We're In This Together

Chapter 17 - In The Herd

Y/N: Jesus, look at all of them.

The herd has completely surrounded the building. We were in the eye of it now.

Nick: Man, we're never gonna make it through this.

Luke: You kidding me? If Clem and Y/N can handle it, you can.

Kenny: Shit. I thought it was coming from the south?

Rebecca: They did. Looks like we're in the eye of it now

Mike: Fuck... this is so fucked.

Luke hands you a knife and Clem a hatchet.

Luke: You're gonna need something.

Y/N: Thanks. 

You see a walker approach you.

Y/N: Looks like you're the lucky contestant.

You killed it and begun to slice it's chest open.

Jane: You guys better hurry up and get to smearing if you wanna live. Otherwise, you can die. I don't care either way.

You grabbed some guts and starts smearing them on yourself.

Sarah: W-- wait... You're putting that on yourself...?

Clementine: Yes, he is, Sarah. We have to.

Clementine grabs some guts and smears it on herself, then she smears some on Sarah.

Sarah: Ugh... smells gross.

Y/N: Yeah... I don't think we'll ever get used to it.

Carlos walks over and smears some on to Sarah, too.

Carlos: It'll be okay, honey. Just stay still.

Sarah: Are... are you sure?

Carlos: Positive. Just remain calm, and we'll all be fine.

Jane: Hurry the fuck up!

Y/N: Here, Clem. I got your back.

You grabbed some more and smeared it on to Clementine's back. She gets some and smears it on to your back as well. 

Kenny: Is everyone ready? They're almost on us--

Troy: What in the actual fuck is going on here?! What is this sick shit? Someone better explain before I start--

Luke tries to grab his gun, but Troy spots him.

Troy: HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY! Don't you even fucking think about it motherfucker! I will end you, you hear me?!

Jane hides a gun behind her back and slowly starts approaching him.

Jane: Troy... Troy, we talked about this.

Troy: What? The fuck you talking about?

Jane: I told you I wanted to get out. You said you'd help, then I'd help.

Troy: I thought you meant get out of the pen! Not whatever the fuck this sick ritual shit is!

Jane: I did! But now we can leave... Troy... you can come with us.

Troy: Huh? Well, where would we go?

Jane: Away from here. Together.

Troy: Boy, you smell really bad. You gotta get a bath before we--

He let's out a painful ear piercing scream as Jane shot him right in the dick.

Troy: You-- you shot my dick off!

She walks back to us.

Jane: Come on. Don't make any noise, got it? They might hear something they don't like. And for fuck's sake, WALK. Act like you belong and you will belong.

You slowly followed Clem, Carlos, and Sarah through the herd. You could hear the guards up on the roof panicking and firing into the herd. Sarah starts freaking out and making noise.

Carlos: Sh... quiet, honey. Clem, Y/N? Please help me calm her down. Say something y'all are her friends. Just sa--

He is cut off by a bullet to the neck. He start to gargle on his blood as walkers pulled him down and killed him  

Sarah: Dad? DAD! DAD, please NO! 

The walkers turned their attention to us.

Y/N: Sarah, shut up!

She then makes a beeline away from the store. You maneuver away from walkers. You then heard a scream and you followed it. You found Clem and Sarita. Sarita is staring at her wrist.

Y/N: Guys, what happened? I heard a scream.

She shows you her wrist, which has a bite mark on it.

Sarita: It... it bit me... I'm dead! I'm dead!

Clementine: You're not dead, yet. We need to get out of here.

Kenny runs over to her.

Kenny: Sarita?

Sarita: Kenny, I-- I got bit...

Kenny: W-what? No, no! Not this is not happening! Let's just go! You'll be fine! 

The three start running away. You were following them, but a walker knocks you down. You quickly killed it, but you now realized that you're lost.

Luke: I'm going after Sarah!

Y/N: Luke...?

You tried to look around for him, but to no avail. You slowly walked through the herd, which cause the walkers to lose their interest in you. You walked for minutes until someone put their hands over your mouth. You started squirming around.

Rebecca: Stop!

Clementine: Y/N. It's just us!

Y/N: Oh, thank God you two are okay.

Rebecca: What do we do?

Clementine: We have to keep moving. We can't stay here.

Rebecca: Okay... The walkers are still moving towards the store.

Y/N: Yeah, we should make our move while the gun fire is still distracting them.

Rebecca: We can make it out if we stick together--

She groans in pain.

Rebecca: I'm glad you both are here.

Y/N: You good to keep moving?

Rebecca: Yeah... there's no other way outta this.

We tried to look for a clear path to the tree, but couldn't. We see Jane walking past us.

Rebecca: Jane! Thank God! Please jus--

Jane: Stop. Relax. You need to walk... SLOWLY. You'll be fine.

She starts walking away.

Rebecca: Wait... I can't do this... please help us.

Jane: We can't clump together like this... it's better if we spread out. You three will be fine.

Clementine: We have to stay back and look out for Rebecca.

Jane: Your choice.

Jane takes another look at us.

Jane: Fuck...

She walks back to us.

Jane: We have to push through that cluster of walkers.

Rebecca: There's too many!

Jane: We'll make a cow-catcher.

Y/N: A what now?

Jane: You'll see.

She walks up behind a walker and slices it's jaw off.

Jane: Can't bite anyone now, can you?

We all then followed Jane as she led us away from the walkers and into the forest.