Confide in Fear | DARYL DIXON •1

10. Another Run, Another Trouble

"Serpents in my mind. Looking for your crimes. Everything changes, I don't want mine, this time. Everything changes..."
Serpents, Sharon Van Etten

Alex's *POV*

Daryl drives fast, as we're all packed together in the car. We were driving to the place Hershel wanted us to go, mentioning the medicine that could be there. The breeze from outside felt good, as our windows were down. The fall weather must've began, the leaves on the tree changing color and falling off branches and onto the road.

"Hey, I know you weren't running off." Daryl broke the silence. "The thing is, that trail went cold." He looked back at Michonne, who was sitting next to me and then his state went back to the rode. "You know that, right?" She didn't answer him. "If it was any different, I'd be right our there with you." He said, still earning some more silence from her.  The radio flickered on, and static was the only thing to be heard. I looked towards Daryl and saw him touching it. "Would you hand me one of those CDs right there." Daryl asked Tyreese.

"... Find sanctuary." All of our heads snapped up and looked at the radio at the faint voice from the radio.

"What was that? Was that a voice?!" I asked.

"Wait!" Daryl yelled, trying to get everyone silent.

"...determined to survive... Keep alive." More static kept playing after that. In a matter of seconds, the cart took a sharp left turn by Daryl and I gasped. Daryl came to haul seconds later, and we all breathed heavily. Looking up, I couldn't believe what my eyes have seen. "Daryl..." I said.

"Yeah, I know." Daryl said back. We were all looking at a big heard of walkers coming towards us, and even more way back behind them. "Shit man!" Daryl said. The walkers surrounded the car, and we could hear them growling and moaning and groaning. "Grab something!" Daryl yelled, while looking back, getting ready to drive in reverse. Once we drove backwards, we got stuck in a pile of ran over walkers.

"Go to the left." Michonne said.

"We're jammed up!" Daryl yelled. "Make a run for the gaps right there!"

"Guys!" I yell, my eyebrows rising and my eyes opening wide in panic. "We are not- this is crazy!"

"You two, make a run for the woods and don't you stop for nothing, you hear me?!" Daryl yelled at me and Michonne.

"No! I'm not letting us get separated!" I yelled back.

"Come on!" Michonne said, pulling my arm.

"Now, Alex!" Daryl yelled. Michonne opened up the door, and ran and so did I. I turned around quickly and saw Daryl climbing out the roof top of the car killing walkers with his arrows. I shot two that were in my way and ran, along with Michonne who was killing with her sword. I turned around to see Daryl getting closer to us and then stopping to look at Bob yelling at Tyreese. "Ty!"

"Go! Go!" Tyreese was yelling at us. Bob came running towards us, and Daryl killed a walker that was almost on top of Bob. "Come on." Daryl said, and then we all started running towards and into the woods, killing more walkers that were in front of us. We stopped in the clear, but kept running for a little bit. "Hold up." Daryl  said.

We turned around and saw Daryl behind us, putting an arrow in his cross bow. The trees and leafs started rustling and that's when I knew to come up behind Daryl to have his back just in case; so did Bob and Michonne. We were all breathing heavily from our running previously. We raised our weapons and started walking towards the noise of the walkers.

Two of them came out out of the leafs that we've just came out of and suddenly, the walker got hit in the head and fell down to reveal a tired and blood dirtied out out breath  Tyreese. "Oh thank gosh." I sighed, putting my weapon down. "C'mon!" Daryl said, as Bob and him carried Tyreese as we ran away from some walkers.