Someone Like Me

Chapter 3 (What Happen?)

Alex P.O.V

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The next morning, I awoke in Shane's tent; he had offered it to us the previous night because he couldn't sleep and chose to stand watch instead. As I began to dress, I realized my parents were already up. Having only slept in my black t-shirt and underwear, it had been quite a chilly night.

As I was pulling up my pants, I heard a scream I grabbed my sword and ran fast to the screams. I got there before anybody because Shane's tent was closer to woods. As I approached the screams it was Carl and Sophia. 

"What happen?" I asked both Carl and Sophia

They ran towards me just as the adults finally reached me before anybody can ask again Jacqui was right behind carl and Sophia and mumbled walker then pointed towards the edge of woods. The adults walked down towards where she pointed. 

I signaled for Carl and Sophia to join Carol and Lori, then I followed the other adults. Upon arrival, I saw a zombie feasting on a deer—the same deer I had been tracking the day before. Suddenly, the walker ceased its meal and became aware of our encircling presence As the walker advanced towards Rick, Shane struck it with the butt of his shotgun. Glenn followed by hitting it with a stick, and then T-Dog struck the walker in the back with a chair, causing it to fall. As the walker attempted to rise, Dale let out a scream and swung a hatchet down, cutting the walker's head off.

I couldn't help but laugh a little; four grown men were struggling to take down one walker. Instead of killing it, they were beating it as if it were a WWE match. They all turned to me, about to speak, when suddenly we heard a twig snap. Shane and Rick immediately raised their guns. Then, a dirty and smelly man emerged from around the corner, and everyone relaxed, which led me to believe he was part of the group. He started talking, but I wasn't really listening; I was too busy sizing him up.

"I've tracked this for miles. Do you think we can cut away the part that was chewed on?" the man asked, extracting his arrow from the deer's stomach.

As I turned around to head back to the tent to finish dressing, but the walker's head started to move and growl.

"Come on, guys, at least finish the job," I urged, as my sword descended into the walker's brain.

I withdrew my sword from the walker's skull and began walking back to camp. Upon arriving, I found Carl waiting outside the tent.

"Hey Carl, are you okay?" I inquired.

He didn't say anything he was just looking at me and his cheeks started to go red.

"Why are you outside in your underwear?" He asked trying to hide his face a lit

" Well, I heard you screaming, and I thought you was in trouble" I said  

Then it dawned on me; I was in my underwear in front of Carl. My cheeks flushed with embarrassment, so I spun around and ducked into the tent to finish dressing. Just then, Lori called out to Carl, leaving me bewildered about what he wanted. Being in my underwear wasn't the issue; I was more concerned about avoiding bug bites or poison ivy on my legs. Once dressed in my pants, shirt, and socks, I stepped out of the tent and went over to hug my parents.

"Can we train today?" I asked while looking up at them 

"Yeah, it's a perfect day for hand-to-hand com—" My dad was interrupted by the man from earlier.

"Merle," he called out while strolling with some squirrels, "Merle, bring your bastard ass out here!"

"Daryl, there's something we need to tell you about Merle there was a problem in Atlanta," said Shane.