Surviving The Walking Dead

Ch:7 Sickness

We walked along the road until it got dark out. I cleared out the area with Judith on my back. Daryl wasnt talking because he was still upset with the whole Carol thing.

After the area was clear I sat down and spun the harness around. I took her out and grabbed her bottle. I filled the bottle half full with the formula to save it. She drank it quickly then whimpered. I patted her back until she burped then I sang her a quick lullaby to put her to sleep.

I was sitting with Judith in the complete darkness waiting for Daryl. I put her in the harness and spun it around so she was leaning against my back again. Daryl came back with a huge pile of sticks. Then he took out a lighter and caught a small piece of wood on fire. He went to gather leaves so I blew on it to feed it oxygen. When he came back I had the fire going so he just threw the leaves on. I took off the harness and wrapped my jacket around Judith.

I sat close to the fire and started shivering. Daryl walked over and sat next to me. He put his arm around me to warm me up and he looked at me, He said "I'm sorry for what I said to you earlier. It's just that I loved Carol and didn't want to see her die, but thanks for doing it, and thanks for holding me back". I smiled and said "no problem, but I know how you feel. But I had nobody to hold me back, just be greatful that you did".

Daryl looked at me with a curious face and he asked "what do you mean"? Tears rolled down my face and I said "well I had to kill my mom, dad, and my friends. Nobody was there to hold me back, and nobody was there to kill them for me. I had to stay strong and kill every single one of them. I carry the guilt with me because I felt like if I defended them better they would still be alive right now". I started crying even harder so Daryl grabbed me and gave me a hug.

He told me "you did everything you could, there was nothing else that you could do. Dont ever blame yourself. Your parents are so proud of you. I'm proud of you". I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him back. I said inbetween cries "but I had to make a choice. Walkers were attacking both of my parents and I had to choose which one to help. I helped my dad and thats when the walkers started eating my mom".

I was bawling my eyes out and Daryl just held me. He said "we all have to make hard decisions, but its not your fault that your mom died. Its not your fault that any of them died". I said "I'm so glad I found you". Daryl smiled and said "I'm glad you found me too sweetheart".

He pulled away and wiped the tears off of my cheeks. He smiled and said "try not to think of the past, just think about now. We need to keep eachother safe, and we need to keep Judith safe". I put on a small smile and said "ok".

I crawled towards Judith and cuddled with her. The fire was dimming so I started to shiver again. Daryl laid down beside me and put his arm around me. Daryl said "we need to stay warm" and scooted me and Judith closer to him. After awhile I started to get warm and I fell asleep.

When I woke up Daryl was gone and Judith was crying. I grabbed Judith and stood up. I rocked her back and forth for a few seconds and she calmed down. I put her in her harness and she fell asleep leaning against my back. I grabbed my crossbow and screamed "DARYL". I waited for a second and heard nothing. I screamed "DARYL" again and I heard a gunshot.

I got wide eyes and ran towards the gunshot. Daryl was kneeling down by a deer and was gutting it. I walked up to him and said "you gave me a heart attack, I thought you were dead". I stood up and turned around. He said "calm down hun, I'm ok, the gunshot was from me". He kneeled back down and continued to gut the deer. I kneeled down beside him and grabbed my knife from my boot.

I started cutting some meat out of the deer. Daryl said "geez, your good at everything arent you". I smiled and said "I learned from 2 of the best" looking over at him. He smiled and said "well Merle and I are both very proud of you".

After we finished getting meat from the deer we walked back to the fire. He put some wood on it and we got a bit of a blaze going. He grabbed 2 sticks and handed 1 to me. We both put a piece of meat on our sticks and held them over the flames.

We waited for about 10 minutes until they were cooked the whole way through. We inhaled them and he put the rest of the meat on his stick. After he made sure they were cooked he stuck them in a pocket of the backpack I found. He looked over at me and said "this is our lunch".

I grabbed a bottle and filled it up half way with formula. I grabbed Judith and held her. I put the bottle up to her mouth, but this time she wouldnt eat. I looked at Daryl and asked "why isnt she eating"? He said "maybe she isnt hungry right now".

We both heard her stomach growl after he said that and I said "well her stomach just growled". I stuck the bottle up to her mouth again. She moved her head to avoid the bottle. I looked up and said "somethings wrong". Daryl walked over and said "let me try".

I handed over Judith and he said to her "ready to eat sweetheart". I handed him the bottle and he put it up to her mouth. Again she moved her head. He looked at me and said "turn around". I did and he walked over to me. He put Judith in the harness and handed me the bottle. He said "we will try again later".

We got all of our stuff together and hit the road again. We followed the direction that the bus went in and we stopped when Judith started choking. I swung the harness around so that she was facing me. I picked her up out of the harness and put her on my shoulder. I patted her on the back and she threw up. When I looked it was all bloody.

I looked at Daryl and asked "what are we gonna do". Daryl looked at me and said "I dont know". We both stared at eachother with questioning faces and then we looked at Judith. I said "we need to find the rest of the group. Rick and Carl need to see Judith before it's to late". He nodded in agreement. Just then Judith started to throw up even more blood.

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