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TWD Fanfic: Lee's Second Chance - Ch 4 Part 2

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Chapter 4– Besieged


Part 2



I closed my eyes tightly. Without thinking, I darted over to Carley's purse and threw it at her doing a quick U-turn to get to Doug. The wooden boards broke but I was still able to grab hold of Doug before he was pulled out. I saw a Walker about to take a chunk out of his shoulder and punched it in the face before it could take the bite.

"Doug, you need to work with me here!" I yelled, trying to free him.

"I-I'm trying to get loose, they won't let go!" Doug shouted, trying to pull his arms away.

I heard two gunshots come from behind me and saw Carley with three dead Walkers around her, "Carley we need your--"

I stopped, midsentence, when I heard a ripping sound. I looked at my sleeve and saw a Walker biting into it and tearing the cloth away. Thankfully, it managed to avoid getting any flesh. Carley ran up to us and helped pull Doug back. I heard a distinct fleshy cracking noise and we all fell backwards. I looked at Doug's arm, he had a severed hand still holding onto it tightly, "Aaah!" Doug let out a small yell when he saw it.

We got seriously lucky.. Now I need to find Clementine. We all stood up and I turned around. Standing right in front of me was an armless man with his gums showing decayed teeth inset into rotten flesh. He opened his jaw, torn flaps of flesh showing a full set of lower teeth, when he was suddenly struck down by something. I saw the Walker fall right next to me and noticed that my Dad's cane was sticking out the back of its head. I looked to where the Walker was standing and saw Clementine, huffing and puffing.

"Clem! A-are you alright?" I asked, desperately.

"Uh huh." Clem nodded.

"W-what happened?"

Clementine didn't say anything. She just looked towards the office door. I followed her gaze and saw that Ruscoe was standing there, next to Larry. Larry had the usual spiteful look on his face whilst Ruscoe's face showed almost no emotion. I didn't have too much time to worry about what happened to Clementine, Walkers were still pouring in. I grabbed my Dad's cane and we all left the Drugstore.

When we arrived at the Motor Inn, there were still a few Walkers shambling about, seeing as I didn't join Carley and Glenn they must've not been able to clear out the place. We managed to take care of them but I was surprised at what else we found. In one of the rooms, on the upper level, we found a young woman who had recently turned into a Walker. What was significant was the fact that, the first time, this woman used Carley's gun to commit suicide. Since she was still locked in her room I could only assume that Glenn wasn't able to get to her.

Lilly and Larry started getting rid of the bodies, Glenn left a few minutes ago for Atlanta, Carley was talking to Doug and Ruscoe, Kenny and his Wife were unloading things from their pickup and Clementine and Duck were talking about some cartoon, I think.

I walked over to Kenny and he smiled at me, "Hey, man. Look I don't know what to say--"

"It's okay, Ken, you don't have to say anything." I said, raising my hand.

"Well… I'm just glad that somebody's managed to keep his priorities straight."

"What do you mean?"

"Looking out for your fellow man. Despite having a little girl to protect, you still gave me the benefit of the doubt when Larry thought I was bitten. I mean look at me, I'm still covered in blood. Not surprised the old man thought I was gonna turn."

"He was still out of line, though."

"Yeah. No denying that. Well anyway, all I really wanted to say, I guess, was thank you. It's nice to know there's someone watching my back."

"No problem, Ken. What are friends for?"

"Friends, huh? Yeah. Well, Lee, I'll be sure to repay you in kind. I've got your back, no matter what happens."

"Thanks, Ken."

Kenny looked at Clementine and Duck, "You got a strong one right there. I was worried that a sweet little girl like that would get ruined by all this but she's strong. She even managed to save you back in the store. Can't say that Duck would do the same thing." Kenny said, chuckling slightly.

I smiled at him, "Anyway, man, I better check on the others and see how they're doing."

"Don't let me keep you."

I strolled away from Kenny to Clementine. I needed to ask her about what happened at the drugstore. Despite her being able to rescue me… again, she screamed my name out only a few moments before. Duck was still blabbering onto her about something. I looked at him, "Hey Duck, You want to cool it for a minute?"

"Okay, sorry." Duck said walking over to his mother.

I kneeled down to Clem's height, "Hey, Sweat pea."

"Hi…" Clem replied, in a very monotonous voice.

"What's wrong? What happened back there in the drugstore." I asked her calmly.

Again Clementine stayed silent and looked over to Ruscoe. That was it, I knew that he had something to do with her screaming my name. If he somehow hurt her, I will never forgive him. I don't care who he is, I will not stand for that. I stood up and marched over to Ruscoe.

Ruscoe was talking to Doug and Carley, when he saw me coming towards him, his smile faded. I opened my mouth to speak, "What did you do back at the drugstore?"

Doug and Carley both decided to walk away quietly once they heard the stern tone in my voice. Ruscoe raised his eyebrows, "Well, I ate some kinda energy bar. Uhhh… Gave you my axe. Erm…"

"Don't be a smartass, just tell me what happened when the Walkers attacked."

"Gee, I dunno man. It was crazy as all hell. When Clementine left for the office I ended up following her and--"

"What did you do to her?"

"Dude, don't fucking be mad. I made sure that she was safe."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well the drugstore was filling with those 'Walkers' and you might not have survived. I thought about her well-being and decided to not let her get back into shop, despite her struggling. Larry also agreed with me that I should hold her back."

I looked at Ruscoe dead in the eyes, "If you touch that girl ever again, I will kill you, you understand? I won't fucking hesitate."

Ruscoe frowned at me, "She's a little girl, dude. Not some super hero."

"She's not a little girl."

"What?"

"She's human. The world is ending and as much as I want to, I can't baby her. She's already learned what it takes to survive. Learned what happens if you don't think things through."

Ruscoe looked at me angrily and forced an apology, "Okay, you're right. She did get lucky and save you from that Walker after all. I'm sorry, I tried to stop a little girl… sorry, human girl from being eaten by a bunch of dead folk."

"Good." I said with my arms crossed.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I got some shit to do." Ruscoe started walking away.

"Like what?" I asked.

Ruscoe threw his arms up into the air, "Just some shit, dude!"

Carley and Doug came back over once Ruscoe was gone. "What was that about?" Carley asked.

"Back at the drugstore, He grabbed Clementine." I replied to Carley.

"R-really? W-was he trying to protect her?" Doug said, widening his eyes.

I ignored what Doug said, "It's okay though. I'm sure he'll never do it again. Because if he does…"

"I think it'd best for you to calm down, Lee." Carley said.

"Yeah, we can't exactly have a rouge elephant stomping through the group." Doug said, looking at me worried.

"What?" Me and Carley reacted, simultaneously.

"I… don't really know what I meant by that either." Doug scratched the back of his head.

"Well, Lee, don't worry. If I see Ruscoe doing anything like that again, I'll deal with him personally." Carley gave me a smile.

I stared at both Doug and Carley, I remember Doug telling me that he liked Carley, and Carley telling me that she liked Doug… If that's the case then, I should probably back off… I know that before, I started to like her but it was not the time or the place for me… And if she likes Doug then.. I don't want to get in the way of anything.

"Lee," Carley said, "Clementine is lucky to have someone like you to look out for her."

"Yeah." Doug said, nodding.

"Thanks, guys. I appreciate it."

"Well, anyway you probably have some other things to do so we won't keep you." Carley said, looking at me. I turned around and started to walk towards Clementine. I kneeled down again, "Hey Clem."

She looked at me, "Hi."

"So I talked to Ruscoe and he told me what happened. I can't say what he did was right, but I can kind of understand him."

"What did he say?"

"He said that he was trying to protect you, because you're still little."

Clem frowned, "I'm not little. I'm 9." She then widened her eyes and looked to her side, "Umm… 8."

"It's okay Clem. You're strong. Maybe not in your arms but you're strong, here" I said pointing at her head. She giggled slightly and I asked, "What is it?"

"I thought you were talking about my hair."

I smiled at her, unsure of why she would think that. Oh wait, does she mean she still wants the haircut? "You still want that haircut, Clem?"

"Yes please." Clem smiled at me.

"Well, okay then. Let's see if we can give your hair a little trim."

We both stood up. Clementine grabbed my hand and we walked over to the room we'd be staying in. Even though in a few months everything would supposedly go to hell, I saved Doug and Carley. No one had to die today. If I can do that now then, maybe I can save Mark, Larry and all those people who lost their lives too. But that's a ways away yet. All I knew is that me and Clem had to be prepared. In the meantime, however, we just enjoyed each other's company and cherished these moments of peace.


End of Chapter 4 – Besieged


End of volume 1


To be continued in the next volume

What if Lee was given a second chance at his own game. What if he could go back knowing everything that would happen from when he met Clementine to when he died from the bite.

This is the story of Lee Everett being sent back to the first day of the outbreak.

This is his 'Second Chance'

[Note from author]

Thanks for reading thus far. This is the end of the first volume of "Lee's Second Chance". The next volume will start in the same place episode two of the Walking Dead starts.

I will now be taking a small break to get some other work out of the way and to rest up on writing for this. I will probably start writing volume two during the winter break.

Please watch my profile for more updates on my journel and please enjoy the rest of the series when I get around to starting volume two.

Volume 1

Prologue - [link]

Chapter 1 part 1 - [link]

Chapter 1 part 2 - [link]

Chapter 2 part 1 - [link]

Chapter 2 part 2 - [link]

Chapter 3 part 1 - [link]

Chapter 3 part 2 - [link]

Chapter 4 part 1 - [link]

Chapter 4 part 2 - here

Volume 2 - Coming Soon
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Adoptablesfaire's avatar
So far so good!
I'd like to see more of this, no doubt about that.