We Are The Walking Dead

Chapter 6

Even after his fatherly conversation with Carl he still couldn't forget the dream.

"I'm gonna go check the rooms to see if I can find anything else," he told them.

There was a master bedroom on the first floor. He looked through the table drawers first. He found some pens and a book. Nothing important so he moved to the closet.

The things in there were not so g-rated. There was 2 playboys and some... toys that were made for an adult.

"Whatcha looking at," Rick was startled by the voice.

Carl's voice would have been better than Evelyn's.

"N-n-nothing," he stuttered and stood up with the book behind his back.

He didn't know why. He should have dropped the book.

Evelyn hobbled over on her crutches, "come on let me see."

She almost sounded like a child.

Somehow she started to fall, he went to catch her. Instead he wound up falling. Pulling her with him. She was able to straddle him and get the book away.

"Playboy?" She asked a grinned, "didn't think fatherly Mr. Grimes had a dirty bone in his body."

"Get off me and that's not mine," he said through clenched teeth.

"Awe you've been a bad boy," she said teasingly.

She made her voice drip of sex and that made Rick squirm.

"Damn for somebody who got shot in the foot last night, you really are good on your feet," he muttered.

"I found some pain pills," she said and smiled.

She was drugged.

"Why didn't you tell us. We could really have used them at the prison," he whisper-yelled.

She giggled at this, "I used to be a druggie, was arrested twice on drug charges."

She giggled again like this was funny. Rick was in shock. He knew she was strange, but still this was a shock to him.

"Get off me," he muttered, and she complied.

Good, he thought, she wouldn't remember the playboy. Or at least he hoped to God she didn't.

He looked over at her. Her eyes were closed and her breathing was even. He guessed she passed out.

He got up and picked her up bridal style.

"Carl come on. Let's get her in the car while she's quite," he told him.

She was light and easy to carry, so he just held her as Carl, grabbed everything.

Rick set Evelyn down and grabbed his guns and knives.

He picked her back up and looked out the window. It seemed to be clear and the heard had seemed to pass.

Carl untied the door while covering his dad.

There was one walker. Instead of wasting the bullet he pulled a knife out of his back pocket and stabbed it in the eye.

They made it to the car. Rick set Evelyn down in the back seat. She was out cold. For a split second he worried that she was dead but her chest was still rising and falling.

Carl took shotgun and he took the drivers seat.

He turned the key that was already in the ignition. The car started, but something wasn't right. The gas tank was on empty.

"Damnit," Rick yelled and slammed both hands on the steering wheel.

He ran his hand through his hair and stepped outside of the vehicle. He squatted down and looked. The gas tank was punctured, but no gas was on the ground.

"Carl," he said trying to calm down also noticing that Evelyn was waking up, "I don't think we are the only people here."

As soon as he said that a bullet barely missed his head.

"Run," he yelled.

Carl belled, "head toward the woods," Rick shouted.

He started to run to but he noticed that Evelyn couldn't. The pain medication had worn off and he had left her crutches behind.

She was able to stand out of the car, but couldn't take a step.

He ran up to her, grabbed her, put his hand under her knee and rapped the other one around her upper back.

"Just shut up, we gotta get out of here," Rick said.

She didn't say a word. She winced because the pain in her foot was almost unbearable.

Rick ran toward the woods. They were lucky that the little neighborhood was built in the country.

Once they were far into the woods, and Rick could not run any further with Evelyn, he set her on a log of a tree that had fallen.

"Where's Carl?" he asked.

"I don't know he ran into the woods before us," he replied.

"Carl!" He yelled not caring if anyone heard him.

"Rick!" They might hear you and come after us.

"I gotta find him, I can't lose him!" he said.

He was panicking. Where was Carl. They had to find him. He would lose it completely if he lost him.

"I gotta look for him," Rick said.

"Yeah we need to find him," Evelyn said.

She didn't like the kid, but it wouldn't be right if they didn't look.

"You can't walk," he stated racking his brain for places Carl would be.

"Just help me and I'll be able to," she said.

"Fine," he helped her stand up.

He could tell she was in pain but Carl could be dying.

She rapped her arm around his neck. She hobbled as they started to walk. Bitting her lip almost to the blood, she hobbled.

They made it about 100ft before she couldn't take it anymore.

"Rick-" she started.

Honestly she didn't know what to say.

"I think you should just leave me here," she said.

She was tired of this life, so be it if she were to die. It would just end it faster.

"I can't do that, I don't want your blood on my hands," he said running his hand through her hair.

"But-" she was cut off.

"Evelyn, no just shut up. I'm trying to think," he said harshly.

"Well fuck you too," she muttered.

Rick snapped, "don't you fucking realize that my son is missing. I've already lost my wife. I'm not gonna fucking lose him to. Other than Judith he is all I've got in this world-" he cut himself off.

He was about to rub his eyes.

He eyed the object. When he realized he wasn't seeing anything he ran. He ran and grabbed his son. Hugging him tight.

"Dad," his son whispered.

"I thought you were dead, or that I was gonna be dead," Carl said, tears threatening to roll down his face.

"Shhh it's okay, we're okay," Rick said in a calming voice, but it was more for himself than Carl.

"Guys I hate to interrupt, but we've got company," Evelyn said.

Rick looked up to see a gun pointed to Evelyn's head.

Carl was then ripped from his arms thrown on the ground and straddled by a man.

A gun barrel was pressed to Ricks temple. This was it.

Now we're all gonna die, Rick thought.