Alone Again - TWDG/TWD

Arc 4: Chapter 23

"Damn it! Okay, Clem. I need you to move towards me and untie my hands!" Luke panics.

I try to move myself towards his direction.

My fingers meet his.

"Okay! Fuck, fuck hurry!" He shouts.

"I'm going as fast as I can!" I snap.

"Shit! Clem, there's more comin' from your direction!" He shouts.

"Okay! I got the knot loose, I think you can just pull your wrists out!" I say.

"Yes!" He smiles.

"Luke! Hurry!" I command.

He quickly untied the ropes from his feet.

"Okay now untie me!" I say.

"I gotta get these walkers first." He says reaching for his machete.

"Shit! That asshole took it!" He says angrily.

"Luke! I'm still tied up here, and the walkers are getting closer!" I panic. I watch more and more come from the woods surrounding us.

"LUKE UNTIE ME!!" I scream at him.

"We don't have time!" He says.

"What do you mean!? Are you just going to leave me!?" I shout.

"Clem, they're everywhere! I gotta get out of here!" He panics.

"Luke don't leave me you bastard!!" I scream at him.

I try to pull my hands from the rope, it's already given my wrists burns and cuts from it digging into my skin.

I watch as Luke runs away from me, as I sit here waiting for death.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" I scream. Tears run down my face. Abandonment, betrayal, fear.

I breathe heavier and heavier as I watch the undead begin to surround me.

One walker moves faster then the rest of them, it limps faster towards me. I watch it as walks right above me, about to kill me. It suddenly takes a fall right next to me, as I see Luke pull his machete out of its head.

"You're back!" I say with slight relief.

"I saw the asshole that took my machete, you think I was just gonna let him keep it?" He smirks.

"Just get me out of here." I say.

"Alright let's go." He says as he scoops me up bridal style and carries me out of the crowd. I watch over his shoulder and I see the man who tied us up, dead as Luke runs past him.

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After a few minutes, and getting a good distance away from the walkers, Luke finally sets me down and unties me.

"I thought you left me." I say.

"I wouldn't do that." He looks into my eyes.

"Well you're an asshole for scaring me like that." I punch him.

"Agh, hey!" He yelps.

"Don't leave me tied up in a group of walkers next time." I frown.

"Sorry, damn you can hit pretty hard." He wines.

"Don't be such a baby." I say.

"Come on, let's get goin'." He says.

"What if that guy had friends?" I bring up.

"What guy?" He asks looking down at me as we walk.

"The one you killed back there." I say.

"Okay, what about it?" He asks.

"His friends may see him dead and come after us." I say worriedly.

"Or they'll get the message to not mess with us." He says.

"I just can't stop worrying, I've been so on edge lately." I say.

"What's wrong?" He asks.

"This has just been a crazy couple of weeks, I just want things to be normal again." I say.

"Clem, it'll never be normal again." He says.

"More normal then this." I say.

It draws silent again.

I look up at the sky as it begins to get dark.

"Hey, can we take a break. I'm feelin' a little faint." He asks.

I immediately suspect he was bitten.

"Show me you arms." I say.

"I'm not bit, I'm just a little light headed, that's all. I'll be fine." He says.