Till Death Do Us Part

*Cluck-Ca-Cluck* *Cluck-Ca-Cluck*

"Woah there girl." Clementine brings her horse to a stop.

Embers of fire fill the forest air. Some of the sparkling pixels of heat pinch her malnourished cheeks. The young girl stares at the yellow gates of fire that consumes the complex. "AJ!" She whispers in panic to herself.

The entrance to the complex reads Fort McCarroll.

Eerie sounds of gunfire and explosions fill the young girl's ears. The front gate was split in a jagged line. The left half of the gate was being held in place from something on the other side while the right side is completely tumbled over leaving a massive hole to enter.

"Come on girl." She pats the horse on the neck and advances towards the Fort. They start to cross the war torn bridge that leads to the gate. "THERE'S ONE OF THEM!" A man screams from the ramparts above her. Clem shoots her face up and sees the man pointing an assault rifle at her. "Oh shit." She mumbles out to herself. She kicks the horse to move faster. The horse goes full throttle and the sounds of gun fire direct towards her. She hears the bullets whiz past her figure but then a cluster of the gunfire hits the horse causing it to flip forward dead. Clem flies off the horse and roughly lands inside the gates entrance.

BAM BAM
*feminine screams* *masculine screams*

The blazing heat breaks the girl into a streaming sweet. She pushes her feet to get herself further inside the gate to avoid the bullets. She swivels her head in terror, scanning the furnace that consumes her. "Help me." A weak voice grabs her arm, pleading for assistance. Clem pulls her arm back and pushes herself away from the man.

He's trapped underneath a part of the gate. His entire left side is molten and has an orangish yellow glow to it. The skin on his face melts off the bone. "Please... kill me..."

Boom!!!

Clem quickly turns her head towards the bang. A group of people tumble over a door trying to escape the horrors from inside. Bullets fly out the door hitting some of the frantic people. Two men run out assault rifles in hand blasting the people away. "KILL THEM ALL!!!" The larger figure demands from his comrade. Clem stumbles to get behind cover, trying to avoid the men's view.

"Please don't kill us." A man pleads to the gunman. Multiple shots ring out and Clem hears the pitiful voices of men, women, and children scream for their final breath. The teen hears the monsters gut their victims out of pleasure. Clem's shaky hands unholster her pistol and brings it to her side.

"No... don't kill that one. I want to have some fun with her before she dies." The teen hears the sinister laugher from the monsters ahead. "NO! MY BABY BOY! GET OFF OF ME!" Clem turns her head peering the side of the flipped table. She witnesses a woman being pried from a motionless child and the monsters take her flailing body away. Clem takes a moment to compose her unsteady heart. J-Just c-alm down, I-I just have to find AJ. She takes in a couple of deep breaths with the fiery ash and restless screams in-circling her malnourished soul.

Clem takes her ground and timidly continues her quest to find her baby boy. The echo of gunshots ring throughout the structure. She comes up to where the men gunned down the helpless victims. She freezes in utter disgust and is haunted with the images of gutted children, men, and women. She spots an infant who's completely unrecognizable with it's face caved in revealing little brain pieces scattered all throughout the floor.