"Carley, we have to save her." Lee said, agreeing with the young man next to him.
"You guys are really going to be suicidal over a girl?" Carley asked in disbelief.
"We saved Lee and his group when Lilly didn't want us to, right? This is the exact same." Glenn replied, looking up at the boarded up door containing the girl.
"Fine, let's go save Glenn's damsel in distress." Carley rolled her eyes, taking out her gun.
"Alright, here's the plan: We take these things out, all of them and quietly. Noise attracts these things. Then when it's all cleared we head up there and save that woman's life." Lee explained, the two nodding before Lee started looking around. Behind the wall was a walker eating someone alive and just behind that was a pillow. He grabbed it.
"Good luck smothering them to death." She mutters, confused as to how a pillow could help.
"Not exactly what I had in mind." Lee replied. After a few seconds he noticed an empty truck that Glenn must have already siphoned. The group stealth walked towards it and took cover behind it, as a walker was sitting right up against a car a few feet from the truck. Lee looked into the window of the truck and noticed an ice pick on the seat.
"Can't, too much noise." Glenn informed.
"You're right. I'll have to find something else." Lee looked back to the other car the walker was leaning on and saw that the car door was unlocked. "Get out your gun." He whispered to the woman next to him.
"But the noise.." She responded, doing it anyways.
"Just follow my lead." He nodded and she nodded back, the two approaching the relaxed walker. When it noticed them, it made a low growl before Lee placed the pillow onto it's head. "Now!" He called to Carley, who brought the gun to the walker's forehead before pulling the trigger. Glenn approached the two with a grin.
"That's sick!" Glenn said, smiling at Lee. Lee opened the car door and took a spark plug out of the seat. "Oh hey, a spark plug. You should hold onto that, it could help us break that window in the truck. Here, give it to me."
"Okay.." Lee replied, giving the bud to Glenn. He rushed to the window before crushing the material and tossing it at the window, fracturing the glass without much noise. He then grabbed the ice pick and handed it to Lee.
"See?" He asked with a knowing grin. Lee grabbed the weapon with a fist bump back. Carley just shook her head as Lee rolled the car in front of them towards a fat, slow walker, the car crushing it against the motel's wall. He then stuck the pick inside the walker's skull, killing it. "Dude, where'd your weapon go?" Glenn asked, walking up behind Lee.
"Into that ice pick sized hole." Lee joked, getting a laugh out of Glenn.
"Oh shit! That's cool, now we got this." He said, pointing at a fire axe on the wall.
"Are you two done?" Carley asked impatiently. Finally, Lee and Glenn managed to kill two walkers by an abandoned RV, clearing out the motel with the exception of the hungry walkers at the girls door. The trio walked to the stairs until Lee stopped them.
"What's up?" Glenn asked.
"You two should lag behind just in case the walkers are too much." Lee told the two, they nodded.
"I got your back in case you can't handle them." Carley replied, taking out her gun again. Lee walked up the stairs with the other two behind him. Once he approached the walkers, he was able to cut one's head open with the blade of the axe, and decapitate another from the neck down. His two group members followed shortly afterwards.
"Nice job." Glenn complimented. Lee thanked him before walking to the boarded up door the girl was crying in. She sounded so distraught, they had to help her.
"Hello? Miss, we're here to help!" Lee called, knocking on the door.
"NO JUST GO AWAY!" Irene, the girl, yelled back.
"Let's go, guys." Carley said, looking back at their car.
"In a minute. We can help if you just let us in. We have a group in town, we can save you." Lee assured her, his fist still against the heavily locked door.
"NO, PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE!" She cried, sobbing out her words.
"Miss, I'm coming in." Lee announced, taking his axe and breaking the boards covering the door with it. Then he tried the doorknob but it wouldn't budge, so he launched his shoe into the sturdy door.
"STOP, JUST STOP… I'm coming out." Irene whispered, opening the door to reveal a pale woman with baggy eyes and a bloody, bitten stomach.
"Oh my god.. Guys, she's been bitten." Carley noticed, pointing at the large amount of blood on her shirt as she clutched the area with her hand.
"I told you.. But you wouldn't just leave." She muttered, tears falling down her cheeks.
"It's okay, you're gonna be fine!" Glenn said, trying to lie to himself. They all knew what happened to bite victims, Larry made sure to explain it to him.
"No, I won't be fine! My boyfriend was bitten. You get sick and you die and you come back and kill anything you find!" She explained to them.
"You have a boyfriend?" Glenn mumbled to himself.
"Glenn!" Carley scolded.
"I don't want that! It's not christian! Please.. Just go." Irene begged, searching the group's eyes for a response.
"We can't let you die here, that's awful." Lee said, shaking his head with sorrow for the girl. She gasped when she noticed Carley's gun.
"You.. Have a gun." Irene pointed out.
"Um, yeah..?" Carley said, not getting what the big deal was.
"Can I.. Borrow it?" She asked, her hand opening up from the wound.
"What do you mean, 'borrow'?" Carley kinda knew what she meant, but really didn't want to believe it.
"You know, I can- I can just end this and then we can all forget about this.." Irene muttered, her hand getting closer to Carley's.
"Woah, woah, woah!" Lee objected, his eyebrows furrowing in disbelief.
"PLEASE! They're, they're… Satanic." She sobbed, referring to the walkers. Lee had to decide what to do next.
Choices:
A. You can't have it.
B. Give it to her.
Relationships:
Clementine is a bit scared of you but still depends on you.
Kenny sees you as a loyal companion.
Katjaa thinks you're very sweet.
Duck thinks you're awesome.
Lilly thinks you're a good guy.
Larry doesn't like you, but appreciates you looking after his daughter.
Carley is a little peeved that you didn't agree with her, but still likes you.
Glenn is happy you sided with him, he views you as a friend.
Doug thinks you're cool.
Irene just met you and just wants to die.
((Reviews:
Worker72: "A. We have to save her but only b/c Glenn needs to see someone give up. We the reader already know what is going to happen to Irene unless you have changed her script."
Didn't change much of Irene but I agree, Glenn needs to get with the program, and so does Lee.
CRed1988: "This one is a tough choice.
We have to save her.
At least then, it will show Glenn the reality to saving someone who has the bite already is too late."
Agreed, like Writer72 said, this group is still soft and new to the apocalypse.
J: "Well damn, now Clementine's a bit afraid of us. But it was the right thing to say I think. I quite like the little new dialogue you add too, I say we go save her to give closure and show the group what's necessary sometimes and to give Glenn closure."
Thanks! I decided to make Clem the most changeable character aside from Kenny in terms of relationships since she's basically the most important. Her being scared of us is certainly new for this episode.))
