Surviving The Walking Dead

Ch:10 Split up and Tracking

I woke up to a soft kiss on my cheek. I opened my eyes and Carl was smiling at me. I smiled bach and asked "are we ready to go"? He smiled and said "Daryl and my dad are scouting ahead, so we will be here for a bit waiting for them". I rubbed my eyes as I asked "how long ago did they leave"? Carl thoguht for a second then said "about 5 minutes ago".

As I got up a few gunshots came from down the street. They were followed my screams and yells. I grabbed my crossbow and I ran out the front door. Carl followed behind and screamed "it's not safe out here". I kept running down the street as I said "they could be introuble".

I ditched Carl and ran as fast as I could towards the sounds. Daryl was on the ground fighting a walker that was ontop of him. Rick was ontop of a car surrounded by about 30 walkers. I tried to load my crossbow, but it was jammed. I grabbed my knife and cut my arm. All of the walkers looked over and me and moaned. The walker got off of Daryl and ran towards me. I had to make this sacrifice.

I screamed "Rick, Daryl ... RUN". I bolted into the woods and rubbed my blood on the trees making the walkers follow me. My legs were burning, but I had to run. I ran until I heard Daryl scream my name. He screamed it over and over again, but I didnt reply. I just kept running and drew the walkers as far away from the 3 of them as I could.

I stopped and unjammed my crossbow. I turned around and tried to aim, but then I grabbed my pistol. I took aim and shot them in the head everytime. I never missed. I shot until I was out of ammo. After I was out of ammo I started to run again.

As I ran farter away Daryl's screams got quieter and quieter. I began to cry becuase I didnt mean to hurt Daryl by running, but I had to, I had to save him and Rick. I ran behind a tree then ripped apart of my shirt off. I tied it around my cut and I said to myself "be brave, be strong, and get back to the group".

I walked out from behind the tree and saw the 20 walkers still looking for me. They were scattered out a bit so I had a chance to get some of them. I walked up behind one and stabbed it in the head. I quietly set it down on the ground and pulled my knife out. Then I did the same thing to 4 others.

I counted and said "5 down, 15 more to go". I loaded my crossbow and said "watch were your arrows go". I walked to the horde and shot one clean in the head. Its head was so rotted than it went right into the next walkers head. I smiled and said "2 for 1" out loud. I whistled and made them come closer. I ran around them and picked up my arrow.

I run up to ine and kicked it. When it fell back it took 2 with it. While I had the oppertunity I ran over to them and stabbed them all in the head. I looked at them all and screamed  "10 to go". I grabbed a sharp treebranch and jammed it into one of the walkers stomachs.

The stick stuck to the ground and so did the walker. I smashed it's face in with my boot and kicked it a few times. A walker ran up to me and tackled me. I grabbed my knife and slit it's throat. Blood poured all over me and I smiled. I plunged my knife into it's eye and pushed it off of me. I got up and grabbed my crossbow. I loaded it and shot another one. I loaded another arrow and shot it.

 My adreniline was pumping and I went crazy with killing them. I ran towards the horde and grabbed my knifves. I was kicking then, stabbibg them, and killing them.

After I counted I had one life. It was the one I stabbed with a stick. I walked over to it and said "smile mother fucker". He let out a loud moan right before I pushed my boot into his mouth. The heel went through his mouth splitting his jaw apart from his upper head.

I fell onto my knees and let out a loud scream. I looked around at the gorey scene and smiled. I collected my arrows and put them in the holder. I looked down and I was covered in blood. One zombie was wearing a camo hat so I took it and put it on. I smiled and said "thanks for the hat".

I walked back the way I came from and soon reached the road. They were gone. I ran back to the house and nobody was there. I started to cry and said "they're gone". I dropped to my knees again and I began to cry. Shots came from the far distance, but they werent from the road. They must have went into the woods trying to look for me.

I looked around and saw a patch of grass ran pushed aside in 3 different places. I said "they went through there". I walked along the forest and followed where they left their tracks at. On a tree up ahead I seen a piece of Daryl's shirt stuck to a tree by a stick. I looked along the other tree's and followed his path me made for me.

I ran along the trees until his path stopped. I looked at the ground and looked for tracks. I seen nothing. I walked back and noticed that their footprints swerved to a sharp right. Then I saw a dead walker. I examined the wound and said "Daryl killed it". I seen about 10 different tracks so I said to myself "they must have been chased".

I screamed "DARYL" as loud as I could. In the far distance I heard Daryl scream my name. I followed the direction and came upon more dead walkers. An arrow was stuck in one so I took it out and stuck the arrow through my pocket. I smiled and said "Daryl, I'll find you".

I screamed his name again and he screamed mine back. This time it was much closer than before. I ran across a small stream and I seen another piece of his clothes attatched to a tree. I ran throught the woods passing dead walkers along the way. I seen 3 people in the clearing up ahead so I shouted "Daryl , over here".

He turned around and screamed my name again. I waved my arms in the air and he seen me. At the same time we started running towards eachother. In a few seconds I was wrapped in his arms and I was crying. I wrapped my arms tight around him and I said "i knew I woud find you". He squeezed me tighter and said "I knew you would too kick ass"!

I looked at him and said "I had to do something, you and Rick were gonna get bit". He said "I know, you had to do it, you were so brave". I smiled and said "I took the walkers out by myself". He laughed and said "I know, we seen them all". He checked me for bites as I looked back at Rick and Carl.Rick smiled and said "thank you". I smiled and said "I had to".

After Daryl was done checking me Carl quickly walked over to me". He grabbed me and hugged me tight. I hugged him back and asked "are you ok"? He smiled and said "yeah, but are you"! I smiled back and said "I'm fine". He whispered in my ear "I missed you". I smiled and kissed him on the cheek.

Daryl grabbed my shoulder and examined my cut. He said "we need to clean this so it doesnt get infected". I smiled and said "well I can wash it in the river back there". Daryl said "that might help for now, but we need to find a hospital to get you a bandage and some disinfectant".

We walked back to the river and I walked to the water. Carl came up and kneeled down beside me. He carefully took off the ripped cloth and put water over the wound. I sucked in a breath of air and flinched. Rick walked over to me and said "there is some bandages and disinfectant in the prison". I smiled and said "well we need to find the prison then".

I got up and started walking on the road headed back to the prison. Daryl ran up beside me and said "it's to risky". I kept walking and looked over at him. I devilishly smiled and said "well it's a risk I have to take".

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