Legacy (Book #2 of the Survival Series)

Chapter Eighteen

"Run!" I screamed to Luke as we watched Calum fall. "Luke! What are you doing?! Run!"

"I can't leave Calum!" Luke said turning around.

"You have to, he's gone." I said trying to push him forward.

"We can't! Without Calum there's no chance for-" Luke started to say but then Calum's screams of pure agony pierced the ears of any living (or dead) thing in at least a mile radius.

"We have to go." I said pushing him. He finally obliged and we ran. "We need to find Daryl." I said as we ran, pushing branches out of my face. "I fucking knew we shouldn't have left that house. I knew it."

We had left to go find the others, it's been a week since we left the safety and sanctuary of those twin houses. Almost too much has happened in the past week, first we almost got eaten by cannibals at this supposed 'safe zone' Terminus. The only good thing about that whole fight was we found Rick, Carl, Carol, and some others of Rick's original group. I watched a guy, not much older than myself, have his throat slit and bleed out into these metal things. Luke was upset that we still hadn't found his bandmates, so we went looking again. We had found Calum and Ashton, but Ashton was so sick he didn't make it out the door. Calum was running and we were surrounded by Walkers, he didn't make it either. The only one left was Michael and he was somewhere in front of us. It's been a hell over the past seven days and I don't know how much more I can take.

"We needed to find them." Luke shot back with gritted teeth. Over the last week our relationship has been a bit rocky, more like we fight about the smallest of things. He's different, something's wrong.

"You almost got the my group killed!" Luke and the guys had stated that they were now their own group, just traveling with us. Rick didn't like it and neither did anyone else, including me.

"Yeah. Totally my fault." Luke spat, shaking his head.

"Well, two of your friends are dead, only one survived, you basically sacrificed my best friend to save yourself, it's becoming a bad thing having you around." I shot back, tears forming in my eyes about Fay. Luke basically threw Fay to the Walkers, her face, right before she died, it showed pure betrayal. When she looked at me I wanted to throw Luke in as well. Fay told me, only an hour before the 'incident' that she no longer trusted the former 5SOS boys. And now she's dead. I had fallen back into Daryl's arms and we ran away together. My best friends screams had filled the air. She was dead, and it was Luke's fault.

"I'm a bad thing to have around?" Luke asked. "We were doing great until you showed up. Stupid little Carl and his crush on you is what saved your ass. Not because we thought you'd make a good member of the group."

"You lie." I seethed. "Rick told me why I was in the group. It had nothing to do with anyone else's opinions of me, Rick saw something in me and that's why I came with you."

"No wonder your family left you. You're a bitch." Luke shook his head and pulled ahead.

"You fucking bastard." Daryl's voice rang off the forest floor, then Daryl sprang out from behind a tree, tackling Luke. "You fucking bastard. I knew something was up with you. I knew it. What are you and that other guy up to huh? Were you and your friends going to rob and murder us as we slept? Is that the plan?" Daryl held Luke down.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone move quickly. It was too quick to be a Walker. I turned and threw my fist, knocking Michael to the ground.

"Trying to sneak up on me?" I asked pinning him down and throwing his weapons across to Daryl. "You should have known better. Or maybe you would have, if you'd actually cared and paid attention to me."

"What should we do with them J?" Daryl asked. "Your call."

"I would say kill them, but I'd like to hear Rick's opinion." I answered Daryl as I stared down Michael. "You used to be a Role model." I whispered. "Your music made me happy. It's nice to see your true colors." Michael's eyes widened a bit, but then slit.

"The world changes people." He smirked. "Don't cry, Juliet...you'll be dead soon enough."

"Carl, stay back." Ricks demanding voice was a nice thing to hear. "What happened?"

"We figured it out Rick," I answered him, rubbing my cheek in my dirty shirt, wiping the tears off of it. "They were planning to kill us, just like Louis and Harry."

"What are you going to do?" Rick asked.

"I don't know. I suggest killing them, but we had Walkers on our tail." Daryl answered.

"Kill them." I mouthed to them. "This one first." I stood up and Michael jumped to his feet, lunging at me. In my hand was already the shot gun with one round left. I put the gun up and shot, his body collapsed to the ground in a heap. "We don't have much time until the Walkers come. Stand him up." I said motioning to Luke.

"Hey Princess." he smirked. "You can't kill someone you love."

"Oh, but I don't really love you." His smirked was still plastered on his face. "It was just a fan love, I loved your music and thought you were hot, but your personality makes you ugly as all hell. No Luke, I don't love you, and you never loved me. This was all a play on your mind." Now the smirk was gone from his lips.

"What?" He asked, his voice quivering slightly.

"Oh, you know. All those things I said? I was under an impression that you loved me, so I responded accordingly." I lied, but then began to tell the truth."When in reality I was spending time with someone who I really loved." I smirked as I walked towards him. "I want the last thing you see to be the one I actually lost my virginity to, the one I actually love." His face told the story of true shock. I nodded to Daryl who put the loaded gun to Luke's temple. "Carl? Come here."

I looked to Rick who, when he should have been upset, smiled. I nodded once again to Daryl and smiled to Luke. "Love youu..." I mouthed to Luke as I pulled Carl in, connecting our lips. As our lips touched, Luke gasped, and in that silence that followed, a gun shot and groans of Walkers.

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Sooo, it's been a while, hasn't it? Well I have a job and softball seven days a week now so I don't know how often I'll update but this book will be finished soon enough. I want to hear your opinions on the chapter, what should happen, and what you guys want to see me write after this book is done. I have one in the works but I'm contemplating it. Comment!

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