Lilly X Carl Grimes

Flames Tare Pt. 14

Word Count: 665

I was right, I did get in trouble for having a gun. But Rick said it was ok, as long as i don't hurt anyone on purpose.

A lot has happened in the past few days, i don't really wanna talk about any of it, but might as well.

Beth has been having some issues, didn't move for days. She seems fine now though. Lori got in a car crash going to find rick, who was going to find hershel who sort of went off the deep end after the whole barn incident.

The tension between everyone is like a water ballon. It keeps filling, and filling until it can't take anymore, and then POP!

When Lori and Rick weren't watching earlier me and Carl went out in the woods, we played tag again. When we were playing he couldn't catch me, when he did he tackled me to the ground. He's a lot stronger than me, he is a year older that me so it's understandable. When he tackled me we fell into the mud and we were filthy.

When we got back Everyone was inside talking about "Adult things". Me and Carl listened in. From what i heard, Shane and Rick went on a run and found a younger man and captured him. They don't know what to do with him.

Which scares me because if they let him go, he could come back with a group and kill us all. But just killing him so he can't do anything is just cruel.

Their conversation wasn't worth it, it's dark now, and he some how escaped, and attacked Shane.

I hear gunfire in the distance lots of it. Me and Carl run and see what's going on. Growls get loud in the distance, walkers.
They cover our path to the house, we have no way to get to everyone.

Some of the walkers see us "Run!" he exclaims.

We bolt for the barn, I feel the blood rush through my legs once more, just like in Atlanta, just like during tag, just like when Carl got shot.

We reach the Barn and close the door, putting stuff in front of it. I look around for anything we can use, all i have is my gun and knife, and there's no way i could take down that many walkers, neither could carl.

It's so dark inside the barn i could hardly see anything, but a small white propane tank in the corner. I quickly put 2 and 2 together and think. If i shoot it, it'll blow and start a fire, enough to light the Barn, we can lead the walkers in here.

"Carl! Take my gun and climb up there, when i say go, shoot the propane tank ok?!"

"What about you?!" he yells over all the growls.

"Just Do it!"

He climbs up and I get ready to open the door. I open the door and climb up, "Now!" we run in the hayloft to the window in the back.

"How much do you trust me?!" i scream.

"Why?!"

"No time just jump!"

We jump out of the window in a large stack of hay, we make our way out of it and start running around. Rick runs over to us and yells at us to run to a car in the distance, so that's exactly what we did.

I look back and see the barn in flames, sorry Hershel. We keep running and Rick comes behind us. Hershel's waiting in the Car, we get in and he starts to drive away from the mess.

I didn't even realize how much i was crying, until i looked back at everything and saw my reflection in the glass.

The flames tearing at the barn, it falls, burning walkers all around.

The ballon finally popped, but where do we go now?