Returns 1

Lee woke up in a forest, he coughed, before catching sight of Carley a couple feet away from him. The woman rolled over and stumbled to her feet.

"Lee?" Her voice was raspy, as Lee got up, the man nearly falling over when he realised his arm was still missing.

"Where are we?" Asked Lee, looking around.

"I was hoping you'd tell me." Huffed Carley, as Lee coughed.

"No, no," He shook his head, "you're dead. Lilly shot you."

"I remember turning around and finding Lilly's gun in my face." Said Carley, before spotting Lee's arm, "What happened?"

"I got bit." Answered Lee, stumbling, "Bit funny, I don't feel like crap."

A cough got their attention, a brown-haired man sat up. It took them a moment, before they recognised him as Ben.

"How'd you grow so fast?" Asked Lee, as Ben frantically checked his abdomen.

"I'm alive?" Ben turned and looked at Lee and Carley, "Wait, am I actually dead?"

R

Clementine was leaning against her desk, staring at Marlon and Brody, Minerva and another red head stood off to the side with Tenn, while Mitch glared around the room.

She turned and looked at Louis, "I'm assuming those mushrooms you found weren't the healthy kind."

"How is this my fault?" Demanded Louis, "They could just be some new breed of walker!"

Clementine gave him a flat look, "Right, some tell me what happened while I was gone."

"AJ wanted to go with you to Richmond and sulked because he couldn't go. He and Willy snuck of with a stick with a knife taped to the end of it and came back with Tenn." Said Violet, staring at Minerva, "They all appeared at some point after that."

"There's also Lilly and some old fuck in the basement." Chimed Louis, getting a glare from Clementine.

"Okay," She nodded, "I'll start there, Violet, we've got supplies from Richmond that need to be stored."

Violet nodded, stopping when Clementine grabbed her arm.

"Keep an eye on our returned friends." Murmured Clementine, "Something's not right."

Violet nodded, before hitting Louis, "C'mon, let put them to some use."

Clementine sighed, before looking at someone who'd stayed behind, "Mitch?"

"What do you plan on doing?"

Clementine sighed again, "I'm going to try and provoke Larry into a heart attack."

Mitch stared at her, "You're going to solve a problem…by making another problem?"

"It's the best I can think of." Confessed Clementine, leaning back against the desk.

"You said Lilly was more dangerous after her dad died." Said Mitch, "Killing him again would make her more-er dangerous."

Clementine blinked and stared at Mitch, "How the fuck did you say something that was smart and stupid at the same time?"

Mitch glared at her, before they heard shouting outside.

"What now?" Growled Clementine, stalking out of the office with Mitch following after her.

"Put it down, now!" Yelled Violet, as Clementine and Mitch came up behind the crowd.

"You think we're fucking stupid?!" Came a familiar voice.

"Brave coming from some dick shaking our fence!"

"C'mon, we can all be civil about this!" Clementine stopped, before frowning and pushing her way through the crowd.

"What's going…" Clementine stopped and stared at the other side of the fence, "…on?"

Luke stared back at her, as Clementine looked over the group he was with. She spotted Nick and Pete towards the back, she slowly looked over the others with them, Kenny stared at her, while others from the Cabin group quietened down.

"…Clementine?" Asked Luke, jerked Clementine from her thoughts.

She turned and looked at Louis.

"Hey, I haven't done anything!" Protested Louis, getting an eyeroll from Clementine.

"Put them in the hospital," Sighed Clementine, gesturing to the building built from some supplies from Richmond, before looking over the crowed, "Hold on…where's AJ?"

"He's alive?" Asked Luke, with Clementine ignoring him.

"Er," Louis looked at Violet, "he's…fishing."

"We don't know where he is." Admitted Violet, "He wasn't here when we came out."

Clementine groaned, "Okay, Mitch, come with me, Violet," the blonde perked up, "you're in charge until I get back."

Violet nodded, getting a whine from Louis.

"Louis, you're coming as well." Called Clementine, walking towards the gate, "I don't want to hear Violet bitch when I get back."

"We're comin' too." Said Kenny, making Clementine stop and turn to him.

"No, you're all going to follow Violet to the hospital until we figure out what's going on." Clementine and Kenny stared at each other, before the man smirked.

"All right." Kenny nodded, "We'll talk when you get back."

Clementine sighed in relief, before nodding.

R

Lee, Carley and Ben trudged through the forest, the boy that found them, AJ, said they would be welcome in their community. He pointed at a Walker, "That's James, he pretends to be one of the monsters."

"What?" Asked Lee, as the Walker looked at them.

"What're you doing out here?" Asked the Walker, losing its limp and striding over to AJ.

"Helping people." Answered AJ, as a man in a long coat, wielding a chair leg spotted them.

"AJ!" The man ran towards them, swinging the leg at James.

In a fluid motion, James grabbed the chair leg, kicked the man between the legs and pushed him to the ground. A moment later, another man and a young woman appeared near him.

Lee felt the air leave his lungs, recognising Clementine. Clementine stared at Lee, her demands dying in her throat. She suddenly felt lightheaded, the next thing she knew, she was falling backwards with her world going dark.

Mitch caught Clementine as she fell, looking at Louis, "Is she usually like this?"

Louis winced as he shook his head, "No." He straightened up, walking towards her, "Give her here."

Mitch passed the unconscious Clementine to Louis, before he looked at the people, he jerked his head and they set back off to the school.

R

Alvin watched Rebecca pace, before the blonde woman, Violet, walked in.

"Where's Clementine?" Demanded Rebecca, glaring at Violet, "Where's my son?!"

"AJ's just got back with some other… 'visitors'," Violet looked around, "Clementine's unconscious."

"Is she alright?" Asked Sarah, from her place next to her father.

"She'll be fine," Dismissed Violet, "it's probably nothing."

"My dad's a doctor." Said Sarah, getting Violet's attention.

"We have a nurse." Dismissed Violet, leaving the room.

Walking towards the medical area, Violet spotted Ms. Martin checking Clementine over. Seeing the nurse walking out of the greenhouses was a tiny bit terrifying. There had been more of their friends coming back, which made Louis order them to expand their boarders.

Clementine sitting up made Ms. Martin step away, the young woman looked around and spotted Violet. Ignoring the older woman, Clementine walked up to Violet.

"Can you please tell her I'm fine?" Asked Clementine, pointing at Ms. Martin.

"No one faints for no reason." Said the nurse, frowning at Clementine, "I know you don't like feeling vulnerable, but you need rest."

"I need to get supplies if we're gonna expand." Argued Clementine, stepping forwards and stumbling.

"I'll contact Richmond," Said Violet, "but, Ms. Martin's right. If you fainted, it could be something serious."

Clementine sighed, "Look, Vi, I need to keep busy. If I don't, bad things tend to happen."

Violet drew herself up, "Clementine, as one of your vices, I'm taking control of the group until Ms. Martin has cleared you."

Clementine's jaw dropped, getting a cheeky grin from Violet, "All you need to do is sleep."

Clementine's jaw closed with a snap, before stalking back to Ms. Martin. Violet sighed, before turning around. Marlon, Louis and Brody stood a couple feet away from her.

"What?"

"You just sent our leader," Said Louis, dumbstruck, "who flayed a guy after what happened to Ruby, to bed."

"And you've shared a bed with her." Retorted Violet, heading to the Admin building, "Clem's radio's in the office, right?"

"I don't know," Shrugged Louis, grinning, "I was a bit preoccupied."

Violet gave Louis a flat look, "You're the reason she'd been confined to bed rest."

Louis froze, paling, "Shit."