The Sheriff's Daughter, The Archer's Girl

How'd it Happen?

                   We stayed at the CDC that night. Dr. Jenner told us, "there's hot water, but don't use it all."

                    "Hot water?" Glenn asked excitedly. 

                              "That's what the man said," T-dog answered while everyone was all smiles, even Daryl had a smile on his face. 

                                        While we were eating Carl got his first taste of wine. I had a bottle as did Daryl. Glenn was drunk, as was dad, Shane not drunk, but a little intoxicated. We drank, ate, and bathed. 

                               The next morning dad and Glenn both woke up with massive hangovers. Shane walked in with a huge scratch on the side of his neck, "what happened to you?" Dad asked looking at me quickly. 

                          "Not sure. Must've done it in my sleep," he responding glancing at my mom. 

                         "Never seen you do that before," dad said. 

                            I glanced at Shane then towards mom, 'what the hell is his problem? I knew he wasn't drunk enough to NOT remember,' I thought, then said, "me either."

                                               After a couple minutes Jenner entered the room, "good morning everyone," he greeted. 

                                "Morning," I said. 

                            "Don't mean to already ask you a bunch of questions doc," Dale started. 

                                 "But you will. Go ahead," he gave a small smile. 

                                            Dale led us all into the computer room, "the numbers on that clock are counting down, what happens when the hit 0?" 

                     Nobody had even thought to ask. Jenner's face seemed to darken. I looked towards dad who looked at me, then I glanced at Daryl, he shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. Jenner showed us TS-19, which was his wife, who willing gave herself over to be tested on because she was already bit, "when the clock hits 0 the air will catch fire and blow up the building," Jenner said. 

                              I glanced towards dad then Shane, who as usual, wasn't using his head and ran at Jenner with his gun aimed at the Dr.'s head. I walked over to Lisa and held her while she slide to the floor crying. I stood up and started to yell at Shane to stop and put it down, he of course, didn't listen. Dad took his gun and hit Shane with it, dropping him to the floor. Daryl was hitting the door Jenner had closed, locking us all in to die, with an axe when Jenner said, "that door was made to withstand a rocket launcher."

                                  "Yeah, well your head ain't!" Daryl yelled stomping towards Jenner. 

                        I grabbed a hold of his up raised arms, "you need to calm down, everyone is already worked up. We'll figure out how to get out of this. I promise," I said. He lowered his arms all the way. I wrapped mine around his waist and he wrapped his around me just for a brief second and then was back to the door. 

                                            Dad was pleading to Jenner, "please, let us try!" 

                  "I can't open the top doors that's on you. Now, go before I change my mind," Jenner sighed. Before dad started walking away Jenner whispered something in dad's ear. 

                      "I'm tired of running. Go live," Jacqui told T-dog. She kissed his cheek and walked away. 

                       Andrea stayed on the floor. Dale was attempting to talk her into leave, "Andrea, come on!" He glanced back at dad and I, "go. Amy wouldn't want this, she'd want you to keep going," Dale said. 

                   Andrea looked him dead in the eyes, "she's dead and you need to leave."

                  I refused to move until Dale sat down and said, "you don't get to do that. Check into someone's life make them care then check out," after that I ran. 

                             When I got to dad and the others Carol was pulling something from her purse, "Rick, will this work?" She handed him a grenade. 

                             Dad glanced from me to Shane, I nodded. Dad ran over to the window and pulled the pin. I hit the ground and covered Lisa just as it went off. When the glass was done falling I rolled off of Lisa and Daryl helped us both up. We'd just made it to the vehicles when Dale and Andrea came out. We were all loaded but couldn't move. When the building blew up I knew that was it, that could've been us. 

                    Lisa put her head on my shoulder and I buried my face in Daryl's shirt. I woke up a couple hours later, we had to leave the truck, we were running on fumes. Lisa got in the R.V. and I rode on the motorcycle with Daryl, ahead of the R.V.