The Mini Badass

Chapter 18

The next morning Lori woke me up but we didn't talk about it. She brought me outside where the rest of the group was eating.

Carol plates me some eggs before I go to sit next to Carl. "Morning." I say to the whole Grimes family.

Lori and Rick talk in hushed whisper so I can only assume they talked things out.

I'm halfway through chewing when Glenn speaks up. "Um, guys."

We all turn to him -most of us still eating- as he shifts around on his feet. "So, the barn's full of walker."

I drop my fork as we all stare at him in shock. "What?" I ask, setting my plate down and standing up.

"Show me." Rick says from behind me, also standing up. Glenn leads the way to the barn and once we get the Shane walks up to the barn doors, peering inside.

A loud growl makes the man walk back to us, stopping in front of Rick. "You cannot tell me you're alright with this."

"No I'm not, but we are guests here. This isn't our land." Rick states, trying to calm his friend down.

"This is our lives man!" Shane nearly shouts at Rick making the walkers bang on the doors. "Lower your voice." I tell the older man, holding onto Carl's arm.

"We can't just sweep this under the rug." Andrea says while Shane takes his hat off, rubbing his forehead. "This ain't right. Not remotely."

"Okay, we've either got to go in there, we've got to make things right." Shane says while pacing around. "Or we've just got to go."

"Now we've been talking about Fort Ben-"

"We can't go." Rick says, cutting Shane off. "Why Rick, why?" Shane asks, his anger rising. 

"Because my daughters still out there." Carol says, her voice unsteady. Shane sighs, rubbing his hands over his face. 

"Okay, I think it's time we start to consider the other possibility." Shane says making me let go of Carl. 

"We're not leaving Sophia." I snap at Shane while Daryl steps forward. "I'm close to finding this girl." He says backing me up. "I just found her damn doll two days ago."

"You found her doll Daryl." Shane says putting his hat back on. "That's all you did you found a doll." 

"At least he found something." I yell at him, only stopping when Carl pulls me back. 

"You don't know what the hell you're talking about man." Daryl shouts, sizing up Shane. 

"I'm just saying what needs to be said." Shane says, trying to justify himself. "You get a good lead it's in the first 48 hours."

"Shane stop." Rick says, stepping between the two men trying to calm them both down. 

"Let me tell you something else man, if she was alive out there and saw you coming with your buck knife and geek ears around your neck, she'd run in the other direction."  

Shane's words make the men of the group all start yelling at each other, Daryl telling Shane off, Shane just screaming at Daryl, Rick and Glenn trying to stop them fighting.

Lori and Andrea intervein as well and they all manage to break the fight up. Shane whispers something to Lori before going to walk away.

"Just let me talk to Hershel." Rick calls after his friend. "Let me figure it out."

"What are you going to figure out!" Shane shouts, turning on his heel to yell in Rick's face. Lori steps between the two and I am quickly at her side.

"If we're going to stay, if we're going to clear this barn." Rick says as I shove Shane back. "I have to talk him into it, this is his land."