Twdg Fanfiction - A New Hope

Chapter 5 - Friend or Stranger?

Nick opens his eyes and sees that he is still on the couch, he is laying on it.

He looks and also sees that Tate and Reese are asleep.

They must of fell asleep last night while talking.

Nick smiles and gets off the couch.

He walks towards Tate and Reese, he shakes them awake.

Tate rubs his eyes while Reese slowly opens his eyes.

“Nick?” Tate asked

“Yeah it's me, get up.” He said

Tate nods his head and gets up off the other couch.

Reese gets up off the floor.

Everyone else was awake too.

“Morning Clem.” Nick said to her

“Good morning, Nick.” She said back at him with a smile.

Tate grabbed his hammer and knife.

Reese grabs his bat.

Everyone grabs the supplies and walk out of the house.

They start heading north again.  

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-Two Days Later -

It's been two days and Nick has gonna closer with Tate and Reese. They were becoming great friends and they were fun to talk to.

Nick was happy to have them, Clem, Uncle Pete, Luke, and the group.

They had all stopped to rest and they were by a bridge.

Clementine was on a rock, looking through her binoculars.

“There's the bridge.”

“And does it look passable?”

“I think so.”

“Good.”

Clementine gets after the rock and stands by Luke.

“We have to cross that bridge. Let's go.”

“Hold on now, we can't all go sprinting across that thing, okay? If we get spotted out there, we’re gonna be trapped.”

“Going around that lake will take too long.”

“Right, but...look, we’ve got no idea who’s out there. Okay, I'm gonna sneak across and make sure it's clear before we bring the whole group over.”

“You think splitting the group is a good idea?”

“I never said it was a good idea. But it's better than riskin’ everyone at once.”

“What's your plan?”

“Clem and I can scoot across low and slow and make sure nobody's waitin’ for us on the other side.”

“We’ll have a tough time covering for you from back here.”

“Well, we’ll just turn back if it gets hairy.”

“Clementine should stay here, she’s…”

“She’s what?”

“She just a little girl, Luke.”

“She’s a valuable little girl.”

“I mean, hell, if she can sew up her own arm, she’s fit to cross a bridge.”

“I can do it.”

“See, no problem.”

“It's gonna be fine. Okay? We’ll signal you guys in ten minutes. Just watch for a light on the far side.”

Nick and Tate walk up to them.

“We can go with you guys.” Nick said

Luke nods his head “let's go then.”

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They just killed two lurkers that were near the front of the bridge. They walk until they see a guy with the hood of his hoodie up and he has a rifle in his hands.

“Who are you?” The guy asked

“We're a little lost…” Clem said

“...we're friendly.” Tate said

The guy walked towards him.

“You don't look like assholes, are you assholes?”

“I'm not an asshole.” Nick said

“You think I'm an asshole?” Luke said with sarcasm.

The guy smiles “you guys look like shit... I've got food in the station and I have a group at the ski lodge and if you want…”

The guy's eyes went wide.

They all turned around to see what he was looking at. They see three lurkers coming towards them.

“Shit!” Nick said

Luke gets out his machete and walks toward the lurkers. But, he falls through the bridge.

“Luke!” Nick and Clem said at the same time.

“I'm fine! I'm just stuck!” Luke said

Clementine grabs a metal pipe off the ground and she goes to help Luke.

Nick grabs Luke's machete off the ground and kills two of the lurkers.

Tate was killing the last lurker that was coming towards him.

Tate didn't know he was near the edge of the bridge.

He slips and falls off the bridge.

“Tate!” Nick said

The lurker falls off and goes into the water below. Tate drops his hammer and it goes into the water too.

Nick was about to run and help Tate when he heard someone.

“Help me!”

The other guy was holding back a lurker that was trying to bite him. His rifle was on the ground.

Nick looks at him and then, he looks back at Tate.

Tate was hanging off the edge of the bridge and was losing his grip.

[ Help Tate ]

[ Help Matthew ]