Trust

BLOODLETTING

Demon is holding Carl in her arms as she runs though the fields breathing heavily tears threating to fall out her eyes but she doesn't left them. Shane, Rick and Otis are running behind her. " Hey you move dickhead. Get us there." Shane tells Otis " How far? How Far?" Demon screams out with the tears finally falling " Another half mile, that way. Hershel. Talk to Hershel, He'll help the boy, I'm sorry" Otis pants to her. Demon runs harder and faster. " Stay with me, little warrior. Stay with me, okay?" Demon says. They see a house in the distance, Demon runs as fast as her legs can carry her. Maggie is on the porch when she sees Demon running towards them. "DAD!!" She shouts out. Demon reaches the house panting heavily. Hershel walks out of the house followed by Beth, Jimmy and Patricia. He looks at Carl in Demon's arms" Was he bit?" Hershel asks " Shot by your man" Demon tells him " He said find Hershel. Is that you?" Demon asks him. " Get him inside" Hershel tells her. They walk back towards the house. " Patricia, I need my full kit. Maggie? Painkillers coagulates--- grab everything" He tells his family. " Beth, cleans sheets, alcohol" He tells her. Beth stares at Demon holding Carl before quickly walking away when Demon moves her gazes to her quickly.

BEDROOM

Hershel moves the sheet of the bed " In here" He tells her. Demon places Carl on the bed. " Pillowcase" Hershel says " Is he alive?" She questions " Pillowcase, quick" Maggie and Patricia moves into the room " Fold it." Hershel tells her. Demon places the pillowcase on Carl's wound. Patricia hands him a stethoscope, he places it in his ear listening for Carl's heart beat. Beth keeps her gaze on Demon's beautiful sweaty face. " I got a heartbeat, it's faint" Hershel tells her " Maggie. IV." Hershel says to his oldest. " We need some space" Maggie tells Demon " Your name?" Hershel asks " Demon" She tells him" I'm Demon Dixon and that's Carl" She stutters out. " Demon, we're gonna do everything we can, Okay? You need to give us some room. Now" He tells her

HALLWAY

Demon is on her knees with tears in her eyes. " MOVE !!" She hears Shane and Rick yell out seeing them running towards the house. Demon walks out taking her bandana off wrapping it around her arm as they reach the house "He alive?" Otis asks as Rick walks past them into the house and Demon for the first time shows emotion in front of someone since her mom died. She wipes her blood covered hands all over her face. Shane walks closer to her and hands her a rag from his pack and she cleans the blood before moving back inside. " You know his blood type?" Hershel question Demon but Rick answers. " A positive same as me. His father by the way. Rick. Rick Grimes" Rick tells him " That's good. Don't wonder too far, I'm gonna need you." Hershel tells him " The deer slowed the bullet which certainly saved his life but it did not go though clean. It broke up in pieces. If I can get the fragments out and I'm counting six" Hershel tells them after Otis tells them what happened. " Lori doesn't know." Rick mumbles with tears in his eyes " No" "My wife doesn't know. My wife doesn't know" Rick bubbles.. Shane wraps his arms around him as he starts to cry.

LATER

Rick is sitting with Demon near the door. Rick looks down. " Why'd I let him come with us? I should've sent him with Lori" Rick says " Rick, don't. You start that, you never get that monkey off your back." Shane tells him " Little girl goes missing, you look for her. Simple as that. You said call it head back." Rick said. " Doesn't matter what I said" Shane says " Carl got shot. It should've been me" Demon tells him " I-I was right beside him and I heard something move. I thought it was another animal but it wasn't. I should have moved him out the way and took the hit instead but I didn't" Demon says shakily " No. Don't blame your self, Demon no one could have known" Rick denies but as Demon goes to talk again but was interrupted by the door opens and Maggie walks in panic. " Rick..." She trails off

BEDROOM

"He needs blood" Maggie tells him. Hershel and Patricia are holding Carl down on the bed who's awake crying out in pain. " You, hold him down" Hershel tells Demon making her rush over and hold down Carl. " Daddy!!" Carl screams out as Hershel is digging around his stomach. " Almost there" Hershel shouts over the screaming. Carl screams loudly again making Demon almost start crying from how much pain he's in whishing she could be in his place. " Stop, your killing him" Demon shout at Hershel. " He needs blood" Maggie tells him " Do it now!" Demon shouts to Rick. As Rick starts getting the blood out as Carl stops crying and closes his eyes " Wait---- wait--- Carl!" Demon mumbles out " She just passed out." Hershel tells her as he pulls out a bullet fragment from his wound. " one down--- five to go" Hershel mumbles out.