This Is Reality

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

I nodded, still trying to shake the dream out of my mind. I stood up and put my boots on. He soon did the same, the coming over to me. I looked at him in small confusion, he placed on hand on the back of my neck and kissed me passionately. He knew I wasn't okay but didn't want to ask.

After a short amount of time, I pulled away slowly, "We gotta get moving..."

He looked at me with worried eyes, "You wanna eat first?"

"I'm not hungry but you can eat, I won't rush you" I say going over to the workbench

"Alright" He says cooking up a squirrel

-some time later-

I was standing by the door, looking out the window. Just standing here killed me. What if something horrible happened and I wasn't here to protect them? Will they blame this on me when I find them? Is it too late...?

"You ready?" Daryl asks licking his fingers

"Yeah..." I nod and open the door

He grabs my hand, "We gonna find 'em don't worry, Dodger"

I sigh and walk out the door, followed by Daryl who was full of disbelief.

We weren't too far from the shed when I picked up a trail. I crouch down and examine it.

"What is it?" Daryl asks

"Not a snake trail" I stand up and start following in the engraving planted in the dirt

"Then what is it?"

"A lead. Carl probably did this. No one else, from what I could tell, doesn't care enough to be followed" I don't lift my head from the ground

He sighs again, "Y'all got off on the wrong foot"

"Yeah yeah yeah"

"Dodger listen to me" He grabs my wrist

"Daryl is it that important to stop me now?" I ask getting annoyed

"No, I guess it ain't" He says with an attitude and lets my hand go

I shake my head as I look back at the ground. The engraving is getting lighter which worries me. We have only been in woods for a short while. I stop and look closer

He doesn't say a word, just looks around. I roll my eyes and following the faint canal. I soon found myself at the front doors of a church. Sighing, I started walking around the building, taking a good look at it.

"'You'll burn for this'...?" I say aloud but quiet

Daryl peers over my shoulder to see what I had just read. He feels the markings and sighs,

"Either a fingernail or a knife" He whispers

"To carve it?" I ask looking around more

He nods and follows me around. I went over to a stained glass window and stood on my tippy toes to see if I could see anything. Since I was too short, even on my tippy toes, I sighed and looked for shorter windows.

"I got ya" Daryl says, sitting me on his shoulder

I put my hands and face against the window to look inside. I can pick out many human, bodily like figures walk around, pacing back and forth. There were living people inside here. I squint my eyes to see if I could get a better look, but instead I found myself falling off of his shoulder and onto the ground. Opening my eyes, I take a look around to find no one. I was alone yet again. The sun was starting to go down and I was alone. Daryl was gone. What the hell did I do to him?