Tavia escorted me and Clem to the roof and into a greenhouse. There was what looked like berries and Sarah was also crying in a corner.
Tavia: Stay in here for a minute, I'm gonna radio down and find out what you're doing. Don't touch anything.
She leaves. Me and Clementine walked up to Sarah.
Y/N: Hey... you gonna be alright?
Clementine: Do you want a hug?
Sarah doesn't respond.
Y/N: Hey, I'll take it if she doesn't want it.
She turns and glares at me.
Clementine: Not the time for jokes, Y/N.
Y/N: Sorry, just trying to lighten up the mood.
She gives a faint smirk before turning back to Sarah.
Clementine: I owe you. Whenever you need it, let me know.
Sarah: My dad's never hit me before... Even if I was super bad...
Clementine: Your dad didn't want to do it.
Y/N: Yeah. Carver practically forced him to. So he hit you in a weird way.
Sarah: Yeah, I guess so... Carver hit me super hard then, because it still hurts like crazy.
Clementine: Yeah, it looked like it.
Sarah: Thanks... for trying to help... I don't understand why people have to be so mean. Even when I'm really mad, I still don't want to hurt anyone...
The door then opens and Tavia and Reggie walks in.
Tavia: Don't mess this up.
Reggie: Yeah, I get it.
Tavia: Reggie's in charge here, okay? Be sure to listen to him carefully.
Reggie: Yep. No problem, Tavia.
She leaves once again.
Reggie: Okay, we gotta do a good job, guys. The camp is counting on us. I'll show you what to do. It's really simple.
We walked over to a tabled with shears.
Reggie: Pick up those shears.
We all picked up a pair.
Reggie: Okay, so we're picking these berries, right? Just pick them, put them in the basket. Simple. If you see any dead branches, pick those too and stack them neatly for composting. Got it?
Y/N: Seems easy enough.
Me and Clem went to a different table as Reggie approached us.
Reggie: Hey, so... is she gonna be okay? Because what happened down there was straight fucked up. I don't want her freaking and getting me in trouble.
Clementine: I'll take care of her.
Reggie: Good... 'cause I'm awful at that stuff.
He patted Clementine on the head.
Y/N: Uh... what?
Reggie: Yeah... that was... awkward... I will never do that again. I'm gonna go work now.
He walks and Clementine walks over to Sarah as I began doing her work.
*Timeskip*
I'm finished up Clem's work and I looked over to see her still helping Sarah. I was about to do my work, but I heard the roof door close and I see Carver approaching the greenhouse.
Reggie: Oh, shit.
Sarah: Oh, no.
Reggie looks over at my table.
Reggie: Y/N? Why didn't you do your work?!
Y/N: I did Clem's work first.
Clementine looked at me worriedly.
Clementine: Y/N...
Carver then enters the greenhouse.
Carver: Howdy. Just checking in... see how the new recruits are doi-
He notices my table which had no work done.
Carver: Reggie.
Reggie: Yeah, Bill. Hey.
Carver: What the fuck happened in here?
Reggie: Okay, Bill. They're new, and me with my arm, it's just not the eas-- I just ha-- I have one--
Carver: Shut up. Shut up. Shut the fuck up.
Carver: You better have an explanation for this. And I mean now.
Reggie: Bill, please just--
Carver: Sounds like you were about give me an excuse, when I asked for an explanation.
Y/N: It was my fault. Not his.
Carver: Nah, this ain't your fault.
Reggie looks down in fear.
Carver: We talked about this Reggie, didn't we? But, you just don't get it do you?
Reggie: Get what? I- I-
Carver: Why don't you three go wait outside? Me and Reggie need to talk about some things.
I looked at Reggie with guilt-filled eyes as I walked out.
Reggie: Thanks for the help guys...
Once we went outside I stared at the herd in silence. Guilt is eating me up. I feel a hand on my shoulder, I turned around and it was Clem's.
Clementine: Why do you do my work and not yours?
Y/N: I thought I could get it both done. And if I couldn't do it, then I rather Carver be pissed at me and not you. But it looks like Reggie is gonna take the hit of it all.
Clementine: It's not your fault. You're only one guy.
Y/N: I feel like Carver is setting Reggie up. He put three kids, which one is in a bad state right now, and a one-armed guy to do all that work in that short amount of time.
Clementine eyes widen
Clementine: Holy--
The door then flew open.
Carver: I gave you plenty of chances!
Reggie: Wait, Bill! Please! Don't do this!
He grabs Reggie and throws him off the roof.
Carver: Weakness... Incompetence... It puts us all at risk, and it won't be tolerated. You think about that the next time your asked to do something.
Y/N: You... murdered him... You're a murder...
He gets furious and grabs me by the neck and hangs me over the edge of the roof.
Clementine: Wait! No!
Carver: I recommend you keep that mouth shut next time. Unless you want to join him. And what I just said goes double for you. You don't want want to disappoint me again. We clear?
He grip gets tighter and I weakly nodded and he throws me towards the greenhouse. Clementine quickly comes over and helps me up.
Carver: Now, get downstairs. Bonnie's got some stuff for you to do. Go.
We started to walk away.
Clementine: You okay?
Y/N: I- I don't know, Clem. My neck hurts. Let's just get off this roof, please.
My voice was raspy. She silently nods as we walked backed to the armory.
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We're In This Together
Fanfiction[Completed!] Whenever you saw Clementine pull the trigger, you've both felt... lost, unsure of what to do or where to go. You both made it out of Savannah safely, but at what cost? You both find yourselves walking in a field, unsure of where to go f...
