The Mini Badass

Chapter 24

Bamn!

Rick kicks the door to the house open, shooting down the walker in front of him.  T-Dog slams a fire poker through the eye of the other one.

Carl, Daryl and I all charge in after, our weapons raised.

 Carl goes to the kitchen while I go down a hallway leading to a bedroom.

The room's empty but still has a ton of clothes which I shove into my bag. I go back down the hallway, Maggie and Glenn joining me.

We all start raiding the house for anything useful as Rick whistles for the remaining members to come in.

It's been months since the farm fell, we lasted the winter, Lori's pregnancy is clearly showing and Carl is now taller than me.

Something he won't let me forget.

I help Carl search the kitchen trying to find something that isn't rotten or empty. The only thing we find is a couple cans of dog food.

We each grab one and make our way back to the living room where the rest of the group is gathered.

Daryl's plucking a owl he killed as Carl and I sit down on the floor. He takes out the can opener we found a few house ago and hands it to me.

I open the can, handing the opener to Carl. He doesn't even attach the opener to the can before Rick takes both cans from us.

After looking at what we we're about to eat, Rick throws both cans against the wall. The open one splatters against the wallpaper and the closed one burst open, leaving a mess on the floor.

I barely get to mourn the loss of the dog food before T-Dog psts us, motioning that walkers are coming.

The group leaves through the back door of the house, quietly running to our cars.

I jump in the back with Carl coming in after, Lori in the passenger and Rick in the drivers seat.

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We all come to a stop in the middle of the road and everyone gets out. Rick put's Carl, Beth and me on lookout as they talk about where to go next.

I stand still, kicking the ground with my gun in my hand.

"Ainsley." Rick says from the car making me turn around. "Daryl and I are going hunting, you coming?"

"I'll stay back, keep the group safe."

The two men leave only to return shortly after telling us they found shelter.

The shelter they found is a prison- a prison filled with walkers. There's two fences and Glenn cuts through the first one with some bolt cutters. We all squeeze through the hole he made before he starts patching it up with some wire.

The walkers start pounding on the second fence as we run past them. We reach the front of the prison field which is guarded by a chain link door.

"It's perfect." Rick says looking around the field. "If we can close that gate, prevent more from filling the yard, we can pick off these walkers." He explains pointing to the gate that leads into the prison building. "We'll take the field by the night."

"So how do we shut the gate?" Hershel asks, sweat dripping down his face. "I'll do it." Glenn volunteers. "You guys cover me."

"No, it's a suicide run." Maggie protests also drenched in sweat. "I'm the fastest." Glenn argues and I shake my head.  "No you're not, I'm the fastest."

"Absolutely n-"

"You're also the loudest." Rick cuts Maggie off before she can scold me. "You, Beth, Maggie and Glenn draw as many as you can over there." Rick tells me. "Pop 'em through the fence."