The Bleeding Scar [TWD]

Chapter 10: The Calm Before The Storm

When night came, the group was gathered around the fire. Tonight's fire was a little different though.. Earlier, Morales had built-up rocks around it so that the flames could be a little higher but in the same time they could be hidden as well. Honestly, it was a trick Saphira found very smart and useful. They were eating the fish Amy and Andrea had caught, something really different as the previous nights they were eating the squirrels and rabbits that Daryl and Stefan had brought. The atmosphere was really nice.. Even Carol and Sophia were there.. Hell, they were even drinking beer.. It felt like a family dinner.. Yet, Saphira's mind wasn't there. She wasn't enjoying the dinner nor the beer. The group Rick had assembled hadn't returned yet. The possibilities of something going wrong were a lot...

Even though the fish was nice, she didn't eat much of it.. She could hear Shane saying how good it was but it was just a whisper to her..Her mind was travelling to Rick and the rest of the group.. What if something had happened?

"Saphira?" Jacquie asked. By now, everyone was looking at her. They had noticed that something was in her mind, since she wasn't eating but only messing with the fork. Saphira didn't look at her since she didn't hear her. Shane put his hand on her back making her look at him with raised eyebrows..

"What?" She asked and looked around her. She noticed that everyone was looking at her and raised even more her eyebrows.

"Are you okay?" Shane asked her making her once again look at him.

"Why wouldn't I be?" She asked back causing him to take him hand from her back and raise both his hands slightly.

"You seemed a little troubled that's all" Jacquie shrugged.

"Nah, everything's okay." Saphira lied with a small smile. Everything was not fine. It pissed her off how they were so cool and calm when Rick and the others hadn't return yet. They could be dead and at the camp they were drinking and eating like everything was okay..It was not okay..

Everyone believed her and continued eating.. Lying was something that Saphira was really good at.. Very few people could tell when she was lying. She wasn't lying so that she could avoid a fight or avoid taking the blame..No..She usually was lying about her well being. She didn't like worrying the people she loved. So, instead of saying what was really in her mind, she was saying she was fine and that was the end of it..

"I've got to ask you man. It's been driving me crazy." Morales said, looking at Dale, after a few seconds of silence.

"What?" Dale asked with the kind smile he always had on his face.

"That watch." Morales answered and Dale looked at his watch.

"What's wrong with my watch?" Dale asked again, the smile not leaving his face.

"I see you every day, the same time, winding that thing like a village priest." Morales said with a slight laugh.

"I've wondered this myself." Jacquie added with a smile.

"I'm missing the point." Dale said looking at the two.

"Unless I've misread the signs, the world seems to have some to an end. At least hit a speed bump for a good long while." Jacquie explained further.

"And there's you, every day winding that watch.. They're right, you know? I've seen you too." Thomas added from beside him.

"Time- It's important to keep track, isn't it? The days at least. Don't you think girls? Back me up here.." Dale said looking at Andrea and Amelia. Andrea smiled and shook her head. Dale then looked at Amelia and she laughed..

"I'm with him on this one..Time is indeed important. What? Don't look at me like that.. I don't know what else to say.." Amelia laughed more when Dale's eyes were begging her to say something more. Everyone else laughed at the girl's nervousness and Saphira cracked a real smile for the first time in the night.

"I like..I like what, um, a father said to son when he gave him a watch that had been handed down through generations. He said, 'I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire, which will fit your individual needs no better than it did mine or my father's before me: I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you may forget it for a moment now and then and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it.'" Dale said and all eyes were on him.

"You're so weird.." Amy stated making the group laugh once again. Saphira took a sip from her beer and watched with amusement Dale trying to defend himself.

"It's not me. It's Faulkner. William Faulkner. Maybe my bad paraphrasing."

"Where are you going?" Andrea asked Amy when she stood up.

"I have to pee. Jeez, you try to be discreet around here.." The younger Harrison said and took of, walking towards the RV. Everyone laughed and Andrea shook her head with a smile while taking a sip from her beer.

Not a minute the RV's door opened and Amy stepped out while holding the door open...

"We're out of toilet paper?" She asked but due to the distance, no-one heard her. Before she could repeat the question, a walker showed up to her right, grabbed her arm and bit it.

The others were still joking around when they heard Amy's screams. But when they looked, it was too late..The walker had already took a piece of Amy's arm and more and more walkers were entering the camp. Everyone stood up and grabbed their loved ones.

"You stay with me!" Saphira ordered Amelia as she was previously sitting beside her. The girl nodded and Saphira spotted Thomas that was thankfully with Dale. She then saw that the other kids were with their parents so she focused on her and Amelia.

"Thomas, don't leave my side!" Dale warned the teenager.

"Wasn't planning on it." He responded.

It was a chaos. The children were screaming, guns were shooting and the walkers were eating people. Saphira cursed herself for leaving her gun in her tent. Thankfully, she had her knife with her..

A walker came to her way and she stabbed it in the eye. The walker fell dead on the ground and she pulled the knife from it's skull. Then she turned to face Amelia..

"Okay..We gotta do this together..I don't have eyes on my back so you have tell me when something is close to you, okay? The plan is to take you in the RV, safe and sound..Got it?" She asked but Amelia wasn't looking at her..

"Behind you!" The girl warned and Saphira turned only to come face to face with a walker. She stabbed it's temple and when she removed the knife the walker fell dead.

"I'm gonna take this as a yes.." She muttered. And that's how they worked their way towards the RV. Saphira was killing the walkers while Amelia was checking out for more of them and was informing Saphira about where the next walker was. Shane was screaming for the people to go to the RV when barking and more shooting was heard. The walkers started dropping dead and Saphira heard Rick's voice calling for Lori and Carl. She then heard Erika's barking along with Stefan's voice calling for his kids.

"Go.." Saphira said to Amelia when she spotted Stefan. The girl nodded and run to her father. Stefan dropped the gun he was previously firing with and let go of the leash. He opened his arms and the girl run into them. He hold her as she was crying and sobbing.

"Are you okay? Where is your brother?" Stefan asked, the blood leaving his body when he realised his son was nowhere to be seen..

"I'm here.." Thomas's voice was heard from behind him. Stefan turned his head and saw his son. He breathed in relief and he held out his hand for his son to join the hug. Surprisingly he did and Erika ran to Saphira. Saphira kneeled and pet Erika's body as the dog's tale was swinging back and forth.

"Are you guys okay? Nothing bit you, right?" Stefan asked as the kids let go of him.

"We're good.." Thomas replied and Stefan wiped Amelia's tears with the palm of his hand and pulled her into his arms again.

"Thank God..Thank God.." Stefan muttered and kissed the top of his daughter's head.

Soon Andrea's screams were heard, causing everybody to look at her. They watched as Andrea was shaking the now dead Amy's body and was screaming her name. The scar on Saphira's face dropped a few drops of blood on the already blood soaked t-shirt.....