Walking Dead Game Collection

"Savior"

Title: Savior
Characters: Clementine, Sarah, Nick and Luke.
Summary: Clementine heads out into the woods to find more wood for the group, but is attacked by bandits and Luke is the only one who can save her.
Author’s Note: Some language inside. Spoilers if you haven’t done episode 3! This takes place after episode 3 and where I imagine the group locates.
Requested By: emmyinthemiddle
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“Clem?” Luke called out to the young girl from inside their small cabin. After the group had escaped Carver’s camp, they ran out into the woods and managed to find an old house to stay in. It wasn’t a permanent solution, but it was good enough for the time being. Luke was tending to Sarah, making sure she was wrapped in blankets and was feeling alright. Ever since the death of her father, Sarah hadn’t been the same.
Clementine slowly entered the living room area, closing one of the doors shut behind her. “Yes?”
“I need to take care of Sarah, do you mind getting Kenny to go get some more wood?”
“I don’t think Kenny’s able to do that. His eye has been bugging him a lot these past few days.”
Luke sighed in frustration. “Right…” He grumbled. “Do you mind taking care of Sarah while I go get some then?”
Clementine’s eyes darted towards the girl. She seemed terrified. She was hunched over, a blanket wrapped tightly over her shoulders, and she was shivering in fear as she stared at the roaring fireplace. “No, I’ll go get some.”
Luke’s eyes widened in shock as he took a few steps away from Sarah and kneeled in front of Clementine. “Clem, are you sure? I don’t want you to get hurt.”
“Sarah misses her Dad.” Clementine began, not missing a beat before she spoke again. “She needs another father figure, at least for the time being. She needs someone to comfort her. That’s you, not me.” Luke considered this for a moment before Clementine adjusted her jacket and started for the door.
“Just…” Luke started, phrasing his words carefully in his head. Clementine turned from grabbing the doorknob to face him. “Be careful. If you take too long, I’m coming to look for you.” Clementine nodded and swiftly left the building before anyone could protest.
As she wandered to the forest, she scanned the land for any wood. They had chopped down a bunch of trees and left the wood to sit for them to take later so there would be less noise to attract walkers. As much as Clementine searched however, she couldn’t find any. The young girl sighed in frustration, stopping as she reached a small river. She kneeled down, took some of the liquid in her hands, and took a long sip. Based on the amount of food they had, they needed to eat next to nothing everyday so being able to have some fresh water was the world to Clem.
Hearing a twig snap behind her, Clementine whipped out her little axe and pointed towards the source of the noises. She refused to say anything, she didn’t want to risk making a lot of noise if it was a walker.
Hearing another snap from behind her, she turned again. At this point, she knew that it couldn’t be walkers. They wouldn’t be able to move that fast. But before Clementine could speak, a hand clamped over her mouth and another ripped the axe from her hands. “What do we have here?” A gruff voice whispered. Two others figures emerged from the bushes in front of the young girl, causing Clementine to squirm desperately to get out of their grasp.
“A little girl, huh? What are you doing out here all alone?” One of the others asked. After a moment of silence fell over the group, the three looked at each other and nodded.
“Let’s do it.” The man who was holding Clem, slammed her to the ground and started rooting through her pockets, while the others pocketed her axe and searched the area for other things she could have dropped. “You must have something else on you!” Finding nothing however, the man lifted Clem to her feet using her hood and growled at his companions. “Anything?”
“Nothing.” One of them replied, rubbing his hands off on his blood-splattered jeans.
The leader smirked, turning back to Clementine. “Thanks for the axe kid. See ya around.” In one swift motion, all three tossed the young girl into the lake and watched her desperately squirm to try and get out.
Clementine’s head ducked under the water before her head resurfaced and she gasped for air. The strong current was pulling her deeper and deeper under the water, causing her to flail in peril.
Meanwhile, Nick ran in through the back door of their lodge, causing Luke to raise an eyebrow. “Nick? You okay?”
Nick coughed slightly and adjusted his hat. “Yeah I’m good. Some bandits for the jump on me.”
Luke’s eyes widened as he rushed to Nick’s side. “Bandits are out there?” He asked in disbelief. Nick nodded and sighed.
“They’re pretty bad. They’ve been stealing stuff from all around the area.”
Without waiting another second, Luke burst out the door and started towards were they kept their logs, searching for the young girl he cared for so much.
Reaching the lake, he saw a figure in the distance and rushed towards it. “Clem!” He cried, running full speed towards her. As soon as he reaching her flailing body he reached into the stream and grabbed one of her ice cold arms and pulled her out.
The second her head broke through the water, she gasped desperately for air. Luke tugged her onto the grass and ripped off the jacket he was wearing to wrap it around the small girl, and immediately gathered her in his arms. “Clem, thank god you’re okay.” He whispered quietly, panting as he held the shivering girl close to him. He didn’t care that his clothes were getting soaked, all he cared about was if Clementine was warm and safe.
Clementine gave tiny coughs as her lungs gasped for air, along with shivers wracking her tiny body. “Y-Yeah….I-I’m ok….”
Luke gave her a tight squeeze, as if doing that could somehow instantly warm her up. “You’re okay now…you’re okay…it was those bandit wasn’t it?” Not being to find the energy to speak, she nodded. Luke growled under his breath. “As soon as I find them, I swear to God I’ll kill them.”
Slowly, he stood and pulled the little girl with him in his arms. “Let’s go home.” He whispered. Along the way, Clementine whimpered and shook violently, causing Luke to whisper softly into her ear. “Shh…it’s okay.” He said quietly. “You’re safe. I’m not going to let them hurt you.”
Reaching the cabin, Luke went straight upstairs and got some of Sarah’s extra clothes and laid them out for her. “Clem, you can change and then meet me downstairs, okay? I’ll make something warm for you to eat.”
Clementine shakily nodded before Luke quickly left and closed the door behind him. As he went downstairs to start one of the few cans of soup they had, Nick walked up from behind him. “Hey, what happened out there?”
“Those stupid shits got Clem.” He grumbled angrily, setting the pot of soup over the fire.
Nick sighed. “Well Sarah’s upstairs asleep. You guys have the living room to yourselves.”
A few minutes later after Nick went back upstairs, a shaky Clementine stood at the base of the staircase. As Luke poured the warm liquid into a bowl, he turned to see the shaken girl. As he walked over to her, he extended a hand. “Come on.” He said softly. He carefully lead the girl towards the fire and wrapped a blanket tightly around her. He slipped the warm bowl into her fingers and smiled at her. “You ok?”
Clementine hesitated a moment before nodded, still remaining silent as she took tiny sips from the soup.
After she had finished, Luke noticed how shaken she still was, so he scooted closer to her and wrapped his arm over her shoulder. “Hey. Don’t worry okay? Those guys won’t come back.”
Clementine pulled herself closer into his chest, warmth radiating off of his body. “Okay.” Her soft voice replied.
After she had drifted to sleep, Luke remained in the same position until day break, refusing to leave her side.
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