Humanity (Carl Grimes Gay)

Scaffolding II.

[Video is Afraid by The Neighborhood , oh how I love them]
[No more bold when they're talking cause Wattpad was being stupid about it]

We ran , and we ran quickly . We didn't have to do that much killing because they weren't that hard to get away from in a simple matter .

We did have a hard time finding a place to chill for the night , though . I mean , how safe do you expect malls to be ? Not safe at all , no .

Later , we did find a large gym area where my father used to go to whenever he visited the USA . Convenient ? Maybe just a little .

I don't think I ever told you about how I lost my family . I lost my father ... literally . We had split up to search a large warehouse and couldn't find each other . I stayed around for 3 days before giving up and accepting reality , eventually packing my bag and wondering off into the cold woods .

My mum died from cancer when I was fourteen and the apocalypse was the only thing that stopped me from thinking about her death . That's the only thing I'm thankful for at this point in my life , other than Hunter of course .

My sister Kennedy was with my father when I lost him , so I'm hoping that they're both alive and healthy . My younger brother Koda got shot in the head by some hunter in the woods that we had to eventually kill . Well technically I can say 'had to' , but I have a very angry personality and my first thought was to put an arrow in his heart so ... heh .

My youngest brother Finn lasted the first night of this debacle . He opened a bathroom door and was bit by some scrawny ass biter . Right in the throat . Kennedy was the one who put a bullet in his head ... she said she 'had to be the one to do it' , and so we let her .

Now you're probably wondering ,'How'd you find Hunter ?' right ? Am I right ? I think I'm right . Well actually , it's a funny story . I almost killed her in a comic shop when I was hiding from Biters . I heard rustling and ending up throwing my axe at her comic ... whoops . She eventually forgave me ... I think ...

'What about here ?' Hunter sighs , stopping in front of a smoothie store

'...Do you want to actually stay there or try to make the blenders work ?' I smirk , knowing the answer

'Okay , fine' She pouts 'Somewhere else ...'

'I know I know' I sigh 'I miss smoothies as well'

'This just isn't fair' She huffs 'The people died for a reason'

'How dare dead people get another chance' I tease , chuckling

'Ugh , you get what I mean'

...

'Are you pouting now ?'

'No , I'm just mad because you took away my pudding privileges'

I scoff , digging through my duffle bag 'Here , happy ?'

'Very' She nods

When we exited the gym , we walked into a large ball room where you could hold parties or whatever . Stupid idea . People at the mall are already assholes , you don't need to add a party room .

'What about up there ?' I point up to the scaffolding

'Good enough' She shrugs , mouth full of pudding

'Ew' I mutter , beginning to climb up 'Don't fall'

'Trust me , I won't' She climbs up beside me 'Or maybe I will . You never know'

I chuckle , pulling myself up to the top by upper body strength 'Give me your hand'

After I pull her up , I set up a pallet of thin blankets before kicking off my combat boots and lying on my back 'I hate nights'

'Why's that ?'

'You never know what people are capable of in the dark'

'People or biters ?'

'...Both' I mumble , rubbing my eyes with my hands

'Oh ...' She whispers

'...Goodnight'

'Night'

Turning off the lantern , I roll onto my side and bite down on my lip ring . This is gonna be a loooong night .

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My eyes shot open from the sound of a male scream . It didn't sound like a kid but it definitely wasn't a man . Pulling up my boots , my vision focusing on a boy , a few years younger than me , running for his life with a small pistol and knife on him .

Shit .

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Sorry this took so long !

I've been crazy tired and crazy busy so it was a bit of a struggle

But , yes , I have about a week of free time so I should have a new chapter up soon !

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