Chapter 54 - The Next Morning

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The next morning you, Clem, and AJ are walking up stairs in the building now known as the "admin building".

AJ: He's gonna let us stay, right?

Y/N: Only one way to find out.

Clementine: Let's find his office.

AJ: I know where it is. I'll show you.

Heads up another flight of stairs and you both follow him. You soon go into a big room. Tenn is in there, playing with toys.

Tenn: Hey, Clem. Y/N. Thanks for the pencils. I missed having colors.

Clementine: Sure thing.

AJ picks up a firefighter toy.

AJ: Who are these guys?

Tenn: They're firefighters.

He picks up a cop toy.

Tenn: That's a police officer. She's gonna save the day.

AJ: But what are they?

Tenn: They were people who protected us.

AJ: Where are they?

Y/N: You'll meet one someday, but you know what happened to most of them.

AJ: Oh, so they weren't strong enough.

Tenn: No, that's not true! They were super strong! Now give it back and we can--

AJ: No! He's mine now!

Tenn: Give it back!

AJ: No.

Tenn: You don't even know who they are!

Clementine takes the toy and gives it back to him.

Y/N: AJ, didn't we have this conversation last night? About Aasim? You don't take something that doesn't belong to you without permission.

AJ: Ugh, fine.

Tenn: Thanks...

Clementine: Do you know where Marlon is?

Tenn: I don't know. I can go find him.

Clementine: That'd be nice, thanks, Tenn.

He walks out of the room as AJ go looks at a picture.

AJ: Look. It's Marlon and Louis. They're so little.

Y/N: Huh. They've known each other a long time.

Clementine: Maybe even longer than we've known each other, Y/N.

You hear the door creak. You three turn around and looked at it.

Clementine: Marlon?

The door suddenly opens and a dog walks in. It see's you and starts growling. You feel Clementine grab your shoulders and she hides behind you. You then feel her shaking.

Y/N: Easy, girl. Easy...

She starts barking and getting closer and closer. You slowly start backing up, making sure Clementine was still behind you.

Marlon: What the hell is-- Rosie! Down, girl! It's okay... Sh...

She stops and sits.

Marlon: You said dogs brought back bad memories. I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were so scared of them.

Clementine peeks above your shoulder, but hold a tight grip onto you.

Marlon: I promise, Rosie isn't as frighting as she seems. She just needs to get to know you, is all. Here, I'll show you.

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