Lee had to act quick, so he charged towards his right where the reporter was struggling to grab her purse. He managed to snake his hand into her purse and chuck a magazine into her hands, allowing for her to put it into the pistol. She shot both walkers point blank and gave Lee a thankful nod.

The sounds of screaming came from the other side of the store as Doug was pulled out by four or so walkers. "No, get them off of me!" Lee was about to run to his side, only for Carley to grab his wrist with a frown on her face. She looked heartbroken before walking away, whispering something to herself as Clementine shrieked in horror, running away from the scene.

"They.. They got Doug.." She muttered to herself, too sad to acknowledge that Clementine was attacked, her ankle grabbed by a downed dead one. Lee rushed to her side and proceeded to stomp it's head in until Clem was able to escape. Kenny's truck horn was heard in the alley, so Carley, Lilly and Clementine began walking out the door as well. Lee was catching up with them, when Larry stopped him, a mean glare on his face.

"You are not coming with us, you sunnuva bitch!" The old man told Lee before punching him square in the face. The sound of crawling got closer while Lee laid on the ground, trying to pick himself up. But Larry was strong, and he really did knock him flat. Just as a walker was inches away from Lee, and he thought he would die here, Kenny rushed out to his aid, took the axe and cut the walkers head so hard that he killed it.

"I'm not letting somebody else get eaten today," Kenny started, helping Lee up. "Especially a good friend." He added with a nod. Lee nodded back before slamming the door behind him, exiting the building and meeting up with Clementine, Duck, Katjaa and Carley in Kenny's truck. The others went in Glenn's pizza delivery car.

On the drive to the motor inn, where everyone agreed to rendezvous once in the office, Duck wouldn't stop talking to Clementine and Katjaa and Kenny were surprisingly pleased with how things went down. "Hey, Lee?" Kenny started, looking at him from the back mirror.

"Yeah?"

"What happened back there, with Larry? Why did he hit you?" Kenny asked with a stumped tone. "Because the way I see it, we saved that selfish asshole's life, when he threatened to hurt someone who is A. only ten, and B. my fuckin' son."

"I honestly don't know, and I don't plan on asking. Think I'll keep my distance in case he wants to do it again." Lee joked. He looked in the car mirror to see a bruise staining his cheek.

"I hear ya. Just know that I got your back in case he does that shit again." Kenny assured, pulling up to the motor inn filled with corpses.

"We're very appreciative, Lee. And Ken, please try to make peace with that man. We're only so many people left, you know." Katjaa said, looking around at the new location.

"I.. I'll try, hon." With that, the truck stopped right next to Glenn's and everyone got out.

About an hour later, Lilly and Kenny finished pulling out the bodies and surveying the area. Lee hadn't checked in on Clementine because Duck was talking her head off and he was busy in his head anyways. He looked down at the picture of his family as screams echoed out in the woods. He closed his eyes and dropped the single picture of himself. Clementine definitely took notice.

Lee looked back and decided that he should try talking to everyone, especially Clem. But not Larry. Not yet. He started with Glenn, who looked concerned to say the least. "Hey, Glenn, what's on your mind?" Glenn stopped him, holding up his hand as the radio in his car alerted him about the current status of several states, including Atlanta at a stage nine catastrophe.

"I'm leaving." He said blankly, looking towards the pile of bodies being slowly buried by Lilly.

"To Atlanta?" Lee asked, though the answer was obvious.

"What do you care? You let that girl die up there. I'm not letting the same thing happen to my friends." Glenn spat at the college professor.

"Now hold on a minute. That girl had seen her boyfriend die due to the bite, Larry told us what happens when someone gets bit. I ended her suffering, you make it sound like I murdered her!" Lee defended, giving Glenn a piece of his mind. The young man stared for a while before getting into his car and slamming the door, driving off.

"Where's he going?" Kenny asked Lee out of nowhere.

"He left to go to Atlanta. He's definitely not coming back." Lee stoically answered, staring at the open road.

"Damn. Hope he's okay. Anyways, there's an RV here." He replied, looking at the vehicle. Lee gave it a glance as well.

"I noticed." He said with a soft smile.

"Well, I'm just saying that if we ever need to leave for any reason, that's our ticket out of here. This motor inn is one lucky find, dontcha think?" Kenny began walking towards his truck, leaning on the back.

"As lucky as you can get in the apocalypse." Lee said with a smirk.

"Anyways, like I said earlier, if you ever need me to help you, I got your back, man. You defended Duck from that loud mouthed piece of shit, and you prevented Shawn's death at the farm. I don't think either of us would be too happy with that kid's blood on our hands." Kenny huffed, thinking of all the ways that situation could have gone from scary to terrifying.

"Thanks, Kenny. Really, I appreciate it, man." Lee said sincerely.

"You got it." The family man walked off next to his wife and Lilly as they finished burying the remains of the undead. Next, he walked towards Carley, who was going through a box of equipment that she found at the drugstore.

"Hey, Car. Rough night, huh?" He asked with folded arms, looking at her tan hands.

"You could say that. This is gonna sound stupid, but that Doug guy, I think I liked him." She confessed, stopping her digging to fully listen to him.

"I think he liked you too. He saved you, didn't he?" Lee humored.

"Thanks, Lee. You don't think you could have saved both of us, do you?" Carley asked with a bit of sadness in her voice.

"No, I don't think so. It all happened pretty fast, you know?"

"Yeah.. I guess you're right. See ya." Lee was about to walk towards Clementine, she looked back up and stopped him. "Lee? How did you choose? We both needed you, you picked me."

"You know I was going to help you both." Lee responded.

"But you picked me first." She said again, looking at the forest across from the motel.

"I'm sorry, Carley. I wish it could have been both of you." He said with a low tone, shaking his head as he stared at the stone ground.

"Me too. Thanks again for saving me, but I think I need some space." Carley said, returning back to her rummaging.

"I get it. See you, Car." The conversation ended and Lee made his way towards Clementine, Larry glaring hard at him the whole way. Eventually he made it to an energized Duck and a sad Clem.

"Oh and then-"

"Duck, you wanna cool it for a minute?" Lee requested. Duck understood and walked away.

"Sorry, there's not a lot of kids here." Lee said, kneeling down to her level.

"No, it's not that. I got grabbed again." She said with a pout, looking away from Lee.

"But I was there. I'll never let one of those things hurt you on my watch." He stated, touching her shoulder with sympathetic eyes.

"I fell, and my walkie-talkie broke. Glenn just left and, well he had the other one." She sadly stated, looking down at the asphalt.

"Sorry about that Clem. Wish I could help." Lee removed his hand and got up.

"It's okay, I guess. Just don't let me get grabbed again, okay?" Clementine asked, her eyes begging for safety.

"I won't. Don't you worry." Lee replied with a warm smile, making Clementine smile back. It seemed like she had gotten over her little fear of Lee. Duck walked back up to Clem and continued talking, which seemed like Lee's cue to leave. While walking away, he heard Larry say his name.

"Lee, c'mere a second." The brolic elder said with a cock of his head. Lee breathed a heavy sigh before approaching. "You uh, like my daughter?"

"What's this about, Larry?" Lee asked, folding his arms in the same way Larry was now.

"It's about why I punched you and why you should stay away from her. I punched you because I know who you are, and I know you're a killer." Larry gave a shit eating grin like no other.

"I kept you fed and tried to respect you and your daughter and this is the thanks I get?" Lee asked, clearly frustrated.

"I appreciate it, but know this: If anything happens to my daughter or that little girl you got with you, you watch your ass." The two stared at each other for a few seconds menacingly before Lilly called Lee over, causing Larry to glare at him with daggers in his eyes. Lee followed her voice to the graves of the walkers anyways.

"My Dad would be dead if it weren't for you." The pilot said with a smile.

"Doug is dead because of me." Lee sorely said, looking to his feet.

"Don't put yourself down. You saved my Dad, Clementine, Glenn and Carley. You're only one man and yet you've already done so much." Lilly assured, the two smiling at each other. The sounds of a helicopter ripped through the sky and Kenny quickly approached the two.

"I hope that's the sounds of us winning this thing." He chirped with a smirk.

"Me too. This shit has got to end." Lee breathed in a sigh, looking to the sky.

"Chances are, the military will roll through this place. If we fortify this place with some walls, some cars, whatever then we can really make ourselves safe here."

"I actually really like that idea." Lilly responded, holding her hand on her hip.

"We got beds, water, medicine, food, gas and most importantly we got light. There are worse places to call home." Kenny says with almost pride in his voice. Suddenly, the street lights start going out one by one until the whole area is pitch black.

One day into the apocalypse.

"Man, I told you.. I-I have no idea who did it, it wasn't me man! Dude, Vince, c'mon, I-I don't even know your brother-" Bang. A bullet flared through the man's skull, killing him instantly. A young Asian man with black short hair named Vince began panting, realizing what he had done. He sprinted out of the house and into an alleyway, police sirens blaring as he attempted to run away. Suddenly, he realized if he was caught, they'd find the gun. He had to decide what to do with it. "Shit!" He muttered to himself.

Seconds later, he tossed the gun up on the roof of a building and made a mad dash for anywhere but the crime scene.

Two days into the apocalypse.

Vince sat on a prison bus, ankle chained to two others, Danny and Justin. The two were pulling on the chains while Vince sat there and looked out the window at the traffic heavy highway. Danny pulled on the chains again, in an attempt the two behind him. "C'mon, man. Cut that shit out." Justin sternly told the Latin man in front of Vince.

"Oh yeah, or what?" Danny teased. Justin pulled on the chain back.

"Or that." He replied with a shit eating grin.

"Oh shit! You feelin' this Vince? I'm getting Justin all worked up now." Danny announced with a playful smile.

"You aren't getting me worked up, it's just hot as balls in here."

"Oh, Vince, I'm making him hot now! I got that Latin heat you can't resist!"

Choices:

A. [Pull on the chains]

B. "You two partners in crime or something?

C." Would you two shut the fuck up?"

D. …

Relationships (Lee):

Clementine likes you, though you've taught her a valuable lesson: You can't save everyone.

Kenny views you as a loyal companion.

Katjaa thinks you're very sweet.

Duck thinks you're awesome.

Lilly thinks you're a great guy.

Larry doesn't like you but appreciates what you did for his daughter.

Carley trusts you deeply.

Glenn thought you were a hopeless asshat.

Doug would have wanted you to save Carley.

Relationships (Vince):

Danny and Justin just met you.