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Post by Autobot Sonic on Jan 25, 2014 0:24:36 GMT
Hm... You said stuff from Mercy would be included..... Interesting.... I'm keeping an eye on this story. Yeah, major reference coming up in the next part.
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Post by Teacakes on Jan 25, 2014 8:47:39 GMT
Major hm? Interesting.
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Post by Autobot Sonic on Jan 28, 2014 17:27:06 GMT
Alright, part 3!
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Omid, Christa, and Clementine were all sound asleep inside of the RV. Omid was sleeping on the couch next to Clem, where Christa told him to sleep the night before so his leg could heal.
Christa awoke to the sound of birds chirping outside. As she slowly lifted her head off the table and opened her eyes, she was shocked to see a man pointing a rifle to her head. He was African American, with slight stubble on his face and a buzz cut.
"Mornin'" the man said calmly to her, still pointing the gun at her head. "What do you think you're doing here, this is our RV!" Christa said to him. "Oh really? Last time I checked this was my RV. You didn't happen to come across any loose bullets or food anywhere did you? Chicken soup in particular?" the man said sarcastically, pointing towards the items in the open drawer behind her, and the cartons of soup on the floor. "It's not our fault, we thought it was abandoned; the door was open." she replied in protest.
Clementine slowly woke up to the sound of the two talking, noticing the back of the stranger turned towards her. Shocked to see Christa held up at gunpoint, Clem slowly took out her gun from underneath her pillow.
"Well lucky for you the lock was broken, or I wouldn't have to deal with bandits like you trying to steal my stuff. I'd already be out of here if it wasn't for the gas tank being empty. Give me one good reason I shouldn't off you right now." the man explained to Christa, still unaware of Clementine sneaking up on him.
Christa had now noticed Clementine approaching the man from behind, but quickly turned her attention back to the man to not draw attention to the girl.
"Because I'm pregnant, and the baby's due in a few weeks; we were planning on finding a hospital when it was time, and then we thought we could use the soup for nourishment." She explained to the man.
The man sighed and started to lower his gun.
"You're lucky I have a soft spot for kids. I'm assuming that was before all of this, seems too developed to have been over the last few months." he asked her. "Yeah, it was right before all of this happened." Chista replied.
Clementine was then inches away from the man. With her hands trembling with fear, she raised her gun and pointed it at the man's head.
"Don't hurt her!" she yelled at the man.
Her cry had also woken Omid up, who noticed the situation and grabbed his own pistol, aiming it at the man.
"Don't try anything!" He said to the man, struggling to stand up due to his leg injury.
The man let out a light chuckle and laid his rifle on the table slowly turning around to face the little girl pointing the gun at him.
"This your daughter? What's her name? You did a good thing teaching her how to handle a gun; no one's ever safe these days." he said to Omid and Christa. "Her names Clementine. and she's not ours. We're taking care of her for a friend of hers; he's dead now. I'm Christa by the way, the other one's my boyfriend Omid." Christa said to the man. He turned back to face Christa. "Names Ralph. How'd it happen?" he asked her. Christa sighed. "It wasn't always just the three of us, there were three others, including her guardian Lee. 3 months ago Clementine got kidnapped by some freak and we all wen to rescue her. Lee got bit, and died after he rescued her. The other two died during the journey." she explained. "Man. Well, I'm sorry for your losses, you're welcome to stay as long as you have to." Ralph said to the three.
Clementine and Omid slowly lowered their guns, no longer seeing the man as a threat.
"Thanks, but we can't afford to waste anymore time; we need to get back on the road soon until we find a hospital." Omid said to Ralph.
"If you're looking for one here you're out of luck. The closest hospital here is far from here a few miles outside of Atlanta, it'd at least take a whole month on foot. If we were able to get this RV running, we might be able to get there in around a couple of hours, but that's not happening anytime soon without gas, then I could hotwire it and get us there." Ralph explained to them.
"Damn...you scope out the whole area?" Omid asked him. "Pretty much, except this one area a couple miles out." Ralph replied. "Well what is it? A walker infestation or something?" Christa asked him. "No, ever since I got here two weeks ago, there's always been a smoke trail coming out of the woods. I'm assuming it's another group." Ralph explained. "Are they bad people?" Clementine asked him. "I don't know, I never had the guts to go over and find out." Ralph said. "Well what if it's not a group? It could just one guy for all we know." Christa suggested. "But what about that girl from the restroom? What if she was working with them?" Clementine asked. "What girl?" Ralph asked her. "We went into the rest room here to look for supplies, but we got ambushed by a girl, and she shot Omid in the leg." she explained to him. "I don't know, but now that you all are here, maybe we can negotiate some kind of trade. We could maybe spare some of the chicken soup in exchange for gas if they got any." Ralph proposed. "If they've got some gas, I say we do it, we can't wait around for much longer." Christa said, agreeing with Ralph's plan. "Yeah, I'm in too. What do you think Clem?" Omid asked her. "We have to try if it means getting to a hospital, even if it is dangerous. I'm in." she said, remembering back to Savannah.
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"Clementine, where we're going, it's just not safe, for children especially." Lee said to her, wanting to go to Crawford to look for her parents. "But you said I always need to be by your side! Can't I come, please?" she replied to him Lee sighed. "Okay, you can come. But you have to promise to stay quiet and do exactly what I say." he said to her seriously "Okay, I'm gonna go get ready!" she said cheerfully as she ran upstairs back to her room.
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"Okay then. You, Omid. You think you'll be able to make that kind of journey in the state you're in?" Ralph asked him, pointing out his leg injury. "Please, if I could walk all across Savannah with a broken leg, I think i can handle a three mile walk." Omid replied. "Shit for real? How'd that happen?" Ralph asked intrigued. "Jumping off a bridge onto a train." Omid answered. "You guys had a fucking train?! That must've been awesome driving around in that!" Ralph said, becoming very interested in Omid's story. "Swear." Clementine said to Ralph. "Oh, sorry girl, my mistake. Well, let's get going then!
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Post by Teacakes on Jan 28, 2014 17:32:58 GMT
Holy shit....
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Jan 28, 2014 18:27:38 GMT
Ralph? Oh, damn
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Post by Teacakes on Jan 28, 2014 18:33:22 GMT
Ralph from my Mercy fan fic
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Post by Autobot Sonic on Jan 28, 2014 18:42:07 GMT
Ralph from my Mercy fan fic Yep. He will be an important character in the upcoming parts of this chapter. Plus I have a little...interesting idea for him. If you saw my posts back on Mercy, than you'll get it.
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Post by Michael7123 on Jan 28, 2014 19:16:35 GMT
I know exactly where this is headed, and TKA is gonna be pissed.
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Post by Teacakes on Jan 28, 2014 20:02:32 GMT
.... Is he going to end up being the same Ralph that was with Winston?!
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Post by Michael7123 on Jan 28, 2014 20:21:42 GMT
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Post by Autobot Sonic on Jan 30, 2014 19:12:03 GMT
Part 3 completed! Part 4 will be released either tomorrow or next Monday, depending on the time I have.
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Post by Autobot Sonic on Feb 10, 2014 17:24:00 GMT
Sorry for the delay on this part, I've had WAY too many tests these past two weeks, but now I'm ready to get back into the swing of things.
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The four of them started their journey through the forest. Christa was helping Omid walk due to his leg injury.
"So Ralph, what did you do before all of this?" Christa asked him.
"Eh, I was a drifter. Never could keep a job for too long. I was in Macon when all hell broke loose. I stayed in the outskirts of the city for the first few weeks, then I met up with these other six guys. There was an ex-cop, his daughter, and this one scrawny kid. Then there was the leader Steve, he was the meanest son of a bitch you could ever meet. We never added anyone else to our group, 'cause he thought seven was the magic number. Anytime we found another group, he always said 'We just gonna take all their stuff or what?', then they'd be dead. I was kinda getting scared by the guy. I was gonna try to sneak out at night, but I never could since he said he'd kill anyone who tried to. The kid got out one day though, and Steve just went crazy after that. I figured he was gonna snap any minute then, so I packed up my stuff the next day and snuck out. I've been living in that RV until you three found me." he explained to her.
"Damn...How could someone do something like that?" Omid asked him.
"Like I said, he was one crazy motherfucker." Ralph replied.
"Swear." Clementine interrupted with.
"Sorry, I haven't been used to begin around a kid in awhile now."
"You'll get used to it." Omid replied.
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The four of them had arrived at the camp. By the time they had arrived it was almost nighttime. There were about five tents set up, as well as a blue pickup truck and a small yellow car. Hiding behind some bushes, the four of them noticed six people all sitting together by a camp fire. A young Asian man, an African American boy, an old ginger haired woman, a man with a very thick beard, a brunette, and who looked like a teenage girl.
"This looks like the place." Ralph whispered to Christa as they observed the six gathered around the campfire. "So what's the plan?" Omid asked him. " I'll take this carton of chicken soup and approach them unarmed, try to negotiate with them. If things go to shit, you three cover me, got it?" he explained to him. "Yeah, we got it." Christa responded. "Be careful Ralph!" Clementine whispered to him before he was about to leave. "Don't worry Clem, I will." He reassured her.
Ralph slowly approached the six, with one hand holding the carton of soup, and the other held above his head to show he had no weapons. They hadn't noticed him yet.
"Hey y'all" he said to them, notifying them of his appearance. "Vince!" the bearded man shouted, as the Asian quickly pulled a pistol out of his pocket and aimed it at Ralph. "Don't fucking move!" Vince said to him. "Whoa, Whoa! Take it easy. I'm not here to hurt you guys." Ralph said to Vince, trying to calm him down. "Then what are you here for?" the ginger asked him. "It doesn't matter Bonnie, this guys obviously looking for trouble." the bearded man told her. "Hey, I just said I'm not here to kill you! If I would've, I would've brought the rest of my group." Ralph said in protest to the man.
The African American boy then got a good look at the man they were threatening, and couldn't believe his eyes when he saw who it was.
"Ralph?" he asked him. "Wait...shit Russell! Is that you?" Ralph asked in surprise, not expecting him to still be alive after all these months. "Yeah. Did Steve tell you to come and find me? To 'tie up loose ends'?" he asked him. "No. As a matter of fact, I left a couple weeks after you did. The guy went bonkers after you got out." Ralph explained to him.
Meanwhile, Christa, Omid, and Clementine were still hiding behind some bushes, with Christa pointing her rifle at Vince's head.
"They know each other?" Clementine asked them. "Seems like it. Maybe he can influence the rest of them to give us some gas?" Christa responded.
"Guys, I think he's telling the truth." Bonnie said to the rest of the group. "Are you being serious Bonnie? Don't tell me you believe this guy! Not after what happened with-" "Becca, shut it or I'll-" "Quiet!" Vince said interrupting their argument. "So, if you didn't come here to kill us, what do you want?" he asked him. "I have an RV back at my camp. The rest of my group and I are planning to use it to get out of here, but we're all out of gas. We saw the smoke in the forest, so my group decided to have me come up here to organize a trade; you give us some gas, and we'll give you this carton of chicken soup." Ralph explained to them. "What's the catch?" The brunette asked him. "Who cares if there's a catch Shel? I'd take that soup instead of digging through anymore trash." The bearded man said to her. "Of course you would Wyatt..." Shel said sarcastically. "So what do you say? Do we have a deal?" Ralph asked them.
Vince thought for awhile, but then slowly lowered his gun and holstered it.
"Russell, go get two tanks of gas." he said to Russell, who went to go get the tanks. "Thanks, here's your soup." Ralph said, as he placed the soup on the ground and slid it over to Vince. "Are you and your group gonna be gone after this?" Russell asked as he walked over to Ralph, handing him the gas. "Yeah, we're planning on heading outside of Atlanta, we need to find a hospital cause one our members is pregnant." he explained to him. "Damn...Well be careful out there man, it was nice seeing you again Ralph." Russell said to him. "You too Russ." he replied as the two shook hands.
Ralph took the gas in his hands as he started to leave the group.
"The rest of you be careful out here! You never know what kind of fucked up shit will happen." he advised them as he disappeared into the bushes.
He then went over to Christa, Omid, and Clementine, and showed them the gas he obtained. "Yes! This be just enough to get us there!" Christa said happily. "Yeah, thanks Ralph, you really helped us out." Omid said to him. "Eh, it was nothing. So, we ready to head to Atlanta?" Ralph asked them. "Yes please!" Clementine cheered, causing Ralph to let out a slight chuckle.
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The four had returned to the RV, preparing to gas it up.
"Okay, that should do it. When this tank runs out, we stop and use the second one." Ralph said to Omid, who was helping him gas the RV up. "Hey Ralph listen, I really wanna thank you for what you did. It really means a lot to me, Christa and Clem. You're more than welcome to stay with us for as long as you want." Omid said to him. "You know what? I think I might just have to take you up on that offer Omid" Ralph replied. "Great. Things are gonna be a lot better with you around here." he said to him.
The four then piled into the RV, with Ralph starting to work on getting the engine started. After a couple minutes, the engine roared to life. "Fuck yeah!" Ralph yelled triumphantly. "Swear" Clementine jokingly said to him. "Oh, sorry about that." Ralph said to her. Man I really gotta get used to that He thought to himself as he stepped on the pedal, the RV speeding out of the gas stop and onto the road.
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Post by Teacakes on Feb 10, 2014 17:29:36 GMT
Double post!
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Post by Autobot Sonic on Feb 10, 2014 18:04:14 GMT
Whoops my bad. Had some connection issues so it was an accident.
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Post by Teacakes on Feb 10, 2014 18:05:31 GMT
I'm having connection troubles too.
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