What Matters Most (TWD)

4. Caught By Surprise

(Clem's POV)
Carl and I were quite shocked to see that the person holding us up was in fact a young girl a few years older then us.

"HANDS ON YOUR HEAD NOW!" the girl demanded.

"What's your name?" I asked.

"WHY DO YOU CARE?!" the girl snarled.

"I was just curious." I mumbled.

The girl raised an eyebrow and walked to the sink, she picked up the bottle in her spare hand and examined it, she still had her gun pointing directly towards us.

"Is this all you got? How have you both lasted this long?" the girl asked surprised.

Carl and I just looked at each other, we didn't have an answer for the girl, besides we had to be careful, one wrong word could get us both killed.

"Shit, shit and more shit!" the girl said.

"That's not like the last people I got, they had heaps of good shit." the girl added with a grin on her face.

"I'm serious, what else you got?!" the girl asked raising the gun higher.

"That--that's all we have." Carl stuttered.

"I'm serious, I'll pop you!" she threatened.

"We don't have anything!" I yelled.

The girl looked at me with a dirty look, she pointed the gun at me and placed her index finger firmly against the trigger.

"Give me that hat!" the girl demanded.

"No!" I replied.

"Just give it to me!" the girl ordered.

"Leave me alone!" I snapped.

"Why do you care about it so much?" the girl asked.

"My dad--I killed someone for it." I lied.

"You? killed?" the girl asked shocked.

"That's right, and you'll be next if you don't be careful!" I threatened.

*BANG!*

(Carl's POV)
The girls gun fired and hit Clementine directly in the left shoulder, I looked at the girl and she lowered her gun in shock and I knew she regretted what she just did. Clementines eyes went drowsy and she collapsed to the ground.

"Clem! Wake up! Clem come on!" I shouted placing her in my lap.

The door barged open and Dad walked in, the girl and I immediately spun around to look at him, his face was clean and he had his gun in his left hand.

"WHAT THE HELL--OH MY GOD!" Dad said noticing what happened to Clementine.

"I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to, please I didn't mean to!" the girl begged dropping her gun.

*BANG!*

Dad fired his gun and hit the girl directly in the stomach, she fell against the wall holding her wound in agony and then her lifeless body slide down the wall and onto the ground.

"Carl, what happened?" Dad asked kneeling beside me.

"She was hiding in the stall and she barged out, she held us hostage and was threatening us, Clementine said something that made her angry and that's when she fired the gun." I explained.

Dad looked at Clementine placed his hand on her chest, he kept it there for about half a minute and then removed it placing his other hand through his hair.

"She's still breathing, but only just." Dad said.

"We need to get out of here, it's not safe." I said.

"That's why I was thinking." Dad agreed.

"Maybe we could be campers for a little bit? Stay in the forest?" I suggested.

"That's not the best idea but it's all we've got." Dad replied.

"What are we gunna do about Clementine?" I asked.

"I found some medical supplies under the sink in the toilet, we should be fine." Dad replied.

"Okay, well she is out cold at the moment." I said looking at Clementine.

"We have to keep her warm and safe." Dad said lifting her up into his arms.

"Yeah." I agreed crossing my arms.

"Let's go." Dad said walking out the door.

I began to walk towards the door when I spotted the girl, her eyes were closed and her hands were still placed on her gunshot wound. *sigh*

"Come on Carl." Dad said rushing me.

"Yeah, I'm coming." I said.

I took one last look at the girl and shut the door behind me, Dad was standing at the entrance of the forest and I caught up to him, I took a look at Clementine and followed Dad into the woods.