Chapter 99

Chapter 99 is the eighth episode of Season 8: Fear The Stalkers of The Walking Dead.
==Plot==
Everyone sits inside the church, eating and taking a moment for themselves after the death of Sarah. Clementine sits by herself, visibly upset over what she had to do. Luke goes over to Clementine to make small talk with her in an attempt to comfort her. Luke proceeds to express heavy guilt regarding the rest of the cabin survivors, expressing disbelief that he is the only one left, and believing that the others had died in vain. He insists that he could have done more for the group, and has to live with his decisions, and sympathizes that she also has to do the same with her own. Luke tells Clementine he doesn't blame her for what she did and knows it had to be done, and also apologizes for antagonizing her over the decision. Clementine says that Sarah was her friend, but she knew she was a threat to everyone the way she was. Javier questions if they should have buried Arvo as they did with Sarah, but Omid believes it would be a waste of energy for everyone and they should only bury the people they cared about. Javier sympathizes with Arvo's situation, however, Paige reminds him that he would have robbed them blind had they not fought back. Mahiru, while feeding AJ baby formula, agrees with her, adding that Arvo was not one of them, but Sarah was. Ryder notices that Kenny is still outside working on the van and questions whether or not they should get him to join them for a minute, but Sandy says the van is all he has on his mind right now.
Outside, Kenny tinkers with the van's engine trying to get it to start up. Kenny enters the driver's seat to ignite the engine, and to his excitement, the car starts up. As Kenny exits the car, a walker emerges from behind the truck to attack him, along with several other walkers making their way out of the woods. Everyone rushes outside due to the sound of the engine starting and noticing the walkers. Paige urges everyone not to use guns to prevent any stragglers from showing up. Luke tells Clementine to wait inside and everyone starts taking out the walkers. Kenny wonders if they were part of the herd chasing them earlier. As Ryder takes out a walker, another stumbles upon him and pulls him down, causing him to scream. Everyone rushes to Ryder, and as Mahiru dispatches the walker, he informs them that he wasn't bitten, but it had ripped his shirt. Sandy playfully states that he should be more careful. Ryder returns her playful comment that he was too distracted by her to notice. Kenny quickly returns to the van and turns the engine off and excitedly tells everyone to get their stuff so they can start driving. Mahiru asks Kenny if they could instead stay the rest of the night, mentioning that he should get some sleep himself. Kenny is hesitant about the suggestion, saying that the van is their only chance of getting to Richmond. Sandy debates how long it's been since Kenny actually has gotten sleep since Howe's and insists they just sleep for the rest of the night, noting that he can take the keys to the van inside with him in case he gets paranoid about something happening to it. Omid then makes a reference to when their boat was stolen and leaving it unattended and wonders if they should take that chance again. Sandy flippantly says that unless cancer patients show up out of the woods that know how to hotwire a vehicle, it should be fine. Kenny ultimately decides he'll agree to rest, but urges everyone to be up bright and early to get going. Everyone goes back inside to sleep, except for Clementine, who cries over executing Sarah. Ryder wakes up and quietly gets up to avoid waking Sandy and goes outside. Ryder continues on into the woods and stops to lean against a tree and watch the stars. Ryder is then suddenly knocked unconscious by someone and is dragged away.
Ryder wakes up and sees blurry faces and a fire. "We were wondering when you would finally wake up," a man says to Ryder. He introduces himself as Charlie, the leader of his group he calls "The Stalkers." He jokes and says that he knows the name is unoriginal, but it works for them. They have Ryder tied to a pole. Charlie tells Ryder that the world is an ugly place now and people have to do ugly things to survive. He says he just hopes Ryder understands that nothing is personal and they would have captured anyone. Charlie says that at the end of the day no matter how much they hate all this ugly business, a man's gotta eat. Ryder is then shown to be missing his left leg, amputated about at the knee. He begins panicking out of shock. Charlie takes a bite of Ryder's cooked leg right in front of him. "If it makes you feel any better, you taste much better than we thought you would," Charlie says. The Stalkers feast on Ryder's leg, now roasting on a spit.
==Credits==
*Sandy Warren
*Clementine
*Kenny Jones
*Omid
*Luke Porter
*Paige Hilker
*Mahiru Okumura
*Ryder Trevitt
*Javier García
*Alvin Jr.
*Charlie
*Darius
*Shelia
*John
*Theo
*Greg
==Deaths==
*None
==Trivia==
*First appearance of Shelia.
*First appearance of John.
*First appearance of Theo.
*First appearance of Greg.
*Charlie and Darius are revealed to be members of a cannibalistic group called "The Stalkers."
**They are the second group of cannibals introduced to the story. The first being the St. John family.
*Ryder's left leg is amputated.