Chapter 139: We're the Walking Dead

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You all stand there, staring at AJ.

Louis: No!

Omar: Oh, my god!

Violet: Shit!

Ruby: We could get medicine. From the nurse's office.

Mitch: He's dead! The kid blew his brains out!

Louis: You shot him. He's dead. You're a murderer. You promised Marlon! You said you'd help him fix things!

Louis looks at you and Clem.

Louis: What the fuck did you teach this kid?!

Violet walks out in front of the group and takes out her cleaver.

Violet: Back off! All of you! She says, brandishing her cleaver.

Louis: It was under control! I talked Marlon down, then...

Mitch glares at you, but you don't give a shit.

Louis: He murdered my fucking friend!

Violet: Take AJ, go inside.

You put your hand on Clem's shoulder and you look at AJ.

You: Come on, let's go.

You both walk up to AJ.

Louis: Oh, just let them go back to the dorms?! What happens the next time one of us does something this kid doesn't like?

AJ gets behind you.

Louis: Should we expect a bullet, too?

Violet: That's not what happened.

Louis: It's exactly what happened! It was over, 'til little Mr. Trigger-Happy decided otherwise!

Clem: No, he wouldn't do that! He'd never hurt any of you! It was--Marlon threatened us!

Louis: AJ pointed the gun first!

You: Marlon started this! He killed Brody and almost got me, too! AJ did what he had to do!

Louis: What he had to? He didn't have to shoot Marlon in the fucking skull! It was over!

Violet: We get it, Louis, just back off, okay?

Louis: Back off? Seriously?!

You: Let's go, guys.

The three of you walk away. Ruby kneels down next to Marlon's corpse and starts crying.

Ruby: For god's sake, someone help me with this!

Mitch walks up to you three.

Mitch: Saved you from that car wreck, and you fucking murdered him?!

Clem: Get back, Mitch.

AJ: Get. Back.

Mitch: Or what? He says, drawing a knife at Clem's neck.

Without blinking an eye, you grab his wrist and you kick him in the stomach. He clutches over and holds his stomach in pain, giving you the opportunity to punch him in the face, knocking him to the ground. You take his knife by the blade and you throw it into the dirt next to his foot.

You: Mitch, if you ever pull that shit again, I'll rip your head off your neck.

He stands up.

Mitch: Screw all of you.

He walks back over to the group.

You, Clem, and AJ walk back inside the dorms.

Small timeskip
Clementine's POV
You wake up in the middle of the night, expecting to be snuggled on top of Y/N, but you don't see him. You look at the end of the room to see Y/N sitting on the floor against the wall.

Your POV
You feel someone touch your shoulder. You look up to see Clem.

You: Hey.

Clem: Hey.

She sits down next to you.

Clem: What're you doing?

You: ...Couldn't sleep.

She nods.

Clem: What happened down there?

You: Marlon went crazy. He tried to fix it, but...Brody ended up dying anyways.

You sigh. You scratch the back of your neck.

You: They're gonna kick us out.

Clem: No...

You: Yes. They're gonna force us to leave. I can feel it.

Clem: In your knee bone?

You: Whenever I think about it, it shakes.

Clem: Fuck...

You look down.

You: I just wanted a home for AJ. That's all I wanted.

Clem: Me too. But...we can't do anything to stop this.

You: We'll just have to walk. I mean, we don't have a car anymore, so that makes things harder.

Clem: I know... But we're gonna make it through this.

You look at Clem.

You: That's what everyone thinks.

Clem: We can die any day. That's just the world we live in.

You start to have a memory. You look down at your boots.

You: ...When I was in the hospital...my brother came to visit me. I asked him if he ever had to kill anyone.

Clem: What'd he say?

You: ...He said that that's adult stuff... So I asked him if anyone tried to kill him... He just went real quiet... He said that someone was trying to kill him every day... Every morning when he's wake up, he's say "Rest in peace, now go to war..." You're right, we can die any day. That's what keeps us going... No matter what happens to us...we tell ourselves...

You look up.

You: that we're the walking dead...

Clem thinks about that for a second.

You look at Clem.

You: ...We're gonna survive...I'll do whatever it takes to make sure that we do.

She smiles at you. She kisses you and you kiss back.

She stands up. She holds out her hand.

Clem: Come on. Let's go to bed.

You smile. You take her hand and she helps you up. You both walk over to the bed. Clem gets in first. You get in and Clem snuggles onto you.

You close your eye. You drift off to sleep.

A/N: I know it's cheesy, but I just felt like it was kinda necessary.

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