Thanks to gaara king of the sand for the much needed help!

As soon as Shawn opened the door, he regretted doing so. He wished he could unsee the sight before him as it was the most horrific thing he'd ever seen.

Blood covered the bed, his father's neck was torn open, and little Beth was no longer the same little girl Shawn had remember.

Larry let out a surprised yell.

Carley raised her gun, pointing it at the undead child.

Shawn noticed this and wrapped his trembling hands around the gun, causing the woman to lower it. He takes the weapon from her hand, still looking at his family.

"Everyone... Please leave." He said, voice shaking as he spoke.

"What in the fuck-!" Larry started to speak, but Lilly quickly urged him out of the room.

Shawn bit his lip as he listened to everyone exit the room. He wanted to cry. He wanted to curse and yell, but he couldn't. He knew what he had to do.

"Shawn."

Shawn sucked in a deep breath, not turning to face the girl. "What is it, Clementine?"

"Do...Do you want me to..." The girl trailed off. She didn't want to have to shoot anyone, but she didn't want Shawn to have to do that to his own family members.

"No." Shawn shook his head. "I'll do it." He had to be the one to do it.

"Are you...Are you sure?" Clementine asked.

"I'm sure." Shawn responded. "Go on back to bed."

"No." The teen said firmly.

"What?" Shawn looked surprised.

"I'm not letting you do this alone." Clementine said. "I'm here for you."

Shawn sighed, but allowed the girl to stay.

Their voices had grabbed the attention of little Beth, who looked to them with a growl. Shawn felt his stomach churn as he saw the blood dripping from the child's mouth.

Shawn felt his heart pound with every slow step his little sister took towards him. He watched frozen for a moment.

Clementine watched Shawn worriedly.

Beth was shuffling closer, taking clumsy steps, while growling menacingly.

"Shawn?" Clementine called.

Shawn raised a hand to silence the teen. The both watched in silence as Beth approached her brother.

Shawn looked to the child as she was now standing directly in front of him. "I'm so sorry, Beth." He raised the gun with a shaking hand.

He looked over to Clementine who nodded.

Shawn swallowed, blocking out his consciousness, he took aim at the girl and fired, dropping her with a single shot to the forehead.

His arm dropped, heart heavy. Clementine took a step forward, placing a hand on his shoulder.

Shawn looked to the bed where his father lay unmoving, lifeless. "It's not over yet..." He mumbled. As if cued, Hershel opened his eyes, Shawn turned his gaze away as he shot a bullet into his father's head, once again leaving him unmoving.

He handed the gun to Clementine, who took it.

Shawn walked towards Beth, kneeling beside the child, he lifted her into his arms and laid her on the bed.

"I'm sorry, Shawn." Clementine spoke.

Shawn stay silent for a moment before letting out a breath. "I have to bury them." He said, voice cracking as he spoke.

"I'll help you." Clementine offered gently.

"Thanks..." Shawn mumbled. "We... Dad said we shouldn't have left."

"Huh?" Clementine looked confused for a moment.

"The farm." Shawn said. "Dad says we shouldn't have left the farm. He thought if we stay Beth would've been okay." Shawn felt tears pricking his eyes as he spoke.

"It's not your fault, Shawn." Clementine said. "You know we had to leave."

"Yeah..." Shawn said. "It's just... I wish I would've agreed with him."

Clementine was silent as she remember her last family meal. How she had an argument with her parents over a stupid party.

Suddenly, she looked to Shawn as she hear him starting to sob.

The girl could feel his pain, she wrapped her arms around him, allowing him to cry in her arms.

The two sat in the room, Clementine comforting Shawn until he had no tears left to cry.

Finally, Shawn had calmed a bit and he stood. "Lets go find a spot for them..." He said.

Clementine gave a nod and stood as well.

The duo walked from the room, surprised to find the group was still standing outside the door.

Larry immediately grabbed Shawn by the collar, "Why didn't you tell us that girl was BITTEN?!" He yelled angrily.

Shawn grabbed his hand, trying to yanking it from his shirt. "That girl is my sister!" He snapped.

Larry didn't let up, "Who gives a damn if she's your sister!" He growled, "She was bitten, we should've thrown her out!"

Shawn shot the man a glares, "So had it been your Daughter who was Bitten you'd have throw her out as well?" He spat.

Larry glared back, "You better watch your God damn mouth before I-"

Shawn interrupted him with a yell, "SO IT'S FINE FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER STAY IF SHE WAS BITTEN, BUT TO HELL WITH EVERYONE ELSE! IS THAT IT IS IT?"

Lilly approached the two, having heard enough. "Dad, come on." She called.

"Stay out of this, Lilly!" Larry said.

"No, dad! His family just died! Give him a God damn break." Lilly didn't want to be so harsh, but she knew he wouldn't understand otherwise. "They're dead. There's no reason to be arguing about this." She said. "If you two want to fight, be my guest, but make sure you do it far away from the inn. We don't need walkers coming through." The woman turned away, "I'm going to bed.

Larry huffed, Shawn still glaring at him. Finally, the old man looked away and Shawn turned, walking away to find a place to Bury his sister and father.

After the two had dug the graves for Beth and Hershel, Shawn went back to retrieve the bodies. Kenny offered to help him carry his father, but Shawn told him he had to do it on his own.

He apologized to his dad for being a jerk the pass few days. Telling him he loved him.

After he had place Hershel down, he went to get Beth.

He cried as he held the unresponsive child in his arms, wishing he could somehow bring her back.

Clementine heart ached when she watched the brother kiss his sister, telling her how much he loved her, before placing her down beside her father.

They stood outside to offer a few words. Clementine held Shawn's hand as he fought back tears.

Then they buried them. They stay there all night, Clementine offering her comfort whenever Shawn needed it, lending her shoulder everytime he cried. When morning finally came Shawn suggested going back to the inn saying the group would be worried about them.

Clementine agreed.

The two headed back in silence and Shawn immediately headed into his room. Clementine didn't bother him, she knew he needed time to grieve.

Three days passed and the group was getting quite setting into the area. They had managed to find some supplies in the motel, and had found some dishes in the breakfast room of the inn. Unfortunately, most of the motel food had gone rotten, but Clementine offered what food she had brought from her home.

Shawn had been refusing to leave his room. Clementine was a bit concerned.

As she finished up helping Katjaa with breakfast she announced to the woman that she was going to catch on Shawn.

Katjaa nodded, asking Lilly to help her get plates from the breakfast room.

Clementine walked towards Shawn's door and gave a knock. "It's me."
"Come in." Shawn voice.

Clementine took note of how sad he sounded. She wondered if he was sleeping okay. She opened the door to the dark room, Shawn was resting on the bed.

The day after Hershel and Beth were laid to rest, Shawn had been depressed he refused to eat.

After that Clementine had made it a habit to bring him food as she was the only one he would allow to enter the room. "We're having breakfast together..." The teen told him.

"Oh." Shawn replied, sounding glum.

"So, do you want to join us?" The girl asked him.

"Maybe tomorrow." Shawn replied.

Clementine sighed that was his reply everytime. "I'll bring your food here."

Shawn let out a sigh of his own, "No. Don't."

Clementine looked confused. "You need to eat."

Shawn sighed again, forcing himself into a sitting position, "I'll eat. I'll come to breakfast."

"Really?" Clementine asked a bit surprised.

"Yeah." Shawn nodded.

The teen smiled. "Okay. Good."

"I'll be out in a minute." He said.

The girl nodded, before leaving him be. She was glad, this meant Shawn was slowly breaking out of his depression.

"Well isn't this something..." Shawn spoke as he looked to the group that had gathered around the inn to eat.

"Hey, nice to see ya." Kenny said. "Decided to join us?"

"Yeah, someone kept begging..." Shawn joked looked towards Clementine.

"I wasn't begging." Clementine pouted.

Shawn patting the girl on the head before taking a seat beside her. "Quite a feast we got here."

"Yeah, you can thank the ladies for that." Kenny said.

"Clementine and Katjaa did all the work," Carley piped in.

"Oh?" Shawn asked looking to the teen, who avoided his gaze.

"Yeah." Clementine smiled shyly. "I used to cook for my parents when they would work late."

"We got a little chef on our hands." Kenny commented.

"Putting stuff in the microwave is NOT cooking." Duck teased.

Clementine sent him a look. "I know that."

"So what do you cook?" Kenny chuckled.

"All kinds of things." Clementine replied.

"Like what?" Lilly asked.

"Cereal..." Duck spoke.

Clementine rolled her eyes, clearly the boy was trying to insult her. "First off, you don't even cook cereal."

"Exactly." Duck said.

Clementine felt her face go red as Kenny started laughing along with his son. "Shut up, Duck."

"Now, now." Katjaa spoke. "Settle down."

Katjaa and Lilly started to pass plates out after spooning gobs of food onto them.

"Smells good." Shawn commented as he received his plate.

The group started to eat in a silence.

Carley clear her throat, "Well... this is interesting." She said, awkwardly.

No one responded.

She let out a sigh, trying to start a conversation. "So what did everyone do before this?" Carley asked.

Everyone seemed a bit hesitant to speak, so Carley started, "I'm a news reporter. Or was... I came down with a team to cover the cherry blossom festival." She explained. "It was actually turning out to be pretty cool, if I do say so myself..." She suddenly trailed off, wearing a pained expression.

Clementine knew why as she remember that radio broadcast.

"I got to travel to a few interesting places actually." Carley sighed. "And the pay was okay, so I think it was worth it."

"I was a fisherman." Kenny spoke next, understanding Carley was attempting to break the ice. "You know, spent a lot of time on a boat. I'd take whatever I caught back to sell."

"Ever make any big catches?" Shawn asked.

"Depends what you think of as big." Kenny replied. "If you're thinking shark or something then no. It was mostly mackerel, dolphin, the like."

Shawn gave a nod. "Yeah, it's probably be hard to catch a shark."

"Not to say I wouldn't try." Kenny smirked.

"Kenny." Katjaa rolled her eyes, but Kenny just shrugged in response.

Katjaa sighed and looking to the group, "I'm a Veterinarian." Katjaa said. "I worked with my fair share of animals. Just a few weeks ago we had a group a firefighters bring in some baby kittens they'd rescued from an abandon house."

"Aww!" Clementine cooed.

"Yeah... Katjaa wanted to keep those little things." Kenny shook his head with a sigh.

"Not a cat person?" Carley asked.

"They're okay." Kenny shrugged. "I'm more into dogs though."

"We used to have a dog." Duck said happily. "His name was Elvis!"

"Yeah, he got sick... Had to put him down." Kenny sighed.

"And Kenny may have shed a few tears." Katjaa said,

"Kat-" Kenny's face turned red in embarrassment, he let out another sigh, shaking his head. "He was my best friend."

"My mom didn't like dogs. I had a hamster when I was younger though." Clementine said, looking up from the food she was nibbling on.

"What happened to it?" Katjaa asked.

"It somehow managed to get out of its cage while I was at school," The girl grumbled, "I think my parents actually gave it away." She huffed.

The group let out a laugh at the girl's expression.

"I was part of the air force." Lilly informed the group once the laughter had died down.

"Yep." Larry spoke proudly, "She's trained to kick some ass!"

"Dad..." Lilly sighed, "Training is pretty intense, but I was thinking it's good to know, the basics at least."

"You know how to fly a plane?" Kenny asked.

"That's so cool!" Duck exclaimed.

"Would be cool, never actually flew one before." Lilly replied.

"That would be awesome!" Duck said.

"Worked with mainly tech stuff." Lilly explained.

The boy seemed confused and soon lost interest in the conversation and started eating his food.

"I grew up on a farm... It wasn't the most luxurious life, but it was all I knew. My dad, he... he tried his best to make sure we were safe, well taken care. He did a good job. He could be... Overprotective, but I guess the same goes for all parents..." Shawn started, he paused for a moment, feeling his heart clench as he remembered his family. "I... I spent most of my time there." Tears pricked his eyes, but he quickly blinked them away.

Clementine gave him a pat on the hand and he sent the girl a grateful smile.

"Explains your manners." Larry scoffed.

Shawn choose to ignore the man, "What about you, Clem?" He asked.

"Oh... Well, I'm a straight A student... I mean I was most of the time." Clementine sighed.

The group looked at her, waiting for her to continue.

"What do you mean "most of the time"?" Kenny asked.

Clementine gave another sigh, "I got a B..."

"That's not bad," Katjaa smiled at the teenager, who quickly shook her head in disagreement.

"A B minus!" Clementine exclaimed. "Can you believe that?!"

The group burst into laughter as the girl complained.

"What's so funny?" Clementine demanded.

"You're freaking out over a B." Kenny laughed.

"It's not a B." Clementine huffed. "It's a B minus!"

"It's not that serious, darlin'." Kenny said.

"It is!" Clementine said. "It's a very serious matter."

The group once again started laughing. Clementine looked over to Shawn to see he was laughing too.

Clementine started to mope, "No one understands me..." She mumbled.

Shawn gave her a light shove, "Lighten up, kid."

A small smile graced her lips, maybe things would be okay afterall.

"So other than school, what did you do?" Carley asked the teen.

"I used to take martial arts." Clementine explained.

"Really?" Lilly asked, "It's good to know how to defend yourself."

"Yeah. I never really got too into it though, so I only know the simple stuff."

Kenny chuckled causing the girl to look over to him.

"What?" Clementine asked.

Kenny smirked, "Hate to break to you darlin', but you don't look like you could hurt a fly."

Clementine was about to speak, but Lilly beat her to it. "Bet she could kick all of your asses once she's been put through military training.

"Don't push the kid, don't want her getting hurt." Larry spoke up.

"Yeah." Lilly agreed. "I know dad."

"If it's gonna hurt her, I don't think she should be doing it." Kenny said.

"I've have a few minor breaks before, I can handle it." Clementine stated.

"I don't think so." Kenny said. He looked over the teen for a long moment trying to determine if she was being serious or not. The look in her eyes indicated that she was being serious. "Look, kid... I don't think you realize it, but girls aren't as strong as they like to think."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Carley demanded.

"Just what it sounds like." Kenny replied.

"You're being sexist!" Clementine said.

"S-Sexist?" He huffed, "What makes you say that?"

"You just said girls couldn't be strong." Clementine said.

"Well, they can be, but girls are supposed to be dainty." Kenny replied.

"So you've never seen a strong woman before?" Lilly asked, "What about your wife?"

Katjaa sent Kenny a look, waiting for his response.

Kenny stammered a bit, "That... That's not the point."

"That's exactly the point." Lilly countered, becoming livid with how obtuse the man was being. "You don't think females can be strong?"

"They can be somewhat strong." Kenny said scratching the back of his neck.

Clementine rolled her eyes at that comment. "So they can't be stronger than guys." She wasn't going to back down now that he started this battle.

"They can, but that's not normal." Kenny stated. "The girls that are stronger than guys are the ones who look like He-man."

Kenny could feel all the glares that were directed to him, and he let out a nervous cough.

"But women are the ones who have to go through pregnancy. Men would probably die if they had to do that." Clementine said. "Imagine pushing something the size of a watermelon out of-"

Shawn's eyes widened and he quickly cut the girl off. "Uh, Clementine, I think we get it."

"Do you?" Clementine asked.

Kenny opened his mouth to speak, but was stopped when Katjaa called his name.

They looked to the woman who had her hands over Duck's ears.

"That's enough." Katjaa scold him, as if taking to a naughty child. "Take your food and go to the room."

The order was firm, and feeling all the tension in the room, Kenny didn't protest. With a sigh, he stood up to obey, knowing he was going to be sleeping on the couch tonight.

After they finished the meal, Kenny came outside and silent placed his plate down, trying to ignore the glares he was getting from the girls. He and Larry then went to go work on the wall, with Shawn soon going to help, despite Larry's protest.

Lilly had stationed herself on top of an RV to take watch, while Katjaa sat with Duck, who was happily coloring, and Carley went to put the dishes away.

Clementine found herself getting bored of sitting and doing nothing. She wanted to help. She decided to go over to ask Lilly if there was anything she could do.

"Hey, Lilly." She greeted the woman.

Lilly looked down at the girl, "Hey Clem."

"Do you need any help with anything?" Clementine asked.

"Sure..." The woman responded, motioning for the teen to come up.

The girl slowly and carefully made her way up the ladder and took a seat beside the woman.

"So, I wanted to go through the food supply," Lilly explained, showing Clementine the several bags that they kept the food in.

"It looks like a lot." The teen commented.

"For one person maybe, but we're feeding a whole group. It goes pretty fast." Lilly explained.

Clementine nodded. "You're right."

The two started sorting through the bag in silence.

After a few moments, Clementine spoke, "I think this will all last about four days, maybe a week at the most."

Lilly complimented Clementine's math skills with a chuckle, as the teen came to the conclusion of how long the food would last.

Once they had finished putting the food back in the bags, Lilly asked Clementine to take them to the breakfast room for storage. Clementine did so without protest.

When the teen returned she found the group was huddled around each other, seemly discussing something. Clementine walked over to hear what was being said.

"So we only have about four days worth of food left." Lilly informed the group. "We need some people who will be willing to make a run into town to get some more."

"I'll go!" Clementine offered immediately.

"I don't think so." Kenny quickly said.

"I can handle it." Clementine claimed.

"I'm with Kenny." Katjaa said, "It's too dangerous."

"Seriously?" Clementine asked in disbelief. "I'm not a little kid, guys."

"We just don't want you getting hurt." Shawn said, patting her on the head.

The girl was surprised, she looked to Carley hoping she would have her back.

"After what happened last time... I don't think that's a good idea, Clem." Carley said.

Clementine huffed and turned away.

"Well, that's settled." Lilly said with a sigh before asking, "So who's going?"

"I'd go, but..." Shawn motioned towards his leg.

"Yeah, maybe next time." Lilly nodded her understanding. "I don't want my dad out there." Lilly stated, crossing her arms.

"I guess that leaves me." Carley sighed.

"I'll go with you." Kenny told her. "Don't want anyone getting "stuck" again."

"That'll work." Lilly said. "The drugstore seems like the best bet. Had quite a bit of supplies."

Kenny nodded, "We can take my truck down."

"Sounds good." Lilly agreed.

Clementine listened to them talk for a few moments, an idea coming to her. A mischievous smile fell upon the teen's lips as she walked away.

The next morning Clementine was up bright and early. She was ready to carry her plan into action, she just had to be careful.

She made sure to load her gun, turning the safety on before fastening it at her waist.

Her stomach fluttered with butterflies as she made her way out of the room and started walking towards where she knew the truck was parked.

She opened the door, surprised to find it wasn't locked, and climbed inside.

She made sure to shut the door as quietly as possible.

She hid beneath a blue blanket that was half falling off the seat.

An unknown amount of time passed and Clementine was starting to think she had got in to early, when suddenly she hears the driver's door open followed quickly by the passenger's door.

She panicked, clinging to the blanket, and holding her breath. She was sure she was caught.

She waited for a few moments, nervously waiting to be found... but instead the door slammed close.

She was safe. She held back a sigh of relief, as she cautiously moved the blanket, just enough that she could peek out.

Kenny was sitting in the driver's seat, adjusting the rear-view mirror. Clementine hoped that he didn't see her.

He didn't, and the second he looked away Clementine pulled the blanket up to cover her more, just in case.

"Let's get this over with." She heard Kenny grumble out. He sounded tired. She figured he wasn't much of a morning person.

Clementine pressed herself into a corner as she felt the truck began to move. Slowly it rolled into a right turn.

Clementine remained still as possible, frozen with the thought of being discovered.