Safe haven, Rick Grimes

035. WE'LL NEVER GET THINGS BACK TO THE WAY THEY USED TO BE

Chapter thirty six

"We'll never get things back to the way they used to be." 

Walking through the woods, Rick and Carl had found a pathway, as Carl was walking much faster then Rick, seeming to want nothing to do with him "Carl, slow down." he told him, but Carl wouldn't listen, just kept going "Carl, stop!" Rick voiced, as Carl stopped "we..we need to stay together. We've gotta find a place with food, supplies." Rick shared, making it next to him, he put his hand on his shoulder "hey." he told him, as Carl turned looking at him with furrowed brows "we're gonna be.." Rick went to tell him, but when he saw the way he was looking at him and remembered how he told Scarlett they were gonna be okay, it wasn't true, as Carl turned walking off, Rick followed after him.

The two soon headed out of the woods and were walking on a road, as they came across a run down bar, they walked up to the door, as Rick opened the screen, Carl had his gun up "wait outside, okay? Keep watch." Rick told him, going to open the door "you keep watch. You can barely stand. I'm not gonna let you go in there alone." Carl shared "excuse me?" Rick asked him "we've done this before. I'm gonna help you clear it. You should just let me do it myself." Carl shared, aiming his gun back at the door, him and Rick stared at each other.

"Let's go." Rick told him, opening the door, he stepped inside, bringing his gun up, Carl stepped in behind him, as Rick walked to the left, looking into the kitchen "kitchen's clear." he said, as he turned around, seeing Carl walk into the next room, he followed him in, as there were a bunch of chairs piled up, a walker could be heard as it came out of the shadows and into the light, there was a sign to the right for Joe Jr's hot sauce, which there were bottles all over the shelf "that might be all that's left." Rick shared, as Carl aimed his gun at the walker, him and Rick stepped toward's it.

"I can get it from here." Carl told him "no. No, it's weak." Rick said, putting his gun in his holster "I'll draw it out." he told him, grabbing the axe off the table nearby, Carl grabbed the piece of paper that was on it, and it read, do what I couldn't Joe Jr "stay back." Rick told him, as he knocked down the pile of chairs and moved back, the walker came at him, as Rick swung the axe at it's head, Carl brought his gun up "damn it." Rick said, going to push it off, he looked at Carl "don't." he told him, as Carl shot it, the walker fell over, almost bringing Rick down with it "I said not to." he told him.

"You couldn't do it with the axe." Carl told him "I had it. Every bullet counts. What if you needed that one later? See what you can find. Then let's move on." Rick told him, leaning down and pulling the axe out of it's head, he turned walking out of there, heading into the kitchen, he looked around, grabbing a bag, he found some cereal and some other things as he turned walking back into the room "kitchen wasn't empty after all. My hall." he told him, putting them in the bag "you?" he asked, as Carl walked up with more food then him, putting it in the bag "I win." he told him.

The two then headed out, walking through the woods again, they came out of them and walked across railroad tracks and continued down the road, Carl was once again walking ahead of him "hey." Rick told him, but Carl didn't acknowledge him "hey." Rick said again, and Carl still didn't say anything to him or even look at him, as he stopped in front of a house, Rick caught up to him "hey." he said, as Carl turned to him "that one's as a good as any." Rick told him, as the two walked up the sidewalk and up the steps, they broke into the house, both having their guns up.

Carl began heading right, while Rick turned closing the door halfway, he walkd into the living room, holding his gun out, he walked into the dining room, seeing Carl through the doorway heading down the hallway "Carl." he said "I got it. All the doors down here are open." Carl told him 'just stop!" Rick voiced, as Carl turned to him, slamming his hand against the wall "hey, asshole!" he voiced, banging his hand against it again "hey, shitface!" he voiced, banging his hand again "hey.." he went to say "watch your mouth!" Rick voiced "are you kidding me? If there's one of them down there, they would've come out." Carl shared, as he turned, heading upstairs.