Broken LadyBug ~ A walking dead story

Chapter 4

The next morning was full of chaos, I woke up to the sound of Glenn talking with Lori, "I think I'm going to take her Lori she needs the experience and I know how alone she feels when I'm gone" he said "Absolutely not she what 13 she will not be going" Lori argued. I got out of my tent and went to them "I want to go Lori please I'll be careful, maybe Glenn and I could run to my house to see if my brothers are there and Chealsea" I said grabbing onto Lori's hand "Please Lori I need to know if they are still there" I said this time with tears glossing over my eyes "Rick honey come here please" Lori yelled across camp. Rick came holding Carl's hand along the way "Lottie would like to come with you, Glenn and she would make a detour at some point to look for her brothers, what do you think" she asked, Rick started to think "Well  I don't see much of a problem if you stay with the group and do not run off" Rick said looking down to me with a smile that could kill. "Thank you thank you thank you," I said excitedly before hugging him. 

Once it was settled that I would be going I decided to empty my backpack, we would be going to my house I could grab my things not just schoolwork, I made a mental note to grab Carl some comic books and Sofia a stuffed animal she could have. I walked over to Shane because there was one last thing I needed, my gun. "Shane, can I talk to you for a minute" I asked as he gutted the fish that Amy and Andrea caught "what is it kid I'm busy" he said with a rough attitude "I'm going to the city with the group, and I was wondering if I could have my... I mean your gun just in case, my father taught me how to use one when I was younger, and I hit every target yesterday with Daryl I would just feel safer having it. 

"I don't think so Lot but instead you can have this hunting knife, if you run into any walkers, you put this baby right through their skull" Shane said before whipping the knife on his pant leg to get all the fish blood and guts off. "All right Lot you ready to go" Rick came over and asked as he messed with my curly blonde hair, I nodded, and we walked over to the truck. Glenn, Rick, and I sat in the front while T-dog got stuck with Daryl in the back. T-dog was the one who locked Daryl's brother on the roof, personally I would be scared. 

It was a good 45-minute drive until we were back in the city, everything looked as if it was rotting away. Glenn and Rick were asking more questions about my family, and things that i was going to take from home so I had some sort of it left. "I want to get some of my brothers old comic books that I know he doesn't read anymore to Carl, and I have a whole bunch of stuffed animals and I thought she would like one as well, and that last thing i knew I was going to grab was my stuffed bunny, it was the last thing my mom gave me before she died so it means a lot to me. "Thats really nice of you Lottie I'm sure they both will love whatever you bring back." Rick said with a soft smile. Rick continued to drive all the way to my house I quickly ran inside with Glenn not far behind me. The house was dark and quiet I looked around and notice the mess was a lot worse than when I left the other morning. I knew they were gone. I stood completely still until Rick and Glenn joined me.  When they did the tension that held me there in that moment finally released with them by my side.

"I think I'm going to grab my stuff you guys can take whatever from the pantry but leave enough just in case they come back." I said before walking to AJ and Charlies room. I grabbed a stack of Charlie's old comics and one of AJ's blankets. As I finished walked out and turned into my room. I grabbed a bag and filled it with clothes, books, and an extra pair of shoes, before grabbing Sofia a stuffed lamb I had and grabbing my bunny. I noticed a note on my bed and i sat down to open it up. It was from AJ.

"Dear Lottie,

If anyone knows you, it's us, and we know you'll start looking for us here. I'm sorry we aren't there now, and I regret we weren't there during the outbreak. Dad is forcing us to leave. He says there's a military base in Tennessee where he knows people who can get us in. We truly did try to hold our ground, Lottie, but you know how stubborn he can be.