FATHERS RIFLE • C.Grimes

ೀ⋆｡˚ CHAPTER 25 ೀ⋆｡˚

HEARING THE YELLS from carl downstairs made faye rush out the room and the down the stairs, just moments before he said he'd be back in a second. she rushed into the living room, spotting carl backing away from his dad who was passed out on the couch, along with the door being pushed and banged on by a walker. "cmon let's go kill them." faye mumbled, sliding her pocket knife into her waistband.

the two went out the backdoor, slowly sneaking around the front, spotting two blood thirsting walkers at the front door. they quietly moved closer, standing behind them waiting for the walkers to notice. "hey, you!" carl yelled to gain their attention. the monsters turned around slowly and began walking over to them. "don't kill em, follow me." carl mumbled to faye, leading the walkers somewhere. "you're so dumb." she muttered as she listened to the boy talk to the walkers, guiding them. the two lead the walkers into a bushed area, everything was going smooth enough until a cold hand brushed against fayes shoulder.

faye let out a shriek in horror as a walker attempted to latch onto her. "oh shit" carl muttered. he pushed the walker off of faye, making the other two walkers knock him over. faye took a moment to recollect before entering fight or flight, she snatched her knife out of her waistband, taking out one of the walkers before two gunshots pierced her ears, carl had shot the other two.

"holy, fuck." she huffed, "such an idiot." she held out her hands to pull him up from the ground. once carl got up, he began to hurl, throwing up on the ground beside him "oh, lovely." faye sarcastically said, pulling a face of grimace but softly patting his back. the two headed back down the street, this time not coercing two walkers to follow them.

once they'd got back, faye settled on her makeshift bed while carl began to speak to unconscious rick. "i killed 3 walkers, they were at the door." he began. faye was about to be snarky and admit to helping but she figured it wasn't the time. "i saved you. I saved YOU." his voice got louder. "i didn't forget when you had us playing farmer. i still know how to survive. lucky for us." he said in a frustrated tone, it was clear he'd been bottling up his anger inside of him for a long while now.

"i don't need you anymore. i don't need you to protect me anymore. i can take care of myself." carl told his dad. his words hit deep within faye, she'd do anything to have her dad be able to protect her right now, he was lucky he even know his dad was alive. "you couldn't protect judith!" he exclaimed. "you couldn't protect!-" he sighed "hershel or glenn or maggie. michonne, daryl or mom." the boy spat. carl continued to yell at his dad, letting out everything he'd been holding back for awhile before sitting down, bringing his knees up, letting out a sniff.

she watched him wipe his tears after a few moments, her heart faltering at the sight of him so upset. "i'd be fine if you died." he coldly admitted to his father before walking out the backdoor again. fayes eyes widened at the boys words, so cold and hurtful. she huffed debating on following him, she couldn't leave him outside when he was so mad, he'd put himself at risk. she sighed, standing back up and walking outside once more.

she slowly ran up the road towards him "carl." she called out making him stop and turn "wait up." she mumbled as she caught up to him. "i know you're mad and you hate the world right now but you're not being left alone because you're a dumbass and you'll do something dumb out of anger." she gave him a small smirk knowing she was right. he coldly glared at her, fighting back the grin that fought so hard to be let out, she knew him too well. "keep up." he muttered.

she followed him down to a house, where he pulled up a garden light from the ground. she furrowed her brows as she watched him suddenly run up to the door and fall on the floor making her burst out laughing. "alright, laugh it up." he grinned, unable to hold it back as he stood up. "just pry the door open, dumbass." she mumbled, taking the light from his hand, wedging it in the doorway till it opened.

they cautiously wandered into the house, entering the kitchen. carl set the beige bag down on the kitchen island and began scavenging the kitchen cupboards. "look" faye pointed above the cupboards, a 112 oz tin of pudding sat on the top of the cupboards. carls eyes widened, her grabbed the bench from the kitchen island, dragging it over to the counter, where he climbed onto the counter, reaching for the tin of pudding.

faye scavenged for a little longer downstairs while carl went upstairs. everything was quiet, she found a couple useful items along with some more food when a couple of gunshots startled her. she instantly dropped the bag, running up the stairs spotting carl on the floor while a blood thirst walker slowly approached him. faye stamped on the floor to gain the walkers attention, as the monster spun around, carl attempted to shoot it but missed making it turn its attention back on the boy. he kicked it away, slowly shuffling back floor, faye froze, she was helpless.

she quickly snapped back into action when the walker followed carl back into the room.  she reached for her knife, only for it to slip out her grasp and down the stairs. "fuck!" she exclaimed, rushing down to collect her knife. by the time she'd got back up the stairs, carl had already locked the walker in a room, he leant against the door catching his breath. "sorry." she mumbled quietly. carl stayed quiet, grabbing a piece of chalk from the floor and writing on the door, he turned around with a grin plastered on his face.

" 'm gonna head back. i'm no help to you." faye told him, guilt washing over her from freezing. "you sure?" he furrowed his brows in confusion. she nodded, glancing at him for a moment before placing a small kiss on his cheek "be safe" she gave a small smile before heading downstairs, leaving carl in a daze, a slight blush plastered on both teens cheeks.

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23/09/24