𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 before the outbreak that was till the outer glass frame holding her life shattered , her dad was shot and put in a coma , then the dead started walking .
Elodie is in a toxic r...
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Trigger warning: violence / abuse
I walk up to Shane , Dad , Tommy and Aaron as they crowd round the map. I heard they were doing gun training and I want to be a part of it. I need to learn to protect myself so I can protect my family too, I can't let what happened to Carl happen again. Luckily he is back on his feet today and seems back to his usual high spirited self.
"Dad I would like to learn to shoot as well" I tell him confidently, he sighs but Shane speaks up " I know this ain't my say but I think it would be good for Elodie to learn, she would be safer if she knew how to at least operate a gun for emergencies and that" he finishes suggesting to my dad and I give him a smile in thanks.
My dad turns to me "Did you ask your mom about this ?" He asks and I hesitantly shake my head " ehh Well your nearly 18 so I'll allow it" he says and I let out a sigh of relief as I hug him excitedly but I feel eyes piercing me in the back of my head I turn and see Tommy glaring and my smile instantly drops. He goes to walk closer to me but luckily I see Glenn heading over with a bucket of apples and I walk past Tommy to greet him.
"Hey Glenn"I say but he just nods , weird. He offers out apples to us and then he just looks between me and my dad then back to mom over by the Tents. Somethings up with him , I look at him puzzled as he hesitates before walking away.
Then I see Beth and Patrica join us "We'd like to join you for gun training today" Beth speaks nervously as I give her a smile and she returns it. Aaron turns to his little sister "Is Dad ok with this ?" He asks "He doesn't like it but he consented" Beth replies before Patrica reasons "Otis was the only one who knew guns. Now that he's gone, we gotta learn to protect ourselves, your father saw the sense in that". " No offence ,but I'll ask Hershel myself" my dad replies .
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Carl had stolen a gun , he also wants to learn to shoot as well. I said I would fight his case for him and I did , mom ended up agreeing but not after a stern talking too.
We all get in the Cars and head out of the farm , I press my face against the window as I look at the world passing by , the trees all merge into one green mess. The one good thing about all this is that Nature has taken back over and the world looks broken but beautiful.
Once we get there we all line up while bottles and empty cans are set up as targets , Shane goes through the correct hand placements and basic steps I try take everything in but the constant glares from Tommy are throwing me off. " What" I snap at him and he sighs " I'd just prefer if you weren't doing this" he said , I can't believe him right now. " Why Tom? This is good , me learning to protect myself" I argue back.
He rubs his hand down his face before locking eyes with me again " You'll probably end up shooting your own foot , you don't need to know this stuff when I'm here to protect you" he says and before I have the chance to reply Aaron buts in from beside me "What about when you aren't here" his low tone sends chills down my spine as his brown eyes are set on Tommy.
