TWD- Little Heart Of Iron

21. Run Away, Stay Away.

Not proof-read.

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Most of the group headed into the house, while Hershel and Patricia stayed back to help Randall in the shed.

Before she could go into the house, Daryl stopped her, stepping between her and the door and putting a firm hand on her shoulder. "I shouldn't have ta tell ya this, but stay away from him," he said in a stern tone, like he meant business.

"You mean Randall?" Blake asked. "I know, but we don't know him yet. He could be safe. He doesn't even seem that old," Blake said. She wasn't dumb. She knew who and who not to trust. But Randall? She wasn't actually sure, this time. Did he have a group he was part of? How did Rick and Glenn even find him? She needed more answers before she could pick where she stood on the issue.

"Well, he could be dangerous, too," Daryl said, looking his niece straight in the eye. "You just do what I ask fer now, 'kay?"

"'Kay," Blake nodded.

"Good. Let's get inside, then," he says.

"Isn't that the same as leaving him for the walkers?" Blake heard Andrea ask as she walked into the house with Daryl.

"He'll have a fighting chance," Rick said.

"Just gonna let him go? He knows where we are," Shane said. That was at least one thing Blake and Shane agreed on. If they did let this Randall guy go, who knows how long it would be before he told his own people were the farm was?

"He was blindfolded the whole way here. he's not a threat," Rick said. Blake was at a stump. She agreed with both of them.

Shane scoffed, "Not a threat? How many of them were there? You killed three of their men, you took one of 'em hostage, but they just ain't gonna come lookin' for him?" He said.

Blake had no idea the Rick had killed some of Randall's men. Maybe he had good reason, she thought. She couldn't just to any conclusions just yet.

"They left him for dead. No one is looking!" Rick shouted at Shane.

"We should still post a guard," T-Dog added.

"He's out cold right now, will be for hours," Hershel said.

"Y'know what? I'm gonna go get him some flowers and candy," Shane said sarcastically. "Look at this, folks. We're back in fantasy land!"

"You know, we haven't even dealt with what you did at my barn yet," Hershel spoke up. Finally. He was right. Shane was out of line, Blake thought. Even if they did end of finding Sophia in the end, Shane was being crazy. The walkers in the barn probably wouldn't have gotten out and caused danger, if Shane had just left it alone, at least for a little while longer.

"Let me make this perfectly clear, once and for all," Hershel continued, "this is my farm. Now, I wanted you gone. Rick talked me out of it, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. So do us both a favor. Keep your mouth shut."

Shane looks like he wants to keep arguing super bad, but he doesn't. Instead, he walks out of the front door as he rubs his shaved head.

After that, everyone else started to walk out, so Blake followed Daryl, one he started leaving.

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A couple of days had passed since Randall was brought to the farm, but now he was gone. Apparently, Rick and Shane were gonna take him somewhere and just leave him for dead. Maybe that was the easiest solution for everyone.

Despite Daryl's strict rule- "Stay away from him", Blake still had the urge to talk to Randall. Maybe he wasn't all that bad. She'd spent the previous day building up the courage to go to the shed and talk to him, and today was the day she would do it, until she found out he was already gone. That sucked. She spent a whole day stressing over nothing.