Wings
A New Day Part 3
The group was in Kenny's truck, which sputtered to a stop on a crossroad near a pharmacy.
"Well, this is as far as we're going." Said Kenny, opening the door.
"Then it's far enough." Responded Lee, as everyone got out of the truck and walked down the street. Lee briefly stopped in front of his family's pharmacy.
"Look!" Said Duck, pointing to what appeared to be a person near a car in the distance.
"Hey there!" Called Kenny, as he waved his arms, trying to get their attention, "You friendly? Truck's run out of gas."
The person looked up, revealing that it's actually one of those creatures eating a dead survivor.
"Fuck!" Swore Kenny, as more creatures started approaching the group, surrounding them.
"We're trapped!" Cried Katjaa, as Duck screamed.
One of the creatures knocked Duck over, pinning his wings to the ground and tried to attack him.
"No, no!" Screamed Duck, as Lee swung a wing out and took one of the creatures down. He turned around to see a brunette woman with deep purple wings was shooting at the creature, who collapsed on Duck, covering him in its blood. He quickly returned to the group and hugged his parents. The woman who saved Duck continued to shoot the creatures. Another survivor stood by the entrance of the pharmacy.
"Run!" He yelled, gesturing them over to him.
The woman fired a few more shots at the creatures, slicing one up with her wings, before joining the small group as they ran into the building behind the other survivor. He closed and padlocked the metal gate in front of the building and joined the others inside as the creatures pounded on the gate. There were three more survivors inside the pharmacy.
"We can't take risks like this!" Yelled another woman, another brunette.
"And we can't just let people die, either." Retorted the first woman.
"When I say 'that door stays shut no matter what' I fucking mean it." Snarled the second woman, "We don't know who these people are; they could be dangerous!"
"Worse, they could've led 'em right to us!" Sneered an old man.
"Where the hell is your humanity?! They would've died out there!" Demanded the first woman.
"Then we let 'em!" Snarled the old man.
"Whoa, chill the fuck out, lady." Said Lee, glaring at the woman, "We're just people trying to avoid those things, just like you."
"Don't come in here and swear at me!" Snarled the second woman, glaring at Lee.
"I'll say whatever I want if you start threatening these people." Snapped Lee, returning the glare and flaring his wings.
"You'll have to excuse her." Apologised the first woman, looking at Lee.
"The hell he, or anyone will." Snarled the second woman, "This is about survival, do you guys not see what's happening?"
Clementine held Lee's hand and looked up at him.
"What is it?" Asked Lee, his wings relaxing slightly.
"I... I have to pee." Whispered Clementine, nervously looking at the angry woman.
"I'd go out there again in a second." Said the man that helped save them.
"I bet you would." Sneered the second woman, "You're a dumb, careless kid."
"I would too!" Declared the first woman, her wings flaring out. Lee already decided he liked her.
"Then just go." Said Lee, looking back at the conversation as Clementine let go of Lee's hand.
"They've got kids, Lilly." Said the man.
"Those things outside don't care." Said Lilly, glaring at him.
"Maybe you should go join 'em then." Suggested Kenny, "You'll have something in common!"
"Goddamn it, Lilly, you have to control these people!" Snarled the old man.
"Carley and Glenn just ran out there!" Defended Lilly, looking at the old man, Lee mentally noted their names.
"I don't give a flying fuck!" Snarled the old man, "We're in a warzone!"
Clementine approached the bathroom, part of her needed to pee, but most of her wanted to get away from the fighting.
"She's an asshole, that's for sure." Muttered Lee, glancing at Kenny.
"That's what it takes." Spat Lilly, glaring at Lee.
"Well, you don't have to be a bitch about it." Retorted Lee, matching her glare.
"Holy shit." Swore the Old Man, looking behind him. Duck was sitting on one of the chairs near the bar with Katjaa cleaning him up, "Son of a bitch, one of them is bitten!"
"He wasn't bitten." Stated Lee, turning his glare on the man.
"Hell he wasn't!" Growled the Old man, sneering at Lee, "We have to end this, now."
The old man started to walk over to Duck and Katjaa, before Kenny intercepted him, blocking his path to the mother and son.
"Over my dead body." Growled Kenny, with Lee joining his side to make the impromptu barrier bigger.
"We'll dig one hole." Sneered the old man, making Lee flare his wings.
"No!" Cried Katjaa, frantically wiping the blood off Duck, "I'm cleaning him up! There's no bite! He's fine!"
Katjaa hurriedly wiped blood off Duck, searching for a bite as she did.
"Don't you fucking people get it?" Growled the Old Man, looking around, "We've already seen this happen. We let someone with a bite stay and... and we all end up bitten!"
"Shut up!" Yelled Kenny, glaring at him.
"We gotta throw him out," Bellowed the man, "or smash his head in!"
"Kenny, stop him!" Cried Katjaa, frantically wiping blood off Duck.
"Lee, what do we do about this guy?" Asked Kenny, glancing at Lee.
"Dad," Pleaded Lilly, "it's just a boy, it's—"
"Lilly," Growled the man, "I'll handle this."
"But your heart, Dad." Said Lilly, "You need to calm down. We'll get this kid out of here."
"It's either him or your son." Said Lee, "I say it's him."
Lee crossed his arms and glared at the old man while flaring his wings.
"Goddamn right," Said Kenny, glaring at the old man, "out on his ass with those things!"
"Everyone, chill the fuck out!" Yelled Carley, glancing at the windows and door.
"Nobody is doing anything." Snarled Lilly, glaring at everyone.
"Shut up, Lilly!" Bellowed the man, before he turned to Carley, "And you, shut the fuck up." He turned back to the group and snarled, "They will find us, and they will get in here, and none of this will fucking matter. But right now, we're about to be trapped in here with one of those things."
"What the hell are you talkin' about?" Demanded Kenny, glaring at the man.
"He's bitten! That's how you turn!" Bellowed the man, pointing at Duck.
"He's not bitten!" Cried Katjaa, "Lee, stop this! It's upsetting him!"
"Oh, I'm 'upsetting' him?" Scoffed the man, "Upsetting is getting eaten alive!"
"Dad, we get it," Interrupted Lilly, "it's a big deal."
"Do you?" Sneered the man, "You're not fucking acting like it!"
"What if this was your daughter?" Questioned Lee, glaring at the man with his wing rigid.
"Never woulda happened." Scoffed the man, "She's not some snot-nosed freak, okay? She's United States Air Force."
"Oh, fuck you and her!" Bellowed Kenny, snarling at the man, "I'm gonna kill him, Kat! Just worry about Duck."
"Lee?" Said Clementine, standing in front of the bathroom door.
"Yeah?" Answered Lee, keeping his eyes on the argument.
"There's someone in there." Said Clementine, looking at Lee.
"It's just locked. Key's behind the counter." Said Lee, before hastily adding, "Probably."
"Hey, I'm not the bad guy here," Snapped the man, "I'm just looking out for my daughter!"
"No, you're just the guy arguing for killing a kid!" Roared Kenny, his face red.
"He's covered in muck!" Snarled the man, "She'll find the bite. Watch!"
"She won't." Said Kenny, confidently.
"And if she does?" Questioned the man, "The first thing he'll do is sink his teeth into his mom's face. Then once she's dead, he'll probably pounce on your little girl! She'll turn fast and then they'll be three. And that, boy, is the ballgame."
"Then we deal with it then." Said Lee, getting between Kenny and the old man, "But right now we're just freaking everybody out."
Kenny felt a wave of relief fill him, glad Lee had his back.
"Then get ready to deal with it because that boy is bitten." Snarled the man, glaring at Lee.
"It's not gonna happen!" Snarled Kenny, his face slowly going a shade of purple.
"It is and we're tossing him out now!" Sneered the man, trying to push his way past Lee and Kenny.
"No! You don't touch that boy, you don't touch anybody!" Roared Lee, his wings arcing above his head and piercing the ceiling. Everyone froze at Lee's shout, "I've got a little girl I'm trying to protect in here too. You want to get violent, you old fuck?! Well, come on! You better have a plan to kill me, though, because it's me, before anyone else in here!"
Clementine screaming as she opened the bathroom door drew everyone's attention to her and causing them to see one of the creatures emerging from the bathroom, trying to attack Clementine.
"Jesus!" Swore the man, stepping back.
"Clementine!" Cried Lee, running over to her, before he ran into Lilly and fell to the ground, hitting his head on a shelf. His vision was blurry, but he could vaguely see the creature grabbing Clementine. Lee got up and ran over to Clementine, pulled the creature away from her and started grappling with it, "Get away from her, you son of a bitch!" He tossed the creature to the ground, going to arch his wings, only for one of his wings to give a stab of pain.
The creature got up and attacked Lee, and he suddenly found himself trying to push it away. "Ah, God, get off! Ugh..."
The creature was cut in half by a deep purple wing, before Carley shot it in the head as it writhed around on the floor.
"Man..." Groaned Lee, slowly relaxing his wings, feeling the pain in his wing start to alleviate.
Carley lowered her gun and looked at Lee, "You okay?"
"Just great, thanks." Lee gave her a thumbs up, as Clementine looked up at him.
"Uh... guys?" Came Glenn's voice, as the Creatures growled and pounded on the door.
"Everybody down! Stay quiet!" Whispered Lilly, crouching.
Kenny and his family huddled together, with Duck's wings giving an occasional shake, Clementine hid behind Lee, and everyone else knelt down behind the shelves.
"They're gonna get in!" Whispered the old man, looking around.
"Shut up." Responded Kenny, casting a glare at him.
They heard a series of noises, followed by gunfire outside the store.
"Is that the military?" Asked Lee, looking at Lilly.
"I don't know." Answered Lilly, looking back at him.
"Thank God for whatever it is." Said Glenn, looking around the group.
The old man got up and marched across the room. Everyone left their hiding places, as he started ranting, "We almost died because of this bitch and her itchy trigger finger! That was stupid! That was—" He groaned and grabbed his chest, before falling to the floor.
"Dad!" Cried Lilly, ran over to the man, who was lying on his side on the floor.
"Shit." Whispered Kenny, glancing at Lee.
"I did try to get him to calm down..." Said Lee, getting a glare from Lilly.
"Can it, asshole!" Snapped Lilly, looking back at her father, "It's his heart!"
"My pills..." Muttered the man, from his spot on the floor.
"Um..." Katjaa looked at them, "Nitroglycerin pills?"
"Yes. We're out. We've been trying to get into the pharmacy since we got here!" Said Lilly, standing up, "Please, try to get in there! Behind the counter, where the pills are!"
"There's probably another entrance." Said Lee, leaning against the shelves, "Maybe through the office."
"How do you know that's an office?" Asked Carley, her wings perking slightly.
"Educated guess." Dismissed Lee, folding his wings tight against his back.
"It doesn't matter. We need nitroglycerin pills." Dismissed Lilly, glancing around, "Please get in there. I'll keep an eye on my dad."
"Everyone else should get comfy and look for anything useful." Said Kenny, "We could be in here a while."
"I'm starting to think this drugstore isn't a permanent solution." Admitted Glenn, looking around.
"You're right, this ain't exactly Fort Knox." Agreed Kenny, looking around the store.
"What do you suggest?" Asked Lee, folding his arms.
"We need as much gas as possible so we can all get out of downtown Macon." Said Glenn, looking at Lee, "Fast."
"Agreed." Said Lee, looking at Glenn.
"Then I'll head out and get gas." Said Glenn, looking towards one of the exits, "There's a motel not too far from here, out towards the end of Peachtree. I'll work my way towards it and then loop back, siphoning what I can."
"You know your way around?" Asked Lee, surprised, "Local?"
"Born and raised." Grinned Glenn, rocking back on his feet.
"If you're gonna do that, here's a walkie-talkie if you get in a tight spot." Said Lee, taking the walkie-talkie from Clementine's home and gave it to Glenn, "Hopefully you won't need it."
"Cool." Tucking the walkie-talkie into his pocket.
"Clementine's got the other one." Explained Lee, "Check in with her and get back here as soon as you can."
Glenn nodded as he left.
"And, you, what's your name?" Asked Kenny, looking down at Lilly and her father.
"It's Lilly." Answered Lilly, before gesturing towards her father, "My dad's Larry."
"Keep a good eye on him." Said Kenny, gesturing to the others, "These boys will work on getting you your medicine."
"That's right." Nodded Lee, as Kenny looked around.
"And you, you keep an eye on that front door." Kenny spoke to a man by the door, "You're our lookout."
"It's Doug, you got it." Said Doug, nodding.
"And I'm Carley." Said Carley, folding her wings away.
"Okay, Carley, you'll shift in with Doug when he needs it." Nodded Kenny, looking at her, "For now, get some rest. You're a good shot and I'd like to keep it that way."
"You got it, boss." Nodded Carley, looking down at a radio.
"Now get him those pills." Said Kenny, going to stand next to Katjaa and Duck.
Lilly knelt next to Larry, who was propped up on the shelves behind him. Doug was looking out the window near the entrance, while Carley worked on a radio and Clementine sat on a cardboard box nearby, holding her radio. Lee sighed and walked around the store, looking around the shelves, picking up anything he thought might be useful.
"You're a pretty good shot." Said Lee, approaching Carley.
"Well, you don't fuck with a reporter, especially one that's three days out from her last cup of coffee." Snarked Carley, smiling at Lee.
"You seem to handle yourself pretty well." Complimented Lee, leaning against the shelf.
"Ha, really? I'm a disaster." Laughed Carley, her wings flaring slightly.
"I can't tell." Chuckled Lee, his own wings losing some of their tension.
"My news editor was eaten about five feet away from me," Said Carley, her wings drooping, "and I would've joined her if it wasn't for that dorky guy on watch over there."
"I'm sorry." Said Lee, looking at her.
"She was an asshole, but, you know." Shrugged Carley, looking back down at the radio.
"Yeah." Sighed Lee, before he approached Doug, "Heard or seen anything?"
"Nothing, luckily." Confessed Doug, looking around, "Wanna step outside, have a look around?"
"Ha, I'm not suicidal yet." Chuckled Lee, shaking his head.
"No, the gate out there is closed." Said Doug, pointing outside, "We can hang out in front of the store and be fine."
"Oh, huh." Lee folding his arms, before shrugging, "Sure, let's go have a look around."
"Cool, and..." Doug looked around "we'll keep it down. Don't need to bring 'em back with any unnecessary noises."
"Agreed." Nodded Lee, as he and Doug left the store, "Jesus."
There was a large group of creatures loitering around the streets, some hunched over, eating dead bodies. Doug covered his mouth with his hand, "I think I'm gonna be sick."
"They just..." Lee couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Eat." Finished Doug, grimly, "As far as I can tell, that's all they care about."
"And if one gets you...?" Lee looked at Doug.
"They eat you," Answered Doug, "and whatever is left comes back as one of them."
"How the fuck..." Lee continued to looked around.
"I think it might be more than a couple days before all this gets sorted out." Confessed Doug, glancing around.
"Yeah, I think so too." Agreed Lee, "We better keep it down out here."
Lee spotted a TV shop across from the store, "Ha, too bad we don't have a way to come out here and watch the news."
"It would be nice to know what's going on elsewhere." Agreed Doug, nodding at him.
"Atlanta's in rough shape; that's all I know." Answered Lee, looking around, "Any idea where the pharmacy keys might be?"
"We searched high and low inside before you guys got here." Answered Doug, looking at Lee, "And they weren't on the old couple we took out of the office."
Lee looked down sadly, making Doug frown.
"Are you okay?" Asked Doug, making Lee look up.
"I'm fine." He shook his head, "If the keys aren't in the drugstore, think they could be out here?"
"We now live in a world where 'getting up and walking away' is an actual possibility, so..." Doug shrugged.
"Right." Said Lee, as they got up and re-entered the drugstore. He looked around, before walking up to the small family towards the back of the store, catching the tail end of a conversation Between Katjaa and Kenny.
"We can't let anything happen to Ducky." Said Katjaa, rubbing between Duck's wings.
"I know, hon." Sighed Kenny, leaning against some shelves.
"We just need to get back to Fort Lauderdale." Continued Katjaa, making Kenny sigh again.
"We'll do our damnedest." Said Kenny, running a hand down his face, "Try to get some rest, hon."
"How can I with those things out there?" Asked Katjaa, frowning.
"Hey, Lee." Greeted Kenny, as he spotted Lee, "You really gave that old man hell."
"Yeah." Lee shrugged, "We got pushed, you know?"
"You don't have to tell me; I was ready to tear the man's head off." Chuckled Kenny, looking at Lee, "Anyway, we, Kat and I, appreciate your support."
"Thank you, Lee." Smiled Katjaa, looking tired.
"How's Duck doing?" Asked Lee, looking at the winged boy.
"He's okay, it was just a shock." Answered Katjaa, looking at Duck.
"We're lucky as hell nobody got nabbed on the way in here." Confessed Kenny, looking at them.
"No kidding." Said Lee, looking down at Duck, before looking at Clementine.
"How's she doing?" Asked Katjaa, following Lee's gaze.
"She's good, I think." Answered Lee, watching as Clementine swung her legs.
"She's a tough one, right there." Said Kenny, looking at Clementine.
"She's just a little girl, Ken." Sighed Katjaa, giving Kenny an exasperated look.
"What were you sayin', Lee, she spent days surviving on her own?" Asked Kenny, looking at Lee.
"That's right." Nodded Lee, not taking his eyes off Clementine.
"Not just any little girl can do that." Remarked Kenny, getting a nod from Lee as the man walked away.
"How's he doing?" Asked Lee, looking down at Lilly and Larry.
"I'm not sure I got your name." Responded Lilly, standing up.
"It's Lee." Responded Lee, looking at Lilly.
"Lilly. My dad's Larry." Reintroduced the woman, "I was just doing what I had to earlier."
"Everyone was." Answered Lee, leaning against a shelf.
"Now his heart's acting up again, and I'm powerless to do anything." Sighed Lilly, before giving Lee a look, "And that violence before, with my dad-that didn't help."
"What's wrong with him?" Asked Lee, looking down at Larry.
"He's got a heart condition." Answered Lilly, "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."
"Yeah, that's not really an option right now." Said Lee, frowning.
"I'm just trying to keep him relaxed." Said Lilly, crouching down next to Larry.
Sighing, Lee walked over to Clementine and knelt down next to her, "Hey, there."
"Hi." Said Clementine, looking at Lee.
"Any word from Glenn?" Asked Lee, frowning as Clementine shook her head.
"Nothing. Is he okay?" Asked Clementine, frowning.
"Yeah, I think so." Said Lee, before smiling, "You're doing a good job."
Lee sighed, and walked to the office door, with another sigh, he opened the door and entered the office, with Clementine following him inside. Lee stopped when he noticed the bed covered in blood.
"I can't... I can't think about them in here." Lee swallowed, before looking at Clementine, "Everyone out there seem alright to you?"
"Yeah. Well, maybe not the sick guy." Said Clementine, looking down.
"Yeah." Sighed Lee, "We'll keep an eye on him."
"There was that thing in the bathroom." Said Clementine, her wings trembling slightly, "It tried to get me."
"I know." Sighed Lee, his wings twitching.
"But you stopped it." Smiled Clementine, looking up at Lee.
"Yeah, I did." Smiled Lee.
"Can you do that more?" Asked Clementine, getting a chuckle from Lee.
"Well, I'm not gonna go looking for them." Laughed Lee, getting a wider smile from Clementine.
"I mean, get the dangerous ones." Clarified Clementine, her wings folding behind her back.
"I'm gonna try." Promised Lee, looking around the office.
"Good." Smiled Clementine, as she nodded.
Lee picked up the wooden pallet blocking the door, making a cane fall out from behind it. Lee leaned the pallet against the wall next to the door and picked up the cane.
"What's that?" Asked Clementine, looking at the cane.
"This was my dad's cane." Said Lee, examining it, "He'd zip around here on it from time to time."
"Was he sick?" Asked Clementine, looking up at Lee.
"Nah, he was okay." Answered Lee, looking at Clementine, "I actually saw him whoop shoplifters with it. This cane's protected this place better than any guard dog ever could."
Lee leaned the cane against the wall near the pallet, "Plus, he knew how to make it look cool. Like you, with your hat."
"My dad gave it to me." Smiled Clementine, touching her hat.
"See, dads are smart like that." Chuckled Lee, as he prepared to move the desk, "Better get this door clear, huh?"
"Can I help?" Asked Clementine, looking up at Lee.
"Sure." Answered Lee, as he and Clementine grabbed onto the desk, "Here we go. Watch your fingers in the drawers." They pulled the desk backward, before stopping. "How are you doing?" Asked Lee, looking at Clementine.
"Yeah." Grunted Clementine, focusing on the desk, "It's not that heavy."
"How about with everything outside?" Asked Lee, looking down at Clementine.
"It's not good." Said Clementine, gasping as she looked up at Lee.
"No, it's not." Agreed Lee, looking towards the door.
"But I think it'll be okay." Finished Clementine, looking at Lee smiled at her.
"Okay, here we go." Said Lee, as they moved the desk back again, then Lee began pushing it to the side, but paused when Clementine spoke to him.
"Do you have kids?" Asked Clementine, looking up at Lee.
"No." Answered Lee, frowning.
"You don't have a family?" Clementine looked back up at Lee, "My mom is a doctor and my dad is an engineer."
"Those are good jobs." Chuckled Lee, looking down at her.
"What's your job?" Asked Clementine, shifting her wings slightly.
"I, uh," Lee's wings drooped slightly, "teach history and writing and things like that."
"Like..." Clementine frowned, "um...", she looked down, before looking back up at Lee, "social studies?"
"Yeah, like that." Nodded Lee, looking back at the desk.
Clementine nodded, before looking back up at Lee, "You didn't answer my question."
"Alright, a little further." Said Lee, avoiding the question, as he and Clementine rotated the desk so that it was no longer blocking the door.
"Why don't you want to talk about your family?" Asked Clementine, "Do they, like...hate you?"
"Because they're dead." Corrected Lee, sombrely.
"Oh. I'm sorry." Apologised Clementine, looking down.
"You didn't know." Responded Lee, looking at the girl.
"I'm just sorry for being mean." Sighed Clementine, as Lee knelt down in front of her.
"Look, my family is gone and I just wish things would've been different." Said Lee, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah." Nodded Clementine, looking at Lee.
"I, uh... I ki... I got into a fight once." Said Lee, his wings quivering.
"And what happened?" Asked Clementine, her wings unconsciously mimicking Lee's.
"And it ended really badly. After that, I wasn't allowed to talk to my family." Finished Lee, looking at Clementine.
"That's so sad..." Said Clementine, swallowing.
"Let's move this thing." Said Lee, deciding to deal with his emotions later. He and Clementine started to push the desk against the wall, before Clementine suddenly jumped back.
"Ow!" Cried Clementine, looking at her finger as it bled.
"Are you okay?" Asked Lee, looking down at her.
"I hurt my finger." Said Clementine, looking at it.
"Is it bleeding?" Asked Lee, crouching.
"A little." Answered Clementine, as Lee picked up and sat her on the desk.
"I'll find you a bandage." Said Lee, before looking around for a first aid kit, he opened the desk drawer and searched it, finding a remote the remote inside, "It's the remote to my dad's TV." He looked over at Clementine, "How are we doing over there?"
"Okay. It still hurts." Answered Clementine, as Lee found and searched the first-aid kit and retrieving a bandage. Lee knelt down in front of Clementine and held her hand, inspecting her injured finger.
"Let's have a look at that finger." Murmured Lee, as he moved her injured finger, "Ow."
"It hurt." Winced Clementine.
"Let's see if we can do something about it." Said Lee, examining her finger, "You got a nice little cut on the underside here."
"That's where it hurts the most." Whined Clementine, as Lee looked at the cut.
"We need a bandage for that, I think." Said Lee, "Getting an infection might be a big deal now."
"What do you mean?" Asked Clementine, nervously.
"Just might be tough to get to a doctor for a little while." Answered Lee, glancing up at her, "We need to keep you in tip-top shape."
Lee prepared to bandage Clementine's wound, carefully handling Clementine's finger, "Let's get this cut covered up."
"Yes, please." Said Clementine, nodding, as Lee wrapped a band-aid over the cut, "Lee?"
"Yeah?"
"What if my parents come home and I'm not there?" Asked Clementine, looking up at Lee.
"They'll, uh..." Lee felt a flare of panic, it finally hitting him that he accidentally abducted Clementine, "track us down. Don't worry."
"Yeah. Okay. We should keep a lookout." Nodded Clementine, "I've got my walkie-talkie in case they try that way."
"Stay close to me until then, okay?" Said Lee, his wings snapping to his back, determined to protect her.
Clementine nodded, as Lee looked at the bandaged finger, "How's your finger?"
"It's okay. Thanks for fixing it." Smiled Clementine, looking up at Lee.
Lee walked over to the bed picked up a photo on the ground, it showed his family in front of the pharmacy. Lee smiled slightly, before sadness came to him. He tore himself out of the picture and put the rest of it in his pocket.
"Find anything?" Asked Carley, making Lee's wings flare as he jumped.
With a surprised look, he turned around to look at Carley, he let the picture shred of himself fall out of his hand and to the floor.
"It's a photo of the family who owned this place." Said Lee, his wings folding back slightly, "It might help us track down the keys to the office."
"I know who you are." Said Carley, bluntly.
Lee stared at her, while Clementine listened to them next to the door.
"You're Lee Everett. You're a professor at Athens who killed a state senator who was sleeping with your wife. This is your parents' store." Carley stared into his eyes, "Folks around town know the owner's son got himself a life sentence, but I'm a reporter for WABE in Atlanta. I paid attention to that trial. Maybe you're a murderer. But I don't really care. Frankly, that's a skill that might come in handy."
"Hmmph." Grunted Lee, frowning at her.
"Did you tell anyone out there who you were, or that you were tied to this place?" Asked Carley, looking towards the door.
"No." Answered Lee, his wings snapping against his back and folding his arms, "I've been sticking to first names for a reason."
"Well, good." Responded Carley, "You seem like an okay guy, and the last thing we need is drama out there. You've got this little girl to take care of, and...look, don't make me wrong on this."
Lee took a step closer to Carley and looked in her eyes, "I don't plan to."
"Good. Because if this lasts longer than a few days, and you're a detriment to the group, then we'd have a problem." Stated Carley, her own wings flat against her back.
"I hear you." Said Lee, uncrossing his arms.
"I'll just keep it to myself." Said Carley, her wings relaxing.
"Thanks."
"Don't worry about it." Dismissed Carley, as she walked out of the office.
Lee approached the door, preparing to leave, "Want to head back into the drugstore with me?"
"Okay." Said Clementine, as she walks up to Lee, she held her wrist bashfully, "Lee?"
"Yeah?" Responded Lee, looking down at her.
"You're not bad, right?" Questioned Clementine.
"I, uh...why are you asking me that?"
"That lady said you killed someone." Said Clementine, "Was that because he was one of the things trying to eat you?"
"No. He wasn't." Sighed Lee, looking down.
"Oh. Was he bad?"
"He was." Answered Lee, just as Glenn called Clementine's radio.
"Hey, there, this is Glenn, and, uh, I'm kinda in a jam here." Came Glenn's voice, "Uh, little girl, if you're there, can you put your daddy on the phone? Or on the talkie, or whatever?"
Clementine handed the walkie-talkie to Lee, "This is Lee, what's up?"
"So," Said Glenn, "I'm down at that motor inn and, well, I-I'm stuck."
"Stuck?" Asked Lee, frowning.
"Yeah, I, uh saw a chance to get some supplies for the group and a bunch of the roaming ones got the jump on me." Explained Glenn, "I'm hiding over here, but they won't leave."
"What's up?" Asked Kenny, walking over to them.
"Glenn's trapped down at the motor inn." Said Lee, turning to Kenny, before talking to Glenn, "Hey, Glenn, we're gonna talk it over and send a group to come get you, alright?"
"Awesome. I'll sit tight 'til then." Responded Glenn, before falling silent.
"Sounds good." Said Lee, turning off the walkie-talkie, before speaking to Clementine, "I'm gonna hold onto this until we get Glenn back, okay? I'll take good care of it."
"What do you think?" Asked Kenny, making Lee turn to him.
"I think Doug's not great around zombies, and you've got your family here." Said Lee, looking around, "I'll take Carley and her dead-eye down to the motor inn, get Glenn, and get back here as fast as I can."
"If that's what you want to do..." Conceded Kenny, apprehensive.
"Somebody's got to." Stated Lee, turning to talk to Carley.
"Yeah, I'm in." Said Carley, revealing she'd been listening to their conversation.
"Good. Doesn't sound too bad there right now." Laughed Lee, his wings doing small flaps.
"Let me know as soon as you wanna head out. I could use a jog." Responded Carley, her wings subconsciously mimicking Lee's.
Lee smiled, before walking over to Clementine and crouched down to talk to her, "How's your finger, Clem?"
"Good." Said the girl, her little wings flapping slightly, "It doesn't hurt so much anymore."
"Good." Sighed Lee, he got up and walked over to Carley, "You ready to head out?"
"You got it." Nodded Carley, grabbing "You?"
"Yeah."
"Then let's go." Said Carley, her wings snapping against her back and following Lee out of the side exit.