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The Walking Dead Game What Ifs: What if all of the Ericson’s survivors were captured?

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What if all of the Ericson’s survivors were captured? TW: Implied/Referenced Torture and Rape/Non-Con.

Clementine ran her hand down her face. She heard Mitch let out a groan, before he sat up.

“What happened?” Asked Mitch, looking around.

The group was split in two, the older boys in one cell and the girls and younger boys in the other.

“Well, Tenn got caught, you tried to save him, got knocked out, Willy, Omar and Aasim got caught, Louis, Violet and Ruby got knocked out, AJ was captured, and I got shot.” Said Clementine, looking at the guard, “What?”

“Minnie.” Gasped Violet, hurrying forwards.

Clementine sighed, of course Lilly would send Violet’s girlfriend.

“Lilly wants to talk to you.” Said Minerva, getting a huff from Clementine, “Hey!”

“Hmm, what?” Clementine looked up, “Wait, you’re talking to me?”

Minerva glared at Clementine, “Who else would Lilly want to talk to?”

“I dunno,” Snarked Clementine, “you look like you have the intelligence of a goldfish.”

Minerva flushed, her face curling into a sneer.

“Minerva.” A dark-skinned woman stepped in, “Get her to Lilly.”

Minerva huffed, before wrenching the cell door open, grabbed Clementine and hauled her out of the cell.

“Where are you taking her?!” Yelled Louis, rushing towards his cell’s door, only to get the butt of a rifle to the face.

“She’s alive.” Everyone looked at Violet, “Minnie’s alive.”

“Violet.” Mitch got to his feet, “I think we have more important things to worry about.”

The group sat up, hearing someone approaching, all sat up. They saw Minerva shove someone into the girl’s cell. Ruby gasped, rushing towards the person.

“Clementine!” Ruby helped her up, “What happened?”

“I,” Clementine coughed, “I ran my mouth, I think.”

“You think?!” Ruby glared at Clementine, “What did they want?”

“They,” Clementine coughed, “they wanted information on the New Frontier, the group they’re at ‘war’ with. Lilly heard I used to be part of them, wanted me to,” Clementine let out a throaty cough, “to get them to lower their defences.”

“Why didn’t you?” Asked Violet, “We could get killed.”

“I’m not really open to people choking me for information.” Spat Clementine, wincing as she shifted.

“What’d they do?” Asked Mitch, frowning.

“Oh, the usual.” Clementine winced as Ruby prodded a bruise, “Beatings, cuts, the of threat of rape.”

Everyone looked at her, “What?”

“How the hell are you so casual about this?”

“Well,” Clementine scowled, “threats become a lot less frightening when you’ve already experienced them.”

Clementine opted to ignore the horrified looks from the others.

They watched Clementine get hauled off again, with AJ attempting to bite one of the guards, and get backhanded for his efforts. As soon as they were gone, Mitch looked at Louis, “We need to find a way out of here.”

“How?” Asked Louis, frustrated, “We don’t have any way to get the lock open.”

“Minnie can help us.” Said Violet, getting a scowl from Aasim.

“Violet, I know you’re excited to see her,” Said Aasim, “but if she wanted to help us, she would’ve done it by now!”

“You don’t know that!” Snapped Violet.

“Then why hasn’t she!” Demanded Aasim, “Why didn’t she escape? Why is she alone?”

“What’s going on?” They heard Minerva’s voice.

“Minnie.” Everyone heard Violet’s tone change.

“Where’s Clementine?!” Demanded Louis, banging on the cell’s door.

Minerva ignored him, instead focusing on Violet, “Lilly said I can take you out of here.”

Violet looked conflicted, glancing around, “W-what about the others?”

“They’ll get out too, when they stop fighting back.” Answered Minerva, opening the cell door, “Tenn can come out too.”

Eleanor frowned, Javi had sent her and Conrad with Clint and a group to meet representatives of the Delta. They’d unexpectedly gotten in contact with them, requesting a meeting. Javi suspected it might be a trap, so the small group was secretly reinforced by a larger group hidden in the surrounding area.

“Hello?!” They heard a voice.

Eleanor was vaguely aware of Max aiming his rifle in the direction of the voice.

“Hello?!” The voice repeated, as a ratty looking man appeared, “The name’s Abel. I’m here representing the Delta.”

“What do you want?” Demanded Conrad, glaring at Abel.

“A trade.” Said Abel, “You’ve got one of ours, Raphael, and we’ve got one of yours.”

As he said that, Abel threw something at Conrad’s feet. Frowning, Eleanor picked the object. She froze, recognising Clementine’s hat.

“That’s…”

“She’s alive,” Promised Abel, “for now.”

“She left.” Dismissed Max, “She’s not one of ours.”

“Neither are the people we caught her with,” Said Abel, “but, I doubt you’d want her boy to suffer like she has.”

“AJ’s alive?” Max looked at Eleanor.

“For now.” Said Abel, “You’ve got other prisoners we want back.”

Eleanor sighed, before looking down, “We’ll see.”

Javi looked at Clementine’s hat, frowning.

“Are you sure it’s Clem’s?” Asked Kate, looking at him.

“Positive.” Answered Eleanor, “They mentioned that they had AJ too.”

“Did they say what they were doing to her?” Asked Javi, looking at Max.

“No.” Max shook his head, “You don’t think they’ll hurt AJ?”

“I wouldn’t put it past them.” Sighed Javi, looking around, “So, what do we do?”

“What do you mean?” Asked Kate, frowning.

“We might like Clem, but can we really justify letting people go, just to save someone who left us?” Asked Javi.

Everyone was silent.

“If we don’t,” Said Eleanor, “they might kill her and AJ.”

“But, if we let Raphael and his friends loose,” Said Max, “dozens more could die.”

The group fell into an uneasy silence.

Clementine grunted as the guard threw her back into her shared cell.

“Clem!” Louis rushed forwards, “Are you alright?”

“What’d they do?” Asked Ruby, helping Clementine up.

“I,” Clementine swallowed, “I don’t want to talk about it.”

She let out another groan as Ruby helped her into a sitting position, “They,” she coughed, “they said the contacted the New Frontier.”

“S-so, we’re getting out of here?” Willy sounded hopeful.

Clementine ran a hand down her face, “No. Even with their new management, they wouldn’t risk losing their people to get one person.”

The sound of someone approaching the cells drew their attention. They saw Violet and Minerva walking behind Delta member.

“Remember your instructions.” Said the Delta member, before walking away.

Clementine straightened up, “Vio-” Clementine was cut off by Violet punching her. Clementine grunted as she hit the floor, with one of the girls landing a kick in her side.

“What the fuck?!” Screamed Louis, “Stop!”

Minerva took a step back, allowing Violet to take fully control of Clementine’s…interrogation. Minerva watched as Violet broke Clementine’s leg, hand and arm. After landing more kicks in Clementine’s side, Violet stepped back.

“That,” Clementine coughed, before glaring up at Violet and snarling, “was pathetic.”

Violet landed a kick to Clementine’s face, as Minerva spoke, “Michael said she isn’t going to need clothes for the next part.”

Violet hesitated, before grabbing Clementine’s jacket and pulling it off.

Clementine groaned as they left, leaving her and the rest of the Ericson’s group alone.

“Clem?” Ruby hesitantly approached hr, “Are you okay?”

“I’ll be honest, I didn’t wake up and expect to be raped in front of everyone.” Clementine voice was tired and hoarse, “Did anyone see where they put my clothes?”

“You’re…” Ruby trailed off, “You’re remarkably calm about this.”

“I’ve seen and experienced it all before.” Clementine winced as she shrugged, “I really hope my arm and leg aren’t screwed.”

Clementine looked over at the other cell, James had been caught shortly after them, “How’s James?”

“He still out.” Said Aasim, looking away from Clementine, “He’s still alive though.”

Louis managed to hook Clementine’s clothes with his foot, before bundling them up and tossing them towards Ruby, “Here.”

Ruby nodded, before helping Clementine get dressed, before resetting her broken bones.

“Clem,” Mitch got her attention, “when there were moving you, did you see anything that could help us escape?”

“No,” Clementine winced, “they’ve got all obvious escapes blocked off, I heard from one of them that they’re near Richmond, but, other than that, there’s no way off this boat.”

“Do you think Rosie’s okay?” Asked Tenn, speaking for the first time since he’d been thrown back into the cells.

“Hopefully.” Said Aasim, letting his mind wander back to the dog.

“I can’t believe we’re actually doing this.” Javi decided to ignore Max, they’d made a rudimentary blockade around the ship, as well as massed a massive group to seize it.

“I didn’t hear you complaining when we were planning it.” Javi smirked at Ava’s voice, she limped up to Richmond’s gate shortly after Clementine left, having survived her fall.

Conrad slinking towards them got them to go silent, “They’ve got a dog chained up in that Lilly person’s office. Clementine and her group are down in the cells.”

“Javi,” Eleanor murmured, “they, they said that Clementine had been… ‘passed around’. They said they planned on doing the same to her boy.”

Javi felt a wave of disgust run through him, “Okay,” he unhooked his bat from his back, “let’s go.”

Clementine winced as Ruby reset her fingers.

“What’s that noise?” Asked Omar, looking around.

“It sounds like…gun fire?” Louis frowned, “What’s going on out there?”

They received their answer when the door to the brig burst open and Minerva was being held at gunpoint.

“Max, get those doors open.” Clementine froze, she recognised the voice, but found she couldn’t remember the name. She spotted Max rushing to open the doors, with Louis surging past him and wrenching Clementine’s cell door open. Before he could reach her, Clementine saw Eleanor push past him.

“What are her injuries?” Eleanor looked at a heavyset red-haired girl.

“B-broken arm, leg and right hand, bruising and some fractures, I think.” The girl stuttered, as Ava joined them and helped Clementine up, getting her to release a groan.

“Dislocated shoulder.” Hissed Clementine, as Ava helped her walk.

“Ha!” Everyone looked at Louis, before he proudly held up ‘Chair-les’, “I thought they got rid of it.”

“Charming.” Said the owner of the familiar yet unfamiliar voice, “Clem, where’d you find these guys?”

Clementine winced, before looking at the woman, trying to put a name to the face, “…Christa?”

Christa let out a huffing laugh, “Nice of you to remember me, I only looked after you for two years.”

“…I thought you were dead.”

Christa sighed, “That’s fair.”

“We need to get them out of here.” Said Eleanor, interrupting the reunion, “I want to get her some proper medical treatment.”

The others silently agreed, “Javi and the others are rounding up prisoners now.” Said Ava, as she moved past the group.

“Yeah,” Called a man, “That guard dog Conrad saw was harmless.”

“Rosie!” Gasped Tenn, as the dog ran up to them.

Clementine winced, the painkillers Lingard had given her had worn off, they’d put her broken limbs in casts. Javi had told them that Lilly had killed Gabe when they captured her, part of her was heartbroken, she supposed that she still held some feelings for the dork. Louis had dropped by, mentioning that the group had decided to stay in Richmond, Clementine had suggested to Javi that some people go out and establish a foothold in the school.

“How’re you feeling, Clem?” Asked Eleanor, checking in on her.

“I’m alright,” Clementine shrugged, “still feeling a bit sick, but the dizziness has gone.”

“That’s good.” Eleanor nodded, “Look, Clem, I know you might not take this well, but we’re going to do a pregnancy test, just to be on the safe side.”

Clementine felt a surge of panic fill her, before she swallowed, “Okay.”

Eleanor sighed, before leaving the room. Meanwhile, down in the makeshift prison Richmond had, Violet sat quietly, despondent to her surroundings. Louis had given her grief for ‘betraying’ them; Violet couldn’t think of an excuse. They knew Minne longer? Minnie had murdered Sophie. Everything fell apart because of Clementine? The raiders were coming for them anyway. Louis had brought up that she was one of the three that wanted to keep Clementine and AJ around, Clementine had gotten shot while trying to save her, and Violet had turned on her like it was nothing.

Part of Violet wanted Minnie, she always knew the right thing to say, to do. AJ didn’t want to see her; Louis only came to talk to her because Clementine asked him. She remembered Clementine’s promise, when they tried to take AJ, promising to kill her if she touched him. Violet wanted to say she didn’t know what made her stop, but she did. She stopped because she knew Clementine wasn’t bluffing. She stopped because she knew that if she took AJ, she would’ve lost her friend. She stopped because she still cared. Clementine had made herself AJ’s shield, and while that didn’t excuse how Violet had aided in the beatings and, in a miniscule way, the rapes, Clementine placed herself as a barrier for her boy and, after they’d been captured, the rest of their group.

Clementine heard them talking about cutting out Louis’s tongue, so she ran her mouth, insulted them, called them weak for targeting someone’s voice. Violet remembered seeing the bite mark on Minnie’s arm, finding out Clementine had bitten her when they mentioned targeting Tenn.

“Hey.” Violet looked up when someone banged on her cell door, seeing Clementine being supported by Louis, “I could hear you grinding your teeth from the hospital.”

“Why are you here?” Asked Violet, trying to make herself angry.

“To talk to you, dumbass.” Answered Clementine, “I’ve spoken to Javi about getting you and Minerva some help.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Demanded Violet, glaring up at them.

“The two of you were brainwashed.” Shrugged Clementine, “I’ve seen it before, met a guy who was full on drinking the Saviours Kool-Aid. They used someone you loved to get you to see things their way.”

“I’m not brainwashed!” Yelled Violet, jumping up, “Whatever plan you came up with would’ve gotten us killed!”

Clementine gave her a flat look, “You do realise you’ve just proved my point, right?”

Violet glared at her, making Clementine sigh and gesture for Louis to help her out of the prison. Leaving Violet alone with her thoughts.

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the-delta-42 · 5 months ago

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The Walking Dead Game What Ifs: What if AJ was killed in TFS?

What if AJ was killed in The Final Season?

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What if AJ died in TFS

Clementine stumbled as she carried AJ towards Ericson’s, her thoughts were a mess, she reunited with Lilly, who threatened to kill her, then AJ was shot. A man, James, had managed to get them to safety and was currently escorting them to Ericson’s.

They’d just arrived at the gates of Ericson’s, when they heard Willy yell “Walker!”

Clementine staggered back, looking at James, before she heard AJ rasp.

“Clem…”

She looked down and her blood went cold. AJ had an arrow sticking out of his chest. Cradling him close to her chest, Clementine backed away from the gates, before turning and running.

Willy stared after her in horror, as Clementine and AJ vanished, below, he heard Violet arrive at the base of the ladder.

Violet ignored Louis and Mitch, the former was regretting exiling Clementine and AJ, while the latter seemed okay with Willy ‘killing’ AJ, even congratulated him on it.

“Why are we looking for them?” Asked Mitch, looking annoyed, “He killed Marlon.”

“Yeah, because Marlon sold the twins to some raiders.” Snapped Violet, turning on Mitch, “How long had he been giving our people away? Most of our losses have happened with him and Brody witnessing them!”

“You’re closer to the truth than you think.” The three froze at the sound of a woman’s voice. Slowly turning, Violet saw the woman from the night before, “Don’t worry, they’re fed and watered. I just want to know where Clementine is.”

“Why would we care?” Scoffed Mitch, before feeling someone put a gun to the back of his head.

“Because if we can’t have her,” Said Minerva, glaring at Mitch, “we’ll be taking you.”

Clementine winced at the light shone in her face.

“D’ya think she’s bitten?” asked a man, his voice familiar.

“No.” answered another, crouching down. Clementine found herself staring at Javi, “I think she’s just drunk.”

“I thought she was looking for her kid.”

“So did I.” Javi gently grabbed Clementine’s shoulder, “Clem?”

“AJ’s through there.” She despondently pointed towards a locked door, “I, I coul-” her voice broke.

“Max.” Javi looked up at the other man, who nodded at him.

Carefully pushing the door open, a walker of a boy no older than five stumbled towards him, an arrow sticking out of his chest.

“What happened?”

Clementine broke down.

Louis winced as Minerva threw Mitch around his cell, Tenn and Willy had been taken elsewhere and, after seeing that Lilly woman remove a guy’s eyes and tongue, Louis had opted to keep his mouth shut.

“When will you get it through your thick head?!” Demanded Minerva, “The Delta is your family now, and you don’t abandon your family!”

“You don’t believe that.” Begged Violet, trying to plead with Minerva.

“You all knew what Marlon did,” Snarled Minerva, glaring at Violet, “you all agreed with him.”

“We didn’t know.” Said Louis, as Minerva dropped Mitch.

“Maybe.” Nodded Minerva, “but you’re not leaving here.”

They watched Minerva leave, as Mitch coughed.

“Are you sure you want to do this, Clem?” Asked Javi, as his group looked at the SS Fitzgerald.

“Lilly’s the reason I went back to that school,” Scowled Clementine, “She’s the reason AJ’s dead.”

Javi solemnly nodded, before gesturing for them to start their attack. Clementine ran ahead of them and quickly scaled the side of the boat. Upon seeing two Delta guards, Clementine quickly dispatched of them, making sure to conceal their bodies in the bushes.

“Let’s go.” Growled Clementine, heading towards the boat.

The group glanced at each other, before following after her. Clementine glanced at the hatchet Javi had given her, she paused, seeing the man that shot AJ.

“It’s good that girl didn’t go back to that school,” Said the man, “Imagine what losses we could’ve suffered.”

Clementine scowled, before sneaking up behind him. Shoving her knife into the back of his neck. He had a similar reaction as that Russian Jane had stabbed all those years ago. Clementine shoved him into the person he’d been talking to, before driving her hatchet into his forehead.

Javi’s group took out other Delta member on the outside of the boat, while Javi and Clementine made their way through the inside of the boat. Clementine, after jamming her knife into a woman’s head, reached into her back pocket and pulled out AJ’s gun and checked the bullets, counting three.

“What do you plan on doing?” Asked Javi, getting a glance from Clementine.

“I’m gonna shoot Lilly,” Said Clementine, snapping the cylinder back into the gun, “then, I’m going to blow this boat up.”

“I had planned on using the boat to get back to Richmond.” Said Javi, frowning at Clementine.

“Okay,” Shrugged Clementine, bringing her hatchet down on a Delta member’s head, “I’ll leave the boat in intact, I guess.”

The pair rounded a corner and found a bunch of cells, guarded by a red-haired woman roughly Clementine’s age. The pair stared at the woman, before Clementine cocked AJ’s gun and pointed it at the woman, “Where’s Lilly?”

“Not here.”

“No shit.” Snarled Clementine stalking forwards.

“Clementine?” Asked Aasim, making Clementine stop.

“What the fuck are you doing here?” Asked Clementine, lowering her gun slightly.

“These guys took us the day after you and AJ left.” Answered Aasim, “That’s Minnie, she’s helping them.”

Clementine paused, before aiming at the red-head’s knees and firing.

“No!” Screamed Violet, as Minnie’s legs buckled from under her.

“Where’s Lilly?” Demanded Clementine, aiming at Minnie’s head.

“She’s not here.” Moaned Minnie, struggling to right herself.

“Clem.” Javi got her attention, jerking his head behind a corner, as they heard someone walked towards them.

Clementine roughly grabbed Minnie and dragged her out of sight, chucking her into a cell, as Lilly appeared.

“Minerva?” Lilly froze, before examining the smear of blood, “What the-”

Lilly was cut off by Javi whacking her back with his baseball bat, “-Fuck!”

Clementine jammed her knife into the back of Lilly’s knee. The older woman rolled over, scowling when she saw Clementine.

“Clementine.” Lilly glared up at her, “What are you doing here?”

“I’m with him.” Clementine jerked her head towards Javi.

“You’re helping the New Frontier?” Demanded Lilly, getting a cold glare from Clementine.

“I was New Frontier.” Snarled Clementine, “but, I’m here because you caused AJ to die.”

“I caused?” Scoffed Lilly, before pointing at Willy, “He actually killed him! Are you going to kill him too?”

“I didn’t mean to!” Yelled Willy, desperately, “I was aiming for the Walker next to you!”

“Do you really believe his aim is that bad?” Sneered Lilly.

Clementine glanced at Willy, who’d gone white, before glancing back at Lilly, “I’ll deal with him later.”

Clementine didn’t wait for Lilly to respond, before shooting her in the head. She then cocked the gun and aimed it at Willy.

“Clementine…” Warned Javi, turning to Clementine, “Put it down.”

“No.” Clementine glared at Willy, before glancing at Mitch, “Is his aim that bad?”

Mitch froze, “W-what?”

Clementine growled, “Is his aim really that bad?”

Mitch frantically looked around, with Louis looking away. Clementine turned and looked at Aasim, “What happened after AJ was shot?”

Aasim looked down, making Clementine aim the gun at Ruby, and repeating herself, “What happened after AJ was shot?”

“M-Mitch congratulated him.” Murmured Aasim, refusing to look up.

Clementine turned the gun back at Willy and pulled the trigger. Instead of a crack, the gun clicked. Willy trembled, as Clementine glared at him, before she looked at Javi, “What do you plan on doing with them?”

“I was going to take them to Richmond.” Answered Javi, “Before working on getting them back to their home.”

Clementine threw a glare at the school survivors, before stalking out of the brig, leaving Javi alone with them.

Clementine sat with her feet pressed against the railings, glaring over the horizon. She absently heard someone sit next to her.

“You okay, Clem?” Asked Kate, looking at Clementine.

“AJ’s dead.” Answered Clementine, “I fucking failed at the one thing I promised his parents.”

“You couldn’t have known what was going to happen.” Said Kate, following Clementine’s gaze.

“I should’ve.” Retorted Clementine, “I was supposed to protect him.”

Kate wrapped her arm around Clementine’s shoulders, “Clem, you can’t change the past, no matter what happens. I felt the same when Mariana was killed.”

Clementine pressed the heels of her hands into her eyes, “I don’t even know what to do with myself. Eleanor’s banned me from drinking, I’m not allowed near the armoury, until Lingard says I’m not a risk and Javi has his assholes watching me all the fucking time!”

Kate glanced back at Max, who nervously shifted.

“You could stay here.” Suggested Kate, “I’m sure Gabe’ll be happy to have you around.”

Clementine let out a humourless snort, “Probably the only one who will.”

“That’s a god-damned lie and you know it.” Retorted Kate, leaning back, “Those survivors have integrated with Richmond, although, we had to go to their school and collect some things.”

Clementine let out a huff, going back to staring out at the horizon, both her and Kate not acknowledging the tears running down her face.

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