Wait for Me - Alicia Clark {on hold}

Highway to Hell

I'm still counting the weeks. It's been now three weeks since the outbreak, three weeks since I'm alone, three weeks since I'm escaping in a world where there's seems to be so exit, no plans, no future. Everything has collapsed, nothing remains the same. Cities are down, highways are now locked by abandoned cars, people aren't people, you don't know who you can trust or if you can still trust, have faith. I know my mother always used to say "Even if it seems hopeless, hope is all you have" but I'm starting to think it was only a good quote in our old beloved world. Not anymore, not here. The only thing that keeps me going is Faro because I have to take care of him, I don't know if I still would be here if he wasn't here. We both protect each other I guess, somehow he understood the world was going down and got very defensive when it comes about me which he never was. So we drove together in my car, far, as far as it would take us. It was hard, we met a lot of people, crying for help, infecting, growling for some skin, if I wasn't selfish, it would have me killed a thousand times already but all I wanted was to find a place, a safe place where I could settle alone with Faro where nobody would find us. I already pictured myself: a small cabin lost somewhere, growing my own food, hunting, enjoying my loneliness with Faro until the end with no one else to care about and to lose. This actually was my goal, my hope, the thing that kept me going and still will until I find it.

I'm going south. After a month now, I once found a group of guys on the road. They were young, around the same age as I am, they went to Mexico for vacations but wanted to go home. They seemed nice, I thought we could team up but I guess I still have a lot to learn from this broken world... When they told me how south I was and that I didn't want to go this way and their destination was San Diego so I wouldn't go back, during the night they stole my car keys and left... It was enough for me to lose hope again. Alone in this fucked up world, no car, no supplies since they were in it, only a dog and a gun. So my real journey started there. I went by foot, trying to find a car and if I did, I drove as far as possible, stayed in safe places for the night or few days to rest and so on.

And this got me safe enough for three years since August 2010. I never teamed up again with someone or a group. Faro and I were keeping each other safe, I taught him some tricks so sound and look unfriendly if someone was getting close from us, I grew accustomed to the killing of the dead and the living too. I'm not the same person anymore, I never thought I could do such things but I guess when all your body and mind wants to do is survive, you can do anything.
Faro and I were now in Texas, we traveled pretty far from Los Angeles, mostly by foot but I think it's a great state to finally look out to find a place to stay, a little home. It's big, not so crowded, the weather is still okay, I think it's a good moment to start and look for this but my body is starting to get tired, exhausted. I walked a lot these last times, all I dreamed of was a roof, some food and somewhere to sleep in but unfortunately, the more I walked on roads, the more unaware I started to be and I knew it would lead me to something bad if I still continued walking but I couldn't stop, I needed a safe place.
After few more hours I guess, I finally saw a gas station! I found the last dose of strength I had to reach it. As I did, I directly went to the store to look for some food and water, not checking if the place was safe or if anyone was here, all I needed was water, food and rest but I think I was alone. My body was a mess, I rushed all my moves, making things fall on the floor until I found a can of beans. I opened it, not caring to sit down as I opened a second one to Faro and ate it in few seconds but I felt dizzy, my body couldn't hold me for much longer but something caught my attention. On the front door I saw figures coming forward, I hoped it was help but I heard their famous growls and I knew I was fucked... No strength, my head spinning, I didn't know if the door and windows could hold them so I tried to find something to block the door, to make it stronger, I felt my body completely giving up. My legs were like cotton, my vision blurry to black, all I could remember was hitting the ground, hearing Faro barking in the back...

{Omniscient POV}

As the dog was bringing more and more infected to the gas station, a car stopped in front of it. Two people got out of the car to come and look as one of them said:
-There's someone in there! A dog is barking, someone needs help!
-Alicia we can't, we're looking for supplies, not people.
-So you want to leave someone in there?! We agreed since we settled at the factory to help people around who needs help and clearly we have a case now, so we're going.
Said the young woman quite angry at the taller man.
-Fine! Distract the infected so I can take some down.
The duo did as the man said. Taking the walkers down one by one, clearing the place. The man was still dealing with three of them as Alicia went in, greeted by a barking dog.
-Hey it's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you, see?
She said calmly as she kneeled in front of the dog, showing she is not a threat. The dog came closer, still suspicious about the woman in front of him. He smelled her hand she was giving him, trying to win his trust which she did and finally read the same on his collar: Faro.
-We're the person you're with buddy?
The dog then went to Y/n who was still unconscious on the floor.
-Alicia are you okay?
The man asked from the front of the shop.
She kneeled in front of the laying body, checking if she was bitten of hurt.

-Is she bit?
-I don't think so...
-We need to take her to the factory, we can't let her here.
And with these words, Victor held the young woman and put her in the backseat of their car, Faro with them, driving back to where they are from with an unconscious stranger.

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Hey everyone!

I guess here we are! There's the first encounter between you and Alicia (kind of)...
I made a lot of time jumps because I didn't think this book needs tones of chapter of the main character's life alone since it's an Alicia/You book ☺️ May the real story begins now!

About the timeline, it takes place between season 4 and 5 when they settled at the denim factory 😌

I hope you enjoyed and I hope you like the photos I put in replacing a small part of a dialogue when I find photos that fits what I write about

Take care ✨