chapter 17

By the time the three of them got back to the Motel Inn, it was already dusk.

"Hey! We're back!" Leonard called out from the other side of the wall.

Kenny who was now on watch duty also spotted them.

He then called out for Lee and the old scumbag Larry to help open the gate for them.

Once they opened the gate, Larry spotted Tyrant the zombie behind Leonard and Conner due to his height and a massive body built.

"You bringing back more mouth to feed?" Larry complained.

"Don't be like that you old coot, this guy totally earned his spot in this group, look at what he's carrying." Leonard pointed out to him.

Tyrant was currently carrying a huge bag on it back, fill to the brim with necessary supplies.

Larry couldn't really complain anymore after Leonard pointed it out to him.

"So what you guy found?" Lee asked.

"Lot of canned foods and waters, plus some hygienic supplies such as toothpaste and toilet papers, and the best part is this!" Leonard pointed at Conner back.

"Oh damn…" Kenny gasped.

Because he saw IT on Conner back, a long hunting rifle.

"You got any bullets for it?" Kenny asked him.

"Oh yeah, found a few boxes of it actually, enough to shoot quite a number of zombies," Leonard answered him.

"Alright, mind introduced him?"

Larry who has been ignored for a while now chimed in.

"Oh right yeah totally forgot about that, mind call everyone out here Kenny?" Leonard told him.

After a minutes or so Kenny has gathered everyone outside.

Most of them, especially Carley and Lilly, and the kids gave Tyrant a curious look (the kids) and caution(the grown up).

"Who is this? And why does he cover his face with a paper bag?" Carley asked.

"This is our new member, his name is Big-T, the reason as to why he's covering his face is because he doesn't want to scare anyone, you see his face is quite...burned due to some unfortunate accident, which literally melted the skin off his face," Leonard explained to them.

The kids who heard his answer flinched.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Carley" Carley greeted and extended her hand.

"Hurgh" Tyrant greeted back with a grunt.

"He isn't much of a talker…," Leonard told her.

"I could see that...I'm Lilly." Lilly greeted, Tyrant too, give her the same greeting.

Clementine who was on the side gave Tyrant a curious look, she tries to get closer to greet him but before she could do so, Duck drags her away to play.

The group quickly dispersed and went back to whatever that they're doing.

"Alright, mind explaining to me who this guy is?" Mavis walked closer to him and whispered.

"Not here Mavis, somewhere more...come to my room, I'll fill you in on everything."

He told her.

In Leonard room.

Tyrant was standing in a corner with a paper bag still cover its face and Mavis sitting on a chair facing him directly.

"Alright, who is this? I sense a bit of magic inside of him, almost with a similar signature as your." pointed at Tyrant while looking directly at Leonard.

"That's my zombie minion," he answers her with honesty.

"....you actually decide to bring an undead inside the group...are you insane?" she questioned him. "What would happen if these people find out what it really is?" she continued.

"Don't worry too much about it, I'll just keep that paper bag on his head, as long as no one pulls it off, nothing could go wrong…" Leonard told her.

Mavis let out a sigh. "I honestly envious of your oblivious and easy going nature you know that you little brat?"

"...are you supposed to be saying that to me? I'm your boss you know that right?" he told her with a smirk on his face.

"And I'm your magic teacher, probably the best one that money could buy." she retorted.

"....well I couldn't argue with you on that one…." he muttered.

Mavis then left the room.

"Alright then, look like I need to integrate you into the group somehow and give you the least amount of exposure as possible…." sudden an idea came into his head.

"Oh yes! That would work! You're going to be our salvager," he stated.