Shadow (TWD Carl)

~Chapter 4~

After a few days of the same occurrences, I decide that today was a good day to plan my escape. I figured out that the girl Michonne was also planning to leave today. She'd been having a few fights with her friend about the idea of staying in this horrible town, obviously she didn't want to stay and knew something. I discovered a dark secret my father has kept from everyone which must have been Michonne's discovery, and it's not that he started a "relationship" with Andrea...

~Flashback~

I heard music playing within my fathers office. I was looking for Kira, one of my neighbours. She was more of a little sister now, I cared for her just like I care for my actual brother, that's why I'm looking for her. I've been neglecting her the past few days and I promised to play Werewolf with her today. Then I heard it...growling and moaning, a walker's snarl and moans.

"Penny. Penny, no." I heard my father's voice speaking to his daughter.

"Easy. Penny, let's go." He continued and I looked around the corner to see him bringing Penny out of a small jail like room. I hear snarling coming from the room again and I hesitate as I look around the room. I keep my guard up as I couldn't see the walker and was worried about where it was.

"It's nap time now. Nap time." He removed the bag covering Penny's head and she lunged at him. I freeze, not knowing what I had just witnessed.

"Penny, no. Penny. Hey, hey, hey. Come on. Come on. Take it easy. It's all right. Hey, I'm here." I take the knife I have in my boots and grip it as hard as I can.

How? How could this have happened in Woodbury?!

Penny moans as her father keeps talking to her. "Daddy still loves you. You know that, right?" She snarls at him and tries to move towards him, but he keeps her in her place as he gets up from his kneeling position and moves her towards the cell again. He places the bag over her head and looks down, sadness plays in his eyes.

His voice starts to became less audible as he moved towards the cell. A shock expression mixed with fear was plastered on my face and I did something stupid.... I dropped the knife. It caught me off guard as the sound of it clattering to the ground interrupted the silence in the room. I stared at it and quickly picked it up before putting it back into my boots. I ran out of the house as fast as I could after hearing my father yelling at whoever he thought was in the house with him. I ran to where ever I could feel the safest and that was outside the gates.

~Present~

I went to Michonne's room in her house and knocked on the bedroom door. I could hear shuffling from the other side and decided to wait patiently for the door to open. It took a while but when it finally did the first thing I did was slip my foot between the doorpost and door. Her dark brown eyes stared at me and I stared back while clearing my throat.

"What do you want?" She asks.

"You're leaving today, right?"

"How would you know?"

"That's not important. I was gonna ask if I can come with, please? I need to leave."

"No."

What....no? Uh-Uh, I've dealt with this place for far too long! Okay, calm down. She must have a fair reason for saying no.

"Well, Why not?"

"You're not old enough and your father already dislikes me. I take his daughter he'll make sure I get tortured."

"Nice to see we have one thing in common but I'm not his daughter, let alone his biggest concerns. And just so you know, I'm 15, almost 16. If I can take care of 3 other people for more than a month, I'm pretty sure I can take care of myself for a while." I aggressively stated. I'm not about to be looked down upon by someone that barely knows me.