Can you See me up here, in the Trees?

Chapter 12

You sat with the rest as Rick spoke, explaining what happened that day.

"So... something is living in that bunker." Rick concluded, looking around the group. "We don't really know what but.. Kasa had an idea."

You opened the box and pulled out the RC Car and camera. Daryl smirked at you again, but this time for your brilliance.

"We can use the RC car to get inside." You said, handing it to Rick who looked it over. "The RC won't attract the walkers, maybe besides the sound. Once we get in, we use the camera." You held up the camera at that point. "We can see inside, see how deep the bunker is and what's inside it."

"Okay.. but that camera is wireless. The towers-" Rick started but you held your hand up.

"Got it covered." You held up a box. "This is a wireless jetpack. It helps boost wireless connection. Believe it or not, there is a tower no more than a couple miles from here. They disguise it as a tree, so you wouldn't notice it. With a little finagling, we can get everything working."

"You've thought about this, haven't you." Rick said, surprised.

You shrugged and took the RC car back from Rick. "I've always been curious about the bunker, to a degree, and it helps."

Rick gave everyone assignments for the next day before everyone turned in to sleep.

-------------------------------------------------

A few days later you were ready to launch the operation, Operation Discover as Daryl had called it, and you just chuckled.

You went with Daryl and Rick again, Carl deciding he was coming as well. Once you got there you looked through the porthole.

"They've tripled." You whispered, looking at the amount of Walkers that were there. They were barely moving as they all were so jammed against each other that there was barely any space between them.

Rick nodded, looking at the number of them. He helped you slide the RC car down, carefully avoiding the walkers. Once on the ground you let the fishing wire go and turned to the camera screen. You had been able to get the two connected so you could watch.

Daryl manned the controls and started to move forward, weaving between the legs of the walkers and to the open door. The group took a second to check the picture, which quality was poor but enough to see, before continuing.

Daryl cautiously went in, taking the steps that led down one at a time, and then hit the bottom floor.

"Not very far down." You noted. Carl was taking notes of the operation, making sure that everything was documented. He scribbled down what he saw before looking back at the screen.

Daryl slowly moved the RC car forward, everyone watching the screen as it went. It showed a long hallway, doors littered around, many of them unopened or nailed shut. Near the end of the hallways they noticed a door that was opened. Opened was the right word, it was off barely holding onto the wall, hinges looking like they were ripped open.

Daryl took a moment before driving the RC car into the room. He almost swore with what he saw inside.

A man, if you could call him that, was sitting on a pile of rags. It was hard to make out in the dark but you could see the outline of the huge man, his skin barely able to contain how massive he was. His body seemed to have boils all over it, each of them seemingly to leak all over the rags he was on.

You almost threw up at the sight. It was horrendous.

"Is he a walker? Or human?" Carl asked, looking at the image.