Chapter 97: Exposing Marlon

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Y/N's POV

Me, Clem, and AJ were asleep in our room. AJ was sleeping in his own bed while me and Clem were sleeping in ours. I woke up to the sound of yelling coming from the pipes. Clem woke up too.

Y/N: You hear it too?

Clementine: Yeah. Something's going on.

Y/N: I'll check it out.

Clementine: No. I'll go.

Y/N: Are you sure?

Clementine: Yes. I want you to stay in here with AJ.

Y/N: I don't know about you going.

Clementine: You always do the high risk stuff for me and AJ. I want you to rest. Let me return the favor.

I look down.

Clementine: Just stay in here with AJ while I see what the yelling is about. Please Y/N? For me?

I sigh.

Y/N: Fine. But please be careful.

Clementine: Thank you.

She kisses my cheek.

Clementine: Love you.

Y/N: Love you too.

I give Clem a quick peck on the lips before she grabs a candle a heads out of the room. AJ then wakes up.

AJ: Y/N? Where's Clem at?

Y/N: Don't worry. She is figuring out what the yelling from the pipes are about.

AJ: Shouldn't we go with her?

Y/N: If she doesn't come back. We will look for her.

We waited a little. She didn't come back. Which made me worried.

Y/N: We should g--

I heard screaming coming from the pipes. It was Clem!

Y/N: CLEM!

AJ grabbed his gun and me and him ran out the door. Everyone else went out of their rooms.

Lee: I heard Clem yelling!

Kenny: Where is she?!

Y/N: Follow me!

We went outside. We see Marlon running, he is out of breath. I see blood on his face.

Y/N: Marlon!

Marlon: Fuck!

Lee: Where is she?!

Kenny: WHERE'S CLEMENTINE?!

AJ gets his gun out.

AJ: WHERE?!

Everyone then came outside.

Violet: What the hell is going on?

Marlon: Get this fucking psycho away from me!

Duck: How about no!

Carley: TELL ME WHERE CLEMENTINE IS!

Marlon: She's in the basement. She murdered Brody!

Sarita: No! Clem wouldn't do that!

Mitch: Is that blood on your face?

Marlon realizes he has blood on his face. Everyone starts talking.

Clementine: Tell them the truth Marlon!

We all look at Clem in shock.

AJ: Clem!

Clementine: You killed Brody. You hit her so hard, her head split open.

Marlon: That's a lie! I saw you kill her! Look at her hands! She's covered in Brody's blood.

She looks at her hands and gasps. We look at her in shock.

Y/N: Clem?

Clementine: I didn't do it. I swear I didn't.

Aasim: Jesus Christ, Clem.

Tenn: What did you do?

Marlon shoves AJ to the ground and takes his gun.

Y/N: HEY!

I help AJ up.

Marlon: We saved their lives when anyone else would've kept walking! We fed them, we kept them warm! This is how they thank us?! Guns being pulled and murder! Well FUCK THEM.

He points the gun at Clem. Which made my blood boil.

Clementine: You shoot me, and what do you offer up to your raider friends when they come knocking?

Aasim: What the hell is he talking about?

Clementine: He needs us alive.

Marlon: Shut up.

Clementine: Brody told me Marlon was gonna give me and my whole group up to the raiders in exchange for safety. The same way he gave up Sophie and Minnie!

Everyone gasps.

Marlon: Shut the fuck up!

Clementine: Brody told me the truth, and that's when Marlon killed her.

Marlon: Aw, come the fuck on! They only met up with these raiders because They insisted they go out there. Quite the coincidence, isn't it. Shame I don't believe in those. Who are you gonna believe? Johnny-come-lately, her boyfriend, and their little fucking lunatic? Or me? Your friend?

Omar: They helped us get food.

Marlon: Useless if they steal the food.

Willy: This is fucked up.

Ruby: We don't know them. I hate to say it.

Marlon looks like he is about to shoot Clem, I quickly get in front of Clem.

Clementine: Y/N!

Marlon: Ah. Of course the boyfriend protects his girlfriend.

Y/N: You better drop that gun. We can do this the easy way, or the hard way.

My group joins me. Everyone starts getting closer to Marlon.

Marlon: You don't get it.

He starts pointing the gun around.

Marlon: I'm trying to protect you! All of you!

Lee: How does pointing a loaded gun around protect anyone?

Duck: Brody's dead. The twins are gone. You suck at protection!

Clem smiles at us for still trusting her.

Marlon: Shut your fucking mouth! I made the right call. I saved the lives of everyone in this school! If they came back. I'd do it again!

Ruby: Excuse me?

Aasim: I didn't realize we were so fucking expendable.

Tenn: You told me they died. You gave my sisters away. Why would you do that? I trusted you. THEY trusted you!

I take this moment to run up to Marlon and disarm him. I succeed and throw the gun away.

Marlon: I wanted to save them. But I was too afraid.

Marlon starts to cry.

Tenn: You killed Brody because she knew?

Marlon: I didn't mean too.

Clementine: We can still fix this.

Y/N: I agree.

Louis: We'll help you. We're all family here.

Marlon: I know I betrayed you. Just let me leave. You'll never see me again.

I see AJ behind Marlon grabbing the gun I threw away. He aims at Marlon.

Y/N: AJ N--

Marlon gets shot in the head. His dead body falls. Rosie starts to bark. We are all standing there, shocked.

AJ: What? I aimed for the head.

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