Kenny: ''Shh shh... Stay calm my little devil. E...every...everything is gonna be fine. LUKE?! BRING ME SOME BANDAGES NOW!! I...I can't lose my family again! YOU HEAR ME?! I promised Lee.''
Clementine just got shot. They were finally find some place to catch their breath after what happened to Carver's community. But that plan failed. Some scavengers already ''Claimed'' that place.
Luke: ''Oh f...FUCK! I wish Carlos was here. What the hell are we gonna do now?!''
Kenny: ''Well he ain't here now! We'll do whatever we can to keep her alive.''
Luke: ''C'mon kid. Hang on. You get through bad things before. This is just a scratch comparing to them.''
Clementine: ''K...Kenny....L....Luke....''
Kenny: ''We're here! We're here! You're not alone darling!''
Luke: ''There ain't no way you're leaving us. I still have to get that revenge from you for hitting me.''
Luke: ''Clementine! DoN't sleep! C'mon you're stronger than it!''
Clementine closes her eye. When she opens, she finds herself in her room in the Motor Inn.
''Sweetpea?''
She can see the person but can't see him clearly.
Clementine: ''Who are you?''
''Is that the Clementine I gave you? :) You kept it.''
Clementine: ''L..L...LEE!!!'' *hugs him like she never hugged before*
Lee: ''Hey girl :)''
Clementine: ''L..L...Lee!!! *cries* I missed you so much. :(''
Lee: ''I missed you more sweetpea. Let me look at you.''
Lee looks Clementine.
Lee: ''Oh my god. You grew up so much. Where is my little girl I found that treehouse? :)''
Clementine: ''She was always here. :)''
Lee: ''Clementine we...we don't have much time.''
Lee's skin getting pale.
Clementine: ''No! Please don't leave me again Lee!!! I'm scared!''
Lee: ''Don't be afraid honey. I'll always be with you. I never stopped to look after you. I'm really sorry about in that time I couldn't be with you.''
Clementine: ''It's my fault. If I told you about that radio you could be alive now.!
Lee smlies and wipes a tear on Clementine's cheek.
Lee: ''My sweetpea, it's not your fault believe me. Don't ever blame yourself. Life is keeps moving. Never listens screams, pains, helpness just keeps moving. I can never imagine what you've been through after me. I wish I was there, be with you. But never forget; I'll always be with you no matter what. I'm really glad that I get to know you. You are the light of hope in this world. Keep shining. You're my daughter I never had. I...I love you sweetpea. And I'll always will <:)''
Clementine: *hugs and cries* ''I love you too, Lee. I'll never forget you. Never.''
Lee: ''Never give up. You'll try, you'll fall. You'll try, you'll fall. But the real failure is when you stop trying! The strongest people are not those who show stregnth in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about. You're strong Clem, you can do anything. Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak! Sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go. Let that all failures you carried go Clem! Can you see that door? Go on. You can do this.''
Clementine: ''You're not coming with me?''
Lee: ''You don'T need me anymore sweetpea. I can only show you the door. You're the one who has to walk through it. You're going to see bad people. No matter how badly people will treat you never drop down to there level it will only excite them more. Go on honey. I'm proud of you. :)''
Clementine walks through the dorr looks behind again.
Clementine: ''Can I see you again?''
Lee: ''You don't have to. Because I'll always be with you.''
"Clementine?" My eyes slowly opened as I heard a familiar face echo through my ears. I took a glance at my surroundings, but no one was around.
"K-Kenny? Bonnie? Where is everyone?" I asked in a panicked rush, goosebumps rising upon my arms. I jumped when I felt someone's hand touch my head, and immediately jerked away.
"Clem? You alright?" I turned around to see Lee kneeling down beside me, "I'm sorry i had to wake you up. But we have to go now, sweetpea," I couldn't contain myself and threw my arms around him.
"We can catch up later. For now, let's get through this," he said, and I got to my feet. I slid my hand into his, and walked in his direction.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"I'm taking you home, Clementine. Everything's normal. Can you believe it?" I suddenly realized that everything was different. The sun was shining, everything seemed more colorful, and most of all, Lee was by my side. We entered my small neighborhood, and my eyes widened. Would I be able to see my parents again?
"I knew it would come. You did too, didn't you-?" I said, but was interrupted felt a cold shiver at my fingertips. I looked up at Lee, but instead of the kind face that had taken care of me for months, there was air, which gave ma a feeling of nothing but cold emptiness within. It felt as if it was getting gradually colder, the degrees subtracting by the minute.
"L-Lee...?" I said, and was suddenly pushed forward. I quickly turned around, and noticed there was a walker. I backed up, seeking help from my kind neighbors, but instead of bright, colored houses, there were wrecked stores, abandoned homes, and corpses. I backed up and something pushed me to the ground. There was another walker, and I quickly got to my feet and backed up in the other direction of the two. I looked behind me for something to grab, but there was cold, hard ground and three more walkers.
"Lee!" I said, feeling faint. I could almost feel his hand holding mine, his kind presence, and the warmth of his body heat. But that all vanished in a split second. The walkers inched towards me, but I collapsed to the cold ground beneath me.
I did write something like this once when Season 1 was over, but I never finished the fic and lost the papers I wrote it all on. I don't really have any fics I want to put it in, so I'll revise a more season 2 of it for this.
Don't hate me.
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Home, it was so long since she’d last been here, or to have even really thought of that word. Home was just a fragile wish, a hope to find somewhere to belong again. But here, Clementine felt it again, something she hadn’t in a long time; peace.
Everything was still the same, like how Clementine remembered it from before. The flowers mom had planted were out in bloom, and the lawn was freshly cut too, dad’s doing. She could hear the next door neighbour’s dog barking, the sizzling of a barbecue going somewhere, and the pair of brothers a few doors down laughing away while they were having a water gun fight like they always did in summer.
Clementine wished she had a water gun, but she had a pool though, the sunlight sparkling off its surface that it looked really pretty; the water cold and so very tempting to her bare feet that she wriggled from where she sat on the top step outside in the garden, humming softly to herself.
Her hair was being cut, she could hear it, the scissors snipping at her locks that she really didn’t want gone. They had to go though, Lee said so. It was him there now, cutting those curls away, his hand gently raising her hair at times as to be careful not to clip her ears by accident with those large scissors that she really didn’t like.
Clementine couldn’t see him, but just she knew it was him there, not mom and dad, wherever they’d gone…
“Hey Lee, can I ask you something? It’s kind of...it's really important.”
Just to hear him talk again, to hear his voice, cracked something from inside.
“Sure, what is it sweet pea?”
Away those scissors continued with their snipping, ringlets falling onto that wooden step Clementine stayed put on. She catches one lock of hair in her hand, studying it sadly, wishing she had some glue.
“Can I, um…it is okay if I can I call you dad?”
The cutting suddenly stopped.
In the sky, out those clouds reached, slow in stealing the sunshine away.
“I know I have a dad to call dad, but you’re really nice, and cool like a dad!” Clementine rushed out with quickly, worried she’d upset him or said something wrong. Nervously she wriggled her toes again. “I had two grandmas and grandpas once, and mom and dad wouldn’t mind. They’d like you lots, lots and lots! So, can I? Pretty please?”
“…”
“Lee?”
The clattering of metal hit the planks of that deck right behind her. Startled, Clementine turned around to find out what’d happened, and saw those ugly scissors on the ground, lying amongst the ringlets of her cut hair.
But Lee, he wasn’t anywhere...
She stood up quickly as the world started losing its vibrant colors, everything going so cold and lifeless, without even the sound of a passing car to be heard on the street, or the chirping of birds from those residing woods. There was nothing but the sound of her own tiny voice calling out to a ghost in that creeping silence as darkness set in.
“L-Lee…? Lee!?”
Where were mom and dad?
Where did everybody go?
Her hands gripped shaking in front of her, as gunshot suddenly went off popping like firecrackers. And in the blink of an eye, figures were everywhere, rotten bodies stumbling around worse than drunks. She was surrounded from all sides, the smell from their corpses suffocating. This isn’t home, home is gone, and this place is...
Where is everyone!?
Blood is on her clothes and on her skin, shouting from somewhere nearby, with bullets flying everywhere. She’s desperate to find a face, somebody she can recognize who isn’t like one of them. But Clementine can’t see anybody, just corpses, hundreds and thousands of them.
They’re turning towards her, closing in.
She’s small again, smaller than she ever was; reduced to nothing but a nine year girl lost of innocence and courage as her hands closed tightly around both ears, whimpering tearful at the bloodcurdling scream from a friend that is carried across hordes of undead in that moonless night, the sound tearing down right through into Clementine's bones.
Kenny: ''Shh shh... Stay calm my little devil. E...every...everything is gonna be fine. LUKE?! BRING ME SOME BANDAGES NOW!! I...I can't lose… more my family again! YOU HEAR ME?! I promised Lee.''
Clementine just got shot. They were finally find some place to catch their breath after what happened to Carver's community. But that plan failed. Some scavengers already ''Claimed'' that place.
Luke: ''Oh f...FUCK! I wish Carlos was here. What the hell are we gonna do now?!''
Kenny: ''Well he ain't here now! We'll do whatever we can to keep her alive.''
Luke: ''C'mon kid. Hang on. You get through bad things before. This is just a scratch comparing to them.''
Clementine: ''K...Kenny....L....Luke....''
Kenny: ''We're here! We're here! You're not alone darling!''
Luke: ''There ain't no way you're leaving us. I still have to get that revenge from you for hitting me.''
Clementine: *hardly smiles* ''Y...you...w...wish...'… [view original content]
I wouldn't want this to happen, but if your Lee was a good person (Sparing St. Johns, not stealing food, not dropping Ben, etc.), and your C… morelementine character isn't (Watches Carver die, tells Walter that Nick is just like everybody else, leading to his death, etc.), I think it would be really emotional if he scorned her, similar to this.
Clementine (with her white dress and messy haircut, you know, young Clem) lays on Lee in the RV, and after a while they start talking.
Clementine: "I really miss you."
Lee: "I miss you, too, sweet pea." There is a pause. "Why?"
Clementine: "Huh?"
Lee: "Is this what I taught you? Do you think watching a man get beaten to death makes you a 'grown-up'? Does it make you feel 'mature'?"
Clementine: "Lee, I...I-"
Clementine wakes up.
Lee, Clem, and Duck are in a classroom at her old school. There are no walkers and everything is fine. It is a bright and beautiful day and … moreyou can see people outside walking and kids in the playground.
Lee: Okay Clem and Duck, did you guys do last night's homework?
Clem: It took me all night, but I got it done!
Duck: Uhm... my dad ate it
Lee: Duck...Clem, why don't you help this knucklehead with his homework?
Clem: Only if you give me extra credit!
Lee: *mumbles* shit
Clem: THAT WAS A SWEAR!
Lee: I'm sorry Clem, I shouldn't talk like that
Kenny walks in the classroom to pick Duck up
Kenny: Hey Lee, did you have any problem with this kid who is as dumb as a bag of hammers?
Lee: Well, I have Clem helping him with his homework right now
*Duck tries to pay attention to Clem, but Duck soon forgets what she is talking about*
Clem: Duck, you dumbass!
Lee & Kenny: SWEAR!
Clem: Oops, sorry!
Lee: Clem, I'm sorr… [view original content]
Kenny: ''Shh shh... Stay calm my little devil. E...every...everything is gonna be fine. LUKE?! BRING ME SOME BANDAGES NOW!! I...I can't lose… more my family again! YOU HEAR ME?! I promised Lee.''
Clementine just got shot. They were finally find some place to catch their breath after what happened to Carver's community. But that plan failed. Some scavengers already ''Claimed'' that place.
Luke: ''Oh f...FUCK! I wish Carlos was here. What the hell are we gonna do now?!''
Kenny: ''Well he ain't here now! We'll do whatever we can to keep her alive.''
Luke: ''C'mon kid. Hang on. You get through bad things before. This is just a scratch comparing to them.''
Clementine: ''K...Kenny....L....Luke....''
Kenny: ''We're here! We're here! You're not alone darling!''
Luke: ''There ain't no way you're leaving us. I still have to get that revenge from you for hitting me.''
Clementine: *hardly smiles* ''Y...you...w...wish...'… [view original content]
Clem: Kenny told me to get some food but I fell and bumped my head, I'm sorry.
Lee: This the same Kenny that kept putting us in danger wanting to get some damn boat? Ended up with me having to cut off my own arm? That who we talking about here? Are you his bitch now?
Clem: I ain't nobodies bitch!
Lee: You're a joke is what you are, playing errand girl to a bunch of pansy asses, pussy's and democrats, you're nothing but a freak to them and they're laughing at you behind you're back! Well let me tell you something you can do me a favour if you're as bad as you make yourself out to be. You go back there and shoot your pal Kenny in the face for me! Now you listen to me, ain't no one ever gonna care about you as much as me, ain't nobody ever will, now come on get up on your feet before I have to kick your teeth in!
'What's going on here? Where am I?', she says, standing up and walking around.
'Come here. I will guide you. Just follow my voice.'
'Who is this? Do I know you?'
'Maybe you do, yes. Maybe you don't. I can't tell you right now. You'll just have to trust me on this, ok?'
'Ok. I will trust you', she says, walking towards the voice.
'Look out for the walkers, Clementine. They are wandering around in the shadows, only waiting for you to get too close to them!'
Clem sees walking shilouettes in the white fog that surrounds her, and is suddenly deeply afraid.
'Don't worry, they can't hurt you. Not really. But still, look out for them', the voice continues.
'Why wouldn't they hurt me?'
'Because this isn't really happening.'
Clem is very disappointed to hear that, but still follows the voice through the mist.
Suddenly, the behaviour of the shadows changes. They walk faster, seem to carry guns.
'Find her!', Carver's voice can be heard.
'Faster, sweet pea! They are already searching for you!'
Clem begins to run.
'She's over there! Shoot her!', she hears many different voices at once.
She keeps running and running, until she feels save. But suddenly, she bumps into someone.
She stares up and screams out in horror.
A faceless Carver looks down at her.
'My, my. What do have we got here?', he asks.
'Leave me alone!'
'You know that everything I told you is true, don't you? We are VERY alike, Clementine. Let me just show you!'
'NO! Go away!'
'Let me show you who you really are!', Carver says, closing in and reaching out his hands.
'I won't hurt you!'
Clem is unsure. Maybe he is right? Should she take his hands and just give up?
'NO! YOU WON'T DO THAT TO HER, TOO!', Clementine suddenly hears the voice again, and then Lee is there, pushing Carver away. They start fighting.
'Get of me!', Carver screams,'you know I'm right, Clementine!'
'Don't listen to him! He's lying! Now GO! Wake up, before he can manipulate you even more!', Lee screams.
Clementine wakes up. Everything is just a normal day at the Cabin until a strange, tall figure pops up at the door. Upon further viewing, she recognizes a lanky shape wearing familiar blue and white sweater with a red hood. His voice is familiar and is constantly cracking. The claim that he knows Clementine visibly sparks reactions all across the cabin as she had said everyone she knew had died. He lets himself into the house and walks into Clementine's room. A scream is heard and everything is black. Clementine then wakes up screaming startling everyone else in her current group.
Hint Hint, it's not Lee. :>
Clementine wakes up. Everything is just a normal day at the Cabin until a strange, tall figure pops up at the door. Upon further viewing, sh… moree recognizes a lanky shape wearing familiar blue and white sweater with a red hood. His voice is familiar and is constantly cracking. The claim that he knows Clementine visibly sparks reactions all across the cabin as she had said everyone she knew had died. He lets himself into the house and walks into Clementine's room. A scream is heard and everything is black. Clementine then wakes up screaming startling everyone else in her current group.
Hint Hint, it's not Lee. :>
Clem sat there.. Fiddling with the walkie talkie Eddie had given her.. They had offered them a place to stay for the night just in case Tavia and the rest of Carvers men were looking for them.
Luke was out like she had never seen, made sense since he had not slept or eaten in days since we got taken by Carver....
Kenny was out Cold as well which spoke for itself..he had a pretty traumatising day.
Clem went outside of the hidden cave they were in and sat on a rock overlooking the forest, She pulled out the walkie talkie, It reminded her a lot of her old one,the same colour, the same red button.
She felt stupid for what she was about to do.. but no one was around so why not?
She pressed the button and spoke into the radio..
I think about you every day Lee, I think about how you would of handled Carver.. I think about if you would of done what Kenny did today.. Its so hard Lee.. everything was perfect.. everyone was ok.. YOU were ok.. and I ruined everything.. Its so hard... Its so hard without you.. (Clementine's face squished up trying to hold back tears) Please come back Lee... Please come back... I dont want to be alone anymore.. Its so FUCKING hard!!
Clementine pegged the radio onto the ground..
She heard some static on the radio and panicked... maybe Tavia was tracing her through the walkie talkie??
"Swear" she heard a voice on the radio as she went to pick it up
"Hello?"
"Hey sweat pea, Don't be afraid.. Its me.."
"LEE!!" she recognised his voice, there was no way it could be a prank.. she darted her head around looking if she could see him
"WHERE ARE YOU!! WHERE ARE YOU LEE?"
"Dont worry about that sweat pea.. Im here now.."
"Its been so hard Lee, you have always been there to make the tough choices.. I cant do it...Im not as tough as you"
"That not true honey, think back on how many tough choices you have made with this new group you have come across, Im so proud of you Clem.. Im so proud."
"BUT... Lee.. I'm not you.. I cant replace you, i could never be you.. I need you Lee.. Kenny needs you! we all do!!"
"Part of me Lives on in you Clem.. I have been watching.. I have seen it myself... You are the toughest little girl i have ever met... Clementine... Your stronger and better than me sweat pea and I know it.. You may not know it but everyone looks to you now.. That young man in the orange shirt.. Even Kenny... You dont realise it yet but you will.
" (Clementine starts to cry) Please Lee.. Dont go.. what am I going to do...
Honey.. Just remember this " You are still young, People will try to manipulate you.. They will try to Get you to do things you shouldn't.. Stay true to yourself and dont let them tell you who you should be.. Remember what i taught you.."
(Clementine starts to sob) "Ok.. Lee.. I wont let them change me.. I promise i wont.."
"Thats my Girl, I promise we will see each other again someday.. I promise"
Lee... Lee?? Please dont leave me again...
(Radio is silent)
(Clementine starts to Cry again while hugging her radio)
She feels a warm hand on her shoulder..
"You dont need to hug that stupid thing when im here.. And Jesus you have grown"
LEE!!
Clementine jumps on him and hugs him almost causing causing him to lose balance.. he hugged her back.. She could not remember the last time she was this happy.
Clementine.. Dont lose hope.. No matter how tough things get.. Promise me..
I promise Lee..
Suddenly everything started to fade.. She could now feel the cold air on her face.. she felt something covering her.. she then realised her eyes were closed as she opened them..
Clementine lifted her head up as she saw Luke looking out on patrol..
"You mumble in your sleep, It was about that man Lee that you told me about the day we found you wasn't it?"
Clementine rubbed her face and yawned.. "Yea.. Yea it was"
"I miss him too Clem.. I heard you mumbling his name.. I miss him everyday..Jesus I wish he was still around.. He would know what to do "
She looked over to see Kenny who seemed to be wide awake in his bed listening in on Luke and Clem.
"Don't worry Kenny.. Hes fine... and im sure he is proud of all of us.."
Here's my one..
Clem sat there.. Fiddling with the walkie talkie Eddie had given her.. They had offered them a place to stay for the n… moreight just in case Tavia and the rest of Carvers men were looking for them.
Luke was out like she had never seen, made sense since he had not slept or eaten in days since we got taken by Carver....
Kenny was out Cold as well which spoke for itself..he had a pretty traumatising day.
Clem went outside of the hidden cave they were in and sat on a rock overlooking the forest, She pulled out the walkie talkie, It reminded her a lot of her old one,the same colour, the same red button.
She felt stupid for what she was about to do.. but no one was around so why not?
She pressed the button and spoke into the radio..
I think about you every day Lee, I think about how you would of handled Carver.. I think about if you would of done what Kenny did today.. Its so hard Lee.. everything was pe… [view original content]
Lee:clementine honey i never had the chance to tell you how...how much i love and care about you you are the daughter i had always hope to have had.
clem: Lee...(sobs) your the only faimly i have..
Lee: so are you sweet pea i..i love you clementine you brought hope and happiness back into my life and i know you will be the one to see the end of this terrible time.
clem: i..(crys) cant do this wothout you lee..please dont leave me..
lee: i dont want to clem but i cant do anything about it im so sorry clementine you are my sunshine..i will always be with you..
clem: i.. i love you too lee...(sniff) daddy...
Lee; (dies)
Comments
Clementine just got shot. They were finally find some place to catch their breath after what happened to Carver's community. But that plan failed. Some scavengers already ''Claimed'' that place.
Luke: ''Oh f...FUCK! I wish Carlos was here. What the hell are we gonna do now?!''
Kenny: ''Well he ain't here now! We'll do whatever we can to keep her alive.''
Luke: ''C'mon kid. Hang on. You get through bad things before. This is just a scratch comparing to them.''
Clementine: ''K...Kenny....L....Luke....''
Kenny: ''We're here! We're here! You're not alone darling!''
Luke: ''There ain't no way you're leaving us. I still have to get that revenge from you for hitting me.''
Clementine: *hardly smiles* ''Y...you...w...wish...''
Clementine slowly closes her eyes.
Kenny: ''HONEY?! NO!!! HANG ON!! OH GOD!!''
Luke: ''Clementine! DoN't sleep! C'mon you're stronger than it!''
Clementine closes her eye. When she opens, she finds herself in her room in the Motor Inn.
''Sweetpea?''
She can see the person but can't see him clearly.
Clementine: ''Who are you?''
''Is that the Clementine I gave you? :) You kept it.''
Clementine: ''L..L...LEE!!!'' *hugs him like she never hugged before*
Lee: ''Hey girl :)''
Clementine: ''L..L...Lee!!! *cries* I missed you so much. :(''
Lee: ''I missed you more sweetpea. Let me look at you.''
Lee looks Clementine.
Lee: ''Oh my god. You grew up so much. Where is my little girl I found that treehouse? :)''
Clementine: ''She was always here. :)''
Lee: ''Clementine we...we don't have much time.''
Lee's skin getting pale.
Clementine: ''No! Please don't leave me again Lee!!! I'm scared!''
Lee: ''Don't be afraid honey. I'll always be with you. I never stopped to look after you. I'm really sorry about in that time I couldn't be with you.''
Clementine: ''It's my fault. If I told you about that radio you could be alive now.!
Lee smlies and wipes a tear on Clementine's cheek.
Lee: ''My sweetpea, it's not your fault believe me. Don't ever blame yourself. Life is keeps moving. Never listens screams, pains, helpness just keeps moving. I can never imagine what you've been through after me. I wish I was there, be with you. But never forget; I'll always be with you no matter what. I'm really glad that I get to know you. You are the light of hope in this world. Keep shining. You're my daughter I never had. I...I love you sweetpea. And I'll always will <:)''
Clementine: *hugs and cries* ''I love you too, Lee. I'll never forget you. Never.''
Lee: ''Never give up. You'll try, you'll fall. You'll try, you'll fall. But the real failure is when you stop trying! The strongest people are not those who show stregnth in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about. You're strong Clem, you can do anything. Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak! Sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go. Let that all failures you carried go Clem! Can you see that door? Go on. You can do this.''
Clementine: ''You're not coming with me?''
Lee: ''You don'T need me anymore sweetpea. I can only show you the door. You're the one who has to walk through it. You're going to see bad people. No matter how badly people will treat you never drop down to there level it will only excite them more. Go on honey. I'm proud of you. :)''
Clementine walks through the dorr looks behind again.
Clementine: ''Can I see you again?''
Lee: ''You don't have to. Because I'll always be with you.''
*gasp*
Kenny: ''OH THANK GOD YOU'RE OKAY!''
Luke: ''Welcome back kid. :)''
Clementine: ''.....Thank you Lee... :)''
"Clementine?" My eyes slowly opened as I heard a familiar face echo through my ears. I took a glance at my surroundings, but no one was around.
"K-Kenny? Bonnie? Where is everyone?" I asked in a panicked rush, goosebumps rising upon my arms. I jumped when I felt someone's hand touch my head, and immediately jerked away.
"Clem? You alright?" I turned around to see Lee kneeling down beside me, "I'm sorry i had to wake you up. But we have to go now, sweetpea," I couldn't contain myself and threw my arms around him.
"We can catch up later. For now, let's get through this," he said, and I got to my feet. I slid my hand into his, and walked in his direction.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"I'm taking you home, Clementine. Everything's normal. Can you believe it?" I suddenly realized that everything was different. The sun was shining, everything seemed more colorful, and most of all, Lee was by my side. We entered my small neighborhood, and my eyes widened. Would I be able to see my parents again?
"I knew it would come. You did too, didn't you-?" I said, but was interrupted felt a cold shiver at my fingertips. I looked up at Lee, but instead of the kind face that had taken care of me for months, there was air, which gave ma a feeling of nothing but cold emptiness within. It felt as if it was getting gradually colder, the degrees subtracting by the minute.
"L-Lee...?" I said, and was suddenly pushed forward. I quickly turned around, and noticed there was a walker. I backed up, seeking help from my kind neighbors, but instead of bright, colored houses, there were wrecked stores, abandoned homes, and corpses. I backed up and something pushed me to the ground. There was another walker, and I quickly got to my feet and backed up in the other direction of the two. I looked behind me for something to grab, but there was cold, hard ground and three more walkers.
"Lee!" I said, feeling faint. I could almost feel his hand holding mine, his kind presence, and the warmth of his body heat. But that all vanished in a split second. The walkers inched towards me, but I collapsed to the cold ground beneath me.
"Leeeeee..."
Don't hate me.
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Home, it was so long since she’d last been here, or to have even really thought of that word. Home was just a fragile wish, a hope to find somewhere to belong again. But here, Clementine felt it again, something she hadn’t in a long time; peace.
Everything was still the same, like how Clementine remembered it from before. The flowers mom had planted were out in bloom, and the lawn was freshly cut too, dad’s doing. She could hear the next door neighbour’s dog barking, the sizzling of a barbecue going somewhere, and the pair of brothers a few doors down laughing away while they were having a water gun fight like they always did in summer.
Clementine wished she had a water gun, but she had a pool though, the sunlight sparkling off its surface that it looked really pretty; the water cold and so very tempting to her bare feet that she wriggled from where she sat on the top step outside in the garden, humming softly to herself.
Her hair was being cut, she could hear it, the scissors snipping at her locks that she really didn’t want gone. They had to go though, Lee said so. It was him there now, cutting those curls away, his hand gently raising her hair at times as to be careful not to clip her ears by accident with those large scissors that she really didn’t like.
Clementine couldn’t see him, but just she knew it was him there, not mom and dad, wherever they’d gone…
“Hey Lee, can I ask you something? It’s kind of...it's really important.”
Just to hear him talk again, to hear his voice, cracked something from inside.
“Sure, what is it sweet pea?”
Away those scissors continued with their snipping, ringlets falling onto that wooden step Clementine stayed put on. She catches one lock of hair in her hand, studying it sadly, wishing she had some glue.
“Can I, um…it is okay if I can I call you dad?”
The cutting suddenly stopped.
In the sky, out those clouds reached, slow in stealing the sunshine away.
“I know I have a dad to call dad, but you’re really nice, and cool like a dad!” Clementine rushed out with quickly, worried she’d upset him or said something wrong. Nervously she wriggled her toes again. “I had two grandmas and grandpas once, and mom and dad wouldn’t mind. They’d like you lots, lots and lots! So, can I? Pretty please?”
“…”
“Lee?”
The clattering of metal hit the planks of that deck right behind her. Startled, Clementine turned around to find out what’d happened, and saw those ugly scissors on the ground, lying amongst the ringlets of her cut hair.
But Lee, he wasn’t anywhere...
She stood up quickly as the world started losing its vibrant colors, everything going so cold and lifeless, without even the sound of a passing car to be heard on the street, or the chirping of birds from those residing woods. There was nothing but the sound of her own tiny voice calling out to a ghost in that creeping silence as darkness set in.
“L-Lee…? Lee!?”
Where were mom and dad?
Where did everybody go?
Her hands gripped shaking in front of her, as gunshot suddenly went off popping like firecrackers. And in the blink of an eye, figures were everywhere, rotten bodies stumbling around worse than drunks. She was surrounded from all sides, the smell from their corpses suffocating. This isn’t home, home is gone, and this place is...
Where is everyone!?
Blood is on her clothes and on her skin, shouting from somewhere nearby, with bullets flying everywhere. She’s desperate to find a face, somebody she can recognize who isn’t like one of them. But Clementine can’t see anybody, just corpses, hundreds and thousands of them.
They’re turning towards her, closing in.
She’s small again, smaller than she ever was; reduced to nothing but a nine year girl lost of innocence and courage as her hands closed tightly around both ears, whimpering tearful at the bloodcurdling scream from a friend that is carried across hordes of undead in that moonless night, the sound tearing down right through into Clementine's bones.
It’s not real, it’s not!
Wake up
Wake up!
WAKE UP!
Clem: Lee!
Lee: What's going on girl? You need to get up.
Clem: Kenny told me to get some food but I fell and bumped my head, I'm sorry.
Lee: This the same Kenny that kept putting us in danger wanting to get some damn boat? Ended up with me having to cut off my own arm? That who we talking about here? Are you his bitch now?
Clem: I ain't nobodies bitch!
Lee: You're a joke is what you are, playing errand girl to a bunch of pansy asses, pussy's and democrats, you're nothing but a freak to them and they're laughing at you behind you're back! Well let me tell you something you can do me a favour if you're as bad as you make yourself out to be. You go back there and shoot your pal Kenny in the face for me! Now you listen to me, ain't no one ever gonna care about you as much as me, ain't nobody ever will, now come on get up on your feet before I have to kick your teeth in!
'What's going on here? Where am I?', she says, standing up and walking around.
'Come here. I will guide you. Just follow my voice.'
'Who is this? Do I know you?'
'Maybe you do, yes. Maybe you don't. I can't tell you right now. You'll just have to trust me on this, ok?'
'Ok. I will trust you', she says, walking towards the voice.
'Look out for the walkers, Clementine. They are wandering around in the shadows, only waiting for you to get too close to them!'
Clem sees walking shilouettes in the white fog that surrounds her, and is suddenly deeply afraid.
'Don't worry, they can't hurt you. Not really. But still, look out for them', the voice continues.
'Why wouldn't they hurt me?'
'Because this isn't really happening.'
Clem is very disappointed to hear that, but still follows the voice through the mist.
Suddenly, the behaviour of the shadows changes. They walk faster, seem to carry guns.
'Find her!', Carver's voice can be heard.
'Faster, sweet pea! They are already searching for you!'
Clem begins to run.
'She's over there! Shoot her!', she hears many different voices at once.
She keeps running and running, until she feels save. But suddenly, she bumps into someone.
She stares up and screams out in horror.
A faceless Carver looks down at her.
'My, my. What do have we got here?', he asks.
'Leave me alone!'
'You know that everything I told you is true, don't you? We are VERY alike, Clementine. Let me just show you!'
'NO! Go away!'
'Let me show you who you really are!', Carver says, closing in and reaching out his hands.
'I won't hurt you!'
Clem is unsure. Maybe he is right? Should she take his hands and just give up?
'NO! YOU WON'T DO THAT TO HER, TOO!', Clementine suddenly hears the voice again, and then Lee is there, pushing Carver away. They start fighting.
'Get of me!', Carver screams,'you know I'm right, Clementine!'
'Don't listen to him! He's lying! Now GO! Wake up, before he can manipulate you even more!', Lee screams.
Slowly, Clem awakes.
'Noooo!', Carver screams, and then Clem awakes.
Hint Hint, it's not Lee. :>
Clem sat there.. Fiddling with the walkie talkie Eddie had given her.. They had offered them a place to stay for the night just in case Tavia and the rest of Carvers men were looking for them.
Luke was out like she had never seen, made sense since he had not slept or eaten in days since we got taken by Carver....
Kenny was out Cold as well which spoke for itself..he had a pretty traumatising day.
Clem went outside of the hidden cave they were in and sat on a rock overlooking the forest, She pulled out the walkie talkie, It reminded her a lot of her old one,the same colour, the same red button.
She felt stupid for what she was about to do.. but no one was around so why not?
She pressed the button and spoke into the radio..
I think about you every day Lee, I think about how you would of handled Carver.. I think about if you would of done what Kenny did today.. Its so hard Lee.. everything was perfect.. everyone was ok.. YOU were ok.. and I ruined everything.. Its so hard... Its so hard without you.. (Clementine's face squished up trying to hold back tears) Please come back Lee... Please come back... I dont want to be alone anymore.. Its so FUCKING hard!!
Clementine pegged the radio onto the ground..
She heard some static on the radio and panicked... maybe Tavia was tracing her through the walkie talkie??
"Swear" she heard a voice on the radio as she went to pick it up
"Hello?"
"Hey sweat pea, Don't be afraid.. Its me.."
"LEE!!" she recognised his voice, there was no way it could be a prank.. she darted her head around looking if she could see him
"WHERE ARE YOU!! WHERE ARE YOU LEE?"
"Dont worry about that sweat pea.. Im here now.."
"Its been so hard Lee, you have always been there to make the tough choices.. I cant do it...Im not as tough as you"
"That not true honey, think back on how many tough choices you have made with this new group you have come across, Im so proud of you Clem.. Im so proud."
"BUT... Lee.. I'm not you.. I cant replace you, i could never be you.. I need you Lee.. Kenny needs you! we all do!!"
"Part of me Lives on in you Clem.. I have been watching.. I have seen it myself... You are the toughest little girl i have ever met... Clementine... Your stronger and better than me sweat pea and I know it.. You may not know it but everyone looks to you now.. That young man in the orange shirt.. Even Kenny... You dont realise it yet but you will.
" (Clementine starts to cry) Please Lee.. Dont go.. what am I going to do...
Honey.. Just remember this " You are still young, People will try to manipulate you.. They will try to Get you to do things you shouldn't.. Stay true to yourself and dont let them tell you who you should be.. Remember what i taught you.."
(Clementine starts to sob) "Ok.. Lee.. I wont let them change me.. I promise i wont.."
"Thats my Girl, I promise we will see each other again someday.. I promise"
Lee... Lee?? Please dont leave me again...
(Radio is silent)
(Clementine starts to Cry again while hugging her radio)
She feels a warm hand on her shoulder..
"You dont need to hug that stupid thing when im here.. And Jesus you have grown"
LEE!!
Clementine jumps on him and hugs him almost causing causing him to lose balance.. he hugged her back.. She could not remember the last time she was this happy.
Clementine.. Dont lose hope.. No matter how tough things get.. Promise me..
I promise Lee..
Suddenly everything started to fade.. She could now feel the cold air on her face.. she felt something covering her.. she then realised her eyes were closed as she opened them..
Clementine lifted her head up as she saw Luke looking out on patrol..
"You mumble in your sleep, It was about that man Lee that you told me about the day we found you wasn't it?"
Clementine rubbed her face and yawned.. "Yea.. Yea it was"
"I miss him too Clem.. I heard you mumbling his name.. I miss him everyday..Jesus I wish he was still around.. He would know what to do "
She looked over to see Kenny who seemed to be wide awake in his bed listening in on Luke and Clem.
"Don't worry Kenny.. Hes fine... and im sure he is proud of all of us.."
Lee:clementine honey i never had the chance to tell you how...how much i love and care about you you are the daughter i had always hope to have had.
clem: Lee...(sobs) your the only faimly i have..
Lee: so are you sweet pea i..i love you clementine you brought hope and happiness back into my life and i know you will be the one to see the end of this terrible time.
clem: i..(crys) cant do this wothout you lee..please dont leave me..
lee: i dont want to clem but i cant do anything about it im so sorry clementine you are my sunshine..i will always be with you..
clem: i.. i love you too lee...(sniff) daddy...
Lee; (dies)