Chapter 9
Lee, Randy, Howard, Doug(twdg), Carley, Ben, Bucky, and Kenny gets out the RV and they see a train blocking the road.
Howard: A train? Really?
Everyone wasn't happy about it but Doug(twdg) and Bucky were thrilled about the train
Doug(twdg): This train looks amazing.
Bucky: Yeah!
Carley look at them both awkwardly
Carley: Well somebody is impressed.
Ben: Is there any way to get around it?
Kenny: Doesn't look like it. On foot, maybe. Can't really afford to do that now.
Howard: Well that's great. Now we're going to deal with this old fashion train.
Carley: Well it is Old fashion train, Howard.
Lee look around.
Lee: This seems like a safe area. All this brush will stop anything from creeping up on us.
Doug(twdg): We've got to get this thing out of the way. And maybe we can use this to get to the coast.
Kenny: Maybe.
Kenny calls for everyone except Lilly to get out from the RV.
Kenny: And I'd like every one out of the RV except her. I don't want folks trapped in there with her.
Everybody gets out of the RV. Theresa and Clementine look worried about Duck who's really getting sick. Randy notices Ben and Bucky who look at Duck with their worried face. Does Randy think why is Bucky acting so unusual today? He's usually cheerful every time even in a bad situation. Ben and Bucky turns to Lee, Howard, and Doug(twdg)
Ben: Why don't we go look around?
Bucky: Yeah. I agree.
Lee: Yeah, everyone else relaxes.
Randy wants to help Lee but his wound acting up again.
Randy: Can I go with you gu…. ahhh! Ouch….. my shoulder.
Lee: Umm… you should stay with the others, Randy. Your wounds seem to feel hurt like hell, you know.
Randy: Fine…. I'm just want to help with you, man.
Lee: Douglas(rc9gn) can come with us.
Howard: What?! He can't come with us! He's going to…
Lee glared at Howard
Lee: Howard!
Howard: Ugh fine.
Lee walks to Clementine.
Lee: Clem, stay close to Randy, okay?
Clementine nodded. Katjaa asks Lee if he could search for anything on the train to drink for Duck.
Katjaa: Lee, if you come across anything to drink, if there's a dining car or something, I think Duck's a bit dehydrated.
Kenny: It's a freighter, hon.
Lee: Okay, we're going to check the train for anything?
Carley: Be careful out there, you guys.
Doug(twdg): Don't worry, Carley. We're going to be fine.
Lee: What, you think there might be something dangerous inside of an abandoned locomotive? Hadn't crossed my mind.
Lee, Ben, Bucky, Howard, Doug(twdg) and Douglas(rc9gn) go to see the train inside and out. Randy walks over to Katjaa and Duck.
Randy: Is Duck okay?
Katjaa looks at Duck with worried.
Katjaa: He's bitten.
Randy were shocked
Randy: What? How did he get bitten?
Katjaa: It happened during the raid.
Randy look at Duck with worried face
Randy: What are we going to do with him?
Katjaa: I will keep an eye on him and see what I can do.
Randy: Okay, I'm sure his body can fighting whatever is in it.
Katjaa: Exactly…
Randy look at the RV, thinking about what Lilly's doing right now. He turns back to Katjaa.
Randy: Have you heard anything out of Lilly in there?
Katjaa: Not a peep.
Randy: I don't like that.
Katjaa: She's probably in shock. She did a monstrous thing.
Randy: I know…..Has Clementine said anything to you about me or…Duck, or anything? I'm worried about her.
Katjaa looks at Clementine who looks sad, Theresa tries to comfort her.
Katjaa: No. That little girl is a puzzle
Randy: Yeah, she is.
Katjaa: And how's your wound doing?
Randy: I'm okay. It's just it acting up again but I'll be fine.
Katjaa: It might get worse, Randy. Where did yesterday go?
Randy: I don't know.
Katjaa: You were standing right there…. and you got shot…
Randy: I'm used to it by now. We all are, aren't we?
Katjaa: She tries to murdered Debbie, Randy.
Randy: I was THERE, Katjaa. I was there.
Katjaa: I'm sorry.
Randy and Katjaa look down sadly.
Katjaa: You know, I liked Debbie's friend, Theresa very much. She's really kind and helpful since at the motel. We'd spent some time talking during our free time.
Randy: Really?
Katjaa: Yeah, especially when she talks about you. She really liked you, you know.
Randy was stunned and his cheek turned red after heard what Katjaa said.
Randy: R..really?
Katjaa: Yeah…. why? Did you like her too?
Randy: Yeah. More than just a friend.
Katjaa: Well same to Theresa then. But don't tell her about what I said because I wasn't supposed to tell you about this because she promises me to keep it secret. She's very shy.
Randy: Don't worry, Katjaa. I'll keep it quiet until the time has come.
Katjaa: Okay.
Randy: I'm going to check the others.
Randy walks over to Clementine, Theresa, and Debbie.
Randy: Hey girls
Theresa: Hey Randy.
Clementine: Hai…
Debbie: Hey... Sorry about what happened. If I kept my mouth shut, you wouldn't have been shot.
Randy: But she would have kicked you and Carley out otherwise.
Debbie: Yeah but still…
Randy: Don't worry about me. At least you didn't get hurt.
Debbie: Yeah...
Randy: Well, I don't want to trouble you but you need to cut back on the sarcasm, Debbie. You almost get shot, you know.
Debbie: Whatever, that's the way I said to people, you know.
Randy sign annoyed
Randy: Well fine.
Clementine begin to talk to Randy
Clementine: Randy?
Randy: Yes, Clem?
Clementine: What are we going to do with Lilly?
Randy: I don't know. Something I suppose. I don't know what we can do.
Clementine: She shot you.
Randy: I know. It's horrible.
Lee, Ben, Bucky, Howard, Doug(twdg) and Douglas(rc9gn) were checking on the train separately. Lee walks towards Ben and Bucky
Lee: Hey boys.
Ben and Bucky: Hey Lee.
Lee: What would you two have done with Lilly?
Bucky: I don't know. Left her.
Ben: Yeah. I've never seen anybody shoot someone like that before.
Bucky: Me too. It all just felt surreal as if we were trapped in a horror movie or a shooter game.
Lee: You boys seen a bunch of other stuff by now.
Bucky: Yeah but not like this.
Lee: Uh huh and Ben, you happy you stayed with us all this time?
Ben: Yeah.
Lee: Really?
Ben: It's with you guys or dead. I woulda died out there in the woods, just like my classmates.
Lee: You think this is better?
Ben: Yeah, of course…. even though I…. couldn't stand Howard. So I prefer to stick with Bucky instead.
Lee: Uh huh…
Lee begins to question them about stealing supplies
Lee: And was it you two?
Bucky: Ahh Lee, not this again…
Ben: Yeah and how many times we going to say no.
Lee: Was it?
Ben and Bucky: NO!
Lee: Okay, then.
Lee walks away from them. He walks towards Howard who looked at the boxcar.
Howard: Hey Lee, do you think you can open this door? I can't open it.
Lee: Why you can't open it? You have two hands.
Howard: But I forgot to tell you that I have a tiny finger that I can't open this heavy boxcar door…
Lee rolled his eyes and sigh annoyed.
Lee: Seriously….
Lee opened the boxcar door, he and Howard climb inside the boxcar. They look around the boxcar and looks really messy and full of old boxes with it.
Howard: Ugh…. shnasty.
Ben and Bucky appears behind them and climbs inside the boxcar as well
Bucky: Whoa.
Lee: Somebody's been livin' in here.
Howard: Ugk…. you think we should clean this place up first?
Lee: Let's not, Howard. We don't time for "epic cleaning jet", you know.
Howard: Ahh man. This stinks.
Lee: Well you should get to used to it.
Ben: You guys think they're gone?
Lee: I hope so, but this looks recently used. Be on the look-out and have your guys guard up.
The boys nodded, Ben and Bucky get out from the boxcar. Lee and Howard look around again. Howard finds a map of the train's routes.
Howard: Hey Lee, look at what I found.
Howard shows the map to Lee.
Lee: A map of where the train goes. I think these tracks might lead to the coast. Route 27, Savannah. That's where Kenny's got us headed.
Howard: Savannah? That's where Clementine's parents were.
Lee: Yeah.
They look around again and Lee found unopened bottle water and pick it up.
Lee: I'll take this to Katjaa for Duck.
Lee and Howard leave the boxcar. They check the first door compartment, Lee found a prime engine switch. When he turned on it, nothing works.
Lee: Nothing.
Lee closed the first door compartment and walks to Howard who was open the second door compartment on the engine car, it had a spanner, a rusty monkey wrench, and a track key remover in it.
Howard: Whoa. Look at this. I'll take a spanner.
Lee: Don't get too thrilled, Howard.
Howard takes a spanner while Lee takes a rusty monkey wrench, leaves the others in the compartment and when to the engine car where Doug(twdg) and Douglas(rc9gn) were. They notice Doug(twdg) and Douglas(rc9gn) looked through the window of the cab door...
Lee: Hey you two? What's wrong inside the engine car?
Douglas(rc9gn): We found a dead body slumped in a chair.
Doug(twdg): Yeah but we don't know if that's a walker or not.
Lee: Shit...
Ben and Bucky appears behind them and telling them what's wrong.
Lee: Okay. We going this nice and slowly, okay?
The others nodded, Lee took a rusty monkey wrench and opens the cab door. Lee hit the body with it but it falls forward. Lee takes a deep breath and turns to the other.
Lee: Suppose we ought to look him over.
Ben: Yeah.
Lee pulled the body out from the chair and it turns out this man is not a walker due the quarter of his face were missing.
Doug(twdg): I don't think this person came back to life…
Lee: Christ…
Howard notices a blinking button
Howard: Hey look. This button is blinking.
Doug(twdg) know what the blinking button means.
Doug(twdg): I know what that button means.
Doug(twdg) pushes the button, and loud hissing noise from the train announces that the brakes have been disabled. Everybody hears a noise coming from the train, meaning that it works.
Kenny: Oh shit!
Randy: It works?
Kenny: Yeah. Let's go inside.
Randy: I'm coming too.
Randy and Kenny go to the engine car where Lee, Howard, Ben, Bucky, Doug(twdg) and Douglas(rc9gn) are.
Kenny: This fucker WORKS?
Lee: Seems like it.
Kenny sits on the conductor chair.
Kenny: I'll be damned. How the hell do we get it movin'?
Lee: I don't know. Just ask Doug(twdg) over here.
Doug(twdg): Well I can do that but we need a manual for this train.
Lee: Okay…
Ben and Bucky remove a dead body from the engine car.
Lee: We found this in the boxcar back there.
Lee gives Kenny the map.
Kenny: Whoa, is this what I look like?
Lee: I think so.
Kenny: This hoss will take us the right to Savannah. A hundred tons of steel. Put a thousand walkers between us and the ocean and we don't have to give a shit!
Randy: That's goo to hear.
Kenny: I can't believe it...
Randy: Yeah but we still have to figure out how to get this train working.
Howard: I'm sure you guys can figure it out. How tough can it be?
Doug(twdg): I'll help you. I know how to deal with this train but all we need is this page.
Doug(twdg) shows a notepad that missing front page but at above it writes "Engine startup"
Lee: A notepad?
Doug(twdg): A notepad that used to contain the instructions on how to start the train, but the page that had to start is missing and nowhere to be found.
Lee: Shit.
Doug(twdg): I know but I can see the indentations from the writing though. But we need something to make this writing page visible.
Randy think and remember about how Clementine makes a leaf rubbing back at the motor inn.
Randy: That's it.
Howard: What?
Randy: Why don't we rubbing this notebook.
Lee: Hmm… that's a good idea, Randy. But we need a pencil to rub it.
Randy: Pencil? Hmm… maybe I should ask Clementine if she has one.
Kenny turns to Ben, Bucky, and Douglas(rc9gn)
Kenny: Hey you boys. If you three could keep an eye on the girls and Duck, I'd appreciate it. I'm going to make sense of these controls.
Douglas(rc9gn): You got it.
Douglas(rc9gn), Bucky and Ben leave and sit next to the girls and Duck. Randy use another cab door to get out but suddenly, a walker in the crashing car startled him
Randy: GAH!
Lee and Howard heard Randy's scream and get out from engine car as well.
Lee: What's wrong, Randy? Did you see something?
Randy: There's a walker in the car. But he won't react to me since he's on the safety belt.
Howard: Uh… it seems walker can be stupid.
Lee: Yeah Howard….
Howard: Maybe we should kill it.
Lee: Maybe.
Randy: Yeah Howard but I need to tell Clementine about the pencil while you guys deal with this walker.
Lee: Okay.
Howard: Roger that, Cunningham.
Randy walks towards Clementine.
Randy: Hey Clementine, do you have a pencil or anything in your pack?
Clementine: No. I wish. Maybe in the RV? What do you need it for?
Randy: There used to be something written on the notepad that Doug(twdg) need to know about.
Clementine: Well, if you're not using it, I'd take it. I'm out of paper and there's all sorts of new leaves around here.
Randy look in the RV after what Clementine said about where the pencil is and get inside. He seems Lilly who's still tied up at the back. Randy talk to her.
Randy: Hey, Lilly.
But Lilly didn't respond back.
Randy: Lilly….
Lilly: I'm sitting here, tied up like an animal while you guys decide what to do with me.
Randy: It's not like that.
Lilly: Then what it's like?
Randy stared at her with worried look and Lilly look down. Randy go to the front of the RV for a pencil so Doug(twdg) could use to outline the indentations on the notepad. He finds a pencil by the console and picks it up. Once Randy get a pencil, he turns around and a bit shocked that he only to discover Lilly having freed herself from her bonds
Lilly: I'm leaving.
Randy: Lilly, you don't have to do this.
Lilly: Yes, I am. But I'm not gonna hurt you…. Come with me. We could take the RV right now. He left the keys in it.
But Randy refuses to leave.
Randy: Come on, Lilly…
Lilly: I didn't think you would say yes.
Randy: I can't let you take the RV. Don't be crazy.
Lilly: You're not letting me take it. I'm sorry, Randy. I really am.
Lilly simply grabs Randy and throws him out of the RV. Lilly quickly starts the RV and begin to reverse it. The group notices the RV was moving. Howard, Lee, Kenny, and Doug(twdg) get out from the engine car
Lee: What the fuck?!
Kenny: Holy shit, she's stealing the RV!
Randy runs towards the RV
Randy: Lilly!
Lilly gives Randy her last cold glared and drives away in the direction they had come from.
Kenny: Come back here, you crazy bitch!
Kenny and Lee begin to runs towards the RV but failed to get it.
Kenny: FUCK! STOP!
Kenny stopped to catch his breath as they see the RV leaving them. Howard walks towards Kenny
Howard: Well… I'm glad she's gone.
Kenny: With our only reliable vehicle!
Lee: Look, let's focus on the train.
Randy: Yeah…
Lee, Kenny, and Randy look at the train.
Kenny: Well, we're fucked if we don't figure out how this thing works. We can't spend the night out here.
As they walk towards the train. Kenny look at Katjaa and Duck. Duck who look sicker and paler than usual which worried Kenny even more.
Kenny: Duck is still sick, you know. We need to get to the city. The coast.
Kenny walks away to the train, leaving Lee, Randy, and Howard.
Randy: Hey Lee. Here, I did get the pencil right before Lilly leave with the RV.
Lee: Well at least you got it. Why don't you boys stay with the others while Doug(twdg), Kenny and I work with the train.
Randy and Howard: Okay.
Lee takes the pencil
Lee: And Randy, please give this to Katjaa for Duck.
Lee gives Randy a bottle of water and a box of animal crackers.
Lee: Duck really need some it
Randy: Okay, Lee.
Lee walk towards the train, leaving Randy and Howard
To be Continued…