42Hey, guys! I'm so, so, SO sorry for not updating this! It's just… this is NOT my original language, and I can read lots of fic in English, however, I'm not sure if I have a good redaction…
Anyway, I hope you forgive me… *receives a million of glares*… Ok, ok, I guess you'll forgive me only if I write another chapter XD So…
LET'S START THIS! HERE WE GO!
ALERT: The events of "The Wolf Among Us" never happened in this fic, in "The Walking Dead", we're placing in the Episode 1, got it?
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own The Walking Dead Game nor The Wolf Among Us. They belong to Telltale Games Series e.e And, the cover image is NOT mine either, it belongs to Bembiann, from deviantart.
Episode 1: Fates that bind
Part 2: Too late
Bigby suppressed a growl.
The smell of those things was driving him insane. He already smoked a whole package of his cigarettes in half an hour.
Lee and Carley eyed him sometimes during the walk. Well, they were talking so freely, and he wasn't very thrilled in socializing. Bigby wasn't interested in dealing with mundies. Humans were hypocrites and a bunch of bastards. He never liked them, and now that they created their own devastation, why would he like this people? All he wanted was to run away with Snow. The Adversary wouldn't give him up. He knew that the Adversary wanted him because he was a strong fable, one of the most feared monsters in the Homelands.
"Hey, Bigby. We're almost there." The brunette woman eyed him. "Hey… Bigby?"
"I hear you." He shrugged.
Lee glanced at him a few seconds. Bigby seemed less talkative than he thought with them. Well, everyone got secrets, right? They didn't have the right to demand more things from him anyway. He was trying to survive just like them.
"Get down." Bigby frowned.
The two humans decided to trust his words and obeyed. A walked passed from the other side of the corner where they were.
"Shit. What do we do now?"
"Those things are attracted by the noise." Bigby informed them. "So, we shouldn't use your gun to get rid of them, lady." He looked at Carley.
"Then, what…?"
"I guess I'll use Snow's sword." He leaned up to look for something useful. In the wall, there was an axe. "Wait here."
"Woah, wait! You're gonna fight them? Are you crazy?"
"You got a better idea to save your friend?" He raised an eyebrow.
He didn't need their concern. Besides, he wasn't human. Even if one of those things bite him, it wouldn't affect him. So, he was prepared to shred them to pieces.
"We could help each other, you know?" Carley sent him a glare.
"We could, but not right now." He pinched the bridge of his nose. "Look, there's an axe there" He pointed it. "I'm gonna slash some assholes and get it to let you help me."
"You sure you want to do this?" Lee asked him.
"It's fine."
The truth was, Bigby couldn't smell someone alive in the motor inn. They were all… like that. But he just couldn't tell Lee and Carley that. It was possible that guy Glenn ran away from the undead ones or… Now he was one of them.
He approached the walker that was closer to him. He raised the sword and tore its head off. Bigby growled at the smell of rotten bodies, then slashed the rest of them. At least, the ones that were bothering.
"You can go out now."
Lee went to pick the axe.
"Well, that will be useful."
"Yes. But where the hell is Glenn?" Carley frowned.
Lee glanced up at the second floor. He silently climbed the stairs to walk to them; when he was close enough, he froze. There were three walkers eating a body. Carley followed his gaze and gasped.
"Oh, no… Oh, my God…"
"What?" Bigby questioned.
"It's… It's Glenn."
"Are you married?"
"No, sweetie. I'm not." She smiled down at Clementine.
The girl frowned.
"I thought you were. With the serious face guy."
Snow laughed at how Clementine nicknamed Bigby, but then she understood what the little girl meant.
"Oh, no… He's my friend."
"But he likes you."
She raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, really? And how do you know that, missy?" She put her hands of her hips, glaring her playfully. "What makes you think that?"
"I've seen the way he looks at you. It's like my parents used to look at each other. And… He wants to protect you no matter what. Besides, I'm pretty sure you like him too." Clementine smiled. "I don't understand why adults hide their feelings. What's the problem about that?"
Snow sat in front of her.
"Well, Clem… People don't always are straight forward. Sometimes, they are afraid. They fear that maybe…" Her words almost finished with a whisper, remembering some things that she definitely didn't want to talk about. "They could get hurt."
"Why? Mom says love is the most beautiful feeling."
"It is, honey. But, you know? Love is so big, so strong… That if it brings you bad consequences, it could hurt you with the same power that you once felt with love. Or much more."
"Oh." She looked down. "I guess I can understand it. There was a boy in my school that liked me, but I didn't. Do you think I hurt him that bad?"
"That depends." She smiled again. "You're still a child… and kids are tougher than all of us."
Clementine softened her smile and nodded, appreciating Snow's words.
Kenny noticed Lee's arrival. He seemed to have a grim face. Carley went directly to the desk where she left her things and, Bigby was the last to enter.
"Everyone alright?"
The man just sighed.
"We huh… couldn't save Gleen. We were… Too late."
"What?" Kenny was shocked. "He's… Damn." The man with the moustache looked at Lee's guilty expression. "Hey, it wasn't your fault, man. Glenn knew what he was doing. He knew it was a reckless idea, but he tried. At least you three are fine, right?"
"Yeah, we had some close calls, but Carley and Bigby are fine.
"Let's see the bright side." Bigby's voice intervened. "His sacrifice wasn't in vain, remember?"
"Yeah… I guess you're right. Glenn left his keys in the car. We found the cans of gas he promised to get for you."
"Well, the kid did his best then."
"Yeah…"
"Bigby, you're back." Snow greeted him with a relieved smile. Bigby softened his frown and nodded. Then, the princess looked at the others. "Are you guys okay?"
"We're fine. But our friend there… didn't make it."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"And things back here?" Questioned Carley once she walked to them.
"Quiet." Kenny shrugged. "Our friend is still in and out over there. He won't survive anymore stress."
"The next order of business is getting those pills out of the pharmacy."
Bigby left the mundies to their business. Snow followed him silently. The wolf gave her sword back.
"It was really helpful, thanks."
"You're welcome." She bit her bottom lip when she saw the bloody stains in the blade. "What… exactly happened?"
"We tried to rescue that guy… whatever his name is, but he was already dead."
"Wow… That's… Sad."
Bigby didn't reply, and Snow didn't argue. She knew Bigby wasn't very fond of humans, and he didn't care if they die or not. That was a little insensitive of him, but Snow accepted him for who he was. She wouldn't change anything. Besides, she was the ice queen back at the Woodlands. So, criticizing Bigby would be hypocrite.
The Big Bad Wolf glanced at Lee who went outside with that guy Doug. Kenny seemed concentrated in being close to his family in case of any situation. Then, he looked at Lily. The brunette was with his father, who seemed asleep.
"Bigby?"
"What is it?"
"Where will we go after this?"
"… I don't know. We got what we wanted, but then what?"
"I was having the same questions. We can't runaway forever. They'll find us in any second."
"The thing is… We know we'll be caught, but we still don't want to accept our fate."
"I guess we're just denying the inevitable."
Bigby just shrugged. He didn't want to tell her that she could act like a human, then she would be free. The Adversary wanted him because of his power. Of course, he preferred to die instead of working for that bastard and leaving Snow behind.
But what could they do?
"I've got the keys." Lee came back and told Lily.
"Great! God, you're amazing."
Then, the two of them went to find the respective medicines they needed.
Bigby didn't seem calm. He sensed something was wrong.
"Hey, you ok? You look sick." Carley walked to them.
"Bigby?" Snow called him, uneasy.
Then, it hit him.
That smell.
"RRAAHW…!"
"Snow, your sword…!"
"Oh my God!"
Lily's father, now turned into a zombie, growled at them. Kenny cursed and covered his wife and child from him. Clementine gasped and grabbed Snow by the waist.
Suddenly, a high-pitched ringing distraught them. Bigby groaned, covering his sensitive ears.
Fuck, that hurt!
"Bigby!"
"Get rid of it! Now!"
Snow wanted to move, but Clementine didn't want to let her go. Carley acted fast and shot Larry in the head…
Just in the moment where Lee and Lily got out from the room.
Lily looked at Carley in shock.
"… What have you done?"
To be continued…
I KILLED LARRY! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!
Ok, I changed a lot the story. Because… I've read SO MANY fics that go in the same direction, the same people die in the EXACT order XD Besides, with our fables' presence, of course the story will change e.e
Some people that died in the game, will die in my fic anyway. It's normal, right? But I'll change some things. Some parts of TWD chapters will stay the same 'cause there's some things I'll write about it later e.e
Anyway, I hope you liked it!
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