The Walsh boy

The Day of the Fall

Jacob was wrong the sickness as Carl called it was not nothing. It ended the world Jacob spent his young childhood in. He was still a boy after all but the dead don't care about that the don't care about anything. The corpses that walk just consume.
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I was standing in front if Carl while he sat on his bed in his room. He was upset that his dad was being moved to the Atlanta hospital. I was trying to take his mind off it so I was showing him all the tricks that Lady can do. " dad has been training her ever since we got her she can find people well that's what he is training her for so far she can only find me" I smiled but then frown when i saw the look on Carl's face I sat next to him a put a arm over his shoulders pulling him close. "You're sad Car please talk to me please don't bottle this up." He looked down and sighed " they moved him what if he dies and I'm not there what if any one else isn't there what if he dies alone" he tears were coming out of his eyes now. I grab his shoulders so that we are facing each other and I hug him I can feel him getting my shirt wet but I don't care. I whisper in his ear "I can't promise that the he will get better but I promise I will be there for you." I told him I have never been more worried about anything in my life I wanted to tell him uncle Rick would get better but it had been more than 2 weeks of him being in a coma it was looking like he would die and there was nothing i could do to change that I just had to be there for Carl and that is one thing I would do.

We both looked at the door as we heard pounding up the stairs as if someone was running up them like Lori hated why weren't they worried about getting in trouble?
The pounding person was revealed to be my daddy he hit the door jam in his rush " boys grab a bag and put as many clothes as you can fit in it essentials only I can explain later but now just pack we are not coming back here." He is speaking so quickly it takes me a second to realize what he said "NOW JACOB RICK WALSH THIS IS NOT A JOKE " I flinch daddy hardly ever yelled at me and I help Carl pack I had a few clothes at Carl's but I would need more at least I had also my backpack here I dump out my school supplies to fill it with clothes and find a knitted scarf it was the one Mrs. Smith gived to me after I passed my test with a 70
she sent a letter saying she knew I would pass and had started it soon after she started tutoring me. On one end it was a white patch with dark blue embroidered that said

Never give up Jacob
from Lucille Smith.

I love how she was always supportive of me and now she is in the hospital alone or maybe her husband is with her I know she had one but I don't know his name or what he looks like. I hope they are together and happy she deserves it. I still don't know if she will get better I haven't seen her since that day. I don't know how she knows I passed my test the scarf had been a total surprise to me so I had just put it in my bag because it was hot. I won't make that mistake again I won't take people for granted. I put the scarf around my neck where it won't fall off and pack the clothes I have which is when I have more clothes here than I realize they nearly fill my bag I also find my green mp3 player with earbuds I had lost this nearly 6 months ago. I also find some firecrackers that got me and Carl in trouble a while a go no idea where these came from. I shove everything in my backpack and grab Lady's ball and put it in their also. I grab some of the toys me and Carl play with. I zip up the bag and run after Carl down the stairs. I can't believe my luck whe I realize that dad had just refilled the Grimes supply of Lady's food I grab the plastic bowl and the food and shove as much as I can in it now the bag won't close the last inch or so but it doesn't matter as long as she had food. I look over at Carl and see that he is having trouble holding two pillows and blankets I take a pillow from him. He opens his mouth to say thanks but before he can speak daddy shouts for us to get into the car. We both run and jump into the car Lady was right behind us and we drive into the night.
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At first we were heading to my house but there was alot of strange people in the way it takes me a minute to realize some of them are missing parts of their bodies and the are coming towards us. Daddy yells a string of bad words and turns the car around. Dad says we are going to the hospital to get uncle Rick once we get there it looks like compete chaos people are running everywhere dad turns around and says" stay in the car I'll get Rick" uncle Rick must not have been moved yet.
I don't know how long it takes for dad to come back but its long enough for me to get worried. When he comes back he is alone. I hear gunshots what is going on? Where is uncle Rick? Why isn't he with Dad? Dad rips the door open jumps it and slams it close. He looks terrified what could scare Dad? I'm scared now something must be really wrong for Dad to be scared. Dad says it "I'm sorry Rick is gone" "he's been moved to Atlanta already?" Aunt Lori ask she looks like she doesn't believe the question "no he's passed " Dad is crying now he turns the car around and drives out of the parking lot.
I have no idea where we are going but at least we are together.

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AN
So I tried first person I didn't want to write Jacob pov because I wanted you to figure it out. He is changing from calling Shane Daddy to Dad because he is growing up a bit eventually it will just be Dad but right now he uses them interchangeably.

Note
If i decide to do comic Carol, Sophie will live.