Your Not Alone

Chapter 13- Terminus.

Lauren's POV

When Carl approached the loud crunching sound I aimed my rifle at the forest.

Waiting for walkers, but as the sound came louder it was only Jesse, Hershel and Maggie.

I sigh with relief and set my weapon down. My stomach killed, Carl didn't get to sow it up yet. I look at Hershel.

"Can you help her?" Carl asked.

"Luckily for you a brought a needle and thread in my bag." Hershel hobbles over to me and I lay on my back.

"This'll hurt a lot Laur" I nod as he pulls the thread and needle out.

Maggie and Carl grab onto my hands as Hershel started. Every time the needle went in again I felt an extreme pain, worse then getting the bullet in my stomach.

After what seemed like forever Hershel finished up and applied polysporn onto the wound.

Rick came back from inspecting the water, He ran over to Hershel and hugged him. it was sweet.

"C'mon we gotta get going. I saw a herd across the creek." I look at Rick as if he were crazy. I just took a bullet to the gut...

"Maggie and Carl help out with Lauren" Rick told the two.

So they did helping me up, as I use them for support.

As we got back on the railroad tracks there was a sign on the edge.

'Terminus
Those who arrive survive
Sanctuary for all community for all'

I looked at Rick and then to Carl.

"We head there" Rick said looking at the map, that went along with the introduction.

I nod and Maggie looks at Hershel, he nods back to her.

"Then it's settled, maybe Glenn is headed there too!" Maggie said with a lot of hope in her voice, Maggie should know by now hoping for something in the apocalypse would never work out.

"I'm sorry Carl" I say as Maggie walks ahead leaving me with Carl.

"I should've been more careful.." I trail off.

"Lauren your okay that's all that matters, your safe, I'm safe Judy is safe" he smiles.

He tried to make me feel less of an idiot but it didn't help I know what I did was stupid, and I put Carl's life at risk because of it.

I mean who would run through the middle of gunfire?!

We walked for another hour of two when it started getting dark out.

"Well looks like we find shelter" Rick announces.

We walk until we find a little shack in the woods.

We enter and I immediately recognize this place. The blood spatter on the wall the words on the basement door...

I was here with Lucas, when we ran from Woodbury.

Carl set me down on the couch. Rick reads the basement door.

"There's ammo and canned food down there." I announce.

"How'd you know?" Rick asked.

"Lucas and I were here, when we ran from Woodbury. Problem is there's a lot of the dead downstairs." I point at the door.

"We take em' out" Maggie says.

"Carl, Jesse and Maggie you have your melee weapons on you?" They all nod and take them out if the hollisters.

"Carl" I call for him and he walks over

"Be careful?" I ask him, he nods and I plant a kiss on his lips before he and the rest of them open the basement door.