Unearthed ↦ Daryl Dixon

2.3

You stood there, your heart pounding in your chest as the woman's words echoed in your head; Carl's been shot. A million questions began to flood your mind, but you couldn't bring yourself to voice them. It felt almost as if the air had been sucked out of your lungs.

"He's still alive but you've gotta come now." The woman continued, but Lori didn't budge. "Rick needs you, just come!"

Lori looked back at you for a moment and without thinking, you nodded for her to go. She turned back to the woman, nodding as she climbed on the back of her horse.

"Woah!" Daryl called out. "We don't know this girl. You can't go with her."

"Rick said you had others on the highway, that big traffic snarl?" The woman asked, ignoring Daryl.

Glenn nodded. "Y-Yeah."

"Backtrack to Fairburn road. Two miles down is our farm." The woman clutched the reins of the horse tight in her hands. "You'll see the mailbox- Name's Greene."

With that, the woman sped off the way she'd come. You watched as her and Lori slowly disappeared through the trees and bushes. If there had been room for another on that horse, you would've gone with them. It had been seconds and not knowing what was going on was already killing you.

The walker that had attacked Andrea began to groan, slowly sitting up. The woman hadn't killed it.

Daryl shook his head, shooting the walker in the head with his bow. "Shut up."

You took a deep breath, running your hands through your hair. "Let's keep going, it's going to start getting dark any minute now."

...

"Shot?" Dale asked. "What do you mean shot?"

Your group had finally made it back to the highway, reconnecting with Dale and T-Dog. Glenn was filling Dale in on what happened.

"I don't know, Dale. I wasn't there. All I know is this chick rode out of nowhere like Zorro on a horse and took Lori." Glenn shook his head.

"You let her?"

"The hell was I supposed to do?" Daryl scoffed. "Rick sent her. She knew Lori and Carl's names."

You nodded, shifting your feet. "She told us where to find them. They have a farm not too far from here."

"We should head there then." Dale spoke.

"Absolutely not. We can't just leave!" Carol argued. "I won't do it."

"Carol, the group is split." Dale explained. "We're scattered and weak."

"What if she comes back and we're not here?"

Andrea nodded. "If Sophia found her way back and we were gone, that would be awful."

Daryl's eyes fell on you, your silence catching his attention. At this point, you were too tired to argue and you couldn't see a situation where anyone won. You didn't want to pull people away from looking for Sophia, but all you really wanted was to be with your family.

After a few moments, Daryl let out a harsh sigh. "I say tomorrow morning is soon enough to pull up stakes. Gives us a chance to rig a big sign and leave her some supplies. I'll hold here tonight, stay with the RV."

"If the RV is staying, I am too." Dale spoke.

Carol smiled, her eyes swelling with tears. "Thank you. Thank you both."

"I'm in." Andrea spoke up.

You looked at Carol, your eyes softening. "I'm sorry, Carol. I want to help you find her, but I need to go find the farm. I need to make sure my family is okay."