Safe haven, Rick Grimes

039. I WANT MY MOM

Chapter thirty nine

"I want my mom." 

It was the next morning, and far up ahead on the tracks unknowing to them was Rick, Carl and Michonne, where Rick was walking ahead of the two "I think we got about a days worth of water left. We're lucky it's cooled off a little bit, but.." he said, turning around, Carl and Michonne were walking on the rails on opposite sides, holding their arms out to balance themselves "what are you doing?" Rick asked "winning a bet." Carl told him "in your dreams." Michonne told him "I'm still on." Carl told her, almost falling off, Michonne laughed "you spoke too soon, wise guy." she told him.

As Rick walked toward's them "this might go on a while. Maybe we can speed this up." he told them "yeah, you're right. We shouldn't be fooling around. We should probably.." Michonne shared, looking to Carl "Carl!" she voiced, falling off, Carl smiled "I win." he told her, getting onto the tracks, he held his hand out "pay up." he told her, as Michonne opened her bag, pulling out two pieces of candy, Carl saw the big cat and as he did, he was reminded of a memory.

In the hospital back when his dad was in a coma, he was standing in front of the vending machine having been given money by his mother he wanted a big cat as he put the dollar in the machine but as he did, the machine spit out the dollar, stepping toward's it, he took the dollar out and then put it back in but when he did it came out again, he huffed "work!" he voiced, kicking the stupid machine "what's going on?" Scarlett asked, as Carl turned seeing her standing there in scrubs "you just come out of surgery?" he asked.

"Yeah just came down here to get my snack fix. Big cat's are my favorite." Scarlett shared, as Carl motioned to the machine "well I was trying to get one but the machine won't take my money." he told her, as Scarlett hummed "yeah, this one's pretty tough but lucky for you I have a secret." she shared, looking left and right "you keep watch, okay?" she asked, as Carl nodded, Scarlett stepped toward's the machine, she put her hands on it, as she rocked it back and forth three times, she then put it down and banged on the side of it, as the candy dropped.

Scarlett stepped around it and reached in, grabbing what fell and when she did there was only one big cat, as she looked up, seeing Carl was looking down the hallway, Scarlett stuffed the other candy in her pocket, as she stood up walking over to him "here." she told him, as Carl turned to her "thank you." he said, taking the big cat "I'll see you around, okay? You go say hi to your dad for me." Scarlett told him, turning and walking off down the hallway.

"Carl?" Michonne asked, as Carl then grabbed the big cat, as he turned walking off, starting to eat it, Rick looked at him with furrowed brows, Michonne put the other candy bar back in her bag, as her and Rick followed after him.

Another night had come and gone, as Rick, Carl and Michonne were sitting in the woods around a fire "how hungry are you, scale of one to ten?" Rick asked "fifteen." Carl told him "twenty eight." Michonne said "yeah. Well, it's been a while I'm gonna go check the snares." Rick shared, blowing out the fire, he stood up "can I go with you?" Carl asked "how else are you gonna learn?" Rick asked, as Carl stood up, Rick began putting more dirt on the fire to put it out completely and Carl began doing it "hey, you too." Rick told Michonne, as he turned grabbing hsi bag and gun, they began walking out of the woods.

They were heading down a dirt path "we'll stay another day or two. Get some more rest." Rick shared "finish healing up?" Michonne asked "I'm almost there." Rick told her "we're close now, right?" Carl asked "to terminus?" Rick asked "yeah." Carl told him "we are." Rick said "when we get there, are we gonna tell em?" Carl asked "tell em what?" Michonne asked "everything that's happened to us. All the stuff we've done. Are we gonna tell the truth?" Carl asked "we're gonna tell them who we are." Rick told him "but how do you say that? I mean..who are we?" Carl asked.