((Okay, firstly I owe you guys an apology. I've been gone for a bit because I recently moved and the house we moved to had no wifi. BUT now I'm back and will be updating every day. Thanks for understanding!))
"Just give it to her." Lee said after a short pause, looking down at the woman's bite with a frown. Carley and Glenn both shot Lee a shocked look.
"What the fuck, Lee?! You can't just give up like that!" Glenn yelled, raising his fist and his voice.
"You can't be serious. I'm not doing it." Carley refused, looking away as she locked the gun tight against her.
"Carley, Glenn, think about it. If a bite causes someone this much pain, this much despair, would you really want them to suffer? Cause I sure as hell don't. Gimme the gun, Carley." Lee raised his hand out, Glenn looking at the reporter as she hesitated to give the gun up before putting it in Lee's hand. The convict then gave over the gun to Irene.
"Thank you so much.." Irene said, a light smile on her red, yet pale face. She looked down at the gun and Glenn just backed away in disgust.
"We can't watch this. Let's go." Glenn muttered, his lip trembling as if he were about to cry, his stomach turning with disturbed disgust.
"We can't go." Lee whispered to them, a look of sadness on his face.
"Why the hell not? Don't tell me you want to watch this?" Glenn asked with disgust, shooting a glare at the bearded man.
"No, he's right. Someone has to get the gun." Carley said solemnly.
"I'll do it. You two just go back to the car and wait for me, I'll be back in a bit." Lee said, the two nodding as they took their leave, not looking back once. Not even after hearing the gun shot.
After her body fell to the ground, a gaping hole in the temple of her head, Irene prevented herself from turning and Lee learned a valuable lesson: If you get bit, it's over.
The ride back was quiet. Glenn had Carley drive as he felt too sick, and honestly so did Lee. The three just didn't speak and as soon as they got to the back of the Drugstore and opened the office door, Glenn left Lee and Carley's side to be the first in the store of the drug store.
"Glenn, Lee, Carley, you made it back." Doug greeted, giving Carley a short glance and a smile. She smiled back before walking back to her desk where the radio lied, a frown replacing her smile shortly after.
"Yeah, we had to kill a few walkers on the mission but Glenn's fine and uh.. Yeah." Lee responded awkwardly, Glenn's eyes glued to the floor.
"You bring back any gas?" Kenny asked the Asian kid. He held up a jerry can.
"Yup, just enough for that pick-up." He answered. Kenny let out a relieved grin.
"Thanks, man. We appreciate it." The mustachioed family man replied.
"Don't mention it." With that, the two went back to their own business. Doug approached Lee and cleared his throat to get his attention.
"So… Um, I was wondering, you wanna go outside and have a look around?" Doug asked seemingly out of nowhere.
"Ha, are you crazy? I just risked my life once today." Lee said with a laugh.
"No, it's fine, the gate out there is locked tight. We'll be safe." Doug reassured.
"Huh. Alright, let's look around." The teacher agreed, the two walking towards the front door.
"Cool. Just don't make too much noise." The two opened the door and exited to the outdoors, right between the drugstore and a gate preventing the dead from crawling in and mauling everyone inside. The two watched as a gang of walkers ate at a mangled corpse, causing them to recoil in disgust.
"Oh my god.." Lee whispers, crouching down next to Doug.
"They just.. Eat. And when they're done eating, they get up and find someone else." The chubby guy next to him analyzed, scanning the area with Lee.
"Jesus.. Let's take a look and uh.. Oh no." Lee paused when he saw the chewed up, rotting corpse of his older brother underneath a street light. He almost couldn't believe the sight but had to when he pulled out the picture of his family and checked off all the details. The clothes, hair and face were near identical minus the parts that were tainted by the disease.
"What? You know that guy?" Doug asked, pointing at B. Everett himself.
"Yeah, he worked at this drugstore. He might have the keys." Lee said with a heavy heart, showing Doug the photo.
"Hopefully. The only other guys who might have had them were the old couple out back that Lilly and Larry hauled out before you guys got here and they're long gone." The blonde geek responded, causing Lee to flinch.
"Shut up, Doug." He replied in frustration before inspecting the gate blocking them from the street. After a little bit, he realized that the only way through would be to smash the lock, since neither knew the lock combination and he had a brand new axe just ready to be used. Lee got up and quietly chopped the lock off before scanning the area once more.
"Whatcha looking for?" Doug asks curiously.
"A distraction. The only way I'm getting over there is if we distract these things." Lee continued searching until he found a brick. He noticed a glass window and put two and two together, tossing the object to the delicate material. This made for a pretty loud noise, but the walkers didn't give much of a crap, as they only gave the TV store a glance before resuming their feast of human flesh.
"That's good, but it could be better. Have a remote?" Doug asks, a plan developing in his cranium. Lee handed his Dad's over since he wasn't gonna use it anytime soon.
"You can't actually use that thing on those can you?" Lee asked curiously. Doug began doodling with the buttons on the remote.
"Sure can. It's universal, I learned all the codes in IV class. Hopefully I can get this one.. There." With the click of the power button, the TV's turned from black to static in a matter of an instance.
"Well fucking done, Doug. All that dork nonsense might save a life." Lee cheered in a low voice.
"Who's to say it already hasn't?" Doug said with pride in his voice. The walkers stumbled over to the commotion and stood there, searching for their next treat. This gave Lee the opportunity to get up and walk over to his undead brother. "Stay safe!" Doug whispers just as Lee reached the street.
He approaches his brother, axe in hand. The zombified Everett brother looked up with his soulless, milky eyes and gave a growl as he tried to grab his brother. "Hey, bud.. I didn't think this would be our last time seeing each other. Hell, maybe it's a good thing. I fucked everything up, but I bet you died protecting them, huh?" The walker grunted, swatting at the air as Lee gave a deep sigh.
"I'm so sorry I wasn't there. Goodbye, bro." With a hard swallow and a few tears, Lee got up and swung the axe into his brother's neck, causing the corpse to briefly groan and lower its head. Seconds later, it came back to life with a loud yelp that caught the attention of a few walkers, who began stumbling towards Lee. With a few more swings, Lee was eventually able to put down his brother and search his corpse. He did find the keys, thank god.
"Holy crap, run!" Doug yelped as several walkers began strutting towards the unaware Lee. Shocked, the convicted killer sprinted back to the drug store and tried his best to shut and seal the door so none of them could get in.
"That was way too close." Doug panted, opening the door for Lee.
"Agreed, let's go." With that, the two headed back inside, shutting the door behind them.
"What's up?" Carley asked, everyone looking at the two with curiosity.
"We got the keys. It wasn't easy, but it's done." Lee announced, causing Lilly to jump up with a sigh of relief.
"Yes! God, you're amazing, Lee. Thank you. Let's get in there." She thanked, leading him to the back. Clementine kept her distance and looked away when Lee gave her a smile. Once in the office, Lee took out the keys and stuck it right into the keyhole, opening the door easily. The two smiled at eachother before taking one fatal step inside. The second they got in, it set off the alarm which was blaring as loud as a dinner bell.
"Oh shit." Lee grunted in frustration.
"We gotta hurry, c'mon!" Lilly ordered, the two began dashing through the room, collecting as many nitroglycerin pills as they could. They came right out to see everyone else up on their feet but Larry. Lilly rushed to his side with the pills and fed them to him as the sound of banging against the walls, windows and door boomed through the building.
"I'm gonna get the truck goin' around back!" Kenny yelled amongst the chaos.
"Do it fast! We gotta get out of here!" Lilly replied, lifting him back up and moving towards the office door next to Glenn.
"I don't plan on dilly dallying. Doug, Carley and Lee, you make sure our defenses stay up until you hear me honkin' in the alley. At that point you should haul ass outside." The three nodded in understanding as they made their ways to the unsafe door. "And Lee, I better take that axe in case I run into any of them on our way to the truck." Lee tossed the fire axe over easily into Kenny's hand.
"Be safe." Lee said with a nod, barricading the door with his back as Kenny and his family disappeared into the office. Soon after, Katjaa could be heard yelling for someone, so Glenn took the call of duty and went off to help. Clem approached the struggling trio against the door apprehensively before Lee yelled at her.
"Clementine! Can you find something to stick in between the handles? Something real strong, okay?!"
"O-okay!" Clementine ran away to some other part of the store as more walkers piled up against the door.
"Lee, you should know, if we don't make it through this.. I think you're a great guy." Doug told Lee, holding his shoulder against the door.
"Gee, thanks Doug." Lee replied, somewhat flattered.
"Doug, if we don't make it through this, you should know that you're kind of cute!" Carley shouted over the growling walkers.
"What? Seriously?" Doug asked with a really happy grin as wide as his face itself. Suddenly, a barricade went down and several walkers swarmed into the place. Carley took out her gun and began shooting them.
"I'll cover this side, you guys stay here!" With that, Carley was off.
"Okay then. Clementine, did you find anything?" Lee asks again, trying to speak loudly so that the girl can hear him.
"Nothing! Oh wait." Clem ran back to the office just as a window was punched in by a gorked female walker.
"That window is screwed, dude." Doug said anxiously, back against the door as even more walkers struggled against it.
"Go!" Lee ordered. Doug reluctantly followed and dashed to the window. Soon, a wild Clementine appeared with the cane Lee's father had.
"I found something!" She exclaimed, proud of herself as she handed the cane to Lee. He took it and stuck it between the handles. When he looked back, he saw before him a choice. Carley was screeching for help, a couple of walkers cornering her as she yelled about empty ammunition and that she needed Lee to get some in her purse. He looked over to the right and saw Doug screaming for his life as a walker pulled on his shoulders, trying to devour his chubby body. Lee had to make a choice and Clementine was watching: Carley or Doug?
Choices:
A. Carley
B. Doug
C. Don't save either
Relationships:
Clementine is a bit afraid of you but is glad you're okay. Now she's scared that you might have to get someone killed.
Glenn thinks you're a hopeless asshat.
Carley is a bit shocked at your decision to let Irene die, but still somewhat trusts you.
Doug views you as a cool dude and a good friend, despite knowing you for barely a day.
Kenny views you as a loyal companion and a capable guy.
Katjaa thinks you're very sweet.
Duck thinks you're awesome.
Lilly thinks you're a good guy.
Larry doesn't like you.
