Lone Wolf

Chapter Eight

As I grabbed all my laundry, I went back to my tent and and sorted it. After I organized everything, I went towards the kids. They erre playing a game checkers on the table.

"Morning guys. Let's get going, we've got a lot of ground to cover." Rick told us.

"I'll be back." I told them. I walked towards the others as we gathered around the truck.

"All right, everyone's getting new search grids today. If she made it as far as the farmhouse Daryl found, she might have gone further east than we've been so far." Rick said.

"I'd like to help. I know the area pretty well and stuff." Jimmy said. He is Beth's boyfriend if I remember correctly.

"Hershel's okay with this?" Rick asked him.

"Yeah yeah. He said I should ask you." He told us

"All right then. Thanks." Rick said agreeing.

"Nothing about what Daryl found screams Sophia to me. Anyone could have been holed up in that farmhouse." Shane said.

"Anybody includes her, right?" Andrea asked.

"Whoever slept in that cupboard was no bigger than yay-high." Daryl said showing how big the person would have to be.

"It's a good lead." I said backing him up not liking what Shane said.

"Maybe we'll pick up her trail again." Rick told us.

"No maybe about it. I'm gonna borrow a horse, head up to this ridge right here, take a bird's eye view of the whole grid. If she's up there, I'll spot her." Daryl said pointing at the map.

"Good idea. Maybe you'll see your Chupacabra up there too." T-dog said and I laughed.

"Chupacabra?" Rick asked.

"You never heard this? Our first night in camp, Daryl tells us that the whole thing reminds him of a time when he went squirrel hunting and he saw a Chupacabra." Dale told him. As Jimmy heard the story he laughed.

"What are you braying at, jackass?" Daryl said.

"So, you believe in a blood-sucking dog?" Rick asked and I couldn't help but laugh knowing that it could be a possibility in our world.

"Do you believe in the dead people walking around?" Daryl said sarcastically.

As soon as they were done talking, jimmy went to grab the shotgun.

"Hey Hey. Ever fire one before?" Rick asked.

"Well, if I'm going out, I want one." Jimmy said.

"Yeah, and people in hell want Slurpee's." Daryl said as he walked.

"I'll search going downward from where she was last seen." I told them.

"Okay, babies. We're going out again." I told them.

We grabbed our weapons and ran to the area. We started our search. I had yellow bandanas.

"What are those for, mommy?" Athena asked.

"To mark our area. Every 15 get we put one in a tree." I explained.

"Let's head back. We aren't going to find anything." I said.

"Mom, do...do you think she's alive?" Alexander asked me. We all came to a stop.

I couldn't lie, even if I wanted too.

"I...I believe she's not. When a child is lost you have three days to find them or their considered dead. In the supernatural world, if you go missing, you will wish you were dead. Now, we can only pray for the best. But it doesn't matter what I think, because I hope she's alive. I hope we find her." I told them.