The Walking Dead: Left Behind (Carl Grimes)

Found but Lost

I stood on the porch of a white house, watching Glenn and Maggie walk away. Michonne and my father did the same.

"C'mon Carl." He said as Michonne and him started to walk off. I followed.

"Where to first?" I asked.

"Well, we should follow where were we last saw them off to the west, and if we don't find them, go east. Glenn and Maggie are going around and east. If we find her, we will kill them. And keep and eye out for Daryl too. He can show up any minute.

"I hope they don't kill her." I said quietly, but Michonne heard.

"None of us do. She seems like a good kid." She smiled and looked back at me, the looked at my father and said something, but I didn't hear.

It was quite for a while, but then a small herd of came around the corner. My dad made a hand signal and we ran into the house that was to our right.

"We should wait for them to pass." He said, looking around the house. "If we go out now, we get killed. We don't have much amo." He walked up stairs, and stabbed a walker in the head.

"So.. Eliza." Michonne looked at me.

"What about her?" I said, knowing what was coming.

"You guys... Just friends?" She smiled.

"I guess that's what you call them these days." I looked down, trying to hide the smirk on my face.

"I know your dad just wanted to find Daryl, but he is doing this for you. He still loves you." She put her arm on my shoulder.

"Ya... I know. It's just that he thinks I'm still a kid. I'm not." I said.

"Yes, but you are his son. Probably the last family member he-" she stopped. "I'm sorry I-" I cut her off.

"No it's okay. I know Judith is probably gone too." I looked away.

"You can't give up one her. She is your sister." Michonne looked out the window.

"And a baby. Babies do to survive a world like this." I turned to her.

"She is a Grimes. She will be fine." She looked at me with a smile as my dad came back downstairs.

"It's passed. We should move now." He opened the cupboard to see if anything was left, but it was empty.

"Stop.." I said, as my dad opened the door. He gave me a questionable look. "There's someone out there." We all looked out the window.

"Is that..." Michonne said. She had an upset look on her face.

"Daryl..." I said. He wasn't him though, as what it looked like. He was gone. We all walked out and my dad put his gun to his head.

"Im sorry.." he said and started to pull the trigger.

"This should be the last time someone does that." Daryl replied. We all had a sigh of releif.

"What happened to you?" My dad smiled examining him.

"Well Maggie was taken and the douche that did that pushed me off a hill and I was unconscious for a few hours. And that's why I look like shit." We all smiled and started to walk away.

"Glenn and Maggie are back together and-" my dad was cut off.

"Well why are we split up?" Daryl asked. My dad looked at Michonne then me.

"We have found... a new member of our group. She was taken by the people who took Maggie." He said. There was a few minutes of silence as we walked.

"Do we know anything about her? She could be dangerous." Daryl looked at my dad. My dad looked down and then at me.

"Carl?" He and everyone else looked at me.

"Well she was with her mom and friend. They were just out and her friend went around the corner but came back being dragged by two men. They took them all to an empty house and raped her mom and friend. She got out before her friend was killed, but she saw what they did to her mom. She said that she was alone for weeks, by herself surviving." I remembered back to when she told me about everything. The only thing she hasn't told me about was the man she killed.

"Has she killed anyone?" Daryl asked me.

"Ya..." My father said. He squinted his eyes and looked at me. I looked down. Daryl and Michonne looked at each other.

"Well.... she didn't tell me why she did that. It was probably one of those stupid people that took her and her mom and stuff..." I walked a little ahead. I over heard what they were saying.

"Are him and her like.. together? " Daryl asked my dad. My dad didn't reply for a few moments.

"I don't know.. but they spend alot of time together. In the room he has been staying in." I smiled, knowing what he was probably thinking. They were all thinking we were doing something bad. I laughed a little. They heard me.

"What's so funny?" My dad stopped me. Daryl and Michonne caught up too.

"I just thought it was funny that you think we are doing stuff in that room." I looked at him straight in the eyes. Daryl looked at my dad.

"Well I guess I underestimated you then Carl." He smirked. I just turned and started to walk but he pulled me back.

"Don't walk away from me when I am talking." He exclaimed.

"I'm not a kid anymore!" I flailed my arms out. "I don't have to listen to you. You don't listen to anyone but yourself. I don't need you." I walked away, as I left everyone there wide eyed. They followed me.

"What was that all about Carl?" Daryl asked me.

"Just please leave me alone." I looked at him then turned and walked away again.

"I don't need any of you." I said to myself.