the aftermath - twdg clouis fanfic

13.after

Clementine watched in shock as Violet yanked her cleaver out of Gabe's skull. A sickening sound followed. She kicked over his body, then offered a hand to Louis, who gratefully accepted it.
"Vi," he panted. "I...thank you. You saved me."
Violet gave him a small smile, but it quickly disappeared. They turned and saw the chaos behind them. The rest of the school was in an intense fight with the rest of Gabe's group.
"C'mon, we have to help them," Violet said, springing into action. Louis and AJ took off after her, leaving Clem alone, unable to help her friends or defend herself.
From where she crouched, near the gate, Clem was able to see most of the fight. She panicked, scanning to see if there was something she could do. Unable to run, or even walk, was a terrible feeling for her. She was used to being the badass in action, risking her life before others. Her life now was just being a useless bystander.
Towards the front of the school, on the second floor balcony, Clementine spotted AJ, Aasim and Harper. Aasim and Harper were struggling to push the other off the edge, and by the looks of it, Aasim was losing. AJ was madly swinging an axe at Harper, only sometimes hitting her legs. She shrieked in pain right after AJ hit her hard in the calf. Kicking him away, she built up her last bit of strength and used it.
Clem could only stand and watch in terror as Aasim fell to his death.
She had no time to react.
An instant later, a stranger was pouncing on her with a knife. Instinctively, Clem pulled out her own knife and quickly dominated them, killing them before she even knew their name.
His lifeless body tumbled to the ground, eyes still open. Clementine stared down at him, feeling numb. She didn't know this man. And yet she had just stabbed him and ended his life.
What would Lee think of me? she thought in horror.
"CLEM!"
She was quickly snapped out of her state. Grabbing her crutches, she searched for the person who had just shouted for her.
"CLEM! FUCK, I CAN'T..."
The voice came from Violet. Clementine could see her pinned on the ground, an unknown woman holding her down. She held a sharp knife to Violet's throat. Squirming, Violet gave Clem a desperate look.
Clem lifted her left crutch, using it as a weapon towards the woman. She struck her in the head with it, hard. The woman groaned in pain and released her grip on Violet, who now took this opportunity to attack her with her cleaver.
She was dead.
Violet straightened up, breathing heavily. "She's dead," she sighed. "That was the last of their group."
Ruby was suddenly beside them. "Oh, thank god. Guys, I'm so glad we all made it."
Clementine's heart sank as she realized that Ruby hadn't seen Aasim.
"Ruby...Aasim got killed," she whispered.
The hurt instantly showed on the redhead's face. "Wha-what?"
Before she could answer, AJ ran up to Clementine. She instantly realized that she had barely seen AJ the whole fight. She dropped to her knees and wrapped her arms around him.
"Goofball, I was so worried..." she murmured into his afro. AJ returned the hug.
As he pulled away, Clem noticed the look on his face. Worry.
"Clem, it's Louis," he told her. "He got shot."