THE LURKING DEAD

Too Many Stops

Just a side note,

Lee's age has been changed from forty one to thirty two.

My attention imminently turned to Kenny.

"What?!" I yelled back.

Kenny stopped the RV on the middle of the road. He woke Katjaa and made his way to where we were.

"There's a huge herd of walkers about two miles from us." Kenny said, panicking.

"Okay, we need to lock every door and pull down all the blinds." I said, quickly.

Katjaa went straight to the master bedroom to close windows. Kenny followed her.

"Lee! I'm scared!" Clem said, rushing to me and hugging my leg.

I knelt down. Hey Clem, it'll be alright. Just stick close to me."

Clem was so overrun with fear and emotion she started to cry.

I hugged Clementine. At that moment, I felt like a father. On the other hand, I wasn't sure what to say to make her feel better.

I noticed that Carly began to lock all the doors and pulled down the blinds. For whatever reason, she converted the table back into a bed. Kenny hustled back with Katjaa.

"Are we all set?" Kenny asked.

"Yes. Were all set" Carly said.

"It's okay Clem, just stick close to me. I'll protect you." I said, standing back up.

"Okay, good. Katjaa, Duck, and I are going to hide where the blankets are. There isn't much room for more. You gu..." Kenny said.

"I already figured that out." Carly interrupted.

"Good. I'm going to hide now. I suggest you do the same." Kenny said, walking to the master bedroom.

"Okay, I converted the table back into a bed because it will add better cover for us." Carly said. "I thought we could hide where our feet normally go when the table isn't a bed.

"Okay, it'll do. Clem, go on under there we'll be under in a second." I said.

"Okay, these suitcases should help to hold the draping blanket. I'll hold the blanket, and you get a suitcase." Carly said.

I did exactly what she told me to do. She held the blanket down while I set the heavy suitcase on top of the bed. Then the both of us crawled under with Clementine. I sat in the middle while Carly was on my left and Clem was on my right.

"Good thinking Carly." I said.

I looked over at Carly. She smiled and said "Thanks."

Every-time Carly smiled at me, made me like her more and more.

Suddenly we started hearing walker sounds. They were very faint at first, but then became louder and louder.

Clementine hugged my arm. She was terrified. "It's okay Clem, this shouldn't last but ten minutes." I said.

Clem started to cry quietly.

"Shh. Clem. We need to be very quite." I whispered.

She tried to calm down the best she could. I patted her on the head and hugged her close.

By now, many walkers were passing the RV. We heard random bangs all over the RV. Carly rested her head on my shoulder. I wrapped my arm around her. Clementine huddled next to me.

"Clem, it's going to be okay." I whispered.

My thoughts turned to Clementine's parents and if they were still alive. I hated that she had to experience going through this.