Returns 2
Lee sat down next to a brown-haired man, Luke, Kenny had told him about, "I heard you looked out for Clementine."
Luke let out a huff, "I almost didn't recognise her, she's all grown up."
"Yeah, she's leading a group." Said Lee, looking around, he saw AJ sneak in, "Hey, bud."
AJ waved at Lee, before trying to pull something out from under a bench, the sound catching the attention of the others attention. Rebecca froze, as AJ finally managed to remove a massive book from under the bench.
"What's that?" Asked Luke, getting AJ to look up at him.
"We have a game," Answered AJ, "We take this book and hide it." He looked down, "Clementine made it up, said it'll help us scavenging."
"What," Rebecca coughed, "what did Clementine tell you about your parents?"
AJ shrugged, "Their names, how she met them."
"R-really?" Asked Rebecca, her voice breaking.
AJ looked up at her, "Are you okay?"
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Clementine threw up over the side of her bed, "Ugh."
"I suppose it's nice there is still a teenager in there." Remarked Ms. Martin, as Clementine groaned, "I think, given your symptoms, we can agree on my diagnosis."
"Great." Moaned Clementine, rolling onto her back, "Just what I needed."
Ms. Martin sighed, before checking Clementine's temperature with the back of her hand, "You'll be fine." Ms. Martin started to walk off, calling back to Clementine, "Get some sleep, it'll help."
Clementine grumbled, before rolling onto her side. Part of her wanted Louis, another part told her to grow up and acting like a child. The bed dipping alerting to someone sitting next to her, she heard them remove their shoes, before Louis's arms wrapped around her.
"Hey." Murmured Louis, getting a smile from Clementine.
"Hey." Responded the woman, as Louis cuddled into her back, "I thought you were helping Vi."
"She's contacting Javi." Said Louis, sighing into Clementine's neck, "She, er, she also said you might be…"
"Pregnant?"
"Yeah."
Clementine sighed, "I suppose it doesn't help that my only experience with pregnancy was with Christa and Rebecca."
"Yeah," Murmured Louis, as Clementine felt her eyes get heavy, "let's talking about after you've rested."
Clementine let out a small hum, before sleep claimed her.
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"This way." Said Kate, leading the couple that appeared looking for Clementine.
Christa glanced at Omid. Personally, she didn't want to find the girl, part of her hoping she was dead, but Omid insisted on finding her. A small hand grabbing her finger made her look down, in addition to Omid appearing, their daughter had appeared with him, at the age she would've been had she survived.
Kenlee raised her arms up, prompting Christa to pick her up. Omid stopped and looked at something in her peripheral, making Christa stop.
"What's that?" Asked Christa, making Omid hold the photo out to her. Taking it, she frowned and glared at the polaroid or Clementine and a baby. While Omid seemed happy that Clementine was alive, Christa was livid.
Kate walked back to them frowning, before she spotted the picture, "Wow, she must've only turned thirteen when that was taken."
"What do you mean?" Asked Omid, as Christa looked at the woman.
"She still has all her fingers," Answered Kate, "she lost half her ring finger on her left hand while protecting AJ."
"His name's AJ?" Asked Christa, frowning, "Who's his father?"
"Clementine said she met his parents shortly before he was born," Explained Kate, looking at them, "his father was killed by a guy who'd been hunting them, and his mother died after childbirth a few days later."
"And she's been caring for him all this time?" Asked Omid, getting a sigh from Kate.
"There was a…period where AJ got sick and she took some medicine to help him," Answered Kate, "our doctor, Lingard, was, at the time, a drug addict and Clem took from his personal supply. He managed to convince the leaders at the time that AJ was dying, and Clem wasted resources on him."
Omid glanced at Christa, as Kate continued, "Clem was kicked out of their settlement and AJ was taken from her. She struck out on her own for a bit, I heard from a guy in Alexandria she gave Negan a scar."
"Did she?" Asked Omid, getting a shrug from Kate.
"I haven't asked her." Answered Kate, "I only heard it after she left Richmond, and I didn't see her on the recent visit."
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Violet groaned as she heard Justin screaming at Alex, while Maddie, Stephanie and Therissa were ragging on the changes done to the school. Clementine was still out, which Violet didn't know if it was a good or bad thing. Javi had agreed to her request, saying the other settlements, Alexandria, Hilltop and the Commonwealth, would supply additional materials and manpower.
Glancing down, Violet froze, before hopping down.
"Aasim?" Called Violet, looking in a box, "Where're the grenades?"
"What?" Aasim rushed over, before looking in the box, "Guys, there were about, twelve grenades in this box and now they're gone."
"Oh, that." Said Dewey, getting their attention, "I traded them."
"You- What do you mean you 'traded them'?" Demanded Violet, getting a shrug from Dewey.
"I saw something I liked and made a trade."
Violet looked him over, spotting an old flintlock pistol, "You traded our grenades for that?!"
Dewey looked at the pistol, before shaking his head, "No, for a CD."
Violet's eye twitched, before Omar grabbed her arm.
"What's goin' on?" Came Clementine's voice, as she rubbed her eyes.
"This idiot traded all our grenades for a CD." Said Aasim, making Clementine stop.
With a sigh, looked over the group, "Y'know what, I'm going to talk to the new arrivals. Violet, do what you deem fit."
And without another word, Clementine spun around on the prosthetic and limped towards the hospital. Leaving Dewey to Violet's mercy.
Clementine took a deep breath when she reached the hospital's doors, before she pushed them open. The sound of Eminem playing made her pause, before she spotted a radio plugged into an outlet, part of her was thankful they got the solar panels, while another part of her moaned at how she'll get the songs stuck in her head. She hadn't taken more than five steps, before she tripped on a familiar old book.
Grumbling, she picked it up and hobbled over to a bookshelf and put the book on it.
"I've had them taken to the Gymnasium." Said Ms. Martin, making Clementine jump, "Although, I might have Carlos brought back here."
Clementine nodded, before looking around, "How're things settling in?"
"You mean aside from all of them remember dying?" Asked Ms. Martin, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah."
"Sarah's the only one that's mention it." Sighed Ms. Martin, "But the others are less than willing to mention it."
Clementine nodded, swallowing, "Did, did any of them say anything else, Ms. Martin?"
"My name's Clarissa," Said Ms. Martin, "and that foul mouthed one, Kenny, he mentioned being ejected from a car after it crashed. Something, Louis tells me, is a speciality of yours."
"I'm a better driver than he thinks." Defended Clementine, getting a raised eyebrow from Clarissa.
"At least you know how to drive." Countered Clarissa, "AJ talked to a couple of them, so you might want to deal with soon."
Clementine nodded, and turned to leave, only for Clarissa to say, "Leg." And point at her prosthetic.
With a flush, Clementine fixed her leg and strode out of the hospital. On her way to the Gym, she spotted Daryl and Michonne, a couple of survivors that'd come to help with the expansion by taking out any Walkers, while a woman called Carol led the hunting efforts.
"Penny?" Came a voice to her left, Clementine turned and found Morgan, a survivor that came with some of the others.
"Clementine, actually." Corrected Clementine, making Morgan laugh.
"I meant for your thoughts." Responded Morgan, leaning against his staff, "You look worried."
"It's the dead returning, as in normally returning and not turning into a Walker." Said Clementine, looking at the people.
Morgan sighed, "I know the feeling. Rick, the leader of Alexandria, would've come as well, but his son walking up to the gates stopped him. Then there's Hershel, Beth and Glenn stopping Maggie. Some of us are excited to have our families back, but me, and, I believe to some extent, you, we're too concerned about the state of the world and how we've changed."
Clementine let out a humourless laugh, "That's putting it mildly."
"Well," Morgan placed a hand on her shoulder, "I encourage you to talk to someone about it, some prefer to talk to a stranger, while other go to people they know well."
Clementine nodded, not trusting her voice. After Morgan moved on, she resumed her path to the Gym.