Echos in the Dark

Chapter 40

"You with me man?" He asked Daryl. Shane was carrying a bag of guns and I knew he was planning something. Daryl took a gun and racked it.

"Time to grow up." I looked at my brothers confused and they were just as confused as I was.

"You already got yours." He said looking back to Andrea.

"Yeah? Where's Dale?"

"He's on his way."

"Though we couldn't carry." T-dog said.

"We can and we have to." Shane said.

"Look, it was one thing sitting around here picking daises when we thought this place was supposed to be safe. But now we know it ain't."

"How about you man? Your gonna protect yours?" Glenn hesitated before taking it.

"That's it. Can you shoot?" He asked Maggie.

"Can you stop? You do this, you hand out these guns, my dad will make you leave tonight."

"Shane listen to her!" He handed my brothers some rifles and skipped me.

"We have to stay Shane." Carl spoke up.

"What is this?" Lori asked.

"We ain't going anywhere, okay? And look, Hershel, he's just gotta understand, okay? He's gonna have to. Now we need to find Sophia. Am I right? Huh? Now I want you to take these," he said giving Carl and my son guns.

"Shane!" I yelled.

"You both take em, and you keep your moms safe. You do whatever it takes. You know how. Go on and take the gun, and do it." I put my arm in front of Ace and took the gun from Shane.

"Rick said no guns and this isn't your call!" I yelled at shane.

"This isn't your decision to make." Lori said.

"Oh shit." T-dog said grabbing our attention. We looked afar and saw Hershel, Jimmy, and Rick with walkers. I was shocked.

"What the hell?" Me and my brothers said in unison. Shane, Daryl, and everyone else started running towards them. I looked at my brothers as we followed them. Ace and Carl stayed while Lori called out to Shane.

When we reached the gates to the barn Shane pushed them opened and ran through. "What the hell are you doing?!" He yelled

"Why do your people have guns?!" Hershel asked struggling for hold onto the walker.

"Are you kidding me?! You see?! You see what they're holding onto?!" Shane said. I pulled the hammer and aimed it at Shane.

"Stand down Shane!" I said.

"I see who I'm holding onto!" Hershel argued.

"Nah man you don't!" He began walking away not caring if I was holding a gun aimed towards his head. Rick tried to calm Shane down telling him that they'd talk after but Shane wasn't having it.

"These things ain't sick! They're not people! They're Dead! Ain't gonna feel nothing for them 'cause all they do, they kill! These things right here! They're the things that killed Amy!"

"Too far Shane!"

"They killed Otis! They gonna kill us!"

"Shut up Shane!" Me and Rick yelled at him.

"Hey Hershel man, lemme ask you somethin'." He grabbed his gun out from his back pocket. I pulled back the hammer ready to shoot if necessary. "Could a living breathing person- could they walk away from this?!" He began shooting the walker that Hershel was holding onto.

"No! Stop it!" Rick yelled.

"That's three rounds in the chest! Could someone alive- could they just take that?! Why is it still coming?!" He shot it again. "That's it's heart, it's lung! Why's it still coming?!" More gunshots.

"Shane enough!"

"Yeah! You're right man. That is enough." He started walking towards the walker. And he shot it in the head. I slowly dropped the gun and turned to see Ace looking at the scene with horror in his eyes.

"Go with Ace!" I said to Cass and Dean.

"Enough! Risking our lives! For a little girl who's gone!" I saw Carol flinch. "Enough! Living next to a barn full of things that are trying to kill us! Enough! Rick! It ain't like it was before!" I looked at Sam who was debating wether to step in or stay down. "Now if y'all want to live! If you want to survive! You got to fight for it! I'm talking about fighting right here! Right now!" Shane turned and ran to the barn.

"Shane no!" Rick tried to give the snare pole to Hershel but he was too much in shock. Shane grabbed a pickax and hit the lock to open it.