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Chapter 13 ; The Fall Of A Coward

- It's about to go down 👀

As soon as you fall asleep, it feels like you're waking up just as quickly.

You force your eyes to open when there's sounds that won't stop, despite your attempts to shove your head further into your pillow and pull yourself back into a dreamless sleep.

With a sigh you slowly sit up, quickly noticing how Clementine is up too, you peek over the bed and notice AJ is awake as well.

"What's that?" AJ asks when your feet swing off the foot of the mattress, dangling off the bed.

"Shh.." Clementine hushes him, but right when she does that the sounds stop, surprisingly. A part of you wants to fall back into the comfort of your bed, but the worried look on Clementine's face when she gets up tells you that you should go with her.

You hop off the bed with a grunt and quickly put your boots on, grabbing your hoodie as well. By the time you're ready Clementine seems to be as well and she lights a candle, slowly walking over to you.

The sounds start up again, and now that you're more awake you can make out that someone's talking, well in this case- yelling.

"What the hell?" She breathes out from beside you.

"You can't do this! You can't just- ugh!"

You raise an eyebrow at the voice that grows clear for a second. Was that... Brody?

"There's voices in the pipes," AJ says, looking up at the ceiling. You and Clementine glance up at the pipes and then she turns to you. "I think someone's in trouble."

You nod wordlessly, rubbing the sleep out of your eyes. She walks over to AJ and you follow aimlessly, stretching your arms as you follow.

"Is it us?" AJ quickly asks, his eyes widening.

"No, no, no. Not right now, but we should help them." Clementine kneels on a knee when she says this.

"If it's a monster, we should kill it."

"I don't think it is one," You finally speak up, your voice groggy and low.

There's a pause when Clementine looks back at you, and then the voices continue, making her eyes snap back to AJ.

"You got your gun?" She asks.

He nods nervously, reaching over to the opposite side of the bed and grabbing it.

"We'll be right back," Clementine says and rises. "Stay safe."

He nods at you both and keeps the gun in his lap, Milo curls into his side and you can visibly see him relax just a little.

"Watch Milo, yeah? My gun is in my bag if you need it." He nods at your words. You walk over to the door and Clementine stands right outside of it, waiting for you. "Stay safe kid."

-

You shut the door and you and Clementine start moving. She pauses when the voices start again, her breath hitching in fear. You can feel your heart clench at it and the expression that crosses her face for a second, but you say nothing in fear that you'd embarrass yourself.

You both slowly creep down the hall and you can feel goosebumps rising on your skin despite the hoodie you have on. Your gut fills with dread as you listen to what sounds like Marlon and Brody yelling at each other like earlier. This isn't good.

"Just a little further," You mumble softly. You honestly weren't sure if you were trying to reassure yourself or Clementine, but either way, you think it works for both of you.