Chapter 9: Thicker Than Water
Y/N POV
Javi enters the room; Lingard is passed out in a chair and your is rifling through the cupboards. Clem is laying on the bed, asleep.
Javier: "Y/N?"
Y/N: "Shit. Javi, what happened to you?" You stand up from the cupboards and cross your arms.
Javier: "Ran into a little trouble..."
Y/N: "Whoa. That looks like it must've hurt."
Javier: "I just need to get it cleaned up."
Y/N: "You surprised me. Thought you were someone else."
Javier: "Who were you expecting?"
Y/N: "I know this wouldn't exactly look innocent to Joan or David."
Javier: "Is it innocent?"
Y/N: "Yes. I guess. I think so. I'm mostly here to talk to Lingard about where AJ is now." Clem sits up from the bed.
Clementine: "Anyway, we can't leave Richmond with that herd out there."
Javier: "Something tells me Lingard doesn't care what you're doing."
Clementine: "He's been out of it since we got here." She gets off of the bed and stands next to you.
Javi checks Lingard's pulse.
Javier: "He's alive. Poor dumb bastard."
Y/N: "That's gonna need more than just cleaning, Javi. I can stitch that for you. I can't promise it'll look great once it heals. It's better than nothing, though."
Javier: "Alright, go for it. But if I lose my arm, that's on you."
Clementine: "Ha. Ha. You'll be fine. He's dealt with worse."
Y/N: "Huh. Let me see if I can find a needle and thread for that."
Clem groans and grabs her abdomen.
Javier: "Clem..are you okay?"
Clementine: "Yeah, Y/N. Can you. Leave the room for a sec?" You nod and step outside the closed door.
Clementine: "I'm fine. I started...bleeding. I know it's a thing. I've traveled with women before, and they all had it. What is it? I--I mean, like, why is it--I just don't understand."
Javier: "It means you're...growing up. Blossoming into your, you know, like, womanhood...your body is developing and--things change. But it'll be okay."
Clementine: "Okay."
Javier: "I can take you back to Kate. She can help you with, uh..."
Clementine: "Javi, worry about yourself right now. We need to find a needle and thread to stitch you up first."
Javi knocks on the door for you to come in and you do so, your guessing he didn't know you could hear them. Javi opens up a drawer and pulls out a box of pads.
Javier: "Hey! This is just what you're looking for." (gives box of pads to Clem) "They help you handle it. Kate'll...take care of you."
Javi searches the medical kit.
Javier: "Jackpot! Needle and thread. All sterilized and ready to go."
Javi gives the needle and thread to you.
Y/N: "Think I remember how to do this."
Javi takes off his shirt and sits down. You pour alcohol on a rag.
Y/N: "Okay. Hold still. Try not to breathe."
You clean the wound.
Javier: "Look, I know I'm probably not the best person to talk to about that stuff before..." He seems to talk to Clem.
Clementine: "You weren't that bad. Thanks for, you know, being here."
Javier: "Basically, all this means is you could become a mom, if you wanted."
Clementine: "Funny. I already felt like a mom."
Y/N: "Even Ava would have to admit we we're good parents to AJ." You remember back to when you were leaving in that bus.
Clementine and you walk through the forest alone. You reach the abandoned bus and go inside. Clem sits on the bed and starts to cry
Y/N: "It's alright Clem, it's alright." You pat her back, then hears a rustling sound. You go outside while Clem stays in.
You draw your knife.
Ava: "Whoa there."
Ava emerges from behind a boulder.
Ava: "It's just me."
Ava walks up to you, carrying a duffel bag.
Clementine: "What the hell do you want?" She stands near the door with her arms crossed.
Ava: "I know how pissed you are. Spitting on David really got that message across. Believe it or not, I am actually sorry about what happened. It wasn't easy for any us. You have to believe that."
Y/N: "Fuck off!"
Ava: "Heh. I deserve that. I'm not here to upset you more."
Clementine: "Too late."
Ava: "Look, it's not much, but... Here."
Ava throws down the duffel bag, and Clem opens it up. Clem and you say nothing.
Ava: "We just thought you'd want something to remember him by."
Ava: "Listen, it's dangerous out here and right now, you're...hurting. Whatever you do, you can't let what happened get to you. You need to keep a level head. Plan for after that. You're strong, but that won't get you far if you don't know what you're doing. Or where you're headed."
Y/N: "Oh, we'll keep fighting. You guys gave me no other choice!"
Ava: "It's not time for that anymore. Your focus has to be on you now. That's all you can do."
Ava: "For me, staying alive has always been about finding people I could trust as much as they trusted me. That's what the New Frontier has been: a silver lining. Made me feel worth a damn. Kept me going in the worst of times. You'll find yours. I know you will. Someone... Or something. They're out there."
Clementine: "You people stole mine! You know that!"
Ava: "You'll just have to find something new that--"
Y/N: "Shut the hell up!"
Ava: "And when you do, life will be worth living again."
Ava: "From the first time we met, right here, surrounded by absolute hell... You, Y/N and AJ were a light in the darkness; hope for a better world! That's who you are. Promise me you'll never lose that light. Please... It's what makes you special. It's what keeps the rest of us going."
Clementine: "Just go away, already."
Ava: "Okay, okay."
Ava: "I should get back, before anyone notices I'm gone. Remember to keep the focus on you now, Clem. And when you need a little extra support... There's an old airfield, about ten or so miles south of here--Prescott. There are good people there. I'm sure they'll help you out. I'll miss having you around." (offers hand)
Clementine: "Are you leaving or what?"
Ava: "I hope the best for you out there, kid. I really do." Ava walks off into the forest.
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Y/N: "That's what keeps me going. There's things I have to stay alive to do."
You bandage the wound. After a few wrappings. It's done.
Y/N: "So...what do you think? Think I'm getting better."
Javier: "I owe you one."
Clementine: "Add it to the pile."
Javier: "You coming?"
Y/N "We...still have to ask Lingard...about AJ."
Paul wakes up and the three of you surround him.
Paul: "Hello, Clementine, Y/N, Javier. Thought you were rotting in a cell with David. There any chance he got out, too? I hate to think about what Joan might do to him. Despite all her pleasantries, she's a cruel bitch."
Javier: "Joan took him before I got out. I haven't seen him since."
Paul: "That poor bastard. He's...he's not getting out. Guess there's only one sure way to get away from Joan these days."
Clementine: "Why do you care if David got out? He deserves what's coming to him."
Paul: "If you think that, you don't know David."
Clementine: "I know he's the reason we lost AJ."
Paul: "When AJ recovered, David was the one who stepped up. Took personal responsibility for that kid."
Y/N: "You say that like it's a good thing. I really doubt he was a positive influence."
Paul: "David's the reason the kid's better off now than...than he's ever been. You can be as mad as you want about how...about how things panned out. The fact of the matter is, David's been good for AJ, among others."
Javier: "Clem and Y/N are AJ's family. No kid is "better off" when you break their family apart."
Paul: "Maybe you're right. Maybe AJ should be with Clem. All I know is that he's doing better than he was when he got here."
Y/N "No thanks to you, or David!"
Clementine: "If David's taken such good care of him, why did he tell me to ask you where AJ is?"
Paul: "That's what this is about, then? You...you want to know where the boy is?"
Javier: "What do you want?"
Paul: "I...I just want to die. I want you to inject this into me."
Lingard fills a syringe with morphine.
Javier: "Hang in there. Tomorrow's another day."
Paul: "I...I can't."
Paul: "When your brother found me, he...he got me to care about everything I'd given up on. My life, other people, even this goddamn place. Without him around, I don't want to care anymore."
You slam your fist on the table.
Y/N: "Just tell me where he is!"
Paul: "Then you won't have any reason to do it."
Paul hands the syringe to Javi.
Clementine: "Javi, I have to know. I've been looking for too long. I can't lose him now. Not when I'm this close."
Javier hands the syringe back to Lingard.
Javier: "I'm sorry, We can't do this."
Y/N: "No. I have to. If you won't, I will."
You take a step forward but Javi grabs your arm.
Javier: "Y/N, stop. He's not in his right mind. You can't do this."
Clementine: "Let go of me! I'm taking the deal."
Javier: "We'll find AJ. Just not this way."
Y/N: "There is no other way! Where is--"
Paul: "You can consider the deal off."
Clementine: "No! Javi! How could you?!"
Paul: "So be it. It's your funeral. Especially now...now that Joan's rounding up all alleged traitors. You better...hope she doesn't...find you."
Clem, You and Javi leave the room.
Gabe: "Oh! Hey. Hi, Clementine! And you Y/N." He seems visibly disappointed at your return.
Ava: "What the fuck are you doing here?"
Javier: "She's with me."
Ava: "You all good?"
Javier: "Yeah, we're all set."
Ava: "Let's roll."
Gabe: "Um... Good to see you." He says to Clem.
The group leaves the hospital and land onto the streets below.
The group arrives back at the apartment.
Tripp: "Javi! You're back! And...Clem and Y/N are too..."
Clementine: "Thanks for the warm welcome."
Tripp: "Just surprised to see you, is all."
Tripp: "Oh, hell, you okay?" He gestures towards Javi's wound.
Javier: "Yeah, it looks worse than it is. Don't worry about it."
Eleanor: "Kate's lying down in the other room for a bit."
Tripp: "So you got the guns, huh?"
Gabe: "We got 'em, alright." (takes guns out of bag) "One for you, and one for you... I saved this one for you." (offers pistol to Clem) god I fucking hate Gabe.
Clementine: "No, I've already got one." Gabe turns away sadly. "Actually, it wouldn't hurt to have another." (takes gun) "Thanks."
Tripp: "What took you so long?"
Y/N: "We went to see Doctor Lingard."
Eleanor: "At night? I'm kind of surprised he was sober... It's gotta be a stressful job--looking after an entire community. Can't say I approve of the way he blows off steam, though."
Javier: "He was...definitely not a hundred percent there, that's for sure."
Eleanor: "Sounds about right."
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