Episode 3: Walkers and Walkies

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Me and Clem got to the roof's greenhouse. Sarah was there. "Sarah...?" Clem tried getting her attention.
"My dad's never hit me before." She told us.
"Sarah, Carlos didn't want to do that. In a weird way, Carver hit you." I explained, trying to help. Reggie was brought it. "Okay, so what we're doing is picking berries. Take those shears and trim them off. And take off any dead branches whole you're at it." He explained. He then came to us. "So is she gonna be okay? Because that back there, that was straight fucked up." Reggie told us.
"She'll make it." Clem told him. He then patted Clem's head. What was she, a dog? "That was awkward. I won't do that again." He said. Clem and I started shearing the berries and dead branches off, while Sarah was still trying to figure out the right way to hold them. Clem walked over and started to assist Sarah. I took the liberty to cover for Clem by clipping the berries. Time passed so fast. Clem came back to her post and finished her work I had been doing for her whole I finished mine. Reggie looked and saw Sarah's was only half done. Carver walked in and saw the work. "Reggie."
"Uhh, yes, Bill?"
"What the fuck happened?" Carver's tone was deep and he sounded like he was ready to attack Reggie as he struggled to even get a response out. Carver sent the three of us out. We went outside the greenhouse and not long after, Carver backed Reggie out of the building and off the roof. "Weakness. Incompetence. Puts us all at risk." He said. "Get downstairs. Bonnie's waiting for you."

We went downstairs. "Oh, I only needed one of ya. As for the other, Bill wanted you in his office." Bonnie said. "Can one of you bring these nails down to the boys?"
"Okay. Well, Clem, we'll rock paper scissors for it. Winner takes the nails to Kenny and Mike." I said.
"Okay, deal." Clem agreed to the game. We did best two out of three. Clem won round 1, Y/n round 2, Clem round 3. "Darn." I said. Clem took the bucket of nails. "When do I go up?" I asked Bonnie.
"In a few minutes." Bonnie said. "He'll radio in."

After a few minutes of waiting and sitting with Bonnie, Carver called in. I went up the stairs to Carver's office and saw Rebecca walking down them crying. "She's a strong woman surrounded my weak men. That's not how my child will be raised. Now get in here." He said. I walked in and tried to not look at Alvin, but i had to. "Alvin?"
"He's been out for a while. No use in making racket." Carver told me. I sat in the seat in front of his desk. "Apple?" He offered me one from the bowl. I turned it down, and he sat on the desk. "Now listen, Y/n. And when I say listen, I don't mean let me say a few words and rush me out. This isn't the 'cabin shop' anymore, is it?" He mentioned. "You may not believe this, but I liked Reggie. He could keep things light. But he was weak. Weak of will." He said.
"Doesn't mean you had to kill him." I said, almost interrupting him again, which made me earn a glare from him. "I did. Killing one in order to save many is part of survival. I think you realize that, but you just aren't comfortable with it yet. As a matter of fact, Clementine is too." He said.
"Listen, I'm sorry to say this, but we are not alike." I told him directly.
"Its up to people like us go raise the next generation. Its how my child'll be raised." Carver said.
"And if its not yours?"
"Well, even if that WERE the case, its mine now." He told me. Then his walkie went off. "Theres a dent in the door whenever Troy backed into it." I heard.
"I'll get someone to check on it." He said. He put the walkie down. "That fucking idiot. Herd on its way and he puts a ding in my door." Carver said.
"Uhh, Carver? Isn't it a little unfair that you tossed Reggie off a roof because of a few berries, but you're letting Troy live even though he destroyed the door?" I asked. Carver completely ignored my question. I left his office.

Later, Clem got to the room a moment after I did. "They're talking about something." I told her. We walked over. "...them here." Kenny finished.
"Kenny wants to use the herd to get out of here." Rebecca told us.
"I like that idea. Use the dead as an easy way to get out."
"We should wait for Luke." Rebecca said.
"Didn't Luke ditch us?" I asked.
"No, he flagged us down and wants to communicate with us via radio." Clem mentioned.
"Wait, wait a minute guys. Why not do both? Get Luke a radio so he can watch for walkers, and we still bring the herd to Howe's." I suggested.
"I can get behind that." Kenny said. "Now we just gotta find a way out."
"If you cover yourself in their smell, rub the walker guts all over you, you can walk straight through." A girl said. Her name was Jane. She was a quiet person. "Lee figured that out." Clem said.
"What?" Kenny exclaimed, shocked at the news.
"Thats how we got out of The Marsh House." Clem said.
"Holy shit. Good one, Lee." Kenny said.
"Wow. Well, now we got a plan to get out of here." I said.

So I'm gonna do a skip of when Clem gets the radio.

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