Chapter 28

Chapter 28 is the seventh episode of Season 3: Long Road Ahead of The Walking Dead.
==Plot==
After Lilly fled with the RV, Lee, Sandy, and Kenny return to the train to continue learning how to use it. Lee returns to the engine car and scribbles on the notepad to find its indentations. Finally able to read the instructions, he powers on the dashboard by flipping several switches in an indicated pattern. Much to Kenny's delight, Lee activates the controls on in front of the engineer's chair. Lee then goes back to the engine car's compartments and brings the train back to life. Kenny is overjoyed, though Sandy is concerned over the noise of the train. The three return to the engine cabin and test out the thruster, but the train abruptly stops after a quick jerk forward. Kenny realizes that the boxcar was still attached to the derailed caboose, and sends Lee back there to uncouple the pilot pin. Behind the boxcar, Lee is able to use the tool he took from the second engine car compartment to pry the coupling pilot pin from the derailed section of the train. He gets back into the boxcar to get back to Kenny, taking another look at the setup inside to gauge how long it had been abandoned. A voice asking if Lee had touched any of his stuff startles him. He turns around to see an unkempt man in the boxcar with him. Lee tells the man that he took the map of the train routes but nothing else. The man says he's memorized the map and that he could keep them. The man introduces himself as Chuck - or Charles if preferred formality. Chuck tells Lee that he had met everyone else in the group already, guiding Lee back over there to authenticate his statement. Clementine excitedly tells Lee that Chuck had given her, Duck and Ben candy. Sandy jumps off the train to investigate Chuck, having not met him herself. Everyone vouches for him and Sandy lowers her guard. Lee welcomes him to the group, and Chuck offers them whatever he had. Kenny is skeptical of the man at first, but Katjaa asks him to stay with them. He sits down next to Clementine and begins strumming a guitar. Kenny asks Lee if there was anything else keeping them from leaving. Lee says that the train was ready to move. Kenny calls for everyone to gather whatever they had left and get on the train. Chuck accepts Kenny's offer to go with them, and gets into the boxcar with Ben. Clementine tries to bring up Duck's condition, but Kenny harshly orders her to get on the train at the first mention of Duck's condition. Katjaa carries Duck over to the boxcar, asking if they could discuss what to do about their son. Kenny refuses to do anything other than get to the coast as fast as possible. He goes to the engine train and waits for Lee to come in and start it. Lee turns on the thruster, and the train slowly accelerates down the tracks. The two men share a smile, but Kenny's quickly falters. Sandy sets a pillow by the open side of the boxcar and tells Clementine she could rest on it if she wanted to, and Clementine soberly thanks her before sitting down. Sandy looks over at Duck, who is lying weakly in Katjaa's arms. Sandy crosses her arms and leans against the wall, deep in thought as the train continues down its path.
==Credits==
*Lee Everett
*Sandy Warren
*Clementine
*Kenny Jones
*Katjaa Jones
*Kenny Jr. Jones
*Ben Paul
*Charles
==Deaths==
*None
==Trivia==
*First appearance of Charles.