When all is Lost

Chapter two: Bunny in the Tank

As we rode into Atlanta, I noticed the streets were empty, nobody was there. "Bunny, look! A person!" she shouted. I slowed the bike to a stop and got off. "Stay here" I said, holding onto the hilt of my sword. I had brought it just in case. I walked over to the man. "Hello? Sir?" I said. He turned, revealing his face, covered in blood, and his skin rotting of his face. HIs eyes were milky white and his clothes were torn. He let out an unnatural groan and stumbled towards me, mouth open. "Bunny! Go for it's head!" Sofia shouted. "Why?" I asked. "Explain later, just do it!" she shouted. I unsheathed my sword and swung it towards his head. He fell limp, and I took the sword out. I re-sheathed it and walked back to the bike. "Start explaining missy" I said. "The paper, was a warning, s... holy shit" Sofia said, dropping her gaze to down the road. "Wh.. holy fuck" There were thousands of them. With an officer leading them. I started the bike and droved towards the officer. "Bunny! Turn!" Sofia shouted. "Why the hell am I listening to you?" I asked, turning into an ally way. There was another one of those things. I un-sheathed my sword. "Woah, hey, not dead, I'm alive, not dead" he shouted covering his face. "Sorry" I said, getting off the bike. "Who are you?" I asked. "Glenn Rhee" he said. "I'm Bunny, and this is Sofia" I said. "Bunny?" he asked. "My real name is Kara, but I prefer Bunny" I said. "Wait, Bunny Peletier?" he asked. "FUCK! You're a mind reader" I said. He laughed. "No, you're mom and dad are at my camp" he said. I tackled him in a hug. "YES! Thank you, thank you, thank you" I said. "No problem" he said. "What is he doing?" Sofia asked. I turned and saw the officer climbing in the tank. "Shit" I said, running towards the tank. I slashed the nearest thing and climbed the tank, dropping in the top hatch.

I closed it behind me and sat on my knees. "Jesus Christ, you're stupid" I hissed. "What the heck was I supposed to do?" he asked. "Not, climb into the tank?" I suggested. I noticed that there was a man in an army suit. "Uhm" I said. The guy looked up, revealing itself to be one of the things. The officer immediately raised his gun to the guys head and fired. My ears rang, causing me to fall on my side. "Jesus, you must be really stupid, officer" I groaned. "You have the right to remain silent" the officer groaned. I would have laughed if I hadn't been hurting like hell.

A couple minutes later, my head cleared and I sat up. "What do we do?" He asked. "I have a friend and my sister waiting in the alley to my right, I say we jump out and run for the alley" I said. "I dropped a bag of guns, what about them?" He asked. "Sure, you can become zombie food if you wish, I'd not, I suggest you stay close on my tail" I sighed, scoffing at the end. I stood up and pushed the hatch open and jumped over the things, running to the alley. "GO GO, cmon" Glenn shouted. I hoisted Sofia up onto my shoulders and ran behind Glenn.

After several ladders and sets of stairs, we made it to where Glenn'a group was waiting for him. We didn't even get through the door before guns were being pointing in our direction, one blonde lady walking right up to me. "We're dead because of you!!" She shouted. I grabbed her gun and twisted it out of her grip. "Get that outta my face, blondie" I hissed. She snatched it from me. "Imma do what the hell I want" she hissed. I drew my sword, and swung it into the side of her gun, sending it sailing across the room. "Sure about that sweetheart?" I asked. She was about to say something in protest, but was cut off by the sounds of gunshots on the roof. "Is that Dixon?" Blondie asked, sounding as if she already knew the answer. "That's Andrea, T-dog, Jaquie, I'm Glenn, Merle is on the roof" Glenn said. "Merle?" I asked. I dashed up the stairs behind everyone else. "Merle, stop wasting bullets" T-dog snapped. This indeed was the Merle I knew, the one who gave me the bike. "Jesus Christ, Dixon" I said. "Why isn't it Bunny" Merle laughed. "You know him?" Glenn asked, at the same time Andrea asked Merle; "you know her?"  I nodded at Glenn. "You poor, poor soul" he said, placing his hand on my shoulder. I chuckled. "He's not as bad as he seems, he sure can be an asshole sometimes" I said, raising my voice to be sure Merle heard me. "Heh, and you're the one talking" he said. I hissed. I looked down to the bottom of the building and saw loads of those... Things. "What are they?" I asked. "We call em walkers, but they are basically zombies" Merle said. "Okay" I nodded. Merle started firing more bullets down at the walkers below. "Merle! Stop it" T-dog shouted. "Listen, I ain't taking orders from some ni--" Merle began before he was yanked violently back, by the officer.

"Who the hell are ya!?" Merle yelled at him. "Officer friendly" he replied. "No seriously, what's your name?" Sofia asked. "Rick" he answered. He had handcuffed Merle to a pole. It wasn't Merle's first time in cuffs though. "We gotta get out of here" Jaquie stated. "We need to lure them away" T said. "What about a horn? Like a car horn?" I asked. "Are you saying you have a plan?" Glenn asked. I nodded and tied my hair back in pigtails. There is a truck over there, and a red car at the back exit of this place, two people have to get to the car, then drive over to the truck, one gets out and starts the truck while the other blares the horn and drives at full speed away from here, we meet up at the camp" I explained. "How are we gonna get to the car without getting attacked?" Glenn asked. "Those things can see and smell, so maybe make yourself look and smell like one of the walkers" I suggested. "Damn kid, you're fucking smart" Andrea laughed. "I suck at math though" I chuckled.

We divided a plan that Rick and Glenn would go. They had left at leads ten minutes ago. Andrea and Jaquie were downstairs watching their back, T and I were trying to get a signal on the others back at their camp, and Nerle was still handcuffed to the pole. "I just wanna hear your voice cause I'm sick and tired of hearing mine" T moaned into the radio. "Listen to my voice" I said. He chuckled. Merle hadn't said anything in a while, but I don't really blame him. A couple minutes later, a cat horn was heard and a truck started up. "C'mon" Andrea said. T took out the key to unlock Merle, but about two steps towards Merle, led him to drop it down a drain. "You bitch! You did that on purpose!" Merle yelled. "I- I'm sorry man, Bunny, lets go" T said, bolting down the stairs. I ran over to Merle. "Get me the hack saw" he said. I jumped over the pipe and ran over to the tool box and grabbed the hacksaw. I looked over the edge and saw the truck driving away. "They left, they fucking took my sister, and left"