Surviving The Walking Dead

Ch:8 Trying to Find Rick and Carl

Daryl grabbed Judith while I cleaned the blood off of my leather vest. Its the same as Daryl's. I grabbed Judith again and asked "what the hell is wrong with her"? Daryl said in a worried tone "I dont know, but we gotta find Rick and Carl".

I put Judith in the harness and we ran. We ran until we came across a sign. The sign said "Rick and Carl have been here". I smiled and said "I guess they have been here". Daryl cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted "RICK.....CARL.....ANYBODY HERE"? We heard a gunshot down the road so we started to run again. As we ran Judith vomited up more blood all over the back of my vest.

Daryl and I stopped to load our crossbows, then we started to run again. We stopped when we seen a kid walk down the road wearing a sheriff hat. Daryl shouted "CARL" and the figure stopped. The figure turned around and shouted "DARYL, IS THAT YOU"? We ran after Carl as he ran after us. Daryl ran forward and gave Carl a huge hug.

Carl started crying and said "Judith is dead". I looked at Carl and said "no she isnt". I took Judith out of her harness and showed Carl. He ran over and grabbed her. He kissed the top of her head and said "I thought you were dead". He looked over at Daryl and asked "how did you find her". He pointed to me and said "She found her".

Carl looked at me and said "thank you so much". He hugged me with one arm while he held Judith in the other. I frowned and said "somethings wrong with her". He looked puzzled and asked "what do you mean". I said "she has been pukeing up blood since this morning". He looked down at her and said "she will be find".

Daryl asked "where is your father"? Carl started running and said "this way, follow me". We went into a house and heard a noise come from the other room. Rick was crying as he held Judith in his arms. His face was swelled, cut up, and bruised.

Rick looked at Daryl and said "thank you for finding her". Again Daryl pointed to me and said "she found her". Rick looked at me and said "thank you sweetheart". He kissed the top of Judith's head and asked me "where did you find her at"? I smiled and said "while the prison was under attack I seen her all by herself. Walkers were walking towards her to get her, but I grabbed her before they could. I have been taking care of her ever since".

Rick handed Judith to Carl and Rick walked over to me. He gave me a huge hug and said "I cant ever repay you for what you have done". I smiled and said "but you can". He smiled and said "anything". I said "let me join your group". He smiled and said "done deal".

Daryl went over to Rick and said "glad to see you bro" and he gave him a manly hug. After they stopped hugging Rick asked "have you found anybody else"? Daryl was about to say something, but he got choked up and took a seat. I walked over to him and put my hand on his shoulder. I looked at Rick and Carl then said "we found your groupmate Carol, but she was already gone, so I put her down".

I kissed the top of Daryl's head and walked outside. I sat on the steps and cleared my mind. As I sat there to think, Carl came out and sat beside me. He looked over at me and said "thanks for finding my sister". I smiled and said "no problem".

Carl looked at me and just stared. I looked over at him and asked "what"? He smiled and said "nothing, your just really pretty". I said "thanks" then got up and walked back into the house leaving Carl to sit on the steps. I sat next to Daryl and looked over at Rick. I said "Rick, Judith is really sick". Rick looked at her and said "she looks fine". Daryl entered the conversation and said "she was pukeing up blood all over Shelby while we tried to find you and Carl".

Rick looked over at me and said "so thats your name". I smiled and said "yep". Rick looked down at Judith and said "cmon Judith, your strong, you can make it". I walked over to him and said "She wont eat". I gave Rick her half full bottle and said "here you try". He put the bottle up to her mouth and she wouldnt eat".