For a long time, Eden Perkins believed she wouldn't find another human being she would willingly die for - she didn't want to. The past few months of her life, ever since the day the dead had started coming back to life - and maybe even before that...
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╔──────── ╝ ☠ ╚────────╗ xxiv. | THE WILL TO LIVE. ╚──────── ╗ ☠ ╔────────╝
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WALK much further in order to find Luke and Sarah. Upon looting some recently deceased people — Eden didn't even want to think about what may have happened to them —, they found Sarah's glasses. As if that had been her cue, Sarah had called out just a moment later. Eventually, they were able to locate their friends inside a fenced-in trailer park, hiding in a mobile home.
The problem was that the trailer park was seemingly swarmed by at least a dozen lurkers who were blocking off the door Luke and Sarah were hiding behind. It soon became apparent why — Sarah's constant screaming and Luke's yelling in a desperate attempt to try and calm her down.
Sarah's mental state seemed worse than Eden had imagined. Her entire world was falling apart and from what she was able to make out through her on-going delusional screams, Sarah wasn't taking it very well.
After pulling a stunt by putting a walker on the horn of a truck so it would honk constantly, Clementine, Eden and Mike managed to lure the lurkers away from the door. As they tried to reach it, though, it seemed as though the lurker had slipped off the horn.
The silence was deafening but quickly broken by another one of Sarah's screams.
Eden cursed internally and watched as the group of lurkers turned back around, heading for the door—heading for them.
"Open the door!" Mike hollered over the lurkers' hungry groans, lifting his axe in defense. "I'll cover you!"
Eden stopped in front of the door, hammering her fists against the wood. "Luke? Luke, open the door!" She yelled but her calls fell upon death ears. She needed another plan. Then, she turned to Clementine, "Okay, on three." She nodded towards the door and the younger girl understood immediately — they were going to kick it in.
On three, both of them kicked against the door but it didn't budge.
They tried again and as Eden yelled, "THREE!" they both kicked and the door flew open. "Mike, come on!" She called over her shoulder as she pulled Clementine through the doorway and inside the home.
Mike swung his ax at another lurker before turning around and running through the door which Eden already stood behind, ready to close it the second the man entered in order to keep the lurkers outside.
Out of breath, all of them looked around. "We need something to keep the door shut!" Eden said.
"There!" Clementine exclaimed, pointing at the shelf right next to them. It seemed heavy enough to keep the lurkers from coming in—at least for now.
