Chapter 8
Lee, Randy, and Danny were walking through the woods while trying to find the bandit's camp. Lee and Danny had rifles in their hands while Randy had a gun that Kenny let him lend it to him.
Danny: See anything, ya both?
Lee: Not yet.
Randy: Not really.
Lee, Randy, and Danny keep walking.
Danny: I know it's around here. It's gotta be close.
Randy: Are you sure about that?
Danny: Of course, kid. I'm not wrong.
Randy and Danny stop when Lee spotted a can of soup on the ground. Lee uses his rifle to check on the can of soup and it's empty. And they started walking again and Lee found the camp.
Lee: Here!
Randy and Danny stop and they walk to Lee and saw the camp.
Danny: Oh shit! You found it?!
Randy: Is this the camp are you talking about?
Danny: Yes, kid. This is their camp. I'm sure this is the right camp.
They crept up to a tree and hid behind. Lee uses his rifle to take a quick glance at the small camp. It was a mess and still is. Lee, Randy, and Danny begin to sneak up to the camp and they hid behind the tree to guard them.
Danny: You see anybody?
Lee was examining the small camp before turning back to Danny and Randy.
Lee: Stay on your guard.
Danny and Randy nodded as Danny walks to the camp.
Danny: Watch my back, ya both. I'm gonna check out the tent.
Danny begins to aim at the tent while Lee and Randy watch his back. They slowly walk to the tent, Danny opens the tent and the three prepare to aim but unfortunately, nobody's in the tent. Only had two sleeping bags for one kid and one adult.
Danny: Clear. This camp's too small. It can't be their main base.
Lee: That's what I was thinking.
Randy: Same to me.
Danny: Ya both take a look around anyway. There's probably some shit around here they stole from us.
Lee and Randy began to check the boxes. Lee found a box that contains empty cans in it.
Danny: What's in the boxes?
Lee: They're all from Save-Lots.
Randy: Yeah, same to these boxes and stuff that I found here.
Danny: The first few days, they told folks to gather to the Save-Lots by the interstate. Anything worth taking?
Randy: Not unless you need a bunch of empty cans, sir.
Danny: Heh, I'll pass, kid.
Lee: Hmm… This is too much stuff for just one person.
Randy: Yeah, I thought the same too.
Danny: Trust me, these selfish bastards don't stop takin'. Prob'ly just to remind us that it's theirs.
Randy move the empty box at the other side and he found a box at having signed on it. It's St. John Dairy sign.
Randy: Guys, I found a box from the dairy here.
Lee: Huh, It's St. John Dairy boxes.
Danny: Prob'ly the food we've been given' em. Fucker crossed a line, kid.
Randy: Right…
Randy move the dairy boxes and he found something behind a box. It's a video camera.
Randy: I found something behind the box. It's a video camera.
Lee and Danny walk toward Randy.
Danny: Lemme sees that.
Randy tried to turn on the video camera but didn't work tho.
Randy: It can't turn it on.
Lee: I think the battery's dead, though.
Danny: Oh. Good... umm... What else they got here? Let's see if we can find anything useful and then get a move on.
Lee whispers at Randy to put a video camera in his pocket when Danny isn't looking at them. Danny looks at them.
Danny: I see you two handle that gun pretty well. You two were the hunter?
Lee: No, but Lilly keeps us all on a regular training schedule.
Randy: Yeah, she trains us for a good tight, you know.
Danny: Lilly, right. You did say she was running things for Y'all. Sounds like you picked a good leader.
Randy: Yeah although she's a bit bossy.
Danny: Well Leader always be a bossy, kid.
Randy: Yeah, I guess.
Lee walks towards the tent to check. Randy goes to the tent as well.
Randy: What did you find inside the tent, Lee?
Lee: Just two sleeping bags, one with a kid's size.
Randy: Jeez… there's a honkin' kid mixed up in this?
Danny overheard what Randy said
Danny: WAS, more like.
Randy: That's really wonkin' dangerous to let a kid camp in the woods full of walkers.
Lee: Yeah. I agree with that.
Lee and Randy found a bunny doll that covered with blood on it.
Randy: Aw, man. That must be a little girl.
Lee: Yeah.
Lee found a family picture on the sleeping bags. Lee picked it, he and Randy look at it and it's pictures of mom and daughter who smile and hugging with each other. Lee and Randy gave a sad face.
Randy: They look happy but we don't know what happens to them
Lee: Yeah, They looked like a happy family but destroyed by the apocalypse. Like, most families.
Randy: Yeah, really sad to hear it.
Lee put the pictures back where it belongs. Lee searches at the adult size sleeping bag and he found something in it. It's Clementine's hat.
Lee:…the hell?
Randy: Is that Clem's hat?
Suddenly, the woman with a crossbow appears
Woman: Don't you fucking move!
Danny swore as he, Lee and Randy rose their guns
Danny: Shit!
Randy: What the juice?!
Woman: PUT YOUR GUNS DOWN! I ain't going back. You tell 'em and Amanda that Jolene ain't going back!
Danny: Hey! We had a deal! No shooting as long as we gave you food! What the fuck happened?
Woman: You had a deal with THEM. I ain't THEM.
The woman glares at Danny.
Woman: I know you. I know what you are, I know what you do.
Lee and Randy look at Danny with a confused look.
Randy: What?
Danny: You don't know me!
Woman: Steal my shit! STEAL EVERYTHING FROM ME!
Danny: We had a deal! You people broke it first!
Lee: Who the fuck are you?
The woman begins to laugh at Lee's question.
Woman: Hahahahahahahahaha
Lee: Look. It's not safe up here in the woods. You gotta come back to the dairy.
Woman: Haha! Oh… It's a hell of a lot safer up here than down THERE, you best believe.
Randy: Why are you alone up here, miss? What happened to you?
Woman: Well that's a hell of a question, little boy. The woman named Amanda told me I'd safe with them… Men who lived here. But it weren't safe. Not for me, and not for my girl. They didn't treat her nice. Not at all. They took her away, into the woods. Wouldn't tell me where. And I begged 'em. Every way I could think. They just laughed… So I killed 'em. And I'm staying here 'til she comes back to me. One way or another… she'll come back.
Randy feel sad what the woman told him
Randy: Look, I understand how you feel, miss…
Woman: It's Jolene, kid. Now maybe you didn't hear me last time… when I asked you sweet… put your damn guns down!
Jolene begins to point her crossbow towards Lee and Danny. But very surprised she didn't point it at Randy.
Jolene: You think I won't kill you? I'm gonna take this here this crossbow, and put a nice sharp arrow, right through your eyeball. And into your goddamn brain.
Lee: But not on a boy.
Jolene: Oh… don't worry, I won't shoot your little boy unless he put his gun down and raised his hands up.
Randy look at Jolene with a sad look and put his gun down and raised his both hands which shocked Lee and Danny.
Randy: I'm sorry, Lee but I need to followed what she said.
Jolene: Such a sweet foolish teenage boy. I bet you're already brainwashed by his kindness, don't you?
Jolene aims her crossbow at Lee and Danny.
Jolene: You're not men… you're monsters. All men are monsters. Take what they want, then destroy it all. Take a can beans, take a little girl, brainwashed a teenage boy… it's all the fucking same to you!
Lee: Where did you get this hat?
Jolene: The little girl.
Lee: You STOLE it from her!
Jolene: So what if I did? You stole her from ME!
Danny, Randy, and Lee look at each other and turns to Jolene back
Lee: What the hell are you talking about?
Randy: Are you the one who attacked and shot Mark at the dairy?
Jolene: Who the fuck is Mark? I don't know any Mark.
Randy: You had a crossbow on your hand and that might be the same arrow that Mark had!
Jolene: Fuck I did. That's the OTHER people- they're good buddies with your friend here. I guess you met 'em and Amanda too. Ain't they nice, little boy?
Randy: Umm… maybe… but tell me who's Amanda?
Jolene: Oh I know Amanda! She's a psycho bitch who with controlling THEM and took my daughter away from me.
Randy: What?
Jolene: You know what? I changed my mind… I'm putting this arrow right through your BALLS. Yeah! Right through. String 'em up on that tree. Then I'm head down to that farm and shoot every goddamn person I see.
Randy: Miss, Put down the crossbow like I put down my gun as you said.
Jolene: No, I won't. I need it. I need it to kill these two fuckers that with you, kid.
Lee: Look, there's three of us, and one of you. No matter what happens, one of us is gonna kill you.
Jolene: Like you could kill me. They couldn't kill me. They tried. Killin' everywhere. Take all the dead folks you want, we'll make more!
Jolene glares at Danny.
Jolene: Go on, tell 'em, boy! Tell 'em what you got in mind for -
She was cut off by Danny's gun. A bullet through the middle of her eyes. Lee and Randy stared at him, shocked at what he did.
Danny: God dammit.
Lee: You straight up murdered that woman!
Danny: Hardly. She had a crossbow pointed at my forehead.
Randy: Well I mean, I know she's going to kill us but… man!
Danny: As I said, it's too dangerous for a kid like you.
Randy Well maybe.
Lee and Randy look at Jolene's dead body with sad look and Danny look at Jolene's head and it's a headshot.
Danny: It's a clean shot though… right through the forehead.
Randy: Well… that's good shooting, Danny. Still, what a waste.
Danny: You should be glad you're fine, kid.
Randy: Umm… yeah. I guess so.
Randy picked up his gun from the ground. Lee asked Danny if they were going back.
Lee: So that's it? We going back?
Danny: If they ain't here, I don't know where they are. And it ain't a good idea to go tromping through the woods looking for them. So, yeah, we head back. Once they see this… they'll get the message.
Danny walked up to Jolene's dead body and picked up her crossbow. He inspected it before telling Lee and Randy to come on.
Danny: C'mon.
Lee and Randy obeyed and followed Danny back to the dairy. As they leave the camp, Lee and Randy look back and see Jolene's dead body and turns to each other.
Randy: I feel bad for her, Lee.
Lee: Me too, Randy. Me too.
They leave the camp to go back to the dairy.
To be Continued