Surviving The Walking Dead

Ch:3 Caring for the Baby

I held the baby all night long. She would make sounds now and then, but she rarely ever cried. I felt bad because she shivered all night long, so I took off my jacket and wrapped it around her. I started shivering, but I needed to keep this baby safe and alive. She needs food, diapers, and new clothes.

When the sun started to rise, I grabbed the baby, my knife, my new pistol, and my pre-loaded crossbow, and climbed down. When I got my feet on the ground the baby woke up. She started to whimper so I put her close to my neck and held her tight. I rocked back and forth for a few minutes saying "shhhh,shhhhh" over and over until she fell asleep again.

I took a few steps forward and heard moans and groans close by. I snuck from tree trunk to tree trunk trying to be quiet and stay away from the walkers. I seen the road up ahead so I quietly, but quickly ran to the road. When I got onto the road a walker sprung out from behind a car. He let out a loud yell, but stopped once I threw my knife at his head. The knife went into his skull with no problems. He crumbled to the ground and sprawled out on the road. I walked over and put my boot on his head while I plucked the knife from his head.

 I walked for what seemed like forever until I came across a town. It was sad seeing everything so rundown and destroyed. I rounded a corner and came across a baby store. "Just my luck" I said as I looked down at the baby and smiled.

I quietly walked into the store and examined the aisels. No walkers, thats a good sign. The first thing I looked for was some formula and baby food. I put them in a basket and continued looking through the aisels. I came across the diaper aisel, so I grabbed another basket and put as many diapers inside as I could fit. "Fuck it" i said I walked over to the corner and grabbed a cart. I transferred everything to the cart and began to look around again.

Just as I was about to pick up a toy I heard a moan come from behind the counter. I set the baby inside of the cart and walked over to the counter. A walker stood up so I pulled out my knife. It tried to jump over the counter, but it ran its head into my knife. I let out a sigh of relief and looked back at the baby. A walker was just about to grab the baby so I quickly pulled out my crossbow. I slung the strap from my bad and took aim at its head. I pulled the trigger and watched the zombie fall backwards and knock down a shelf.

The noise was loud and I started to hear more come in from the back. I grabbed the cart and turned around towards the exit. About 15 zombies started coming in from the front door, so I turned the cart around again and seen an exit at the back of the store.

I ran as fast as I could and realized I forgot to get the arrow out of the zombies head. I let go of the cart and grabbed the arrow. A zombie grabbed my hand and brought it to its mouth. I grabbed my knife and stabbed it in the head just before it bit down on my arm.

I shoved the arrow into the holder on my crossbow and ran back to the cart. As I ran out of the exit I saw a harness type thing so I grabbed it and ran outside. When I got outside I shut the dorr behind me so they couldnt get out. As we ran through the alley a herd of zombies passed through the street. I grabbed the baby and hit inside of a dumpster. I shut the lid quietly and comforted the baby. My heart beat as I listened to all of the groaning and moaning coming from the street. I would estimate about 30 were passing by. After I couldnt hear the walkers anymore I crawled out of the dumpster with the baby awake in my right arm. I set her down in the shopping cart again and wheeled us out of the dangerous alley.

As I walked on the road following my marked trees I looked at the baby and talked to her. I smiled and said "hey baby girl, your finally awake"! She made a little noise and I asked "whats the matte sweetheart"? She began to cry so I picked her up and held her. I understood why she was crying. I took a whiff of the air and said "peeyewwwww". She pooped i  her diaper so I laided her on the hood of a car and changed her diaper. As soon as she had the fresh one on she stopped crying.

I picked her up and grabbed the harness thing. I examined it carefully and found out that I grabbed a baby carrier that you put on your back. I put on the harness then carefully slid the baby into it. I looked over my shoulder and seen that she was fast asleep. I smiled and said "when you wake up get ready to eat"!

I reached the tree and set the cart at the bottem. I unloaded all of the food and carried it up onto the tree stand. I took the baby out of the harness and slid the harness around. Now if I put her in, she would be infront of me. I slid her back into the harness and her head collapsed onto my chest. She was so tired that she slept for a good 4 hours.

When she woke up I grabbed a bottle and put the liquid formula into the bottle. I put the top part of the bottle up to her mouth and she began to suck away. I felt so bad because she was so hungry. She downed her full bottle on about 5 minutes. After she finished I lightly tapped her on the back until she burped. It was the cutest little burp ever.

Night approached so I laid on my back sating up at the stars. The baby was resting on my chest still in the harness. I wrapped my jacket around the two of us and wrapped my hands around her. Just befoe I fell asleep I smiled and said "goodnight my little asskicker"!

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