The car came to a stop, Rick's car horn notifying them. Everyone got out to see what the trouble was. "You out?" Daryl questioned.
"Running on fumes" Rick replied.
"We can't stay here" Maggie said.
"We're sitting ducks out here, it's gonna be dark soon enough" Katherine added.
"We'll have to make a run for some gas in the morning" Rick says.
"Spend the night here?" Carol questions, clearly uncomfortable by the idea.
"I'm freezing" Carl whines.
"Me too" Harlow adds. Katherine wraps her arms around her sister, despite being cold herself, she tried to keep her sister warm.
"We'll build a fire, yeah?" Lori states.
"You go out looking for firewood, stay close" Daryl tells them. "Only got some many arrows. How you doing on ammo?" he asked.
"Not enough" Rick replied.
"We can't just sit here with our asses hanging out" Maggie scoffed.
"Watch your mouth" Hershel scolds. "Everyone stop panicking and listen to Rick"
"All right, we'll set up a perimeter. In the morning, we'll find gas and some supplies. We'll keep pushing on" Rick tells them.
"Glenn and I can go make a run now, try and scrounge up some gas" Maggie offers.
"No, we stay together" Rick shuts her down. "God forbid something happens and people get stranded without a car"
"Rick, we're stranded now" Glenn brings up.
"I know it looks bad, we've all been through hell and worse, but at least we found each other" he says, "I wasn't sure... I really wasn't. But we did. We're together. We keep it that way"
"He's right" Katherine sighed, "We might be screwed, no shelter, supplies, gas. But we're together, that counts for something"
Rick nods as he continues, "We'll find shelter somewhere. There's gotta be a place"
"Rick, look around. Okay?" Glenn says, "There's walkers everywhere. They're migrating or something"
"There's gotta be a place not just where we hole up, but that we fortify, hunker down, pull ourselves together, build a life for each other" Rick ignores Glenn, "I know it's out there. We just have to find it"
"Even if we do find a place and we think it's safe, we can never be sure. For how long? Look what happened with the farm" Maggie brought up. "We fooled ourselves into thinking that was safe"
"We won't make that mistake again" Hershel tells his daughter.
Rick looks out into the woods on each side of them, "We'll make camp tonight, over there, get on the road at the break of day"
"Does this feel right to you?" Carol asked Daryl.
"What if walkers come through, or another group like Randall's?" Beth asked Rick.
"You know I found Randall, right?" Daryl brough the boy up. "He had turned but he wasn't bit"
Rick didn't look surprised by the news at all, "How's that possible, Rick?" Katherine questioned.
"Rick, what the hell happened?" Lori asked.
"Shane killed Randall" Daryl stated, "Just like he always wanted to"
"And then the herd got him?" Lori questioned, looking at her husband who still remained silent.
"We're all infected" Rick revealed, after keeping silent.
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forever » the walking dead¹
Fanfiction❝ Maybe forever was a word meant for memories and not people ❞ 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 Sixteen year old Katherine James navigates her way through an apocalyptic world, surrounded by the dead, her little sister by her side and a group of survivors she met on...
