Survival Love: A Gabentine Story

Chapter 14 "Something Strange":

Clem's POV:
As I was sleeping, I heard a noise coming below where we were. I don't know what caused the sound but I know whatever it was it could be good. I quietly got off the top bunk as I was lucky enough not to wake up AJ. I quietly left our dorm and shut the door with a quiet bang. Luckily that didn't wake up AJ either as I continue to walk downstairs to where the noise was coming from. As I continued walking down each level of the place and went outside, it turned out that the noise was coming from the basement.  I quietly entered through the open latch and walked down the stairs as I then began to hear voices screaming. "Dammit, Brody! We don't even know for sure it was them!" I heard a male voice say as I could pretty much tell it was Marlon. "She also said he got bit. Which means he ain't gonna bother us." He continued as I began to tip toe closer to where they were.
"You know he's not alone. Those bastards are back and it's only a matter of time before they find us. You know that!" A feminine voice yelled back as I already knew it was Brody since Marlon yelled out her name. "I don't know shit, and neither do you. God dammit Brody, keep it together!" Marlon yelled again as I kept getting closer while staying out of their sight. "There you go again. Getting so mad...." Brody yelled as Marlon screamed back, "Well what do you want me to do? You're making me mad!" "Oh we have to tell the others. About what you did." Brody said is I was right near the bookshelf that divided me from them. "Who's there?! Show yourself!" Marlon said as he pointed the flashlight in my direction but still couldn't fully see me. I then stepped into his flashlight as Brody said, "Clem!!"
"What are you doing down here? In the dark." I asked the both of them as Marlon quickly changed his tone and said, "Brody and I were just talking. Go get some sleep." "I was asleep you guys woke me up." I told them. "So sorry about that. I didn't know anyone could hear us." Brody apologized. "You want to tell me what the hell is going on?" I asked with a bit of more attitude. "It's really none of your business. Go back to your dorm." Marlon said back matching my attitude. I quickly looked over at Brody who exclaimed, "The man you met at the cabin. We have history with him." "Brody!!" Marlon snapped at her and continued, "Don't listen to her Clem. She's acting crazy. She gets this way sometimes. You have to tune it out." "Don't be afraid Brody. Say what you have to say. What history?" I asked her as I got in Marlon's face.
"Marlon let him take the twins. Him and his people." She answered as Marlon snapped back at her, "Damn it, Brody." "Ten's sisters? I thought they were killed by walkers?" I asked having even more attitude. "Yeah that's the story we told everyone." She said as Marlon yelled, "Shut up!" "Cause Marlon was so ashamed of what...." She continued until Marlon yelled again, "I SAID SHUT UP!!!!" and bashed her on the head with a flashlight. Blood splattered on his face as the impact from the flashlight caused part of her head to cave in. "Uh... what did you say?" Brody asked as she fell to the ground with more blood pouring down her face. "Shit!! Brody, I'm so sorry!" Marlon cried in regret as he went to check on her. "Shit! What have you done?!"  I asked him in a nervous rage "I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. You're going to be OK. I promise. Goddamnit, Help!!" He yelled worried.
"Get away from her. Let me help." I said as I went down to their eye level. "OK OK. Just... Just stay with her. There's a first aid kit down here somewhere, right?" He said as he went off to find the first aid. "First aid kit?!" I asked in anger. "Brody it's me, Clem. Just... Just stay still." I did holding her cold hand. "Clem, your in danger. You and AJ both." He said as I could tell her life was slipping away. "What danger? " I asked her as she just mumbled, "Marlon will kill me if I tell. He scared and when he gets scared, he gets angry." "Brody, if there's a threat to AJ, you have to tell me. Please try and focus." I told her. "If those Raiders come back... Marland said he'd let them take you two." She said as I was horrified by her confession. "Take us?" I asked her as she continued, "To make them go away. Like he did... like he did to Ten's sisters." I then saw Brody die in front of me as I heard Marlon drop his flashlight and fearfully say, "Oh fuck. No. What the fuck am I gonna do? She's going to turn."
He then bolted as I yelled out his name as he went up the stairs and closed the hatch behind him, locking me in. "Marlon you son of a bitch! Don't do this!" I yelled out in anger as I heard him say, "I'm Sorry... Can't... I can't let you tell the others." He then ran off as I yelled, "Goddamnit! Marlon! Anyone! AJ! Gabe!!!Somebody please help!!!" I then began to use my brain to get out as I said, "Huh. There's a gap. If I could find something really thin, I could force it in there and lift up the latch." I then ran down the stairs and said, "I can't find anything in this dark." Luckily that's when I found a flashlight on the ground. It was the one that Marlon dropped when he saw Brody was dead. I picked it up and looked around the basement as I found a ruler on a desk. "Yes. This'll work." I said is I picked up the ruler and started heading back towards the latch. All of a sudden my flashlight started to go out as I finally fixed it to see Brody come at me but as a walker. I slammed the bookshelf on her and crawled through an open space in the fallen shelf. I got passed her as I begin to use the ruler to try and get out.
Vibrations caused me to drop the ruler onto the staircase as I quickly picked it up and continued trying. I unlocked the hatch and I was about to escape until Brody's walker corpse grabbed onto me and drag me back down the staircase. She then crawled on top of me as I took back the flashlight that was laying on the ground again and bashed her head in with it. The blood from her skull caused the flashlight light to go red. Once it was dead, I got off it and got upset. I then continued to get out of the basement and give Marlon a piece of my mind and justice for what he has done.