Chapter Twelve
Clementine and I sat in Bill's office, he made us promise to tell the truth as he began to speak about Reggie.
"You might not believe this because of what happened earlier but, I liked Reggie. He was a funny guy. He was weak, and we can't have that." He said, I held in a growl.
"Even if he messed up, he didn't deserve to die." Clem said, I nodded in agreement.
Bill went on to discuss why he killed Reggie, but Clementine and I stayed quiet to avoid angering the man. Once Bill was prompted on the walkie-talkie, he told us to head back out to the yard because it was almost supper-time.
When Clementine and I arrived, the group was arguing about what to do to escape. Eventually, Jane got up from the floor and butted into the conversation.
"I've headed through walker herds before," She said, "You cover yourself in their stench, the walker guts and keep calm."
I remembered back when Lee, Clem and I were at the Marsh House and began to speak, "Lee figured that out," I stated, "He covered Clementine and I in walker guts so we could escape."
"We still need a way to get into the stock room." Rebecca said.
"I have a plan for that too. Come on girls, help me with this." Jane said, as Clementine and I followed her.
Jane explained what CLementine and I would need to do, but the group realized that both of us couldn't go there. We had to choose who should go.
"I'll do it, (Y/N)." Clem said, I shook my head.
"I promised Lee I'd protect you at all costs, I'm doing this Clem." I replied, she pouted.
I leaned down to her height and kissed her forehead, smiling as Mike lifted me up just enough to grab the rope and yank it down. I stood on the hook and Mike started pulling until he said that a guard was coming so I quickly grabbed onto the ladder beside me then climbed up onto the roof.
"Be careful!" Clem squealed, I nodded down to her.
I stayed low and tried to find a way into the stockroom. I entered a skylight and jumped down into the room where Tavia was. I climbed down the supplies, and eventually grabbed two of the walkie-talkies while Tavia wasn't looking, then climbed back up the supplies and out the skylight.
I climbed back down the ladder until Mike told me to jump and he caught me. We all soon went to sleep, but as we were going to start planning the next day- Tavia came in and called some people out. Kenny took one of the walkie-talkies and we watched the others leave.
The four of us were talking and decided that Clementine should be the one to give the radio to Luke since she was the tiniest of the bunch, but before we could argue more- Troy came in and we followed him back out of the yard.
When we were about to turn, Kenny turned to me and shoved the walkie-talkie in my pocket.
"You have your pockets all out!" He exclaimed, "You're going to get them caught on something."
Troy brushed it off and we continued going, Clementine seemed a little worried that I would be the one giving the radio to Luke but I thought it was the right thing to do.
As we were nearing the exit, Bonnie suddenly stepped in front of us, with an annoyed look on her face.
"(Y/N)'s with me, remember Troy?" She said, crossing her arms.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." Troy replied, shoving me towards her.
I just walked with her until we got into the tools section. I said I needed to talk to Kenny so Bonnie allowed me to leave. I went back to where Clem and I first saw Luke and called out to him.
No answer for a bit, but I glanced over at a blood stain and suddenly- Troy slammed the door opened and slapped me across the face. I was shocked.
He threw me with Kenny and Mike, forcing us to walk to where the others were. I finally noticed, they got Luke. Bill spoke to us, waving a walkie-talkie around and telling us that tough is all we got now and there was nowhere that wasn't tough.
"You can help me find the courage to forgive you. You can start, by telling me where the other one is." Bill said, I took and breath but before I could say that I had the second walkie-talkie, Kenny took it out of my hands and showed it.
I held in my shock as Kenny walked over to Bill and handed the device to him.
Suddenly, Bill punched Kenny in the face multiple times. I went to help Kenny while Clementine tried to restrain Sarita. I felt Troy's fist collided with my face and I was out. Bill went to check on a breach and Bonnie decided she was going to help us.
The group was debating whether we should even take the opening tonight, or wait for another later. I had enough of this already, we were barely there a few days.
"We're leaving tonight." I said, the group blinked in shock and were going to argue until Kenny got up and approached.
"We still leave tonight, plan don't change." He said, smiling down at Clementine and I.
Clementine and I approached him, he grinned, "You both alright?" He asked, we ignored the question and just hugged him.
After more discussion, Luke realized that we never figured out who was supposed to set off the PA. The entire group turned, and faced me. Clementine refused to let me go.
"You can't! Y-You'll die!" She yelled, I hugged her.
"Nothing's going to happen to me, Clem." I assured her, patting her back and kissing her forehead as Mike pulled the rope and I was up on the roof once again.
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