Living With The Dead

Alexandria

I sat beside Maggie and cried as Rick buried Beth. Five people were crying. Me, Carl, Maggie, and Michonne. Rick started talking about going somewhere or something. Then, Rick, Glenn, Michonne, Tyreese, and Noah went to find Noah's family. I stayed with Carol, Carl, Maggie, Daryl, Judith, Jada, Sasha, Gabriel, Tara, Rosita, and Abraham. We tried to keep ourselves occupied, but everyone was depressed, especially Maggie. I tried to comfort her, but she would just push me away. When Rick and the others came back, they said Tyreese had been bitten twice. They took his arm off, but he didn't make it. Sasha's face instantly dropped.We buried Tyreese and kept moving. There was nothing to eat and nothing to drink. When we ran out of gas, we started walking. We came to a bridge where we stopped for a bit. Then, walkers started attacking so we had to kill them. Michonne kept telling Sasha to stop, but she didn't listen and accediently cut Abraham. We continued to walk and found some cars. I walked around with Maggie. She found a car with a set of keys so we decided to search it. "What about the trunk?" I asked. She looked at me and went to the back of the car and opened the trunk. We found nothing but a walker who was a girl that had been kidnapped. Maggie shut it quickly. She pointed a gun at the trunk. I tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge. Glenn walked our way and asked what happened. Maggie told him. He opened the trunk and killed the girl. Later on, We all sat down and talked, but some dogs came out of the woods and started barking at us. Sasha shot them so Rick decided to roast them for us to eat. It was actually pretty good. Daryl ate a lot more than any of us, but I guess he was hungry. Everyone was quiet except a few people. Maggie and I were still slowly recovering from Beth's death. "You okay?" Michonne asked me as I sat alone. I looked up at her. "Yeah." I said wiping a few tears away. After we ate, Rick said we should keep moving. I kept quiet and listened to the others talk. "Here." Glenn said handing me his bottle of water. "No. I'm fine. See if Jada needs a drink." I suggested. He nodded and walked over to Jada. We soon found a bunch of fresh bottles of water set up on the road. A sign was written. It said, From a friend. Eugene wanted to drink one, but Rick thought it might be a trap, so Abraham slapped it out of his hand. Suddenly, it started raining. We all cheered. Rosita and Tara laid on the ground. Carl and Jada opened their mouths and let the rain fall in. We sat our empty bottles on the road for the rain to fill them up, but then it started thundering and lightning striked. Judith started crying. "There's a barn." Daryl said. "Where?" Rick asked. Daryl led us to a barn. Carol told Maggie and I to not give up. Then, Rick and Michonne built a fire. Rick was talking, but I wasn't listening. I was just looking at Jada as she cried herself to sleep in my arms. I started thinking about life before all this, but soon fell asleep beside Carl who was holding a sleeping Judith. I woke up to the sound of the doors slamming open and then closing again. I watched as Daryl got up and held it shut. Then, Maggie ran to help him. Suddenly, everyone was getting up and helping. It was just Carl and I, but Carl put Judith down and started to help. I told Jada to stay with Judith and I quickly got up to help. It took all I had. The storm finally stopped, but everyone was exhausted, so we went to sleep. When I woke up, everyone was talking. There was this strange man who says he has a safe place. "He wants us to audition to join." Sasha said. He started showing pictures and talking a lot, Daryl shut him up. He said that he's been following us and my heart started beating. Michonne grabbed me and Jada. "Stay close." She whispered. The guy, Aaron, kept talking, but Rick walked up to him and punched him, knocking him out. Michonne whispered something to him that I couldn't understand. Then, Rick told us that they're coming for us, to be prepared. I glared at him and helped Maggie clean Aaron's face. He woke up and Rick started questioning him. Carl handed me Judith and I started playing with her. I listened to the conversation between the adults. "How many others are out there?" Rick asked. "One." Aaron answered finally. Rick wasn't believing anything. The rest of us actually did. Michonne finally spoke up and said that she's not sure he's lying. Maggie and I agreed. "We need to find out what this is." Michonne said. Rick finally agreed, making me believe he has a crush on Michonne. Rick started calling out the strongest people to go check things out. Rosita, Abraham, Michonne, Glenn, and Maggie. Rick stared at the Aaron guy the whole time, even as he fed Judith. Aaron offered Rick some applesauce, but Rick thought it was a trick so he made Aaron taste it first. He argued, but finally ate it. Rick took a small lick and then started feeding Judith, who was crying. The others came back with a bunch of can food. "This. This is ours rather or not we go to your camp." Rick said to Aaron. Michonne confronted him and said that she thinks it's safe. "If anyone thinks differently speak up." She said. Everyone said they agreed with her. We made a plan and finally left. Rick, Michonne and Glenn got in the car with Aaron and the rest of us rode in the RV. "Brooke, your a strong fighter, but I need you to stay with Carl and make sure Judith and Jada stay safe." Rick said. We followed the car until we saw a bunch of walkers ahead, so we turned around and went the other way. "We have to stop! We have to go back. Michonne's in that car. And Glenn. And Rick!" I screamed. "They're strong. They'll make it." Abraham said. Jada started crying so I held her tight. We made it to the building and got out. A guy started limping toward the building. "Hey! Are you okay?" Tara asked. "No, my ankle hurts." The guy said. Maggie helped him and we learned that his name is Eric. We went in the other room. Soon, the others came in with Aaron. Rick went into the room to talk to them. I held Judith and listened to Jada and Carl talk to each other. Aaron came in to say thank you and he finally told us the name of his community. Alexandria....