The Walking Dead: Emperor of Flames

Season 4/Chapter 31: Bonfires & Bon Voyage

Y/n: Keep an eye on Clem for me, will you? 

AJ: Yeah, I'll protect her while you're getting your family back. 

I shake my head. 

Y/n: Our family, AJ. 

With everything now said, they hop into the water and I turn myself into a thin flame, jumping from torch to torch until I'm on the ship. The highest floor. I jump out of the torch and hide by the wall closest by my position. With my hat still on my back, I look around the corner and find more soldiers moving out and quickly stepping to go deal with the problem we'd manufactured.

Y/n: (Mind) Fuck, we're smart-

Suddenly, I hear a gun cock behind me and I turn to find one soldier standing there. They go to shoot, but I grab the gun and place my finger behind the trigger. The soldier tries to shoot me once more, but I slam his head into the ground. While he's dazed, I put my arms around his neck and snap it before tossing him into the water behind us. The sound of the gunfire concealing it. The back of the boat, well, steamboat has no one back there so he goes unnoticed by anybody.

Y/n: (Sigh) Fucker should've just walked away. 

I sneak around the corner and find a row of doors that belong to the people who live here on the boat. Thinking back to what Minnie said, she said there's a black door. It's where Mom's room is. 

Y/n: Black door, black door...

I finally find it, but duck behind some boxes as Soldiers run by me without looking at me. They didn't spot me, so I quickly go to the door and press me ear against it. Inside, I hear some noise and it sounds like soft whimpering. Like whoever is inside is trying not to cry, but not doing the best job. 

Y/n: (Mind) Maria? 

I try to open the door, but it's been locked so I grab the handle and heat it up to the point of an orange glow radiates off of it. I then squeeze the handle and pull down, tearing it off and letting the door come to a slight opened look. I throw the handle overboard before opening the black door slowly, and when I finally do I come across a little girl around the age of five sitting on my mother's lap. My mom looks at me with surprise and I smile at her, placing my hat back on my head. 

Y/n: Nice to see you, Mom. 

Mom practically tears up as she looks at me. 

Mom: My little firecracker... I knew you'd come. 

Y/n: Yeah, I'm here for our friends as well. So is Clem, Violet, and AJ. The others are not on the boat, but helping us from the outside. 

Mom: That's good to hear. I was so worried about all the noise outside, I thought it might be a new bandit group trying to attack us. Believe me, it's happened once before while we were out here. Just a random roaming band. 

I nod, shutting the door behind me so no one would see it opened. I look at Maria and Mom notices me, so she grins. 

Mom: Maria, honey, I want you to meet someone. 

The little girl raises her head off of Mom's chest and looks up at her. She nods to me and the little girl turns where I can fully see her face. She honestly, no surprise, looks like me when I was five. I can see some freckles on her face, dark hair, fair skin, dark eyes which are now slightly red from crying. She has big puffy cheeks. She spots me, but shyly puts her head back into Mom's chest & I can't blame her as I'm a stranger right now. Although, Mom gets her to look back at me again. A small innocent look on her face. 

Mom: Maria, this is your big brother, Y/n. 

Maria, softly, speaks finally. 

Maria: Big brother?