The Walking Dead: The Final Season (James x OC)

Chapter 2: Ericson's Boarding School

Yulia slowly opened her eyes, first putting together immediately that she was not the car anymore, but instead, on a bed? Or more specifically, a bunk bed? She wasn't so sure as she had just woken up. Yulia then decided to try and get up, but was quickly stopped by a force coming from her wrist. She looked over to her left, noticing the duct tape put around her wrist and the metal post of the bunk bed. Yulia knew she couldn't stay there, she had to find Clem and AJ. And speaking of that, where are they? She gripped onto the end of the duct tape and ripped it off of her wrist, setting her free.

Yulia then got up from the bed and sat her feet on the wooden floors, hearing the slight creak in them. "Where am I?" She asked herself. "Where's Clem? And AJ?" She noticed the door to her right. "Well, I'm about to find out."

Yulia quickly made her way to the door, turned it open, and stepped out into what looked like a dorm hallway. She looked around the place and took it all in. It looked abandoned, like no one had been there for years. To be fair, this was the zombie apocalypse, so of course this place would've not had work done. Yulia also noticed a bunch of stuff in the way to the right, essentially blocking it off, telling her that most likely she needed to go left in order to escape and find her friends, so she wasted no time going that way.

She sprinted down the hall and made a turn right, immediately seeing a door. "Yes, finally! An escape!" She said quietly to herself. But before she could make any sudden movements, the door handle started to jiggle, sending even more worry and panic to Yulia's heart. She needed to act now and quickly. Yulia's mind was going a million miles per second at the moment as she debated on what to do. "Should I hide? Jump out the window? No, no, you'll hurt yourself by doing that! And you don't know, maybe these people are nice. They did save you and your friends from a car wreck, but maybe that's all an act. What if they're a cult-"

Yulia was too late, she just stood there thinking about what to do. The door swung open to reveal two figures, both male, but with different heights. One appeared to be younger, maybe a pre-teen, he was dark skinned, and sported a visibly big scar on the right side of his head, while the other looked to be about her age, or maybe a little older. He was more fair toned compared to his little friend, his light blonde hair done into a mullet type style, and his school varsity jacket with the big red letter 'E' was also another thing to immediately notice.

The two boys came in with neutral facial expressions, which soon turned to surprise when they saw Yulia just standing there. The younger one gained a more shocked expression, while the older one remained calm, especially when seeing that Yulia was armed, but he could also see that she was a little scared too. She didn't know who they were, so she had every right to be.

"Hey-" He tried to speak.

"Where are my friends?" Yulia interrupted him, cutting to the chase. Her tone was clear that she was scared but was also trying to sound brave at the same time.

"Hey, don't worry. We got your friends, they're safe." He reassured her. This brought a bit of peace of mind to her, but she still wasn't sure. "Don't be scared, we're not gonna hurt you." He stepped closer as Yulia just stayed where she was.

"Are you- are you sure?" She nervously asked, still not moving an inch.

"Yeah, and hey, how about this?" He then pointed to himself, "I'm Marlon." He introduced himself, trying to make her feel comfortable. His little friend soon followed behind him, looking as nervous as Yulia was. Yulia became a bit less tense at this, she felt a little bad at the possibility of her scaring the poor boy. "The little guy's Tennessee. Tenn for short." He introduced his friend, slinging his arm around him. Tenn stayed quiet though.

"He's the one been taking care of you." He then informed Yulia, which made her a little more bad. So she gave in. She took a deep breath and decided to offer her hand, "I'm Yulia." She gave Marlon a smile as he took her hand and shook it, smiling himself. Yulia then looked down to Tenn, "And I'm sorry if I scared you there, Tenn." She apologized. "And thank you for taking care of me."