~Enraged~

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 3- ʜᴏꜱᴛᴀɢᴇ

                                                                        ~ᴇʟʟɪᴇ ᴡᴀʟꜱʜ~

The next morning, I woke up to Ziggy pecking my cheek. " What is it Ziggy?" He keeps chirping and motioning over to the window. I stand up and look out the window. I see a man out thewindow. He is climbing up the ladder with around 3 walkers reaching for him. I grabbed a rock and wait for him to open the hatch. The second he stood up I knocked him in the back of the head. He fell on the floor, and I quickly shut the hatch. I use rope from my bag as I tie his arms behind his back. I take off his backpack and go through it. There was photos and things like that. I was waiting for him to wake up. I looked out the window to see if any of the walkers were still there when Ziggy started chirping.

I turned around and saw he was awake. "Hey, I'm Aaron." He tells me hesitating his word, as I just stare at him. "What are you doing at my tree house?" He looks around for a second and sees Ziggy. "I was being chased by walkers; I was separated from my friend. We have a community; we are looking for people the join." I keep glaring at him. "How safe is it? How many people? How would it benefit me?" He looks at me with a smile on his face. "The walls are 15 feet tall and 12 feet wide, we have over 20 people, it will benefit you by keeping you alive and safe." I turn back to the window to think. "Where are you parents?" I think back on it, I don't know where my dad is. I know where my mom is but not her biter version. I don't think my dad is alive but for some reason I hope he is. I didn't like him very much but it's not like it was before, it was different.

He realized how quiet I had been, and I could tell he knew where they were. "I-Is that your pet bird?" I knew he was trying to change the subject. "His name is Ziggy." I turn back around and lean against the wall. "Where is it?" He looks back at me and smiles. "It may be weird that you have to follow strangers, but I promise I won't hurt you." I sigh and nod. "I'll go but" He nods and smiles as I go over. I crouch down next to him with my gun in my hand. "If you are lying to me, you will regret every second of your life." He nods. "I swear I'm not lying." I untie the ropes on his wrist. "Let me pack first." He nods. I am not really excited to go but I hurry to pack all my stuff. I put my bag on, tie my ribbon back in my hair and let Ziggy on my shoulder while he looks around. "Let's go." He nods. I take out my gun and we crawl down the ladder. He leads me out of the forest, and I see a man in a car RV waiting. He wasn't lying. "You can either take my car our his." I take a second. "Yours." He nods. When we start driving it was a little awkward, but he said something that sort of calmed me down. "Since you won't be very happy alone, or comfortable with living with others yet, you can live with me and my boyfriend." I took a second.  For some strange reason he calmed my nerves a lot. "Sure." What felt like hours later we stopped at a big fence and a board saying 'Alexandria.'

When I got out of the car Aaron told the guy to open the fence. So, he did. When I walked in, I was told to hand in my guns. I didn't really have anything but a pistol and knife, so I gave them my pistol. "Come this way, I told Diana to hold off on the meeting." I slowly nod. When we make it to his house, I see the same man that was with Aaron. "Oh hi, I'm eric." He sticks out his hand. "Ellie, Ellie Walsh" I slowly shake his hand. He smiles. "I have been getting the guest room ready as soon as I got here. You can decorate it however you like." I feel myself slightly smile. I haven't really been happy in a while. "Thank you." he leads me up to the room, it was pretty big, it had white walls, a nice big bed, a white dresser, and a desk. It was a little basic but cute. I walk around the room with a smile. "We are going to go on another recruit mission but shouldn't be gone for too long so if that's alright I could try and pick up some clothes for you?" I smile again and nod. "That would we wonderful." He gently shuts the door, and I lay on the bed. I think I will like it here.