After The End - Violentine

Muffled Screams

Violet walked cautiously behind the restrained bandit, she knew she should be paying attention to to the tree line for walkers but the dark green jacket they were wearing wouldn't leave her mind.

"Shouldn't we take the masks off and see who they are?" Aasim asked.

Molly sighed, "You take those masks off and they could bite you or spit in your eye, best thing is to take them back and Clementine can deal with them."

Aasim nodded and continued walking ahead. Meanwhile Louis and AJ pushed the bandits bike through the snow.

"Did you really have to knock him out, this guy is heavy?" Louis grunted.

"Well it was ether that or I let the kid get shot." Molly snapped.

"Fair point." He sighed as he continued to push the bike.

The rest of the journey back to the school was easy, they only encountered a single walker which Violet swiftly dealt with, there was one strange thing however, whilst she was dealing with the walking corpse she noticed that the captive did not attempt to run, they just waited casually by the bike.

When they got to the school it was almost dark and the snow has just began to fall again, the only people outside were the nighttime guards who were mainly huddled next to the nearest source of heat.

As they approached the basement hatch Louis shrugged the man off the back of the bike and lent it against the wall.

Working together they managed to drag him down the stairs and restrain him in an old desk chair, the other complied and was tied to an old boiler pipe nearby.

"How many knives did that guy have?" Louis commented at the absurd amount of blades that they had collected from the unconscious mans person.

"Hey, so what's the plan?" Clementine said as she approached them from down the corridor.

Clementine naturally stood next to Violet who was deep in thought and carefully held her hand.

"Not sure yet but it looks like the one I hit is the leader because the other barely talks." Molly said irritated.

"Hey Vi, are you alright?" Clementine said softly.

Violet jumped at the sound of a voice, "I think he's wearing Minerva's jacket." She said quietly.

Clementine was a little shaken at the name, they hadn't spoken it since they destroyed the Delta.

"Ok... I'll send someone to guard the door. Go to our room, it's been a long day and I have a little something for you." Clementine adder with a grin.

Violet smiled reassuringly and kiss Clementine light on the cheek.

After a few minutes of staring into the dark snowy night Clementine entered the room.

"Sorry I took so long, I had to find a place for Molly to sleep, I had to put her up in the office." She mentioned as she joint Violet at the window.

Violet lent her head gently in Clementine's shoulder and closed her eyes. For a moment everything was peaceful, no outside interference just the sound of her gentle breathe.

"Oh before I forget I made you something." Clementine said rummaging through her pockets.

Violet chuckled, "First the hat, then the candle lit dinner. Where do you find the time to do these things?"

Violet remembered the meal there shared some weeks ago vividly, she had managed to clear the music room for a few hours and Louis convinced her that he should play the piano. It was nice for them to feel almost normal for once.

"Ok so remember our first dance?" Clementine inquired.

"Of course dummy, one of the best moment of my life." Violet smiled.

" You gave me this after." Clementine held up the starry pin. "I never made you and I didn't want to brake this one so I made you this."

Clementine pulled a handmade necklace with a small purple charm attached, in the centre the letter 'D' similar to the one on her hat.

"Turn around." Clementine said sweetly.

Violet turned around calmly and Clementine draped the necklace around her neck and tied it carefully at the back, sealing it with a kiss on the back of the neck.

"Perfect, now we match." She whispered.

Violet looked down at the charm and smiled, "I love it."

Clementine made her way over to the bed and swept aside the ragged but think blanket and lay down. Violet joined her, join her side in a calm embrace.

The next morning the calm atmosphere was broken by a series of loud footsteps passing by the door.

"Clem, one of the prisoners escaped!" A voice yelled from outside the door.

Clementine looked up in a sleepy haze, and shook her head, "What?" She mumbled. A sudden shake from Violet suddenly woke her fully.

Jumping quickly out of the bed and rushed for the door. As she approached the inside basement door she saw the crowd.

"Back the fuck up or I'll gut you like a fish." A slightly muffled voice yelled.

Clementine began to push her way through the crowd, as she did she noticed the small ring which had formed, blocking the doors to the exit.

"Oh how Abby would have loved this, come on try me, you'll be eating out of a tube!" A voice yelled

Eventually Clementine reached the centre, the two captives stood back to back, small blades in their hands as they spun slowly.

"Stop, everyone get back!" Clementine yelled over the many voices that filled the corridor.

The crowd stepped back slowly allowing the duo to drop their defensive stance.

"Ah Clem, good to see you... now did you keep our stuff or did you bury it like last time." The man in fur said.

"Who are you, take off the masks and maybe we'll talk." Clementine demanded as she drew her knife.

The taller man in furs pulled the pelt from over his head revealing a bright floral shirt. He then clasped the damaged mask on his face and began to remove it slowly.

"Ow. Ow. Ow. Ahh that's better." The man said as he pulled the mask off his head.

The crowd gasped in shock when they saw the face, it was familiar but near destroyed, the left half of their face was cut deeply in several places, the cuts were deep and healed but looked painful as if large talons had claws them.

"Oh what the shirt isn't that bad don't overreact." They said with a proud smile.

Clementine stood slightly confused.

"But you were dead." She muttered.

This is were things get interesting...
Hope you enjoyed.
-ZQ