We Continue On

Regrouping and Reuniting

Lee and Clementine took the lead, Jane following behind them. They walked and walked along the path in the woods, Clem gripping Lee's hand gently, her eyes extra careful in case any walkers were to jump out at them. Lee hoped that Nick, Luke, and Sarah were okay. Hell, he knew Carlos had to be hurting right now, thinking that his daughter was dead. They needed to find them, and quick.

"You should know that finding your friends alive is a shot in the dark," Jane spoke, interrupting the silence around them.

Lee turned around to look at her. "How would you know?"

"People just don't get out of situations like that," she replied.

"You'd be surprised," Lee retorted. "Clem and I have gotten ourselves out of some pretty damn bad things, so has Kenny...and Carlos, Lilly..." he trailed off with a shrug. "Luke and Nick are strong, and as for Sarah...she's smarter than you think she is," he continued as they walked.

"Listen, I'm sorry, but...there's probably no way she got out of that with her screaming," Jane answered.

"But she ran away," Clementine pointed out. "She had to have gotten out. She just had to..." A worried look crossed her features, as that her friend out there in danger. Afraid and helpless.

Jane stopped walking, remaining silent for a moment. "That group is cracking," she said. "And, well, a lot of times, it's better to be on your own."

"Maybe there's not always strength in numbers," Lee answered, "but it doesn't mean you should always be alone. There's nobody to watch your back that way."

"But you don't want to be there when they start...turning on each other," Jane warned them. "And how much help is that doctor gonna be, anyway? He's more of a liability than ever. And Rebecca's 'situation' won't make things better back there."

"Carlos will be fine," Lee told her as they began walking again. "And how do you get along without trust, anyway?"

"That's how I get along," Jane replied, smiling slightly. "For what it's worth, I like most of the people in your crew, but...groups fall apart."

"Then why are you still here?" Lee inquired, but she didn't have time to answer, because Nick came running out of the woods.

"Lee! Clementine!" He sounded as though he was out of breath, and his shoulder was heavily bandaged. But he managed to make it to them anyway, and he stopped to catch his breath. "I'm so glad you guys are okay...is everyone else?" he questioned, worry crossing his face.

Lee nodded. "Everyone else is fine. What about Sarah? Luke?"

Nick nodded. "They're alive...but, Sarah, she's in bad shape, she thinks Carlos is dead."

"Where are they?" Jane asked.

"There's a trailer park nearby, they're hoarded up there," he answered.

Lee nodded. "Alright, let's go. Show us the way, Nick."

"Yeah, come on." Nick turned around and ran into the other direction, with Lee, Clementine, and Jane following. They came over to a boarded up fence, with the trailer park on the other side. Jane noticed two walkers, and ran over to them.

"What are you doing?" Lee all but hissed at her.

"Checking them," the woman answered, stabbing one of them in the head with a screwdriver.

"We don't have time for this shit!" Nick nearly yelled. "Why the hell would walkers have anything on them, anyway?"

"Because these walkers might have good stuff," Jane explained. "They weren't walkers all that long ago. They were survivors. They might have useful stuff."