Perilous~ Carl Grimes

Chapter 7

*Hope you guys enjoy a picture of season 2 Carl*

When we stepped outside the last thing we thought we'd see was the sun shining like never before. You would've never been able to tell there was a huge storm just hours before. Besides maybe the dozen of crushed walkers and collapsed trees surrounding where we were. I think we all felt a wave of relief wash through us as we stood there just looking at each other and the sky. The majority of the barn stayed pretty much in tack except for the doors. They definitely wouldn't be able to hold another night. And we knew that.

After a few minutes of just embracing the outside world we all decided to go back into the barn to try and get some more rest. 

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"Hey so there's something I sorta need to confess." Carl said coming up from behind me scratching his neck.

"And what is that?" I asked fully turning around to face him

"You're not weak and I'm sorry for ever saying you were." he said and I stood there again at a loss for words.

"Thanks I guess"

"I'm serious. No one would've been able to do what you did last night if they were weak."

"Carl I wasn't the only one that helped hold that door shut."

"No, but you didn't wait till the last minute to jump in and help you were there right away." he said seriously and I couldn't help but smile at how nice he was being.

We continued to talk and joke around with each other when the sound of the door being pushed through startled us. The two of us walked over to where Rick was to see what was going on. When we were next to everyone we saw a guy standing in front of Maggie and Sasha.

"We took his weapons he's not armed." Maggie said "He says he's here to talk to you Rick."

"About what?"

"My name name is Aaron, I'm here to bring you guys back to my home in Alexandria." he said with a smile.

"What?" Rick asked not sure what Aaron talking about.

"Let me explain, Alexandria is a safe-zone. It's a community with walls built around it, big metal walls. There's families, food, water. We've been watching your group we want you guys to audition to join." he said as he took pictures out of his bag to show us.

"I think we should go." Michonne said after looking at the pictures.

"No! We don't know this guy for all we know he could have this place surrounded waiting for us to let our guards down." he yelled

"I promise its only me. There's no one out there." he said but Rick still didn't believe him.

He then went on to tell us there was one other person with him, and they had two cars they were going to use to bring everyone back but the tress blocked their way. Michonne believed him and said she would go check out to see if the cars were there. Rick objected at first, but her persistent arguing and the fact that more people said they would join Rick finally agreed saying if they weren't back in an hour he would put a knife through Aaron's skull.

Currently with everyone out it was just Rick, Carl, Judith and I both Addison and Isaac decided to go with Michonne. Carl and I were sitting next to each other in silence just watching Rick talk to Aaron and threaten him every few seconds. 

Personally, I think he looked harmless. And if someone really wanted to hurt us they would've by now.

"Do you think he's telling the truth?" I asked Carl.

"I do. If someone wanted to see us suffer they would of ambushed us by now." he sighed taking his hat off. He looked at it, made a face then put it on my head and smiled.

"Uh thanks." I laughed tipping it down in his direction

"Be careful with that. I'm breaking a rule by putting it on someone who isn't part of the club." he smirked

"What club?" 

"The been shot club." he smiled and I stared at him like are you kidding me "This was about two years into the new world. My dad, My dad's friend Shane and me where in the woods when I saw a deer. Stupid Naive me decided to walk close to the deer. Little did I know I would get shot by a nearby hunter. That's how we ended up in Maggie's and Beth's farm. Hershel helped me when I almost didn't make it. When I finally woke up my dad was there. He put his hat on my head and that's when he made me part of the club because we've both been shot." 

"That's definitely a different story about how someone gets a hat." I chuckled when I saw him flash me a toothy grin.

"But you can't tell anyone I'm letting a non-member in" he said in a serious joking matter

"Well jokes on you because I have been shot." I admitted

"Wait are serious?" he asked shocked

"Yeah, it was actually right before Terminus. It was an accident. We were on a run and I ventured away from Isaac and Addison when I almost got bit. Luckily Isaac was there in time to take it down, but in the process the bullet went straight through the decayed zombie and hit me in the shoulder. the bullet was still on the surface so it wasn't as challenging to get it out. It hurt like hell but it could've been a lot worse."

"Well its safe to say we both have embarrassing stories about being shot." he laughed

"Yeah two idiots getting shot in idiotic ways."

"I have to admit though, it looks pretty good on you." he smiled

"Awe thanks." I smiled back

We stared at each other for a few seconds before giving me a friendly shove.

"Hey!" I yelled pushing him back

He was just about to say something when the door opened revealing the rest of our group. They told Rick how Aaron was telling the truth about the cars and how it would be a good idea to go to Alexandria. Rick was hesitant until the whole group persuaded him. He finally agreed, he wasn't happy about it but he figured we would check it out and decide when we got there. He told us to get some shut eye because we would be traveling through the night because he still didn't believe Aaron about not having more people with him. And the fact that he was being so secretive about how to get to this so called "safe-Zone". 

Everyone seemed to be excited about going to this place, but I didn't really know how I felt. We've all been to so many places that were considered to be safe and they never ended up being what they said. That's why I have a really hard time actually believing there is a place were we can all live together safely.

But, I guess I have no other option then to just get some sleep and hope for the best on our late night journey to Alexandria.

HELLO EVERYONE!!!! FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALMOST 500 READS MEANS SO MUCH CONSIDERING THE FACT I DON'T UPDATE FREQUENTLY. HOPEFULLY IN THE TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE SHOWS STARTS AGAIN I WILL HAVE THIS STORY CAUGHT UP. MOSTLY CAUSE A LOT OF MY IDEAS TAKE PLACE IN ALEXANDRIA SO IM TRYING TO HURRY. BUT AGAIN THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND I'LL TRY AND UPDATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE