Becca's Story II: The Spilt

Afterwards: Chapter Five

The middle of the night, Hershel was dead, I have no idea about what happened to Rick, Glenn, Maggie, Carl... all the people I love and care about. What am I supposed to do without the people I care about, what am I supposed to do without them, what can I do without them. I was with Lucy and Alexis, luckily we found some where to stay for the night, we had to hid from any walkers going by that are going to the prison from the sound and gun shots and everything that had happened there. The three of us were in the middle of the cabin, it was decent size, but it was the best we would be able to find for a long while, I was just scared about what was to happen any time soon. I'm hoping everyone from the prison is safe and they all made it out and they're all trying to find everyone, I hope they come and we eventually find each other, soon... very soon. The next morning we left, we barley had any food, none actually, only some for Alexis, it's hard trying to raise a baby, it was hard when dad was still alive, and Alexis is one and a half years old, at least I think, it's so hard to keep track of time when it's been so long and when there is no more calendars or anything to keep track of any time. Lucy was holding Alexis and I was walking right behind them, I had the gun Michonne had given me, and a knife I had found on the ground before we had left the prison. I recognized the knife, it was Carl's I had found it on the ground while I was leaving with Lucy and Alexis, I grabbed it, so I could give it back to him. "First thing we do, get food, all three of us need it, then we go looking for Glenn and everyone else," Lucy said, "we have to be careful on our layout on what we plan to do, we need to get enough food for Alexis mainly, we need to keep her happy the most, then we find food for us, so every building we see, we check, look every where in the building, people will hide anything they can hide anywhere where it could be hidden, then we can focus on finding everyone, I want to find them just as much as you want to, but we have to focus on us first right now," I said. Lucy was about to respond to me, when we heard something coming towards us, I grabbed Lucy's arm and we hid in the high shrubs next to us and Lucy was keeping Alexis quiet. While Lucy was keeping her quiet, I had pulled out Michonne's gun and had it ready to shoot anyone, anything, at any time. I saw some people walking by, I was trying to point out their faces, but I couldn't tell if I recognized them or not, I was trying to get good looks at them but I couldn't. There was a girl and a guy, it didn't look like Glenn, or Rick, Michonne, Beth, Maggie, Daryl. It didn't look like anything like anyone we knew, I was staring at the people when they had finally walked away. Just in case we staying inside the shrubs for a couple of minutes in case they came back. After a couple of minutes I poked my head out and signaled to Lucy that it was ok to come out, "they're heading North which was out plan, so we can't go that way anymore or we'll run into them and possibly die, so now we go back South and then go East, and then go back to North," I said, "but then that will be an extra two days," Lucy said as we started heading South, "I know, but I'd rather have to go an extra two days then get killed," I said, "no we keep going that way and if we run into them again we go the other way," Lucy said, "Lucy, we can't do that, if we do then they could see us and kill us, and if they don't kill us then they'll tell us to bring them to our group, and when we tell them that we don't know where they are, then they'll either kill us or they'll tell us to bring us to them," I said, "then we bring them to the prison and prove it to them," Lucy said, "Lucy! If we do that they'll definitely kill-" I started saying to her turning around to her when I got interrupted by the clock of a gun. "The girl is right, you bring us to your old group that isn't there anymore, we will kill you," a woman said. I stood there quietly and became worried, "so, where are the two of you headed? I heard about this plan you had, what's it for?" The woman asked as I turned around facing her, "it was to find family and to find food for the three of us," I said, "well, since you have no where special to go I'm gonna take you guys, it's safe, but I can only take you," she said pointing at my sister, "you and the baby, I have an idea on where to bring the two of you," "no, I have to be with my sister," Lucy said, "may I please talk to her, alone?" I asked the woman, "sure, but don't go anywhere," the woman said, "you have a minute, now go." I pulled Lucy to the side to talk to her, "Lucy, we have to, we need to take care of ourselves, if we don't we can die, we have to go with her, even if it means us getting split apart, for all we know, everyone is dead, so we have to care for ourselves... ok?" I said looking at Lucy, "ok, fine," Lucy said, "well, you two coming? Oh wait, you don't have a choice, lets go," the woman said as we started going back heading North.