Authors Note: Hello everyone. I know it has been a while since the last update and I don't really have a reason for not updating, there has just been a lot of shit happening in my life lately. I hope this chapter is long enough for ya'll. Anyway, I'm gonna try to update quicker from now on. But for now, enjoy the chapter!

"We're fuckin' golden!"

"Golden, indeed."

Without Lee's help, Mark had managed to get the train up and working. Kenny was quite enthusiastic, again. He instantly darted into the drivers seat as the group got in the boxcar.

To save time by not having to move boxes all over, everyone put their supplies in a backpack, everyone had one. Savannah was coming up, along with quite a few things. Omid and Christa, Chuck's death, Fivel's mansion, Vernon and the cancer survivors group, Molly, Lee's bite and the stranger.

The thought of the stranger sent shivers up Lee's spine, he was an odd man and Lee was hoping that he could some how avoid the stranger completely.

Lee thought it was possible, Clementine no longer had her walkie talkies but that didn't mean that he couldn't pop up again.

At the moment, Lee was sat against the wall inside the boxcar, watching Clementine draw with Duck. Every time someone walked around the boxcar, the wood underneath their feet creaked making a unpleasant noise. It probably became deteriorated over time.

He could relax, however. There was no need to get Kenny to stop the train or any reason to stop. Duck was fine and healthy. They'd stop in about two hours though, because of a petroleum tank truck blocking the road, from a damaged bridge above. Omid and Christa would also enter the scene.

It was odd for Lee having nothing to do. Last time, it was full of drama and sudden consequences. It was all quite depressing and stressful.

"Lee!" A sudden voice called. Lee looked over to Clementine who was glancing to him with a delightful smile. Lee smiled back and Clementine handed him a piece of paper. "Remember. I said I would make you a leaf rubbing."

Lee grinned and stared down at it. It was actually quite beautiful, having a mixture of purple, blue and green. He folded it up and placed it in his back pocket. "Thanks, Clementine."

Clementine smiled brightly and returned to Duck.

Lee was glad he still had Clementine, and was hoping he could stick around for longer. Clementine was the only thing he had to protect in his life, since his brother and parents deaths.

He'd risk his life, again and again to protect her. Lee knew he would keep her safe.

Lee stood up with help from the wall and made his way out of the boxcar, he was going to talk with Kenny and Mark who where at the front of the train.

Stepping outside, cold air hit him. It was refreshing and pungent, he felt alive. The sky was bleak, a shadow of grey and black clouds flooded above them making the it quite dark. The sun managed to shine through.

Ben was outside, leaning against a railing with his arms crossed. His head was down, staring at the floor, he was most likely thinking about what he did at the motel.

Lee shook his head and walked past him, not wanting to talk. He was surprised that Ben and Travis didn't talk with each other most of the time. The only interaction Lee had seen between the two where in the woods, when they first met, once at the motel and once on the RV. He was speculating if they where even friends at all.

He walked inside the front of the train and Mark turned to him with a smile.

"Hey, pal. Any problems back there?" Kenny asked, not keeping his eyes of the road. Lee was surprised that Kenny knew it was him without looking, until he noticed a mirror.

"None yet. And I'm not expecting any. Since the motel, things have been quite calm. Oddly." Lee responded, standing besides Mark.

"You can say that again." Mark commented. "It's been a crazy week though. First them cannibals, then the bandits nearly attacking, now we met a homeless dude on a train."

"Hey." Kenny retorted. "He's at the front of the train."

"Sorry." Mark apologized. Lee stifled a laugh.

"So, how long till we reach Savannah?" Lee asked, making conversation despite knowing. Mark shrugged but Kenny handed him a map that was in a holder besides him.

Lee inspected it quickly before answering his own question. "Three or four hours. That is if we don't run into trouble. If we do then six hours max."

"Let's hope we don't." Mark responded, sighing. Kenny agreed with a nod.

"It's weird. Lee, you knew most of the stuff that was happening. Way back at the farm when you told my boy not to get on the tractor, when we escaped the drug store, escaping the meat locker and escaping the bandits. How'd you know all that?" Kenny asked, curiously. Lee didn't need them to find out, even though they wouldn't believe him, but played it off cool.

"Probably the perks of being a teacher. You know... knowledge." Lee responded. Kenny raised an eyebrow but didn't comment.

Suddenly, Chuck walked in and turned to the three men. "I've been thinkin'."

"About what?" Kenny asked, quite harshly. Lee glared at him but just earned a roll of Kenny's eyes.

"About them kids of yours." Chuck responded. "You need to teach them how to survive. They need to learn how to use a gun, and learn how to be stealthy and hide. A gun is gonna protect them here on out. I mean, you gotta consider them kids living people. That's it. You're either living or you're not. You ain't little, you ain't a girl, you ain't a boy, you ain't strong or smart. You're alive."

Kenny scoffed. "Duck don't need that. Not when I'm around. And he'll always be alive with me."

Lee wanted to teach Clementine how to use a gun herself, so he agreed with Chuck. Mark was there to back him up. "Maybe it's not such a bad idea, Ken. What would happen if you're not around to protect him? What would happen if I'm not around to protect Clementine?"

"Yeah." Mark agreed. "We don't know what could happen in Savannah. All of our group might be split up."

"See. These two know." Chuck commented. Kenny scowled, angrily, but he tried not to shout.

"Listen. Duck's not learning how to use a gun. He don't need protection when I'm around." Kenny finished. "And that's, that."

Lee sighed and brung out his gun. "I'll teach Clem."

Chuck smiled and took a swig from a bottle of wine that no one noticed till now. He returned to the front of the train and Mark turned to Lee. "Need any help?"

"Nah, I got it. I'll talk to you guys later." Lee stated before walking down to the boxcar where surprisingly, no one was arguing. Lee walked over to Clementine and crouched down next to her. "Hey, Clem. We need to talk, okay."

"Okay, Lee." Clementine responded simply with a smile. The two walked over to the corner of the boxcar and Lee began his speech by crouching to her level.

"Now, Clementine. You know that I'm not always gonna be here to protect you, right?" Lee asked. Clementine nodded. "Good. You may not like this but... you need to learn how to shoot a gun. And we're gonna cut you hair."

Clementine took a step back and stared at the floor. She seemed reluctant at first but eventually agreed with enthusiasm. "Okay, Lee."

Lee smiled and lead Clementine over to a few boxes piled on each other. He picked up one bottle off the floor and placed it on the box.

Returning to Clementine, he handed her his gun. Clementine groaned.

"Ugh, it's heavy." She complained. Lee laughed faintly.

"Don't worry. You'll get stronger and more used to it." He assured. "Now. Don't be afraid of it, it's just a thing. But know where your finger is all the time. And don't put it on the trigger unless you want to hurt somebody."

"Okay." Clementine responded before aiming with Lee's help.

"Now, to aim, you look down the top, through the notch." Lee stated. He hadn't noticed the small crowd watching. It included: Larry, Lilly, Katjaa, Duck, Carley and David. "Line up the sight of the end with your target."

"Is there anything else I should know?" Clementine asked, still a bit reluctant to learn.

"Aim for the head. These may be bottles but for real targets, aim for the head. You ready?" Lee asked, before they began.

"Yeah... I'm ready." Clementine responded with a smile. It surprised Lee how eager she was this time around.

Lee covered Clementine's ears and ordered her not to lock her elbows as she aimed. He told her to squeeze the trigger smoothly and Clementine calmed down.

Clementine shot and ended up missing before making a squeaking noise. She complained about her hands but Lee reassured her that it was going to be okay.

Clementine aimed again. "Alright, a bit to the left and a tiny bit higher."

Clementine shot and the bottle shattered from the bullet. Clementine turned around with a smile. "I got it."

"Nice job, Clem." Carley commented.

"Yeah, good work kid." Larry agreed.

"Excellent. Good shot." Lee finished and Clementine smiled brightly.

As Lee placed another bottle on the box, Duck looked up to his mom. Katjaa was smiling at Clementine's good work with shooting and Duck felt jealous.

"Mom? Am I aloud to shoot? I really, really want to." He asked, eagerly. Katjaa sighed, knowing she would regret asking.

"Lee? Is there anyway Duck could learn?" Katjaa questioned after Clementine shot another bottle. Lee sighed heavily before staring at the boxcar door.

"I'd love to teach him, Katjaa." Lee stated, making Duck smile. "But, Kenny doesn't seem to happy to teach him how to shoot."

Katjaa rolled her eyes. "I knew Ken would say something like this. It would be nice if you cold teach Duck, I'll convince Kenny."

Katjaa walked out the boxcar and Lee glanced to Duck who was jumping up and down, enthusiastically and eagerly. Lee grinned.

"You ready, Duck?" He asked. Duck nodded. "Alright."

Clementine walked over to Carley and Lilly and they began talking. Lee placed a bottle on the box and walked over to Duck.

"Okay. Did you hear all the information I gave Clementine?" Lee questioned, not wanting to go through it again. Duck nodded. "Good. Now aim and don't lock your elbows."

Lee covered Duck's ears and the boy shot instantly, hitting the bottle straight away. He smiled. "Look. Look. I shot it!"

"Damn, Duck. Well done." Lee complimented, surprised at Duck's brilliant aiming. He set up another bottle and Duck shot it before Lee even returned to him. "Alright, Duck. Seems like your a pro, already. Let's not waste bullets."

Duck walked over to his drawing supplies and began his daily hobby as Katjaa arrived and walked over to Lee. "I managed to convince Ken. He's on board. Did you teach Ducky?"

"Sure did. Kids an expert already." Lee responded. Katjaa grinned and shook her head in disbelief.

"Never thought I'd hear that. Thanks, Lee." Katjaa stated before walking over to Duck.

Lee quickly gave Clementine here new haircut as the two discussed what the plan was upon arriving in Savannah. He also admitted that her parents might be dead, Clementine looked deeply saddened but just returned to Duck.

Two hours passed and the train suddenly stopped making Lee bang his head on the wall behind him. He cursed in pain. Clementine reminded him of his swear and he apologized. Lee noticed that Doug had fallen over in the sudden stop. Carley giggled and helped him up.

Lee stepped outside and noticed Kenny cursing all the words under the sun near the front of the train. The road was blocked by the petrol tanker. Omid and Christa where going to enter in a minute.

Lee walked over to Kenny who had managed to calm down and stared at the tanker before quickly glancing to the station behind the bridge. It was simple. Acquire the blowtorch, cut the coupling and simply jump on the train as it drove away. Lee thought it over again and remembered that it wouldn't be so easy.

"So, what now? We can't walk and they ain't no use trying to drive through it." Mark questioned, jumping off the train and walking over to them. That put Ben's idea of walking out of the question.

"No fucking clue." Kenny responded with a scowl.

"What the shit is this?" Lilly asked, quite harshly as she walked over. Kenny sighed.

"It's a fucking tanker. What do you think?"

"Well, how the hell are we gonna get through it?"

"I don't fuckin' know. Do you?"

"No. The person who knows is the leader, and last time I checked, you are the leader."

Kenny groaned and leaned against the train and a sudden voice shouted down from the bridge making Lilly jump up.

"Yo! You keep screaming like that, then you're gonna get your face chewed off!" They shouted. Lee looked up and grinned.

"Omid." He whispered.

"Huh?" Mark asked.

"Oh, nothing. Just mentioning they where strangers." Lee lied. Mark raised an eyebrow but didn't comment.

"Are you guys gonna be trouble? Because we could've just kept walking." Christa questioned, frowning as she folded her arms.

"The only trouble is you and this fucking tanker." Larry stated as he walked over. Christa unfolded her arms and put them on her hips as she protested.

"Look, asshole. If you don't want our help then so be it."

"I'll deal with 'em." Lee told. Larry folded his arms and scowled at Christa who did the same. Lee ascended up the ladder and was greeted by the short Omid and his tall girlfriend, Christa.

"Hey, dude. I'm Omid." Omid greeted, grinning.

"Lee."

"Christa. What's deal with the train?" She asked.

"We managed to get it working. We're gonna head to Savannah." Lee responded. Christa furrowed her brow.

"OH, MAN!" Omid commented, beaming down to the train.

Lee looked behind him and saw that Clementine was reaching the top of the ladder. He could hear the creaks from the metal. Lee was also surprised he didn't hear them last time.

"Shit! You guys have a kid!" Omid stated the obvious as he grinned. "Do you know long it's been since I've seen a kid? Shit! What's your name?"

"Clem. Why aren't you with Katjaa?" Lee asked but was ignored.

"Clementine." Clem answered.

"This is great, right Christa? Things are lookin' up!" Omid told, nudging Christa's arm. Christa rolled her eyes and folded her arms.

"You're not her dad. He down there?" Christa questioned. Lee shook his head and Clementine stared into the distance. The way where Savannah was.

"No, he ain't. That's why we're going to Savannah. Her parents are there." Lee answered, as he looked to Clementine with a smile. She returned it.

"Oh. Well... What's your story?" Christa asked.

"Well. It's a long story. I was a convicted killer. Reason why: for murdering the state senator. I was going to prison when the cop car crashed and I shot the cop, I then walked until I found her house. I went inside and bashed her babysitter to death with a hammer before me and her got to safety." Lee explained, smiling. Clementine nodded in agreement.

"I gave him the hammer." She stated. Both Omid and Christa where taken aback by this. Lee realised what he just said and put his head in his hands.

"Sounds weird when I say it like that, huh?"

"Never mind. Let's just say she never asked. We'll help you get this tanker down if you want." Omid spat out, after a few seconds passed. Christa grabbed his arm stopping him.

"So, wait. Everyone down there is cool?" She asked.

"Well, yeah. Most of them, probably. Lilly and Larry ain't to kind to newcomers, Kenny and his family are nice once you get to know them, we just met Chuck, Ben, Travis and their teacher we saved from the woods, we saved Beatrice from Macon and Carley and Doug have been with us since the first couple of days." Lee explained, his throat was becoming dry from all the explaining. As well as the heat.

"Alright. We'll come down and settle in. But if there's anything we don't like, we're moving down the road. Alone." Christa stated.

Lee nodded and walked over to the car behind them. He opened up the back and grabbed the tape before returning down the ladder with Clementine and the newcomers.

"Omid and Christa. I have a plan to get the tanker down." Lee greeted them to the group. He wanted everyone to know each other but he wanted to execute his plan before anything happened. Lilly and Larry glared whilst Chuck and Ben kept their distance.

"Hey, what's up? I'm Mark." Mark greeted holding out his hand. Omid accepted and shook his hand.

"Hi." Omid greeted before turning to the rest of the group who where just staring. Omid swallowed the lump in his throat while Carley, David and Doug came over to greet the newcomers.

Kenny took Lee to the side. "So. What's the plan?"

Lee coughed. "Well, I'm guessing they will be a blowtorch inside that station over there, so I'm saying, we get it, cut the tanker down and be on our way."

"Good of plan as any, I guess. You need some help?" Kenny questioned.

"If you'd like."

"Sure, pal. You, me and Mark, we're together in this."

Lee smiled brightly and the two men went over to the station but Clementine stopped them. Lee sighed. "You can come with us, Clem."

"Really?" She asked, not expecting a yes. Lee nodded and the three walked over to station. They had to do this safely and quickly before the herd would attempt to attack.

Kenny rattled on the door knob and through his hands in the air in annoyance. "Shit. Locked. You see anyway of getting in?"

Lee nodded.

Thirty minutes passed and the three had dealt with three walkers and had eventually grabbed the blowtorch. They left the station and walked back over to the group.

"Thank God you're back." Doug stated, running up to them. Lee raised an eyebrow. "Lilly and Christa got into a huge argument and Lilly want's Christa and Omid out the group."

"God. Fuck. We can't be gone half an hour without anyone startin' shit. Lee, talk the the new girl, Christa. I'll deal with Lilly." Kenny stated, grumbling as he dropped the blowtorch on the floor before walking away.

Lee was shocked. He never expected Kenny to willingly talk to Lilly, out of all people. Shrugging it off, he turned back to Doug.

"Doug. Get everyone back on the train and talk to Christa, I'm going up." Lee stated, before walking off. Doug quickly grabbed his wrist, startling him.

"Don't you think you'll need help?" He questioned, furrowing his brow. Lee had forgotten all about that.

"Yeah, I do. We'll need someone tall."

"Well. Tallest guy here is Larry and he won't do it because of his heart, and tallest girl is Christa, but I don't think she's willing to help." Doug explained, looking around the group.

Lee looked at his group members. Beatrice was quite tall, along with David. But David wall taller. Lee walked away from Doug and over to David who was chatting with Carley.

"Hey, David. Can you help me getting the tanker down?" Lee asked, as polite as he could, he was hoping they wouldn't need to jump onto the train and still had enough time to climb back down the ladder and onto the train.

"Sure." David answered, waving goodbye to Carley before walking with Lee to the ladder. The two ascended upwards.

Lee held David's arm as he cut off the coupling holding the tanker. David kept cursing under his breath but Lee kept quiet. Once the tanker dropped, the ladder went along with it. Lee cursed and looked down to see the upcoming horde of walkers.

"What the actual fuck." He uttered. Where they late? Lee was surprised and shocked to see the upcoming horde, he thought they'd be quicker.

Kenny quickly started up the train and started to drive. Lee ran over to the other edge of the bridge and sat on the fence. "We're gonna have to jump."

"I'm afraid you're right." David stated, shaking a bit. Lee jumped and landed on the top of the moving train, perfectly. David came after but ended up falling off the roof, but he didn't take in the injury that Omid had last time.

Lee climbed into the train and looked out to see David running towards the train.

"COME ON!" Lee yelled.

"YOU CAN DO IT!" Beatrice shouted from behind Lee, startling him a bit.

It was a shame, the train was going to fast and David was going to slow. He looked back to the upcoming walkers and quickly glanced to the train before running off into the forest to the left of him.

Lee was immediately astonished, David's fate was unknown. He didn't know wherever he was alive or dead. But they had lost him.

Lee gazed back into the train to find Beatrice sat in a fetal position. Travis had his head in his hands with Ben patting his back. Carley also noticed everyone looked quite sad, she walked over to Lee.

"What happened?" She asked, mainly confused on what was happening. Lee sighed and shook his head.

"David didn't make it. Me and Beatrice saw him run into the forest." He stated, feeling partly guilty for David's disappearance. Carley sighed.

"Ever since Glenn's departure, David has been our first lost group member." She told, sitting down next to him. Lee nodded.

"I know. I cant help but feeling partly responsible for David going." Lee admitted, messing with his nails. Lee didn't feel like this last time but now that they had gotten to know him, it was quite sad. Suddenly, Carley pecked him on the cheek.

"Don't. It wasn't your fault."

Lee smiled and Carley rested her head on his shoulder. Lee looked back outside.

Savannah was next.