AN: Welcome back to Walking Dead: Instinct ladies and gentleman. Before we start, I want to let you know I'm bringing in three familiar faces in this chapter. I know you'll like two of them, but i would hate the last familiar face you the most. Also, I do not own Anne, Aquadestinyembrace does. Plus, I set up another OC i have put in this chapter. I might also put Walking Dead: Instinct on hold for a while, however; I am only unsure at the moment. If you don't see a another chapter in the next two months, it will be on hold. So as always, please review and enjoy.

Chapter 11: Assault on Howe's

Noah narration

I did not know what to think anymore since we left that house. Hell, I was not even surprised that damn Russian kid could shoot Clementine like that. Kenny was right about that... that shitbird from the start. Russell was right about not trusting him too, but with Mike letting Arvo out so both of them could get away? That was unbelievable, nobody was expecting it. In the end, Eddie along with Mike and Kenny were now dead. Left behind in the frozen air and snow-covered forest. I let Jane drive while I went to sleep in the passenger seat and held AJ in my arms after I set my feet up on the dashboard when I felt tired. For the first time in my life, I didn't know where to go. I didn't know where we could go. Wellington? I don't even know if that place exists or not, or if it's like Howe's where's there is really no sanctuary. Somewhere up the East Coast, or head to the West Coast for someplace else? I did not know and I couldn't even decide where to go. I figured if I rest up, I would eventually get an answer. I hope to God I do.

I started to remember things when I was in the motor-inn, with my first group. I remember Lilly teaching us fire-arm practice, Beatrice teaching us things she knew when she was a nurse before the outbreak, and I remember training myself in mixed martial arts before the walker apocalypse. I put all of that training and knowledge into my head. Whenever it came to fixing the motel's generator, I knew how to do it from instant practice I learned from college. One of my mom's boyfriends teaching me how to hunt, how to plan a trap, and how to use my head to get away from a terrible situation. The other taught me about mechanics, and the last one convinced me of taking engineering. Once the outbreak started leading to the apocalypse, I knew I had to be ready. I knew that I had to survive in order to keep living. Wherever we walked, ran, drove off to... all that mattered was staying alive and not dying.

End narration

Noah slowly opened his eyes as he looked down to see baby AJ sleeping on his chest peacefully, with Noah's arm cradling the infant. He looked left to see Jane still driving and that it was morning already with snowflakes falling from the sky. They looked to be still in the woods leaving barely enough snow covering the ground, but unsure where they were heading. Noah looked at the back seat to see Clementine still unconscious, and the Siberian Husky canine Milly outside, which surprised him since he thought she was with Lee, Carley, and Wyatt. He put his hand on Clementine's chest, feeling the pounding of her heartbeat going while he placed it on his forehead as he sighed for relief.

"Hey, you're awake." Jane said smiling after she glanced to see Noah was up and about after he woke up. "How did you sleep?"

"Fine." Noah yawned loudly, now looking to where were which seemed to be a forest covered in bits of snow. "Where are we now?" he asked Jane

"In the woods." she stated. "On our way back to Howe's."

"What?" Noah said in disbelief. "We're heading back to Howe's, as in Carver's camp? Are you serious right now!?"

"I think Bonnie said there was some baby formula left there." Jane replied. "We should be back there in a few minutes. It's worth the look, Noah."

Noah frowned at Jane. "Are you forgetting the fact that Nate is still on our asses after that shootout with the Russian Mafia?"

"Nate won't think twice about going back to Howe's after what happened." Jane said with her eyes now on the road. "He'll found someplace else to set camp at or find help from local bandits he could find and put together. He might even take slaves or workers he could grab. He would even..." Jane trailed off looking down for a moment before setting her eyes back on the road

Noah raised an eyebrow. "Jane?"

"Nate is known to have a 'hunger' for women." she grimaced. "Aside from being a complete pervert, he'll make women have sex with them. Either by simple seduction or sheer force. Even younger girls. Teenage girls, and even preteens ones at that."

"What are you..." Noah pause as he glanced back at Clementine. "Did he touch-" Jane had cut him off

"No, he didn't get to Clementine. Not even Carley, or Stephanie, but..." Jane paused as she shook her head. "he got to one of us. He just... he violated her. Lusted his desires on her, forcibly. He almost got close doing the same thing to me and Sarah."

Noah narrowed his eyes at Jane. "What do you mean by one of you?"

"It was Sarita. She got the worse of it out of both of us." she answered looking away, with Noah's eyes widened with absolute shock as they reached Howe's. "Nate also got her knocked up along the way, a day before we escaped Howe. I think the reason was because Sarita kept throwing up a lot back while we were still there."

Noah slammed his fist on the glove compartment. "That sick freak!" he yelled as AJ started to cry. "Oh, shit. Sorry about that, AJ." he said trying to calm AJ down

"Before Sarah was next on his list, Russell and Wyatt stopped him and told Carver." Jane stated. "Even had him locked up in a cage for it. I don't think she told Kenny about what happened to her."

"I bet Kenny would have ripped Nate's heart out. The same goes for Carlos if he'd ever found out that piece of shit almost went after his daughter." Noah muttered when he looked at the view mirror to see the van and RV behind them

"Looks like the others are with us." Jane said as they heard a voice from behind, only to see Clementine had woken up. "Clem!"

Noah wrapped Clementine in a hug. "Clementine!"

"Noah... you're crushing me too tight." she made out gasping for air

"Sorry." he said letting go of her as all three of them, plus AJ in Noah's hands step out of the truck. "Let's get what we came for and leave."

"Why don't we stay here?" Jane asked. "We can secure this place. Took control every part of it."

"We aren't staying here." Noah replied, remembering the deaths of Boyd, Carlos, and Sarita happened in Howe's. "A few lives were lost in this hellhole of a place. I don't want to stay where we lost those we knew that died here."

"If not here, then where?" Jane inquired. "You're not thinking about heading to Wellington, are you? Do we even know this place exists?"

"I don't know. I don't..." Noah trailed off slightly looking away. "I need a while to think on where we go next."

"Clementine! Oh, thank God!" Carley ran and hugged her adopted daughter regard like her own daughter tightly in a embrace. "We thought we lost you, honey."

Clementine hugged her back. "I'm okay, mom." she said as Carley and Lee looking at her with a surprised look on their faces

Noah's ear perked at what Clementine said. "Did you just call Carley mom?"

"Well... yeah." she answered shrugging

"Clem..." Lee paused to rub the back of his neck. "I know me and Carley know that we're not your real parents, but-" Clementine cut Lee off

"I don't care about that." Clementine said looking at Lee and Carley. "You and Carley have been taking care of me since all of this started. You are the only people I could consider my parents. The only people I could consider my family."

Carley smiled hugging Clementine back in her arms as Lee joined in. "Okay, okay. We love you too, sweet pea."

"Did you just say-" Lee and Carley cut Noah off

"Noah." they both said

"What?" he said defensively as he raised his hands in mock surrender

The rest of the group started to approach the others once they saw they were they. "Why in the hell are we here?" Russell groused

Noah gazed at Jane as his arms folded together. "Tell them."

"We're here because Bonnie mentioned there was baby formula still here." Jane explained to the group. "We might even stay."

"Do you not remember the herd that was here days ago?! We almost got ourselves killed." Becca outburst

"We can't risk staying here." Vince replied

"Hold up." everyone glanced at Noah. "We are not staying here." he told them. "We're getting what we need here and leaving. That's it."

"So what do we look for besides baby formula for AJ?" Shel asked Noah

"Weapons, ammo, and food. Even medicine if there's any left." Noah answered. "If there is anything left."

"I agree with that plan." Shel replied, agreeing with Noah's suggestion. "We can get what we need and go."

"Lead on." Vince said the others followed Lee and Noah

Making their way inside Howe's, they discovered a zombified Carver and Troy. Their legs were ripped apart as they tried to crawl, but Vince and Russell hacked both of them with a pair of tomahawks taken from the museum at Parker's Run. A chunk of their heads flew off while the rotten stench of their skin stayed as the group went inside the stock room. All of a sudden, Lee spotted a glimpse of a small group coming ahead. It looked to be exactly five people. One was a red haired man with a combed back hairstyle, wearing glasses. The other was a woman wearing a yellow jacket and brown pants. The third was a dark skin preteen a year older than Clementine, but a couple of years younger than Becca. The fourth was a teenage girl who was either a year older, or the exact same age as her. Long, shaggy brown hair, with her bangs to cover over her right eye. A bandanna that covered her right along with her styled bangs. She wore a black flannel shirt over a black shirt underneath and blue jeans. The interesting thing about the girl was that had a guitar strapped behind her. The fifth was a auburn haired 23 year old wearing a blue biker jacket and black jeans, with a sniper rifle on his back. The auburn haired man in his early twenties jogged a memory into Noah, who felt like he had seen the person before. Lastly, was a familiar woman to Lee, Carley, Clementine, and most of all Noah as their eyes were wide. The woman had long brown hair wearing a black coat with a white shirt underneath, and urban camouflage pants while she carried a hunting rifle that had a scope attached.

"Is that...?" Lee trailed off still shocked

"Lily?" Clementine finished in question upon seeing the woman in their old group

Lily gazed at the four people familiar to her. "Lee." she glanced at Carley, Clementine, and Noah. "Carley. Noah. Clementine."

Jane glanced at the four who stared in shock. "You guys know who this woman is?"

"As a matter of fact, we do." Carley said while Noah glanced at the familiar 23 year old. "She was in our old group. The one with Kenny and his family."

"Jimmy?" Noah asked. "Jimmy Vogel?"

"How do you... wait a minute." the person known as Jimmy walked slowly to Noah. "Noah? Noah Kane?"

"You two know each other?" the girl in the bandanna asked

"We were best friends since the 3rd grade." Jimmy stated patting Noah on the shoulder. "His mom worked with my dad when we were kids."

"When I heard about Buckhead a day after the outbreak, I thought you were done for." Noah started. "What happened?" he asked Jimmy

"While my parents and I were waiting for the military, walkers started to pour in." he said, explaining his situation when the outbreak had started. "I lost my parents in the first few hours. After that, I had a group but lost them sixteen months ago. The next day I met Anne, the girl with the guitar and Lilly for almost two years. She didn't mention that you two met. We met Randy, Patricia, and their son Gill just recently."

Noah glanced at the couple and their son. "The mom maybe, but that is not the dad." he said staring at the family

"Yeah, his real dad died three weeks after the outbreak." Jimmy replied as he glanced at Lee, Carley, and Clementine. "Lilly told me the story about Lee. Was he really a convicted killer who killed a state senator?"

"By accident." Noah replied staring at Lee, Carley, and Clementine talking to Lilly. "Lee caught the dude cheating on his wife. One thing led to another and... you know the rest."

"Holy shit." Jimmy said in a shocked tone. "No wonder that senorital mess was a total cluserfuck." changing the subject, Jimmy glanced at Noah's group. "Is this your place?"

"No, we're not staying here long." Noah stated. "It's just you guys?"

"We have two more people with us." Jimmy reminded pointing his thumb out back. "We ran into them eight days ago." he explained when Noah looked ahead of Jimmy, two people to be exact, however; Noah's eyes widened as he saw a couple of familiar faces. "They said their names were-"

Noah step forward as he walked closer to the two familiar people. "Omid?! Christa?!"

Said persons were wide eyed to see him, Lee, Carley, and Clementine alive. "I don't believe it." Christa manage to say. "You guys are still alive." Lee, Carley, and Clementine's expression turned to shock once they saw Christa and Omid; alive and well

"God, what happen to you guys?" Omid spoke

"It's a long story." Noah said

Christa glanced over to Lee carrying something in his arms as she walked closer to them, while they were talking to Lilly. Omid followed when Anne and the rest of Lilly's made their way over Noah's group. Noah glanced at Vince and Nick motioning his hand, which told them not to interfere. Christa looked to see what was in Lee's arms, her eyes become wide when she saw a infant; AJ to be specific. Christa felt like you wanted to hold the baby in her hands, but Noah and Lee nodding their heads.

"He's adorable." Christa said smiling at AJ. "What's his name?"

"Alvin jr. We call him AJ for short." Lee said as his smile quickly faded away. "His real parents died. His father before he was born, and his mother three days after."

Christa frowned. "Poor thing." she replied laying a kiss on AJ's forehead

Omid glanced at Lee and Noah. "Where do you guys plan to go? Do you plan to head to Wellington?"

"At the moment, we don't know where to go." Noah stated. "We're unsure about Wellington."

Christa frowned. "If a place like Wellington exists, what harm could it do to go?" she inquired

"That place is probably a hoax." Jane said coldly folding her arms

Christa frowned a glare at Jane. "Who are you?"

"That would be Jane." Carley introduced Christa and Omid to. "The others are Vince, Wyatt, Russell, Shel, her sister Becca, and-" Anne cut her off

"Nick?"

"I take it that you two know each other?" Noah inquired

"Actually, we kinda do. Before she left this place for good one night." Nick waved his hand at Anne. "Hey, Anne. Long time no see."

"I can't believe it's you. Where's Luke and the others?" Anne asked leaving Nick to suddenly look down along with Noah and his group. "Nick?"

"They're gone, Anne." he said sadly

Anne gasped with her wide eye. "Everyone? Even Sarah?"

"Even her." Nick replied sadly. "I wish they were here right now."

"I didn't even want to come over here because of Carver. Is he-" Vince cut Anne off

"He's dead, along with this place." he said. "There's still Nate though."

Anne's eye went bug eyed. "Oh god." she gasped. "Him?! Of all people, that perverted bastard is still alive!?"

"Pretty much." Wyatt said rubbing the back of his neck

Anne sighed in irritation. "Why couldn't he just stay dead?!"

"You and me both." Russell said, agreeing with Anne

"Well, we'll get what we need and go." Lee stated. "In the meantime we should think on where to go."

"That sounds like a good idea." Lilly said in agreement with Lee, showing a sudden smile on her face. "We get half, you get half."

"Yeah. I really don't want another fight on our hands." Noah said. "Your group goes left, ours go right."

the red haired man in glasses glanced at Lilly. "You're not seriously thinking about agreeing with them, are you?" his voice held anger inside, leading Noah to possibly believe he was a violent person

Lilly turn to glare at Randy. "We're doing it whether you like it or not." she glanced at Lee and Noah. "Can we go inside?"

"Of course." Noah replied, now turning his attention to Lilly. "Come inside. There's something we have to talk to you about."

"Patricia, can you help Randy out with getting our supplies?" Lilly asked

"Of course." said woman patted her son's shoulder, motioning him to follow her. "Come on, Gill."

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"Holy fuck." Lilly said bug eyed

"That's what been happening to us since you were gone." Lee said

"So it was Ben. Shit!" Lilly exclaimed punching a box to where she sat as Lilly glanced at Noah. "You said he didn't tell you after Katjaa and Duck died?" she asked Noah

"He mentioned it after they died." he replied. "Travis, too. Ben was the only one dealing with the bandits from the save lot."

"I bet Kenny wanted to rip his damn head off." Lilly muttered. "To recap: You guys want to Savannah, find Clementine's parents who were walkers, and your mother was bitten and Lee had to give her mercy."

Lee sighed. "That's everything."

Christa and Omid started to glance at Nick and the others. "How did you meet them?" Omid asked

"After we were separated, me and Clementine were found by the Nick's group that lived in a cabin in the woods." Noah stated. "When they saw the dog bite that I had gotten earlier before I met them, they thought it was walker bite. Locked me in the damn shed in the process."

Omid chuckled. "I'm pretty sure you were pissed as hell." he said. "You have a helluva mean streak sometimes."

"He was and he did." Carley said. "Noah wanted to kick Luke's ass, their leader and Nick over there. Also..." she paused looking down. "it turns out that they were being hunted by a man named William Carver. This place was his camp. We got captured after we found out that Kenny was alive in a ski lodge up north."

"How did you guys escape?" a voice asked beside Lilly who was Anne

"Anne." Lilly scolded with a hard stare

"It's all right." Lee said as he turned his attention to Anne. "We covered ourselves in walker guts to get away freely from Howe's. However; things took a turn for the worse when Carlos was shot in the neck and eaten by walkers."

Anne's eye widened with shock and horror. "Oh my god." she gasped

"Sarah saw her father die in front of her and she ran for it." Clementine informed. "That's when Sarita, Kenny's girlfriend was bitten. So Ben and I had to chop her hand off."

Lilly raised a quirked eyebrow. "Why do I get the feeling that Kenny got pissed off at the both of you?"

"Because he did after we escaped from Howe's." Lee replied. "Ben lost his shit after Kenny yelled at Clementine and pointed a gun right at Kenny's other eye."

"He never loses his shit like that before. Not even to me." Lilly said in disbelief. "Especially not at Kenny. Trying that on either one of us would be a death sentence for him. Him doing something like that took some real balls."

"Did he ever do that often?" Anne asked Lilly and the four people in her group, plus Omid and Christa

"That one was actually a first." Carley recalled. "He got bit and sacrifaced himself to save the others more time to escape in a walker infested trailer park." she stated sadly

"I take it that after what happened, things went from bad to worse?" Lilly asked as Noah nodded his head in reply to her question. "Then that means Kenny is dead. Hmm, at least he could see his family again."

"So, what do you of all of that?" Lee asked Lilly

"It's a lot to take in to be honest." she said looking down. "So much has happened since I went on a ego trip and got kicked out from the group." Lilly looked at Lee, Carley, Clementine, and Noah. "All because I acted so damn stupid. I wish I never lost my cool and shot Travis in the face."

Clementine started to look confused. She has never seen take pity on herself before, not even back at the motor-inn. "Lilly..."

"I need a minute." she said standing up from a chair she sat on and left. "I got a lot on my head right now, I'll talk to you guys later."

Anne's POV

It was quiet after Lilly left. No one didn't say anything. I never seen Lilly like that and I'm pretty sure neither have her old members from her group. When Lilly told me she did fucked up things that cause her trust to fade away from her group, I think she still feels the burden of betraying their trust. This girl, Clementine wanted to find her parents only to find out they were already dead. My supposed parents were kidnappers who treated me like shit and would verbally abuse me if I was out of line. Kids always bullied, my 'parents' even paid them to beat me up the first chance they got. Three years before the outbreak started, I found my real parents. My real mother was a therapist and part time musician. My real father on the other hand, was a manager of computer maintenance at Atlanta's national bank. The two people who kidnapped and who I thought were my parents got sent to jail for kidnapping and abuse. They're probably died now since the first days started back in the outbreak. I was still with my parents ever since the outbreak started, and I had no idea where they were now. Even after we lost our group, we stick together until a bandit attack happened and we got separated. I hope to God my parents are still alive.

I'll admit it. Once Lilly told me about having a convicted killer in her old group, he wasn't really that bad. After what I've seen from him, Lee's a good guy. I started to talk the people in Lilly's old group in the motor-inn to pass the time. Lee was a US history professor, he seem to love it. Carley was a reporter for WABE. Lee told me she was even a pretty good shot with a pistol. What surprised me more was that they had a dog. Noah was once a sophomore back in college taking engineering and mechanics. Computers were only a minor for him to take to pass some time in college. If I was correct, their dog Milly was a Siberian Husky. I've seen Laborders, Great Danes, and mostly German Shepards. Not once have I ever seen a Siberian Husky before.

"So you're a guitarist, huh?" Noah asked me

"I play some songs from time to time when I get time to sit."

"That must be a good hobby." Lee admitted. "It would be nice to hear some music whenever we travel."

"It is. I kept asking her if she could sing Black Sabbath's Iron man." Omid joked

Christa grinned. "And I told you to stop."

I snickered whenever Omid made one of his typical jokes. He's a funny guy, so you hardly ever that type of person in a zombie apocalypse. He always tells a joke to cheer someone up or to mostly pass the time.

Anne looked at Clementine. "Cool hat."

It really was a cool hat to be honest.

Clementine smiled. "Thanks." she said as Jimmy walked near the group

"The name's Jimmy. I'm Noah's best bud." he introduced. "You must be Lee, Carley, and Clementine." Jimmy said pointing at all three. "Has my friend here told you about me?"

"Bits and pieces." Lee stated

"I got a story before all of this." Jimmy started. "One time, we were in Aspen for the winter and tried to score these two hotties. One of them was a blonde and the other was a foreign exchange student from Vietnam. I went with the hottie the chance I saw her, while Noah went with her hot Asian friend." Noah shook his head with a smirk on his face as Jane and the others joined in. "One thing lead to another and we made out. Right up until one of their boyfriends came back and saw us kissing."

Wow... just wow.

"Noah tripped one of them while I ran like hell. We got away in my dad's company car, but I ran it over theirs." Jimmy said rubbing the back of his neck.

Busted! Guess he must have had bad luck while he was in Aspen. I never been there before to begin with. Me, mom and dad were planning to go when the fall season arrived before the outbreak started.

"Dad grounded for six weeks until he thought of my punishment." he concluded

"What was your punishment?" Vince asked

"I had to work at one of the buildings in my dad's company up near Peachtree for a while to pay up the damage I did to the company." Jimmy stated

"So was Noah with you when you crashed the company car?" Clementine asked

"No." Noah replied. "All I did was just snowboard down the hill. I didn't know Jimmy got in trouble until I got back from his family ski lodge."

He got lucky. Jimmy on the other hand, not so much. I wonder if Noah has some stroke of good luck since the apocalypse started. Before Jimmy could go further, we heard an explosion coming from outside. There was gunfire going on as everyone barricade the entrance. Me and Lee took a look what was going on outside. My eye widened at what I saw. It was Nate and his small private army as some of them had automatic weapons and the others had winchesters and M1I rifles from World War II. What surprised us the most was that we saw a tank. A fucking tank! Where the hell did Nate get a tank?! Where did he even find out!? And speak of the devil, there he was making his way toward Howe's.

"Come out here! I know you're in there. All of you." he yelled. "Jane, Russell, and the guy that sneak in with Luke."

I could see him cock the safety off from his AK-47 as Lilly and Jane ran toward me who took cover behind a crate close where me, Noah, and Lee were.

"Shit. It's Nate!" Jane exclaimed

"That psychotic bastard shot at us with that fucking tank." Lilly scowled. "Randy, Patricia, and Gill... they're dead because of that one shot."

Oh god... They're dead. I know Nate was a totally corked sociopath, but this... Jesus Christ! This is over the fucking edge!

"Last chance. Come on out and I'll promise I made this easier for you people!" Nate barked giving us an ultimatum

Then all of a sudden, a gunshot whizzed on Nate's trucker hat as it hit one of the bandits in the head. We looked to where the shot came from the sound the direction was carried, leading to the source. Russell.

"No deal!" he yelled, glaring at Nate

"Goddamn it!" Nate cussed, glaring to our direction. "You know, I expected you to be my buddy there, Russ!"

"Sorry to disappoint!" Russell fired another shot at Nate, only for the bullet to hit one of his men in the eye

Nate just waved his hand away as he armed his AK-47. "Fuck it. Kill 'em all!"

Nate's group of what remained of Carver's camp and the bandits allied himself with started firing on us. I pulled out my Glock 17 and started firing beside Lee and Lilly, while Noah helped Jane barricade us with covering fire. Some of the group like Shel, Becca, and Wyatt went to look for a way out behind Howe's while Christa and Omid took AJ to keep him safe. Carley, Vince, and Jimmy helped us by giving Nate's crew a wide berth. I saw the tank making its way, with Nate on the front of it shooting at us with a mounted machine gun.

"This fight feels like a war!" I heard Carley yell

"No shit!" Noah shouted still taking cover. "We need to take out that tank before we take another hit!"

"Any suggestions?" Jim inquired killing the bandits using her hunting rifle

I scanned the room for anything we could use to deal, even opening a few crates left to see if there was anything. Fortunately for us, I manage to find an RPG in one of the crates as Lilly started to arm the rocket launcher while Lee and Jimmy gave her covering fire. A explosion erupted on the left side of the back entrance, leaving us to get a good view of the tank. It was heading our way, slowly aiming at us. Lilly tossed the RPG at Lee, who quickly aimed at the tank and squeezed the trigger. The missile propelled toward the tank as it hit directly on impact. Sucks that Nate got out of there before the RPG hit the tank. I just wish that perverted dick would stay dead forever.

"Everyone get the hell out!" Lilly ordered

WHAT?!

"That's insane, Lilly and you know it!" Jimmy said in disagreement

I could hardly blame him. It is insane! How the hell is she going to fend of a small army and Nate all by herself?!

We saw Lilly point her finger to the propane tank as she grabbed a satchel charge from her backpack. "I'm going to arm this charge, blow this place fucking place to pieces."

I looked at her with a deadpanned expression on my face. "You do know you might get killed in the process of blowing this fucking place to the ground?!"

"All I have to do is let them all in and then I could I fuse the charge to go off." Lilly explained to us as she armed the detonator. "In the meanwhile, you guys find the others and get the hell out of here!"

"Lilly-"

"Damn it, Lee, this is NOT for debate!" she scowled. "Go. GO!" she yelled leaving us to get out of Howe's. "Anne!" I looked back to Lilly as she threw the bag with medical supplies and food to me. "These are good people. You and Jimmy will be all right. I hope you find your parents someday."

I was just speechless. Lilly of all people hoped that I would find my mom and dad.

"Lilly, there's-"

I felt a hand pull my away, looking back to see it was Jimmy. What the hell is he doing?!

"Come on!"

"We can just-"

"If she said go, we go!" Jimmy lead me to Lee and the others were leaving out on the back entrance where their vehicles were. "This was her call Anne, and you know it."

I took one last look at Lilly when we left, seeing her smile all of a sudden. Ever since I met her, she has always been a bitch. Christa and her got in their share of arguments from time to time, even in Randy's short temper attitude. I last saw Lilly pull the pin as she held, crouching down on a crate when Nate's crew showed up inside.

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"Well, well, well." Nate grinned wickedly as he grabbed Lilly by the wrist, pinning her directly to a wall. "I must admit you are one fine lady as I say so myself." he said giving her ass a rough squeeze

"Go to hell." Lilly spat in his face

"Ooh. You got a mouth on ya." Nate turned Lilly around to face him. "What do you say we find someplace to get our shag on? First things first, where are-" Nate stopped when he heard a clicking sound coming from the propane tank. "What the hell is that noise?" Nate fixed a cold glare. "You better start talking, missy."

Lilly simply just smiled deviously as she dropped the detonator, letting it hit the floor as the ticking went quicker and quicker. Nate looked under the propane tank, and saw a timer on the satchel charge heading to fifteen seconds counting. Nate's eyes went wide as saucers as he backed away.

"Everybody fucking RUN!" he yelled as he and his crew

Unfortunately for them, the propane tank exploded killing the rest of Nate's crew and half of the bandits that allied with him. Some were alone, burning in agony due to the flames sizzling their bodies. Nate on the other hand had a burnt shin and nearly burned hand as he crawled weakly. He applied weight on his knee in order to get up as he saw Howe's burn down to the ground, leaving it to led almost a herd of walkers behind him. He ran before the herd could arrive. As for Lilly, the last place she was nonetheless; was inside the stock room in Howe's. It was left unsure if she was alive or dead. Meanwhile the group drove off away from the destroyed hardware store once the base camp of William Carver. Anne and Clementine looked out the back window of the RV, staring at the black smoke from Carver's camp.

"Do you think she make it?" Clementine suddenly spoke to Lee and Anne, leaving the girl in the bandanna to nod her head

"We don't know, Clem. We don't know." Lee said as the group drove away in their vehicles, away from Howe's as far as possible