We Don't Die

Consequences

"The New Frontier!" Jeremiah says. "I thought they disappeared!" "Me too. I only heard stories about them. I never met one up close before." Derek says holding his head. "Who else knows about the New Frontier?" Jeremiah questions. Derek's eyes go wide. This makes Jeremiah nervous. "Wha - What is it?" "Clementine.."

Clem's POV At The Ranch

"What are you drawing there, goofball?" AJ smiles. "Do you want me to guess?" She asks. He nods. Clementine stares at the picture and focuses on it really hard. "It's a doggy, right?" AJ claps, she guessed it right. She giggles and hugs him. "Looks like I was right this time. It was a doggy and not me." She jokes. AJ continues to draw the doggy. Clementine focuses on AJ when she hears a really loud bang, causing her to get distracted and look outside the window. "Oh no.."

Jeremiah's POV

Jeremiah, Derek, and Alex begin sprinting back to McCarroll Ranch to warn the others when they hear a loud bang in the distance. It makes all three stop right there. Jeremiah has a worried expression on his face. "We can't stop! We have to keep going now!!" The three begin sprinting again.

Clem's POV

"Come on out of there! We know you're in there!!" A voice says at the front gate. The army of the New Frontier stand at the front gate with automatic weapons and wait for someone to approach them. They wait for a couple of minutes. "Still not convinced huh?!" The sergeant says. He switches his mode to automatic and fires rounds into the air. "The longer you keep us waiting, the worse it's gonna get! We just wanna talk!" They begin to wait more. "Alright then! You asked for it! Light it up!" "Wait!" Pete calls from the guard tower. "What do you want? Why are you here?" He questions. "We're here because you have someone that is one of us." Pete looks confused. "The fuck are you talking about? There's no one here that's considered 'one of you.'" The sergeant laughs. "What's so funny?" Pete asks. "You have Clementine with you."

Jeremiah's POV

"How much further?" Alex asks in between breaths. "We're almost there. Keep running." The three continue to run home.

Clem's POV

"The fuck you mean she's one of you?!" Pete asks aggressively. "That's no way to talk to your guests." The sergeant says. The sergeant begins to smile, knowing he is getting in Pete's head. "Stay here, AJ. I'm going outside to talk. Whatever happens, stay here. I will come back and I will find you." Clementine hugs AJ and doesn't want to let go. She takes a deep breath and exits the house. She begins to approach the guard tower but Pete signals her not to. "Who are you signaling?!" The sergeant says with hostility aiming his gun at Pete. "There were kids coming outside, man. Chill out!" Pete says. The man lowers his gun. "Look, just hand Clementine over and there won't be any trouble. You have my word." "Have your word?! You fucking shot your gun at my home to get attention! The hell you mean there won't be trouble?! You freaks have trouble written all over you!" The sergeant grins. "That wasn't very nice." He says in a dark tone. Clementine climbs up the ladder and shows herself. "What do you assholes want?" She asks. "Is that any way to talk to your people?" The sergeant questions. "You are not my people!" She exclaims. "These are my people!" She says pointing at the ranch. "You barely know these fuckin' people. We took you in when you had no where else to go! You had no food, no water, no way of taking care of that kid! You belong with us whether you like it or not! Now get down here and say your goodbyes!" The sergeant orders. "I'm not going anywhere with you animals!" She yells. "Have it your way." The sergeant says. His soldiers begin firing rounds into the guard tower. Pete and Clem immediately duck down. "Clem! Go get the others! We need to fight them!" She nods and jumps down and begins running to the houses.

Jeremiah's POV

Jeremiah and the rest finally reach McCarrol Ranch. It was shot to all hell. He notices that there are people inside the ranch. "We need to get in there!" He says scared. "Then go! We'll catch up!" Alex suggest. "No! We do this together! Now let's go!" He orders. Alex and Derek run with Jeremiah and they immediately notice the stranger they encountered. Jeremiah stops and they do too. "What? What is it?" Derek asks. "Motherfucker." Jeremiah says under his breath. "Could you cue us in on what is happening?!" Alex yells. "That guy that YOU let get away fucking told his group about us! He overheard our conversation when we thought he was unconscious!" Jeremiah says aggressively while shoving Derek. "It wasn't my goddamn fault that you didn't kill him!" Derek says shoving back. Alex steps in between them. "Now is NOT the time. We cannot be fighting each other! We need to be fighting the enemy." Jeremiah shoves Alex's hand off of him. "If you've gotten people killed, I'll kill you." He says in a dark tone of voice while pointing at Derek. The three run in. They notice at least ten soldiers. They stop and duck behind a huge tire. "Even though they don't notice us, we still need to find a way to get these weapons without being noticed." Jeremiah suggests. "Alex, you can be sneaky at times. Go around the side into the armory and grab what you can. Derek -" Derek walks away without a suggestion. "What-the-fuck-ever." Jeremiah says. He stands up and takes out a soldier quietly, hoping the others wouldn't notice. He tosses his backpack aside and grabs the gun off the soldier. He begins shooting at the crew. "Fucking what the fuck?!" The sergeant says. He turns around and notices Jeremiah. He took out two of the soldiers. "Find somewhere to hide!" He yells. The others begin shooting at Jeremiah, causing him to dive into cover. Pete notices Jeremiah from the guard tower and begins shooting at New Frontier. Jeremiah notices this and thanks him with a nod.