Kenny just stared at the body of Clementine with complete disbelief. Everything appeared to moving in slow motion to him. He blinked his eyes rapidly as he knew that he had failed what he had set out to do. No, I'm not lettin' you take her away from me, just like that? Kenny could hear David yelling at Joan. He looked over at Nick, who was on his knees, looking defeated. Conrad was completely speechless. Tears began to fall down his face as it reminded him of his lost daughter. Tripp looked at Joan with a determined look. Fuck you, Joan!
Tripp pointed the pistol at Joan and fired a single shot, shooting through her head. Her body fell to the floor and the crowd began to run in all directions. Conrad shook out of his dais as he noticed the New Frontier soldiers closing in on them. He pulled out his pistol and began firing at the soldiers. Tripp noticed that Nick was just standing there, completely oblivious as to what was going on. He noticed a soldier aim their rifle at Nick. Tripp ran up to Nick and pushed him behind cover with a round barely grazing him. Nick shook his head and Tripp slapped his face.
"Hey, come on! I need your help here, okay?!"
Nick shook his head.
"Okay, good."
Nick could feel the rage begin to boil. Eventually, he felt the anger completely overtake him. He pulled out his pistol and rose up from behind cover. He yelled at the top of his lungs as he shot the soldiers closing in on them. After he stopped them, Tripp pulled him down again.
"Look, I know you're fuckin' pissed, but right now, we can't risk anymore lives. I need you with me."
Nick looked at Tripp and then looked over at Kenny, who was just sitting there. He was just staring at Clementine, shaking his head in disbelief. David was trying to get free, but the rope began to grow tighter and tighter around his neck.
"Tripp?"
"What?"
"We've gotta get David."
Tripp grabbed Nick's shoulder. "Why?"
"He tried to save me, I need to repay the favor."
Tripp shook his head in disagreement, but sighed. "Fine."
Tripp looked around for Conrad and found him behind another barrier. "Hey, Conrad!"
"What?!"
"We need your help! We need to get David down from that."
Conrad shook his head. "Sorry, I'm focused on findin' Francine and puttin' a goddamn bullet in her."
Tripp didn't say anything as he looked over his cover to see more soldiers closing in on their position.
"Look, Nick. I can cover you, but that's about it."
"That's fine, I just need to get over there."
Tripp nodded and rose from cover, very slightly. He shot at the soldiers and they were taking cover.
"Ok, go now!"
Nick ran straight towards the wooden platform, where he stopped in his tracks when he saw Clementine's body. He shook his head and climbed onto it. He ran over to David and cut the rope that was hanging him. He also cut off David's restraints.
David shook his head. "Thanks."
Before Nick could respond, the New Frontier began to fire at them once more. Nick almost dove for cover, but something stopped him. He looked at Kenny, who was still sitting there. Nick knew that he had another choice, but he wasn't going to let his best friend die. He ran over to Kenny and began to drag him. He barely drug him behind cover as a round barely grazed his left ear. Nick looked over at David.
"What's the plan, David?"
David thought for a moment. "First of all, we need to kill these soldiers. We don't have to worry about walkers, but I would keep an eye out."
David looked at Javier's corpse and bowed his head. "You will be avenged, brother."
"Hey, you pussies just gonna hide?!" Badger yelled out.
Nick recognized that voice. It was the man that took the two most important people in his life. Anger began to boil inside of him once more. Before Nick could react, he saw Kenny's eyes grow wide with anger. Kenny was about to rise, but Nick and David pulled him back down.
"Don't fuckin' hold me! Let me at 'em!"
"Look, I know you're upset, Kenny, but I need you. Right now!"
Kenny calmed down a little bit, but not much. "He ain't getting away with this!"
"Don't worry, I'm with you there." David agreed.
Nick peered over his cover to see more New Frontier soldiers. Where's Tripp and Conrad? His question was answered as he saw Tripp and Conrad firing on the soldiers, causing them to scatter. Badger began to flee, along with Francine.
"Oh no, you fuckin' don't!" Kenny screamed.
Kenny, Nick, David, and Conrad ran after Badger and Francine. Francine and Badger entered a large building and closed the door behind them. Kenny began to pound on the door. He began kicking and kicking and eventually, the door broke open. The group could hear panting behind them and they noticed Tripp running up to them. Kenny, Nick, and Conrad, however, had too much anger on their hands to care. They ran into the building and climbed up the stairs to the top. Kenny turned the corner to see Badger right in front of him. Badger hit him with his gun, knocking him out cold. Nick, however, was already on top of him.
"You're gonna fuckin' pay!" Nick yelled.
Conrad ran past them and into the next room, where he saw Francine pointing a gun at him. She fired and it hit him in the abdomen. Conrad screamed in pain, but he fired on Francine, which hit her in the chest, barely missing the heart. Conrad fell to his knees as the pain was becoming worse.
Nick did his best to hold Badger down, but Badger forced him off of him. Badger pushed Nick up against the wall and began to choke Nick. Nick could feel his life being squeezed away, but a second before death took him, Badger let go. His body went limp and Nick saw Kenny standing above him, holding a machete.
"Thanks."
Kenny didn't even acknowledge what Nick had told him. He looked at Badger's lifeless body and imagined his "episode" with Carver. He walked over him and began cutting his face with the sharp machete. After about 15 swings, Kenny felt exhausted and he sat down next to Nick.
"Please tell me I did the right thing." Kenny said, starting to cry.
"Fuckin' A. You couldn't have done anything better." Nick said, trying to be optimistic.
Kenny was too upset to understand his jokes. Kenny began to sob and Nick wrapped his arms around him. Kenny would usually pull away, but now, he didn't even care. He needed a hug after all he had been through.
David walked past the two and walked into the room where Conrad had been shot. He could see Conrad standing over Francine.
"I'm sorry, Francine." Conrad said, crying.
He shot over 10 rounds into her skull. Conrad dropped the gun and looked over at David, who nodded in approval.
"Come on, you need medical attention."
Conrad nodded and David helped him get to the medical center.
