Feral (Gabentine Fic)

What Happened

I was so close to catching up to Gabe when I tripped on a tree limb. I cursed out loud and tumbled down a hill that appeared out of nowhere. I felt rocks spilt my skin and sticks scrap aggressively against my face. It seemed like an eternity before I finally stopped at the bottom of the damned hill. My vision was blurry and I felt something drip down my temple. My fingers reached up and touched it, confirming my fears that it was blood. I tried standing but, found something protruding out of my left leg.

Fan-fucking-tastic. As if this wasn't bad enough, now I have a fucking stick rammed through my leg.

My head began spinning as I sat up but, I fought against it and the nausea. Hopping on my right leg, I dragged myself up and looked around before spotting a sturdy looking stick to my right. Taking that in hand, I limped around the bottom of the hill and tried looking for a way out. There was a opening about 12 feet away from me and I straightened up and slowly but, surely made my way to it. Pain shot throughout my body from my cuts, bruises, and the fucking stick in my leg. I swallowed down the incoming vomit and tried keeping a focus on the clearing.

Gotta get to Gabe.....I have to find him......Now..

I felt like the earth was ripped out from underneath me as everything went black. My body slumped to the ground and I attempted to keep crawling to the opening but, through my blurry vision, I seen someone. They came close to me and I assumed it was a walker.

"No....I have to find....Gabe."

The figure was finally in front of me and picked me up like I was a feather. Before I lost consciousness, the figure looked down at me and I seen two yellow eyes.

"Gabe?"

Then, I was out.

I was running. I don't even know where I was but, I was getting wherever I was going and fast. However, I came to an abrupt stop because something didn't feel right. It was like some kind of field that I was in and I felt something strange. Like, someone or something was watching me. I turned around and seen a familiar looking wolf running towards me but, he didn't look happy. I started running again and I could here his paws thundering behind me. I glanced back and when I did, Gabe leaped onto me and growled in my face before opening his large jaws and taking a bite.

"GABE!"

"Woah, Clementine! It's okay, you're safe!"

I was panting harshly and looked around. Eleanor was standing beside me and I noticed I was in a bed with bandages wrapped around me. Pain found me once again and I cringed up and laid back down. I was back in my apartment and the sun was shining brightly in my room. I turned to Eleanor and gave her a her a weak smile.

"Hey, El. How long have I been out?"

"Uh, about two days. You had a slight concussion and you lost a lot of blood from that stick that was in your leg."

I groaned and stuffed my face into my pillow. I could feel a headache coming on and I did not need that along with my other injuries.

"Here, Clem. I brought you a sandwich and a bottle of water. This should help with your thirst and hunger. I'm going to go let Lee and the others know you're awake and doing good. Try to eat all of that sandwich and drink all of the water."

She didn't have to tell me twice because I had the sandwich scarfed down in seconds and the water helped wash it down. I was feeling better already and as soon as I finished up the water, my door bursted open. Everyone came in to see how I was doing and if I needed anything. I hugged Lee as he was almost in tears from my injuries and Lilly hugged me just as hard. They all stayed for awhile and became exhausted from the attention and was glad when they finally left. Well, almost everyone. Javi stayed back and waited til the rest left before approaching me.

"Hey, Clem. How ya holding up?"

I shrugged my shoulders a bit and gestured for him to sit in the chair beside my bed.

"Javi, what happened to Gabe?"

Javi plopped down into the seat and scratched his head.

"He hasn't came back yet. I haven't seen or heard from him but, I'm sure he'll be back. Especially since your here."

I rolled my eyes at Javi and became serious for a moment.

"Javi, how the fuck did I get back here? The last thing I remember was collapsing at the bottom of a hill and passing out. But, there was someone there and they picked me up."

Javi seemed rather reluctant to answer my question and I could see him try to mask his emotions.

"I'm not sure, Clementine. We found you outside of the gate, as if someone dropped you off. There was no one else out there."

I frowned because I knew Javi was lying to me but, I didn't have it in me to argue at the moment. My leg started throbbing and I clenched my teeth together. Javi watched me and stood up before exiting the room.

"I'll send Eleanor back in here to give you some pain medication for your leg. Try to get some rest, Clementine. We'll talk more when you feel better."

I was frustrated with his answer and wanted nothing more than to throw something at him. But, he exited the room before I could launch anything at him and just decided to wait until I was stronger. As I laid back down on the bed, I had so many thoughts running through my head.

Where's Gabe? Who was that person? Did they bring me here? Why?

My head spun from the questions and I closed my eyes to stop the room from spinning. Eleanor came back with my pain meds and I went to sleep in no time. Maybe tomorrow I'll get some more answers.