You shake Lee's hand, then turn around to shake Louis's.

You: Glad to see some friendly faces around here. The last week hasn't been kind to us.

Louis: Us?

Clementine: Hands up!

You see Clementine holding her handgun at Lee and Louis. You hold out your hand and go over to her.

You: Woah. Woah. Calm down. They're friendly.

Clementine: How would you know that?

You: Just trust me.

Clementine looks at you, then puts her gun down.

Lee turns to Clementine.

Lee: Okay....my name's Lee. This is my nephew, Louis.

Clementine gives a nod.

Clementine: Clementine.

••

You, Lee, Louis, and Clementine sat in the lobby. You've been talking for some time. Mostly about your time at the prison.

Lee: Ain't that some shit?

Louis: I'm sorry to hear that.

You: We thought we'd be safe there, but things like that don't seem to last.

You look over at Clementine who sits beside you, and hold her hand.

Lee: You've been together long?

Clementine: I've known him since the beginning. We started being together about three months ago.

You: We could've done it sooner, if we're being honest. We've liked each other for a long time. Once we got to settle down, we made it official.

Lee: Young love. It's nice to see that nowadays.

Lee turns to the 19 year old on his left.

Lee: Louis here was always trying to be a ladies' man in high school. I had to talk to him about those things since he was to afraid to ask his dad.

Louis: Lee...

Lee began chuckling, then his smile faded.

Lee: We've lost people. We were in a group ourselves. His dad was there, my brother Bud, he didn't make it.

Louis: We've been on the road for six months.

You nod.

You: I'm sorry about that.

Clementine: Where were you two headed?

Lee: We heard about this settlement up in Virginia, at a high school. They call it the Kingdom.

Louis: It's just one of those stories we hear....like Wellington. We can't be for sure.

Lee: It's better to find out and be wrong than to never try, Louis.

You: Your uncle's right. You just got to have hope.

Clementine smiles at your statement.

Lee: And you two? Did you have a destination in mind?

You: Not really. We just kept moving north.

Lee looks down, and nods. He then looks up again.

Lee: Come with us. Maybe we can find the Kingdom. You can find that sanctuary you once had.

You look at Clementine. She looks back at you awaiting what you want to decide.

You: Okay. Let's do it.

Lee: We move at first light. It's going to be a long journey.

••

For the next couple days, the four of you moved East. You were nearing the city of Lexington.

You talked with Louis. You thought he was a cool guy. He was 19 like you, and had stories to tell of times before and during the outbreak.

Louis told the story of how Lee was on his way to prison during the onset of the infection. Lee was walking in front of you, you didn't know if he was eavesdropping.

You: Really? For what?

Louis: He killed this guy that he found sleeping with my aunt. It was an accident though, they were fighting.

You nod, and Louis continues.

Louis: Lee told me that his transporting officer got in an accident, and he was able to escape. He traveled to Macon and found my dad and I. We moved from there.

You: He was able to find you guys, despite the circumstances he was put in. That takes guts.

Louis nods. He is appreciative of his uncle, Lee.

Lee whistled, and got our attention. Clementine heard, and held her gun. Lee motioned in the distance, and saw a box car near a gas station. It looked out of place, as it was cleaner than the abandoned vehicles around it.

Lee: Let's take the other street. I don't want to run into anybody.

You all agree, and take a right into the next block.

The four of you sneak through the sidewalk, surveying your surroundings.

POW!

Suddenly, a bullet hits a window behind you.

???: Four stragglers by the shop!

You: Son of a bitch.

You go behind an abandoned car with Clementine. Lee and Louis get behind a newsstand.

POW!

POW!

The men continue to shoot in your direction.

You: Lee! Get an angle on the man down the street. I'll cover you.

He nods. You peek out and aim your rifle.

POW!

You barely miss the man, but Lee is able to get behind another car.

Suddenly, you hear a car rolling down the street. You look up, and see it's a Jeep with a mounted turret.

Clementine: Run!

You follow Clementine and go into a shop. Louis quickly follows. Lee gets up and shoots a couple shots.

BANG!

BANG!

Lee leaps through the broken window of the shop as the turret begins firing.

BRAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKA!

The bullets tear through the shop as glass continues to break.

After some time, the gunfire ceases. You take a breath.

Louis: What the?

The four of you lay against the wall until you hear a man's voice.

???: Come out! We've got you surrounded! Don't make this any harder.

You: What the fuck do we do?

Lee begins to think, and looks at Louis.

Lee: These assholes have machine guns and a turret. We can't take them on.

You: ....we have to go out there.

Clementine: Are you serious?

Louis: Yeah, what makes you think they won't hail lead into us?

You didn't answer. You honestly didn't know, but you were the first to get up.

???: Step out of the shop. Hands up.

You walk out of the shop, and the three others follow suit. The four of you stand in front of the man, who had seven other men and women with firearms.

Another soldier goes up to the man.

???: What do we do with them, Troy?

Troy looks at the four of you, but keeps his eye on Clementine. He smirks.

Troy: Looks like we got four more. Take them to the truck.

The soldier nods, and begins tying your hands. You go to the block where the gas station is, and a soldier opens the door of the box car. Inside, are other people who are tied up.

???: In. Now.

You follow orders, and step inside the box car. You all sit against the wall, as the soldier shuts the door.