Walkers

Chapter 45- Still

Jake's POV
We were following shortly behind Carl, when a walker approached the three of us.

Carl looked to Michonne, allowing her to kill the walker silently. Michonne was distracted by the walker and Carl started to speed walk away from us.

"Hey! Carl!" I chased behind him. He stopped and sighed like he'd been caught. "What the hell?" I asked.

"I want to do this on my own." He told me.

"Do what on your own?" I asked. "You're gonna need help carrying supplies for Judy."

"Whatever." He rolled his eyes and continued walking.

"Carl, what's wrong?" I asked.

"I just want to get something special for Judith by myself." He told me.

"Just let us help you, Michonne and I can back you up if you run into trouble. We can't let you be alone, your father's lost so much in this situation too."

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

I ruffled his hair and smiled. "Let's go get that then."

He smiled back and we walked down the street, towards a local bar/restaurant.

"It's in there." He said.

"You gonna bring her back some alcohol?" I joked.

"You'll see." He told me as we approached the door to the building.

He reached for the door handle when I stopped him.

"There could be some walkers in there." I whispered.

I peaked inside and there were walkers pretty much everywhere, walkers sitting, standing. Just scattered.

"You know if there's a backdoor, Carl?" I asked.

"I think so." He answered.

I ran around the back to check. Sure enough, there was.

"Alright, you two, go to the back and wait for me." I told Michonne and Carl when I made my way back around.

"Where are you going?" Michonne asked.

"Back over there." I pointed to Morgan's set up. "I have a plan."

She shook her head and started for the back with Carl and I ran towards Morgan's place.

I grabbed a few of the small cages that had small rodents trapped inside. They would be good bait, I figured.

I brought them back to the front door of the bar. I opened the door a tad and slid the cages inside. The walkers pounced right away.

I ran to the back of the bar where Michonne and Carl were.

"You two okay?" I whispered.

Michonne smiled and nodded.

I took my knife out of it's holder and slowly opened the door.

"Hold on." I told Michonne and Carl. "Can you tell me what you want? I'll grab it for ya."

"It's... it's... it's a picture. Of my mom, dad, and me. Judith should know what her mother looked like." He told me.

I nodded. "Where is it?"

"It's hanging up above the bar."

"I'll get it." I assured him.

I entered the building, slowly, looking for any stray walkers. I looked at my surroundings, there were ovens, pots, pans, etc. I was in the kitchen.