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Hershel looked to the teen, hoping he had misheard the girl. "W-What?" He choked out.
"She-"
"No." Hershel cut her off. "No no no." The man starting shaking his head, "That's not true."
Clementine looked back to the wound on Beth's leg then to the pre-teen's father, "But... I... Just look and see for-"
"Stop it!" Hershel suddenly snapped at the teen causing her to flinch. "She's fine. She just needs to rest."
"Hershel..." Clementine tried.
"I'm taking care of her." Hershel stated wrapping his arms around the little girl. "She'll be fine."
Clementine let out a small sigh, but nodded. She stood from her crouched position and turned to walk away.
She made her way over to where Kenny and Shawn were. Shawn took notice of the girl and offered her a smile, "Hey Clem."
"Hi..." Clementine mumbled.
"What's the matter?" Shawn asked. "You seem upset."
"Beth..." Clementine glance over her shoulder to the young girl who was resting her head in her father's lap. "Beth is bit." Clementine mumbled.
Shawn's eyes grew wide. "What?"
"She got bit by the monster from the bathroom." Clementine said.
Shawn stared at the girl in disbelief. "No way. How the fuck-"
"I'm so-"
Shawn didn't stay long enough for her to finish. He quickly made his way over to where his sister and father were.
Clementine watched as Shawn and Hershel spoke before Shawn lifted his sister's pants leg and he seemed to freeze.
Clementine was literally feeling sick to her stomach at that point.
She jumped as she felt a hand land on her should then looked up to Kenny.
"Hey," Kenny started. "Maybe you should sit down for a while."
"I'm okay." Clementine replied, shaking her head. "I'd rather help out."
"Alright..." Kenny nodded. "Why don't you look around for anything that might be useful."
"Okay." Clementine had to force herself to look away from Shawn and his family. She was feeling terrible...they all knew exactly what a bite meant.
The world was so cruel.
Hershel didn't move as Shawn approached him, he just continued to hold Beth, gently stroking the child's hair. Neither male spoke as Shawn looked over Beth for a moment.
He blinked hard and swallowed before looking to his father. "How is she?"
Hershel shook his head quickly. "She's fine."
Shawn looked over his little sister, before his eyes fell to her bloodied pants leg. He felt his heart clench.
Hershel eventually lifted his head to look at the boy, "What is it, Shawn."
"Clementine told me..." Shawn trailed off. He moved to Beth, lifting her pants leg. He froze as the bite came into view. Shawn couldn't take his eyes away from the child.
"Oh God..." Shawn found himself say. He finally managed to look away, and he licked his suddenly dry lips. "Dad..."
"She's fine, Shawn." Hershel said. "We'll just get it bandaged and cleaned and she'll be okay."
"But-"
"We're not going to have this conversation." Hershel grumbled.
"You know we have to." Shawn said. "We both know what this means."
Hershel felt his heart leap, he tried to keep himself composed. He narrowed his eyes at the boy, "Shawn, your sister will be fine. She just needs to rest."
"Stop this, dad!" Shawn snapped. "Look at her." He motioned towards the girl who was already looking pale and barely conscious.
"I see her!" Hershel snapped.
"She's..." Shawn trailed off. "God...Dad, what are we going to do?" He felt so hopeless.
Hershel just shook his head. Shawn swallowed, but stayed silent. He knew they were going to have to figure something out. They both knew what a bite meant.
Clem walked through the room, searching shelves for anything of use. As she walked through the store she spotted a single energy bar on the floor. She reached down and picked it up, pocketing the thing, she decided she could give it to one of the kids.
Clementine continued to walk around the story. There wasn't much that would be of use, however by the end of her search she had managed to find three more energy bars.
She looked around deciding that some of the people could definitely use them more than her.
She glanced over at Beth, who appeared to be asleep. Clementine sighed and looked away.
She made her way over to Kenny, Katjaa, and Duck.
"Try to get some rest, hon." Kenny said.
"How can I with those things out there?" Katjaa replied.
"Hey." Clementine called gently.
"Hey, Clementine. Find anything?" Kenny asked.
"Yeah. I found a couple energy bars. I figured Duck might want one." Clementine offered, pulling one from her pocket.
"Thanks." Katjaa smiled. "He appreciates it, sweetie."
"How is he?" Clementine asked, looking at the young boy.
"He's okay, it was just a shock." Katjaa explained. "How are you, Clementine?"
"I'm fine..." The girl shrugged.
"I guess we're all fine...considering." Kenny responded.
"Yeah." Clementine agreed. "I hope Beth's okay..."
"Maybe you should go check on her." Kenny suggested.
"Maybe...I don't want to intrude." Clementine replied.
"Yeah...I feel ya." Kenny sighed. "So were are your folks at?"
"Kenny?" Katjaa called gently.
"What?" Kenny huffed, "I'm just wonder what she's doing on her own."
"It's fine." Clementine said, "My parents went on a business trip. They're in Savannah."
"Hopefully, they'll be back soon." Katjaa said.
"I don't think they will be..." Clementine muttered.
"Why not?" Kenny asked.
"I heard my mom on the phone...It didn't sound too good...I don't think they made it." Clementine explained.
"Oh, sweetie." Katjaa cooed.
"I'm sorry to hear that." Kenny said.
"Thanks..." Clementine said softly. She didn't want to think about her parents right now. "What's our plan?"
"Hang tight, I suppose. Seems pretty dangerous out there, so we oughta wait for things to clear up." Kenny replied.
"Alright." Clementine nodded in agreement. "Well, I'm going to get back to looking around."
"Sounds good. Let me know if you find anything." Kenny said.
Clementine gave a nod. "Okay."
"She's so warm." Shawn mumbled, pulling his hand away from his sister's cheek.
"She'll be fine." Hershel said. "Her body's just fighting the illness."
"I guess so." Shawn agreed.
"I know. The stress of everything probably isn't helping. She just needs to rest." Hershel said.
"Okay, dad..." Shawn gave a nod. He hoped his father was right. "Maybe we should keep this between us, just in case."
"I don't plan on telling anyone." Hershel replied.
"Alright." Shawn said. "We'll just work it out...as a family."
Hershel gave a nod, not looking towards his son.
Shawn said nothing else, he just watched his sleeping sister in silence.
Clementine had decided that she should check in with everyone. She couldn't sit still as all the tension and stress was making her nervous.
The girl walked over to where Lilly was taking care of Larry. "You're going to be alright, dad." Lilly said. "Just take it easy."
Larry didn't respond, he just stayed on the ground, in too much pain to answer.
"Hey." Clementine gently spoke.
Lilly looked to the girl, "Hey..."
"I found these..." Clementine dug into her pocket, pulling out one of the energy bars. "It's not much, but here."
"Are you sure?" Lilly asked.
Clementine nodded. "Yeah. You're under quite a bit of stress."
"Thanks. That's nice of you."
"Of course." Clementine looked to Larry with a concerned look, "How's your dad doing?"
"I'm not sure I got your name." Lilly said, ignoring Clementine's question.
"I'm Clementine." The teen spoke.
Lilly stood up to face the girl. "Lilly. My dad's Larry."
"What's wrong with him?" Clementine asked concerned.
"He's got a heart condition. He takes nitroglycerin tablets pretty regularly. I've seen a few bad attacks that he couldn't get over and needed to go to the hospital." Lilly explained.
"Yeah, I don't think that's an option right now." Clementine responded.
"I'm just trying to keep him relaxed." Lilly sighed.
Clementine nodded, and changed the subject. "Are you from around here?"
"I work at Warner Robbins." Lilly said.
Clementine raised a brow.
"The Air Force base." Lilly explained.
"You're a pilot?" The girl beamed.
Lilly smiled a very small smile, "Nah, just mechanical admin stuff. I deal with a bunch of shitheads and bureaucrats all day. Sometimes a plane, if I'm lucky."
Lilly scanned around for a moment then looked back to the girl before speaking. "Your parents aren't in here?"
"No." Clementine said.
"Where are they?" Lilly asked.
"They're in Savannah. I don't think they made it..." Clementine said sadly.
Lilly responded with a sympathetic, "Oh."
"I heard an answering message... It wasn't good." Clem explained, gently.
"I'm sorry."
"Yeah..." Clementine looked around before looking back to Lilly, "What do you think about all this?"
"What is there to think? The dead are up, walking around, eating people and turning them into more… more of them." Lilly's voice had grown urgent. "I mean, Jesus."
"We need to stick together and get through this." Clementine said.
Lilly took a moment before she responded with a small nod. "I'm gonna get back to him now." She gestured towards Larry.
"Okay." Clementine agreed.
With that Clementine walked away. She continued to stroll around, all the tension in the room was making her anxious.
As she walked around a voice suddenly called to her. "You're doing a lot of pacing, kid. Maybe you should sit down. Rest a bit."
Clementine turned to face Shawn.
"That's easier said than done." She responded before walking over to the family. "How's she doing?"
Hershel looked up for a second, glaring at the girl suspiciously.
"She's been asleep. Hopefully that helps some." Shawn answered the teen's question.
"Yeah." Clementine agreed softly.
"Hey, Clem." Shawn started,
Clementine looked to the man, "Yes?"
Shawn spoke in a quiet voice that only they could hear, "We just want to keep this between us. So we'd appreciate it if you didn't say anything."
"Okay." Clementine nodded. "My lips are sealed." She didn't want another fight happening if they found out about Beth's bite.
"Thanks." He replied.
The girl gave another tiny nod. She took a moment before reaching into her pocket and pulling out one of the energy bars. "I found this. Thought Beth might want it, when she wakes up.
Hershel watched her for a moment before accepting the food. "Thank you."
Clementine offered a small smile before walking away to give the family some space.
She made her way over to Carley, who was fiddling with a radio.
"Hi." She greeted.
"Hey." The woman greeted back.
"I'm Clementine," The teen said.
"Carley." The woman replied.
"What do you got there?" Clementine asked.
"A radio. I can't get it to work though." Carley said.
"Mind if I have a try?"
Carley gave a shrug, "Knock yourself out."
Clementine took a while to examine the radio. She hoped the thing wasn't completely dead, as it could be a way to find out what was going on.
A press of the power button did nothing. Clementine searched for any other buttons that could turn the thing on, but there was nothing. She flipped the thing around and opened the batter chamber.
"There's no batteries." Clementine announced.
"What now?" Carley asked.
"There's no batteries in it." Clementine said.
"Oh...I knew that." Carley quickly said.
Clementine smirked. "You did?"
"Yeah, of course. I mean, yeah...No." Carley sighed.
Clementine let out a giggle. "Don't worry...I was sure to bring extra batteries." Clementine slide her backpack from her back and took a moment to dig through it. She then pulled out two batteries. "Here we go..." She muttered. "These should work for the radio."
"Thanks, I should be able to get it to work now." Carley said.
Clementine gave a nod. She stood by watching as Carley put the batteries into the device.
After the batteries were in place Carley tried pushing the power button once again, but it wasn't turning on. Nothing happened.
"It's still not work?" Clementine asked.
"Yeah, I can't figure it out." Carley sighed.
"Can I have a look again?" Clementine wondered.
"Go ahead." Carley shrugged.
Clementine took the radio into her hands and looked at it. She once again tried the power, button, but it clearly wasn't the source of the problem. She turned the radio around again, wondering if maybe the batteries weren't any good.
She opened the battery compartment and immediately spotted the problem. The batteries were in the wrong way.
Clementine fought back a giggle as she took the batteries out and correctly placed them into the device. She then closed the battery chamber and tried the power button.
Much to her surprise the device turned on.
"You fixed it!" Carley exclaimed. The woman reached over and turned the volume up a bit louder.
The sound of the radio seemed to draw the attention of everyone else as they were now looking over, curious to hear what was being said.
"As the unknown virus continues to spread on check, the estimated death-tole continues to skyrocket; WABE urges you to stay indoors, and avoid any contact with individuals you suspect may have been exposed."
At those word Clementine glanced over to Beth, but quickly looked away as Hershel shot her a glare.
"The station is okay." Carley announced.
"In the event of a- uh, uh- My producer's telling me we have to get off the air now."
"Steve..." Carley mumbled.
Clementine glanced to the woman who had a look of despair on her face.
"WABE wishes you and your loved ones-" The man's voice cut out briefly and nothing but scream could be heard over the static. "God bless you all. God bless the United States of Amer-" The signal cut out at that point and was completely lost.
The group was silent as they all tried to process what they just heard.
"What the hell was that?" Kenny called out.
"News station." Carley replied.
"Dear God...What the hell is going on?" Shawn uttered.
Nobody knew the answer to that. The group fell back into a silence.
Clementine heard a sniff come from her side and looked to Carley who was wiping tears from her face. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah..." Carley quickly answered. "I'm fine."
"You don't have to be." Clementine replied gently. "It's a lot to take in."
Carley let out a sigh, "My news editor was eaten about five feet away from me, and I would've joined her if it wasn't for that dorky guy on watch, over there."
"I'm sorry..."
"She was an asshole, but you know." Carley said.
"Yeah... He saved you?" Clementine looked to Doug a bit surprised.
"Yeah, can you believe it? Those creeps, or-or ghouls or whatever the hell they are, they were pulling our van apart and that guy, Doug, just came to the rescue." Carley said.
Clementine gave a smile. "That's good. At least you're safe."
"Yeah... He's kind of cute, in that parent's basement sort of way." Carley admit.
"Reaaally?" Clementine looked to the woman.
"Huh? Oh...nothing." Carley quick said.
"Sure." Clementine smiled. "You from around here?"
"We drove up to cover the Cherry Blossom festival. Real hard-hitting stuff."
"That station...You knew the guy on the radio?" Clementine asked.
"Yeah..." Carley nodded with a grim look on her face. "I'm sure some people got out. Maybe they're all being rescued. Then again, maybe not."
Clementine didn't want to think of the latter. She thought if some of those people could get out, then maybe...just maybe, there would be hope for her own parents. "I'll leave you to your thoughts."
"Okay..." Carley replied.
Clementine walked away, having nothing else to talk about. She made it around the counter and took a seat on a large box. She let out a sigh, when she suddenly felt her walkie talkie give a buzz.
She quickly reached into her bag and grabbed it, "Hello?"
"Hey there, this is Glenn and uh, I'm kinda in a jam here."
"What's going on?" Clementine asked.
"I'm a bit stuck." Glenn replied. "Uh, kid, mind putting one of the grownups on the phone? Or on the talkie, or whatever?"
Clementine rolled her eyes, but stood and handed the walkie talkie to Kenny.
"What's up?" Kenny spoke.
"So... I'm down at that motor inn, and well, I-I'm stuck." Glenn said.
"What do you mean stuck?" Kenny urged.
"Well...I, uh, saw a chance to get some supplies for the group and a bunch of the roaming ones got the jump on me. I'm hiding over here, but they won't leave." Glenn explained.
"Everything okay?" Shawn questioned.
"Glenn's trapped down at the motor inn." Kenny huffed before pressing the talkie button again. "We're gonna talk and send out some people to pick you up."
Glenn let out a relieved sigh, "Awesome. I'll sit tight 'till then."
"Alright." Kenny looked over to Shawn. "Well, we have a problem."
"Yeah." Shawn nodded.
"What are you thinking?" Kenny asked him.
"Not much I can do with my leg." Shawn replied. "I don't think Doug's too good with zombie's and you gotta look out for your family."
"I can do it!" Clementine offered.
"No way." Kenny quickly spoke.
"But-"
Kenny raised a hand to silence her, "I'm not sending a little girl out there, it ain't happening."
"I'm going to have to agree with you." Lilly chimed in.
"But he needs help." Clementine protested.
"I'll go." Carley spoke.
"You sure?" Shawn asked.
"Yeah. I could use a jog." Carley replied.
"It's dangerous to go alone." Shawn said.
"I can take care of myself. And besides, I got this." She motioned towards her gun. "It doesn't sound too bad there right now. I'm going to go before it gets any worse."
"Alright." Shawn nodded.
"If that's what you want to do." Kenny said.
"Someone has to." Carley replied. The woman stuck true to her word and left, almost immediately.
Clementine crossed her arms, pouting a bit.
"Don't give me that look. This is for your own good." Kenny stated.
Clementine only looked away. She wasn't about to just sit there and do nothing.
Shawn decided to talk to Doug making sure everything okay. He used his crutches to get over to the other man. "Hey."
"Hey." Doug nodded towards the other male.
"See anything?" Shawn asked.
"Nothing, luckily? Want to step outside, have a look around?" Doug questioned.
"O-Outside? You're kidding right?" Shawn stammered.
"No, the gate out there is closed. We can hang out in the front of the store and be fine." Doug explained.
"Oh..." Shawn paused for a moment. "Sure, let's have a look around."
"Cool, and...we'll keep it down. Don't need to bring 'em back this way with any unnecessary noise."
"I couldn't agree more." Shawn said.
The two made their way outside and Shawn couldn't have been more thankful for that gate. He knew if it came to it, he wouldn't be able to escape from that many walkers, not with his leg fucked up. "God..." he mumbled.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Doug said, throwing a hand over his mouth.
"They just..." Shawn trailed off.
Doug finished for him. "Eat. As far as I can tell, that's all they care about."
"And if one gets you..." Shawn couldn't bring himself to finish.
"They eat you, and whatever's left comes back as one of them." Doug said.
"This is sick..." Shawn mumbled. He felt sick to his stomach as her remember that his little sister had been bit by one of those things.
"Yeah... I think it might be more than a couple days before all this gets sorted out." Doug spoke.
Shawn nodded, "I think so too."
Clementine glanced over to Kenny, he was engaged in a conversation with Katjaa, and making sure Duck was okay at the same time. She looked to Lilly, who was busy tending to Larry and finally to Hershel who was still holding a sleeping Beth in his arms.
Clementine watched the child with a frown before looking away. She hoped Carley was okay. She knew how dangerous it was out there.
Clementine looked towards the door, then back to Kenny again. He was still preoccupied in his conversation, and Shawn was outside with Doug. She could go now and they probably wouldn't even notice.
Clementine slid her backpack off her shoulders, giving it a quick look through for anything she might need. Nothing came to mind, other than her father's gun which she still had on her.
With one last glance towards Kenny, she stood and started for the door. She managed to sneak out while Kenny's attention was still held by Katjaa.
She sighed once she was outside. She took a look around for any monsters, finding none, before she started to walk away from the drug store.
"Any idea where the pharmacy keys could be?" Shawn asked Doug as the two of them watched the walker infested streets from the safety of the gate.
Doug shook a negative, "We searched high and low before you guys got here. We pulled a couple out of the office, but the key wasn't on either of them."
"Maybe they're out here?" Shawn suggested.
"Maybe. But I don't think we'll be getting out there anytime soon." Doug said.
"Yeah." Shawn agreed. He didn't plan on going out there at all.
"You from around here?" Shawn asked.
"I moved here to live with my uncle. He does tech stuff and it just made sense." Doug said.
"Local?"
"Not really." Doug responded. "I've only been here a couple months and I've spend a lot of time..."
"On the computer?" Shawn asked.
"No. Just doing my own thing." Doug replied. "What about you."
"Got a farm a bit away. Things went bad over there and we had to leave it behind. Kenny mentioned Macon being the closest town, so here we are." Shawn explained. He had hoped leaving the farm would be a safe option, but instead his own sister end up getting bit.
Shawn decided to change the subject. "I bet that place has some good weapons."
"Yeah." Doug agreed. "We tried to get in, but it was too risky. Then a bunch of guys showed up and THEY tried..."
"What happened?" Shawn asked.
"I think they're most of who you see wondering around there." Doug motioned to the streets.
"Damn..." Shawn breathed. He quickly looked away. "There's no point in hanging out here. Let's get back inside." He wanted to check and make sure Beth was okay.
"Yeah, alright." Doug nodded. The two head back inside.
Shawn immediately made his way over to his family, "How's Beth?"
"She's still resting, must be exhausted." Hershel said.
"I'll try to find her some water. Clementine, probably has some in her bag." Shawn said.
"Okay." Hershel nodded.
Shawn looked around trying to spot the girl. He was confused, he couldn't see her anywhere in the room.
He made his way over to Kenny, who was speaking with Katjaa. "Kenny?"
"Yeah?" Kenny responded, looking at the boy.
"Where's Clementine?"
"Over there?" Kenny motioned over his shoulder before turning to look. His eyes grew wide as he realized the girl was gone. "Oh shit..."
Clementine honestly hadn't a clue where Glenn and Carley had went, but she kept walking. It was too late to turn back now.
Before long Clementine saw Carley come into view, it was dark, but she could make out the figure. Clementine stopped herself from calling out, and right before she could run up to her she noticed one of the monsters slowing beginning to make it's way around the corner. Clementine quickly rushed over and grabbed the woman pushing her down behind a small brick wall.
Carley nearly yelled in surprise, before she noticed the girl. "Clementine?"
"Yeah. I'm here to help." Clementine said eagerly.
"They let you come?" Carley asked.
Clementine hesitated, "...Sure..."
"You snuck out, didn't you?" Carley sighed.
"That doesn't matter. We have to find-"
Clementine was cut off by a noise coming from the ice machine. The two stood and watched in surprise as they saw the door move.
"Did you see that?" Carley asked.
"Yeah, I did." Clementine whispered back.
Carley aimed her gun waiting for whoever, or whatever was hiding in the ice box to come out.
Suddenly it opened and Clementine and Carley sighed in relief as they saw it was only Glenn.
"GUYS! Oh man, I'm so glad you're here." Glenn climbed out of the ice box and made his way towards the two.
"Jesus, Glenn." Carley huffed, shaking her head.
"Well, that was easy," Clementine whispered as the three of them ducked down behind the wall.
"Can we get out of here before any of these things notice us?"
"Not yet. There's a survivor trapped up there." Glenn motioned towards one of the motel doors.
Carley quickly shook her head. "No way, we gotta go. NOW."
Glenn shot her a disappointed look, "LISTEN, I was out looking for gas. And then, up there in the corner room, I heard crying coming from inside."
Clementine looked over the wall to the room Glenn was talking about, there were two monsters banging against the door. There was definitely somebody in there.
"Did you see anyone?" Clementine asked.
"No, but it's a girl. We talked and she got frightened." Glenn explained. "I was trying to get in and help her and she started yelling and saying I was bitten. I tried to convince her I wasn't and that's when all of these guys came out of the forest. A couple almost got me and I ended up hiding in the ice machine."
"Lucky you; now let's go!" Carley said.
"We can't just leave her." Glenn said.
"Glenn's right. We have to help." Clementine said.
"You two are suicidal. Over a girl!" Carley groaned.
"I'm saving her, with or without you."
"Come on, Carley. What if it was you?" Clementine sent her the best puppy dog eyes she could muster. "Pleeease?"
Carley looked away before responding, "Fine. Let's go save Glenn's damsel in distress.
Clementine quickly brightened.
"We're going to have to kill all those things." Carley said.
Clementine didn't like killing, even if it was necessary. "K-Kill...Can't we just...go around or..."
"I don't see anyway around." Carley replied.
"Yeah..." Clementine sighed. "You're right."
"They're not people, Clementine." Carley said, picking up on the teen's uncomfortableness.
"They used to be." Clementine responded.
"But they're not anymore." Carley told her.
Clementine gave a nod. The teenager peeked over the wall taking in where all the monsters were standing.
Clementine looked down to her father's gun. She swallowed as she looked to the zombies.
She could kill them...They weren't people, not anymore.
Clementine was jerked out of her thoughts by the sound of a gunshot. She jumped before turning to see Carley was no longer behind the wall.
Clementine made her way from behind the wall, ready to cover Carley.
The woman was shooting with ease. Clementine had to admire her skill.
Carley's gun suddenly clicked, as she reached into her pocket pulling out an extra clip, one of the zombie's grabbed her causing her to drop the ammo in surprise. "Clementine!"
The girl flinched as she noticed Carley struggling with one of the monsters, Clementine felt her heart pounding as she aimed her gun and pulled the trigger.
The bullet hit the monster and it landed dead on the ground.
Carley took a moment to catch her breath, "Thanks for not shooting me."
Clementine didn't reply. Instead she looked around, spotting an axe. "There." She spoke pointing towards the object.
"Sweet." Glenn commented.
Carley took the time to reload her gun while Clementine made her way toward the axe, careful not to cut herself on broken glass, she grabbed it.
Right as she did, she noticed one of the zombies upstairs was now making it's way towards her.
Clementine looked down at the axe then back at the approaching zombie. She started to make her way towards it. Once she was close enough she took a deep breath and swung the axe, braining the zombie.
She started to make her way up the stairs. Carley and Glenn made sure to stay close behind her.
Clementine approached the final zombie and brought the axe down on it's head instantly killing it.
She stopped for a moment, looking at the fallen bodies in shock. She felt Carley nudge her forward and they continued on until they reached the door.
Clementine knocked on the boarded door. "Hello? We're here to help!"
"Please, just go away." The woman inside cried.
"Let's go, guy." Carley said.
"Not yet." Clementine refused. "We have a group. If you open the door we can take you back with us and-
"NO! NO! NO!" The woman started to scream in a horrified tone.
"She's in trouble!" Glenn panicked.
"We're coming in." Clementine informed the woman
Clementine quickly used the axe to cut the board holding the door shut.
She looked to Glenn, who gave the door a kick.
It didn't do much, so he tried again.
"Stop. Just stop. I'm going out." The door slowly opened to reveal a sickly woman, who looked as if she'd been crying.
"You're hurt." Clementine said.
"Oh God." Carley muttered.
"I...I said stay away." The woman started.
"We need to get you help." Glenn said.
"Our group can help. We've got doctors." Clementine said.
"It's too late for me." The woman claimed.
"Guys, she's been bitten."
Both Clementine and Glenn looked surprised.
"W-What?!" Glenn looked to the woman.
"I told you. I said go away, I'm bit." The woman said. "But you wouldn't just leave."
"Maybe you'll be okay." Clementine said.
"I won't be fine." The woman shook her head. "My boyfriend was bitten. You get sick and you die and you come back and you kill anything you can find."
Glenn looked a bit disappointed and voiced, "You have a boyfriend.
Carley shot him a look. "Glenn..."
"I don't want that. It's not Christian." The woman said. "Please, just leave me, please go."
"Just come with us." Clementine begged. "We can help you."
The woman took a step back, looking to Carley's weapon. "You have a gun."
"So?" Carley raised a brow.
"Can I...borrow it?" The woman asked
Carley shot her a look. "What do you mean "borrow"?"
"Give it to me. I can just, you know, end this and then- then there's no problem."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Carley started to back away.
"PLEASE. I don't want to be one of them. They're...They're...satanic." The woman started to beg.
Clementine's eyes widened. "But...But you can't just end it like this."
"I have to. I won't become one of those...things." The woman responded to the teen.
"We need to get going." Carley said.
"Give it to me, PLEASE!" The woman yelled.
"This is crazy." Glenn cried.
"Please, step back." Carley said.
"It's just two seconds, just one bullet, and I can be with my family, and it'll all be fine." The woman said.
"Miss..." Clementine called.
"Back up." Carley took a step away.
"PLEASE!" The woman suddenly lunged at her and the group of four started to wrestle over the gun.
All the movement caused the platform they were standing on to break. They fell to the ground.
They sat, shaken by the fall. As they we getting themselves up they noticed the woman had grabbed the gun and was holding it to her head.
"Please, think this through. We just want to help you." Clementine said.
"You can't." The woman respond.
"Please don't do this." Clementine begged.
The woman only shook her head before pulling the trigger.
Clementine started to whimper. Carley looked to the teenager with concern. She sighed and wrapped her arms around the young girl while Glenn started to vomit.
"Let's get out of here." Carley spoke.
All of the sudden, they heard footstep heading towards them. They looked in horror as many zombies came into view, all coming from the forest.
"RUN!" Glenn shouted.
The trio started to run, moving as fast as they could to the car. The zombies chased after them, quickly gaining on them.
"Damn it!" Carley swore, aiming her gun she started to shoot.
Clementine quickly did so as well, and although her aim wasn't as precise as Carley's she managed to down a few of them.
They continued shooting left in right until they made it to the car. They quickly threw the doors open and jumped in.
Heart racing, Glenn put the keys into the ignition and was quick to start the car, speeding off back to the drugstore.