Mahiru Okumura

Mahiru Okumura is a main character who first appears in Season 5: All That Remains of The Walking Dead. Mahiru is a weary, yet capable, fearless warrior, skilled with a bow. She is a fighter and a protector, but she’s thoughtful and knows how to keep a level head. She is fiercely loyal to her group whom she considers family and would do anything for their well being.
Mahiru had been apart of a community, but the community fell, and was rescued by Paige Hilker, along with Ryder Trevitt and Arnold. The four traveled around for a while before meeting up with Sandy Warren and a few other people from another group. After Ryder and Arnold's deaths, Mahiru became one of the last two of her original group, making her question if their decision to join another group was the right one.
==Pre-Apocalypse==
===Location Unknown===
Not much is known about Mahiru's life, except she had been mistreated and ostracized most of her life, mostly due to her being openly gay and the reaction of people's homophobia. Her parents were not very supportive of who she was, resulting in her cutting them off.
==Post-Apocalypse==
===Season 5: All That Remains===
===="Chapter 54"====
Out in the forest, Sandy keeps herself hidden from a large group of walkers by hiding away in the bushes. As soon as they pass, Sandy gets out and looks over a map of what appears to be the area she is in. Before long, a gunshot is heard and Sandy decides to go investigate the sound. She arrives in a small clearing where she notices four people fighting against the group of walkers that passed by her earlier. One of the men loses his footing and falls to the ground with a walker about to descend upon him. Sandy uses her rifle to shoot the walker before it can bite him and helps the group clear out the surrounding walkers. A woman with a curved dagger raises her hands and tells Sandy that they aren't going to fight her and were just passing through. Sandy looks to the right of the woman to see another woman aiming a bow at Sandy's direction, most likely in case Sandy turned out to be hostile. Sandy exits the cover of the trees and tells them she isn't a raider and thought they needed help. The woman with the dagger thanks her and introduces herself as Paige then introduces her friends; Mahiru, Ryder, and Arnold. Ryder thanks Sandy for saving him from the walker and compliments her sharpshooting. Paige questions her if she's by herself, and Sandy reluctantly tells her that she is. Mahiru asks her if she lost anyone recently, noticing her expression being asked. Sandy explains that she lost her friends and she's just trying to figure out what to do next. Paige apologizes and offers Sandy to join them, saying she has a good "bullshit detector" and can tell Sandy is being honest. Sandy is unsure of her offer, but Paige tells her that she isn't forcing her and it's her choice. As the four of them grab some of their things, Paige waves, and thanks her again for the help. Sandy tells her that she'll go with them and follows behind them.
===="Chapter 56"====
Sandy sits by a campfire as Arnold hands her a small bowl of soup. Arnold jokes and says he's their own personal chef and he made his specialty. Mahiru jests by saying he cooks it with flesh from the walkers, which Arnold waves off jokingly. Sandy asks them how long they've been traveling together, and Ryder sits down next to her and tells her they were in a community before and that's how they all met, adding it was a small community but it worked until they were attacked by a group of bandits. Paige says she tried to make their leader see reason to amp up the security within the community but decided against it and that they were most likely the only ones to escape. Sandy offers her condolences on their misfortunes and tells them she had a similar thing happen with her old group in a motor inn, and everyone slowly started dying off after. Ryder asks her if that was how she got the scar on her eyebrow, but Sandy tells him she had gotten the scar before she lost her group, shortly after the apocalypse began and that she doesn't really like looking at it much. Ryder tells her he thinks it looks cool and she's still pretty to him. Although a bit hesitant, Sandy thanks him for the compliment. Paige asks Sandy if she thinks her two friends she was traveling with are still alive or not, however, Sandy is unsure how to answer and hopes that they are still alive. Paige tells her that she's welcome to stay with their group for as long as she wants. Mahiru says that since Sandy got the all-clear from the "boss lady" then it's set in stone. Paige tells Sandy, and reminding Mahiru, that she isn't the leader and doesn't feel comfortable with the responsibility. Mahiru tells Sandy that Paige had helped them all get out, and they would have probably died if it wasn't for her and sees her as the leader of their group, to which Ryder and Arnold seem to agree with. Paige gets up and says she's going to go on watch and for everyone to get some rest.
===="Chapter 58"====
Luke, Carlos, Rebecca, and Alvin enter from the kitchen entrance of the cabin where Clementine and Sarah tell them a man had been to the cabin. The group believes it was Carver looking for them. Luke and Carlos tell the group they will have to pack up and leave for the north, which prompts Clementine to ask them why Carver is after them. Carlos tells her that he is just a plain and simple dangerous man, and they had to get away from him. Luke then asks Clementine where she last saw Nick and she tells him about the shed. Along the way, Rebecca speaks with Clementine in a nicer tone than her previous conversations with her, but the group eventually comes across where Clementine was last seen with Nick. Upon opening the shed, Nick is seen laying on the floor. He gets up and asks Luke if he has any aspirin. "Nick, you asshole." Luke happily says. Luke helps him up and comforts him when he mentions Pete's death. Nick expresses sadness over his uncle's death, and Luke tells him that they need to get moving since Carver showed up. Continuing down the path, Nick asks Clementine if Pete had said anything before he died, and Clementine tells him that Pete said was proud of him. The group eventually stops for a breather, and Sarah goes over by a stream to look at some flowers. Carlos tells Clementine, who was standing beside her at the time, that flowers have always made her smile. Luke goes over a route on the map and tells the group that it should be about five days before they reach the mountains. Rebecca adds that she doubts she'll be able to travel for that long. Suddenly, the group overhears a gunshot. Nick grabs his rifle and tells them to take cover. Just then, a small herd of walkers appear and attack the group. The group, minus Rebecca, Alvin, and Sarah begin to fire at the walkers. Sarah, in a state of panic, runs off, against Carlos' warnings for her to stay put. Clementine is almost overwhelmed by a walker, but is saved by Luke. Once the walkers are taken care of, Sarah is noticed to be missing. Sarah is shown to be running away from a few walkers and trips over. Sandy, Paige, Mahiru, Ryder, and Arnold are shown to be walking through the woods, with Paige examining her map and Mahiru using a compass. Mahiru comments that if they head into the mountains they can get a better idea of where they're going. Sandy tells everyone to stop, as she hears faint screaming. She sprints off to investigate the screaming with the other four behind her. Sarah pins herself in a corner while trying to avoid the walkers and is grabbed by one, before it is shot with an arrow by Mahiru. Sandy grabs the second walker and bashes its head against the tree. Sandy goes over to Sarah and extends her hand to help Sarah up. Sarah thanks them for helping her and tells them she has to find her dad. Paige questions her when she last saw her dad, and Sarah points in the direction she came from. While Carlos frantically calls out for Sarah, Luke warns him that the person who shot before will probably hear him, which an angry Carlos tells him that their own gunshots would be enough to blow their cover. "Dad!" Sarah calls out to Carlos. Sarah runs from behind the trees with Paige and Ryder following closely with their weapons down. Nick raises his rifle up, and Ryder tells them they're not gonna hurt anyone and were just passing through when they saw Sarah being chased by walkers. "Clementine?" Sandy says as she pushes past the others. Clementine is shocked to see Sandy and runs over to her and they embrace in a hug. Luke asks Clementine if she knows them, and Clementine tells him that Sandy was the woman she was traveling with. Clementine questions Sandy on Omid and what happened to him, however, Sandy tells her that she ended up losing Omid and doesn't know where he is. Alvin tells Nick to lower his weapon, believing them to be safe. Clementine introduces Sandy to the cabin group and Sandy also introduces Paige and her group to Clementine and the rest. Paige asks Luke where they were heading, and Luke tells her they were attempting to flee north away from people who were after them. Mahiru questions Luke further on these people and why they're after them. Rebecca explains they came from a community lead by William Carver and they chose to flee, due to how he was running things and the safety of themselves. Sandy questions Luke if he's somehow put Clementine in any danger due to their involvement in the group, but Luke assures her that Carver would only want him and his group and wouldn't interfere with taking anyone else. Sandy tells Paige that since she's found Clementine, she can't leave her behind and with people she's still unsure of. Luke promises her that he and his group aren't bad people, and makes a suggestion that they all travel together to the mountains. Arnold is supportive of the idea, along with Ryder, while Mahiru is unsure. Paige decides that they will travel to the mountains with them.
===="Chapter 59"====
5 days later, the group rests alongside a wide river while Carlos spots a large ski lodge and a bridge in the distance. Paige tells them she and her family visited the ski lodge when she was younger, and it might be a good place to hold up to rest. Rebecca supports the idea, saying she needs some rest. Sandy offers to go down to the bridge and scope out any dangers for everyone to make their way through. Ryder stops her and says she should take some backup with her in case something happens, to which Luke agrees. Luke offers to go with Sandy, along with Paige, who tells Mahiru to keep watch over everyone. Nick offers to go too, however, Luke suggests he stay behind and help keep watch, which annoys Nick who assumes Luke is coddling him over his uncle's death. Clementine also decides to go with them, against Carlos and Arnold's suggestions. Sandy, Clementine, Luke, and Paige go to clear the path on the bridge. Along the way, Luke mentions that Carver may be after Rebecca, but will not clarify when asked by Sandy why he is after her. On the bridge, the four of them proceed to kill a few walkers, with Luke nearly falling off into the river, and Paige almost getting bitten, until Clementine saves her. Sandy kills a few remaining walkers near Luke and pulls him up. After nearly crossing, the four come across a man with a rifle who proceeds to ask them questions. The man lowers his guard believing they are friendly and offers them food, until Nick comes up from far behind believing the man would kill them. Despite their efforts to stop Nick, he shoots the man in the neck and he falls into the river. The rest of the group crosses the bridge and they begin to argue about Nick killing that man. Carlos claims that Nick is coming unhinged at the moment. Alvin attempts to defuse the incident and support Nick. Alvin then asks for Clementine to search a small house for any food for Rebecca, who insists she is fine. Clementine talks to Nick, who tells her that Luke and Carlos are probably talking about how he's a danger to the group. Nick thanks Clementine for the support and goes over to talk to Luke and Carlos. After searching the house, Clementine comes across a hunting knife in which she pries open a chest with canned food in it. Alvin walks in and asks for the food for Rebecca and keep the knowledge of said food quiet from everyone else. Sandy goes over to talk with Luke, Carlos, and Nick, and tells them that they should get going soon, since that shot fired for a mile and the zombies or Carver would probably have heard it. Clementine talks to Sandy about the events that happened on the bridge and asks if she thinks Nick is bad, and Sandy believes he's a bit reckless but doesn't seem bad. After the conversation is over, everyone notices a small herd of walkers crossing the bridge and they leave for the large lodge they previously saw.
===="Chapter 60"====
After a few hours of climbing, the group reaches the ski resort at the top of the mountain and notices it is somewhat reinforced. Sandy offers to go around the back to look around for anyone holding up inside, and Luke attempts to climb on top of one of the ski lifts to look at the surrounding area. Rebecca sits down to rest, while Nick, Carlos, and Mahiru stay on alert. After Luke climbs up, Clementine follows him to the top saying that Paige gave her binoculars and she checks the view in case of any followers, she finds some lights flashing near the forest and the bridge. Luke looks down and sees Nick, Carlos, and Mahiru aiming their weapons and a group of people, and heads down the ladder while Clementine climbs down slowly. Sandy searches the back way and finds the door covered up by furniture, and hears the commotion as she attempts to move it out of the way. Despite not being able to see who they're dealing with, Clementine goes through the group to see Kenny, still alive, along with his new girlfriend Sarita and his friend Walter. The dispute is instantly settled after they see Clementine and Kenny reuniting with a hug. Kenny questions Clementine if the people behind her are with her, to which she confirms they are. Sandy comes up from the other side of the lodge with her gun aimed at them. Clementine tells her not to shoot, and Sandy notices Kenny and is shocked. Ryder introduces himself in a friendly manner to Walter, to which he returns the pleasantries. Rebecca asks if they could go inside, so she could rest and get out of the cold, and Sarita goes over and offers her hand to assist her. Sandy briefly hugs Kenny and says she can't believe he made it out of the alley back in Savannah. Kenny says he can explain more inside, and the three follow everyone else inside the ski lodge.
===="Chapter 61"====
Upon entering the lodge, Clementine is amazed by how normal the inside is, especially with the Christmas theme. Sandy questions Kenny and Walter if they had decorated the place themselves. Walter tells her about how they found it a few weeks ago, while Kenny mocks him behind his back jokingly. The rest of the group, minus Carlos, Sarah, and Sarita, enter and are wary of Kenny and his group. Walter politely asks them to put their weapons away. Luke and Paige express their concerns politely for that, while Nick, Mahiru, and Rebecca are less passive on it. Kenny asks Sandy and Clementine if they can vouch for them, to which Sandy says Clementine would know since she's known them longer, and she does. Kenny places his rifle on the ground, and shortly, the rest of the group follow suit. Carlos, Sarah, and Sarita enter, and Sarah makes a comment about the Christmas tree. Walter then takes the group up the stairs to show them their rooms, while Sandy, Kenny, and Clementine sit by the fireplace and talk. Kenny jokingly mentions Clementine's hat, and that he's surprised she's still wearing it. Kenny mentions Lee, which noticeably upsets Clementine. Sandy tells Kenny that Clementine was the one who put Lee out of his misery. Kenny apologizes, and she tells him that Lee saved her, and it was her fault he had died. Kenny, and Sandy, tell her that she couldn't have prevented it any other way. Sandy questions Kenny on how he even managed to escape from the ally back in Savannah. Kenny tells them both he managed to escape and was all over the place after that, lost. He holed up in some restaurant and was found by Sarita, and they've been together ever since. Kenny asks them what happened during his absence, and Sandy tells Kenny about Christa's death, and getting separated from Omid. Sarita comes over and Kenny formally introduces Sandy and Clementine to her. Luke, Nick, Ryder, and Arnold come back downstairs, and Kenny asks them if they could help him carry some firewood from outside in, which they agree to. Sandy also volunteers to go with them. Carlos and Sarah come downstairs, and Sarita asks Carlos if she could take Sarah to work on the Christmas tree, which he allows. Walter calls Clementine over to the kitchen and asks her how amazing it must be to see Kenny again, which she agrees. Walter mentions another guy in their group, Matthew, who has not yet returned. Sarita gives Sarah a box of decorative objects for the tree and tells her to place them wherever she wants them. Clementine goes upstairs to find Rebecca, Carlos, Alvin, Paige, and Mahiru talking about leaving or staying. Carlos, Paige, and Mahiru are leaning towards leaving while Rebecca wants to stay. Carlos questions Clementine on the lights she saw out by the bridge, and goes downstairs to talk to Walter. Rebecca asks Alvin to go downstairs to get her something to drink, and while he's away, Clementine asks how she's doing. Rebecca confides in her that she does not think she can raise her child, when she can't even take care of herself. Clementine tells her that it's possible, adding that she herself is still alive. Rebecca's baby begins to kick and asks Clementine if she wants to listen, which she agrees to. Rebecca's smile turns into a frown, and she tells Clementine that her baby is definitely not Alvin's, and says he will kill her if he finds out. Clementine tells her Alvin wouldn't do that, and he comes up the stairs with her drink. Mahiru looks over a wooden cross over the mantle over the fireplace and Paige asks her if she believes in the religion, to which Mahiru jokes that she would probably be burning in hell if she did. Paige stands beside her and asks her if it was ever difficult for her before she came out. Mahiru tells her that her parents were very traditional and had a hard time accepting who she was. Paige apologizes for bringing up the topic, but Mahiru assures her she isn't offended and is glad she is there to support her. Sandy is outside collecting firewood, when Luke stops her and questions her about Kenny. She tells him a short story about her journey with Kenny, adding that he "lost a lot." Luke says he thinks something is off about him, but can't quite come to a conclusion what it is. Sandy asks him not to test Kenny's patience, informing him of his short temper, and to keep his own suspicions to himself. Sandy believes Kenny isn't a bad person, but rash and reckless. Luke apologizes, saying he doesn't want Sandy to think he's going to cause trouble, adding that he wants her to be comfortable around him since she joined his "family". As Luke walks away, Ryder approaches Sandy and offers to help her with her share of the firewood, which Sandy jokingly asks if he's not confident with her because she is a woman. Ryder returns the joke, and asks if things were alright between her and Luke, also hinting if there might be something between them. Sandy says she barely knows Luke and isn't interested in him and asks Ryder why he's interested in knowing that. Ryder jokingly winks and says he wants to take a wife, then tells her he was only curious.
===="Chapter 62"====
Back inside, Walter has finished dinner, and Kenny's group sits at one table, while Luke's group sits at the other. Paige and her group decide to join Luke's table, while Kenny waves for Sandy and Clementine to join them. Sandy quickly decides to sit at Kenny's table, and with a second to ponder, Clementine joins Kenny as well. Kenny asks them about who exactly Luke and his group are. Sandy tells him that she only recently joined up with them recently, and tells him Clementine should know more about them. Clementine tells him that they're not bad guys, and she trusts them. Kenny offers Sandy and Clementine to stay at the lodge with them once Luke's group decides to leave. Clementine is reluctant, saying she would feel bad just leaving them. Sandy believes everyone should do what they think is best, but assures Clementine she won't leave her behind. Sarita and Walter get up to put away their plates, while Luke and Nick come over to chat with Kenny. Kenny asks them if they enjoyed dinner, and says they're better going in than out. Kenny asks Luke and Nick if they're some kind of "pair," which angers Nick. Paige and Mahiru walk over to the table, wanting to talk to Kenny about where his group was planning on going and Kenny tells them they were planning on heading out eventually, east to Richmond, Virginia. Clementine mentions to Kenny that Omid originally mentioned going north to a place called Wellington. Paige chimes in and says she and her group had heard about Wellington as well, however, the town itself was overrun and destroyed by bandits. Kenny confides he doesn't know what Wellington is or was, but says that Richmond has a nice setup from what he heard, however, Nick believes his information could be wrong, which irritates Kenny, and starts a small argument that begins to snowball. Nick makes things worse by verbally assaulting Kenny, until Walter comes over and stops it. Kenny asks Clementine to pass him a can of peaches, but accidentally calls her "Duck." Kenny gasps in response to what he said, and is shown to be visibly upset. Luke asks who Duck is, and Sandy tells him Duck was his son. Paige and Mahiru apologize for unintentionally antagonizing him and walk away. Walter then asks Clementine if she could help him with something outside. Walter takes Clementine outside and talks to her on how he believes the world is still salvageable and speaks of his partner, Matthew. Clementine begins to put two and two together and realizes that Matthew was indeed the person Nick shot on the bridge. After Sandy and Kenny join the duo, they see a woman peering into the resort. She reveals her name to be "Bonnie." They wonder if she is trustworthy or not. Sandy, Clementine, and Kenny believe she should be checked for weapons, however, on good faith, Walter ends up giving her a large box of food to help feed her "family." Going back inside, Sandy is called over by Luke, who is talking with Paige, Mahiru, and Ryder. Clementine follows Sandy over to them, where Luke reveals to them that the guy Nick killed on the bridge was Walter's boyfriend, Matthew. Clementine says she's sure it is as well, with how Walter described him. Ryder immediately suggests they inform Walter of what happened, while Luke and Mahiru are unsupportive of the idea, not knowing what Walter is capable of doing. Paige believes that Walter should know what happened and that perhaps Nick should be the one to tell him. Luke tells her she's crazy for suggesting it and doesn't want his friend to be put in danger. Sandy agrees with Paige that it would be good to tell him, saying that it would be a lot worse off for Nick if Walter finds out some other way and believes Nick to be a bad person. Nick overhears them mentioning his name and walks up to them, asking what they were talking about. Clementine grabs the photo Luke was holding of Walter and Matthew and hands it to Nick. Nick, feeling guilty, thinks he should tell Walter, while Luke berates him for wanting to do that. Sandy and Paige agree that Nick should tell Walter, and to just tell him the truth of what happened and it was only an accident. Luke decides to take Nick away to have a drink, while telling Clementine to retrieve the knife she found from her backpack, presuming it was Matthew's. When she goes to take it, Clementine finds it missing and that Walter has it and is standing on the porch inspecting it. Sandy decides to go outside with Clementine behind her, wanting to speak with him and he asks how Matthew died, informing Sandy that he knows Matthew is dead since his knife is there. Sandy apologizes to Walter, and says none of them knew who he was until he started talking about him. Walter stops her, and says he remembers Nick talking earlier about shooting someone, and asks if it was Matthew. Sandy confirms it to be true, and Clementine tells him that he is a good guy and it was all just an accident. Nick eventually walks up to them, and Walter begins breaking down, asking for Nick to tell him what happened. Nick apologizes to him and says it was an accident. Walter throws the knife away and the windmill begins to spin rapidly due to the storm approaching, making a loud sound that would lure in walkers. Everyone runs outside to inspect the sound, and Kenny instructs Rebecca, Alvin, Sarah, and Arnold to go back inside to fortify the place, while he, Sandy, Clementine, Luke, Nick, Paige, Mahiru, Ryder, Walter, Sarita, and Carlos go try and stop it.
===="Chapter 63"====
Sandy, Kenny, Luke, Carlos, Walter, Sarita, Nick, Paige, Mahiru, Ryder, and Clementine go to stop the windmill and fend off the walkers it might lure from the sound. Another loud sound goes off, which Kenny says was the transformer and he'll need to go repair it. Luke offers to go with him, while everyone else tries to stop the windmill. Carlos opens the panel for the windmill and asks for light so he can try to shut it off. Clementine gets her lighter from her backpack and gives it to Carlos, as Sandy points out that walkers are coming out from the trees. Mahiru immediately kills one with her bow and tells everyone to get ready to protect each other. Everyone begins firing at the walkers now emerging from the forest in packs. Ryder is grabbed by a walker, but is saved by Paige and Clementine attempts to fight off a few but runs out of ammo. Sandy saves her before she is attacked and everyone begins to fall back to the lodge after Carlos finally turns off the windmill. After picking off a few walkers, Nick struggles with a walker. Walter sees his struggle and raises his gun. He looks at Clementine, who is waiting for him to shoot the walker, which he finally does, saving Nick and forgiving him for killing Matthew. After Clementine runs inside to check on the others, Sarah points out machine-gun fire as a small group walks out from the woods and finishes off the walkers with assault rifles. This group consists of Carver, the woman looking into the resort, Bonnie, and two other men, Johnny and Troy. Carver greets Carlos, who spits in his face. Carver then proceeds to beat Carlos. Sarah runs outside to protect her father from harm, despite Rebecca's protests for her to stay inside. Before being seen, Sandy manages to hide in cover behind the side of the lodge, as Carver orders everyone to go inside. Walter expresses shock over seeing Bonnie and knowing she had lied to them about her identity. Once inside, Carver makes everyone sit on the ground to await what he has in store for them, as Clementine, Rebecca, Alvin, and Arnold hide upstairs.
===="Chapter 64"====
Kenny attempts to turn the transformer back on as Luke overlooks the area around him. Despite his attempts, Kenny is unable to get the power back on. Luke asks if he could look at it, which Kenny agrees to. As Luke tinkers with it, gunshots are overheard. Kenny says it came from the lodge and tells Luke to get the transformer on and he'll go scope it out, assuming it could be the others fighting off walkers. Alvin, Clementine, Arnold, and Rebecca are upstairs hiding. William Carver calls out to the remaining survivors to come out or everyone else will die one by one. Alvin wants to give himself up, once Carver grabs Carlos and begins to use him as leverage, despite Sarah's pleas. Rebecca is hesitant and hoping that the others might have a plan to save them. Arnold disagrees with Rebecca and believes they should surrender to keep anyone from dying, after witnessing Carver breaking one of Carlos' fingers. Clementine gets up and calls out for Carver to stop, with Alvin and Arnold standing up with her, while Rebecca continues to hide herself with disappointment. Once they head downstairs, Bonnie grabs them and ushers them to the ground next to the others, while Carver caresses Rebecca's face. Rebecca curtly bashes his advances. Sandy looks in through the window and tries to come up with a way to save them when she notices a figure moving around on the other side of the lodge by the ski lift. It's revealed to be Kenny, who is aiming his rifle into the lodge. Sandy sneaks her way over to Kenny and asks what happened to Luke. Kenny tells her he left him by the transformer cause he heard the gunshots and asks what happened. Sandy tells him the group that was after Luke and his friends showed up and has everyone at gunpoint, including Clementine. Kenny believes he can shoot them from where he is, however, Sandy instructs him not to shoot, saying that they are dangerously serious and worry what would happen if he were to start a shootout. Despite her theories, Kenny ignores her and shoots Johnny in the head. Carver, angered by the death of his man, grabs Walter and shoots him in the head. Kenny cries out and fires more, still missing his shots. Sandy grabs Kenny's gun and shouts for him to stop, but he grabs it back and tells her not to get in his way. Carver then picks Alvin up and Sandy once again tells Kenny not to shoot, and that they have to surrender or he'll kill him too. Kenny once again ignores Sandy and shoots Carver in his shoulder. As Kenny attempts to reload, Carver gets up and shoots Alvin in the head. Rebecca cries out at the death of her husband. Angered by them not surrendering, Carver says shooting him in the shoulder will cost them more than just Alvin. He raises his gun and fires, shooting Arnold straight through the head. Paige, Mahiru and Ryder are distraught over his death, with Paige calling him a monster. Carver goes over to Clementine and grabs her, dragging her towards the door with a gun to her head. Sandy, fed up with Kenny's recklessness, punches him in the face and grabs his rifle. "You stupid fucking idiot!" she yells out. Sandy tosses the rifle on the ground, raises her hands in the air, and walks toward the lodge. Bonnie opens the door to the lodge and instructs Kenny to get inside before she shoots him, which he reluctantly obliges to. Afterwards, Carver notices that Luke is not present and he assumes he ran off to save himself. He then orders his remaining people to take the survivors "home", and one by one are taken out of the lodge.
===Season 6: In Harm's Way===
===="Chapter 65"====
The episode begins with Clementine staring at a moth on a tree, and is revealed to be on watch over Sarah, who is taking a bathroom break in the woods. Sarah then thanks her for watching her back, although she knows that Clementine was forced to come with her. Clementine tells her not to worry about it, since they're friends, which relieves Sarah. One of Carver's guards, Troy, calls out to them, asking if they are finished doing their business. Carver is talking to an unknown individual back at his camp over his walkie-talkie, telling them to prepare for the arrival of both the old and new prisoners, and that tensions may run high. Mentioning that they should be back within 30 minutes, Carver commands Troy to restrain Clementine and Sarah's hands and get them back on the truck. While Troy is busy tying Sarah's hands, Carver warns Troy to not waste fuel in order to keep the truck's heater running, while Clementine knowingly eavesdrops on the conversation. Carver turns and notices Clementine doing so, and tells her that listening in upon someone else's conversation is not polite. Clementine talks back to Carver and he slaps her to the ground, telling her not to test him. Sarah shouts out Carver to stop, and to not hurt her friend. Clementine glares at Carver, who says he has his work cut out for him. The two are then escorted back onto the truck. Kenny yells at the captors, asking them what they did to Clementine as Troy shuts the door to the truck. In the back of the truck, the survivors remain silent, glancing worryingly at one another. Eventually, Kenny speaks up, saying that they have to do something in order to get out. Sandy berates him, telling him there isn't anything they can do and for now to just comply with them, which Kenny angrily disagrees with. He then asks Clementine to help him find something sharp to cut the bindings off. Kenny starts to become agitated at their current situation, and Carlos and Ryder attempt to calm Kenny down, telling him to keep a level head and to not cause unnecessary trouble. Kenny continues to insist on attempting to escape, while the rest of the cabin survivors continue to warn Kenny of Carver's dangerous nature, specifically Rebecca, stating that he has no idea what kind of man he is dealing with. Kenny remarks that he has a "pretty good idea" of who Carver is following the incident at the ski lodge, stating that he is only trying to help before something similar happens to the rest of them. Sandy scolds Kenny for his impulsive behavior, stating that there are consequences to rash actions, and that Kenny mistakes their surrendering to Carver in order to avoid further conflict as them giving up. Kenny argues that if Sandy did not take his rifle away from him, this never would have happened, which Sandy counters by saying Walter certainly appreciated his "help" which Sarita says is not fair to blame Kenny for Walter's death. Paige and Mahiru both agree with Sandy that it was Kenny's fault that Walter, along with Arnold and Alvin, was killed, with Mahiru explicitly saying that Kenny is no worse than Carver for carelessly sacrificing lives. Kenny notices a sharp piece of metal jutting out of the truck, which he uses to cut the bindings off. Sandy once again tells Kenny to stop and think for a moment, saying she's not gonna sit by and let someone else die because of him, which Sarita argues that Kenny is not a murderer. Rebecca tells him that he can't do anything to them, as they are heavily armed and outnumber the restrained survivors. Nick believes that Luke is the only hope they have at the moment, but Kenny goes on to tell the group that he believes Luke abandoned them previously, leaving them behind at the mercy of Carver, while the rest are convinced that he is either somewhere nearby, trying to come up with a plan to help them escape, or possibly dead. Eventually, the truck begins to come to a stop, and the cabin survivors realize they've finally arrived at the camp, a heavily fortified Howe's Hardware store. Kenny plans to storm Carver and his men when they open the doors. He asks Clementine to help back him up, which Sandy shockingly asks him what Clementine could do to help, since she's a child. Kenny tells Sandy that she's really beginning to aggrivate him with her pessimistic ideas, Sandy gets up and walks to his face, telling him to stand down or else. Kenny remarks that he's not scared of her. Sandy turns to the side facing Kenny and slams her binded fists into Kenny's face, shoving him against the side of the truck and briefly knocking him unconscious. Sarita rushes in to make sure he is okay, while Carlos snidely remarks that it was "probably for the best" that Kenny was knocked out. Meanwhile, outside of Howe's Hardware, Luke shambles out from behind the trees, scouting the area.
===="Chapter 66"====
The truck door is opened by Troy, who is joined by Tavia and a seemingly-apologetic Bonnie, who appears regretful regarding the events at the ski lodge. The group is then escorted by the three into the hardware store. Carver is seen talking through a PA system in a second floor office, telling his people that they are welcoming both new and old guests. He states that regardless of their actions, they must attempt to forgive them, and come to terms with their reintegration into the group. As Carver continues to speak of the status of a nearby herd of walkers, and of his hopes to continue the "expansion project" of the camp. Troy asks Carlos to follow him, as they need some of their people to be looked at. Carlos asks if it can wait, as they are all exhausted, but Troy forcefully makes him come along with him. Troy escorts Carlos away from the rest of the group, as Sarah expresses concern over her father, saying that she needs him, as he looks after her. Clementine attempts to assure her that he'll come back later, but Sarah appears to not hear her. Paige walks over to Sarah, grabs her shoulder, and motions her to follow the rest, saying she'll see him again. The rest of the group are taken to a segregated garden area, dubbed "the pen" by Carver and his people, a holding area where those who break Carver's rules, or are new arrivals to the community, are sent to prove their worth and value, and ultimately earn their way into Carver's main group and community. Carver finishes his speech over the PA system, stating that it is no longer an obligation to simply survive, but to make the community a beacon of hope for other survivors in the area. The group are untied by Troy and the rest, and are greeted by Reggie, an old friend and member of Carver's community, who helped the cabin survivors escape the compound previously, but was unable to escape along with them. Rebecca and the others are in shock to find out that he had lost his arm since they had last seen him. Nick takes the blame for the loss of Reggie's arm, but he assures Nick and the group that the loss of his arm was not their fault, and happened on his own accord once they had escaped. Reggie tells them that he lost his arm due to being bitten by a walker while he was distracted, but that they were able to immediately amputate his arm, thus saving his life. Rebecca then introduces her new friends to Reggie: Sarita, Kenny, Sandy, Paige, Mahiru, Ryder, and Clementine. Reggie asks about Carlos' whereabouts, and they tell him that Carlos is looking at some of the people from the community. Reggie asks about Pete, but upon seeing the saddened faces of the group, infers that he has died. The moment is interrupted by another survivor, who is slightly irritated by the commotion, as he is trying to sleep, asking them if they can keep it down a bit. Reggie will apologize to him, and goes on the tell the group that the man, whose name is Javier García, is the one who amputated his arm and saved his life, adding that he's a lot more charming when he's not trying to sleep. Reggie goes on to say that while the situation looks grim, the community is not that bad as they might think. He mentions how Carver is working towards building a real community, and attempts to convince the survivors to take part in the process. When the rest of the group disagree and tell them of Carver's doings and Rebecca mentions that he killed Alvin. Reggie will state that Carver gave him a second chance after their escape, instead of simply killing him, and that he is sure he would do the same for the rest of the group. He also mentions how close he is to being let back into the main group, having worked his way up from the bottom. He tells them he would gladly help them try to escape again once he gains Carver's trust, once again adding that the encampment isn't as bad as they think it is. Sandy adds that it feels more like a prison than a camp, which Reggie rebuffs. After explaining, Rebecca suffers a small contraction, and claim that she needs to sit down. While Sarita, Mahiru, and Sarah help Rebecca to relax, Reggie and the rest of the survivors continue to chat among themselves. Sandy, skeptical of Reggie, confides in Clementine that she does not trust him. Clementine thinks he seems nice, if not a little weird. Kenny comes over and apologizes to Sandy for the argument in the truck and commends her for how tough she's gotten since last he had seen her. Sandy tells him not to worry about it, but to try thinking more logically in a situation like that, were it to happen again. Kenny rolls his eyes, and jokingly says Sandy "has not changed a bit". Paige and Ryder walk over with Paige asking them if they noticed anything they could use if they were to attempt an escape to use. Kenny says he was trying to take a quick look around, but Reggie kept giving him the side-eye, but believes that one of them could look around while he attempts to distract Reggie, asking Clementine if he'd like to help him, which she accepts. While Paige casually searches the bunk area, Sandy and Ryder check out a rope connected to a pulley system, and he asks her if she thinks they could eventually use that to their advantage. Sandy examines it and believes it could be used to get someone to the ladder if they rig it to do so, taking note that Carver mentioned they would be working to earn their keep, so someone in their group could have an excuse to be near it, which he agrees. After a short time has passed, Troy brings back Carlos, and orders the group to go to sleep, threatening to shoot them if he sees them wandering around during the night. Before the group goes to sleep, Kenny asks Clementine if she is both ready and willing to help if the time comes, saying that he might ask her to do things that Sandy might not think she's ready for, but knows she's old enough to handle more responsibility, and Clementine says yes.
===="Chapter 67"====
In the morning, Troy kicks Sandy to wake her up. Sandy angrily tells him off, to which he aggressively fires back at her. Everyone piles at the gate, where Carver arrives, with Troy, Tavia, and another guard standing watch. He will go on to explain the herd situation, giving a status update and a heads-up to be mindful when outside the walls. Carver mentions that while the group may be sore over the previous night's events, it is in the past and that they must move forward. He goes on to state that whether the survivors are new to the community, or members who have gone astray, they can all find redemption through hard labor, proving their worth once more. Carver tells Reggie that he is nearly back into the group, and will be welcomed back with open arms if he continues to keep up the good work. Carver then begins to give each survivor their assignments for the day. As he speaks, Sarah tries to chat with Clementine, who tells Sarah she should be quiet in case Carver hears her. However, she continues speaking and a visibly irritated Carver shouts at Carlos, telling him that his daughter is being disrespectful. Carlos tells Sarah to apologize to Carver, but he is unsatisfied with a simple apology; he demands that Carlos 'discipline' her. Carlos asks what he means, and Carver proposes that he smacks Sarah for her improper behavior. Initially hesitant, Carlos attempts to avoid having to hit his own daughter, but Carver threatens him by saying if Carlos doesn't do it, he'll have Troy hit her instead, implying his treatment to be much worse in comparison. With no other option, Carlos regretfully turns to Sarah, who is desperately apologizing to him. He tells her that it will only hurt for a moment, and pauses for a brief moment before Carver tells him to do it. After smacking Sarah, Carlos tearfully states in a soft voice that he is sorry, but Carver refuses to let him continue to coddle Sarah, and let her understand the consequences of her actions. Mahiru comments that the order was uncalled for. Carver asks her what she would have done differently and if she would like for Troy to demonstrate. Mahiru attempts to call his bluff, but she is talked out of it by Paige and Ryder. Afterward, the group is ordered to get to work with chores. Tavia orders Clementine to go see Bonnie, implying that she has some work for Clementine. Bonnie finds Clementine and leads her to the armory. Bonnie is stopped by Shel and her sister Becca, a member and worker there, about the food stocks. While Bonnie is talking to Shel, Clementine looks around the compound. A guard named Russell tells her that she should go with Bonnie, since Carver does not like "idle hands." After reaching the armory, Bonnie tells her that she is loading weapon magazines. Clementine quickly and instinctively begins loading the bullets along with Bonnie. Bonnie attempts to apologize about lying to Clementine, Kenny, and Walter when she was caught back at the lodge. She says she never thought strangers would be so kind to her. After apologizing, Bonnie mentions that she had planned to leave when Luke and the rest of the cabin survivors decided to escape the compound. She ultimately decided to stay, justifying that it would be easier to stay in the community and try to fix its problems, rather than escape to begin all over again, as she claims Carver used to be a different person, and that she was sure that he would be able to come around. Tavia calls on the walkie-talkie, asking if Clementine is still with her, as she has another job for her to do. Bonnie then gives Clementine a jacket which she found back at the lodge as a small present. Bonnie brags on her jacket, saying that everyone is gonna want it, when Tavia walks in, commenting that the jacket is "ugly." Tavia guides Clementine back out, and tells her she'll be working in the kitchen now. Outside, Sandy is shown working on the roof, just as she had hoped. She overhears Javier talking to Wyatt, a guard, about a herd that is passing through soon, and that it is huge. Sandy stops her work, and goes over to ask them about the details of the herd. Wyatt tells her that at least over a hundred walkers are seen in the mix, maybe more, and they'll be cutting very close by the community soon. Radio chatter forces Wyatt to leave and Javier introduces himself to Sandy, and apologies for not introducing himself last night. She asks him how long he's been here, to which he reveals that he hasn't been here for too long and attempted to leave at one point, but that he was "asked nicely" to stay with a clear sarcastic tone. Sandy isn't surprised and believes the community in its entirety feels like a prison with forced labor, which Javier agrees. A guard signals over Javier and tells him he needs to get down to the expansion to help work on it. Once Javier says his goodbye and walks away, Sandy goes back to look at the pulley. She breaks the chain on it, and lowers it into the pen, hoping to possibly use it one night. Troy comes up and tells her that she's going to be put on sniping duty, and asks her if she knows how to shoot a gun. Sandy ignores him and walks past him toward the door, earning a "bitch" comment from Troy. Back inside the warehouse, Paige, Kenny, and Mahiru are assigned to work with Shel with the food stocks. Paige asks Mahiru if she slept okay, and she says that she did and whispers under her breath that she really wanted to do something to stop what Carver made Carlos do. Paige agrees, but tells her that he has the advantage over them right now and there isn't much they can do, and to wait for an opening. Kenny chimes in and says that he'll make sure everyone gets out. Troy immediately comes over to Kenny and tells him to get over to the new expansion to help the other workers with it. After Kenny leaves, Shel tells Paige and Mahiru that she'll go get one of the other new recruits that was allowed to fully join their community so they can get to know him and feel better about being here. A man walks in the room as Shel is talking to them and interrupts herself to introduce the man to them; Omid.
===="Chapter 68"====
As walkers begin to form outside Howe's Hardware, snipers silently take out a few of them on the rooftops. Troy leads Sandy up to the roof with some of the others and tells her to report to Hank, who commands the snipers on duty, and leaves to go back down. Sandy looks around the surrounding area to see dozens and dozens of corpses polluting the streets, and several more walkers still roaming the parking lot. Ryder attempts to fire at one of them, but misses his shots, prompting Hank to chastise him and if he doesn't shape up, he'll be put out to the pasture. Ryder explains that he's never been good with guns and took out walkers at a close range, but he is quickly shut down by Hank who tells him he needs to adapt if he's going to live in their community. Hank notices Sandy and introduces himself and his crew and hopes that she's a better shot than Ryder. Sandy confidently asks him how he's so sure she won't turn the gun on him, to which he laughs and tells her that his crew wouldn't let her have the chance to do so. After she's handed a gun, she effortlessly snipes several walkers with no hesitation, which impresses Hank. Hank belittles Ryder saying that "a woman is doing a man's job better", which Sandy rebuffs his sexist comment, much to Hank's annoyance. As Hank walks away to check on some of the others, Ryder apologizes to her about Hank's comment and says he doesn't agree with his belief. Sandy tells him not to worry about it and that she welcomes sexism from men so she can prove to them how wrong they are. Ryder smirks and says that she's a very strong woman and he admires that about her. Sandy smiles and thanks him, adding that he's a pretty special guy himself. Ryder smiles back and they stare at each other for a bit, until Hank comes back over and orders them to continue thinning the walkers out, adding that they need to clear most of them out before the big herd comes through. Inside the storage unit, Paige and Mahiru meet Omid, who is revealed to be alive and has earned his way into the community without supervision, and tells them that Carver's community is the safest one he's ever been apart of and despite his authoritarian presence, he's really looking out for everyone and wants to make sure people are safe. Shel agrees with him and assures Paige and Mahiru that they'll come around and see it for themselves. Carver stops by to check on the "new recruits" and overhears Omid talking about his community and proudly agrees with Omid, and that if they shape up as well as Omid has, they'll be welcomed with open arms just like he was. Carver then leaves with Shel beside him and Omid's friendly face goes sullen. Omid tells Paige and Mahiru that what he said was just to please them and not what he truly thinks. He goes on by saying his people found him and brought him back here as manual labor for his "community" and not to expect things to turn out as great as he described. Paige questions him why he doesn't just leave, and he tells her that he "has nothing left" so there's nowhere else to go but to just accept it and do what he's told. Mahiru disagrees with his mindset and believes that there are better communities out there that don't force people with physical harm, kidnap or murder to do things. Omid doesn't respond to her but tells them to play their part if they don't want to end up like the people who did resist, and then leaves the room. Mahiru questions whether or not Kenny's plan on escaping will work. Paige assures her that even if Kenny dies, she'll make sure they escape. Outside in the woods, Luke peers out from behind the trees, overlooking Howe's Hardware. Luke thinks to himself how he's going to get himself inside without being caught, taking notice of the snipers taking out the walkers near the building. He notices the pile of cars that are parked specifically to block part of the road leading to the building and decides to walk down to them to keep hidden. As he makes his way there, a walker trapped underneath one of the cars grabs his leg and pulls him down. Luke struggles against the walker until he manages to kill it with his machete. A few guards signal that something made noise where Luke is and he quickly tries to hide underneath one of the cars as a few people walk over to the area. They find nothing and go back inside, casually talking about the new recruits. Luke notices their attention is preoccupied on each others conversation so he shadows them and sneaks inside the community without them noticing before they close the doors.
===="Chapter 70"====
Trying to keep out of dodge from several of the guards, Luke ducks into a mostly cleared-out comic book store connected to the building and decides to sit and rest for a bit before he decides what to do next. Sandy goes downstairs and is instructed by Tavia to go outside and help some of the workers fortify the walls around the community. As she makes her way outside, she runs into Paige, Mahiru, and Ryder, who are also assigned to the wall. Sandy informs them about Reggie's death, adding that she heard Carver yelling and threatening him and then heard him scream and eventually went over to see his dead body on the ground. Paige is not surprised and believes that eventually, it'll be one of them that ends up dead under Carver's rule. Mahiru agrees and tells Sandy that their current job is a perfect opportunity to scope the wall and look for weak spots they could use to escape. Nick is also outside working on the wall and comes over to them to tell them that unfortunately, the walls themselves are too sturdy to break through them, and climbing over them isn't an option. "There's always an option." Paige says and tells everyone to start looking busy so none of the guards get suspicious. Clementine proceeds downstairs and finds Bonnie and Rebecca talking. Bonnie asks Clementine to take a bucket of nails out to the people working on the expansion. Noticing that Clementine seems upset, Rebecca asks her what's wrong, and Clementine tells both of them that Carver killed Reggie. Rebecca is horrified, however, Bonnie denies the accusation at first, believing it to be an accident. Rebecca disagrees with Bonnie and says Carver would easily take out a person if he had no use for them. Bonnie tells Clementine to quickly take the nails to the expansion and to be careful as to not draw more attention to herself, and she will go ask Carver what happened. Bonnie lets Clementine outside, telling Troy, who is standing watch upon the rooftop, that she is going to take the expansion workers some nails. Clementine notices Reggie's corpse still laying on the ground, which Troy tells her that it's none of her concern and to move. After reaching the end of the expansion, and noticing the walls being pushed upon by a group of walkers, she enters an annexed shoe store that is in the process of being fortified. Once inside, Kenny is seen arguing with Javier García about doing forced labor. Kenny, not intent on working, pins Javier against a boarded-up window, with Javier angrily telling him to let go. Clementine immediately tries to defuse the argument, which eventually results in Kenny letting go of Javier, but causes the weakened boards covering the window to fall down, allowing a small cluster of walkers to break through the glass and enter the store. As the three are split up, a walker gives chase to Clementine. With no suitable weapon to kill the walker with, Clementine backs up into a wall, and goes behind an overturned display rack, attempting to escape. The walker follows suit as Clementine scurries away, managing to get the walker to crush itself against the shelf. After noticing more walkers closing in on her, she retreats into a storage room, only to fall over and get tangled in a wire. Clementine gets tackled by a walker, and is saved just in time by Omid, who shoots the walker with a crossbow. Clementine is shocked to see Omid, however, Omid's reaction to seeing Clementine is cold and distant. Omid expresses his surprise to see her there and that she survived. Kenny and Javier walk over and Kenny is annoyed by Omid's cold reaction and asks what his problem is. Omid is more surprised to see Kenny, believing that he died back in Savannah. Kenny tells him he managed to get away, but once again questions him on why he coldly greeted Clementine. Omid shuts him down and tells him that he saved her so why would it matter. Troy barges in to ask what happened, with Omid explaining that a few walkers had broken through. Troy yells at Clementine to go back inside, and proceeds to chastise Kenny and Javier for managing to ruin a simple patch-up job, disappointed that he now has to babysit them to ensure that it gets done properly.
===="Chapter 71"====
On the way back inside, Clementine is ambushed and pulled into a comic shop by an unknown person. The person revealed to be Luke, who explains to her that he had followed them since they were captured, managing to sneak into the compound unseen. He goes on to state that he hasn't slept or eaten since they were taken, and is visibly pale and fatigued. He states that there are guards stationed all over the compound, watching all possible exits and holes they could use to escape. He then continues to mention the large herd of walkers nearby, and insists that they will eventually swarm the community, stating that it's bigger than any other herd Carver has had to face before. Luke then asks Clementine to get a walkie-talkie and meet him in the comic shop at about the same time the next day, intending to figure out the guard patrol schedules in order to pick the right opportunity to escape. He makes a clear point that they will not be able to simply shoot their way out of the compound, and that they'll have to plan the escape out thoroughly. Upon leaving the comic shop, Troy stops Clementine, demanding to know what she was doing inside. Clementine lies to him and says she was just checking out the comics. After a small exchange, Troy tells Clementine that Carver wishes to speak with her, and angrily tells her to go up to his office. Clementine arrives at the office just as Rebecca leaves, sobbing. Carver emerges, saying that she is a strong woman, but is surrounded by weak men, something he won't let his child be raised around. Carver then invites her to a chair and starts to explain his reasoning behind killing Reggie. He tells her that he liked Reggie, claiming that optimistic and light-hearted people like him are needed for morale, but that he was weak of both will and character. He states that Reggie has had a string of "screw-ups" recently, which have put the community in jeopardy multiple times. Carver explains that with the high risks involved with keeping a large group of people alive, incompetence and failure cannot be tolerated, as it has the potential to put everyone in danger. He goes on to state that killing one person in order to save many is one of the basic components of survival, but Clementine disagrees with his ideals. Carver claims that it is a decision that weak people are not able to make, and so it falls to the strong people– people like himself– to make the hard decisions in order to protect the weak. He explains that he and Clementine are much alike, noting Clementine's extraordinary resilience, courage and willpower. Clementine boldly states that she wishes Kenny had killed him back at the lodge and Carver praises her for her courage in telling him off, citing it as "all the proof" he needs. He proposes that Clementine already realizes the similarities between them, but isn't comfortable with them yet, believing that there is no way she would have survived as long otherwise. He recounts his first meeting with Clementine, telling her that while he knew she was scared, she was able to keep her nerve, impressing him. He states that the next generation of survivors need people like Clementine in order to survive. He refers to Clementine as a child raised "the right way," the way his child will be raised. He expresses that he has had worries about who he would hand off his legacy to, but now that Clementine is around, he no longer has anything to worry about. Clementine corrects him that it's Alvin's child and not his. Carver states that even if it was Alvin's, it's his now. Carver is then interrupted by a call from Tavia. She tells Carver that Troy backed into the loading bay door when they brought the group in, and that it is damaged so that it won't close all the way. She states that it isn't anything to be overly worried about, and advises Carver to have someone take a look at the door in order to repair it. In the middle of the conversation, Clementine eyes the microphone and PA system in his office, making note of it. Carver, annoyed over Troy's recklessness, tells Clementine to head back out to the pen, as it is almost time for supper. Outside in the pen, the group is discussing how they can escape. Javier criticizes Kenny's plan, which consists of drawing the herd to the compound, and escaping in the middle of the ensuing chaos. Sandy, Nick, Carlos and Ryder agree that Kenny's idea is extremely impractical and could get everyone killed. Clementine is returned to the pen and joins in on the conversation, telling everyone that she ran into Luke and brings up Luke's plan of monitoring the guards to pick a time to escape. Rebecca says that Luke's plan is the one she votes for, as it's the safer and smarter alternative. Kenny argues against it, noting the amount of time that it could potentially take. Kenny goes back to his plan once more, stating that all they need is something that can make enough noise to draw the attention of the approaching herd. Sarita believes that Kenny's idea to get out may be the best, but agrees that using walkers as the catalyst makes her uneasy as well. Javier mentions the various speakers around the building, specifically the ones pointed towards the parking lot. Clementine mentions that she saw the controls in Carver's office. Rebecca further supports Clementine's claim, stating that it is all controlled within Carver's office. Mahiru questions her how she knows of this and Rebecca informs her that she used to make most of the announcements when she was previously part of the community. She notes that the outside speakers are turned off by default, but if someone could sneak into the office, they could enable them in order to draw the herd towards the store. Kenny states that it's perfect, and questions why Rebecca didn't bring this information up sooner. She says it's because it doesn't change anything; the safe and sensible option is still to get Luke the radio. Clementine questions what they should do regarding Omid and wonder if they should tell him. Sandy is confused as she had not been informed that Omid was alive. Kenny informs her that Omid is a guard here, but he wasn't the same Omid he used to be. Rebecca suggests asking him if he could help since he was their friend, however, Sandy believes it might be best to just leave Omid out of it, believing that he's with Carver now. Kenny focuses back on his plan and thinks they could grab a few guns from the armory during the walker siege, but Sandy chimes in and tells Kenny that his issue is never thinking plans through, and it's always been an issue with him. After a small amount of bickering, the group will come to the consensus that both plans can work together; Luke can use the radio to monitor both the movement of the herd and the guards, using the information to pick the right time to escape, and to pick the safest route through the herd. They start to discuss the next problem with the plan: it would be impossible to pass through a herd of walkers without getting themselves killed in the process. However, Paige reveals to them that it is possible to pass through the herd undetected. Paige tells them before she met Mahiru and Ryder, she was traveling by herself for a long time. She found herself trapped in a store with hundreds of walkers pouring in and after she killed dozens of them, she collapsed on the ground waiting for them to kill her. The walkers, however, ignored her and she later realized that it is because she was covered in blood and guts from killing walkers and came to the conclusion that walker guts act as a camouflage to hide scents and they could easily pass through the herd with that method. Rebecca and Javier dismiss the idea as 'crazy', refusing to believe that it would work. However, Clementine confirms that Paige is telling the truth since she's discovered it too; Lee used the same method in order to escape the Marsh House. Agreeing on the plan, the group then works to figure out how to access the stock-room in order to acquire a walkie-talkie. Sandy says that she has a plan for that, saying that they can use the winch that she lowered earlier in the yard to hoist someone up to the roof, where they can drop down into the stock-room from the skylights in order to grab a radio. Paige volunteers to go up and get it, however, as they try to use the winch it starts to break so Paige immediately jumps off of it. Realizing someone smaller can only use it, Clementine volunteers to do it in Paige's place. While Sandy, Rebecca, and Sarita are vocal about Clementine not doing it for the sake of her safety, Kenny states that Clementine is the only one who can do it. Javier and Kenny help Clementine onto the winch and begin to lift her onto the roof, but are interrupted by the guards returning to check on the survivors. They both let go of the rope so that they are not seen, forcing Clementine to grab onto a nearby ladder and climb the rest of the way herself.
===="Chapter 72"====
Reaching the roof, Clementine spots a guard overlooking the parking lot, talking to Tavia over his walkie-talkie. He mentions the herd, which he estimates to number in the thousands. After sneaking across the roof, Clementine opens the skylight window over the stock-room and climbs down. Tavia is seen pacing around the room, still talking to the guard seen on the roof. Carver enters the room to talk to Tavia regarding the busted garage door and asks if it has been fixed yet, however, Tavia tells him they're still working on it. Carver instructs her they need to finish it fast before the herd arrives. After he leaves, Tavia grabs her walkie-talkie and continues to talk to the guard on the roof. As they discuss various topics such as the horde and the busted door, Clementine manages to evade Tavia's line of sight, and takes two radios from the charging station. Clementine begins to scale the stock-room shelves back up to the roof as Tavia reaches for a pack of cigarettes, oblivious to Clementine's presence. A guard, Vince, enters the room and chastises Tavia for smoking, saying that he won't get caught again being around cigarettes, with Tavia pleading with him not to tell. Clementine sneaks back to the group with the walkie-talkies, with many of them praising her for how well she did, specifically Kenny and Paige. Sandy, however, is uneasy with sending Clementine alone. Carlos tells everyone they should get to bed soon since the guards will be coming around. Sarah asks Clementine if she was scared going off by herself up there, and Clementine confidently says it was easy. Sarah is amazed by her bravery and wishes she could be the same. Rebecca is helped onto her bed by Paige and Mahiru who thanks both of them for being so helpful to her and the rest of their group. Mahiru states that they looked out for them so they'll return the favor. As everyone lies down in their beds, Kenny talks to Clementine about Duck, saying how he misses him and how he always remembers the dumb things he used to do, and how it gets harder each day to remember that he was a good boy. The next morning, the group tries to decide who should deliver the walkie-talkie to Luke, but are interrupted by the arrival of Tavia; Rebecca, Nick, Carlos, Sarah, Paige, Ryder, and Sarita are escorted out to work, leaving Sandy, Kenny, Javier, Mahiru and Clementine alone in the pen. Tavia tells them that Troy will be coming for the rest of them soon. After Tavia leaves, Sandy, Kenny, Mahiru, and Javier continue to discuss who should take the radio. Kenny insists on Clementine taking it, as he trusts her and believes that her size and stature ensure the best chances of not getting caught, while Sandy argues that she should take it, as Clementine is only a kid and shouldn't be pressured into something so dangerous. Mahiru and Javier both agree with Sandy that it might be too dangerous if Clementine were caught with it. Javier volunteers to take it himself, but Kenny states that he barely knows him and doesn't trust him to hold onto it. The bickering is cut short by the arrival of Troy, who makes a clear point that today will not be like yesterday; he will be keeping a clear eye on them the entire time to ensure nothing happens again, referring to the walker break-in, inadvertently complicating the plan. As Troy turns and commands the rest to follow, Kenny swiftly and stealthily places the radio in Clementine's pocket. On their way to work, Bonnie comes across them, telling Troy that Clementine is with her. Now separated from Sandy, Kenny, Mahiru, and Javier, Clementine walks with Bonnie, who says that she didn't believe Clementine earlier regarding Reggie's death. She went to talk to Carver after she told her, and he coldly assured her that Reggie's death was necessary, much to Bonnie's shock. Clementine is visibly anxious about having the radio in her pocket, and Bonnie asks if she is alright. Clementine decides to trust Bonnie and tell her about the radio and Luke's plan. She pleads with Bonnie to cover for her, and Bonnie reluctantly agrees to do so. Bonnie tells Clementine she should go over to the expansion and get to work and she'll talk to her more later.
===="Chapter 73"====
Outside the main building, Clementine enters the comic store to meet Luke, but he is nowhere to be found. Clementine shouts and looks for Luke, but after searching for a small amount of time, Troy enters the store, enraged, and slaps Clementine telling her she is not allowed to be in here and is forcefully escorted back to the pen along with Kenny and Javier. They are led back to the pen by Troy along with everyone else, where it is revealed that Luke has been captured by Carver. Carver expresses his disbelief over the deception, and how the group has repaid his trust and kindness with betrayal. He holds up the walkie-talkie confiscated from the rest of the group, and tells them that whatever plan they had is over. After giving a brief speech about how they can't simply run away from their problems and hardships, he demands to know where the other walkie-talkie is, asking for the thief to come forward. He begins to count to three, threatening further violence if the radio is not returned by then. Clementine attempts to speak up, but Kenny manages to grab the radio from her pocket unnoticed and takes the blame himself for stealing the walkie-talkie. Carver extends his hand, gesturing for Kenny to give it to him. Kenny cautiously approaches Carver, and drops the radio in his hand. Carver then continues his count to three, before beginning to viciously beat Kenny with the radio. Carver repeatedly bashes Kenny over the side of his head with the walkie-talkie, as Sarita and Rebecca desperately plead for him to stop. Sarita starts screaming and runs to defend Kenny, but Carlos restrains her, not wanting her to get hurt as well. Carlos asks for help in restraining Sarita and is helped by Javier and Ryder. Clementine decides to run towards Kenny, only to be stopped by Troy, who hits her in the face with his rifle, knocking her to the floor and giving her a gash along her face. Several of the guards, including Omid, look on in a polarized reaction of amusement, shock, and sadness. Bonnie eventually appears, pleading for Carver to stop. She continues to tell him that there's a breach, which gets Carver to immediately stop. He punches Kenny one last time, leaving him battered, bloody, and unconscious on the floor. Carver then moves out with the rest of his guards, telling Bonnie to stay behind and make sure the rest of the group doesn't get in any more trouble while he's gone. Carver also refuses to give the survivors supper as punishment for their attempted betrayal, before leaving the scene. Bonnie crouches down and inspects the unconscious Clementine before telling Carlos to stabilize Kenny and get him able to move, as she plans to help them all escape tonight, leaving everyone in disbelief.
===="Chapter 74"====
After a few hours, Clementine wakes up to the aftermath of the beating; Sarita is seen crying over Kenny as Rebecca and Sarah comfort her, while Luke, Paige, Mahiru and Javier speak with Bonnie at the gate. Rejoining the group by the fire, Luke reports that Bonnie will unlock the gate and free them from the pen as soon as they can get the PA system running. Mahiru adds that Bonnie can lead them to the armory to retrieve their weapons before they escape through the back. Rebecca is elated by the news, but Luke is less optimistic. Luke goes on to argue that leaving tonight is too much of a risk, as Kenny is beaten to near death, Luke himself is still suffering from an earlier beating from Carver, and Rebecca is almost in labor. Sandy immediately argues against the prospect of staying, believing that the best course of action is to leave before Carver can do something worse to them. Paige, Ryder, Rebecca, and Javier agree with her and support leaving tonight. Nick agrees with Luke that it seems too risky to move out tonight. Mahiru coldly states that he and Luke can stay behind if they want, but they're going to leave tonight. Eventually, Carlos comes back over to the group, shaking his head. Sandy asks him about Kenny's condition, and Carlos goes on to state that Kenny's orbital has been fractured, and that there is very little hope that he will be able to use his left eye again. While he cleaned the wound, got the swelling down, and did his best to bandage it, he cannot be sure of the extent of the damage until Kenny wakes up, but proposes that there is a very high chance that Kenny has suffered brain damage. Luke, playing the devil's advocate, regretfully suggests that if the group really wants to leave tonight, they may have to consider leaving Kenny behind. Sarita immediately refuses, but Luke insists that there is no other way; if Kenny does not wake up on his own, they won't be able to carry him out of the compound. Sandy is hesitant but believes if it's for the safety of everyone else, then it may have to come to that. Sarita states that Kenny never would have been involved in this if it wasn't for them getting involved with Carver. Paige tells her that playing the blame game isn't going to help anything and they should think about Clementine and Sarah's well-being. Suddenly, Kenny wakes up on his own and manages to stand up and stagger over to the group. Seemingly unfazed by his wound, Kenny states that the plan doesn't change; they still leave tonight. Sarita goes over to hug him, with Luke and Javier complimenting him on his resilience. Kenny proposes that they should decide on a meeting spot, in case they get split up during the escape. They agree to meet up at a nearby Civil War site called Parker's Run, which the cabin survivors had previously used when they first escaped from the compound. Luke mentions that all they need now is someone to go and set off the PA system to set the escape plan in motion. Realizing that she is once again the best choice to get into the office, Clementine volunteers herself to ascend to the rooftop once again. Sandy tells the group that all she needs is her rifle and she can pick off guards to provide cover. Mahiru also says she can do the same with her bow. As Clementine ascends the winch, Rebecca gives her instructions on how to turn on the PA system and the outdoor speakers, then tells her to meet the rest of them in the stockroom. After reaching the roof, Clementine carefully walks over to the skylight over Carver's office and sees him down there talking to one of his guards. Clementine is forced to wait for an opening as she hears the groans of walkers approaching the compound.
===="Chapter 75"====
Carver talks to several of his guards in his office about the herd approaching the compound and suggests turning off the generators so they won't hear the sounds. Tavia says the last patrol mentioned that they'll be closing in within the next ten minutes and should prepare in case they turn their attention towards the community, however, Carver believes they won't run into any problems and tells Troy to take keep an eye on things, then tells everyone to leave. Before everyone leaves, Carver gets up and leaves his office to stop Omid, asking him his relationship with the group in the pen. Omid asks him why he would ask, and he informs him that Troy mentioned to him that Omid traveled with a few of them once. Omid tells him that he's loyal to him and not them. Carver smirks and says he's glad to hear it and tells him to go back to his post. With Carver gone, Clementine drops down the skylight into Carver's office. After looking around, she finds the microphone station. Clementine turns on the microphone and the outdoor speakers, only to notice that there is no CD in order to play sound. Finding a CD, she puts it into the stereo system and turns up the volume, which begins to play generic mall music along with advertisement announcements. Clementine looks down from the office to see Bonnie, having heard the signal, heading towards the pen to free the group. Kenny gets up and tells everyone to be ready, with Sarita telling him to go slow, but he disagrees with her advice. Bonnie opens the gate and tells the group to follow her quickly to the armory so they can retrieve their weapons. Sandy asks Bonnie if she saw Clementine up there before she got them out, and she tells her that she caught a glimpse of her up there. Upstairs, Clementine pushes a filing cabinet over the door to prevent people from getting in, then quickly escapes his office through the skylight. In the armory, Sandy immediately finds her knives and rifle, while Mahiru makes a dash for her bow and arrows. Paige tells everyone they need to hurry before they're spotted by anyone. Bonnie tells them that the guards are going to be too scattered to come near the armory so they have some time. However, one of the guards comes running down the hall toward the armory. Bonnie tells everyone to hide and stay quiet. The guard enters the armory and begins searching the drawers, until Sandy gets up from her hiding spot and stabs her in the back of the neck with her knife, killing her. Carlos shields Sarah from the violence while asking Sandy why she did that when they could have just waited. Sandy coldly states that she wasn't going to take any chances with anyone's life. Luke agrees with Carlos that they could have waited, but Kenny and Rebecca side with Sandy that what she did was justified. Ryder exits the armory with Javier to look around for more guards then both signal for everyone to join. As everyone makes the way down the hall, past several other guards, they are separated by a few guards while trying to avoid them. Bonnie, Kenny, Sarita, Rebecca, Paige, and Mahiru find the warehouse where Bonnie tells them they can make their escape through here. Paige listens near the garage door and says she hears the herd just outside. Gunshots begin to fire off, and Bonnie tells them that the guards are fighting against the herd now and they don't have much time to pull this off. Russell and three guards run into warehouse, not expecting to see them all there, before any of them can have time to react, Russell is shot through the eye by Mahiru's arrow. Paige and Kenny soon shoot the other two guards, leaving the third one alive. He pleads for them not to kill him, but Mahiru fires an arrow through his skull. Meanwhile, Sandy, Luke, Nick, Carlos, Sarah, Ryder, and Javier try to make their way through the compound to meet up with the rest of the group. Javier and Sandy both silently take out two guards blocking their path. Unbeknownst to them, a third guard witnessed what they did and chose to hide from them. Once they go past him, he jumps out, grabs Sarah, and holds a knife to her neck. Sarah screams and calls for her dad, with Carlos pleading with him not to hurt her. He tells everyone to drop their weapons and he won't hurt her, however, Sandy tells him that they have the upper hand cause they have guns and all he has is a knife. Sandy threatens him to let her go or she'll shoot him. After a small argument, the guard lets Sarah go and runs off, before being gunned down by Sandy. Sandy looks at Luke and flippantly asks him if he can justify her decision this time. Luke sheepishly states that he would have done the same to someone who would threaten a child and apologizes for berating her earlier. In the warehouse, the group unshackles the chains holding the door closed when Hank enters the room and holds them all at gunpoint, yelling at them for attempting to escape. Just then, Sandy and the rest show up, with Sandy aiming her gun at Hank, telling him to drop his. Hank attempts to call her bluff and openly doubts her shooting him, but before he finishes his sentence, he is shot through the head by Sandy. Up on the roof, Clementine crawls through the skylight and makes her way across the rooftops, narrowly avoiding Tavia and a few of the other guards who are rushing to the rooftop to shoot walkers approaching.
===="Chapter 76"====
While Clementine tries to reach the stockroom skylight, she runs into Wyatt, who is shooting at the walkers approaching. He turns to see Clementine and tells her not to move. He looks behind him for a split second to look at the walkers, and Clementine rushes forward into him, causing him to fall off the roof into the swarm of walkers. Reaching the stock-room, Clementine drops down the skylight, only to find that Carver has located and caught the group once more, holding them all at gunpoint. He berates them over their decisions, claiming that he will not hesitate to shoot Rebecca and the baby should they attempt to leave again. Bonnie attempts to plead with him, but he tells her to shut up and won't listen to a traitor. Clementine jumps down from the shelves onto Carver's back to distract him. As he attempts to regain his footing, Kenny punches him in the face, while Luke moves in from his side to disarm him, and holds him at gunpoint. The tables now turned, Carver holds his hands up in surrender as the group contemplates what to do with him. Rebecca immediately tells Luke to shoot him. Paige and Mahiru agree, citing it as revenge for Arnold's death, along with the others he has brutally killed. Luke believes they should just leave Carver and the community to their fate, given the herd now descending upon the compound. Carlos makes note that the walkers will begin pouring in closer now and they should hurry and decide what to do. Javier and Ryder take off the extra locks bolting down the garage door, and tell the rest of the group that they can leave now. Sandy believes it would be a mistake to let Carver live. Before a decision is made, Paige abruptly shoots Carver in both of his kneecaps. Collapsing to the floor, Carver looks up at Paige and the group in surprise. Paige lowers her gun and says "he doesn't get a chance to survive." Kenny walks over to a workbench and grabs a crowbar, he looks back at Paige and agrees with her that he isn't going to, before telling everyone in a menacing tone to wait outside. Sarita attempts to convince him to leave instead of killing Carver, but Kenny refuses, stating that he only needs a minute. Luke, disgusted, angrily criticizes everyone's morality for letting Kenny do this, claiming that although there is not one part of Carver he doesn't hate, that doesn't make this right. Paige chastises him that he doesn't get a say in this, because clearly losing Alvin meant nothing to him as much as it did to Rebecca, and he wouldn't understand their own pain. Rebecca tells Luke to leave if he doesn't want to watch, but she's staying to watch. Paige, Mahiru, and Ryder also agree to stay behind and watch to witness justice for their fallen friend. Luke leaves the room, stating that he wants nothing to do with what's about to happen. Sandy asks him if his apology to her was just for show, if he is questioning everyone's morality over all the terrible things Carver has done, but Luke does not answer her and leaves the building. Javier decides to go outside with Luke, in case he might need some help outside. Carver continues to taunt the rest of the group, calling them ingrates, unaware of how good they have it inside the community. He claims the group are lambs to the slaughter, with no shepherd to guide them once outside the walls. He then weakly attempts to convince Clementine to stay and watch, while Sarita approaches Clementine, not wanting her to watch the horror. Sarita attempts to bring Clementine with her outside, not wanting her to watch, but Clementine throws Sarita's grip off of her, claiming that it isn't her decision to make. Carver praises Clementine's decision to watch, confirming his earlier beliefs. Sarita asks Sandy to convince Clementine, since she looks up to her, but Sandy merely agrees with Clementine that it isn't her decision to make and for Clementine to survive in this world she needs to be treated like an adult. Sarita silently goes outside with the rest of the group, minus Sandy, Clementine, Paige, Mahiru, Ryder, Rebecca, and Kenny. Carver tells Clementine to embrace her feelings of vengeance, as it is what makes her stronger than everyone else. Kenny looks over at Paige, Mahiru, and Ryder and asks them if they want to be the ones to do it, knowing how much Arnold meant to them. Mahiru and Ryder remain silent, while Paige speaks up that he should do it since Carver has disabled him and it would only be right, adding that being able to witness it is good enough for her and for Arnold. Carver then continues to mock them all. Kenny stands over Carver, presumably contemplating his decision. Carver continues taunting them, also implying that his sexual relationship with Rebecca was not entirely consensual, as Kenny cuts him off, delivering a severe blow to his face with the crowbar, breaking his nose and knocking him onto his back. Kenny then continues to savagely beat him to death with the crowbar, mutilating his entire face in the process. Satisfied, Kenny solemnly leaves the room, covered in Carver's blood. Paige sighs with relief and walks outside with Mahiru and Ryder behind her. Clementine looks at Carver's unrecognizable face with an emotionless gaze. Sandy walks over to her and tells her they should go, guiding her by the shoulders outside. Rebecca collects Carver's gun from his corpse, giving him a final spiteful glare as she leaves the room.
===="Chapter 77"====
As several guards continue to scatter around the compound, Omid runs into Troy, who demands that he follow him to the warehouse, having heard gunshots coming from in there and knowing it was Carver's last known location. Omid tells him that their priority should be making sure the compound is secure, but Troy tells him that the group is gone from the pen and believes they're the bigger threat than the others right now. Omid pauses and agrees to follow Troy. As walkers begin to close in on the store, everyone hides behind the truck they were brought in, while Paige scouts out ahead. Sarita notices Sandy, Clementine, Kenny, and Rebecca being the last ones to leave the warehouse. Sarita asks Rebecca about Clementine having witnessed what Kenny had done, noticing Carver's corpse inside the loading bay, but Rebecca tells her not to worry about it, saying that Sandy and Kenny both have known Clementine longer and both didn't seem worried at all. Luke gives Clementine a hatchet to use for her protection, while Nick expresses his uncertainty about this plan. Ryder assures him to trust Paige. Paige tells everyone to wait there while she tries to get the attention of a few walkers. Paige tells Mahiru to ready her arrow when they get close enough to her. Once the two walkers get within range, Mahiru shoots them. Paige takes her knife and cuts each one open, telling the group to start covering themselves in it. Javier questions her once more if she's sure this plan works, which she states has never failed her once. The group begins to circle around each of the two walkers and begin to cover themselves in their blood and entrails. Clementine decides to apply the blood to Sarah's back, with the help of Carlos. Carlos reassures Sarah that they'll be okay and to stay beside him and he'll keep her safe. As the group gets ready to move out, they are surprised by Troy and Omid, who suddenly emerge from the loading bay, Troy angrily asks what the group is doing (referring to them covering themselves in guts). Luke attempts to reach for his assault rifle while Troy is distracted, but Troy notices him going for the gun and holds Luke at gunpoint, threatening to shoot him and the rest. Bonnie attempts to convince both Omid and Troy to come with them, asking them if they really believed that Carver's ideas were the best. Omid doesn't answer, but Troy is adamant about believing in the world Carver was trying to create, and says had he been in charge it would have been much worse. Troy angrily tells them that they're gonna die out here and will make nice snacks for the walkers, as punishment for what they've done. Troy tells Omid to help him shoot them all so they can get back inside. Omid raises his gun at everyone and looks at Clementine. Suddenly, Omid opens fire on Troy, shooting him in the neck. Troy falls to the ground, gargling on his blood as Omid walks over to him and shoots him in the head. Omid looks at the group, who are shocked, and impatiently affirms they need to leave now. Paige hands him a knife and tells him to cover himself in the walkers blood so they can sneak through the herd. As Omid covers himself in walker guts, Paige explains to the group how to act in the middle of a herd and to act like you belong. The group begins to enter the herd, while various members of Carver's community, alerted to Omid's gunshots, begin to haphazardly fire into the herd below. With bullets now flying around them, tension increases and Sarah starts to panic. Carlos notices that Sarah is beginning to break down, and asks Clementine to help him calm her down, adding that Sarah trusts her. Before Clementine can respond, a stray bullet hits Carlos in the neck, causing him to stumble forward. Drawn to the blood, a small group of walkers attack and devour Carlos as Sarah looks on in absolute terror. As Sarah witnesses her father's gruesome death, she starts to scream, her cries attracting the attention of the surrounding walkers. Sandy, Sarita, and Bonnie begin killing walkers in an attempt to save both Clementine and Sarah. Sarah, suffering a complete mental breakdown, frantically runs off into the herd on her own. Sarita immediately takes off to run after Sarah, calling her name. As the group starts to get separated in the midst of all the chaos, Clementine is forced to kill a small group of walkers that are beginning to take notice of her. Sandy comes to Clementine's aid, but the two are separated after another group begins to swarm them. After dispatching the walkers, Clementine hears Bonnie cry out in the distance. Rushing over to her, she finds Bonnie struggling with a walker, which begins to bite into her wrist. Clementine looks on in horror as the walker continues to bite onto Bonnie's wrist, and Clementine is forced to make a final, snap decision: amputation. She swiftly acts and slices off Bonnie's arm. Clementine looks at her in shock as Bonnie clutches her bleeding stump. Horrified, she lets out a bloodcurdling scream.
===Season 7: Amid The Ruins===
===="Chapter 78"====
Bonnie's severed hand falls to the ground. Staggering in pain as her arm continues to bleed out, Bonnie screams in agony, as a group of walkers, drawn to both the sound and the blood, begin to attack her. They swarm her and start to devour her as she continues to scream with a horrified Clementine witnessing it. Javier shouts to Kenny and Omid that Bonnie is dead, but Kenny tells him to keep moving and they can't save her. Omid looks over at the swarm and apologizes to Bonnie under his breath before continuing to walk through the herd. Mahiru slowly continues to move through the herd and sees Sarah calling out for her dad and running into the trees, with Sarita calling out and running after her, narrowly avoiding being grabbed by several walkers. "Shit" Mahiru mutters and decides to take off running after Sarita to help her. Sandy whispers Clementine's name, trying to find her in the herd, while narrowly avoiding being shot. Sandy decides to grab her rifle and shoot one of the guards. As Sandy attempts to move away to continue hiding, she bumps into Ryder, who is relieved to see her, saying he had lost everyone else in the crowd. Soon, a shout is heard and the two hurry to discover Luke and Nick nearby, with Nick having been shot in his shoulder by a stray bullet. Luke helps him up and tells him to hold on and he'll help him. Ryder goes over to them to help Luke assist Nick with walking, while Sandy shoots another guard through the head. Tavia notices him being shot and attempts to scan the crowd for who did it, until Sandy shoots her in the chest, causing her to fall off the roof into the herd of walkers, who devour her as she screams. After this, Sandy accompanies Luke, Nick, and Ryder while searching around still for Clementine. Clementine kills more walkers as she searches for the group, now fully separated. Clementine is eventually taken to the ground by a dead walker that falls onto her, before escaping from underneath it. Clementine then applies more blood from the walker in order to further camouflage herself. Clementine continues to walk through the herd, looking around for her group while staying silent. As she continues to walk, she is suddenly grabbed by an unknown person, startling her. However, she is relieved when she sees that it is Rebecca, who has also been separated from the rest of the group. Rebecca is glad to see that Clementine is okay, and the two attempt to escape from the herd together. Rebecca asks her if she sees a way through and Clementine scouts ahead for an opening, only for more walkers to box them in, forcing them to retreat back. Clementine then bumps into Paige, to which both Clementine and Rebecca are relieved to see. Paige tells Clementine and Rebecca to stay calm and continue to walk slowly, but Rebecca begins to panic and pleads for Paige to help them. Paige suggests they spread out in order to avoid being noticed and it'll be safer for them that way. Rebecca continues to plead with her, saying she can't run in her condition, which Paige states that running will get her killed and she just needs to walk slowly. Clementine assures Rebecca that she'll stay with her. Paige begins to walk away from the two, but quickly has a change of heart after seeing Rebecca begin to panic even more, going back to help them. Paige notes that they need to push through a tight cluster of walkers in order to reach the woods, and asks Clementine to draw a nearby walker's attention for her. Clementine successfully draws the attention of the nearby walker, as Paige sneaks up behind it and removes its jaw, preventing it from biting them. Paige uses the walker as a 'cow-catcher,' pushing through the herd and knocking various walkers out of the way as Rebecca and Clementine follow behind her. The three manage to successfully escape into the forest undetected, as the herd continues to swarm and overrun Howe's.
===="Chapter 81"====
As the day breaks, Clementine, Paige, and Rebecca are seen walking through the forest, heading towards Parker's Run, the civil war site they previously agreed upon as their meeting spot. As they continue walking, Rebecca begins to lag behind. Clementine, concerned for her well-being, asks Rebecca how she is doing, and she tells her that the pregnancy is beginning to increasingly drain her energy. Paige asks her if she wants to stop and rest, but Rebecca says she can keep going. Rebecca thanks Paige for saving them back at Howe's Hardware, but begins to voice second thoughts regarding the escape plan, citing the death of Carlos and Bonnie and the separation of the group, claiming that they should have come up with a better plan. Paige tells her that the plan worked in the end, to Rebecca's dismay. The two decide to drop the argument, and Paige persists for them to keep moving forward. Rebecca suffers yet another contraction, and Paige tells Rebecca to stop and rest for a minute. Rebecca quietly sobs to herself, overwhelmed by her condition and the state they are in. She tells Clementine and Paige that Alvin should have been here for this and regrets not telling him that she loved him before he had died. A conversation about Rebecca's baby ensues, and when Paige makes an offhand comment about what she will do with the baby, Rebecca takes personal offense to the statement. Paige apologizes for her insinuation and offers her hand to help Rebecca up. Paige tells them they should keep going to the war site. Meanwhile, somewhere in the woods near a somewhat fortified mobile home park, Mahiru shoots a few walkers with her arrows and searches the area. She retrieves her arrows and cleans them off before noticing a pair of glasses on the ground. Upon closer inspection, Mahiru figures out these are Sarah's glasses. Before she has time to react to it, she hears the sound of screams belonging to Sarah. Mahiru immediately turns back around and runs to the trailer park, managing to get inside through a tear in the wired fence. After entering the park, she discovers several walkers lurking around. Mahiru quickly dispatches them and moves onward where she hears Sarah screaming again and discovers that the trailer her screams are coming from is surrounded by walkers. Mahiru decides to use the horn of a nearby car to distract the walkers. She drags a walker corpse to the vehicle and leaves it on top of the steering wheel, creating the monotonous horn sound which manages to successfully attract the walkers away from the trailer. Mahiru manages to reach the outside of Sarah's trailer, but discovers the door is locked. It turns out that the walker that was left on the steering wheel has now fallen off, resulting in the horn being silenced and the walkers beginning to return to the trailer in which Sarah is screaming. Running out of time, Mahiru attempts to open the door. As they draw closer, Mahiru eventually manages to break open the door by kicking it down, and once inside, she immediately pulls over furniture to block the door from walkers. The door inside one of the rooms opens and Sarita exits the room. Sarita exclaims how happy she is to see her and was worried she wouldn't find anyone else. Mahiru questions her on the screams she heard, adding they sounded like Sarah. Sarita confirms that they were Sarah and tells her to follow her into the other room. Inside, Sarah is huddled in the corner of a room in shock, presumably over her father's death. Sarita tells Mahiru that she followed her here after she ran off and has been trying to get her to move, to no avail. Sarita says the trailer park was abandoned until Sarah ran through and started screaming, which has been slowly drawing more walkers in. She states that she has been trying to calm her down and talk her through it, but she's in too much of a shock to respond. Not long after, the trailer is soon swarmed by walkers. Sarita notes that the only exit is now a skylight. Walkers begin to break the main door down, and Mahiru rushes to block it, asking for Sarita's help in doing so. Mahiru asks her if there's anything in the mobile home she saw they could use to access the skylight, and Sarita unenthusiastically mentions that the only thing she knows they could use is what they're using to block the door. Mahiru tells her to get behind it and start pushing it into the other room and she'll hold the door herself. As Sarita pushes the furniture into the room, the walkers break down the door and Mahiru begins to try fighting them off, telling Sarita to get Sarah out quickly. Sarita goes to Sarah and begs for her to listen, telling her they need to get out through the skylight. Sarah calmly tells her she wants to wait for her dad. Sarita pleads for Sarah to listen to her, but Sarah refuses to look. Sarita gets fed up with Sarah not listening and gives her a slight slap across her face, telling her to move or they'll all die. This action manages to snap Sarah out of it and Sarah gets up on the furniture as Sarita boosts her up to the roof through the skylight. Sarita calls to Mahiru to hurry, but Mahiru is quickly getting cornered by the walkers coming in. Sarita grabs a broken cupboard door and goes in to help Mahiru by slamming through the walkers with the cupboard door like a battering ram. Mahiru dispatches a few that were near her and the two women run into the room, with Mahiru unknowingly dropping her bow. Sarita tells Mahiru to go first and gives her a boost up. Once Mahiru gets herself on top of the roof, she looks back down to see Sarita is gone. Sarita suddenly screams and comes back into Mahiru's view, saying she retrieved her bow. Mahiru reaches down to grab Sarita's hands and successfully manages to pull her up. As walkers fill the room below, Sarita hands Mahiru her bow, which Mahiru thanks her for as well as coming to save her. Sarita apologizes to Sarah for slapping her and asks her if she's ready to leave. Sarah doesn't speak but nods her head 'yes'. Mahiru reaches into her pocket and hands Sarah her glasses. After she puts them on, they carefully get down from the trailer's roof and leave the area.
===="Chapter 82"====
Paige, Rebecca, and Clementine finally reach Parker's Run and are delighted to find Kenny, Omid, and Javier waiting for them. Kenny hugs Clementine and asks if she's alright. Omid and Javier discuss the fact that everyone else has yet to arrive at the meeting place, and they have only been at the site for a few hours. Paige volunteers to start a search party to look for the rest of the group, which Clementine and Rebecca approve highly of. Before they can discuss further who goes with the search party, Sandy, Luke, and Ryder emerge from the woods toward the war site, soon followed by Mahiru, Sarita, and Sarah from the other side. Kenny runs to hug Sarita, while Paige, Mahiru, and Ryder hug each other. Sandy goes to hug Clementine as well, saying she's sorry she wasn't able to stick with her in the horde, but Clementine tells her it wasn't her fault they got separated. Rebecca tears up from happiness that everyone is okay, but notices that Nick isn't here yet and asks if they should still go search for him. Sandy, Luke, and Ryder's faces immediately sink, and Luke informs everyone that Nick died. Rebecca cries upon hearing the news and is comforted by Luke and Paige. Sarah goes to sit near a statue by herself with Clementine asking her if she's okay. Sarah tells her that she isn't with a solemn expression and sits down. Paige informs Luke that Rebecca's pregnancy is progressing fast and that it might not be long until she gives birth. The group discusses plans of settling in Parker's Run temporarily before deciding what to do next. Omid mentions a place called Wellington in Ohio, a place he, Sandy, and Clementine were discussing when they were traveling together. Kenny chimes in and says he and Sarita had heard about it too and believes they should go there. Javier, however, believes that Wellington is nothing more than a myth of a settlement that once was and counters it with a settlement he knows does exist in Virginia. Kenny is unsure about it and asks him why he's sure the settlement in Virginia is real. Javier tells him back at Howe's, he overheard one of the workers talking about receiving radio signals from Virginia of a settlement. Sandy states that Virginia is a big state and that a settlement there doesn't narrow down its location. Omid backs up Javier's information by saying he heard about the radio signal coming from somewhere in Richmond, Virginia. Luke believes Richmond might be the better option, due to the extreme cold further north in Ohio, especially if they go on foot. Kenny says they could go to either if they find a vehicle, stating he can repair one if it's in decent condition. While everyone continues to discuss this, Sarita wanders off by herself, seemingly upset. Mahiru notices her and goes over to check on her. Sarita tells her that she's okay and just wanted to take a step back and process things. Before Mahiru walks off, she notices Sarita's sleeve is bloody. She questions her and asks if she hurt herself on something. Sarita is surprised by her asking and looks off into the field. Sarita sighs and rolls up her sleeve to reveal a bite mark on her arm.
===="Chapter 83"====
Mahiru is horrified upon discovering Sarita's bite mark on her arm. She immediately questions her about how and when it happened. Sarita tells her when she retrieved her bow, one grabbed her and bit into her arm, and she decided to hide it so Sarah wouldn't be scared. Mahiru apologizes and blames herself for being careless, but Sarita assures her she had nothing to do with it and that it was her own fault for being too careless. Mahiru immediately suggests they amputate her arm, but Sarita turns down the suggestion, noting that it's been a few hours already since she had been bitten. Mahiru tells her that it's possible she still has time left to amputate and be saved. Kenny rushes over, having noticed Sarita's bloody arm, and frantically asks her what happened to her arm. Everyone takes notice of Kenny's raised voice and gathers around to see what has happened. Sarita calmly tells Kenny that she was bitten while trying to help Mahiru and Sarah. Kenny holds her arm and tells her she'll be okay and they just need to clean it up. Sandy reminds Kenny that a bite cannot be healed, only for Kenny to angrily tell her to stay out of it. Luke and Paige agree with Sandy that Sarita won't be okay. Omid mentions that Clementine has a hatchet with her and they could use it to amputate her arm. Kenny goes to Clementine and asks her for her hatchet, which Sarita exclaims that she doesn't want to amputate her arm. She adds that even if she did, it's far too late to do anything about it. Kenny nervously paces before turning his attention to Mahiru, who he verbally assaults, saying it's her fault that Sarita was bitten. Mahiru defends herself, saying she tried to protect both Sarita and Sarah. Paige and Ryder stand with Mahiru, saying that she wouldn't let someone get hurt if she could help it. As Kenny's anger gets worse, Luke advises him to calm down. Kenny grabs Luke by his shirt and tells him to mind his own business before he gets "his ass kicked." Javier steps into the mix, telling Kenny to calm down. As everyone starts arguing, Sarita yells out for everyone to stop. Sarita then states that she does not regret what happened and would do it again if she were placed in that situation again. Sarita says that everyone here is a family now and family always looks out for and takes care of each other. As she lowers her voice, she begs for everyone not to fight over this, especially Kenny, before wiping away a trickle of sweat on her forehead. Rebecca tells her to come and join her on the bench and sit to save her strength, while everyone processes what Sarita has said. Kenny walks off to stare into the field in a daze. After a short rest, Omid talks to the group about an observation deck behind the war site that he noticed had several walkers shambling around it and that it might have some supplies inside it since it has a tourist shop connected to it. Javier also notes that a history museum was close to the war site as well. Luke states that a few people each can go check out both locations to see if they have anything they could use. Sandy volunteers to go to the observation deck and clear out the walkers, with Clementine asking to go with her to help her. Sandy allows her to go but tells Clementine to do exactly what she tells her to do, which Clementine agrees to. Javier says he'll go to the museum to check it out. Omid volunteers to go with him, along with Paige. Luke decides he'll stay and keep an eye out, noting that he needs to recover a bit himself from the beating he had previously taken anyway. Mahiru says she'll stay at the site and help keep a lookout with Luke. Omid looks over at Sarita, who is sitting on the bench talking to Rebecca, and asks what they should do when Sarita starts to get worse. "Then we'll handle it how she wants us to," Paige says, continuing that Sarita should have a say in what she wants to do and they'll have to wait until the time comes. After the discussion, everyone heads off to their own priorities.
===="Chapter 84"====
At the war site, Kenny talks to Sarita about her decision and says he understands it, but just doesn't want to lose her. Sarita assures him that she won't be fully gone and she'll always be watching out for him. Rebecca attempts to talk to Sarah, who tells Rebecca that she just wants her dad to come back soon. Rebecca doesn't remind her of his death and simply agrees with her to keep her calm. Luke winces in pain as he sits down to rest for a moment. Mahiru goes over to him and says she can handle keeping watch by herself if he wants to rest longer, but Luke tells her that he's only resting for a short moment. Mahiru insists that he takes a break and walks off before he can disagree. At the Civil War museum, Omid, Javier, and Paige search the building in search of supplies, but have difficulty finding anything useful. Omid gets distracted by some of the plagues and monuments inside the museum. Javier jokingly pokes fun at Omid for claiming he isn't interested in Civil War history anymore, but Omid shrugs it off with disdain. Paige calls over Omid and Javier, saying she sees water barrels behind a locked door. Paige attempts to open the window gate into the room, but it opens halfway. Omid reaches his hand in to try and grab the doorknob, however, he has difficulty in reaching it. Omid leans further into the window gate and finally reaches the doorknob to unlock the door when he's suddenly grabbed by a walker that is trapped in the locked room. Paige grabs Omid's arm to try and pull him away from the walker as Javier attempts to kick the door in. Javier manages to kick open the door and rams into the walker before it can bite Omid. Paige enters the room and kills the walker as Javier pins it down. Javier grabs the water barrels, and as they head outside, Paige notices a raccoon. The trio suggests capturing it and eating it for later. After trying to capture it, the raccoon heads outside where it is revealed to have a family, and Javier expresses he's not disappointed that they failed to catch it, since it has a family. The three then head back to Parker's Run with the water barrels. While walking to the observation deck, Sandy says how she is not sure if staying at the war site is the best idea given how open and defenseless it is, but Clementine thinks that it's safe enough to rest for a few days. Sandy mentions to Clementine that she has to be smart and logical, even in the safest situations. Sandy reveals to Clementine that her parents used to take her and Meg to places like this when they were kids, especially during the Summer. Once they get to the observation deck, they notice several walkers lurking around the area. Sandy tells Clementine they'll have to be quiet and smart about how they take them out. Sandy tells Clementine that she saw her struggling to use the hatchet Luke had given her and instead gives her a scratch awl. Sandy states she had taken it from Howe's and calls it a more agile weapon that won't get stuck as much as the hatchet. They start walking closer to two walkers. Clementine kills one of them, and Sandy attacks the other, while also demonstrating a new tactic to Clementine; to kick the walkers in the knees and then stab them in the back of the head. They press onward and discover two more walkers blocking the way to the stairs. Clementine manages to take care of this walker while Sandy finishes off the rest of them. A third walker appears, surprising Clementine, however, Clementine uses the new tactic Sandy had shown her and kills it, to which Sandy is pleasantly surprised and merits her use of the tactic. At the top, they discover an ideal safe location for Rebecca to give birth, however, it is locked under a padlock and will take some time to open. As Sandy attempts to pick the lock, she instructs Clementine to use the binoculars to search around for anything interesting. As Clementine searches the area, she sees nothing worth pointing out, until she turns around from the binoculars and notices a stranger approaching the observation deck from afar, and this forces the two to hide. The man climbs to the top and attempts to stuff a bag into a garbage bin, but Clementine startles him by talking to him. The man reacts with nervous hostility and points his gun at her, saying he will not hesitate to shoot her. As Clementine begins talking to him, Sandy sneaks up behind him and disarms him, forcing him to drop his bag. The man reveals his name to be Arvo, and Clementine discovers the bag to be filled with medical supplies. Sandy questions him on where he got that medicine and why he was stashing it away. Arvo reveals he has a sister who is sick and he was hiding the medicine for safekeeping so he could give it to her when she needed it. Sandy, however, does not believe his story and believes he is a drug addict that is hoarding supplies away from people who may need them more and urges Clementine to hand her the bag. Arvo begs Clementine not to take the medicine, but she hands the bag to Sandy. Sandy drops the bag behind her, grabs Arvo, and places the gun to his head. She threatens him not to ever come back to this area again or she'll do worse to him than kill him, before sending him away. As he disappears into the woods, Sandy momentarily regrets her actions, noticing that he was "just a kid." Clementine tells her that they need the medicine not just for themselves but for the others too. Sandy agrees and says Rebecca will need it for the birth, as well as Kenny and Luke for their own injuries. Ryder arrives shortly after, saying he heard yelling and was concerned something had happened, but Sandy tells him that they were just taking care of some walkers, before returning her attention to the lock. Sandy tells Clementine to take the bag back to the others, mentioning to Ryder they found a lot of medicine in that bag. As Clementine leaves, Ryder asks her if she needs help with the lock, which she allows him to help her with. Ryder asks her how she's been doing since they left Howe's. Sandy says she hasn't had time to ask herself that question or to feel much of anything, stating she wishes she could feel something else for one moment. Ryder gets the lock off, and opens the door, revealing not a lot of anything inside. Ryder says this room could be a good spot to hold up in at night instead of sitting around in the open. Sandy walks around before she stops in front of Ryder. Sandy questions him if he felt the same way she did, about wanting to experience something else. Ryder is unsure of what she means but agrees that he would like to. Sandy propositions they could both experience something different for a change, hinting at sex. Once Ryder realizes her intentions, he reveals that he would be very interested and had an interest in her before she mentioned this. Sandy quickly kisses him, and both of them begin taking off each other's clothes.
===="Chapter 85"====
After getting dressed, Ryder states that this is the first time he's felt human since the start of the apocalypse. Sandy agrees that it was fun, before she changes the subject that they should go inform everyone about the room here to hold up in for the night. Ryder asks her if she would ever want to do it again, also questioning where they stand with each other. Sandy doesn't understand what their relationship is right now. Ryder tells her that he would like to try an actual relationship that isn't strictly sexual. Sandy is unsure about the idea, saying that any of them could die at any time, and if it were to be him, she wouldn't want to face the heartache, referencing Kenny and Sarita. Ryder is disappointed with her outlook and tells her that it's not good to live in fear of the what-ifs, instead of enjoying what's going on now. Ryder ends this by telling her he respects her decision and to let him know if she decides what she feels and walks down the stairs from the observation deck. Clementine brings the bag of medical supplies back to the rest of the group, with Luke questioning her how they managed to find all of it. Remembering Sandy not mentioning how they obtained the bag to Ryder, she says they had found it in the observation deck and also says it has a gate they could close for shelter during the night. Luke is glad to hear about the success of the exploration and says Omid, Paige, and Javier just got back with water barrels from the museum. Kenny talks with Rebecca about how she's doing, and she states that she's experiencing severe pain, but she's doing okay for now. Clementine overhears their conversation and goes over to tell them both about the medicine, and asks if there might be something in there for Rebecca. Mahiru examines the bag and confirms there are painkillers, antibiotics, opium, oxycodone, and several other medicines. Paige calls Kenny over to come take a few of the antibiotics for his injury, while Luke takes a few painkillers for his own injuries. Kenny praises Clementine on their find and asks where Sandy is. Clementine tells him and the rest about the observation deck and that Sandy is trying to get it open. Loud coughing emits from a tent, and Kenny immediately runs over to it. Luke tells Clementine that Sarita is getting sicker and is laying down in the tent. Sandy and Ryder arrive back at the war site, with Sandy informing everyone the lock is off and they can move to the observation deck whenever everyone is ready. Luke tells her about Sarita's condition and that she most likely doesn't have much time left. Inside the tent, Sarita thanks Kenny for being there with her, which he tells her is nothing to be thankful for as he would be there whether she wanted him to or not. Sarita asks Kenny to promise her to keep everyone together, once again telling him they're all family and need to watch out for each other. Kenny promises her before kissing her hands. Omid walks around guarding the perimeter with his rifle when Sandy comes over to him. Sandy says they never got a chance to even speak to each other since they all met up again. Omid agrees without much of a word. Sandy asks him what happened to him after they were separated. Omid explains what happened to him before being found by Carver's people as shortly as he can. Sandy becomes annoyed with his shortness and asks what his problem is, mentioning how he never once attempted to help any of them at Howe's only until it suited him in escaping. Omid tells her that nothing is wrong and he's sick of everyone asking him that and wishes people would leave him alone. Sandy stands there, contemplating, then follows him. "I know exactly what this whole thing is about." She says to him. Sandy believes he blames her and Clementine for Christa's death, or at the very least he blames Clementine for what happened. Omid angrily tells her not to bring up Christa. Sandy, however, pushes further, saying that Christa was her friend and she misses her too, but states that Clementine didn't cause her death or mean to do it, citing that she's a kid. Omid yells for her to leave him alone. Angered by his defiance, Sandy tells him to admit it. Omid throws his gun at one of the statues, causing it to fall and crumble. Omid breaks down and starts to cry, admitting that he does blame Clementine. Omid says that they all taught her not to leave her gun unattended, and believes had she not left it lying around Christa and their baby would still be alive and he would have been a father by now. He continues by saying he knows he shouldn't blame her, but he does, and he doesn't like that he does. Sandy, feeling bad for causing his breakdown, attempts to comfort him. Sandy asks Omid if she ever told him about how her sister died. Omid shakes his head and says he and Christa agreed not to ask out of respect, knowing it had a huge impact on her. Sandy sits next to him on the ground and tells Omid about Meg's past with drugs and how she helped her get clean and get a job. She tells him how they were on a road trip going home when it started in Atlanta. After they met Lee and everyone else, they settled at the motor inn, and eventually Meg got back into drugs because of an old friend of hers that was with their group. Sandy goes on by saying that they ended up having a huge fight when she found out she was using again and Meg had died later that night after accidentally overdosing herself. Sandy pauses for a moment and then says that for the longest time she blamed herself for what happened, believing that maybe if she had tried harder, she could have prevented it from happening, but eventually she realized that it was out of her control. Omid asks her why she's telling him her story now. Sandy states that they're both similar in how they blamed things that weren't in their control. Sandy tells him that she wouldn't think Christa would have blamed Clementine for what happened. Omid doesn't say anything to respond but contemplates what she said. Sandy gets up and says she's gonna help siphon some of the water from the barrels before she takes her leave.
===="Chapter 86"====
Everyone sits around the war site as Sarita's condition gets significantly worse while Kenny stays by her side in the tent. Javier questions if Kenny is going to be the one to do it. Luke believes Kenny said he would do it, but is unsure if he should do it. Sandy says Kenny wasn't able to put down his wife and son and believes that someone else should probably do it. Clementine asks Sarah if she wants to sit by them, but she says she wants to sit where she currently is. Sarah asks Clementine if she thinks it would have been better if they left her behind in the trailer park. Clementine tells her that no one would have left her behind. Sarah states that she believes it would have been better if she was left behind. Clementine walks back over to the group and Luke assures Clementine that Sarah will eventually come around. Rebecca yelps as she feels a sharp pain in her side. Clementine asks if she's okay and Rebecca tells her that she's a bit scared, but she's glad everyone is here to help, especially her. Rebecca says she's glad she met her and that she's a good kid, trusting she will be a good choice to help watch the baby. Paige and Mahiru stand on watch, and Mahiru tells Paige that she feels guilty about Sarita. Paige tells her it wasn't her fault and Sarita clearly does not blame her at all. Sandy goes to talk to Ryder, telling him she thought about it a bit more and says she wants to try a relationship after all. Ryder is happy to hear her decision and kisses her. Omid makes his way back around to the front, saying that there aren't any walkers around right now, but he thought he saw a few lurking in the woods and advises everyone not to make too much noise just in case. Luke gets up and offers to take point for Omid, but Omid tells him he should rest up more and he'll handle it. Clementine goes into the tent to see Sarita and Kenny. Sarita weakly speaks to Clementine, but Kenny tells her not to talk too much. Kenny asks her if she needs anything, and she tells him she wanted to see how they were both doing. As Kenny talks to her, he looks back down at Sarita to see she has passed away. Clementine asks Kenny if she wants to get someone to take care of Sarita for him, but Kenny pulls out his knife and stabs her through the head. "You know what it feels like to get beaten, almost to death? Peaceful. It feels peaceful. It was like I was floating away, watching the whole thing happen to me. And then I woke up again, and nothin's changed." Kenny says to Clementine as he laments about his losses. Clementine tells him that they all have suffered losses and tells him that she had to shoot Lee. Kenny apologizes and agrees that he shouldn't be feeling too sorry for himself, saying that Sarita was right when she said they were all family. "Oh shit, is that what I think it means?!" Luke yells out. Both Kenny and Clementine exit the tent to find Rebecca's water has broken and she is going into labor.
===="Chapter 87"====
After Rebecca's water breaks, Luke looks around at everyone, wondering what they should be doing next. Kenny speaks up and says that they have some time before the baby is born, but they'll need a few more things. Kenny says they have some water and medicine, but lack towels and other cloth that is necessary. Sandy says the visitor center on the observation deck didn't have anything that could be used. Rebecca asks for Mahiru and Ryder to help her sit, saying she feels a bit weak, which they oblige. Paige suggests going back to the museum and taking a few of the coats and other clothing from the displays to use. Javier says there were a few areas that they didn't search in the museum, due to finding the water barrels. Sandy volunteers to go and scope it out and search for the towels Kenny needs. Javier states that he'll go too in case she needs help. Clementine decides to go as well, followed by Omid at the last second. Kenny goes over to Rebecca to help her with basic childbirth knowledge. Mahiru asks him if he's had medical experience with babies, however, Kenny reveals he was only there to witness one with his wife but assures everyone he remembers every detail and can help Rebecca. Ryder examines the bag of medical supplies for things Rebecca could use. Ryder confesses he's clueless as to what the medicines are, but recognizes one of them that could help Rebecca with pain as the contractions get worse. Rebecca says she thinks she can handle it, but to keep them nearby in case she changes her mind. Mahiru asks Kenny if she can speak with him for a moment, and asks him if Sarita is dead. Kenny sadly tells her that she died, but he took care of her. Mahiru offers her condolences and says she owes her and asks Kenny's permission to dig a grave for her. Kenny agrees and says he can help, since Rebecca will not need his immediate assistance just yet. The supply group continues their way to the Civil War museum. Omid looks over at Clementine and attempts to say something to her, but changes his mind and keeps walking. Sandy asks Javier why they didn't search the whole building while they were there. Javier tells her the water barrels were pretty heavy and figured they wouldn't be sitting around Parker's Run for as long as they currently are. Omid says he remembered seeing a larger part of the museum blocked by vines that they could check out. Once they arrive, they go into the main area they had previously searched earlier. Sandy grabs a coat from one of the display cases and says they could use it as a blanket or Rebecca could wear it since it's getting colder. Javier awkwardly looks at the coat and is unsure if it would be a good idea, given its history. Sandy realizes what he means and says that maybe it could be used as a blanket instead, and they can ask Rebecca what she thinks before giving it to her. Omid walks down from the top of the stairs and says the door upstairs is completely blocked and they'll need to go around the building to find out what's on the other side. The group goes outside to try and clear the vines from the door. Clementine notices a van behind a few of them, but after examining it, Javier tells her the battery is dead and is most likely out of fuel as well. As everyone tries to pull away the overgrowth, Omid accidentally pushes open a door behind it and several walkers emerge from the inside. Everyone scrambles to try and dispatch the walkers. Javier gets pinned by a few walkers, but they're quickly taken out by both Clementine and Omid. Sandy finishes off a few before all of the walkers are taken care of. Sandy goes inside and sees several dead bodies, sleeping bags, tents, and miscellaneous things. Javier notes they could take some of the things here for Rebecca.
===="Chapter 88"====
Sandy, Clementine, Omid, and Javier return to Parker's Run with some of the things they found, while Kenny and Mahiru have finished burying Sarita. Rebecca apologizes to Kenny for his loss and says Sarita was a good person. Mahiru agrees and says Sarita saved her life. Kenny thanks them for their condolences, and goes to the others returning with the supplies to see what they brought back. Sandy says all they found were tents and a few blankets, but not much else. Luke walks over and says Rebecca's situation hasn't changed so far but believes it could any minute. Kenny states that Rebecca doesn't have much time until she gives birth and says they'll have to make do with what they got. Paige comes back from the deck and tells Kenny that it's secured and ready to go for when Rebecca is ready to move. As everyone disperses supplies around, Clementine looks around while Luke is on guard. He asks Clementine if there was any trouble at the museum, but she tells him that everything went okay. Luke then asks her what she thinks of Javier. Clementine says she likes him and thinks he's a nice guy. Luke agrees and says he's been a real asset since he joined. Luke talks about Nick and how he wishes he could have done something to save him. He then apologizes to Clementine for being too depressing, but she assures him he doesn't need to and she'll miss him too. Sarah gets up and walks to look at Sarita's grave. Ryder notices her as he finishes the makeshift cross and awkwardly greets her, not knowing how to talk to her in her current state. Sarah says she wanted to say goodbye to her, and Ryder says he can give her some space once he finishes the cross if she wants him to. Sarah says it's fine if he stays. Sandy walks to Rebecca and asks her if she thinks Sarah will be alright, noticing just how far gone she seems to be. Rebecca confides that she really isn't sure and says Sarah has always been a bit different from other kids in Howe's, and that Carlos had shielded her so much from everything outside the walls. She continues by saying she really doesn't know just how his death and everything else has affected her mental state. Sandy tells her they'll all just have to watch out for her and be there for her when she needs it. Before Rebecca continues to finish her sentence, she suddenly hunches forward in pain. Sandy grabs her to help her and Rebecca tells her she thinks it's time now, before screaming as the contractions start. Everyone runs over to Rebecca to help her up and get her to the observation deck, as several walkers begin to pour out of the forest.
===="Chapter 89"====
Rebecca begins screaming as the contractions get worse, attracting a herd of walkers nearby. The group quickly try to move Rebecca to the safer observation deck that Paige had prepared for Rebecca to give birth there. Sarah nervously warns everyone about the walkers approaching. Kenny tells everyone to get Rebecca to the deck and he'll hold them off. Clementine tells them that someone has to go help Kenny, which Ryder and Javier volunteer to help Kenny. As the three start killing a few of the walkers, Kenny begins severely beating a single walker over and over, grabbing Sandy's attention. Omid notices Sandy stopping and questions her why she stopped. Sandy tells him that she thinks Kenny might be slipping, pointing out what he's doing to that single walker. Omid assumes it may be just his aggression and he's taking it out on the walker, but tells her they need to go. At the observation deck, everyone gets Rebecca up the stairs and inside the visitor center, with Kenny, Ryder, and Javier right behind them. Mahiru fires a few arrows at the walkers getting closer to the stairs as Omid and Luke try closing the gate and locking it. Kenny sits with Rebecca to help her with the delivery and asks Clementine to stay and help him. Rebecca quickly demands the oxycodone pills they found in the medical bag to help alleviate the pain. The gate soon begins to crumble and everyone scrambles to try and keep it from falling apart while fighting off walkers. Sandy notices the display cannon sitting on the deck and asks Luke and Paige to help her push it towards the gate, however, to their horror, the increased weight of the cannon causes a portion of the deck to collapse underneath them, causing both Sarah and Mahiru to topple over, as well as several walkers. Luke manages to clasp Mahiru's arm, but Sarah is trapped on the ground underneath piles of rubble and is unable to escape. Paige rushes over to try and help Luke pull Mahiru up, but she suddenly lets go of his arm to try and save Sarah. Sandy provides cover by firing at the walkers getting too close to them while Mahiru tries to pull Sarah out of the wreckage. Finally, Mahiru manages to get Sarah out from under it and boosts her up to Luke and Paige, and safely pulls her back up. Mahiru kicks a walker charging towards her and ends up losing her footing, causing her to fall to the ground. Javier decides to jump down to fend off the walkers while Mahiru tries to get back up. Once they pull her up, they do the same with Javier. Rebecca continues screaming from giving birth, and the peace does not last when Omid quickly notices that the walkers are using the collapsed deck to climb up towards them. Sandy suggests that they need to collapse the rest of the deck to keep them from coming back up. Luke notes that they don't really have anything to cut through the metal cable connecting the deck. Omid mentions that Clementine still does have that hatchet, but Sandy tells her that she gave Clementine a different weapon to use instead of it. Paige runs into the visitor center and brings out the same hatchet, saying she found it and placed it there. Javier suggests someone can get on his shoulders to cut them down. Sandy tells Omid he should do it, since he's the lightest and Clementine is unavailable right now. Omid annoyingly compares this situation to the time when Lee made him cut through the tanker. Javier gives Omid a boost on his shoulders and cuts through the cable, causing the remainder of the deck to collapse and crush the walker herd. The group quickly scurry and return to Rebecca, only to discover the lifeless baby in Kenny's hands. Everyone is saddened and disappointed, especially Rebecca. However, as the child seems lost, it begins to cough and breathe, and so the group retire for the night within the observation deck.
===="Chapter 90"====
As the night begins to fall, Luke and Javier walk around what's left of the deck to make sure everything is safe. Rebecca holds Alvin Jr. in her arms as Clementine wakes from a nap. Rebecca talks to her about how happy she is to hold her son and asks Clementine if she wants to hold him, saying that she's family. Clementine holds him and she tells Rebecca that he looks like Alvin, which she is relieved to hear. Sandy grabs the Confederate coat that was found at the museum and asks Rebecca if she would want to use it as a blanket or to wear to keep warm, which Rebecca happily takes. Omid stands in the corner looking at the baby with a disappointed look on his face. After Clementine hands AJ back to Rebecca, she looks at Omid and asks him if he wants to come see the baby. He politely thanks her for asking, but says he shouldn't. Sandy whispers to Rebecca that his girlfriend was killed while she was pregnant with their child. Rebecca regrets asking him, but she tells him that if he ever wanted to hold him to just let her know and he's welcome to. Omid smiles and thanks her again. Kenny comes over to check on them and offers to take AJ for a little while so Rebecca can get some sleep. Rebecca says he should get some sleep too, and asks when the last time was he got some rest. Kenny jokes and says it's been about two years since he's slept, but assures her he'll keep AJ safe and warm while she sleeps. Sandy sits next to Ryder who is attempting to get some sleep. Ryder comments on what an intense day it was and puts his arm around her, adding that they've earned some rest. Sandy rests her head on his shoulder and agrees. Sarah stands outside with Luke and Javier just as Paige and Mahiru arrive back from downstairs the observation deck's first story. Paige says there's nothing left downstairs, but there were no walkers and it's protected from the ones lurking outside. Mahiru adds that if it gets too cold, they could move everyone down there as well. Kenny joins them outside and talks to them about what their next move should be. Luke says they should stay at the observation deck for a few days so Rebecca can get her strength back, then start moving toward Richmond. Kenny disagrees, however, believing they should leave first thing in the morning. Mahiru argues that Rebecca is in no condition to be moving around right now and she needs to rest. Javier agrees with Luke and Mahiru, reminding Kenny that they have enough time with the supplies they do have. Kenny is adamant about waiting around and believes they need to move before it starts to get worse with the weather. Clementine comes outside and stands next to Sarah, as she looks on at the adults. Sarah asks Clementine why everyone keeps fighting with each other, saying that she's tired of people fighting and just wants to go back home to the cabin. Clementine says nothing as Sarah walks back into the visitor center with the rest. Sandy, Ryder, and Omid come out shortly after, hearing Kenny arguing with Luke, Mahiru, and Javier in regards to what they do. Paige believes that Kenny has a point in wanting to move out soon, clarifying that once it starts to snow, it'll be even worse on Rebecca even if she does rest up for a few days. Sandy and Omid are both unsure of what to think, while Ryder believes it would be best to stay a few days. Kenny once again tells everyone that they need to keep going before the snow starts. After some deliberating, the group decides to start making their way to Richmond first thing in the morning and go back inside to get some rest.
===="Chapter 91"====
The following two days after, the group makes their way through snow-covered ground in Virginia. Kenny believes that they'll eventually have to find something they can use so they won't have to walk all the way. Luke is incredibly dismissive of Kenny's plan to leave and argues that they should have stayed, saying they're running out of food and Rebecca is getting worse. Rebecca tells him that she's fine, but Paige disagrees, saying she's paler than she was yesterday and agrees that staying probably would have been best after all. Kenny is irritated by the lack of enthusiasm for trying to get to Richmond. Sandy tells him it won't do them any good if they end up freezing to death before they get close to it. Sandy further adds that they should stop for a minute so Rebecca can rest a bit, but she assures Sandy that she's fine and can keep going. Clementine walks with Sarah, while listening to the adults argue about their situation. Javier suggests finding a place to settle in and split the group up to go search for supplies or a vehicle while another stays behind with Rebecca and AJ. Luke and Ryder agree with the idea, but Kenny says that the idea of sitting around is stupid and that it'll start snowing even worse the longer they wait. Mahiru says they have a long way to go before they get there and they can't just keep walking without stopping. Omid agrees that taking a break to find a place to lay low is the best course of action. Rebecca suddenly loses her footing and collapses, halting their travel as she rests on a car tire. Kenny asks her how long she might need so they can keep going, which angers Sandy and Luke intensely, who begin arguing with Kenny over his reckless ideas. As Sandy, Kenny, and Luke persist arguing over the decision to keep going or not, the man, Arvo, that Sandy and Clementine met earlier arrives. Everyone goes silent as he slowly makes his way over to them. Omid asks him what he's doing here and what he wanted. Arvo asks if this is everyone in their group, and recounts how Sandy and Clementine had stolen the medicine from him. Luke questions what he means and Sandy reveals she told Clementine to take the bag from him because they needed it more. Arvo says that his sister needed that medicine too. Arvo raises his hand up and a few people come out from the woods with guns. One of them being Arvo's sister, Natasha. Clementine asks Arvo what he's doing, and Arvo informs them all that they are going to take what they have to repay him for stealing and they should consider themselves lucky that they followed them for this purpose only. Everyone readies their weapons as the other group show signs of hostility. Kenny threatens them to leave before he kills them all, with one of the other members gloating at his threat and dares him to try. The groups begin to argue on top of each other, either by threatening or attempting to talk each other down, and Clementine looks over at Rebecca, who is slumped over on the car tire when she starts to move again. Clementine continues to stare at her as everyone argues and is horrified to discover that Rebecca has died and is reanimating into a walker with AJ in her arms. Clementine raises her gun and promptly shoots the zombified Rebecca. The gunshot startles everyone and other gunshots begin firing.
===Season 8: Fear The Stalkers===
===="Chapter 92"====
The episode begins with the group and Arvo's group engaging each other in a gunfight. Clementine falls to the ground, dazed. Clementine looks around and sees Javier shot in the shoulder, who retreats to cover with Paige, Mahiru, Ryder, and Sarah. Arvo is seen trying to help his sister Natasha, who has been shot in the chest. She tells him to leave and save himself before she dies. Wilson, Sandy, and Kenny fire at each other while Brick, shot in the leg, fires at Luke and Omid, who are hiding behind a rock wall. Clementine then spots the baby laying and crying on the ground beside the corpse of his mother Rebecca, with bullets ricocheting off the ground extremely close to him. Clementine crawls toward the baby, but halts when she is almost shot by a stray bullet. Luke shouts at Clementine to get behind cover, as she is out in the open. However, Clementine races towards the baby, grabbing him and running back to Luke and Omid without being harmed. Luke says he didn't see the baby on the ground and thanks Clementine. Omid tells them that they can't just sit behind the wall and wait until the other group runs out of ammo. Luke tells Omid that if he can get to the side of the wall, he could get a good angle on the one that had been shot in the leg. Luke asks Omid to cover him while he runs to the other wall, to which he agrees. As Luke makes his way out, Omid fires at the remaining hostiles, however, Wilson comes out of cover and manages to shoot Luke in the leg as he runs behind the other wall. Luke falls but manages to shoot Brick in the head before he gets himself behind cover. As the remaining hostile continues to fire upon him, Kenny, surveying the area, notices a panicked Arvo hunched over his dead sister. In order to coerce Wilson out of cover, Kenny takes Arvo hostage, threatening to shoot him if Wilson does not comply. Wilson hesitantly stands and aims at Kenny, continuing to mutter threats towards him. In the midst of the stand-off, Natasha reanimates as a walker, as Arvo desperately attempts to escape Kenny's grasp to help her, not realizing she had reanimated. The now zombified Natasha begins to crawl towards Clementine before the child shoots her in the head. Arvo, in despair at seeing his sister shot by Clementine, finally manages to break free from Kenny's clutches and runs to his sister's corpse, breaking down in tears before glaring at Clementine. Wilson now fires at the vulnerable Kenny, who dives to the ground just in time to avoid the gunfire. Wilson then tries to approach Kenny to execute him, but he's suddenly tackled to the ground by Javier who manages to knock the gun out of his hand. Wilson curses at him and pulls out a knife and tries to attack Javier with it, but only manages to barely cut him before Javier grabs the knife and plunges it into Wilson's chest. The rest of the group slowly emerges from cover, while Sarah frantically panics to herself, calling out for her dad. Mahiru attempts to calm her down, but she tunes her out. The group then gather around Rebecca's body, mourning her loss and promising to take care of her baby. Kenny, visibly irritated, walks over to Arvo and begins to hit him, but is stopped by Luke and Javier. Luke and Javier defend Arvo from Kenny, claiming that he is no longer a threat to them, to which Kenny disagrees, before pulling out his gun and angrily telling Javier to move out of the way. Sandy and Paige believe that Arvo still could be dangerous, but beating him to death isn't the right way to go about it. Sandy further adds that they should just knock him out and leave him here. Arvo condemns Sandy, calling her a murderer for shooting her sister. Sandy argues back that they attacked them. Kenny indicates his reaction as reason enough to execute him. As the group converses, Arvo tells the group that he has food and shelter and that he can take them there. Eventually, the argument is defused, and Kenny begrudgingly agrees to follow Arvo to shelter. Clementine goes over to Sarah to talk her out of her manic episode and to focus on what they need to do. Sarah snaps out of it and gets up without a word. Ryder questions if they should attempt to bury Rebecca, but Kenny says they don't have the time nor do they have any tools to help. Ryder decides to lay her body on the ground instead of letting her body stay slumped against the tire.
===="Chapter 93"====
On their way forward to the location Arvo had mentioned, Sandy talks with Clementine about her increasing concerns for Kenny's mental state. Sandy claims that Clementine is the only person in the group that Kenny truly trusts and that she will have to be the one to pull him back from this state if he continues to go down it. Clementine says she'll try. As the group continues on, Luke's leg gives out, which he claims is due to him putting too much weight on it. The group all agree to stop for a short while, but Arvo, seemingly lost in his thoughts, doesn't hear Kenny telling him to stop. Enraged once more, Kenny throws Arvo to the ground and continues to threaten him. Once again, Javier interrupts this argument and halts the conflict. Paige then gives Ryder the baby to look after while she helps tend to Luke's leg wound. After Paige has a short conversation with Luke about his and others' tendencies to get into fights, she asks Omid to keep pressure on Luke's wound while she goes to grab some bandages. Luke, now alone with Omid, proceeds to express heavy guilt regarding the rest of the cabin survivors, expressing disbelief that he and Sarah are the only ones left, and believing that the others had died in vain. Omid silents in silence for a moment before assuring him that he couldn't have done anything for his friends, but he insists that he could have done more for the group, and has to live with his decisions. Omid tells him that he can't live in the past and confides that for a long time he kept living in the past but is slowly starting to look more to the future and he should do the same. Paige eventually returns with a bandage for Luke. Mahiru comes over with some antibiotics and insists that Luke should take a few in case an infection sets in. Sandy sits next to Ryder, who is comforting the baby. Sandy says he looks good with a baby in his arms. He laughs and says he's gonna adopt him. Ryder expresses his disbelief over everything that happened and is relieved that they were able to fend off Arvo's group. Sandy agrees and states that she wishes they had stayed behind at the observation deck for a few days, and maybe Rebecca would have still been alive. Ryder believes that Rebecca lost too much blood and the cold wasn't helping her in the first place. Ryder then asks her if she wants to hold him, but Sandy declines, saying she's not familiar with babies. Sandy looks over at Kenny and asks Ryder if he thinks Kenny might be dangerous. Ryder thinks that Kenny is overcome with a lot of grief right now, but believes his treatment of Arvo is becoming a bit unnecessary. Sandy tells him that his bandage needs to be cleaned, but is hesitant on doing it herself. Ryder looks over at Clementine, who is sitting next to Sarah, and calls her over. Ryder asks Clementine if she could change Kenny's bandage and clean it, saying there is rubbing alcohol in the bag. Clementine agrees to do so and goes to grab the medicine. Heading over to Kenny, the two discuss possible names for the baby, before ultimately agreeing on Alvin Jr., Kenny then notices the bottle of alcohol in Clementine's hands, and assures her that he is fine, and doesn't need his wound cleaned or bandaged. After some coaxing, Clementine manages to convince him to change his bandages. She successfully manages to take off the old bandage, sterilize the wound, and attach a clean bandage, during which they talk further about how Alvin Jr, and Kenny's own guilt over the demise of Alvin and Rebecca. Kenny reveals that he feels partially responsible for Alvin's death. Kenny says he wants to make things right for Rebecca and Alvin. Clementine tells him that they need him to be strong. After getting cleaned up, the group decides to continue on to the supply house.
===="Chapter 94"====
With dusk approaching and the weather getting colder, the group stumbles across an abandoned power station, and Kenny asks Arvo if it is the shelter he is taking them to. Arvo exclaims that the shelter is a church that itself is a few hours away, a detail that irritates Kenny, who claims that Arvo has been lying to them. Omid believes that it might be a good place to rest up for the night, since it's protected by fences. Kenny hands AJ to Clementine, while he volunteers to go down and check it out. Omid and Paige then offer to go with him. While the three are exploring, Clementine calms down AJ, who starts crying. Mahiru compliments her on how well she's handling it and says that he seems to like her. Clementine says he's cute, and Mahiru tells her that most babies are pretty ugly when they're born. Javier chimes in agreeing and saying they look like "little aliens." Sandy is adjusting Luke's bandages. Luke thanks her for the help, and she says it's not a problem. Ryder asks him how his leg is doing, and Luke tells him that it's still hurting pretty bad, but he thinks he'll make it. Ryder reminds him to keep taking some painkillers to help. Luke disagrees and says that they're already getting a bit low on them now, but Ryder assures him to take them anyway. Soon after, Kenny, Omid, and Paige return and call the rest of the group to get settled at the station. The group later settle around a small fire, with Arvo tied up close by, and Sarah standing off on her own near the fence. Luke states that today is his birthday, which the group congratulates him on. Mahiru asks him how old he is and Luke tells her that he's been keeping up with the dates since it all started, and says that he is 27. Sandy reveals to him that he's four years older than her through the casual conversation. Luke confides in them that he feels much older than he is, and receives a humorous dismissal by Kenny, who is much older than he is. Javier takes out a special bottle of rum which he had been saving for a special occasion. Omid is surprised by the type of rum it is, saying that he never saw it while going through the alcoholic drinks back at Howe's. Javier jokingly states that he has his ways. Ryder says that Clementine ought to have a drink too, but Kenny says that she shouldn't. Sandy, however, tries to convince him to let her take a sip anyway, saying that she drank an entire bottle of tequila once when she was underage and turned out fine anyway, but Kenny is still adamant about it. Javier passes it to Luke and asks him to make a toast. Luke decides to toast the loved ones that the group has lost along the way, and to the hope that they may see them again one day. Afterward, Kenny volunteers to take the first watch with AJ, while Clementine tries to coax Sarah over to join them, but she still refuses. Paige believes that Sarah may just want some alone time to herself, noting that the gunfight seemed to have upset her even more than she was. Clementine decides to get up and walk over to Sarah to check on her and overhears Sarah talking to someone. Once she gets closer, she overhears Sarah having a conversation with her father. Clementine asks Sarah what she's doing, and Sarah dismisses what she was doing and said she was just standing around. Clementine asks her if she wants to join everyone by the fire, but Sarah says she wants to stay where she is and thanks her for asking. Clementine leaves her alone to rejoin the others and is immediately offered the bottle of rum by Sandy. Clementine coughs violently after drinking it, and says that it wasn't as bad as the whiskey she shared with Nick. Luke jokingly recalls hearing Nick mention that she took a sip of moonshine whiskey once. Sandy then notices Kenny was watching and shakes his head in disapproval. Sandy grabs the bottle back from Clementine to keep her out of trouble. She then gives Clementine the bottle to offer to Kenny, saying he needs it too. Clementine heads over to Kenny, and he lightly scolds her about that decision of drinking. He then apologizes for his harsh reactions to Clementine about the drink, before going on about Katjaa and Duck and that he didn't raise his son as he should have and that he wasn't always there when he needed him. He states that he used to believe that he enjoyed the time away from his family, but that he would do anything to have one more second with them. Kenny then vows that he won't make the same mistakes raising AJ, before asking Clementine to return to the fire. Clementine tells him that AJ might be cold, and he should relax for a second. Kenny gets up and decides to join the others by the fire again, with Clementine behind him. Luke starts talking about one time he and Nick got into a small bar fight with a group of guys. Luke says that it was sort of their fault in the first place, and they broke a few tables, and he had gotten his front tooth chipped by one of the bigger guys there. Ryder laughs, and asks what it was they were fighting with them about. Luke tells him it was about a sports team at the time, then it went into more self-degrading insults. Paige rolls her eyes and jokes about men. Mahiru states she's glad she doesn't have to deal with men in romance. Being on the topic of alcohol, Ryder questions Sandy about her first experience of drinking tequila, saying he was curious how and when she did it. The others agree that it sounds like she has an interesting story about it. Sandy tells them that when her parents were out to dinner, she snuck into their wine cabinet and opened a bottle of tequila, wanting to taste it after her mom told her not to. Clementine says that it sounded like she was a bad kid. Sandy laughs, and says she was, and in some way, still is. Sandy goes on by saying at the bottom of the bottle there were these "sugar crystals" and she got it in her head that she wanted to eat them, so she got the idea of smashing the bottle on her parent's dining room table. "The problem with glass when you're drunk... is they look a lot like sugar crystals." Sandy says to them. Luke confirms his suspicions and asks if she actually ate glass, and she says she did. Everyone laughs at the thought of her accidentally eating glass, to which she tells them all to "shut the fuck up" while laughing herself. She tells them that Meg came in and found her sitting on the ground, drunk and blood pouring out of her mouth. Sandy says that Meg called the paramedics and she had to get her stomach pumped, and she was grounded for weeks. Omid chuckles as he takes a swig of the rum. Kenny jokingly points out that this is the first time he's seen Omid smile or laugh in a long time. Omid shrugs and hands the bottle to Luke. Luke, while drinking some of the rum, says how long it's been since he's had a drink, remembering the last time he had one was with this girl back at Howe's, and it "ended up being a very nice night." Javier laughs and asks for some details about this "night," while Mahiru says they shouldn't be talking about that with Clementine around. Clementine says she knows what they're talking about, with Mahiru hoping she doesn't, while Sandy says she does, so she won't have to censor herself around her so much. Kenny mockingly asks her if this is what she calls "censoring" herself around her now. Curious, Ryder asks her if she does know what they're talking about, and Clementine assumes it is about "kissing." Sandy, Javier, Omid, and Ryder burst out laughing, thinking it's funny that she indeed has no clue what they're actually talking about. Luke lies, saying that she's right. Javier asks if he knew who the girl was, and Luke says it was actually Bonnie. He goes on saying they had dated for a bit but decided to break things off when he first mentioned to her about leaving Howe's. Once Sandy is handed the bottle again, she hands it to Kenny, saying that she noticed he never had a drink and urges him to just have one sip. Kenny indulges her and takes a sip, thanking her for it, but says that'll be enough for him, joking that he'll have to "drive them all home". Mahiru says it's nice that they're all just relaxing and having a good time for once, saying it's been a long time since she's seen this. Everyone else agrees, and Kenny says that once they get to Richmond, they'll have plenty more nights like this then. Kenny gets back up and says that he'll take the first watch while everyone else should get some sleep.
===="Chapter 95"====
By morning, the group continues on their way through the forest towards the shelter. Kenny, still bickering with Arvo, unknowingly walks past a walker lying dormant behind a rock, which gets up and attempts to attack him, sending both the walker and Kenny to the ground. Paige shoots the walker dead and saves Kenny, and Ryder expresses concern over the noise of the gunshot and the potential of drawing more walkers to their location. Luke says they should get moving, and not wait around to find out. Omid asks Arvo how much longer until they find his shelter, and Arvo tells him that it's not much further. After a short walk, Arvo leads them to the church. The church itself stands at the other end of a frozen lake, which the group is initially apprehensive to cross. Realizing that there are no nearby crossings, and at the insistence of Arvo that the ice is thick enough for them to cross over, the group decides to cross the lake, with Arvo volunteering to take the lead. Javier believes that it's pretty risky, citing the possible dangers if one of them falls through the ice. Sandy says that going across may be their only option, and suggests not huddling together, so it will be safer. Mahiru points out not to step on any dark spots in the ice, as it means it is thinner than the rest. Kenny and Javier go on ahead first with Arvo leading, with Javier holding onto AJ. Clementine and Sarah shortly follow them, with Sandy, Omid, Mahiru, and Ryder behind them. Luke and Paige then start making their way across. Soon after, a small group of walkers appears behind them, presumably drawn from the sound of the earlier gunshot, and the group notices them as they also begin to tread across the lake. As clusters of walkers begin to fall through the ice, the group pauses in panic. Arvo, seeing an opportunity while the group is distracted, begins to desperately run towards land, while an angered Kenny follows suit. Javier, noticing the scuffle, chases after the two, believing Kenny will hurt him. Arvo crosses a weak spot and plunges into the icy water, struggling to get back out. Kenny catches up to him and pulls him out, and the two, along with Javier holding the baby, make it to the other side. The remainder of the group, seeing that the rest have made it safely across, begin to continue along the ice. Clementine stays behind and urges Sarah to keep going while trying to make sure everyone else gets across safely. Omid and Mahiru make it past some of the uncertain patches of ice and soon join the rest on land. Clementine waits for everyone else to catch up and Sandy tells her she needs to go ahead and get across. However, they both hear the sound of ice cracking behind them, and turn to see Luke standing over a severely cracked patch of ice. Frozen in fear, Luke looks up at the two of them. Paige and Ryder carefully walk back over to try and guide Luke. Luke says he can make it and he just needs to go slow. Paige warns him of his leg and that he needs help and attempts to walk over to him until he tells her to stay back. After moving too swiftly, the ice begins to break, sending Luke's injured leg into the water. Paige, now excessively worried, calls out to him, but Luke continues to insist that he can pull himself out of the water. Sandy alerts them that the walkers are getting closer and that they need shoot the ones getting too close. Luke tries to pull his leg out slowly while Paige makes her way toward him. Ryder tells Paige that they need to wait and too much pressure on the ice will cause it to collapse, however, Paige tells him that she can't just stand there and not do anything. Sandy slowly makes her way closer to them as well, saying that in case something happens, they'll have to be close and act fast. Ryder pleads with her to be careful. Once Paige finally reaches Luke, the ice gives way and both of them fall into the freezing water. Sandy rushes over to the cracked ice to try and pull them both out, managing to grab Luke's hand. Ryder makes his way over and helps Sandy grab Luke, while Clementine continues to shoot the walkers. Luke lets go and says he needs to find Paige before diving under the water. Sandy attempts to go in the water as well to help, but Ryder holds her back. Luke comes back up from the water with Paige, and the two of them pull them back up. Sandy yells from across the lake to the others to get in that church and start a fire quickly, before Luke and Paige freeze to death.
===="Chapter 96"====
Kenny rams the doors to the church open, with Sandy exclaiming that they must get a fire started to prevent Luke and Paige from freezing to death. Sandy, Mahiru, and Ryder immediately scavenge around the church for materials to burn as Omid and Javier empty the fireplace in the back room. Clementine holds on to AJ as everyone quickly tries to find blankets for Luke and Paige. Javier expresses his disbelief at how bad things turned out. Kenny proceeds to angrily blame Arvo for the incident. Arvo, now pushed to his breaking point from all of the abuse, curses Kenny. Kenny violently rushes towards Arvo, beating him severely while roaring insults at the Russian. Sarah screams and runs out of the room, while Clementine and Javier tell Kenny to stop. Javier grabs Kenny to pull him away from Arvo, resulting in Kenny punching him in the face. Kenny reels back, shocked by what he did. Sandy, Mahiru, and Ryder return to the room with some firewood and a bag of supplies that Sandy is shown to be holding. Sandy reveals to everyone that Arvo wasn't lying about the supplies and chastises Kenny for beating him to near death. Kenny calls Sandy out for resorting to violence in the past with little consideration for the people she hurt or killed, which Sandy retorts by saying they were either trying to kill her or people she cared about and accuses Kenny of becoming unhinged, believing it's only a matter of time before he does something even worse. Omid whistles loudly to stop them from bickering and asks for some help in finding matches, a lighter, or something to ignite a spark in the fire. Ryder reaches into his pocket and pulls out a lighter, saying it belonged to his family. After the fire is successfully lit, Luke and Paige huddle around the fire, barely able to speak due to the extreme cold they are experiencing. Kenny then proceeds to tie Arvo up while everyone sits down to rest. Sarah walks back in, seemingly less upset than she was, and calmly says the church reminds her a bit of the cabin and wonders if they're going to stay here. Mahiru tells her they will for a bit at least.
===="Chapter 97"====
Upon waking up, Clementine sees Javier tending to Arvo's wounds and asking if he was alright, while Sandy joins her and offers her some food. Omid walks over to Javier and asks why he's bothering talking to him, considering he doesn't seem to want much to do with anyone. Javier tells him that he just feels sorry for him. Omid, however, believes they shouldn't offer him much sympathy since he and his group tried to rob them. Javier understands that Arvo is not completely innocent, but reminds him that Arvo is still just a kid. Omid states that kids don't get to be kids anymore and he should be treated like an adult. Sandy talks to Clementine about the events that happened and wonders if it was a good idea to follow Arvo to the church, noting that while they do have some supplies, it is limited and has nothing for AJ to eat. Clementine asks if he has anything left that he can eat, and Sandy informs her that there isn't much formula left and they'll need to figure out what to do next before they run out. The two of them then discuss Kenny, as Sandy argues that he is becoming a very clear and present threat to the group. She claims that he is going down a dark path, and draws parallels between him and Carver. She ominously states that while they may have known him for a long time, they'll have to decide how much it is worth in the very near future. AJ begins to cry and Clementine comforts him, giving him some baby formula. Kenny walks in from outside with a smile on his face. He tells everyone to come with him outside and that he discovered something really special. Once everyone gathers outside, Kenny shows them all a large van parked outside. He tells them that the van is in good condition and just needs tuning up and it should run. Ryder is extremely ecstatic about the van, pointing out that it'll have plenty of room for everyone to ride in comfort to Richmond. Luke and Paige walk outside, mostly recovered from their fall into the icy waters, and are enthusiastic about the discovery. Javier opens the back of the van and finds a few mattresses sitting in the back. Mahiru is skeptical about why there are mattresses in the back, but Kenny assures her that people were most likely living in here since there were a few empty food cans in there as well. Omid questions Kenny if he can fix it, and Kenny tells him that he used to work on cars a lot throughout his life and can certainly get it back running. Luke begins to shiver and says he needs to get back in by the fire for a bit longer. Kenny asks Luke to do him a favor and to lock Arvo in one of the rooms so he can't do anything, which annoys Javier. Omid instead volunteers to do it, telling Luke to just go in and sit by the fire. He also tells Paige she should do the same, but Paige says she's doing better now. Kenny tells everyone they should just go inside and rest up a bit while he tries to get the van working. Javier goes to Kenny and asks him about Arvo, which Kenny annoyingly states that they will leave him behind. Javier argues with Kenny, expressing concern over the possibility of him dying by himself, and that he knows the area and could be a potential help to them. No one else chimes in, realizing that Arvo may be an issue. Luke decides to speak up and agrees with Javier that it's cruel to just leave him by himself. Sandy says they could leave him one bottle of water and a can of food and let him fend for himself, adding that they would be giving him more of a chance than he or his former group would have given them. Omid suddenly returns and tells everyone that Arvo is gone and he can't find him. Kenny sarcastically asks Javier if he thinks Arvo is "just a kid" still before running back inside. Everyone draws their weapons in case Arvo is armed and waiting to ambush them, when Clementine notices that Sarah is not with them either. Realizing the stakes are higher now, everyone frantically starts to search for Arvo and Sarah. Mahiru searches the back hallways, opens the closet, and her face sinks in horror. Sarah is inside, holding a knife, covered in blood, sitting next to Arvo's dead body. "Don't worry. My dad said he couldn't be trusted so I took care of it." Sarah says to Mahiru.
===="Chapter 98"====
After the closet is cleaned out and Arvo's body is taken care of, the group is discussing what they're going to do with Sarah. When Mahiru says that she didn't even know what she did, she locked her away in a separate room. Sandy believes that Sarah's inability to recognize what she did makes her incredibly dangerous. Clementine speaks up and tells the group when they were resting at the power station, she overheard Sarah talking to Carlos, but stopped once she got closer to her. Mahiru confirms that Sarah did say that her dad told her to kill Arvo. Paige agrees that Sarah is incredibly dangerous if she's hearing the voice of her dad and coldly murdering someone without realizing it. Luke, who is attempting to protect Sarah, says she's just a kid, and Sandy emphasizes that she is a kid who doesn't understand murder. Omid says if this would have happened in the time when there were not walkers, she would have been placed in therapy for at least twenty years, and she maybe wouldn't even be cured. Ryder asks what Omid is suggesting, and he says "what needs to be done". Luke starts to yell and asks if they want to kill a little girl and Omid becomes silent. Javier asks Omid if he's serious, and Omid says he is. Paige agrees with Omid, adding that Sarah is a ticking time bomb and it's only a matter of time when "Carlos" wants her to kill someone else. Luke immediately yells that killing her isn't an option and suggests they just keep a close eye on her. Luke reminds everyone how much Sarah has been through and that she's still a kid. Sandy curtly mentions that she had to shoot her sister when she turned and never heard voices telling her to murder during her time of grief. Luke retorts that Sarah isn't like her. Kenny finally speaks up and apologizes to Luke, but he agrees with the idea of executing her. Kenny reminds him that they're gonna be confined in a tight space with her once he gets the van running and it would be a bad idea for everyone to sleep with one eye open around her, not to mention her being around AJ. Luke isn't going to listen to the conversation any longer and leaves. Javier breaks the silence asking if everyone thinks it's the right decision to make, agreeing with Luke that Sarah being a child makes it a lot harder to comprehend. Mahiru says that Sarah's age doesn't really matter, and they don't know when she's going to snap again. Omid then asks if there are any in the group who would be able to do the deed. Paige speaks up and says she could do it. Javier expresses his surprise with how quickly she volunteered, which she annoyingly says that someone has to do it. Kenny says they don't have to make a decision right away and they could rest on it. Ryder says he left some food in the room with Sarah and the door was locked behind him when he left, so they do have some time. Kenny leaves to continue working on the van and reminds everyone not to go near Sarah. As night falls, Sandy lies under a blanket in the corner of the church when Ryder comes to join her. Ryder tells her that the walkers that followed them to the frozen lake are gone and they haven't seen anymore all day. Sandy suddenly changes the topic to Sarah, about what they're going to do with her. Ryder is unsure of what to do and confides that he doesn't want to contribute to making the decision. Ryder realizes that she's dangerous and can't be around other people in her current condition, but isn't sure about killing her. Sandy understands his feelings and says it feels wrong to decide on her fate, but then she thinks of Clementine and AJ and wants to protect them from something Sarah might do. Ryder wraps his arm around her and says they'll figure it out tomorrow and they should just try to get some rest. Clementine and Kenny are working on the van outside. Kenny gives Clementine the keys and sits her in the driver's seat while he works under the hood. Whilst working, Kenny implies his personal opinion of Sarah needing to be executed, which Clementine is silent about the topic. After telling Clementine to turn the ignition, which fails to start, Kenny expresses his hopes regarding Richmond and continues working. After failing to start the truck a second time, Kenny gets angered, claiming that they are running out of time, and that they need to continue moving in order to keep AJ alive. Kenny asks Clementine what she would do if she had to decide what to do with Sarah. Clementine says she doesn't know but realizes that Sarah is indeed dangerous. Kenny then sends Clementine back inside to get some sleep while he stays outside to work on the van. Paige sits next to Luke, who is sitting by the fireplace, and asks him how he's doing. Luke says he doesn't feel like talking. Paige apologizes to him for what he's going through now, knowing that Sarah is a friend of his and was part of his group before she met them. She continues by saying if Mahiru or Ryder had done something similar, she would fight for them just as hard, and she would fight for him too. Luke thanks her and confides in her that he knows Sarah is dangerous and she can't be around any of them, but just doesn't know if killing her is the only thing they can do. Luke says he had thought about just leaving her locked in there with some food and water and only unlocking it after they got the van started to leave her behind. Paige believes that idea might be a crueler fate than just simply executing her. Paige assures him that they can all talk about it more in the morning and urges him to go get some sleep. Meanwhile, in the dead of night, Clementine quietly gets up from her bed. She slowly walks down the hallway to the closet and unlocks the door. She opens the door and sees Sarah, sitting in the corner and looking at her feet. Sarah slowly looks up to Clementine and asks her if she's scared of her too. Clementine tells her she isn't scared of her and just wants to help her. Sarah tells her that she can't help her, but Clementine insists that she can and asks Sarah if she wants her to help her. Sarah doesn't answer, but then mutters the word "yes." Suddenly, everyone is awoken by the sound of a gunshot. Everyone assembles in the hallway in front of Sarah's room, where they see Clementine crying holding her gun. Everyone is shocked upon the discovery. Luke angrily chastises Clementine for killing Sarah, while Sandy attempts to console Clementine. Kenny rushes in and is just as shocked as everyone else upon the discovery. Clementine says she had to do it and Sarah gave her permission to help her. Eventually, Sarah is buried outside of the church as everyone stands in mourning. Luke talks privately with Sandy, Paige, and Omid, asking them if they think Clementine is just as dangerous as Sarah was. Sandy angrily tells him that Clementine isn't hearing voices and that someone had to do this, believing that she herself should have done it instead. Paige agrees and reminds Luke that he agreed Sarah was mentally unstable and couldn't be around other people. Omid tells Luke that as unfortunate as it is, Sarah isn't a problem anymore and she didn't die suffering. Everyone converses with each other as two living survivors in the woods are talking about what they should do with the group. One informs the other that they're going to keep an eye on them.
===="Chapter 99"====
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.
===="Chapter 100"====
As Charlie continues to calmly speak to Ryder, while the rest of the Stalkers continue feasting on Ryder's cooked leg. Ryder becomes more and more visibly distressed. Charlie talks about the tastes of different humans and how women usually taste much better but were unable to get one of the women at the time. Finally, Ryder begins chuckling, then breaks into a laugh as Charlie tries to chastise him for not listening. The rest of the group comes over, with Shelia commenting that Ryder has "lost it". Ryder then calls them a bunch of idiots. Charlie says that there's no need to sink to insults; they can still be civil about this whole thing, honestly believing he isn't crazy. Ryder asks if they think he's stupid, and why he would go into the forest alone. Ryder pulls his shirt down, revealing a bite wound on his shoulder, and laughing as he explains that he has been bitten and is, therefore "tainted meat". As the members of his group react in horror and vomit, Charlie angrily kicks Ryder into unconsciousness, while explaining that they will be fine - because they "cooked him". Greg frantically wants to cut his own tongue out, but Theo says it's useless and doesn't make sense. He says that you can't cut out your stomach. John agrees with Charlie that the meat isn't infected because they cooked it. Darius then asks what they should do with Ryder. Kenny goes outside to check on the van to make sure the engine is still ready to go and to sit and contemplate things. Sandy immediately runs outside with a frantic look on her face as she walks around searching for something. Sandy then yells out Ryder's name, which awakens everyone else in the church. Kenny exits the van and asks her what's going on, and she frantically reveals that Ryder is missing and she can't find him. Paige and Mahiru are stunned and equally worried over Ryder's disappearance. Javier asks Sandy if she remembers Ryder getting up during the night at all, but, she doesn't. They start to immediately search the area for Ryder. Sandy runs into the forest, screaming Ryder's name. Javier attempts to stop her, but, it's in vain. Kenny suggests they should follow Sandy and search the woods, asking Omid and Clementine to stay behind and watch over the van and AJ. As everyone searches the woods, Sandy continuously calls out Ryder's name. Luke tells her that they'll find him and suggests maybe he went to urinate and a few walkers made him run in a different direction. Sandy says she knew this was going to happen and wishes she never had agreed to enter a relationship with him. Luke is confused by what she means, and she tells him that he made her care about him and now she feels completely helpless. Paige and Mahiru overhear and Mahiru tells Sandy that Ryder liked her a lot and she shouldn't feel guilty for wanting to experience a connection. Paige tells Mahiru not to say "liked" in the past tense, saying that she doesn't believe Ryder is dead and knows they'll find him. Omid and Clementine stand outside the church close to the van and look around in case Ryder shows back up. Omid asks Clementine if she's alright, after what happened with Sarah. Clementine says yes, and goes silent. Omid notices her hesitance talking to him, and asks her if she's not comfortable around him anymore. Clementine tells him that she knows he doesn't really like her so she's just trying not to talk to him much. Omid says that he doesn't dislike her and for a long time, he blamed her for what happened to Christa but recently realized that his contempt and anger were misguided. Omid tells her that he isn't mad at her anymore and apologizes to her for being cold and for blaming her. Clementine, however, says it was her fault and Christa wouldn't be dead if she didn't leave her gun behind on the bathroom sink. Omid points out she was just a kid, and still is a kid now, and he believes that the bandit would have found a way to hurt Christa or someone else regardless. Omid pats her head and says he just wanted her to know that and tells her she should go inside to get by the fire and he'll stay on watch. Several hours pass and everyone returns to the church, unable to locate Ryder. Kenny believes that if Ryder doesn't show up soon, they may have to leave, which angers Sandy, who goes outside for some air. Paige and Mahiru argue with Kenny that they can't leave him behind, and Kenny says he doesn't want to leave Ryder behind either, but is trying to think about the baby and reminds everyone that they're running out of formula. Outside, Sandy hears something. She calls out for Ryder, but, he isn't there, but, she suspects that they're being watched and goes inside to tell everyone. Luke asks if it was a walker, but, Sandy says walkers don't run. Everyone then hears a loud whistle from outside. Javier looks out the window and says someone has been left lying on the ground. Kenny, Luke, and Javier rush out to discover Ryder laying on the ground, missing his leg. Sandy rushes out, demanding to see him, but Luke holds her back. Sandy punches Luke in the face to get to Ryder and is horrified to see him missing his leg. The Stalkers fire a gunshot at them, and Kenny blindly starts shooting into the trees, telling everyone to get Ryder inside quickly. Inside the church, Ryder regains consciousness and reveals that the survivors that took him call themselves "The Stalkers" and are responsible for his missing leg. However, he can only provide vague details on their location. Sandy asks Paige if they have anything that might ease his pain, but Ryder tells them not to waste any medical supplies on him, and he reveals his bite to the group. Sandy asks him why he didn't tell her or anyone else, and he says he didn't want her to have to see him turn. After processing this information, Omid suggests taking Ryder to the couch in the backroom to rest on, asking for Javier to help him carry Ryder in there. Paige looks out the window to look for the rest of the Stalkers and notices that they only fired one shot toward the church. Luke asks her why that information matters, and she says that they're toying with them and they aren't going to kill them, otherwise they lose what they're after; food. Kenny then says he has an idea, one that they'll definitely fall for, adding that they "fucked with the wrong people."
===="Chapter 101"====
Under the cover of night, Sandy, Kenny, Paige, Mahiru, and Javier leave the church to go into the woods toward the campsite where the Stalkers had taken Ryder. As they disappear into the woods, the Stalkers appear, arriving at the church from a different route, and break in. As they search the church, Charlie asks the group to come out, revealing that he knows that most of their members left with most of their guns to search for them. When they don't comply, he calls for the little girl, Clementine, saying that if she reveals herself and the group, they will spare her, and even let her leave with the baby, AJ. Omid and Luke hide with Clementine and AJ in another room with their guns pointed towards the door. As they search, AJ begins crying and gives away the group's location. Charlie and the rest of the Stalkers give the survivors one last chance to come out before they break down the door, and, when no one replies, orders the Stalkers to force their way in. Greg approaches the door, laughing about how easy this is, but is shot in the head before he can break open the door. The Stalkers turn around as Kenny appears from the shadows with a gun in his hand and orders them to drop their weapons. Charlie begins to panic and tries to get Kenny to back down by threatening the rest of the group. Kenny threatens that he's not here alone. Charlie calls her bluff and points at the door and his finger is shot off by Sandy. Charlie falls to his knees and tells the rest of the Stalkers to do as Kenny says. All of them except Darius kneel, who insists they haven't been beaten. Sandy steps out of the shadows and puts her rifle to Darius' head, and orders him to get down, which Darius does. Paige, Mahiru, and Javier appear from the shadows and hold the other Stalkers at gunpoint. Kenny then walks to Charlie, who tries to tell him that they used to be good people, but had to change in order to survive and they never took pleasure in killing and eating people and tries to convince Kenny to let them go. Kenny grabs a knife from his pocket and tells him that it's too dangerous for them to let them leave and then proceeds to slash Charlie's chest with it, who screams in agony as Kenny, Sandy, Paige, Mahiru, and Javier hack and bludgeon the Stalkers to death. When it is all over, Luke and Clementine open the door and survey the carnage, and Clementine asks Kenny if he's sure that this was all of them. Paige counts the six of them and mentions that Ryder said there were only six. Mahiru then coldly states they should "clean up this mess." After throwing the bodies out, everyone says their goodbyes to Ryder who is getting sicker from his bite. Ryder thanks Paige and Mahiru for showing him that good people still exist in the world and he apologizes to Sandy for not revealing his bite before, stating he wanted to keep her from witnessing it after promising her their relationship would last a while. Everyone decides to leave the room and let Sandy and Ryder have their space. Luke comments how they're here again, the never ending cycle of death. Omid states they couldn't have done anything to prevent any of it. Paige suggests they get a few more hours of sleep before daylight comes. During the night, Ryder passes away, and Sandy begins to cry. Kenny is then awakened by the sound of a gunshot. When he realizes what had happened, he sits to think about it. In the morning, everyone has gathered to bury Ryder and to pay respects to him. Afterward, everyone, except Sandy, loads up the van with the remaining supplies they have left. Sandy continues to stand by Ryder's grave, while Mahiru asks Paige if she thinks joining this group was worth it. Paige believes it was worth it, hinting at the possibility of being on the wrong side of Carver's community or something worse befalling them had not they joined up with the group. Mahiru disregards her previous question and explains she's just feeling guilty over Ryder's death. Kenny gets in the van and starts the engine, asking everyone if they're ready to go. Sandy apologizes to Ryder and leaves his lighter on top of his grave before walking to the van. Once everyone is in, Kenny drives off, hopeful of what lies before them.
===="Chapter 102"====
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.
===="Chapter 103"====
Sandy and Paige bring Ethan to the barn where the rest of the group is resting. Each of them appears to be wary of Ethan's arrival. Sandy gives Kenny Ethan's gun, which Kenny keeps as he asks Ethan what his intentions are. Ethan informs the group that he had been watching them and that he was the one who supplied them with the bottles of water the previous day. Kenny chooses not to believe him and tries to convince the group that Ethan has another agenda. Ethan, knowing that he would believe so, asks Paige to give Kenny his backpack, directing him to a small set of photographs of his community which a friend of his had taken as evidence of its existence. As Ethan explains what his community is about and emphasizes its security, Kenny punches him in the face, knocking him out. With Ethan unconscious, Kenny sends the group out to watch the area. Javier tries to convince Kenny that Aaron is not a threat, but Kenny insists that he is not to be trusted. Omid informs Kenny that there are a lot of places for the enemies to hide, causing more panic within the group. As Ethan regains consciousness, he maintains a positive attitude, jokingly complementing Kenny's strength. Kenny shoots back saying that they cannot trust someone who is still laughing after being beaten. Kenny asks Ethan about the number of people waiting for his group, bearing his flare gun as evidence of company. Ethan responds by saying how it does not matter whether he informed him of how many, as it would not affect whether or not he would trust him any more than he does. Sandy insists he confesses anyway, and Ethan informs her that there is only one. Ethan also reveals that he and his accomplice have vehicles that they had attempted to bring closer to the barn, but had been blocked by the surrounding trees and snow. Mahiru tells the group that she wants to know the truth by checking it out. Kenny turns down the task saying that it is a bad idea, but after Luke and Javier speak up in favor, Kenny decides to let everyone except him and AJ go scout ahead, asking Mahiru to go with Luke, Javier, and the rest of the group to search the surrounding area. As the groups leave, Ethan tells Kenny that he is used to being held at gunpoint and that he believes he and his people are good. Kenny instead warns Ethan that if his people do not return in one hour, he would put a knife in the base of his skull. Sandy, Clementine, Paige, Mahiru, Omid, Luke, and Javier are still walking towards their destination. Mahiru warns the others to shoot whoever comes out from the woods, should the time come. Javier, horrified by Mahiru's orders, voices his opinion. Sandy replies saying that people should not come to the people who have guns like them. Disagreeing, Javier says that Ethan's community can't be bad people and he has an undeniable good nature about him. They reach the specified location and find a car and an RV, and realize that Ethan was telling the truth. A pair of walkers come out from the woods, one almost biting Luke before Javier intervenes. Luke thanks him for the assistance and Javier jokingly says he needs to start keeping count of how many times Luke avoids certain death. Paige asks Mahiru and Javier to help her search the RV while Sandy, Clementine, and Luke search the car for any food. Inside the RV, Javier stumbles across some food and powdered milk. Mahiru tells him to grab the powdered milk so they can prepare it for AJ, and she grabs some of the food stashed. Paige notices keys in the ignition in the RV and says they could drive it back to the barn. Luke says the keys for the car are also in the ignition of the other vehicle. The groups assemble back in the barn with a pile of canned goods salvaged from the vehicles. Mahiru uses a few water bottles to prepare to mix the powdered milk for AJ, while Kenny tells Ethan that the food is now in their possession whether or not they come to his camp, eventually deciding that they would stay. The group, who are by this time now hopeful of a new sanctuary, refuses to follow Kenny's decision on not following Ethan to his community, causing Kenny to change his mind. Sandy asks Ethan where his community is located. After Ethan informs the group that he would usually be the one to take the survivors to the location, they deny him the privilege, still wary of his real intentions, and ask him again where his community is. Ethan reveals to them that it's part of a city and was partially sealed away from the worst parts in Richmond that they have decided to call "New Richmond." Everyone is shocked to hear that he is a part of the community they were setting out to find. Ethan tells them he would be happy to bring them back but tells them they would have to meet their leader before they could settle in to determine what they can do. He further adds that he and his accomplice set out to find people to bring back and spy on them to make sure each group is safe to bring into their community. He asks, however, that they return to the area they found the RV and car, saying he can't leave his friend behind without a vehicle. As night slowly approaches, the group leaves the barn in separate vehicles to return to the road. Kenny, Mahiru, Paige, and Luke take Ethan in the car, while Sandy, Clementine, Omid, AJ, and Javier drive behind them in the RV. Luke and Ethan converse along the way, during which Ethan mentions his home. Mahiru tries to dissuade Luke from talking to him, still not entirely trusting of Ethan, but Luke ignores her and continues his conversation with him by asking Ethan about his home. He tells Luke that most of the living spaces in the community are apartment buildings and makeshift offices, but they plan on eventually building houses and expanding the community more. The conversation is interrupted when Kenny finds the radio which Ethan used to eavesdrop on the conversations held amongst the group, right before the car runs in the dark through a herd of walkers, the blood of the walkers turning the car and the lights red. The other group is separated off the road due to the herd and drives off down the adjoining road.
===="Chapter 104"====
The car continues to ram through the herd before the group stops and exits to check if the others are still behind them. Mahiru reports that she saw them turn down the other road. Kenny rushes back in and Mahiru tries to restart the car, failing due to the overwhelming amount of gore caught in the engine. The group stops for a moment when a lit flare is seen from afar. Ethan starts to panic, concerned it might be one of his own. He frantically requests his freedom, but after the group continues to press him for answers, he becomes violent, kicking the door open and knocking Paige over. As he runs away, Kenny assures them they do not have to chase after him. Luke suggests that the rest of the group may have also seen the flare and thought it was them, and believes it will be an easier way to find them. Kenny, Luke, Paige, and Mahiru wander into the woods, finding themselves trapped with walkers surrounding them. Luke eventually becomes separated, causing panic amongst the remaining three members, who are forced to hold off the approaching walkers themselves. While Luke tries to find a way back to the others, he finds Ethan cornered by a walker and unable to defend himself due to his bounds. Initially deciding to leave him, Luke changes his mind, assisting him and cutting him loose. Meanwhile, the rest of the group notice the flare and Javier questions if it was Kenny or one of the others. Omid says he didn't remember seeing any flare guns in the car and they have Ethan's. Sandy suggests they go toward it regardless, not wanting to take the chance of ignoring their friends' possible signal for help. They continue to drive and find a storage lot and see a few walkers shambling around. Clementine alerts the group that she sees someone limping behind one of the buildings. Javier drives up to the building and everyone hops out to take out some of the walkers. Once Javier rounds the corner, a woman hits him on the head with a plank. Sandy quickly runs around the building to hold her a gunpoint, demanding she drop her weapons. The woman apologizes and says she thought Javier was a walker and doesn't want trouble. She explains that she sprained her ankle while trying to escape from the herd. Omid asks her if she was the one who shot off the flare, and she confirms it was her. She says she was trying to signal for her friend, Ethan. Luke and Ethan eventually reunite with Kenny, Paige, and Mahiru, downing the remaining walkers. Ethan, fully aware of the group's opinion of him, drops his gun and offers to be rebound, with Luke telling him that there is no need. The five then run towards where the flare is believed to have come from. As they reach the location, they find Omid standing guard outside the RV, who alerts the others upon their return. Sandy and Clementine come out of the RV, with AJ in Clementine's arms. Kenny excitedly takes AJ from Clementine, saying he was worried about everyone when they strayed off from their car. Sandy tells them they ran into a woman with an injured leg, but Javier is tending to her leg. Ethan immediately goes inside the RV and happily hugs the woman. She jokingly tells him to get off of her before she kicks him with her good leg. Paige questions if she was the one who shot the flare they had seen, and Sandy informs her that she was. The woman formally introduces herself to the rest of the group as Amanda Hayes and she had joined Ethan in search of possible newcomers to their community. Omid enters the RV and tells everyone that the area is secured and no walkers are left in the area, suggesting they should all try to get some rest and head out in the morning. Kenny tells Ethan and Amanda they should take one of the storage units to stay in, while the rest of them sleep in the RV. Luke disagrees with the idea and tries to convince Kenny that they're both trustworthy, noting that everything Ethan has told them so far has been true. Mahiru voices her support in trusting them, along with Javier. Sandy asks Clementine what she thinks, and Clementine says she thinks she trusts them. Sandy decides to agree they can stay with them in the RV, but also thinks they should keep their distance. With Ethan and Amanda in compliance, everyone turns in for the night.
===="Chapter 105"====
The next morning, the group continues on their journey to the community. Javier gives Ethan pills and a bottle of water for Amanda. Both make conversation with each other, with Ethan asking Javier if he had seen him somewhere before, noticing he looked familiar. Javier tells him he played professional baseball. Ethan instantly recognizes him and compliments his gameplay, asking why he stopped playing. Javier tells him he got into trouble for betting on himself and was fired from the team because of it. Ethan apologizes for bringing it up, but Javier tells him not to apologize and that he deserved it. Soon afterward, the RV breaks down, much to Kenny's frustration. Luke assists with fixing the problem by replacing the dead battery with a spare battery contained within the RV. Astonished, Kenny questions how he knew about it, to which Luke just shoots back a knowing smile. Clementine observes from afar, with Sandy sitting by her side. She asks her how she's been doing. Clementine confides in her that she feels broken over what she did, but knows she had to do it. Sandy tells her that eventually, that feeling won't be as strong as it is now. Sandy believes that Sarah knew she cared about her. Clementine thanks her and says she's going to go sit in the RV for a bit. Kenny walks over to Sandy, asking how Clementine seemed to her. She tells him that she's a little better but still needs time to process everything. Kenny compares her feelings with her own. Sandy reminds him she lost someone she cared about again, and asks why she wouldn't be. Kenny understands what she's going through, reminding her of Sarita. He tells her that her rampage by the bridge with the walkers earlier is something similar he did when escorting Rebecca to the observation deck. Sandy sits in silence. Kenny wants to know if she has something against him or Ethan or anyone else, but, she says she doesn't. Sandy talks about losing her family, how she fell in love, and how she feels alone and scared all over again. She states that Kenny and the rest are the only family she has left, and she'll follow them straight to hell. Kenny appreciates the sentiment and says he considers her family too along with the rest of the group, saying that Sarita was right about them all being family. Paige overhears the conversation and smiles. Mahiru asks her what the smile is for, adding that she hasn't seen her smile in a while now. Paige tells her that she just feels hopeful for once. Mahiru questions her if she trusts Ethan and Amanda, and Paige pauses for a moment then says she does. Mahiru tells her that Ethan told her that they will need to give up their weapons once they get inside the gate for security purposes and they will be led in for an interview with the leader of the community. Paige is uneasy about the idea of giving up their weapons. Mahiru agrees but says if this community is as good as it might seem, they'll have to follow the guidelines. Mahiru walks back to the RV as Ethan comes out and walks over to a walker laying on the ground. Paige approaches him and asks what he's doing. Ethan tells her that sometimes he likes to check walkers for identification, saying he would at least like to know who they were. The walker starts moving a bit and Ethan stabs it in the head with his knife. He pulls out a wallet from the jacket and identifies him as Jon Sandusky. He looks at the photos and remorsefully tells Paige he had a wife. Paige notices a few walkers in the distance and wonders if they should take care of them before they get too close. Ethan looks at one of the walkers and exclaims that the female walker resembles the man's wife. Ethan believes he should at least put her down out of respect and starts to walk over. Paige tells him not to and that she'll do it. Paige walks over to both of the walkers and kills both of them. She grabs the purse off of the female walker's shoulder and tosses it to Ethan, who confirms that it was his wife, Tamara Sandusky. Ethan realizes it's silly to care, but it makes him feel a bit more at ease sometimes. The RV suddenly starts up, and Omid calls for everyone to get back inside the RV. Once everyone makes it back inside, Paige snatches a blender sitting on the RV's sink and places her gun inside it without anyone noticing. The group reaches the city of Richmond, seeing a large portion of it sanctioned off from the rest. Ethan tells everyone they blocked part of the city off that was invested with the dead and have decided to call the community "New Richmond." Sandy asks how many people are inside there. Amanda limps over and says that around eighty people are currently living there. Amanda further explains that a lot of them have been there since the start of it all and not many have left the walls of New Richmond. Luke asks if they've had issues with raiders and Ethan says they've never encountered any thus far. Paige suspiciously asks how they managed to avoid them. Amanda believes it's just been luck, but isn't convinced they'll never experience them. Ethan smiles and says he hopes that they'll all be helpful if that ever came to be. Once they reach the gates of New Richmond, a woman, named Edith, greets Ethan and Amanda as they exit the RV. Ethan tells her they brought back some new people, ones that have been out there for a while and even have a baby. Edith tells them to wait a moment and she walks off. Everyone slowly exits the RV and walks up to the massive gate. Javier is relieved to hear the sound of children playing from behind the gates, assuring everyone that the area is safe. Turning to Clementine, Kenny asks her if she is ready, to which she replies that she is. Sandy notices Paige disappear around the RV into a slightly damaged building, and makes her way back to Sandy's prying eye. Paige shrugs and smiles, walking next to her near the gate. As Kenny holds A.J. close, the group awaits the opening of their new safe haven.
===Season 9: Life Among Them===
===="Chapter 106"====
The group walks through New Richmond's front gate and are taken by surprise by how well maintained the safe-zone is. They're met by a guard, Colton, who orders them to hand over their weapons. They instantly refuse and Luke attempts to reason with them by saying they're not even sure if they are going to stay, but Ethan intervenes and insists they can keep their guns until after they speak with the community's leader, Cordelia Fisher. Amanda orders Colton, calling him "brother", to relax and bring Cordelia over so they can introduce them to her. In a well-furnished living room, Cordelia Fisher enters and introduces herself to Kenny and begins to videotape him as she questions him about his group. She explains that New Richmond was previously a sustainable community complete with its own solar grid, cisterns and eco-based sewage filtration. Kenny asks Cordelia what she wants. "I want you to help us survive," she says with a smile. Outside, the rest of the group surrender their guns to Leland, an architect and husband to Cordelia, and Mirabelle, who manages the armory. Mirabelle says they can sign out their guns whenever they go outside the walls. Sandy questions the decision to keep their weapons locked away in an armory, further questioning what would be done if the community was attacked. Mirabelle coldly tells her that she doesn't have to like their rules and can leave if she wants to. Sandy glares at her and places her weapons on the table. Leland apologizes and says they have people on the walls to keep an eye out for trouble, so they have no need for people to carry around weapons. Paige approves of the decision with an almost insincere optimism in her tone. Mahiru notices this and reluctantly agrees with Paige. Ethan brings Kenny, Clementine, and AJ to the group's assigned homes — two picturesque colonial houses next door to each other. Inside, Kenny and Clementine find immaculate rooms with running water. After taking a shower, two of the residents, Randy and Mason, stop by with a bin of food and toiletries from the town pantry. Randy introduces himself as New Richmond's doctor with Mason acting as an assistant. Mason asks to see AJ, after overhearing they had brought two children with their group, for a checkup. Kenny agrees, but Clementine says she doesn't need a checkup. Randy looks over AJ and declares he's a healthy baby, while mentioning to Clementine that he has a son her age and suggests they meet. In her interview with Javier, Cordelia asks if he wants to be in New Richmond. He evades the question, but says that Clementine and AJ deserve a nice home. Cordelia respects his answer of wanting the children to be in a safe environment. Javier assures her that everyone he came with are good people. Paige and Mahiru explore the second house. Paige is suspicious that Cordelia would just give away such luxurious accommodations. Mahiru agrees and has doubts about them being separated from their weapons. The two meet with Sandy, Kenny, Omid, and Luke on the front lawn. Sandy immediately is worried about splitting the group between two houses. Omid agrees and suggest they all stay in one house for the night. Luke, however, says he has a good feeling about the people in New Richmond, but ultimately agrees they should all stick together and leaves to inform the others of the decision. Later on in the night, as the group prepares their beds on the living room floor and discuss some of the jobs they were assigned, Cordelia stops by to see them. "Staying together," she observes, "Smart." she says with a smile. Kenny notes that she hasn't assigned him a job yet. Cordelia says she has a job in mind for him, but is still trying to figure out Sandy, Omid, and Paige. Cordelia leaves and the group prepares for bed.
===="Chapter 107"====
The next day, Cordelia interviews Paige, who says that the group is ready to join the community. Cordelia asks how she met everyone, and Paige lies and says she was all by herself for a long time and was rescued by them, and that she's never been much of a fighter and was just happy to be around and asks if there are any jobs that allow her to work within the walls. Meanwhile, the group leaves their house to explore the vibrant neighborhood. Kenny urges Sandy to join them, but she decides to hang back and keep an eye on things. Clementine walks next to Kenny with AJ in her arms, as they walk around. As they're out walking, Kenny loses track of Clementine and AJ. In a panic, he finds a woman named Laurie, who takes him to a nearby house where Clementine and AJ are sitting on the porch with two elderly people who are fawning over AJ. Laurie identifies them as Walt and Jean, whose family comprised five children and twelve grandchildren before the apocalypse, and remarks that AJ will have to put up with a lot of attention since few in New Richmond have seen a baby for a long time. Laurie also suggests that they introduce Clementine to her son, Bobby, who is around Clementine's age. Kenny thanks her for her assistance and asks how she likes living in New Richmond. Laurie tells him that she not been there for super long, but arrived with her husband, Randy, Bobby, and her oldest son Mitch. She instantly waves over a two boys, and introduces Kenny to Mitch and Bobby. Kenny calls Clementine over to meet them. In his bedroom, Bobby introduces Clementine to his friend Julia and suggests they play video games. Clementine can only stare back in disbelief. Bobby apologizes and urges Clementine to take her time adjusting to this new reality. He says it took Julia – another recent addition from outside the walls -- three weeks to open up. Clementine looks curiously at Julia. That night, Kenny tells Luke that his guard is still up. Luke argues there's nothing to be concerned about. "Then why are we both awake?" he asks. Luke tells him that they just need a bit more time to get settled in. Still restless, Kenny takes a nighttime stroll and sees Randy quietly smoking outside his apartment complex. Randy calls out to Kenny, noting that his wife told him they had become acquainted earlier. The next morning, Paige leaves with an apron on and catches the eyes of both Omid and Javier, who ask what she's doing. Paige tells them she was assigned to work in the kitchens — which will allow her to get close to the community members. Sandy walks out and makes fun of her apron, calling her "Mother Hubbard". Paige rolls her eyes, and walks off. Paige makes her way to the gates and walks out to examine the perimeter of the walls. Lars and Ellie, two guards on the wall, watch Paige for a bit before turning their attention away from her. With that opportunity, Paige slips away to look for the gun she stashed away, but discovers that it's missing. During her interview, Mahiru tells Cordelia that they were out there for a long time, and were "almost out there for too long." Mahiru continues by saying she wants to make this place work for herself and her group. Sandy, Luke, and Javier meet with Colton and Kyle, Cordelia's son, to begin their job helping with supply runs. As they carry out a dry run, Kyle explains that they must follow his orders at all times if they want to avoid getting killed by walkers, like his previous team. Kyle and Colton lead the group to a site where they had chained up a walker that killed their former crew. They find that the walker has escaped, but are able to track it down. The walker attacks Luke, prompting Javier to stab it through the head. Kyle yells at Javier for killing his trophy. As they storm back inside the walls, Javier accuses Kyle of incompetence. Kyle takes a swing at Javier and they fight, drawing a crowd of people including the rest of the group, Ethan, Amanda, Leland, Laurie, and Mirabelle. Ethan tries to talk down the two fighting men, while Amanda calls for someone to get Cordelia. Cordelia intervenes and announces that the group are to be treated as equals. She then asks Kenny to be the town's constable and he accepts. At the house, Kenny walks downstairs in his constable uniform and tells Sandy, Luke, Paige, and Omid that it's safe enough to sleep in two houses now. Sandy raises her concern that New Richmond will make them weak if they follow their routines, referencing Kyle's supply running team. "We won't get weak," Kenny assures her. Paige chimes in and says that even if they can't keep up with them, then they'll have to show them how to survive.
===="Chapter 108"====
During the night, Kenny is woken up by the sound of AJ crying. He gets up to go calm him down, and rocks him back to sleep. Kenny looks out the window, still in awe over New Richmond. He puts AJ back in his crib and tells him that he's going to have a good life from here on out. In the second house next door, the girls are asleep, when Sandy is awoken by a nightmare. She goes downstairs to get a drink of water to find Paige sitting at the table. Sandy lets her presence known to Paige, so she is not to startle her, and Paige tells her that she couldn't really sleep, so she decided to stay up and just watch out the window. Paige questions her on why she's up, and Sandy tells her that she had just had a bad dream and came down to get some water. Paige questions her if it was about Ryder, and Sandy confirms it was. She goes on by saying she should have known better not to get attached to someone romantically in the world they live in now and believes herself to be an idiot for letting it happen. Paige disagrees with her statement and says life wouldn't be worth much if you couldn't find something to enjoy out of it, and that Ryder really cared a lot for her, so she shouldn't feel ashamed or blame herself for returning his feelings and choosing to be happy for once. Sandy stands there in silence and says she'll think about what she said, but still feels anguish over what happened. In the morning, the group head over to the administration building where Cordelia is waiting for them to gather their schedules for the day. Cordelia welcomes them and tells them she has a slight confession to make. The video recording she had made of them weren't just for the records of New Richmond, but also a way to make sure stories match up with everyone and to examine their body language, in order to make sure the people that are assessed are not dangerous to the community and she declares that all of them passed with flying colors. Leland also says the two colonial houses were built especially to house newcomers while they were processed so they could find permanent housing for them. Luke asks what that means for them, and Cordelia tells them that she's set up a few apartments for everyone in the nearby apartment complex, but they would have to decide amongst themselves who takes which unit. The ones available are a one three bedroom, one two bedroom, and four one bedroom apartments. Omid asks if they had room in the first place for them to be cleared out, and Leland says he and his two sons cleared out some of them, since they were being used for storage, but the development plans he has been working on will increase their storage limits, which will clear out some of the buildings. Cordelia also tells Omid and Mahiru that she has finally found jobs for them as well, asking for Mahiru to assist her with political duties in New Richmond. She goes on to say that her vision is to re-establish a government for the community, just like they had before the apocalypse. Mahiru is confused why she picked her for the job, and Cordelia references her interview, adding that her demeanor and overall confidence would make her a good prime public figure for New Richmond. She also tells Omid that she wants him to go and see Ethan and Amanda for more information about his new job. Cordelia smiles at Clementine and tells her that her job is a very important one; be a kid again. Clementine looks at her in confusion, asking her what she means, and Cordelia further explains that many children have been forced to grow up so fast with the apocalypse, and she wants New Richmond to become a place where children can be children once more. After everyone gets their assignments, most of the group leave the building, aside from Mahiru. Later, Omid eventually makes his way over to one of the gardens where Ethan is helping a woman with planting some vegetables. Ethan greets Omid, and introduces him to the woman, Melanie, who is New Richmond's therapist. Melanie sheepishly corrects him, saying that she didn't complete her tenure and is merely a grief counselor. Ethan tells her that she's as good as the real thing despite that. Omid asks Ethan about the job that Cordelia had assigned him. Ethan finishes planting and walks over to Omid, and asks him to follow him. Ethan takes Omid over to a diner where most of the cooks work to find Amanda, who is sitting at a table with her leg still in a splint. Amanda greets them and asks if they're here to eat breakfast, but Ethan informs her that Omid was asking about what his job was going to be. Amanda takes a sip of her water and gives a knowing look. Amanda tells Omid that with her leg needing some time to heal, she's going to be out of commission for a while with recruitment missions she takes with Ethan and talked with Cordelia that Omid could be her replacement. She says that Omid is like a mix between herself and Ethan, being aware of dangerous threats while being disarmingly charismatic. Omid appreciates the offer, but says that he's not sure if he could handle the job, since he's not exactly the same person he used to be, given the amount of trauma he's dealt with. Ethan tells him that he's lost a lot of friends and family and can sympathize, but believes Omid is the right person for the job. Amanda says that she isn't aware of what happened in Omid's past, but knows that he's the right choice. Amanda tells him that he doesn't have to take the job if he isn't sure and there are plenty of things he can do around New Richmond, but she asks him to at least consider it. Omid looks between Ethan and Amanda and says he'll give it a shot. Outside the walls, Sandy, Kenny, Paige, and Javier walk into the woods towards a small abandoned shed, and Paige tells them that she had stashed one of their guns inside one of the buildings outside the gate, but when she went back to look for it, she found that it was missing. Javier questions her why she hid it there in the first place, and she explains that she wanted there to be a backup plan in case New Richmond turned out to be another Howe's Hardware. Kenny agrees that it's a smart idea and begins to think that they should start scheming to steal back the weapons that were taken from them when they arrived. Javier confides that he isn't comfortable being separated from his weapons, but he doesn't want to start something and get the group into trouble. Sandy suggests a compromise between both ideas; creating an opening to allow them to easily access their weapons without anyone noticing, also adding they could take a few of them back without alerting anyone working in the armory of the noticeable absence of weapons. The three of them agree that her idea sounds a lot better. A walker slowly creeps up on them, and Paige shoots it repeatedly with a silenced pistol. She explains to the three that she had to empty the magazine in order to back up their claim that they were "going shooting". Javier jokingly comments that the façade she's putting on is hilariously unsettling. Sandy walks over to the walker and curiously examines it. Kenny asks her what she's doing and she calls them over to look at the walker's forehead. Upon further inspection, a letter "W" is seen carved into the walker's forehead.
==Killed Victims==
This list shows the victims Mahiru has killed:
*Russell
*Sarita (Indirectly Caused, Accidental)
*Shelia
*1 unnamed Howe's Hardware inhabitant
*Numerous counts of walkers
==Appearances==
==Relationships==
==Trivia==
*Mahiru's weapon of choice is a bow.
*The name Mahiru means "broad daylight" (真昼).
*Mahiru's surname Okumura means "back, inner part, heart, interior" (奥) (oku) and "town, village" (村) (mura).
*Mahiru is the first openly homosexual woman to appear in the series. 
**Mahiru is also the third LGBTQIA+ character in the series. The other two being Matthew and Walter.
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