The Apocalypse

Chapter 8:

Chapter 8:

I was still just standing there. "How did it go ...?" Beth said. She was holding Judith and addy was in the playpen next to everyone. Daryl really liked addy, too. He would always pick her up and say," oh look at you little trouble maker!" and tickle her. "Fine," I said. Grayson was sitting next to Mika, Lizzie, Luke, and Mackenzie. They were on the floor playing some game they made up. "Is Carl doing okay?" Rick said. "Uh.. Yeah," I said. "He's doing fine."

I walk over to the playpen and pick up addy. She's gotten heavier. She must be growing a lot now. It's been about 9 months since the start. I was 13, but my birthday had to be one of these days. It had to be the month of June because it was perfect weather. I kept a book and counted every day from October 6th, that way I would know what day it was. It's June 26th, 2014. One day before my birthday. I walk over to where Lizzie & Mika and them where. "Hey guys, whatcha doin?" I said. "We're coming up with a new game!" Grayson said. "Nice," I say. Carl comes walking out. He looks for me. "Carl!" Rick said.
"Where's - where is she-?" He said.
Then Carls eyes focus towards me. He comes walking over. "Anna," he yelled.
I stood up & he hugged me so tight he said ow because of where his wound was. I thought for a moment. ~"Anna!" "Anna duck!" ~~~

The moment he told me to duck. The gunshot would've hit me if I didn't duck. But instead it hit him. "Carl, you saved my life," I said. "I couldn't see you get shot. I wouldn't be able to take it. I would end up getting myself killed because I would go after the governor. You had to duck. It wasn't your choice." Carl said. I smiled.

He got up and walked where everyone else was. "You okay ?" Rick said to Carl.
Carl just sat down next to him and started eating. "You shouldn't be walking, carl," carol said. "It's a little too soon."

A couple hours went by and I went outside to watch over. Emily came running out with her gun. "That's a lot of damage," she said. The governor and his tank destroyed some parts of the prison. "Yeah. I don't know what we should do." I say. "Me either." She Said. Then all of a sudden I see something in the distance. It was very faint. "Emily, do you see that?" I say. "See what?" She says. She looks over where I'm pointing. "You see it?" I said. "Yea I do, we should probably go see what it is." She said. I nodded and grabbed my gun & we walked down so we could see it closer up. It was a little girl. She had bright blonde hair. That was all I could see. "She needs help! Let's go!" I said.
"We can't just go out there, what if one of us gets bit?" Emily says. "What about the little girl? She's probably scared half to death, the least we could do is save her." I say. We open the fence and run out, killing nearby walkers. Carl comes out of the prison and sees the fence open and us leaving. "Anna! Emily! What's going on?!?" He said. He came running really fast. "We have to save her, she's a little girl that is by herself!" I yelled. Carl , Emily & I ran out closing the fence behind us. Carl ran to the girl and picked her up. She was so little yet looked older. "Shhh.." She said to Carl. "What? What's the matter?" Carl said. "He's gonna find us, don't say nothin!" She whispers.

"Who?" He said.
"Daddy," she said.
" where is your daddy?" Carl said.
"I don't know, but he's coming," she said.
" Anna, Carl we better hurry up and go back," Emily said.
"Do you know your daddy's name?" Carl said.
"His name is Philip," she said.
"Well that's what he told me anyways." She said.
Carl held the little girl tighter and told us to run. We started running and he was to.
The little girl looked so frightened.
Like she escaped from her dad.
~"His name is Philip,"~ that's all I heard in my mind.
Philip. Where had I heard that name before? Maybe I just overheard rick saying something about a Philip.

I got rid of that thought.
We made it & Emily locked up the fence/door/gate thingy.
The little girl was holding on to Carl so tight.
We ran into the prison.
"Dad! Dad! Dad!" Carl said.
"Rick!" I said.
Rick came running down.
"What?!? Who is this little girl??" He said.
" she was outside by herself. She said we better hurry because her daddy is coming." Carl said.
"Her daddy's name is Philip." Emily said.
The little girl looked up from when she was barracaded in carls chest.
Her bright blue eyes looked so innocent.

"Honey, what's your name?" Rick asked.

The little girl fluttered her eyes.
" my uh, my name is Skylynn." She said.