The Lucky One//twd

013. Left Behind

As I open my eyes,

A blinding light hits me hard.

"Where the hell am i?"

Then everything went black.

Again.
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                               Blake's POV
"We're right, right?" I heard Glenn say as we trampled through the woods, "Yes. Now it's getting dark. We need to hurry up and find camp." I said trying to avoid as much conversation with him as possible.

Glenn turned around to look at me when his face went white, "Where's Madison?!" Guilt ran down my back, I shouldn't have yelled at her. What if she wondered off by herself..."Where the hell is Madison,Blake?!" Glenn said louder.

"I-I don't know. She was right behind me, at least I thought she was.." I stated with panic in my voice. Glenn's worried face quickly turned into anger, "What the fuck do you mean you don't know. You were supposed to make sure she was following us. I was leading. GOD DAMNIT" he said as he picked up a rock and threw it in the opposite direction. What if the man got her? What if she didn't wander off?

As Glenn picked up a second rock, I stopped him, "She didn't wander off." I stated calmly. Glenn immediately knew what I was talking about. "Let's go. Now." He said with anger in his voice.
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Madison's POV
I open my eyes in a state of panic. Where am I?! As I looked around, my head was throbbing, and I felt nauseous as I noticed the puddle of blood next to where my head was. Holy shit. Am I going to die?! Panic rushed over my body as I yelled "HEL-"

"I would advise against that if I was you, little lady. You won't want them walkers to come get ya now would ya?" I heard a man say from a distance. The man from the woods. Blake was right. As I heard his footsteps get closer and closer, I was prepared for the worst. He clearly wasn't a good person.

I didn't even get to say goodbye. I can't die. I can't die. I thought to myself as he finally got in my eye line. He was an older looking man. Salt and pepper hair and beard. Tall, but short than Shane. He looked mid 40's,early 50s. I glanced at him with worry in my eyes, "Please don't hurt me. I-I'm only 17. P-please. I beg of you sir." I said with a knot in my throat. I'm going to be killed.

"I ain't gonna kill ya, little lady. At least not yet." He said with a smirk on his face. The panic set in. Yet. I was going to die. I'm going to die at 17, without saying goodbye to anyone I love."Why are you doing this?" I said to the man, he whipped his head towards the trees,"Well you see. You were with 2 men, who look well fed, clean, dressed. That means you got camp somewhere. Now me, i'm just an old man but I still need a good place to camp out. Maybe even with other people with me. So, they're gonna come looking for ya and they WILL take me in." he said with a grin on his face.

He looks like a serial killer.
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Blakes POV
"Jesus. Glenn, be fucking quiet." I said a fourth time as we tried to find the dick who took Madison. "Look, I can't help it. Leave me alon-" I quickly covered his mouth as I noticed the man leaving his tent. Blood on his hands. In a hushed voice, I quickly say "You go on his left. I'll get his right side. He's not that much bigger than you. We got this." Glenn nods and quietly walks the other way. As I got closer to the tree line, the man vanished into the woods.

"Fuck" I whispered.
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Madison's POV
I need to get out of here. I looked around the tent I was stuck in. Blankets. Cans. Water. Blood.."That's not mine" I whispered to myself, acknowledging the dry blood puddle across from me. I saw the mans shadow from outside the tent. The sun was starting to rise. "Madison" I heard someone whisper outside the tent. Have I actually lost that much blood? Am I going insane? "Madison!" I heard again, until I saw the figure start to open up the tent.

"Omg Mads." I immediately recognized his voice, with tears forming in my eyes, "B-blake, thank god" He rushed over and cupped my face, scanning over every inch of it before starting to unwrap my arms and legs. Once my hands were free, I wrapped them around his neck, pulling him into a strong embrace, "I-I thought I was gonna die without saying goodbye." I said into his neck. Just as he was speaking, Glenn rushed into the tent, clearly upset at the sight of us embracing.

I quickly let go of Blake and pulled Glenn into a hug. "Never do that again Madi." he whispered softly into my ear. He put his hand on the side of my head, finally revealing the amount of blood I had lost, "Jesus." Glenn said, turning me to show Blake. Storming out of the tent, Blake said "I'm going to kill him."

"Nows the part where you go after him huh?" Glenn said to me as I turned to follow Blake outside. I scoffed saying, "You know what? Yes. He is my friend. I care about him, and honestly you should too. We're all we have." Finally turning to leave, Glenn pulled me back to him, pressing a soft kiss on my lips. "I love you." He said as he let me go.

Feeling all warm and happy after the kiss, I happily walked out of the tent. "Blake, where'd you go?" I said as I followed his foot prints out towards the tree line, when I saw the man holding a knife next to Blake's neck. "Don't ya come any closer princess. Not unless you want your little king here to get killed." the man said with an evil smile on his face. Holy shit.

"Please sir. We didn't mean any harm. We just can't spare anything right now." I stated as I stepped closer to him, "BULLSHIT" He yelled manically. "Mads. Leave. Let him take me instea-" Blake started saying through deep breaths before the man told him to "Shut up boy!" I kept profusely apologizing as I stepped closer to the man. "NOT ONE MORE INCH." He yelled at me. With tears in my eyes, I said, "Yes sir. Just don't hurt him."

"You all think you are all privileged or something huh? You got all the goods and all the cars and everything you'd ever need in this world?! YOU DON'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT SURVIVING..." The man was saying as I noticed Glenn slowly going behind him with a gun. He took a deep breath before saying, "Let him go." with the gun pointed at the man's head. At the slight touch of the gun on his head, the man slowly let Blake go.

"Good. Now walk away" I stated. The man turned around to face Glenn, "Not before I do this." He said before grabbing the barrel of the gun, hitting Glenn, knocking him out and immediately turning it on us. Without thinking, I threw myself at the man. Grabbing onto his shirt from behind, trying to choke him before he threw me off of him onto the forest floor. Blake tackled him, causing him to drop the gun onto the ground close to Glenn. Punching him harder and harder with every punch, until the man kicked him in the stomach and pulled him into a strong chokehold.

"LET GO OF HIM YOU ASSHOLE." I screamed at the man. He grinned looking back and fourth between Blake, Glenn, and I. At the sight of Blake turning purple and his body slowly stop moving. I didn't hesitate. I picked up the gun.

"I'm sorry." I whispered as I pointed at the older man's head. As he looked up from Blake, a worried look filled his face.

Without thinking twice.

I pulled the trigger.