What Matters Most (TWD)

6. The Bandits

(Carl's POV)
Clem and I both jolted back to the sound of the bandits, she let go of my hands and walked over to her bag, she looked at me she had a look on her face as if to say "I'm sorry" but she quickly looked away. She grabbed her gun out her bag and followed the bandits constant shouts, she looked back at me and called me over.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"To find you're dad, we have to help." Clementine replied.

"How do you know it's him?" I asked again.

"DONT TOUCH ME YOU THIEFS!" Dad screamed out.

"Oh my god!" I exclaimed.

I grabbed my gun out from my back pocket and rushed towards Clementine, we followed the screams for a while until we saw three men holding up my dad and this woman.

"I wonder who dad is with." I wondered.

"I don't know, but she sorta looks familiar." Clementine answered.

"What do we do to help?" I asked curious.

"There's rocks here, we could throw them at the bandits faces." Clementine suggested.

"Rocks? Really?" I laughed.

"What other choice do we have?" Clementine smiled back.

Clementine picked up a rock and so did I, she looked at me and smiled, we both threw our rocks and hit the bandits directly in the face.

"Dad RUN!" I shouted.

He looked over to me and smiled before taking off with the woman, I followed him and then turned around to see Clementine, I looked left and right until I spotted her being chased by one of the bandits.

(Clem's POV)
I ran off trying to get this bandit off my tail, he continued to chase me through the woods, I heard gunshots and people screaming and I hoped Rick and Carl were okay.

"Get the fuck over here!" The bandit screamed.

I quickly hid behind a tree seeing that it was my only option, I kneeled down before looking at my next getaway. I saw a rock that was tall enough for me to hid behind so I dashed towards it.

The bandit spotted me and followed after me, I slid under a broken tree branch and kept running away, I turned my head ahead to spot him and then bumped into a walker, I quickly got up before it grabbed me and kept running.

"Fuck!" the bandit yelled slamming the walker on the ground, killing it.

I broke a branch off a tree and used it as a weapon, he ran towards me and I quickly moved to the side, he almost impaled himself with the beaches but stopped before he could. I jabbed the branch in his shoulder and dashed off.

"JESUS ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!" the bandit screamed.

I continued running and quickly stopped myself from falling into the river, I then felt the bandit grabbed me and carry me away back to his friends.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" I screamed.

"Then stop fucking running!" He yelled back.

He continued to walk me back towards the forest, I seen his hand come near my shoulder so I leaned down and started to bit it.

"Aaaargh!" the bandit screamed.

I continued biting until he finally let go, I dashed towards this log and crawled inside it, the bandit grabbed my foot in order to pull me out but I kept kicking him. I kicked his hand off of my but it was no use. He pulled me out and dragged me along the ground. I then grabbed onto this tree branch and held on as tight as I could.

"JESUS ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!" the bandit screamed again.

He pulled me off and dragged me along the ground, he let go and fell towards me, I grabbed his hands and out my foot on his stomach keeping him off me.

"Kid, you are on my last fucking nerve!" the bandit yelled.

I saw a walker walk towards and I leant the bandit to the side, I kicked him off me and the walker grabbed him, I got up and backed away and a walker grabbed him hand from behind a tree. I eventually broke the walkers arm off and fell to the ground. The bandit also fell to the ground and I saw a walker dashing toward us, I quickly got up and walked away.

"YAAARRGGHGHGH!" the bandit screamed as the walker bit into him.

I dashed back to the campfire to see walkers blocking my way, they were getting closer and closer towards me and I began to back up, I tripped and fell on a rock and picked it up, I threw it at one of the walkers and continued to back up.

I felt my hand slide and I slipped down the hill, I crashed into the water and the current took me away. I noticed my hat wasn't on my head and it was all I had left to remember my parents by. The only thing I hoped for the most was that Carl and Rick would be able to find me.

(Carl's POV)
Dad, the woman and I eventually lost the two bandits, we made our way back to the campfire and Clementine was no where to be seen.

"Oh no..." I mumbled.

"Where is she?" Dad asked.

"Who is it?" The woman asked.

"Her names Clementine...a bandit was chasing her in that direction." I said pointing north.

"Wait, her names Clementine?" the woman asked.

"Yes?" I asked while me and dad looked at each other curiously.

"Wait does she look like?" the woman asked.

"She's 14, pretty short, and she has a blue baseball cap with a 'D' imprinted on it." I explained.

"My god!" the woman said shocked.

"What is it?" Dad asked.

"I know her, I was with her and her group for a while, but we all got separated, I never thought I would see any of them ever again." the woman explained.

"She did mention she was with other people, you must of been one of them." I said.

"Wait, guys look." Dad said pointing towards the ground.

"Footsteps." the woman replied examining them.

"They look pretty small, it could be Clem." I said.

"We have to try, let's follow them." Dad suggested.

We followed the footsteps for a while and we came across a riverbank. There were about six walkers all lying dead on the ground. I looked towards the river and saw Clementines hat lying against the bank.

"Oh my god!" I exclaimed.

I ran over and picked up the hat, I then saw handprints on the ground and followed them, they went down all the way to the river and I knew she must of fallen in.

"Clem's fallen in the river." I said.

"We have to find her, we won't stop until we do." Dad said walking towards me.

"Yes, we need to find her, we have to." I said while looking at the other side of the river.

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