Take Me Back

Old Memories and Regrets

Once the sounds of the walkers passed, the group settled down again.
"We almost DIED because of this bitch and her itchy trigger finger! That was stupid! That was--"
Larry fell to the ground, groaning in pain.
"What's wrong with him?!"
"It's his heart!" Larry didn't have nitroglycerin pills to ease the pain. Lilly had been attempting to get into the pharmacy to get them, but the door was locked. Lee tried to assure Lilly that he would try to get in somehow and get the pills for her dad. Meanwhile younger Clementine sat on a small chair with her walkie-talkie, obviously shaken by the recent scenario. Duck wasn't bitten fortunately, but she was more concerned about Larry's outburst.

Lee and younger Clementine made their way into the office, but something was bothering him. He was tied to this place. "I can't... I can't think about them in here."
Older Clementine looked at Lee with a sorrowful face. A short while, Lee found a photo of his family. She sympathized with his pain. He tore off the part with him on it and kept the rest of his family on it. "Find anything?" Carley stood by the door. He let the picture shred of himself fall to the ground.
"It's a photo of the family who owned this place. It might help us track down the keys to the office."
"I know who you are. You're Lee Everett. You're a professor at Athens who killed a state senator who was sleeping with your wife. This is your parents' store. Folks around town know the owner's son got himself a life sentence, but I'm a reporter for WABE in Atlanta. I paid attention to that trial. Maybe you're a murderer. But I don't really care. Frankly, that's a skill that might come in handy."
Lee was unimpressed, and not particularly happy. The last thing he needed out there was drama. Carley left the office, leaving just Lee and Clementine there. Lee saw the desk blocking the way into the pharmacy and decided to move it.
Older Clementine stood there observing the conversation.
"Can I help?" Asked the little girl and Lee accepted her help.
"How are you doing?"
"Yeah. It's not that heavy."
"How about with everything outside?"
"It's not good."
"No, it's not."
"But I think it'll be okay." She smiled at Lee and he returned it.
After they successfully moved the desk, young Clementine cut her finger.
"Ow! I hurt my finger. It's bleeding bad."
"Are you okay?" Lee picked up Clementine and sat her on the desk. He gently touched her finger and she cringed at the pain.
"I'll find a bandage."
Lee wrapped the bandage around her finger, and everything was good again.
"Thanks, Lee." She said before standing back up.
The two of them left the office with older Clementine in row.
Suddenly, the walkie-talkie emitted a static noise. It was Glenn who wanted to speak to Lee. He was stuck and requested some help. Carley and Lee decided to go to where he was at - The Motor Inn. Older Clementine remained in the pharmacy until they returned safely with Glenn.

An hour later, Carley, Lee and Glenn returned safely. They informed the group of a place they move to. The remaining walkers where dispatched of. Older Clementine was thrilled to see them all back safe and sound, especially Lee. Doug and Lee talked about going outside the entrance, to get the keys which the pharmacy receptionist had on him. Older Clementine went with them outside. Lee had taken a remote controller with him, hoping it could be of some use.
"Think you can do anything with this?"
"You know what I COULD do..."
"What's that?"
Lee handed him the remote and Doug fiddle with the buttons.
"It's universal; I could program it to work with those TVs across the street. Let's just hope the power is still on."
"You can just do that?"
"I memorized all the codes when I was in AV. Let's try." With some 'nerd magic' Doug managed to turn the TVs across the street on. The noise attracted the walkers, giving Lee an open window to get the keys from the pharmacy worker. Once he went over there, he hesitated to grab the keys. Older Clementine standing back there wondered why he didn't just grab it, until she understood who the pharmacy worker was...