Walking Dead Game Collection

"Bleeding Out"

Title: Bleeding Out
Characters: Clementine, Kenny, Luke
Summary: When Clementine is shot, Kenny, Luke and the injured child are separated from the rest of the group. As Kenny tosses around blame, Luke makes a confession he never expected to admit.
Author's Note: I've been dealing with a lack of motivation recently thanks school so I apologize that this took a while + if it isn't that good.
Requested By: Crazy_Fangirls17 on Wattpad
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It all had happened so fast.

The ski lodge had been chaos. The moment Carver had arrived and attempted to take control had instantly lead to destruction.

It had only been moments after Walter's death that all havoc had broken loose. Plenty of members from the cabin group had managed to escape the grips of those attempting to hold them down. In the aftermath of Walter's brains sprawled across the floor, the shock had riddled the limbs of many attempting to hold them back, allowing an easy chance to squirm away.

Somehow, in the midst of it all hoping to try to stop as much as possible, Carver had managed to aim a bullet perfectly into Clementine's upper arm. It had managed to pierce perfectly through, leaving a clean hole through the purple fabric she adorned.

The scream, for a moment, result in a moment of silence. For a beat, a single bullet silenced the entire room, and Clementine was left to take the fall.

Only a moment later did the chaos resume and did more yelling and flailing emerge from the group. Carver was attempting to push Carlos off with the pressure he was supplying upon his shoulders. The rest of the group was starting to untie their hands and get out of the building before a herd arrived.

And, through his gun, Kenny could see Luke throw himself towards the child bleeding profusely on the floor.

For a moment the male's heart calmed, the previous hatred he had felt towards the one who was a brick wall between him and Clementine now gradually beginning to fade. At the very least, while the tension they carried between the two of them remained, he cared enough about the child to put her first in a time of need. That, in itself, earned him some respect.

Well, it earned him respect in a guardian. Not as a person.

While attempting to get the whimpering child off of the floor, Luke glanced around to see who else from their group he may be able to recruit into sneaking out with him. His plan was nonexistent. There was too much panic to even begin putting one together.

In a matter of minutes Luke was out the door, the injured child wailing faintly in his arms. He made a beeline for the exit and burst outside, meeting up with Kenny almost instantly, already making his way forwards to help with the girl's injuries. The thought had passed through the air of going inside to retrieve Carlos, but it was dashed hearing the resumed fighting, as well as watching walkers begin their trek up the hill due to the noise.

Instead, they ran.

"I got her." Luke assured, adjusting his hold on the child when Kenny lunged to accept her. Luke pulled her head tighter into his chest. "Don't worry Clem, we'll get you out of here."

Kenny hesitated, bitterness flashing across his face momentarily before surveying the scene. "This place is going to shit." He grumbled in slight urgency. "We gotta get a move on."

"We can't get out of here without the others."

"Do we have a choice?" Kenny spat back, his brows pressing together in irritation. It was as if he had rescued the child and yet refused to put her first in her moment of true peril. Hesitation - the waiting - is what would get her killed.

Luke clutched the child tighter in her chest, attempting to suppress the surfacing knowledge that he was right. As much as he hated, as much as the thought of abandonment made him sick, he knew he wouldn't be able to live with himself if he was the reason Clementine didn't make it. They needed to get her wound treated and patched up and they needed to do it fast. Time was of the essence. Unfortunately, he knew this too well.