We were now in the fence around the Prison where the guards would patrol, safe from the undead. The problem is, that's no place to stay and the yard is still full of walkers. Apparently the group doesn't have much ammo and is more or less low on everything. I don't know how skilled they are and if we are able to clear the yard.
But we have to, there is no way around and avoiding it. It would give us more security and Lori could have her baby without us worrying about getting eaten alive and/or attract every walker in a 5 miles radius.
"We have to clear the yard by tonight, no arguing." Rick said to all of us. "And how do you think we should do this? I thought you guys are low on ammo..." I asked. There is just no way they can do it, there're way too many walkers roaming around. "We can do this, we have to ok?!" Rick said coming closer to me and practically spitting in my face while talking. Man his breath stinks. I turn my head to the side, trying to breathe in fresh air and take a step away from him.
"Daryl, you and Carol go up the watch tower and shoot the walkers on the path to the gate. Y/N and I will run across the yard and close it, before more walkers can come in from the prison. The others make as much noise as you can to attract the walkers in the field, so we reach the gate without getting swarmed..." Rick said but Daryl interrupted him by whispering to him "Hey man are you sure you wanna go with the new girl, I thought you don't trust her." "Well it's better than letting her stay here with my family. Just have an eye out for her and shoot her, if she tries something!" Rick said and Daryl nodded. "After we closed the gate, Y/N and I will go up the watch tower beside it and as soon as we reach the top we all start shooting the walkers. Now GO" Rick ordered and we all got ready. I don't know why Rick is taking me in with him, he doesn't even trust me, why not take Glenn or Daryl with him...
Carl opens the gate for us and we start running up the hill, avoiding as many walkers as we can to not attract the others by making noise with the shooting. Suddenly a gunshot was heard from behind us and it barely missed Rick and I. Rick looks back to the tower and sees Carol shrugging with her shoulders and having a fake sorry smile on her face. Does this make sense? I don't know but yeah it was on purpose for sure. I just don't know who the shot was meant for.
We finally reached the gate and could close it. There were already walkers waiting for us and started clawing at the fence as soon as we closed it. We ran up the tower, on the way killing two of the undead. Rick hold his hand up as a signal for the others to start killing off the remaining walkers. Rick screamed out of joy and had a huge smile on his face. He loosened up a little bit the tension in the air between us vanishing for now. I was happy as well. We had a safe place for the night and most likely for many weeks following. I just hoped they wouldn't send me away.
Not long after the shooting started all the walkers were dead and we met up with the others on the field. Everyone had a smile on their face and even laughed out loud. They looked happy, relieved they finally found a place to stay and not worrying about the undead for a while. And most important right now, for Lori to deliver the baby safely.
It soon became night and we all sat by the fire in the middle of the field. Carol and Lori cooked the animals Daryl caught earlier today. It felt weird, everything was so quiet but a good and pleasant one, not full of fear and death.
Daryl was taking the first watch sitting on the bus at the front which is used as a blockade. Rick was walking around the fence checking it for any holes that needed to be repaired. Not to mention, he already walked 4 times the whole perimeter... Beth started to sing something for us and Maggie joined her and it sounded beautiful, really. Both of them are so talented! After some time I decided to check up on Daryl and bring him some food, I mean he hunted them so he should be able to eat it right?
And I kind of wanted to talk to him about something. I could talk to Rick about it, but I think that wouldn't the best option. Just because he's chill now, doesn't mean it'll stay this way. And on top of that, it seems that Daryl is quite close to Rick, something like his right hand in command or something like that.
As I was walking up to daryl I could feel a pair of piercing eyes on me from the distance. I looked around and spotted Rick not too far away looking at me, his hand on his holster, ready to draw his python and shoot me. What the hell is wrong with him, if I wanted to kill or harm them in any way, I would've already done that and not help them clear this goddamn yard. No seriously what is his problem... I climbed up the bus and sat next to Daryl holding him the plate with food in his face. He just gave me an annoyed side eye but took the plate in his hand and started eating. Well one couldn't really say eating to this, he eats like an animal. Jesus what's wrong with these people in this group!
"What do you want" he said with his mouth full of cooked squirrel. "I kinda want to talk to you about something..." I said a bit nervous. I mean he didn't really look annoyed or anything just irritated. "Can't you do that with Carol or I don't know Maggie?" He said. Ok now he sounded kinda annoyed. Oh oh, now I have to be careful. "No, not really. It's not about girlie stuff. It's more about me and staying with you guys." I said. "Then go talk to Rick. He's the leader not me. Why ask me about it. I'm not the one to decide, if you're staying with us anyway." he said putting the now empty plate to the side and pretty much suck his fingers clean. Yeah no not clean because they're definitely not clean, but you get what I mean. "No, no I can't talk to him about it and you should know that. He hates me. I just know that he just wants to kill me. I'm not even a threat to you guys..." I told him my concern about talking to Rick. That really isn't an open option for me. Not in a million years. "Naw man he doesn't hate or wants to kill ya, he's just cautious. Ya know, we went through some shit these last months and Loris pregnancy only stresses him out even more. I'm sure you can stay." he told me and that's when we heard someone approaching. I looked down and saw the devil himself. Great, perfect timing. Not!
"Hey everything alright up there?" Rick asked "Yeah everything's fine, no commotion out there. But hey man Y/N wants to talk to you." Daryl said and oh I wanted to chop his head off SO BAD for what he just said. Like common man, why you doin' this to me...
This chapter is a bit shorter than the first one and the following ones will probably be around the same length :)
I hope you guys are ok with that. But nonetheless I hope you liked it :D
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The Walking Dead - Is there any good left in this world?
FanfictionY/N was alone from the very beginning. The people she saw or met were everything but good people. She didn't believe in good anymore but there was this group that helped her at the brink of death. Maybe she was wrong and there are still good people...
