XDIE Legends : The Walking Dead's Last Jedi

Chapter 23 : A Rough Ride

Many years ago (The Walking Dead Season 2 Timeline)

"Allright, we gotta do something. Come on. Anyone got anything sharp" asked Kenny. "My lightsaber is at the lodge... so that's out of the question" I said.

"Well let's find something to get these bindings off. Anything sharp that can cut these" said Kenny. "It's not worth it right now" I said. I leaned against Clem and rested my head on her shoulder. Carver punched me real good in the head when I tried to save Walter. Because of that, I had an excruciating headache. Everything went to hell really quick.

"What do you mean not worth it. We're in a fucking serious situation right here and you, the jedi, want to put this off" Kenny yelled. Clementine wrapped her arms around me and looked at Kenny with a little disappointment. "Don't yell Kenny. Locke is hurting right now"

"I'm sorry kids... I'm just. We need to figure out something" said Kenny. "They took everything. We have to keep a level head... especially with Carver" said Carlos. Kenny didn't want to sit still, I didn't either but doing anything right now is a bad move. "You don't know Bill like we do" said Rebecca.

"Bill. This whole time it's Carver, Carver, Carver, now he's fuckin' Bill" argued Kenny. "Oh, I see how it is. Ya'll are just getting a ride home aren't ya. That's what's going on here" said Kenny. "Say that again" Nick yelled.

"I'd stay out of this, boy" said Kenny. "Mister, I ain't a boy" Nick remarked. I looked at Clementine in some annoyance. The arguing was not helping the headache. "No right... you're a man" said Kenny.

"You don't understand. He's different... he's worse" Rebecca remarked, clearly talking about Carver. "That would have been nice to know before I got punched in the cranium" I said. "Yeah, you didn't tell us he was a fuckin' psychopath" yelled Kenny.

"You have no idea what you're dealing with" Carlos yelled. "Ohh he gave a pretty good idea back at the lodge. I'm not about to let him hit Locke again" said Kenny.

"I'm trying to help" Kenny yelled. "I'm sure Walter really appreciated you help" said Carlos. Kenny sighed and looked away in sadness. "That's not fair. You're blaming him for the actions of a madman" said Sarita.

"I am pointing out that, regardless of intent, there are consequences to rash actions. Something that he seems to be misreading as capitulation" said Carlos. "I don't know what the fuck your saying, but I know it's bullshit. We have to do something" yelled Kenny.

"You can't reason with him" said Rebecca. Kenny was growing frustrated of the non cow operation in the group. He looked to his left his eyes caught something. "Oh shit. Jackpot"

He slowly got up and walked to the right of Clem and I. "Sit down. You're going to get us all killed" said Carlos. Kenny then raised his hands and began cutting the bindings off with a sharp edge of a broken metal bar in the truck. "Ya'll don't know what your talking about. We get cooped up in some kennel like a buncha fuckin' dogs. It's over" Kenny said.

"We're going to have to do something. Locke took a serious hit, I don't think he can take another right now" said Clementine. "How is it the kid is the only one that sees what's going on here" Kenny remarked.

"Clem. The adult's are talking" said Carlos. "Is that what this is" said Clementine in a little anger. Kenny finally managed to break free from the bindings and was well pleased. "All right, now we're talking"

"Carver will be on the other side of that door with ten people" said Carlos.
Sarah began crying, she was getting scared, I could sense her fear. I could sense everyone's fear. "There, there, baby. It's okay. Everything's gonna be fine" Rebecca calmly whispered to Sarah.

"At this point, maybe Luke is the only hope we have" said Carlos. "If he was gonna do something he'd've done by now" Kenny said in disbelief. "Who knows what he's dealing with. Anything can happen out there" said Rebecca. "I'll tell you what happened. He abandoned us" said Kenny.

"We don't know that for sure Kenny" I said. I slowly lifted myself away from Clementine and looked to Kenny. "I highly doubt it Locke. That guy was a flake, I knew it from the moment I set eyes on him" said Kenny. "Calm down Kenny. Getting angry won't help the situation" Sarita requested.

"We're just going to have to wait and see. That's all we can do right now" I said. "He's right. There's no way to know what happened to him" said Rebecca. "I told you already, he's gone" said Kenny.

"They can't know I'm a jedi. If they find out... who knows what Carver would do" I said. Clementine placed her left hand on my shoulder to try and comfort me. "Don't worry Locke. We're not going to let them hurt you"

The truck suddenly we were in suddenly hit a huge bump. "We're close" said Carlos. "Ok, let's do this" said Kenny with determination. "They have guns. What exactly do you expect to do" asked Rebecca in growing annoyance. "I'm gonna punch the first sonuvabitch I see. Then I'm gonna take his gun and use it to shoot the NEXT sonuvabitch I see" said Kenny.

"Just sit down" Carlos said. "Shut up Doc. This ain't your call" Kenny responded. Kenny looked back at us, specifically Clementine. "Hey just... if something happens, just help out okay. Don't you two get yourselves hurt... okay"

The truck began to back up slowly. "Hey... you guys still trust me right" asked Kenny. "We do... with our lives. We'll try and do what we can" said Clementine. Kenny smiled, he was glad we had his back. "It's okay to be scared guys... but we gotta do this"

Kenny turned around, ready to take on the outsiders. "Alright, let's do..." Kenny was stopped immediately when the truck hit the breaks. He went headfirst into the door and fell to the ground. "Kenny" I yelled. I crawled to him to try and help. "Come on buddy, are you ok" I asked. Sarita came over to to help. "Are you hurt" she asked. Kenny slowly opened his eyes and looked around. "Ohh... what hit me" he asked.

"You kinda went face first into a wall" I said with a chuckle. The door slowly opened and our kidnappers were behind it. Carlos was right, they all had guns. "All right, up and at'em" a woman ordered. I didn't get a good look at her but assumed she was a leader of some sort.

We complied and got up and moved outside. This is going to be an interesting new version of hell... I can sense it.

I'm really glad to be back with Kenny. He was always one of my favorite characters and I plan on doing a little more with him than the game did. Don't know how yet but we'll see when we get there. One more thing, I officially have the name for the sequel to this story. It will be called The Walking Dead's Phoenix Remnants. I'm glad to move on with Locke's journey and I'm going to give the story for him and Clementine a happy ending to be remembered. It'll be fun and I can't wait. Thanks again for reading my story😀😁