Safe haven, Rick Grimes

045. THIS IS HOW WE SURVIVE

Chapter forty five

"This is how we survive."

It had been a day and a half, where they all were struggling to find food, where as Daryl, Maggie and Sasha went in the woods to do, the others had tried as well but they couldn't find anything as they sat on the ground outside of the bus Carl was sitting to the right of Scarlett leaning his head on her shoulder while Scarlett held Judith in her arms, Rick was sitting to her right, and they still had sixty miles to get to Washington and the idea of going back there still made Scarlett uneasy.

Where when the three had come back even with no food themselves, they all piled back into the truck, driving as far as it would take them before it just fully stopped "we're out just like the other one." Abraham told them "so we walk." Rick told them, as they all got out of the car, they began walking, as Scarlett was holding Judith, her and Rick walked side by side, as Daryl turned looking at them, they then looked back at everyone else seeing walkers behind them "we're not at our strongest." Rick shared, as the three turned back around.

"We'll get em when it's best. High ground something like that.  They're not going anywhere.It's been three weeks since Atlanta. I know you lost something back there." Rick shared, as Judith started fussing, Scarlett fixed her hold on her "she's hungry." Daryl said "she's okay. She's strong. She's gonna be okay." Scarlett shared "we need to find water, food." Daryl shared "we'll hit something in the road." Rick shared, looking up at the sky "it's gonna rain sooner or later." he shared "I'm gonna head out. See what I can find." Daryl shared, going to walk off "hey, don't be too long." Rick told him "I'll go with you." Carol told him 'I got it." Daryl told her, walking off "you gonna sotp me?" Carol asked, following after him, the others continued walking.

Continuing to walk, Carl had taken Judith from Scarlett as he walking in front next to Rick and Scarlett, the others were around them, as more and more walkers were following behind them, Rick turned and looked at them "there's more of them. Don't even have to look to know." Scarlett shared "yeah." Rick told her, as they continued walking.

They soon made it to higher ground, as Carl with Judith and Tara, Eugene and Noah stood off to the right, the rest of them were to the left as Rick was standing on the ledge looking down the hill, as the walkers began to come closer, Rick stepped off the edge and walked forward standing in front of Glenn and Michonne, he looked to the left and over at Scarlett who was on the other side with Abraham, Maggie and Sasha, the snarls could be heard as Rick looked away from her and at the walkers that began to approach.

Where the walkers then split off, half going to the left and other half going to the right, where two came toward's them as Scarlett and Abraham pushed them down the hill, Sasha then walked toward's the one and grabbed onto it "Sasha." Scarlett told her, as Sasha stabbed the walker in the head "stay in line. Flank her. Keep it controlled." Rick told them, killing one of the walkers with his machete "plan just got dicked." Abraham said, as Scarlett walked toward's Sasha, Sasha killed another walked and as she pulled her knife out.

Scarlett grabbed her arm and when she did, Sasha went to stab her "stop." she told her, as Sasha pulled her arm out of her's, Scarlett sighed, putting her knife in her sleeve, she stepped forward, grabbing onto Sasha she threw her onto the ground and as she did, Sasha kicked her feet out from under her, knocking Scarlett to the ground right next to her, Sasha turned, climbing onto her, putting her hands around her neck, Scarlett coughed, trying to breathe, Sasha squeezed harder as she pulled her off the ground, and stepped closer to the edge of the cliff behind them.

Scarlett felt the dirt under her feet move, as she looked down with her eyes at the hill below her and the two walkers down at the bottom "you have everything. A husband, a son, a baby even almost had two." Sasha shared, and as she did, Scarlett felt her feet go over the hill, as she grabbed onto Sasha, they went falling over the cliff.