If Lee Survived

Chapter 17:Still Alive

Clem

I was woken up out of my sleep by the sound of muffled arguing. I sat up and looked at the door. " Clem, You hear that? " Sarah asked from the bunk above me.

" Yeah, I hear it." I whispered back.

" Mom?... what's that?" AJ asked looking over at me.

" I don't know, AJ. Stay in bed, okay?" I said standing up. Lee opened his eyes as my feet hit the floor ,and looked over at me.

He opened his mouth to speak but stopped once he heard the muffled arguing too. " What's going on?" He questioned.

" I don't know, but I'm gonna check it out." I replied walking towards the door. I heard him push himself up off the bed as he stood up.

" Hold on, Clem. I'm going with you. Sarah, stay here and keep AJ safe. We'll be right back." He spoke as he followed me out of the room.

" That sounds like Brody. She sounds like she's in trouble." I said as we made our way down the hall. We approached one of the doors where the arguing was coming from and stopped in front of it.

Lee reached out trying to open the door but it wouldn't budge. " It's locked. We gotta find another way in." He said motioning to follow him as he walked towards the door that lead outside.

Stepping out into the night air, we saw Kenny standing near the couch looking in our direction. " Y'all hear that too?" He questioned as he walked over to us.

I nodded along with Lee. " the sound was coming through the pipes. It woke us up." I said.

" It's comin' from over there." Kenny pointed. We followed the sound to a cellar door.

" You are overreacting, I'm telling you." I heard Marlon speak causing me to look up at Lee and Kenny.

"No, I'm not!" Brody argued.

" That's Brody and Marlon. Lee, somethings goin' on. We need to get in there." Kenny said looking around for something to break the padlock off the cellar door.

Lee picked up a brick and handed it to Kenny. He gladly took it and used it to break the padlock. " Nice one Kenny. Let's go." Lee said as he pulled the cellar door opened.

We crept our way inside, Brody and Marlon's voices becoming clearer as they argued. " Dammit Brody. We don't even know for sure it was them. They also said he got bit, so he ain't gonna be bothering us.!" Marlon argued as we made our way through the basement.

" You know he's not alone! Those bastards are back and it's only a matter of time before they find us. You know that!" Brody shouted angrily.

" That's definitely Brody and Marlon." Lee nodded. As we got closer, we spotted Marlon and Brody standing behind one of the shelves.

" I don't know shit! And neither do you. Goddamn it Brody. Keep it together." Marlon snapped.

" There you go again! Getting so mad!"

" Well what do you want me to do?? You're making me mad!" Marlon yelled.

Brody's voice quivered as she spoke." Oh, we have to tell the others! About what you did!"

I stepped closer a little, accidentally hitting one of the boxes on the shelf, causing Marlon and Brody's eyes to shoot in our direction. Marlon flashed his light towards us.

" Who's there? Show yourself!" He demanded.

Lee, Kenny, and I stepped around the shelf causing Marlon's eyes to go wide as he looked at us.