Safe haven, Rick Grimes

075. CARL'S DEAD

Chapter seventy five

"Carl's dead." 

Having cried, Scarlett soon stopped as she picked him up and carried him out of there, her legs were shaky, as Rick stood up and looked at her, the two of them walked off, finding a place to bury him, they dug his grave and lied his body down in it, before putting the dirt back over, they then put a cross on it, the two stayed there for a while, as Rick was holding Carl's gun, Scarlett didn't wanna touch it, as Rick stood up and walked over to the cross, hanging then gun on it, the two then sat there for a few more minutes, as Rick took it, Scarlett turned grabbing the hat, she put it on her head, as the two of them stood up, walking off in different directions.

Scarlett saw three walkers heading toward's his grave, as she pulled out the machete, she stabbed it through when of their mouths, kicking it off, she then brought it down on the next one's head, as she then swung chopping the others one's head off, stepping over their bodies, she continued to walk off and as she did, she noticed the wall was busted open and how more of those things that killed their son were gonna get in, she walked right through the open, swinging her machete down on the one's head who was closest, she pulled it out and swung killing the that came up on the right, she then kept killing them all, all the one's that were in the front, their bodies dropped around her.

As she stood there breathing heavy, she turned around and walked back inside, grabbing the wall, she slammed it shut or at least the best she could do with it being broken, as she continued walking off.

Going to their house, Scarlett looked to her right, noticing the blue painted handprints on the porch, she knew they were Judith and Carl's, the sound of growling could be heard, as she looked up, seeing more walkers, she gripped her machete in her hand, wanting to kill them all, but she knew now wasn't the time, as she turned, walking into the house, she walked past the kitchen and headed upstairs, where as she did, she walked into Carl's bedroom and just stood there.

Where her and Rick had then packed everything up into two bags, as they headed downstairs and out the front door, walking up to the van, they put their bags in, Scarlett noticed the place Carl used to sit when he wasn't at home was on fire "hey." Rick told her, grabbing her arm, Scarlett didn't say anything "we have to go." Rick told her, as Scarlett grabbed the fire extinguisher and ran off and as she did, Rick grabbed one and ran after her, the two then began using them to put the fire out, but as a walker was coming up behind Rick, Scarlett threw her's down and pulled out her machete "ah!" she voiced, swinging it down on the walkers head, she kicked it down, as she looked to Rick "forget it." she told him, her voice being non existent.

As the two turned running back to the van, Scarlett killed the two walkers that were in their way, as the two got in, Rick started up the engine as he drove out of there, the two of them passed a lot of walkers, as they headed through the torn down gate "what do you think he meant? Did he want us to stop fighting the saviors? Just..surrender to Negan?" Rick asked, as Scarlett was looking at the letters, not wanting to read her's, she couldn't and she knew neither could Rick she just wanted to see who he wrote to "no. He saw what he did he wouldn't want us to surrender. He.." she shared, but stopped seeing as he wrote a letter to Negan "he'd write him a letter." she said, not being able to comprehend why, she shoved them all back in her pocket "we need to talk to Jadis." Rick told her "yeah.." Scarlett said, as the two continued driving.

Making it to the garbage dump, the two were walking through the shipping container, as Scarlett had her machete at the ready, Rick walked close behind her, making it to the end, the door was open a creak, as Rick stepped in front of Scarlett opening it, Scarlett stepped out with him, as the sound of stuff falling could be heard, the two looked up seeing it coming down on them, as they ran out of the way, where when they looked back, the door was blocked by garbage, as Rick stepped back, he stepped in blue paint.