One year later

Chapter Nine

I turned to Lilly.
"So, what happened to you after we left?" I asked her. She sighed before answering.
"I had a lot of...issues to sort out in my head. I wandered around for a while; can't remember what I ate, what I did...to be honest I was living inside my head. Then one day, I saw someone being attacked by walkers. I ran over and managed to help him. That man was Richard."
Lilly took Richards hand and they smiled at each other.
"We decided to head to Savannah to try find you guys. We found a car, and eventually collected enough gas to go there. However, once we arrived, we quickly realised you weren't there. We found Molly and the others, and I guess that's it."
Lilly finished abrublty, looking past my head towards the boarded up window.
"So what about you, Clementine?" Molly asked, turning to look at me.
"Well..." I said slowly, sighing.
"I uh...after...you know...I found Christa and Omid again. We traveled for a while but...Omid was killed. Me and Christa were on our own untill she dissapered, I havn't seen her since. Then I was really alone, till a dog attacked me. I had been bitten by it, but when I was found by two men, Luke and Pete, they thought I was infected. They took me to their group, found out I wasn't, and eventually began to accept me. We had to leave their log cabin, then we traveled for a long time to a lodge to try and run away from an evil man called Carver. There were already survivers there. One of them was Kenny..." I sniffed, then continued.
"Carver found us, and forced us to go back to his base with him as prisoners, although he didn't word it like that. A herd of walkers attacked the base, and we had to get out. Some of us died, so there was only me and Kenny, Luke, Nick, Sarah and Rebecca Bonnie, Mike and Jane. So nine of us in all, ten if you counted Rebecca's baby, AJ." I paused for a moment, swallowing to try and lessen the pain in my throat.
"We walked around, making camp in a war museum for a while when Rebecca had the baby. As we continued, more of our people were dying. We lost Sarah, Nick, Rebecca and then Luke... Eventually ithere were only six of us. Then Kenny got into a fight with a russian boy called Arvo. The next morning I woke early, heard voices and went outside. Mike, Bonnie and Arvo were leaving...with all our supplies. They were going to be responsible for our deaths. Leaving the baby with no food...how could somebody do that? I pointed a gun at them and Arvo shot me in the shoulder...Kenny came out, he was shouting, they must have got away...Anyway, me, Kenny, Jane and AJ left Wellington. We sheltered in a rest stop and then..."
I sniffed again, knuckling my eyes.
"Jane came in and said she couldn't find the baby. Kenny lost it...I mean really lost it. He started yelling at Jane and they started fighting. I ended up shooting him..."
At this point I started crying, tears streaming down my face.
"He..he said I'd done the right thing. I told him that...he would be with Kajta and Duck. After he...died...I heard a noise. The sound of a baby crying."
Anger flashed across my face.
"Jane...Jane had hidden AJ inside a car. To make a point. To show me what kenny was really like. I couldn't believe it. At that monent I hated her. I left with AJ, saying that I wasn't going anywhere with her. I was so angry...so upset."
I put my head down onto the table.
"Then I just went from place to place. Decided to come back here, don't really know why. I walked along the railway line and...here I am."
I sighed, keeping my head on the table.
"Seems like you've had the worst time of us us all." Molly said, looking sad.
"Yeah Clementine, and I am so sorry about Carley, she didn't deserve it." Lilly said, taking my hand and squeezing it sympatheticly.
"She would have died anyway, everyone does." I said miserably, covering my face with my hands.
"It's like I'm some sort of bad luck charm. Everyone around me dies. You should probably throw me out before I get you all killed."
"Yeah, right. I'm sure I'll out live you, sunshine." Sarah muttered, but she smiled at me as she said it, looking like she was already beggining to accept me in the group.
Suddenly there was a noise. Lots of noises. Sarah froze, looking towards the front of the shop. She cursed loudly.
"Sounds like walkers."