The sun was barely out, and the gloomy skies covered the white, fluffy clouds. The Jeep was put into park as Lilly hopped out of the car and onto the side of the road to stretch her legs. She sighed, frightened by the sky which looked like a storm was on its way. The last time she and the group encountered a storm, that ended up splitting their group up. Walking over to the other side, she grabbed Bear out of the back of the car who was sitting with Katjaa and Duck.

"Daddy? Are we going to find Lee and everyone else?" Duck asked Kenny, who looked that he wasn't in the best mood. Kenny went to kneel on the gravel to reach Duck's height. He sighed, and looked at the ground that was below him. He wanted to tell him the truth, but he didn't want to frighten the kid as well. Unsure of what to say, he decided that hope would be the best answer.

"Duck..." He said, resting his hand on his son's right shoulder. "I know they're out there somewhere, and I know we're going to find them. Don't worry too much about it, okay?" Duck nodded his head, petting Bear that sat beside him. Duck was a smart kid and he knew that the World wasn't safe anymore. Anything can happen to anyone at anytime, no matter what it could be. He wasn't sure if they'd find them alive. He didn't think anyone really knew whether or not they'd find them dead or alive. The least he could do was pray that either way they'd end up finding them, somewhere out in this World.

Kenny led Bear to do his business on the side of the road, and then picked him up and sat him back in the Jeep. Everyone got back inside, and as Lilly started the Jeep, she realized that we only had half of the fuel we had before left. None of them really didn't know where they were going, all they knew was that they were on their way to Savannah. "Shit. Guys, we may have a problem..." Lilly said, sighing and biting her lip. She looked at Kenny, and pointed to the gas gauge.

"We'll find gas somewhere on the way, I know it." Kenny said, trying to keep hope into finding the rest of them. He looked out the front of the window to the road ahead of them. He knew they had a long way ahead of them and they couldn't dare give up.

Lilly rolled her eyes. "And what if we don't?" She asked, getting frustrated with the man that she was sitting next to.

"We will, trust me. Now let's go before any of those damn walkers find us." Kenny said, signaling Lilly to get moving.

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"This place looks pretty secure, get inside, hurry!" Lee said, huddling inside the backyard of an abandoned 3-story house. He quickly shut the iron gate behind him, locking it with the lock that was on the ground with the keys inserted inside. "Looks like someone was out of here in a hurry."

They walked into the backyard to see a small doghouse with a grave nearby, shed, and a back door. Clementine walked over to the doghouse and bent down to see it empty, just dust that filled inside. Lee walked over to one of the windows on the side of the house. All of they windows were boarded up and there was no way to see inside. "Well look at that, these houses are like the ones we were at before." He walked over to the back door which was also boarded up. He tried the door knob. "That was too easy. There's no way in... Wait a minute."

Bending down, Lee spotted a small door on the bottom fit for a pet such as a dog or cat. He tried pushing it open, but there was no such luck. On top of the door, there was two lights. One was green, and the other was red. The one that was lit up was red, and that must mean that it was locked. The only thing that ran inside Lee's head was 'How do we get this door open?'

Ben looked over to Lee, who was trying to figure open the door. "That doggy door is controlled by the pet itself. It only opens if the pet gets close enough to it. It probably has something on it's collar that connects with the door to open it."

"And how do you know that?" Lee asked, questioning Ben.

The boy looked down, thinking of the times he had before the apocalypse. The time he had with his family and friends before everything went to hell. He'd do almost anything to get back to then. "I used to have a pet too... Her name was Ruby. We had a doggy door just like that so whenever she wanted to go outside, she'd be able to go whenever she wanted to and we didn't have to get up and take her out. She had a sensor that was connected to her collar that whenever she got a couple of feet away from it, the door automatically opened and she'd be able to go outside."

"What happened to Ruby?" Clementine asked, curiously.

Ben looked down again, frowning. The day everything went to hell, she ran away. I think she knew what was coming and wanted to get out of here before anything happened to her. I didn't have time to find her because I had to get to school but my parents went to look for her. That's the last time I seen then and I have no idea what happened after that."

"I'm so sorry, Ben..." Carley said, walking over to the boy, and patting him on the back. Carley knew that not everyone was a fan of Ben and the best she could do was support him.

"I don't want to interrupt or anything, but how exactly do we get this door op-" Before Lee finished, his eyes caught onto the grave nearby the doghouse. He sighed, "Shit." He walked over to the side of the shed and grabbed the shovel that was leaning against it. Walking over to the other side of the backyard where the grave was, he began digging. "Clementine, I don't want you to see this, okay?" He said, looking at Carley.

"But I want to help you, Lee..." Clementine said, frowning. Lee mouthed to Carley, 'Can you talk to her over there?' and pointed to the shed. She nodded, and walked Clementine over.

After minutes of what seemed like hours of digging, he hit something in the ground. "Do you think that's it?" Ben asked, looking into the hole.

"Probably..." Lee said, sighing and finishing the job. He seen the remains of the dog, and bent down to grab it's collar. He hesitated, unsure of what could happen. Was the dog still alive, or was it dead? He carefully leaned his hand inside, and grabbed the collar off of the dog. He tried to move the collar off of the head, but when he grabbed it, the head automatically unconnected with the body and fell straight off.

Ben and Lee both gagged, disgusted by what just happened and the smell.

Lee walked over to the doggy door and set the collar nearby. The light switched to green, and he was able to push the door open. He bent down, and tried to reach the lock inside with no luck. He was too big to fit through the door and his arm wasn't long enough.

Lee looked inside, and the insides looked clear. After inspecting what looked like the living room, part of the kitchen, and the hallway from the door, he looked over to Clementine.

"Hey Clem, can ya' come here for a second?" Lee asked, as Clem walked over.

She smiled, waiting for whatever Lee was going to tell her. "I need you to carefully squeeze through this door and unlock it, okay? Do it as fast as you can. You'll be a big help."

Clementine nodded, and went through the door. There was silence between Lee and the door. "Clem? Did you get it?" He asked, leaning against the door to hear what was going on.

He still didn't hear anything. "CLEM? You okay? Clem!" He got up, and almost began to pound on the door when he heard a click and it opened with Clementine in the doorway.

"Ta-da!" She said, smiling and making a scene.

Lee bent down, "You scared me! I think you scared all of us for a second there!" Clementine walked over into Lee's arms and hugged him.

He got up, and carefully walked inside the house to see everything clear with his gun by his side and the rest of the group behind him. "It actually looks all clear. Check doors, okay guys?"

They nodded, and went to doors throughout the house. Throughout the house, he heard, "Clear! Clear! Clear!" coming from Ben and Carley. He went to a door that was beside the back door and opened it. Frightened, a broom fell out and scared Lee for a quick second. In front of him looked like a regular closet. Nothing there. "Clear!" He yelled.

They went upstairs and checked inside rooms, and everything was still all clear. The house was fairly safe and secure, though the only problem was that it didn't have many supplies.

"I think we'll be fine for a couple of days, at least." Lee said, hoping for the best.

[Sorry if it seems rushed at the end. Okay, this honestly was a longer wait then expected... I've unfortunately been having some family issues and I haven't had any time to write. I hope I didn't lose any readers and I promise I'll try to get Chapter 11 in a wee bit quicker.]