Surviving The Walking Dead

Ch:18 Marks

I walked out of the camper and Carl ran over to me. He got infront of me and asked "hey are you ok babe". I kept walking and said "just dandy". Daryl ran out and grabbed my hand. He asked "honey, are you ok". I said "yeah, now just leave me alone". I walked past the rest of the group that was happy to see me. I walked past all of them then stopped.

I looked at Daryl and asked "wheres my crossbow"? He handed it to me and I said "thanks". I walked into the woods and asked "are we going or what"? The whole group looked at me and Daryl said " I want to kill every last person from this god damn camp". Michonne asked Daryl "what happened to her"? He said "me and Carl caught somebody punching her to death".

They all looked back at me and I kept walking forward. They followed behind and Carl ran up to me. He stood infront of me and said "please talk to me Shelby". I stopped and said "what, the worst thing just happened to me, what do you want me to say". I pushed him out of the way and kept walking. I started to cry so I wiped my tears away. Maggie came up to me and held my hand.

She said "is there anything that I can do for you"? I said "nope". I jerked my hand from her's and I kept walking. Thunder struck across the sky and it began to pour rain. Everybody headed to the treeline to block out some of the rain. I stayed on the middle of the road and let myseft get soaked by the rain.

There were about 5 zombies on the road so I ran up to them and killed 4 of them. I stood and watched the last one. It ran after me and tackled me. I did a roll and flipped it off of me. I got ontop of it and stabbed it the head over and over again. As I stabbed it I began to cry. The tears poured out of my eyes and the rain soaked my clothes.

Daryl ran over to me and pulled me away. He put a hand on the back of my head and leaned me into his shoulder. I clung to him and wouldnt let go. I said inbetween cried "you said you promised you wouldnt let nothing bad happen to me". He said "I know, I'm so sorry you had to go through that". He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist. I leaned my head into his shoulder and said "please dont let anybody take me away ever again". He said "I wont".

THE NEXT DAY:

I woke up and Daryl was still carrying me. He looked down at me then kneeled. Everybody stopped and looked at me. He asked "how are you doing"? I said "sore". I continued and asked "did you guys walk all night"? He said "no, but we just started to walk about 10 minutes ago". I said "you can set me down now". He set me down and said "I cant tell you how sorry I am". I put my hand on his shoulder and I said "it's ok, I just am glad that he is dead".

We all walked and Carl walked over to me. He said "can I talk to you now"? I said "yeah, I was just very upset yesterday". He said "I was too, just looking at your poor face, I wanted to kill him in the most painfullest way ever". I hugged him and I said "It's ok". He hugged me back and held me tight. I kissed him and wouldnt stop. He kissed me back then said "I love you". I said "I love you too".

After we all walked for a while I seen a huge lake. I ran to it and stopped at the edge of the water. I looked back at the group and asked "does anybody else feel like taking a bath"? They all smiled. The boys walked off in one direction and the girls walked off in another.

I said "lets keep our bra's and panties on". Before Carl walked with the guys he said "I'll tell then to leave there boxers on". I smiled and said "you better". He ran over to the guys and they started to take their clothes off, but they left their boxers on. All us ladies started to take our pants and shirts off. I was the only one that didnt take my shirt off.

Everybody but me ran into the water and started to swim. Carl swam over to the shore and said "cmon in babe, the water isnt too cold". I said "thats not why I dont want to come in". He said "but it was your idea". I said "I know, but I forgot about the marks on my back". Those words werent suppost to be spoke aloud, but they slipped out of my mouth. Carl said "let me look at you".

He lifted up my shirt and seen al the bruises and whip marks. He screamed "DARYL GET OVER HERE". Daryl got out of the water and ran over to me. He stopped as soon as he seen all of the bruses and whip marks. He knelt down and examined them. He lightly skimmed his hands over my back. I winced and said "it hurts". He said "cmon into the water, it will feel good".

Carl grabbed my hand and we walked into the water together. Everybody looked at me and seen all of my bruises and whip marks. Maggie cupped her mouth in shock. I slowly got into the water and went under water. When I came up I swam over to Carl. I hooked onto him and said "I love you". He said "I love you too". He leaned my head towards his and he kissed me gently. I hugged him tighter and kissed him back. He hugged me lightly not wanting to hit any of the bruises.

I let go and swam under the water. I jumped up and pushed Daryl under the water. After he came back up he laughed and gently pushed me back. Carl came over and the 3 of us started to mess around.

The rest got out, but us 3 stayed in. Daryl said "we should get out and get going again". We all swam to the bank and we got out. Maggie let out her hand and I grabbed onto it. She helped me out of the water and she handed me my clothes. Michonne came over and ran her hand acroos my whip marks. She asked "are you ok honey"? I said "yeah, they dont hurt as much as they did yesterday".

I walked over to Carl and we got dressed by eachother. After he was dressed I grabbed him and wrapped his arms around me. I wrapped my arms around him and I said "I love you so much".

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