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Clementine woke up on a strange river side beach. She wonders were she is that’s when the memories from the previous few hours returned. She had been stoking the fire when Christa yelling she went over to look when she saw men holding Christa at gun point she tried to cause a distraction she hit a guy in the head with a rock then one of the other men started to chase after her and she ran.
That’s when she heard the gun shot at the time she hoped the man missed Christa but after getting the man that chased after her bit she fell into a river.
She tried to hold back a sob Christa was dead. She didn’t see it herself but she just knew. She had lost so much that it was dreadful to even think about first Lee,Kenny,Omid and now Christa she wanted to cry to ball her eyes to the desolate woods. But she knew she had to keep going.
She started to look around she found a canoe with words JR Tanuki’s kids camp from the looks of the canoe it was in no condition to be used so she kept moving. She came across a broken set of stairs it was low enough where she could jump and climb up. After climbing up the stairs and following them to their source she came across a sign warning of wild animals which happened to be lodged into the head of a now deceased Walker. She looked at the sign for a minute and then walked into the forest.
As Clem was walking it started to get colder a breeze had kicked up sending a chill down Clementine’s spine. As she was walking she heard rustling in some near by bushes as she approached the sound ready for anything she saw a dog. She looked at it before it noticed her and started growling so she decided to try to speak to it. “It’s okay, boy, it’s okay.” She tried petting him then he started growling again “Okay. You don’t like that. Got it sorry.” Then the dog picked up some sort of scent and started walking “What’s he doing?” Clem wondered she decided to follow the dog to she where it’s going.
After around 3 minutes of walking they came across what looked to be a abandoned campsite. “Looks pretty run over...but you never know.” She started looking threw the campsite finding nothing but empty cans and other junk that was useless to her at this point. That’s when Clem’s stomach grumbled she had forgotten how hungry she was due to just losing Christa. That’s when she found a frisbee. After she picked it up the dog noticed and walked up to her wagging his tail. “You wanna play boy” she then waved the frisbee in front of him and threw it. The dog of course chased after it after a minute or 2 the dog came back with the frisbee in his mouth the did this few more times before Clem decided to try and pet him again this time he didn’t resist.
As she was petting him she noticed his collar “Sam so that’s your name.” She said with a smile on her face after that they got back to looking eventually she found a can that surprisingly wasn’t opened. After realizing this Clem was ecstatic all she needed was something to open it with and she and potentially Sam could eat as she started looking around Sam started barking at something as she walked over she saw just what he was barking at it was a Walker. The walker was tied up to a tree she had no idea how long it had been there but then she noticed the knife right next to it. And then she noticed the deep cut next to a bite mark. “They must have tried amputate the bite to bad the never works. Never.”
Clementine grabs a nearby stick staying a good distance away from the Walkers reach and starts to bash its head in. “See we just have to stay out of its reach.” She told Sam. “We’re smart their not.” Clementine takes the knife and walks over to a log and sits down.using the knife Clementine opens the can. “Please be good.” She wishes to herself. When she looks inside the can it’s thankfully still good food it’s some sort of fruit she can’t tell what it is but starts to eat it Sam comes up to her and looks at the can.
Clementine pours out some food for Sam which he gratefully eats after they both finish Clementine gets up and starts walking into the forest again knife in her pocket she notices that Sam is following her she smiles at this while they keep walking until Clem hears voices from farther ahead she and Sam hide as the voices get closer until Clem sees 2 men.