We Will Survive Together

Chapter 52: Another one gone

We lost Kaley about a day ago. It was devastating. Not only for me but for everyone. Kaley always had away of making everyone feel safe and there was always someone to talk to. Noah still wanted to go home. Me, Rick, Tyreese, Michonne, Daryl, and Glenn were taking him home. Daryl didn't want me there but I said it would be find. "We will be out of range for a little while. If you don't here back in two hours come looking" Rick said through the walkie talkie. I was staring off into the distance. I couldn't get Kaley's laugh out of my mind. Daryl grabbed my hand bringing me back to reality. I looked at him but didn't say anything. He gave me a look. He was basically asking if I was ok without saying anything. I nodded and looked back out the window. Rick drove into the woods and parked the car. "We go on foot just in case" Rick said and got out. I took a deep breath and got out. I made sure my gun was ready to fire. I adjusted my knife and started to follow Rick. We all did. Daryl was behind me and I could sense that he was worried about me. We came across some tangled wire tied to the tree's. "Your people do this" Michonne asked. "They always talked about it. Must have finally decided to " Noah responded. We made our way through the wires and kept walking. We finally saw the gates to the community. However they were locked shut. Glenn climbed them and looked down and shook his head. We all climbed over and Noah started to looked worried. It looked like someone broke in and took over. "No" Noah kept saying over and over again. Eventually he collapsed in the middle of the road. "We take what ever is left then get back to the others" Rick said. I went off one direction and Daryl followed me. We went into the first house and searched it. I saw a few bottles of water and put them in my bag. I went in to a room and I knew it was from a teenage girl. I saw a pride flag hanging from the wall. There was a picture of two girls. One was wearing darker clothes and the other was wearing light pink. One had blonde hair and one had black hair with red stripes.  Looking around the room it reminded me of my sister. I was lost in my thought I didn't even notice the walker behind me. I heard the sound of Daryl's crossbow go off then the body hit the floor. I looked down then back at him. I just nodded. I haven't talked much since everything happened. I went to walk past him and he grabbed my wrist and spun me around. I looked at him in shock. "Ya need to talk to me" Daryl said looking at me. He let go of me and all I did was shrug my shoulders before turning to walk away. He grabbed my wrist again but didn't let go this time. "Kass I'm serious. I don't need ya drifting away from me. I can read ya it's not hard. That camp back in Atlanta after Cleo I knew that hurt ya. Then when that dick started to neglect and hit ya I was pissed. I love ya Kass but ya need to talk to me." Daryl said looking into my eyes. I looked down for a second. "Talk to me" he said again. "What do you want me to say. That I am fine that nothing is going on. I lost my sister Daryl. The one person I lost before everything. When my mom and dad kicked her out years ago I never thought I could live with that. Hell I tried not to. Jacob cared about me then. He stopped me while my parents told me I should have gone through with it. And then I had Cleo. I named her Cleo because Kaley had a girlfriend who saved her. Then she died. Jacob blamed me hit me and yeah you saw right through that. Then he tried to kill me and you did exactly what you said you would. Then I accidently killed him. He deserved it. Then you and me became a thing. Then I found Kaley and it felt like I was getting my life back. Then the farm fell then Lori died. Then I was almost raped 3 times" I said tears coming to my eyes. Daryl was just staring at me in shock. "Then we got separated. Carol told me to give up on looking for you and Lizzie killed Mika. I watched Carol put down Lizzie. Then we went on then I found you and you told me that she was gone. I knew we would find her. Then Eugene turned out to be lying about the whole D.C thing. I went back and Michonne told me my sister was alive. I let myself feel happy. More then usual. I loved her and promised to protect her. But when I saw you carrying her lifeless body out of those doors. It was like everything came back to me." I said more tears falling. "When I die it is gonna hurt you and Carl and Rick and Rosita and Sasha and Maggie and Glenn and everyone here. Kaley's death made me realize that you have to prepare. So I want to distance myself so it hurts less" I said looking up at him tears flooding out of my eyes. "Kass I ain't gonna let ya just disappear on me." Daryl said reaching for me. I stepped back and looked down. I shook my head and walked out. I walked out of the house and heard Noah screaming. I grabbed my gun and ran towards him. Daryl followed close behind me. There were a few walkers and we easily took them out. Then Rick, Michonne, and Glenn caught up to us. Glenn noticed I was crying and cocked his head. I shook my head and looked for Tyreese. "He is bit" Noah said and ran towards his house. We followed him and sure enough found Tyreese on the floor with a bit on his arm. Me and Glenn grabbed his arm and Michonne cut it with her sword. Rick and Daryl picked him and we started to run towards the gates. There were walkers outside and we took them out easily. We made out way through the woods and had to get him over the wires. His foot got caught and I had to help pull it free after getting it free I fell to the ground. Michonne helped me up and we followed Daryl and Rick. We got back to the car and Tyreese was barely awake. "Carol its gone. We are coming back. Get Sasha and Carl away they don't need to see this" Rick said. He started the car and we were off. I was trying to wrap his arm with towels to slow the bleeding. After about 20 minutes of me trying and Rick driving I noticed his body go limp. I checked for a heartbeat but didn't feel one. "Rick" I said. He looked at me. "He is gone" I said and sat back. Rick sighed and stopped the car. Daryl was next to me and we all got him out of the car. Rick took his knife and made it so he wouldn't turn. We sat him in the back and got back in the car. I gazed out the window and looked to my side. I saw Daryl dazing off. I felt bad for yelling at him. I grabbed his hand and looked at him. I nodded and looked back out the window. 

We finally got back to the others and we all got out. Daryl and Rick pulled Tyreese's body out and started to dig. Gabriel held a small memorial for him and we all took turns shoveling dirt on him. After everyone went Rick buried him the rest of the way. I leaned against a tree and saw Daryl standing a little farther into the woods. He was leaned against a tree and looked upset. I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his back. I could tell he was upset. He had been crying. "I'm sorry" I said. He turned around and wrapped his arms around me. He lightly kissed the top of my head and tightened his arms. "It's not your fault" he said. I closed my eyes to prevent more tears from falling. I opened them and saw Carol staring at us. I had no idea wahy though.