Afterlife (A The Walking Dead Fanfiction)

Chapter One: The Kid with a Voice

It's true . All of the things in those stupid horror movies are true. I didn't believe them either

I sat atop my tree, fiddling with my semi automatic cross bow, something my dad taught me to use back when the half-dead ones were fumbling around. I couldn't even remember how long I have been living in this god forsaken tree. I did enjoy watching he biters fall into the hole I had dug near the tree, share I could have some fun with them' and I did quite like the view.

After awhile, I could feel myself drifting off to sleep, I prayed I wouldn't fall out of the tree again. I was woke abruptly but voices, not the low gargles of the biters, but real, rich human voices. I scrambled up, perched on the wide branch I fell asleep on. I listened for the group of people I heard speaking,

"one, two, three, four.." I counted quietly as they emerged from the brush. There was a young boy with them maybe ten or eleven years old, I saw them coming dangerously to my biter hole, I hadn't cleaned it out all day, there was probably half a dozen it them in there. I kept watch, I have or had a family of my own at one point, it would kill me to see them lose a family member too. I shook my head, they were a threat, I heard a pricing scream snap me up from my thoughts.

" Carl!" I heard a rough voice yell.

" dad!" the small boy screamed back. It hit me like a bag of rocks, I launched myself out of the tree, and sprinted as fast as I could towards the biter hole, I jumped into the hole grabbing the boh and pushing him behind me, taking out the first biter I saw with my knife. The people stood above me in shock, as I took out another, finding the fun in it. I felt one come up behind me and grab my arm, I spun around kicking it in the stomach until it fell down, slamming my foot down on its head. Thank god for my combat boots. 

I spun around again, plunging my knife between the girl biters eyes, watching her collapse to the ground, sprinkling dark blood on my face. I took down the last one with ease, kicking them all to make sure they were dead before kneeling down in front of the boy and checking for bites. 

"Are you okay?" I asked, he nodded, his whole body shaking as he hugged me and thanked me. I saw s man jump down and bring the boy in his arms. 

"Carl thank god you're okay." He mumbled. I huffed and pulled myself out of the pit. I nodded at the group and walked back to my tree, wiping the blood off my face as best I could. I picked my crossbow up off the ground, I felt something grab my arm and I quickly pulled out my knife, sighing when I saw that it was just one of the group members. 

"Thank you.. For saving my boy..." he said, releasing my arm. 

"No biggy." I muttered, even though it was kind of a big deal. 

"is there anyway we can repay you?" he asked, My stomach:-)  grumbled and I rolled my eyes.

"You guys got some food?" I asked, my eyes dead. He shook his head up and down once

"We have enough." he said quietly, not looking me in the eyes.

"well then i'm Annabelle." I said, a smirk creeping onto my face

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 we walked over to the other members of their search party.

"Guys this is Annabelle this is, Carl, Glenn, Daryl, and I'm Rick." he grumbled quietly, everyone said there hellos, me and Daryl tapped crossbows and laughed. They all seemed nice enough.

" we are going to take her back to get food from the group." Rick said. Just about everyone disagreed with him.

"we can do that what if she goes after one of us!" Glenn whined, I felt hurt, then again, this wasn't at all surprising. Carl opened his mouth as if to say something , but shut it quickly. Rick looked at him questioningly, almost challenging him. 

"What is it Carl?" Rick said, furrowing his eyebrows at the boy. Carl looked to me, I shot him a reassuring glance, he reminded me of my little brother, but I knew that he was long gone by now. A pang of sadness hit me and my chest ached at the thought of my family. I was stepped out of my hazy thoughts by Carl's small voice.

"I think she... I think we should introduce her to the group... maybe she could stay with us at the prison." Carl squeaked, everyone shot a look at me, and my stomach grumbled again. I rolled my eyes, creeping into my hard shell. The whole group shook their heads, grumbling a bit. I rolled my eyes, finding my voice. 

"You know what? I know its hard to do something nice in this world! I didn't need to save your boy, but I jumped out of my god damned tree and took out every single one of those shits! You could be here crumbling to the ground, but no, your boy is safe and sound, or as safe and you can be in this messed up world! Maybe at least a simple thank you, and then getting your asses out of here would be in order." I snapped, careful to be as quiet as I can so I didn't attract any dead ones. The group looked at me shocked, I guess they thought I woundn't use my voice like the rest of them. I felt a laugh bubble up in my chest, I struggled to hold it down in a desperate attempt to keep my image. I looked at the members of the group, Carl was the only one looking my in the eyes, the corner of his lips turning upward as I looked at him. 

"It looks like your boy is the only real man here." I said, rolling my eyes and turning on my heels, the leave cracking at my feet. I heard someone grumbled and I wanted to laugh even more. I closed my eyes tight cracking my knuckles when I felt a hand grabb my arm. I spun around quickly, my eyes snapping open when I found a small Carl looking up at me, he couldn't be more than ten. 

"Annabelle! Please just let me try and convince them!" He squeaked out just in time for his father to grab him, throwing him over his shoulder. 

"Carl!" He scolded him. Putting him down. Carl clenched his teeth, balling his first up. Carl took a step back, jerking his shoulders back and glaring at him. 

"No, Annabelle saved my life dad, and she is coming back with us, I will never, let an honest person die out here." Carl snapped, everyone, even Rick and I immediately looked at him in shock.

This kid was a bad-ass.

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There, the first, very short chapter is out, I don't know if I'm happy with it. Anyway, I thought the character Carl had so much he could do, and was a very mold-able character so I made him main. Hope you like it. Bai bai!