"Come on Sarah, I've got you." Clementine said as she used all of her strength to lift the boards off of Sarah. She couldn't even believe that Jane wasn't able to get them off, because it didn't even take Clem that long to lift them off. Once she was free from the boards, Sarah was able to stand up. "Come on!" Clementine yelled, and grabbed Sarah's hand pulling her along as they ran back up to what was left of the deck.
"You saved her!" Jane yelled.
"Yeah." Clementine said bitterly. "I did."
"All right Clem!" Bonnie yelled encouragingly.
"Sarah, go sit with Kenny and Rebecca." Clem ordered and Sarah didn't say anything but she obliged and went into the building with the other group members, she was still shaken up about all of this, and that incident probably made it so much more worse. Clementine knew that she would probably have to talk to her once all of this was all over, just to make sure she was okay. After all, the girl had been through so much.
"We gotta get the rest of this deck down." Luke said, and somehow, Clementine managed to cut the cord that was holding the deck up, and it fell to the ground. Once it fell, there were no more walkers bothering them, because they couldn't get to them anymore. Suddenly, Rebecca's cries of pain stopped, and the group was met with silence.
"Oh no..." Bonnie said as she stared at Kenny and Bec. The rest of the group came rushing in to see what was wrong. Kenny was holding Rebecca's baby, and it wasn't moving, or making any noise at all. They were all afraid that it was dead, or dying for that matter. Rebecca lay on the floor still too, afraid of what was happening.
"No..." Clem managed to get out as they stare at the unmoving baby. But finally, the baby coughed, and began to cry.
"Oh thank god..." Rebecca breathed. "Is it a boy or a girl?" She asked.
"Boy." Kenny answered.
"He's cute Rebecca." Bonnie said in adoration.
"Can I hold him?" Rebecca asked to Kenny.
"Let's get him cleaned up first." He answered. "Mike, did you get the water?"
"Right here." Mike said as he brought the water jugs into the room. Kenny then carefully washed the baby off as the sun was setting in the sky. It had been a very long day for everybody, exhausting and emotional, and everyone was just ready to get some much needed rest. Once the baby was clean, Kenny wrapped a ripped garment that could be used for a blanket around the baby, and handed him to Rebecca.
"He's perfect..." Rebecca managed to get out as she held her baby for the first time.
"What are you going to name him?" Clementine asked.
Rebecca shrugged, "I don't know yet... I'll probably just name him after Alvin."
"We should all get some rest..." Luke suggested. "It's been a long day."
"I agree." Kenny said. "Let's all get some sleep, and we'll talk about stuff once everyone has had some sleep." Everyone thought that it was a good plan, so they found a spot on the floor, and went to lay down, and soon fell asleep afterwards. Clementine, however, went to find Sarah who was sitting in the corner of the room. She was glad that everyone else was asleep, she needed some alone time with Sarah.
"Sarah?" She questioned. "Are you awake?"
"I am." Sarah replied quietly.
"Are you okay?" Clementine asked as she went to sit beside her friend.
"You saved me again." She barely managed to get out. "Jane didn't..."
"I had to." Clem answered automatically. "I wasn't just going to let you lay down there. I had to help you."
"I was so scared..." Sarah whispered. "I thought I was going to die..." She then leaned her head on Clementine's shoulder for comfort, and Clementine found that this was their relationship progressing, and she enjoyed it. She then felt Sarah sigh as she laid there on her shoulder, and suddenly the teen girl was crying. She was letting everything out that she was holding in, and Clem just sat there and let her cry.
"Hey..." Clem said gently. "You're okay now, I've got you..." She said, pulling Sarah in for a hug. The older girl finally let someone else touch her, and Clementine saw that as part of the healing process. Maybe Sarah was starting to grieve over her dad properly, instead of being so mentally distraught about everything. "I will protect you Sarah, okay?" Clem asked. "I will not let anything happen to you."
"Pinky swear?" Sarah asked, holding up her small pinky.
"Pinky swear." Clementine agreed as she intertwined her pinky with Sarah's.
"Thank you." Sarah replied.
"But I'm going to teach you some things too." Clementine said, "And you're going to learn how to survive."
"I'd like that." The older girl said.
"Okay." Clem nodded. "Now let's try and get some sleep, alright?" Sarah agreed and the two girls laid down beside each other side by side, ready to get some rest. All in all, everything seemed to work out okay, and Clementine was grateful for that. Everyone was safe, for now, and they had only lost Nick in all of this havoc at Parker's Run... One loss wasn't bad, right? She tried to look at it like it was a good thing, but she knew that no death was a good thing in this world. At least Rebecca and the baby, and Sarah were safe. That was really all Clementine cared about anymore. And she knew now that she had to watch out for Jane, because she really honestly didn't trust her. Why wouldn't she try to save Sarah? She was only a helpless, little girl, who was lost because she lost her dad.
Clementine was going to teach Sarah the ropes, and how to survive in the zombie apocalypse. She was going to cut her hair, teach her how to shoot, and all in all, just teach her how to live.
