Don't Go Home Without Me [Carl Grimes/The Walking Dead fanfiction]

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I knew from the moment I stepped foot in this place that it was no good. The people were just too calm. I now had to face the bitter realisation that I was probably going to die. We'd been caught, and from the looks of it there was no getting out. At least not for a while.

I stood, frozen in my tracks, right near the others in my group. We had ran into a clearing and were close to the fences, but there were men everywhere with guns that held more bullets than they'd need to shoot us, even if they were bad shots.

"Isn't this just great?" asked Gareth.

I looked up to see him standing on the roof.

"It didn't have to be this way." He paused before pointing to a large train car. "See that boxcar? I want you to get in it. The Ringleader first, and don't hesitate or I'll kill the boy and the girl."

Rick looked to his son before obeying Gareth's demands and slowly walking to the boxcar. He stood in front of it to see what Gareth was going to say next.

"Good, now the Archer."

Daryl followed suit, standing in line behind Rick.

"Then the Samurai."

Michonne grabbed my hand and shook it, giving me a look that said 'We're all gonna make it'. She did the same to Carl before joining Rick and Daryl in the line.

"Good, now I want you to get in-"

"No!" shouted Rick. "Not without my son and not without the girl."

Gareth sighed and rolled his eyes. After speaking with some of the men beside him, he said, "Fine. The boy can go with you, but I want the girl."

"No," said Carl.

From what I could tell, Gareth raised his eyebrows. "What did you say?"

The snipers raised their guns back up as Carl took a step forward. He was protecting me... but why?

"She's coming with me."

Gareth chuckled and looked to Rick. "Your kid thinks he's tough."

Carl suddenly grabbed my hand and gave it a tug. I looked to him and he nodded his head towards his dad. When I refused to go with him, he pulled on my arm harder until I lost my footing, giving him the leverage to drag me over to his group.

"Stop, right now, or we kill you both."

"Carl," Rick hissed. "stop."

But he didn't. He pulled me along the whole way until I was with everybody else. I looked back to Gareth and saw that his men had their guns aimed right at me, but he stopped them before they could shoot me.

One of the other men jumped up from his spot near the fence and unlocked the door to the boxcar. He took our weapons before allowing us to board. The line slowly moved until it was my turn to hop up into the mini torture chamber. Because I was so short, I had trouble getting up into the boxcar and the man who unlocked the door noticed this. He grabbed onto my thighs to give me a push, but I brought my foot up to his shoulder to push him away.

"Don't touch me." I spat.

Two hands appeared in front of my face and I grabbed on to be pulled up. My foot finally caught on something that I used to help give me a push. When I was finally up inside the car, I looked to see who had helped me. It was Carl.

I smiled softly. "Thank you."

Suddenly, the light was gone, the door was locked, and we were all standing in the darkness. Carl just nodded and walked back over to his dad. Rick was talking to the other people in the train car. Come to find out, they were more of the people from Daryl's group.

There were quite a few people; Maggie (Beth's sister), Glenn (Maggie's husband), Tara, Sasha, Bob, Abraham, Eugene, and Rosita. I overheard someone say that there were still a few people missing. A woman named Carol, Tyresse (Sasha's brother), Beth, and there was some talk of a baby too, but I didn't ask questions.

Sinking down into one of the corners, I stretched out my legs and felt the cold radiate through my body. Rick walked up to the door and peered out of the crack.

"They're gonna find out."

"Find out what?" asked Sasha.

"They're messing with the wrong people."

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A/N: Hellooooo, quick apologies for this chap being so short! I really wanted to separate this chapter and the next one, so yeah...

I hope you enjoy!

-Sarah xoxo