Shadow (TWD Carl)

~Chapter 24~

"You're a lying coward. That's all you'll ever be." I was startled from my nap by the stern yells of unidentifiable men.

"No, please, I'm sorry. Don't do this, please."

"What the hell'd you say to me?"

"I said don't do this."

I heard their footsteps as more men enter the house and I grabbed all of Carl's and my items from the room and shove them into the backpack, ignoring the pain that rose in my waist. I looked around the room to see where I could hide but underneath the bed seemed to be my only option.

I heard a man scream, probably from being beaten and I quickly hide underneath the bed with my backpack. "You plan on finishing the job?"

"Yeah. I'm getting an earache and I know he's just gonna let his ass squeal. After what he did, the man deserves to bleed."

It was silent after that and I could hear faint footsteps getting closer to my room. I made sure I was unnoticeable and tried my best to stay quiet when the door to my room opened. A man came in and looked at the room. He lied down on the bed I was underneath and the bottom dipped down till it was almost crushing me.

I was in this position for about 10 minutes with a snoring man on top of me. More footsteps were heard and I saw another man, one looking much older, walk into the room. "Yo. Comfy?"

"You waking me up to see if I'm comfortable?"

"I want to lie down."

"Two other bedrooms up here to choose."

"They've been claimed and I want this one."

"It's a kids' room and It's been claimed."

"I didn't hear it."

"You gonna have to lay claim somewhere else."

The man on the bed was suddenly jumped on by the other and were wrestling over the bed. I couldn't see the details of it and had to find a way out of here. I was searching until the man, who was previously sleeping on my bed, was shoved to the ground and being choked. He noticed me and I just stared in shock and panic as the man tried to alert his friend. He was however choked to death in my favour and the victorious man claimed the bed I was under.

"There's a woman shacking up in here! I found her shirt!" A man from outside yelled.

"Say what?" The man on my bed yelled back.

"Come on down." The men started to leave and mine slowly went to open the door. I got out from underneath the bed and made a last second decision to kill him.

Before the man could reach for the door handle, I grabbed his jacket to pull him back and wrapped my arm around his neck. He was strong enough to pull me over to the table where a pair of scissors were laying and tried to pick them up. I increased the pressure I placed on his neck and took out my knife with the other, stabbing it into the man's hand to prevent him from reaching the scissors. I take the knife back out and shove it into his neck, pulling it across when I found it deep enough.

The man fell to the ground and I picked up the backpack. I take the assault rifle the man was carrying as well as his handgun. I open the door to see Rick open his at the same time. We look at each other and Rick signals me to go through the window while he goes through his. The men start coming back up the stairs, calling for their friend in my room.

I close the door quietly and run to the window, forcing it open so that I could escape. I slowly make my way out of the window and onto the roof. I climb down trying to be as discreet as possible. One of the men must have seen me because they suddenly started yelling at each other in a hurry. "Stop her!" I turn around to see a man going the opposite direction to me and I became a little confused.