Never Wake The Dead (TWD Fanfic)

**Chapter 43-Jackpot**

I find a pretty black haired woman and decide she looks trustworthy enough to get advice from. "Hello. I'm Jade" I introduce myself, "Hello Jade. I'm Karen. Can I help you with anything?" she asks. "Yes actually. I figured you look like a trustworthy person and I need your advice" I say, she smiles and lays down her book "On what?" she asks curiously, "I need to take 3 of your people on a run for supplies and food but since I don't know any of you, I thought I'd ask someone because I would hate to get stuck with a bunch of assholes on a rather important run" I say.
She chuckles. "I'm glad you came to me. I'd suggest you take Ralph, he's a good guy and he can take Biters down in a heartbeat. I also suggest taking Samantha, she's a bit of a chatter box but she's a great scavenger. Always goes on runs and brings back lots of stuff. And finally I'd go of you'd like. Just to reassure my selections" she says. "Ok. That sounds great. Can you round them up and meet me right here in 10 minutes?" I ask, "Yes ma'me" she says. "Oh please call me Jade, you have my respect" I say with a chuckle, "Ok, Jade" she says and we both smile.
I find Daryl outside walking back towards the prison from the woods. "It's not much but it'll hold us off till ya get back. You takin ma truck?" he asks, "I was gonna take my jeep but if your offerin a chance to drive the Daryl-mobile, then I'm gonna take you up on that offer" I say with a chuckle. He smirks, "She's all yours. Be easy on er'" he says handing me the keys, I smile and kiss him before heading back to the prison. I head back to Karen's cell and find my crew. We all go out to the garage and pile into Daryl's truck, me and Karen up front and Ralph and Samantha in the bed of the truck.
I pop in a CD and we all listen to it as I drive.
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We arrive at the rather small town and I pull over about a mile out, "We walk from here" I say and get out of the truck. "So where are we heading now?" Sam asks, "A small convenient store down the road about a mile, then were gonna scavenge the little stores and buildings in the town square, hopefully nobody has hit these yet so we can take what supplies is here" I reply, she smiles and we continue walking.
We finally get to the store and I scope out the area, no Walkers. So far, so good. "Ok, guys we're splitting up but were meeting back here once you get what you can find. If you run into any problems just yell, or whistle. But don't draw too much attention to yourself, especially if there is any Walkers near you. Karen you look for clothing, Sam look for food and water, Ralph you look for weapons. Meet up here when you're done, be careful. Limit the wants and get the needs, ok?" I ask, they all nod before we all part in our different directions.
I browse the medical isles and most of it is missing, this place has already been hit and scavenged through. I take what I can find and keep moving. I walk to the end of the isle and that's when I see it, the pharmaceutical room. I quickly walk inside, my first instinct is to turn on the lights but I don't want to risk getting eaten by Walkers so I pull out my flashlight and scan over the area. I take down the two Walkers that are in here, I'm guessing they were most likely the pharmacists.
Once I'm satisfied I go and turn on the light and the edges of my mouth turns upwards into a big smile. This part was completely untouched. Rows of medications lined the cabinets and shelves. I almost squeal in joy. I've hit the JackPot!
I fill up the 4 bookbags I have with important medications: antibiotics, Penicillin, Insulin, some morphine, aspirin, etc. I grab a few pharmacy bags and throw some more medications in and once I've cleared everything important off the shelves I grab my all 7 bags and head out. Since there are still some useful medications in there I grab a permanent marker and write "Don't open! Living dead inside!" before walking to the meet up spot.
Everyone is already waiting for me with their bags. We head out to the truck and throw our bags in the back. I adjust my mirror so I can see the 2 in the back, so I can make sure they aren't gonna steal anything that doesn't belong to them. Then I start the car and soon we're speeding down the road back home. "Karen, how much clothing items did you find?" I ask, "4 bags, I stuffed them full and filled every pocket with useful clothing items, socks, underware, that kind of stuff" she says happily, "Great job, Sam how'd you do on food and water?" I ask, "I got 3 bags back here, one full of canned items, 1 filled with water bottles, and the last filled with packets of food, oh also I got a few boxed foods. Not much, but enough to last us a while if we portion it out right" she says, "Ok, good. And Ralph, any weapons?" I ask, "Yeah, I got a few handguns with 4 boxes of ammo, and a shotgun. I also found some bolts and heads for you and you're boyfriend" he says smirking, "That was nice if you, thanks. I'm sure Daryl will appreciate them just as much as I do. Nicely done all of you , you guys did great" I say smiling at them.
It's a very long ride and I'm exhausted by the time we get back. We pull up to the gate and I flash my headlights twice before Carl comes running down the asphalt to let us in. He pushes the first gate and pulls open the second, we drive in and he closes them. I pull up and Rick, Daryl, and T-dog come out of the prison to help with the bags. "Rick, I hit the jackpot with this one. Lots of medications, however, I got very little first-aide supplies" I say. "Good job" he says and smiles before we take the bags inside.