Max urged for Nick to walk faster towards the building in front of them. Nick remembered being in this position before, after being captured by Carver. That was a horrible walk through the woods.
"Hey, Bob, you can open the door." Max said, frustrated.
Bob nodded and opened the door. Max pushed Nick inside with the barrel of the rifle. After Nick entered the building, Max quickly closed the door behind him. The guards inside of the building led Nick to where four other people were sitting. Three men and a woman.
"It's okay, sit." The woman said calmly.
Nick sat down as she walked over to him in order to sit down next to him. Nick felt uncomfortable as he didn't know who she was.
"Oh, my apologies, my name's Joan." Joan pointed at both of the men. "That's Clint, David, and Dr. Lingard."
The men waved at Nick and he nervously waved back.
Joan chuckled. "Oh, sorry. David, can you take off Nick's restraints."
David nodded. "Sure."
David pulled out a knife and walked over to Nick. David cut the plastic restraints and walked back over to his seat. Nick nervously looked back at Joan.
"So, what do you want?"
Joan chuckled. "I see you as a person that could be a great asset to the New Frontier."
"H…How?"
"You've lost many people that you've loved, right?"
Nick didn't answer as he revisited the deaths of all his friends, including his uncle Pete. Joan knew that he had lost people that he loved as he didn't respond.
"Anyway, whoever you love, that's still alive of course, can be safe here. I just need to know that you'll be a part of this great community."
Nick wanted Clementine to be safe, but he couldn't stop his anger from rising. "Your great "community" murdered a baby and my best friend!"
"What?" Joan asked, clearly confused.
"I was in two communities attacked by your community. The first one was at Howe's hardware. The second was in a small community named Prescott. This doesn't sound familiar at all!"
Joan chuckled. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"There's no need to argue, Nick. This community doesn't raid innocent people. We scavenge and grow food here, we don't steal." Clint said, confident.
"Yeah, if Max raided innocent places, I would kill him myself." David said, sounding tough.
"But-"Nick attempted to speak.
"I think I've heard enough out of you. Are you going to join us or not?" Joan asked, getting frustrated.
Nick stared Joan into her cold eyes. "No."
Joan sighed. "That's a shame. You could've had a great start here, but you chose to just throw that down the toilet."
The door from across the room opened and David smiled as he saw the man.
"Hey, Javi!" David yelled.
"It's nice to see you too, David." Javier responded.
Joan looked at Javier. "What are you doing in here?"
Nick could notice that Javier gave a slight wink to David. Suddenly, Javier pulled out a pistol, along with David. Javier pointed it at Joan, while David pointed it at Clint and Dr. Lingard. Clint and Lingard looked at David with complete shock.
"David, what're you doing?" Clint asked, trying to remain peaceful.
"I'm sick of your fucking lies, Clint." David turned to face Joan. "Along with you."
Joan chuckled. "How can you prove that I lied to you?"
"Someone from the hospital told us that you're raiding other communities and he told us everything."
"Who?"
"I don't know his name."
Joan chuckled. "Then you can't prove that I did it."
The door opened and the New Frontier soldiers entered with Francine leading them. David and Javier couldn't believe what was happening. Clint rushed David and grabbed his gun, while Joan rushed Javier for his gun. Clint and Joan won their separate battles and they pointed the guns at Javier and David. Nick knew that he had to fight for the side of Javier and David, but he didn't know how to do it.
Joan turned to face Nick. "I know who you were talking about, Nick. He was a man with a brown baseball cap, he had an eyepatch, and he was wearing a green sweatshirt?"
Nick looked up at Joan with shock. "How?"
"That girl in the quarantine area, you know her as well."
Nick shook his head as he couldn't believe what was happening. He charged at Joan, but she quickly threw him to the ground.
"I had a feeling you two were up to no good." Joan said, facing David and Javier.
The door opened once more and there were more New Frontier soldiers entering the room. This time, they entered with a man that they appeared to be holding hostage. Nick couldn't see who the man was as there were too many soldiers blocking his view. As soon as the man came into view, he still couldn't recognize the man as he was wearing bandages that covered the discernable features.
"Is this him?" Joan asked Nick.
The man in the green jacket turned to Nick and Nick quickly recognized him.
"K…Kenny?" Nick asked, shocked.
Kenny looked at Nick, but he didn't show an expression. It was just blank. Nick knew the reason why and he said the first thing that he could think of.
"Kenny, Clementine's alive, she's just down in a basement."
Kenny understood what Nick had said and his eyes lit up as he looked at Nick with look of surprise and joy.
"Is she okay?" Kenny asked, desperate.
Before Nick could say anymore, he was hit over the back of the head with a gun by Joan. Joan nodded to the other guards and they knocked out Javier and David. Kenny watched as Joan walked up to him.
"What the fuck is wrong with you people?!" Kenny asked, enraged.
"I don't have a clue about what you're talking about." Joan said, acting dumb.
Kenny could hear footsteps coming up from behind him. Knowing that something was going to happen, he looked up at Joan to say something, but darkness quickly overtook him before he could say it.