Stargirl//TWD

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" Hey dumbasses, you guys cozy in there?"

Rory froze, listening closely, something about the voice made her stomach grow hot, she knew that voice, the familiar feeling grew through her body

even if it was a voice she had heard every day, she couldn't tell, the radio was much too scratchy. Rick jumped into action, standing up and walking to the radio, while Rory moved to Klaus, placing a hand on his cheek and looking at his face, specifically at the large cut on the other unoccupied cheek, her eyes went wide and her brows furrowed

" not a walker scratch, cut myself on my knife when I climbed up," he said standing up with Rory, watching her let out a breath of relief as she nodded and removed her hand

"Hello?" Rick asked frantically as he tuned the radio, " Hello!"  he yelled again

Rory and Klaus sat down next to Rick and stared at the radio, almost like they were expecting it to run away, this radio was their only chance at survival, their only hope

" There you are, you had me wondering," said the voice, causing recognition to once again make its presence known in Rory's chest

"Where are you? Outside? Can you see me right now?" Said Rick asking all the questions Rory was wondering herself

  "Yeah, I can see you. You're surrounded by walkers. That's the bad news." Said the man on the radio

" there's good news?" Asked Rory leaning forward for the man to hear her better

"...No." answered the man causing Rory to purse her lips and drop her head

" Hey there buddy, listen, I'm not a very brave person, and honestly I'm shitting myself here," said Rory, voicing what Klaus and Rick were feeling themselves

" Oh, man. You should see it from over here. You'd be having a major freak-out." Answered the man, his voice panicked as he said so, almost like he was the one inside the tank

"Great," muttered Rory bringing a hand up to her head and moving it in small running motions

"Any advice?" Asked Rick, looking around the tank for any kind of answer

" Yeah, I'd say make a run for it," said the radioman

"That's it...make a run for it, I can't run that good!," said Klaus panicking at the thought of having to run to save his life

" My way's not as dumb as it sounds. You've got eyes on the outside here. There's one geek still up on the tank but the others have climbed down and joined the feeding frenzy where the horse went down.  You with me so far?" explained the man causing Rory to frown at the reminder of the dead horses

" Yeah," said Rick

"Yep," quipped Rory

" not at all," answered Klaus causing Rory to turn and look at him a slight frown on her face, Klaus looked at her and shrugged his shoulders, sure he somewhat understood the fast-speaking man but he was scared to follow through with the plan

"Okay, the street on the other side of the tank is less crowded.  If you move now while they're distracted, you stand a chance.  Got ammo?" Asked the man, ignoring Klaus's unsure statement

"In that duffel bag, I dropped out there, and guns. Can I get to it?" Asked Rick,

'shit' thought Rory she had completely forgotten about the bag

"Forget the bag, okay? It's not an option. What do you have on you?" He asked as Rory pulled out her gun and looked in the chamber, 12 bullets, she looked to Klaus to see him hold out a simple long-bladed knife