If only things were different

Chapter 1: Kenny the hero

WARNING, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT PLAYED THE WALKING DEAD, THIS STORY CONTAINS SPOILERS.

Alright, for those who have played The Walking Dead by Telltale Games, as you aware, Carver and his people arrive near the end of A House Divided and they manage to capture your group and take them back to their community. And regardless of what you do, you may lose Nick and Alvin. Anyway, this story is a short story on what would have happened if Kenny was able to save the group from Carver.

In the meantime, I have not yet played No Going Back which I cannot do until tomorrow (it's actually Friday now where I live. It's past midnight) which is my birthday. Lucky me :D. But as soon as I play it, I will be updating Fight for Survival. Since that's going to take a couple of days, I thought I would write this short story for now. Hope you all enjoy it.

Clementine jumped down out from the window and quietly began to make her way around the cabin. She peaked through one of the boarded up windows and cringed as she witness Carver hitting Carlos and hearing Sarah sob in sadness.

After being reunited with her old friend Kenny, her new group were now staying at their ski lodge for the night. But things got bad when walkers arrived, and seconds later, they were invaded by William Carver; a man who Carlos mentioned was very intelligent and very dangerous.

With him were three of his people. Bonnie, a woman who claimed to have a family when she encountered Clementine and Walter, but lied and was actually scouting ahead. Troy, one of Carver's best guards who were almost as bad as he was. And Johnny, who was a mere solider from Carver's community.

They killed the walkers around the area, but had now taken their entire group hostage. Clementine had snuck out the window to find Kenny and Luke while Alvin and Rebecca were still hiding upstairs.

After witnessing Carlos being tortured, she carefully made her way around the ski lodge. She leaned around the corner of the building and was happy to see Kenny in some kind of booth, aiming his rifle towards the ski lodge. Luke, however, was not present with him.

"Clem!" Kenny called to her in a yelling whisper.

Clementine began to make her way over to him but suddenly froze when she could see Johnny who had walked over to the large windows, and she quickly reacted by leaning back as much as she could.

Fortunately, he did not see her and turned back around from the window, and began complaining about the weather. "Goddamn it's dark. I can't see a fucking thing."

Clementine finally made it to the other side of the ski lodge, and looked back for a moment when she heard Carlos crying out in pain as Carver continued to torture him more. She quickly ran over towards Kenny, who stood up for a moment to greet her. "You all right?"

"Where's Luke?" Clementine inquired, taking note that he was not here or anywhere to be seen.

"Hell, I don't know." Kenny admitted whilst getting back into his sniping position. "He was wining about something or other, so I told him to take a hike."

Clementine still looked confused, but decided not to question further until they sorted this situation out.

The two looked back over into the ski lodge when Carlos' screaming had stopped. Did Carver finally put him out of his misery? Inside, Rebecca and Alvin had finally surrounded themselves to Carver, unable to be responsible for Carlos's torture any longer.

Carver smirked as he shoved Carlos down while his daughter cried out in sadness. He walked over to Rebecca after she and Alvin had made their way downstairs and over to them, and raised a smile as he placed his hand to the side of her face.

"Fuck you, Bill." Rebecca snapped.

"Looks like they got everyone." Kenny stated. "Who are these guys? Can we take them?" he leaned down while closing one of his eyes to get a better aim. He whispered as he aimed at Johnny in his sights. "I've got a pretty clear shot on the one...Just a little bit to the left, you son of a bitch. That's right."

"I don't know. Maybe we should find Luke." Clementine suggested, unsure on what do now.

Kenny did not take her idea into thought and aimed his rifle towards the window. He got a good sight on Johnny, and without hesitation of killing a stranger, he pulled the trigger and managed to hit Johnny directly in his face.

"Got him." Kenny smiled, praising himself as Clementine merely gasped.

Inside the ski lodge, Carver's people immediately took action when witnessing one of their own being killed. Bonnie and Troy took cover behind wooden support beams while carefully looking towards the window, but found they could not see Johnny's assassin anywhere.

"I can't see him." Bonnie stated as she leaned back into cover to avoid being shot.

"Watch them." Carver ordered while he frowned and marched over towards the prisoners with his Cold Python armed. He picked up Walter, forcing him to stand up and placing his arm around his neck. He pushed Walter down onto his knees, aiming his gun near the back of his head.

Walter, knowing it was his time, looked towards a photo of him and Matthew together nearby. He leaned up slightly and talked a little faster than he would. "Go to hell, you fu-"

Before he could finish, Carver had shot a bullet directly into the side of his head, killing him in exchange for Kenny killing one of his own men.

"No!" Carlos yelled as his daughter beside him cried heavily.

"Walt!" Kenny gasped, slightly regretting what he had just done. He aimed again at the ski lodge, trying to get a clean on shot on Carver in anger for killing his friend.

"Oh, my god." Clementine gasped.

"That's for our man." Carver explained, taking cover behind a wooden support beam with his python raised. He called out to Kenny and explained what was going to happen next. "Now, I didn't want to do this, but you ain't leaving me much choice. So here's what's going to happen. I'm going to march another one of your friends out here and I'm going to put a bullet in the back of their head. Or you can give up now. Your choice."

The only response Carver got was another shot by Kenny that hit the wooden support beam he was taking cover behind.

"Motherfucker!" Kenny growled, bumping his rifle back and firing another shot that hit the same support beam.

Carver merely flinched a little in response as he made his way over to the other prisoners, preparing to take one more of them hostage.

Clementine realized he was not going to be able to get another shot from his position, and she spotted another covering position he could use. "Kenny, over there!"

The two ran over to where Clementine was pointing and jumped into the small circle that was surrounded by a metal fence for cover.

"Hi, Alvin." Carver greeted, forcing Alvin to stand onto his feet as he leaded him over towards the window.

"Bill, no!" Rebecca begged, attempting to stop him from using her husband as a hostage, but she was held back by Troy. "Tell him to stop. Kenny, stop!"

"Alvin!" Clementine gasped, seeing Carver force Alvin over towards the window where Johnny had been shot; unaware that Kenny had changed position.

"Damn. It's a tough shot." Kenny admitted, trying to get a good aim on him without hitting Alvin. He asked Clementine for advice since she was quite smart in situations like this. "What do you think?...CLEM? I got a shot!"

Clementine did not want anyone else to die after all she had seen. Her parents, Lee, Katjaa, Duck, Carley, Doug, Larry, Mark, Christa, Omid, Ben, Chuck, and many others. She did not want anyone else to die and was forced to make a tough decision.

She only had a couple of seconds to make up her mind, but she finally decided that if they did not action soon, they may lose Alvin. Without hesitation, she gave the order for Kenny fire "Shoot him!"

Without a second's hesitation, Kenny aimed down the sights of his rifle and pulled the trigger, hitting Carver directly in the side of his head. There was silence for a moment as the prisoners merely watched whilst Bonnie and Troy watched in shock of their leader's death.

Kenny turned to Clementine for a moment and raised a smile, but he could see she was not returning the smile. He realized what she meant by this: it was not over yet. He reloaded his rifle as he looked down his sights and prepared to finish this. "Two down, two to go."

Inside the ski lodge, Troy was beginning to panic whilst he merely watched his leader lying motionlessly on the ground, blood smearing over the ground from the back of his head. "Oh, shit, oh shit! We're fucked! I'm getting out of here."

"Troy, no!" Bonnie attempted to call him back, but she could see he was not going to turn around and could only watch. She was now all on her own.

Troy practically kicked the door open and made a run for it towards the forest, desperate to get out of there as soon as possible. He continued running whilst he began shooting his AK-47 in random directions, hoping the scare Kenny off before he too was shot.

But his luck did not last when a single pulled shot through his leg and sent him collapsing towards the ground. He cried out in agony as he attempted to reach out for his gun that he dropped a few feet away from him. "Oh, my fucking leg!"

Kenny and Clementine watched from their sniping position as Troy merely lied there, clutching his leg, but they were puzzled to who shot him. It certainly was not Kenny.

As Troy tried to reach for his gun, he looked up when he saw who shot him. He watched as the figure picked up his AK-47 and marched a couple of steps towards him. "Fuck!"

"It's Luke!" Clementine gasped, relieved that her close friend was safe and sound. She wanted to run over and hug him, but that would be stupid since there is still one more member of Carver's group inside.

Kenny nodded in agreement as he watched Luke kick Troy in the stomach before he shot him in the chest. Kenny was surprised by this, always thinking that Luke was a coward, but now he had been proven wrong. "Wow, never though the kid had it in him."

"Luke!" Clementine called out as she stood up and waved her arms in the air, signalling for him to come to them.

Luke turned around for a few seconds, confused to who was calling out to him. He could not see anything that good in the dark and this snow did not make it easier. But before long, he found the source of the voice and ran over towards his friends.

"Clementine, Kenny!" Luke greeted, never being more relieved to see his friends. He hugged Clementine for a moment before turning back to the situation at hand. "What's the situation?"

"Your friend Carver and his pals took the rest of us hostage. He killed Walter. Nothing I could do." Kenny debrief the situation at hand whilst he got back in his position and attempted to end this now, but he could not find Bonnie in his sights. "I killed him and one of his pals, and plus the one you just shot. Only one of them left."

"Damn, you killed Carver?" Luke asked, shocked that anyone could kill a man so powerful and intelligent. He always thought Carver of someone who could not so easily be killed and was almost as worst as the walkers, but now he was gone. "Whoa, I can't believe it."

"Well believe it, Luke because it's not over yet." Kenny stated, leaning back up and standing to full height when he knew he was unable to get a shot on her. "Let's end this before things get out of hand."

"Right." Luke nodded, agreeing with Kenny for the first time since they met that was not too long ago. He pulled out his Glock 17 from his holster and handed it over to Clementine, knowing she was good when it came to shooting. "All right ya'll, let's do this."

The trio, now armed with different weapons, marched towards the ski lodge under the cover of darkness. They all took cover just by the entrance to the ski lodge and prepared to charge inside and rescue their friends. There was completely silence for a moment or so until Kenny gave the signal for them to charge inside.

In the quick of a flash, Kenny was the charge inside first. He kicked the door open with all his strength and charged inside like a rampaging bull, Clementine and Luke followed beside him like they were an army team.

The trio aimed their weapons towards Bonnie who in return aimed her AK-47 towards them, but she knew for a fact there was no getting out of this. If she attempted to shoot them, she would die, but if she surrounded, they might kill her anyway, but she had more of a chance of living than to shoot them.

"Drop the fucking gun!" Kenny ordered, aiming his rifle directly towards her forehead, wanting to head this with a headshot. "Do it now!"

"Put the gun down." Clementine requested, except she spoke in a normal tone.

Luke looked more shocked than angry, and that was due to the fact he and the group knew Bonnie from Carver's camp. He hoped she would have come with them the day they left, but she didn't. For now, he remained on Kenny's side. "Do what he says, Bonnie. Drop it."

Bonnie hesitated for a moment, unsure on what she was going to do now, but in the end; she obeyed their orders and slowly placed her gun the ground. She stood back up to full height and raised her hands in the air. "Okay, okay, just don't shoot."

"Clementine, Luke, go and untie everyone. I'll keep an eye on our guest." Kenny ordered as he dared not remove his sight from Kenny. He moved his slightly to the left, beckoning for her to move. "Go."

Bonnie obeyed his order for the sake of her life and walked over towards where he was pointing, still with her hands in her air.

Whilst Kenny kept an eye on their enemy, Clementine and Luke helped everyone up and untied their hands. Everyone (exception or Walter) was here and accounted for and looked unharmed. Except for Carlos that is, who had two of his fingers bent out of shape and his face covered in bruises.

Rebecca, who was the only one not to be tied up, ran over towards her husband once he was free and embraced him in a tight hug. "Alvin!"

"It's okay, Bec, it's over." Alvin assured in a soothing tone in an attempt to keep her calm, especially in her condition. He continued holding her in an embrace, relieved that they could finally live in peace without having to fear Carver would one day find them.

"Carlos!" Luke gasped whilst he helped the doctor stand onto his feet. He helped escort him over towards the small living room area and sat him down on one of the couches.

"Dad!" Sarah cried, unable to bare the sight of her father, the man who protected her and kept her safe no matter what, being in pain like this. She began to struggle to breath for a moment or so and had to be comforted by Sarita whom she had befriended.

"Don't worry, Sarah, it's over now." Sarita assured, placing her hands upon her shoulders as she turned her around and took her to her room. "Your dad is going to be all right. Come on."

Nick joined with Luke and Carlos in the living room area and hoped he could be useful in anyway, especially after coming so close to death earlier tonight. He was grateful that Walter saved him tonight, even despite the fact he killed his partner. He would forever remember his loyalty and would make himself useful by helping his friends. "Carlos, what do we do? You're a doctor."

"Nick...My medical supplies are in my bag." Carlos groaned whilst he clutched his bad hand with his one good hand. "Go and get them."

Nick did not waste any time and charged towards the exit the ski lodge where they left all their supplies and items. He practically dug into Carlos's bags for his medical supplies, but he was unsure what to get exactly so he decided to just bring everything.

"Clementine, come here." Luke requested, knowing he was going to need as much help as possible when they were going to help Carlos. And since everyone else was occupied, she was the only one available.

Before long, Nick had returned with a handful of different types of medical supplies and dropped them on to the table, scattering them around. They did not have many supplies left after the amount of time they had been in the cabin, but they had to make do with what they had.

"All right, we go the supplies. What do we do, Carlos?" Luke inquired, but he had the feeling he was not going to like the answer.

Despite Carlos condition, he made sure his daughter was not here to witness what was going to happen. He sighed in relief as he turned back towards the couple of members of his group. "You're going to have to pop my fingers back into place first."

"Are you sure?" Clementine asked, unable to imagine how painful that was going to be.

"I'm sure." Carlos assured, observing his broken fingers for a moment as they continued to give him great pain that he could just about handle. He was not looking forward to what was going to happen in a moment. "You need to do it fast. Once it's done, wrapped the bandage casts around my fingers and then wrap some bandage tape around the casts. It will be enough."

Luke nodded in agreement as he volunteered to be the one to pop his fingers back into place whilst Nick and Clementine would make sure he didn't move. "All right guys, I'll fix the fingers. You two just hold him still."

Clementine nodded in agreement as she sat beside him placed both her hands onto Carlos' arm. Nick sat on the beside Carlos at the end of the couch, keeping one hand on his shoulder while he allowed Carlos to grab his hand just in case he needed something to clutch onto. Now it was time for the part no-one was lucking forward to.

"Okay, Carlos I'm going to get to three, all right?" Luke inhaled a deep breath and knelt down in front of Carlos and held his wrist in one hand. "Okay, one...Two...Three!"

With one good pull, Luke snapped Carlos' middle finger back into place and kept a firm grip on him as the doctor screamed out in agonizing pain. But it was not other yet. As Carlos rapidly moved around after experience the pain, Luke grabbed his other finger and with a second's hesitation, he popped that one back into place to.

Carlos screamed even louder for a second time, unable to take any more of this. Clementine and Nick kept him still the best they could, but even with both of them working together, Carlos still continued to move around.

Finally, after a moment of agonizing pain, Carlos' screams ended and he looked like he was on the verge of passing out. Now that his fingers were back into place, Luke and Nick proceeded to wrap bandage casts and tape around his fingers. He looked exhausted and needed to rest. Luke and Nick helped him stand to his feet while they began to escort him to his room.

Clementine could see she was not needed anymore and decided to go over towards Kenny, who continued to hold Bonnie at gun point. She took one look at Walter, who laid their motionlessly that caused her expression to change into a sad one. He was such a nice man and did not deserve to die like this.

Clementine stood by Kenny as she folded her arms together and shot a hateful look towards Bonnie. "What are you going to do with her, Kenny?"

"I have no idea, Clementine, but I ain't going to let her go running free." Kenny answered whilst his expression full of anger. He remembered when he first met her and Walter gave her a box of their own food, and this was the thanks they got. "Go check up on the others, Clementine. I'll keep our guest company."

And that's it for the opening of this chapter, folks. What do you all think? Be sure to leave a review on what you thought and let me know if you think this should continue. It was originally going to be a one-shot, but I could make this into around three chapters. I'll read my reviews in the morning. For now, ciao.