Days Go Bye | Rick Grimes

Fall of The Farm.

Chapter Six

T-Dog went to get Randell when it was decided we would drive him far away and let him go, zipped my coat a little higher, ran my finger along the R. Grimes name tag, and hummed. Then T-Dog announced he wasn't there, then Shane came from the woods.

"He's Armed!" We heard, his face was beaten and bleeding, I grabbed Carl's and Lori's hands. "He's got my gun!"

"Are you okay?" Lori asked and he nodded.

"I'm fine, little fucker clocked me in the face."

"Alright, Hershel, T-dog, get everyone in the house, Glenn, Daryl, you come with us," Rick instructed and I turned ushering Lori and Carl to the house leaving the men to deal with the situation. We locked the doors and Carl went upstairs, everyone was making the best of the situation making bed and stuff, I watched Carl look out the window with the binoculars when I heard my name get called.

"Be good while I'm gone, hun?" I asked and he nodded at me. I went downstairs and it was Lori who needed help, I helped her with everything she asked and then I went upstairs to find an empty room, I hummed and went to look around for Carl, knocked on the bathroom for it to be empty, looked in all the rooms and then went downstairs to silently look, not wanting to rise suspicion, I went back upstairs and felt a breeze causing me to shiver. I looked and the window was wide open, I realized. FUCK he was on my watch. I needed to go after him, in case anything happened, I grabbed the binoculars he left behind and I crawled out the window and onto the porch awning and used them to look around, I saw him walking through the field to what looked like Shane and Rick from what I could see but it was dark and hard to make out. I made my way down by the porch, I had no idea how he did this with how short he was. I jogged into the field after him, I stopped to look around again, it was so dark but the light of the moon helped, I pulled out the mini flashlight I found in my pocket, I used it to pee at night and usually forgot it there. "Carl!" I yelled and made it over the slight slope the field had and saw him walking back, now one man less. "Carl!" I yelled and they both turned to look at me, it was Carl and his father... where was Shane? I ran up to them. "Carl what the hell are you thinking!?" I said grabbing him and he looked at me, he looked emotional... "I'm... Upset not mad, okay?" I said and he nodded at me. I looked at Rick and he was watching, I noticed the blood on his hand, and that's when I noticed not too far behind them was... Shane. "Shane..." I muttered and Rick looked away but as I looked away from Shane and toward the forest, I saw dozens of walkers just making their way out. "Oh my god- Rick!" I whispered grabbing him and turning him around to look. "Is that what I think it is?" He looked at me.

"Go, go, go, go, go." He whispered grabbing my hand and I grabbed Carl. We managed to make it to the barn where I looked up.

"Up, up!" I whispered and Rick nodded, we climbed the ladder up to the top I made Carl go first and Rick and I grabbed Gasoline and began to pour.

"What about you?!" Carl called us and Rick grabbed me pushing me to the Ladder.

"I'll be up after, you two go up and drop the lighter when I tell you to." He handed Carl a Zippo and then he looked his son in his eyes. "Carl, I love you." He said and then he looked at me. "Y/N." I nodded.

"I'll take care of Carl up there," I said.

"I love you." He said and my breathing stopped. What?

"I... I love you too." I said and he smiled.

"Go. Go!" He pushed us up to go and we did, he then let the walkers in, screaming to lure them I held Carl close to me as Rick crawled up the ladder. "NOW!" And Carl dropped it, setting the Barn ablaze. I pulled him back away from the heat of the flames and Rick pulled us to him too, toward the second-floor exit to the outside. That's when we saw the RV, we called for it and we jumped into the roof of it. I came down the ladder after Carl and Pulled my gun out shooting any walker close to us. Rick was holding my hand as I kept Carl in front of me between Rick and me. We ran toward the woods as there seemed no other way through, we managed to run around and get to the house, Rick saved Hershel and I pulled Carl into the red pickup and Rick blazed it out of there. It was silent as Rick drove, I crawled into the front and leaned into Rick, he looked at me and wrapped his arm around me as Carl held my hand in the back. It was silent... A depressed sadness took over as we drove. I lay under Rick's arm as he drove giving him comfort. When day broke I whispered. "We should go to the highway... Everyone would go there if they made it." I said and he nodded.