South Tree * TWD

5. They're back... and so are them

"We are leaving now!" Lillian's father shouted, startling the small girl who sat quietly on the couch, watching tv. She got up quickly, but looked at her dad strangely.

"What are you looking at me like that for , girl!? Pack a damn bag! The news been talking about some out break, we got to go!" Her dad continued to yell at her as he rushed into the kitchen with a bag.

"Don't yell at her, Caden!" Lillian's mom yelled back at her dad. Lillian looked around nervously, her heart racing but she quickly ran off into her room.

Lillian grabbed her backpack she usually used for school, that had a shark on it, and poured out all of its contents onto her bed. She dug through her laundry basket to find her three favorite shirts and two pairs of shorts before shoving them into the bag. She grabbed Beary, her stuffy and as many little shark figures as she could fit in her hands.

"Come on girl!" She heard her dad scream for her from the other room so she quickly zipped her backpack up and threw it over her shoulders. As she ran out of her room, she ended up tripping on the door way. She looked back to see what she tripped over and saw a bloody hand.

"Daddy!" She screamed as tears welled in her eyes, kicking to her away from the hand.

"Help!" Lillian heard her mom scream, causing her to look up. To her surprise, she saw both her mom and her dad getting jumped on by walkers, in what seemed like slow motion.

"Mommy! Daddy!" She screamed out, crying as she reached out for her parents.

Lillian shot up, tears welling in her eyes as she frantically looked around. That's right, she was back in her tent. After the entire Jim and Shane situation, Lillian had walked back to her tent. Carol tried to get her to head back with her and Sophia but Lillian insisted on wanting to sleep. So when Lillian had gotten back to her tent she set up a lamp, cuddled into her mom sleeping bag, and buried her face in Beary, soon falling asleep.

Lillian slept for longer then she expected, glad she turned on the battery lamp that Shane let them barrow. She pushed through sleeping bag off of her, holding Beary tight to her chest. She was about to get up when she hear an almost incoherent growl sound from outside of the tent. Her heart rate picked up, almost frozen in place as she listened for it again. The growl sounded again, sounding far enough from her tent. She slowly moved to stand up, the only thing she could hear was the heart beat in her ears as she slowly opened the tent. Multiple more growls sounded, getting closer to the tent. Lillian heard someone scream from the main part of the camp, that's when she knew it was time to run.

Lillian ducked out of her tent, running quickly back towards main camp where she hoped to find someone. She heard gunshots go off and she frozen momentarily, unable to process where she should be going. Tears streaming out of her eyes, she continued to run towards the main camp.

Her vision blurred as she tried to run, slowing her down but she quickly sped up as she heard the growls become louder behind her.

"Carol!" She called out, hoping maybe should we be near with Sophia.

Many screams came from the camp, only making Lillian more nervous but she quickly gained confidence when she heard Carol scream back, "Lillian!" She heard Carol's terrified voice. Lillian ran past the fire pits, where she finally got to Carol, quickly gripping onto the back of her shirt and burying her face into her shirt. Carol was holding onto Sophia but managed to hold onto the back of Lillian's head as gunshots and screaming continued to sound around them.

"Come on. Come on, stay close." Shane screamed and suddenly they were on the move. Carol quickly walked, holding up her daughter while also holding Lillian tightly to her as they walked in a line closely to Lori, Carl, and Shane. Lillian kept her hands clenched onto Carol's shirt, only looking at the ground to walk as she tried to calm her breathing.