you. Not being you close to the fire yourselves." He warns them. "Now.." He points to the two chairs. Which they sat on it.
"You make sure you tell me the truth when you're sittin' where you are." Carver points at Alvin. "And you won't end up in that chair." He crosses his arms. "You might not believe this after what happened earlier but...I liked Reggie. He was a funny guy. He kept things light. You keep folks like that...It's easy to let depression sink in during times like this. But he was weak. And I don't mean just cause he was maimed, That wasn't his problem. He was weak of will, Weak of character. And we can't have someone like this around here...Not anymore."
"Uh...We understand."
"I knew you were smart kids. Both smart. The girl is clever and mature but gets sassy at times. While the young man is brave and strong but can get nervous at times." Bill stands up "You see, Reggie put us at risk with his incompetence. He's had a string of screw ups lately...Killing one in order to save many is part of survival. It's one of the though decisions that a weaker person couldn't make. It's why it falls to people like us. To lead them to safety."
Clem and Duck's eyes narrows. "We are not like you."
"There's no way either of you could have lasted this long otherwise. I realized, Back in that cabin. You two were scared... But you looked straight in the eyes. Kept your nerve. That's what we need if we're gonna get through this. The next generation than the last to...lead us out of this. Kids like you...raised the right way. The way my child'll be raised."
"What if it's not yours?"
"Well...It's mine now."
Well, I have to end it here. I'm tired. Anyway, References time!
"He has met a terrible fate, Haven't he?"- A famous line from the Creepypasta 'BEN drowned"
Super Dinosaur- A comic book by Robert Kirkman, The same writer of the comic The Walking Dead which both the show and game got based on. Plus, If you listen closely at Clem and Duck's conversation at the near end of 'A New Day' You'll hear Duck talking about Super Dinosaur before and after Lee interrupts them at the motel.
Thanks for reading!