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The Walking Dead Game What Ifs: What if Clementine & AJ joined the Saviors instead of the New Frontier?

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What if Clementine & AJ joined the Saviors instead of the New Frontier? Prompt Submitted by Spectacular Webhead 11 on FF.net

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Clementine didn’t like doing this, stomping into a community and taking from the people there. She hadn’t been there for the line up, but she heard that Negan killed two people. Shaking her head, Clementine set AJ down and looked through the cupboards of the house she was in.

Idly looking at the tins of food, Clementine looked up at the white-haired woman standing over her, “It’s a… nice set of cans.”

The woman just glared at her, neither noticing AJ crawl off. Sighing, Clementine closed the cupboard, before pulling open a draw, “So… have you been here long?”

The woman just kept glaring at her, resulting in another sigh from Clementine, a giggle from another room made her frown and made her start looking for AJ, “Goofball?” Looking around, Clementine tried to locate the toddler, “AJ?”

“Does he usually wander off?” Asked the woman, making Clementine jump.

“Sometimes, but I try to keep him close at the Sanctuary,” Answered Clementine, “since Simon seems a little… creepy.”

Not even a second later, Clementine felt something hit her cheek. Recoiling, she looked down as saw it was one of AJ’s shoes, “That’s a relief, I thought he’s thrown his shit. Again.” Turning towards the direction the shoe came from, Clementine saw AJ running towards her and the woman, having ditched all his clothes somewhere, “Alvin Jr!”

Attempting to grab him, Clementine bent down, only for AJ slip past her with a squeal and bolt out the front door. He got a couple of feet out the door, before tripping and skidding across the ground. AJ immediately started screaming and bawling, as Clementine hurried out, picked him up and took him back inside.

“Does he usually behave like that?” Asked the woman, getting Clementine’s attention.

“He’s usually better behaved, I think it’s a new environment thing.” Shrugged Clementine, grabbing the bag she’d brought from the sanctuary and pulling out a first aid kit. AJ caught sight of the peroxide and started thrashing and kicking at Clementine.

“AJ!” Clementine’s voice was sharp, “If I don’t clean your scratches, they’ll get infected, and you remember what happened the last time you didn’t let me clean your cuts?”

AJ whined, looking uncomfortable, but calmed down. Carol frowned as the girl started cleaning AJ’s cuts, she was the same age as Carl, but she had child and acting like his mother.

“How old were you?” Asked Carol, making the girl look at her, “When you had him.”

The girl blinked, before the penny dropped, “Oh, his parents died, his dad was killed by an asshole—”

AJ babbled something that sounded like “Swear.”

“—and his mom died a couple days after he was born. The group we were with all died, except Kenny. He looked after us, until… he died. We stumbled across the Saviors after AJ got sick.” Finished the girl, “We weren’t exactly in a position to refuse the offer they made.”

“And if you hadn’t joined Negan?” Asked Carol, “What was the alternative?”

“He would’ve dropped me off at one of the communities he had under him.” Shrugged the girl, “But… I’d heard about Simon, how he’d had an entire community killed because he didn’t like something. He only stayed in line when he was near Negan. I didn’t want to risk AJ. That’s not to say I’d stick with them if a better option appeared, but I’m just trying to focus on keeping AJ alive.”

Carol frowned, as the girl finished cleaning AJ and dressed him. AJ let out a whine when the girl walked away from him, letting out some hiccups.

“The crocodile tears aren’t going to work Goofball.” Said the girl, getting a huff from the toddler.

“Clementine!” Negan’s voice, getting a small scowl from the girl, before she went out to him, “Anything?”

“Some dog food and out of date meds.” Shrugged Clementine, “Everyone heading back?”

“Nope,” Negan shook his head, “I want you to stay here, make sure they don’t try anything.”

“How the hell am I supposed to do that?!” Demanded Clementine.

“I’m sure you’ll figure it out.” Dismissed Negan, “Your kid’ll stay here too.”

Clementine let out a quiet growl, before nodding. She was aware of the combined stares from the people in the community, as the Saviors left.

“So,” Clementine looked at a black woman with dreads, “How’re you going to ‘watch’ us?”

Sighed, Clementine looked around, “I’m not. I mean, I’ll stick around and just make shit up about how peaceful or boring you are and report that to Negan. You’ve survived alright so far, so I’ll probably just be in the background.”

The woman looked her up and down, “How old are you?”

“Thirteen.” Shrugged Clementine, “Why?”

The woman frowned, before jerking her head, silently telling Clementine to follow her. The girl looked back at the house she’d come out of, “AJ!” The toddler hopped down the steps and stumbled up to Clementine, holding his arms up, expecting Clementine to pick him up.

“No, AJ.” Said Clementine walking after the woman, getting a grumpy huff from AJ.

The woman, Michonne, sat next to Rick, the leader of the community, and Carl, Rick’s son. AJ was talking to Judith, another toddler. Carl, while Clementine did find him a bit cute, glared at her with his remaining eye.

They’d asked her about herself, how she survived and her general past.

“Did you mean what you said?” Asked Rick, “About lying to Negan?”

“I’ve done it before,” Shrugged Clementine, “hell, I’ve lied about an entire community to Negan. As far as he, and his guys are concerned, there are four communities around these parts.”

“How many are there?” Asked Rick, getting a frown from Clementine.

“Five, this one, Hilltop, the Heaps and the Kingdom are the only ones they know about.” Clementine glanced around, “The last one isn’t very welcoming to strangers, but they’ve got a good reason for it. I usually keep to the sanctuary so I can keep a supply chain going to them.”

Rick frowned, glancing at Michonne, “Maybe we should talk more in the morning.”

Clementine gave a small nod, before picking AJ up, “Okay, me and AJ can sleep in my car. See you tomorrow.”

The small family watched Clementine leave, once they were certain that Clementine was out of earshot, Rick looked at Michonne, “Do you think she can be trusted?”

“She lied to Negan about Carol’s food, so we know that she’d willing to lie to him and the secret community would explain why she didn’t want to be left here.” Said Michonne, “She’s been with them for about a year, so she could’ve made a supply route with that hidden community.”

“And them being hostile is convenient.” Scoffed Carl, glaring after Clementine.

“We could get her to take us to them.” Suggested Michonne, “If she does, maybe we could get her to free Daryl.”

“If.” Scoffed Carl.

Michonne and Carl quietly followed Clementine as she walked through the woods. Clementine had left AJ with Carol and taken a duffle bag full of supplies from the Saviors from the trunk of the car she and AJ had slept in. They saw Clementine stop at a gate that had Oceanside written above it.

“It could be a Savior base, like the satellite.” Said Carl, looking at Clementine, as the gate opened and a woman stepped out, taking the bag Clementine had brought.

“How long before you get back to the sanctuary?” Asked Natania.

“No idea,” Answered Clementine, “Negan sticking me in Alexandria had thrown so many plans in the air, I don’t know if he knows what we’ve been doing, but we’re gonna have to stop this until we know it’s safe.”

“That’s not ideal.” Said Natania, “We have people who need the medicine you’ve been supplying.”

“I know, but I need to be in the sanctuary to get to them.” Said Clementine, pinching the bridge of her nose, “I had to give the Alexandrians the slip, and leave AJ with them.”

“We could attack them.” Said Natania, “He doesn’t know where we are.”

“The Saviors have the numbers.” Said Clementine, “It’d be a slaughter.”

Michonne looked at Carl, “I think we’ve seen enough.”

Carl gave her a small nod and turned to leave, with Michonne following soon after.

“You didn’t have to follow me yesterday.” Said Clementine, looking at a book.

“How’d you know I was there?” Asked Carl, taking his eyes off AJ and Judith to look at Clementine.

“I heard you talking to your Dad about it when I came back.” Answered Clementine, “You’re lucky Natania or Cyndie didn’t see or hear you.”

“Why?”

“Because they would’ve killed you.” Clementine’s tone was so casual, Carl almost missed what she’d said.

“What?”

Clementine stared at Rick, before turning her head and looking at Michonne and Carol, “I’m sorry?”

“We’re fighting back.” Said Rick, “This has gone on for long enough.”

“I heard that part,” Clarified Clementine, “it’s the ‘get Oceanside on board for all this’ thing that I’m having trouble understanding.”

“We’re gonna need all the help we can get.” Said Michonne, “Rick’s got some of the other communities on board, but you’re the only one with a connection to Oceanside.”

“Do the other communities know about it?” Asked Clementine, getting a shake of the head from Michonne. Clementine sighed, “I’ll see what I can do, they might not want any part in this.”

A few hours later, Clementine found herself cursing everything in known existence. Natania was against them fighting, citing what happened the last time they fought back. Cyndie was for fighting back.

“We have the supplies, and we won’t be alone this time!” Argued Cyndie, “What do you think will happen if they win and we appear and expect for them to accept us?”

“And they could be like the Saviors.” Retorted Natania, “Sure, there’ll be ones like Clementine, but most of them will be like them.”

Rolling her eyes, Clementine put a radio on a table, “I’ve got to get back to Alexandria before Negan notices I’m missing. That’s paired with one in Alexandria, let me know when you’re done.”

Clementine then left the community to argue amongst themselves, making sure to deposit the bag with the medicine with one of the community’s doctors. She returned to Alexandria and settled herself down just before Negan came into the community with a captured Carl. Negan killed a guy which led to a quick series of events where a woman tried to shoot Negan and Negan ordered Arat, one of Simon’s original group, to kill someone. The woman she’d been standing next to, Clementine thought her name was Denise, was shot in the head.

For the second time in a month, Clementine found herself cursing everything in known existence. The Scavengers, one of the communities under Negan’s thumb, sold them out. They told Negan about Rick’s rebellion, where they were going to meet, they even attacked them before Negan arrived. They also told Negan that Clementine was working with Rick.

Clementine felt her left ear turn explode with a burning pain, she thought Negan was going to follow up the hit with another, when she felt him grab her left arm and bring something sharp down on it. Kicking her in the side, Negan turned his attention to Rick and Carl, only to be tackled by a tiger the other rebelling communities. The last this Clementine felt was someone wrapping something around her left forearm.

She woke a few hours later, her head and arm bandaged. Looking around, Clementine saw some of the other injured being tended to. For a moment, Clementine thought she was imagining things, because she saw Bailey, Oceanside’s doctor working with doctors from Hilltop and the Kingdom.

“You’re awake.” Clementine turned and looked at Cyndie, “I was beginning to think I didn’t do the tourniquet properly.”

Clementine looked down at her arm, only just noticing that her left hand was missing, “I can still feel my fingers.”

“You’ll get used to it.” Called Bailey, “If it gets too bad, tell me and I’ll get you a mirror.”

“What happened?” Asked Clementine, looking at Cyndie, “I heard yelling.”

“We arrived just after Negan cut your hand off, someone sent their pet tiger at him, and we just started shooting.” Cyndie looked around, “I don’t know how we did it, but we were able to convince the others to help.”

Clementine looked back down at her stump, “Do you know if AJ’s okay?”

“He’s fine.” Said Carl, from the door, holding up his arm, “Carol found a Scavenger trying to take him. He’s been biting people ever since.”

Clementine let out a relieved sigh, before swinging her legs off the bed, “Okay, take me to him.”

Clementine found herself walking with Carl a few weeks later, Rick and the other Communities had gone to the Sanctuary, while the majority of those who couldn’t fight were taken to Oceanside, as it was the only community that the Saviors didn’t know about.

“You didn’t have to follow me.” Said Carl, making Clementine glance back at the guy she’d found Carl helping.

“Consider it payback.” Retorted Clementine, “Wanna talk about what’s going on with you and your girlfriend?”

Carl let out a sigh, “We broke up.”

Clementine frowned, “Why?”

“Everything going on has… put some things in perspective.” Answered Carl, “I mean, we don’t know if we’re going to survive what’s happening.”

“That’s a shit reason for breaking up.” Scoffed Clementine, “Why did you fight that Walker like that?”

“Like what?”

“Like it was a person, it nearly took a chunk out of your side.” Clarified Clementine, “If I hadn’t pulled it off…”

“I got used to fighting people, I guess.” Said Carl, as they reached Alexandria, “I hope everything’s going alright.”

“Me too.” Responded Clementine.

“Where’s Carl?” Asked Rick, spotting Clementine as soon as he entered the sewers.

“Back there.” Clementine gestured behind her, “What happened?”

“They bounced back faster than we thought, and Gregory sold us out.” Said Rick, “What happened here?”

“Negan firebombed us, couldn’t you tell?” Snarked Clementine, “Carl decided to be a ‘gentleman’ and broke my fall.”

“Is he alright?”

“Yeah, twisted arm, Siddiq’s given him the all-clear.” Dismissed Clementine, as Rick frowned.

“Who’s Siddiq?”

Hours later, Clementine was with Rick and the others when they arrived at Hilltop, where she and Carl found themselves treating the wounded with Siddiq and some of the other doctors.

They’d captured some of the Saviors, with half of them defecting to them after an escape attempt. Clementine soon found herself acting as a provisional leader for the newly converted Saviors, given she had ‘seniority’ with the Militia.

She’d finally been properly introduced to Daryl and Maggie, the latter still being a bit weary of her and the former being somewhat distant. AJ and Judith and the other young children were being prepared to go to Oceanside.

“Carl and the other kids should be going too.” Clementine heard Maggie making another attempt to convince Rick, “You heard what Clementine said, that Carl was almost got by a Walker.”

“Carl’s on Negan’s radar.” Said Michonne, “If he goes, it could put everyone else at risk.”

“Moving anyone to Oceanside is putting them at risk,” Cyndie spoke up, “The Saviors know we’re all here, they’d follow anyone who leaves. Until they’re dealt with, we could lead them to Oceanside.”

“What about Clementine?” Asked Daryl, “How can we be sure that she isn’t working with ‘em?”

“Negan cut of her hand.” Said Cyndie, incredulous.

“And he burnt of half of Dwight’s face.” Countered Daryl, “What proof do we have that she’s trustworthy?”

“She’s been stealing from the Saviors and giving to us.” Stated Natania, “Little under a year and a half ago, bags with medicine and ammunition started appearing by one of our fishing areas. I caught her dropping them off a few weeks later. She said that she was working with three others.”

“And what happened to them?” Asked Daryl, getting a sigh from Clementine.

“They got caught.” Said Clementine, getting their attention, “The first one, Sandra, she was caught by one of the Guards and he rapes and murdered her and left her to turn. He was so proud, until Negan decided to break his legs and lock him in a room with her remains. Daniel was got by Walkers on the way to the Kingdom and Jarvis just didn’t come back from the Scavengers. I think he liked it there or something.”

The adults stared at her, before Rick spoke, “Clementine, how long have you been there?”

“A few hours,” Shrugged Clementine, “AJ’s asleep upstairs and I wanted to nap.”

Michonne frowned, before looking at Rick, “The Scavengers.”

“What?” Rick looked at her, “What about them?”

“They could help us.”

“They refused when I asked.” Said Rick, “They’re still upset about Jadis getting shot.”

“Clem, why don’t you check on the other Saviors.” Said Maggie, dismissing Clementine.

Sighing, Clementine walked away from the flowerbed she’d gotten comfortable in and made her way over to where she last saw Alden.

Somehow, they got the Scavengers on their side, who, along with Daryl and Aaron, got the Saviors away from Hilltop, allowing Natania and Cyndie to get their evacuees to Oceanside. Rick had been furious when he found that Clementine and Carl had stayed behind.

Sooner than Clementine expected, they’d arrived at a field that they were going to fight the Saviors on. Clementine couldn’t help but feel intimidated at the sight of all the Saviors.

“Better to die fighting.” Clementine heard someone mutter.

Then the Saviors pulled their triggers and all of their guns backfired on them. Then it became open season, Clementine saw the Oceanside women slaughtering the Saviors responsible for the massacre at Hollowbrant. She took the opportunity to take out a few Saviors, while Carl helped Rick with Negan.

The next anyone knew; Rick was saying they’d won. Maggie was demanding that he kill Negan, while the surviving Saviors surrendered. That night, everyone was celebrating, and Clementine found herself with Carl.

“How’s your arm?” Asked Carl, as Clementine shifted.

“I can still feel my hand,” Answered Clementine, “do… do you have anything planned later?”

“Not really.” Said Carl, “Did you know it’s good luck to kiss at the end of a war?”

“Where the hell did you hear that?”

“It’s in a book.” Justified Carl, as Clementine shifted.

The two awkwardly stared at each other, before Clementine hastily kissed Carl’s cheek and rushed off red faced.

Clementine frowned, it’d been over fifteen years since the end of the war with the Saviors. Rick and Michonne had married, she and Carl were in a relationship and AJ and Judith were inseparable. They’d almost lost Rick to a massive herd of Walkers, but she and Carl had managed to get him to safety. For six years everything had been peaceful.

Then the fucking Whisperers turned up. They kidnapped several people at an annual fair held at The Kingdom, leaving only Siddiq alive, traumatised but alive. Clementine wasn’t proud of her actions in the subsequent war, but after a long fight, they managed to win. They had a supply shortage, before they met the Commonwealth. Clementine had always wondered what it would’ve been like to be part of a revolution, she got her answer when she, the Grimes’ and Daryl practically led one. She lost a leg, and Rick and Michonne had vanished in the fighting, they couldn’t find their bodies, but they thought it was safe to assume that they’d both turned.

The next few years after that, the pair turned up, with supplies from a group calling themselves the ‘Civic Republic’. A lost of missing people then turned up, including Jarvis and a guy called Heath.

“Breathe.” Said Maggie, making Clementine jump, “Everything’s gonna be fine.”

Clementine shakily nodded, “Did you feel like you needed to throw up when you…”

“Got married?” Asked Maggie, getting a nod from Clementine, “I don’t remember, I just know that I was happy with Glenn.”

Clementine often wondered what happened to the Glenn she knew, the one at Lee’s parent’s drug store.

“Wanting to throw up is just nerves.” Chimed in Carol, “You’re just excited.”

Clementine let out a short laugh, before Michonne poked her head into the room they were in, “Everything ready?”

Clementine nodded, before heading towards the door. She could see Carl waiting for her at the end of the makeshift aisle, while Judith lazily tossed flower petals into the air. With a deep breath, she stepped outside.

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