The Long Night

A few hours later on road Shawn takes a right turn and few minutes later they enter a farm. Shawn stops his truck and Chet and Wolfe comes down. 

"Hey Shawn... I'm a' run on home. My mama's gonna be in a snit". Chet looks at Wolfe and then at Shawn. "You. Can you let him stay in your farm for some time till he gets his memories back. It's not safe outside".

"No sweat man. I'll catch you tomorrow night". Shawn replies.

Chet looks at Lee and Clementine and speaks. "It was nice meeting you both". He looks at Wolf, nods his head and leaves the farm.

As soon as he left them, the door to the farmhouse opened and an old man in his late fifties came out, relieved. 

"Thank god you are okay. I was so afraid". Old man said indicating that he was the father.

Shawn embraced his father. "I thought it'd be bad here too". 

"Been quiet as usual the past couple days. Ol' Breckon down the way says he saw his mare get eaten by a man but that's ain't anything unusual". His father calmed him.

"I wouldn't have made it back without Chet and these guys". Shawn said.

"I'm glad you took him with you then. You brought a couple guests". His father said looking at the strangers.

"Your boy is a lifesaver. He helped us out of that commotion. Can we stay here the night". Lee said noticing the old man looking at him.

"I'm glad he could be some help. So, its you and your daughter then. What about this boy then". Shawn's father still suspicious spoke.

"She's not his daughter. He's her neighbour. Said her parents were out of town". Shawn said explaining his father and then looked at Wolfe and added. "And this guy here is Wolfe. We met him on our way. He got in an accident, and Chet and I brought him with me. He doesn't remember anything about himself. Can he stay here for some days?"

"Alright". Old man didn't reject. He then looked at the girl and spoke. "Honey, do you know this man?"

"Yes". Clementine affirmed.

"Okay then". The old man looked at Lee and noticed the injury in his leg. "Looks like you hurt your leg pretty bad there. I can help with that". He faced Shawn and told him to go see his sister inside and then told Lee. "How about you sit on the porch and I'll see what I have". 

The old man introduced himself as Hershel Greene while he looked at Lee's leg injury. A few minutes later, Shawn came outside his house and spoke. "Hey dad, so I'm thinking, first thing tomorrow, we gotta reinforce the fence around the farm".

Hershel refused and said. "That doesn't seem necessary".

Shawn forced his voice with determination. "I don't know what you saw on TV, or heard on the radio, but there is some serious shit hitting the fan. I don't know anyone knows how big it is yet". 

"Your son is right. You're going to want to fortify this place". Lee backed Shawn. No one saw Clementine and Wolfe nodding from the back.

Hershel still didn't believe them. "Things like that doesn't happen around here Shawn".

"Dad, I'm serious. You can ask Chet. Lee tell him what you saw out there man". Shawn said seriously again and looked at Lee for help.

Lee spoke. "I saw dead people, walking. People with their guts spilled out walking. Eating others". 

Hershel finally gave up. "Well do what you think you should. We've got plenty of chores as it is".

Shawn said. "Don't worry. These guys will help. Those folks in the barn can help out too. We gotta do it really".

"I already said okay". Hershel said irritatingly. Then after he had bandaged Lee's leg, he looked at him and informed. "There's blankets and such in the barn. We'll be seeing you bright and early. Come tomorrow which way you two are heading?"

"Macon, I suppose". Lee told him.

Looking at Wolfe he said. "And you. You're gonna stay here for some time". To which Wolfe nodded.

Soon, they were in the barn. The inside was dark, but Wolfe could barely see some people sleeping on the sides. A man slowly whispered and told them to move a little ahead that there was space. Wolfe saw the stairs going up the farm window. He climbed and lied down near the window. The cold wind coming from the window pushed away the smell of the animals. 

While lying down watching the sky from the window, he got himself to think about the day.

Touching his face he thought, 'How am I still alive. That is not my face. Who is this person. Why can't I remember anything. What the hell has happened to the world'.

Touching his own face he thought, 'I can't believe this is possible. Did they really give me a body or did they change my body'.

He remembered the man the others called Dr Kurt who dosed him at a lab. And the attack of the dead bodies in the helicopter. He thought he couldn't survive the fall but surprisingly when he opened his eyes he was alright with not even a single injury in his body. But when in the truck he saw himself in the mirror, it was different than his face. He heard the man calling him Wolfe so he just blabbered out the name to Chet. He still don't know anything about this face's past so he just pretended that he lost his memories. He could only feel blessed to be alive even though with a different face.

'I was ready for my death. It was a suicide. I knew that but killing my parent's killers was the only thing I had wished'. After he was diagnosed with a deadly tumour in his brain, he hardened himself to kill them. Covertly crossing borders, illegally bribing people to find out the organisation. But Alas, he couldn't even kill one of those terrorists and got captured and taken to be tortured to find out which country or organisation he belonged to. He was ready to die, happy that he at least tried to avenge his family but he was caught up in an explosion and the next thing, he was in a lab in America with different body. He guessed that they must have a reason to give him this face. Maybe they wanted him to do something for them, or maybe he was just an experiment that turned out to be a success. Thinking about all those thinks, he fell asleep.