The Fight For Survival - Faberry {Completed}

Starting to adapt

August 17, 2011

Rachel Pov

Marley and I were walking around the condo in search of food, ammo, weapons, clothes, everything useful we could find, right now we were in the middle of the street looking inside cars that were abandoned by the people who lived here, I was with my crossbow and with a pistol in my leg, a car caught my attention, it was red had some bloodstains on the windows in the back the car was broken and the trunk was open but had nothing in it. I ran my hand over some marks that were there and by this I could deduce that it was broken into by a crowbar, then I ran my hand through the blood that was on the glass and it wasn't dry but it didn't smell the way the walkers' blood smelled, it was human blood I had to warn Marley about it and quickly.

- Marley, come here now - I called her, she turned and started to come towards me - Look, this blood here is not dry and it is also human so this means there is someone around here who may still be alive or there may be a walker nearby, I also found crowbar marks on the trunk so whoever was here had a gun and knew how to defend themselves, but now he or she is probably dead - I told her pointing to the trunk and the windows that were with blood.

- Wow, how did you know? You know what, never mind, who knows if we can't find where this person went so we can't get their guns and ammunition - said Marley looking at the ground in search of any clue where the person might have left - Look there, there's a trail of blood, come - she said pointing to the ground and already starting to follow the trail and motioning for me to follow her.

We continued to follow the trail until it stopped, we looked up and saw a big green house with a white fence around it that was a bit dirty with blood, we continued on. We entered the house and I motioned for her to go to the right, which would be the living room part, and I would go to the left, which would be the kitchen and laundry area. I was examining the cabinets to see if they had any food and luckily there were some cookies and some canned food, I took everything I could and put it in the backpack. I also took some knives that were in the drawers and put them in my backpack. I continued on my way until I heard a scream coming from upstairs.

I ran out thinking that Marley could be in danger, but I met her on the stairs we looked at each other and motioned for me to go ahead and I started walking with my crossbow pointed forward, I went up the stairs and we continued towards the screams we turned right down the hall and kept walking until we stopped in front of a white door that was also a little bloody, we opened it and saw two walkers on top of a little girl who must have been about 1 year old, had brown hair and green eyes, the little girl was watching the walker walk towards her helplessly. So without thinking twice I shot an arrow that went through the walker's head making him fall to the ground. Marley did the same with the order one and I ran to the little girl trying to get her to stop crying. I picked her up and started to lull her singing.

- Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are, Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are, Like a diamond in the sky, diamond in the sky... - I started to sing and as soon as I was finishing the song she was already sleeping in my arms.

- Wow, you're good- Marley spoke with impressed eyes directed at me - What do you think we should do? With her, I mean, we can't just leave her here-she said, running her hand through her hair - In my opinion we can't leave her alone and we'll take her with us.

- I completely agree, but we need to get some more clothes, for her and us, from the closets in this house and we also need to see if we can find any more weapons or ammo and food - I say thinking about the things we will have to change so that we can take care of this child- Judging by the crib, this must be her room, let's see if there's anything here that she'll need or that maybe say her name or some information - I say that already trying to find something in here that can help.

- Sarah Palmer - Marley said taking some papers that were in a drawer in her hand, she saw my doubtful look and decided to explain better - Her name is Sarah Palmer, she is 1 year old and was born on September 20, 2010.

- Wow, how do you know this is all by chance some kind of psychic or something? - I asked with a bit of sarcasm in my voice, making her giggle.

- No you silly, I found her birth certificate in this drawer so I know almost everything - he said rolling his eyes in a playful way - We'll have to get some more things for this little one and for us - he said that leaving the room leaving me alone with Sarah - Let's go Rae.

- She is bossy right? We are screwed Sasa - I said shaking her a little she giggled and put her little hand on my chin until we heard Marley yell an I HEARD THAT, from downstairs and I giggled being accompanied by the little one- Busted. Come on, we better get going before she comes after us.

We spent almost 2 hours picking up things we would need, we took food, weapons, ammunition, medicine, clothes, bandages, blankets, more for Sarah than for us, and backpacks, then we went back to the house where we were staying, we had to stay hurry up a bit as it had started to get dark and we couldn't take any chances as we had Sarah to look after.

We got home and locked the doors and windows, covered the windows with whatever blankets we had, nailed some wood we had to the front and back doors, then Marley started making dinner while I took care of Sarah.

- You're really good with her - Marley said approaching us.

- Well I always wanted a little sister and I wouldn't mind if she called me Mama or Sis- I said this while making funny faces, to make Sarah laugh which worked because she kept giving those cute baby giggles - Haha I really wouldn't care, she is very cute.

- Yes - Marley said, stroking Sarah's hair and chuckling as she watched Sarah laugh at me -But now dinner is ready so let's eat and that means you too, young lady- She spoke touching the tip of Sarah's nose and making a little noise as if she was pressing a button making the three of us laugh.

We sat at the table and started to eat, Sarah sat on my lap while I put food in her mouth and we spent dinner talking and laughing and also making plans on how we were going out and where we were going.

- So Mar I was thinking of going through Kentucky then to Tennessee, Arkansas and finally, that would be our destination, Texas so we went through less states which can make our locomotion easier by reducing the amount of gasoline used - I said looking at her trying to explain one of the routes that could be taken.

- It looks good to me, maybe in Kentucky there's something useful, but we're going to have to make some stops to get supplies and other things - she said as she removed the cans and threw them in the trash.

After we finished dinner we went into the living room, I put Sarah to sleep with a song, I realized she likes it and luckily I love to sing, I put her in a bed we put together with the blankets we found and I put her on. to sleep, then I continued talking a few more minutes with Marley and then I went to sleep because in a few days we will start traveling to our first stop, which would be Kentucky.

A/N: ok so the story is about to get a little crazy hope you guys enjoy