SILENCED [TWDGS4 Clouis]

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(PROLOGUE)

I wish I could speak morse. Or sign language. They could at least have shown some respect and wiped the towel from my bloody lips. I can't do it myself. I'm scared. Scared to move. Scared to act. To escape, or even to attempt it. I I rock, back and forth, isolated in the corner of the deathly cell. I pray for Violet. For the others. And for Clem. Pray that they're safe, but part of me wants to get away from here. But there is no hope. So I move onto praying for the others.

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I hum silently inside my head. It's a tune that I remember from far as a year ago. I helped Minnie compose it. Minnie.... I remember her standing to the side, face still as stone, as the Raiders cut my tongue. That's not the Minnie I remember. But I barely tried to stop Lilly, as it would have been pointless: she's stronger than me. Everyone on stronger than me, and it's not my fault. At least I think so.

I stop thinking about Minnie and Lilly and the raiders and being trapped. I hear voices down the corridor.
"And take them to safety where they belong!" I hear the sharp voice of Minnie. And I gasp in surprise - or try to- when my door opens.
"Louis?" It's Clem.

A single tear escapes my eye. I stare at her, not sure of what to do. She steps forward, and notices my alarmed face. Too late. Her body drops to the floor at first contact with the crossbow wing. I crawl forward and look up at Minnie. She quickly escapes out of the cell.
"I don't wanna hurt you, just cooperate with Lilly. It's the only way we survive." She says, before closing and locking the door. I drop to my knees in front of Clem, but I can't say her name, or tell her to wake up. I gently shove her shoulder, but she's out cold.

I grab her knife, and scrape something on the wall, 'L + C' and hastily scrape a potato around the letters. I sigh. I hope she wakes up soon. I slide the knife under the bed and flee to my corner, heart beating from just the sight of Minnie, fearing that the others might come as well.

What the fuck Minnie become?