Chapter 4: Savannah

We walked through the street until we heard a bell ring "I'd get off the streets if I were you" a voice from the walkie talkie said, we ran for it and Chuck stayed behind to buy us time; we ran into a mansion and stayed there but Omid fell from his injury so we set him down to rest, me and Clem stayed with Omid & Christa while everyone else looked around checking if the mansion was safe, when they concluded it was, Kenny and Lee went out to look for a boat, me and Clem followed them a bit after to see Lee about to be killed by some lady "Lee! No!" we cried out. The lady stopped and Kenny tried to shoot her but missed which attracted walkers, us and Lee got separated, he went into the sewers and we went back to the house, Lee came back a while later with a doctor for Omid after me & Clem made a discovery, there was a boat in the shed so we decided to show Lee, Kenny looked at it and it needed gas & a new battery, Molly suggested we go into Crawford and steal the stuff.

The doctor was against it but said that we would sneak in not go guns blazing, me and Clem got Lee to let us come with them; we snuck in through the sewers just before midnight and saw the Crawford was completely infected "No infected my ass" I whispered "Swear" Clem said "Sorry" I apologized, we ran inside the school and the others split up to get supplies after we planned in the command center of the building, Lee & Molly went for a battery, Christa & Vernon went for medicine, and Brie & Kenny went for gas while me, Clem, and Ben stayed near the armory. "So Clem, what do ya wanna do while we wait?" I asked "We could draw" she suggested "Sure" I agreed, we sat down at some desks with some crayons & paper and started drawing, after a while Kenny, Lee, and Brie came in with the fuel, Lee said Molly has the battery "Hey Clem, what did you draw?" I asked "I drew you and me" she said showing me her drawing "What did you draw Jay?" she asked "I drew you and your parents together again like 'this' didn't happen" I answered showing her my drawing.

We swapped drawings and talked for a while until Christa and Vernon came in, Lee had left earlier to go help them but now there are walkers at the door trying to break in, some did and killed Brie, Kenny kicked in the Armory door and we ran up the stairs after trying the downstairs first; Lee was covering our backs with a shotgun until Ben got pulled over the edge at the top, he was holding on but said to let go and that Lee needed to get us out of here, Lee still pulled him up and we ran as fast as we could. We arrived back at the house and thought Omid was dead but he was just asleep, me and Clem went into the mansion's study and looked out the window until Lee came in "Kenny's working on the boat" Clem said "I know" Lee responded "Where will we go when it's fixed?" I asked "I don't know, somewhere safe" Lee answered "Before we leave tomorrow, will we have time to look for our parents?" Clem asked "I'd like to, you two. But I don't think we'll have time. We really shouldn't stay here any longer. It's not safe" Lee answered.

Clem started bawling her eyes out and laid down, I was crying too and sat next to her rubbing her back to make her feel better, Lee then fell asleep and we went to the Marsh House to find our parents but got nabbed by some guy and locked in a room, we also learned that our parents were dead, after what felt like hours we got out to see Lee being held at gun point in a chair with the stranger behind the gun, Lee signaled to grab the bottle so I did and smashed it over the guy's head, Lee tackled him and they started fighting until the stranger started choking Lee. Clem grabbed the gun and shot him which partially surprised me, Clem didn't like hurting people but I guess it was to protect Lee like I told her to; me and Clem hugged Lee cause we were very scared, we also started crying "It's okay" Lee comforted "You arm's gone... Why? That's so scary" Clem said "I had an accident. We'll talk about it somewhere safe" Lee replied.

"You don't smell good" I commented "Yeah, I know" was his response "Did he hurt you?" he asked "No, he didn't. We're sorry Lee" we apologized "Clem, it's okay. We need to get you two somewhere safe, and then we'll talk okay" Lee said "Yeah" we responded, Lee walked to the door and opened it after he grabbed the gun to see a walker, but it didn't bite him, instead it tried to come after us "It...it...it didn't bite you" we commented "Yeah... I know it... must've..." Lee huffed "You're covered in all that gross stuff" Clem commented "I had to get through a bunch of them to get here" he said. He cut open the walker and covered us in that stuff which was gross but he said it would keep us safe, he brought us outside and we slowly walked through the streets like one of them, Clem & I then saw our parents as walkers and Lee passed out so we dragged him to safety locking the door behind us, when Lee woke up we tried to get it open again but couldn't so we walked to the back of the room but Lee could barely make until he collapsed a few feet from the exit.

"You two are gonna have to make sure I don't turn" Lee said "You won't, though" we said sadly "I will. You know what you have to do" Lee countered "No. We can't. There's no way" we denied "We'll figure it all out, don't worry" Lee assured "There's a bat under the counter, you can use that" Lee informed us "Clem I'll get it, you stay with Lee" I said crackly "O...Okay" Clem cried, I went to get the bat and smashed the door window open, I set the bat down for a second and unlocked the door, I picked up the bat and killed the walker in the office. "W...What should I get first?" I asked tearfully "Get both" Lee groggily answered, I grabbed the gun & the keys and went back to Lee, I also found a pair of handcuffs "Cuff me to this thing" Lee instructed, I did as asked and cuffed him to the heater "Lee... what are we going to do?" Clem asked crying, I was crying as well "Our parents. It's so horrible" I cried "And now... you? PLEASE... please don't be one of them. Don't become a walker" we begged "There's only one thing you can do. You two know that" Lee said "I don't know if I can" Clem cried.

"Clementine... I'll do it... I don't want you having to do something like that" I cried "But... he can make it, he can" Clem cried "No I can't sweet pea. Jaden's right, you shouldn't have to do this" Lee input, me and Clem hugged Lee one last time "We'll miss you Lee" we cried "I'll miss you too" he said, Clem turned to the door so she wouldn't see what I was about to do, I slowly lifted the gun and aimed it at Lee "I'm sorry Lee" I cried "It's okay, just don't let me turn. And meet Christa and Omid back at the train" Lee replied "Okay" I cried, I closed my eyes and *BANG!*.

To Be Continued...