If Lee Survived

Chapter 11: The New Frontier

Clem

Eleanor came back like she promised and broke us out of the cages. She also brought me some good bullets and We got on horses and made our way to the junkyard.

Sam couldn't get on the horses, so he just ran ahead of us, sniffing around on his own like he always did.

" Sun's up, Tripp's probably mad as hell by now. " Eleanor spoke as we moved down the road.

" What do you think he'll do to you? " Javi questioned looking over at her.

She smirked shaking her head. " Oh, nothing. He'll yell at me a little... Tripp and I... We sorta used to be a thing. It was for like 5 minutes and it fizzled out fast. But he never really got over it. "

" I wouldn't have guessed. Nice girl like you, with an asshole like him? " Lee chuckled from his horse shaking his head.

" Tripp isn't a bad guy... He's just..."

" Got a lot on his shoulders... We heard.. but I wouldn't think any Good guys out there, would just sit back and blatantly ignore the facts. The facts are, Eli deserved exactly what he got. No, he deserved for that bullet to be lodged in his skull. He ripped Clem off and nobody does that to her. I've never had a child, and I can truly say I consider Clem as my daughter." Lee interrupted her sounding slightly annoyed.

I glanced back and smiled. " I have my bullets now, thanks to Eleanor. Now we can get out of here and never look back." I shrugged.

" Guy's, there's the junkyard." Kenny called from his horse. We all looked up as Sam ran off into the junkyard.

" Yeah, this is it. " Javi sighed. We got off the horses and looked around the junkyard. Walkers lay scattered on the ground. " Jesus... Must have been hundreds of them." I said as I glanced around.

I looked on the ground noticing something laying next to one of the walkers. " What's that?" I questioned pointing to it.

Javi picked up a Pick Hammer and stabbed the walker in the head causing his to slightly move before not moving anymore.

Javi looked from the walker and grabbed the object near it.

" Mariana's tape player... Mariana?? Mariana are you here??" Javi yelled out as he looked around. We heard a car door open and close before we watched a girl emerge from the other side of a truck.

" Javi!" The girl called out as she dashed towards him throwing herself into his arms.

" Mariana! You're safe... I can't believe it!" Javi exclaimed as he wrapped his arms around her.

" You told me where to hide. I just listened to what you said. Lock yourself in, and don't come out. Not even when it's quiet. It kept running through my head like on a loop. " She replied as she pulled away.

" I'm so sorry I left you behind. I've been trying to get back here this whole time. " He apologized with a sad look on his face.

Mariana smiled and shook her head. " You don't have to be sorry...you said you'd come back, and you did. " She responded.

Javi bent down in front of her with a concerned look. " Kate, and your brother...where are they?" He questioned looking up at her.

" We got pulled apart when that huge bunch of muertos showed up. Kate yelled that they were gonna try to make it back to the van." She explained.

" Then that's where we're headed. " Javi stated standing up and turning to us.

" Let's go get your brother back, sweetie." Eleanor smiled as we continued deeper into the junkyard.