Chapter 102

Chapter 102 is the eleventh episode of Season 8: Fear The Stalkers of The Walking Dead.
==Plot==
One day has passed since the previous episode, and the group is still traveling to Richmond in the van. Mahiru holds a crying AJ to calm him down, with everyone sitting in the back with her, minus Kenny and Clementine who are in the front of the van. They've gone the entire day and a half without food or water, and the entire group is getting weaker. Sandy asks Paige how much longer she thinks they have. "Sixty miles" Paige says to her, referring to the distance to Richmond, Virginia. "I wasn't talking about that," Sandy says gloomily. Javier reassures Sandy that they're all here for each other and they'll get to Richmond. Omid questions if Richmond is still standing or will accept newcomers. Luke believes they have to, especially since they have children in their group. Mahiru wonders where they would start looking once they get there, reminding them that it's a large city.
After driving a little further, the group's van runs out of fuel. Kenny desperately tries to get it to start, while cursing the van. Clementine tells him they'll have to walk, since the snow has stopped a bit. They decide to abandon it on the road and proceed on foot. They eventually attract a small pack of walkers, who follow them at a distance. Luke tells Kenny that he thinks they should try to find a position on higher ground before dealing with the walkers. Sandy, still angry about the loss of Ryder, wants to take on the walkers. Paige disagrees, warning Sandy that she shouldn't let her anger take over. Sandy angrily retorts that she can handle herself and has been through what she's feeling before. The group eventually reaches an overpass with a deep ravine on either side. Kenny, together with Sandy, Paige, Luke, Mahiru, Omid, and Javier, attempts to dispatch the group of walkers by luring them toward either side of the road, then pushing them into the ravine. This method requires less effort than using weapons and helps to conserve what little energy they have. However, Sandy begins stabbing the walkers with her knife, which forces the group to do the same. During the struggle, Sandy becomes so single-minded that she nearly stabs Paige, and accidentally cuts Javier on the upper arm. Luke is nearly bitten by a walker when Mahiru shoots it with her bow. After the walkers are dead, Kenny reprimands Sandy, who stares back at him with angry defiance. As they continue to walk down the road, AJ's cries become considerably fainter and weaker as Kenny holds him closer trying to keep him warm. Eventually, the group finds a stack of bottled water in the middle of the road. Everyone readies their weapons in case it may be a trap, while Luke approaches the bottles and finds a note that says, "From A Friend". The whole group is wary that it might be a trap. Javier disagrees and says that he believes it is indeed from a friend and volunteers to be an assurance. He snatches one of the bottles and is about to drink it before Omid slaps it away. Not long after that, the wind begins to pick up heavily, and Paige recognizes it as a snowstorm and they need to find shelter immediately. Omid walks off the road to look in the field and points out a barn, suggesting to use that as shelter. Once they enter the barn and search it, Sandy finds a walker, who was a girl who died. After Sandy stabs the walker, Javier joins her, and Sandy observes that the girl had a gun and says that she could've just shot herself. Javier tells Sandy that some people can't give up, like them.
Night comes and the group is resting in the barn, while the snowstorm rages outside. Clementine is lying by the campfire, Sandy is sitting with Javier and Omid, while Kenny tells the group about a story of his childhood with his grandpa, who had served in World War II. Kenny used to ask him whether he had to kill any Germans during his time at war but he wouldn't answer. Then when he asked him whether the Germans tried to kill him, his grandpa got real quiet. Kenny's grandpa told him that "he was dead the minute he entered enemy territory," and that every day when he woke up, he always told himself, "Rest in peace, now get up and go to war." The barn begins to shake as the wind from the snowstorm starts getting stronger, and Luke urges everyone to get close to each other in case the barn doesn't hold. The roar of the storm gets louder and louder as everyone huddles around the fire, trying to protect each other. The next morning, all is peaceful, and Sandy wakes up to see Omid still awake. She sits by his side and talks with him, telling him he should get some sleep, and that it's okay to rest now. Omid tells Sandy that he understands what she's going through, but urges her not to go down the same road he did, filled with hatred and contempt. Omid says he had talked to Clementine and hoped that maybe she would forgive him after explaining what he felt after Christa's death. "She would be proud of how strong you've become," Sandy says to Omid. Omid briefly smiles. Sandy decides to get up and exit the barn to view the outside, noticing very little damage to the barn despite how extreme the snowstorm was. Paige soon follows her outside. Sandy and Paige then sit down on a downed tree and watch the sunrise together. Paige hands Sandy the lighter that belonged to Ryder. Sandy asks her when she got it, referring to when she left it on Ryder's grave. Paige believes that Ryder would have wanted her to have it, adding that he really cared about her. Sandy admits to Paige that Ryder was the first man she had been romantically involved with in any way in a very long time, and laments on her losses. Paige reassures her that she will survive. Their conversation is soon interrupted by a man. He introduces himself as Ethan Carlucci and asks if he can speak to the rest of their group, adding that he has good news to tell them.
==Credits==
*Sandy Warren
*Clementine
*Kenny Jones
*Omid
*Luke Porter
*Paige Hilker
*Mahiru Okumura
*Javier García
*Alvin Jr.
*Ethan Carlucci
==Deaths==
*None
==Trivia==
*First appearance of Ethan Carlucci.
*Kenny reveals he had a grandfather who fought in World War II.
*Paige retrieves Ryder's lighter and gives it to Sandy.