~GRIMES~

9

Dad came back without sophia, I hear carol next to me burst into up tears again, I was close to crying, sophia didn't know how to kill those things, ' did she know basic survival?' I thought, dad went out into the forest again with Daryl to find her, I prayed that dad and Daryl would find sophia, though the sun started setting and they came back with still no sophia, we had no food so we all went to bed hungry, I slept in the backseat on moms lap, though how much I tried to sleep I couldn't stop thinking about sophia, was she safe? Did she have shelter?, tears silently fell from my eyes as I prayed my best freind was safe.

In the morning, we all went out to find sophia, I had hope that we would find her, I walked in front of Carl and Shane, I heard Carl try to say something to Shane "not right now Carl, we're trying to find sophia" he replied coldly as he walked in front of me, Carl caught up with me "what's up with Shane?" He asked I just shrugged my shoulders, Shane wasn't usually like this.
We came across a tent in the forest, it looked like someone had recently stayed there, Daryl and dad walked closer to the tent as carol called out in a gentle voice "Sophia? Are you in there? It's ok mommy's here" I crossed my fingers hoping Sophia was in the tent,Daryl opens the tent and we hear him grunt as he gets out "no Sophia" he sighs, the moment was interrupted by church bells ringing, we all run in the direction of the noise, there stood a church, 'what if Sophia was ringing the bells to tell us where she was?' I thought, we opened the church doors to see three people sitting, they turned around, they weren't people they were dead, everyone pulled out their wepeons, after the walkers were dead everyone looked around, there was no one else in the church, when who was ringing the bells? " there on an automatic timer " Daryl grunts, I sighed, I really hoped Sophia was around here somewhere and okay, carol walked into the church to pray I followed after her,we walked up to the huge Jesus at the other side of the room, "I hope my Sophia finds us, please god" she whispers as I put my hand on her shoulder, I close my eyes 'please let Sophia be safe' I think in my mind, after a while we walk out of the church, "I think we should start heading back" mom says "Shane and I are gonna look for a bit longer" dad tells her "can I come?" I ask "I'm her freind" mom has a look of disapproval "please?" I say to mom "fine but stay close to your dad and Shane" mom tells me "can I come too?" Carl asks, mom nods her head "stay safe" she says before her and the others start walking back into the forest.

Dad,Shane,Carl and I walked though the forest, I stared at my dirty shoes as I walked, Carl shakes my arm "look" he says pointing at something, I look up to see a beautiful deer a few feet infront of us, I heard dad whisper something to Shane behind me, I slowly walked towards the majestic deer with Carl close behind me, the deer was so fascinating, I stepped on a twig as it made a snapping sound, the deer shot its head towards me, I looked into its brown eyes, I walked closer as I put my arm out to touch the deer, right before I could touch the deer I heard a gun shot, in an instant the deer infront of me fell to the ground as I felt something shoot right though me, I fell to the ground, everything around me started fading, I heard dad and Carl start yelling something, I felt someone pick me up as they started running, every so often I saw blinding flashes of light, I could still hear what was going on around me but blurry, "how far?" Dad yells "how far!" He yells again louder "u-up about a mile" I hear an unknown voice, "help me!" I hear dad scream "please, my little girl was shot please help her" i couldn't hear anything after that.