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

Chapter 3: Making Friends

A/N: the picture above is what Yulia is supposed to look like. that's actually french singer and songwriter Indila but I just figured that she fit the description of what I picture Yulia looking like. anyways enjoy this chapter!

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The sky outside was now turning orange as Yulia, AJ, Clem, and Louis approached the gates of Ericsons where they found Marlon and a short haired platinum blonde girl standing with her back turned to them. They heard Marlon yelling out for someone called Rosie. "Rosie! Where the hell is she?" He asked, looking around for who he was calling out. He then noticed the four, "You give them their weapons back?" Marlon asked Louis. Clem took out her knife while Yulia brought Dolores up further, now in both hands. "Good. We're gonna need you to put it to use." 

Yulia looked outside the gates and into the woods, "We got a hunting party out there trying to get back inside. Need our help to clear the way." Marlon told them. "Seems to be a few more than usual these past couple of days."

The blonde turned her head slightly, "It's almost like something drew their attention." She said sarcastically, "Something like... I don't know... an explosion. Or a car crash." She continued, referring to the incident that happened earlier with Clem, Yulia, and AJ.

"Vi..." Marlon said to the girl in a serious tone. 

"What? Just saying..."

"Sorry about that." Yulia apologized to her, making the girl turn around. "We didn't know this was going to happen, really. And we didn't realize it would cause this much trouble for you." 

"Yeah, sorry about that." Clem then joined in.

Louis then cleared his throat, "Hello, Clementine and Yulia. I'm Violet. Nice to meet you." Louis introduced the girl for her. She looked away, but then back again, "What he said." 

"All right, boys and girls. They're starting to fill in!" Willy yelled from above at the watch tower, pointing out into the woods. "Come on." Violet said opening the gate and leaving. 

Marlon turned to Clem and Yulia, only really looking at Yulia as he pulled out an arrow from behind him, "Be careful out there." Marlon then sprinted out into the woods, joining Violet. "Don't mind Violet. She uh... grows on you. I promise." Louis reassured the two girls, then bringing up a chair leg embedded with nails, like the one he talked to Yulia about before. 

"Is that Chairles?" Yulia asked. 

"Yep. The one and only." He then looked at Dolores as she looked at Chairles. The two seemed to have shared the same thought since they both decided to hold up their weapons, having both of them touch each other by their top ends. They both smiled and then laughed, "I think Dolores likes him." Yulia commented.

"Ditto. I'm already hearing wedding bells." Louis joked.

"Okay, you two." Clem stopped the two. She held up her knife, "We got walkers to kill." She then walked off joining the others in the fight. Louis then sped up in an attempt to catch up with her and started talking to her. Yulia then turned to join them, only to feel a tug on her free hand. She looked down to see AJ.

"I wanna help." AJ said. "Take me with you. Please." He begged.

Yulia got down on one knee, "I can't take you with me. Sorry." She informed him, making him frown. But then Yulia had an idea, "But, you know what you can do?" 

AJ's face lit up, "What?"

"We need someone to watch our back from the inside, and maybe shoot a walker that tries to sneak up behind us." She tells AJ. "Kind of like a sniper. Think you can do that for us?" She asked, hoping he'd at least take it. "Okay..." AJ sighed, still disappointed but also happy to help in any way he can. Yulia then stood up and headed outside with Dolores in hand. She closed the gate shut behind her just as AJ came up and grabbed the metal bars with his tiny hands.