Surviving The Walking Dead

Ch:27 Worry

I woke to Carl and Bob cleaning my knife wound with some water. It stung so I flinched a bit. Carl kissed my cheek and said "good morning gorgeous". I smiled and said "good morning". I looked around and asked "where is everyone else"? Bob said "they are out doing their jobs". I asked "where did Daryl go"? Carl said "him, my dad, and Glenn went to looking for a hospital to get you some proper medical equipment".

I asked "what direction did they go in"? Carl pointed and said "they went infront of us where nobody was searcher yet". Bob said "let me put on the new bandaid". I handed him the bandaid and he peeled of the wrapper. He dried my wound then placed the bandage on. I asked "how is it looking"? He smiled and said "clean for now, but if we dont get some medical supplies within the next 48 hours it will start to get infected". I said "2 days will be plenty".

Maggie came running down the hill carrying a brown suitcase. She said "I found some stuff in here". She sat down beside us and puttled out some things. There was a pile of clothes, a stick of deoderant, and some mouthwash. Carl asked "could we wash out her wound withthe mouthwash"?  Bob grabbed the bottle and said "it is an alcohol based mouthwash so yes, it can help clean and disinfect a cut". He took of the bandaid and poured a cap full of mouthwash into the cut.

I moaned in pain. It stung really badly. Carl squeezed my hand and said "it's ok". Bob dried the outer part of my wound and put the bandaid back on over the wound. He asked "how are you". I smiled and said "I feel minty fresh". I slowly sat up and grabbed a shirt from the clothers pile. It was long sleeve so I put it on. It was cold outside because of the wind that kept blowing.

 I picked up my crossbow and stood up. I asked "where is Beth and Michonne"? Maggie said "they are searching through all the cars on the road to find useful stuff". I said "you know, we could use cut up one of the 10 hoodied from that suitcase to make thick soft bandages. Maggie smiled and said "gee, your smart". I grabbed an older looking hoodie and toook out a knife from one of my boots.

I started to cut into the hoodie to make strands of bandages. After I made over 50 from just one shirt I put them into a nice neat pile and set then in the suitcase. I kept the laces that could tighten the hoodies neck part. I put in in my pocket and said "this could be useful".

Carl wrapped his arms around me and said "I'm just glad your ok". I smiled and said "I was worried about all of you so much". I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed his lips gently. He kissed me back then said "I love you". I smiled and said "I love you too".

Beth and Michonne came running down to us holding a bunch of bags and suitcases. Michonne said "we found a lot of clothes, food, and woman things". Carl and Bob smiled when Michonne said "woman things". I looked at Carl and said "so immature". He laughed and said "I'm sorry, but I think it's funny when you girls say that you find woman things". I said "well be happy  and be nice to us or else we will want to kill you men once a month". He smiled and said "I'll be extra nice". He leaned in and softly kissed me.

I unwrapped my hands from his and started to look through all the bags. There were a lot of warm clothes that we could use when winter came. I looked through all of the food. Most were canned fruits and vegetables. I grabbed a 6 pack of chocolate pudding. I showed it to Carl and we both smiled. I took 2 and handed one to Carl. We peeled off the top and used our fingers as spoons.

We devoured the chocolate pudding in a matter of seconds. I smiled because the chocolate was so satisfying. My tastebuds were so happy. I looked over at Carl who looked like he was in heaven. He went to grab another, but I slapped his hand away.  I said "we need to save the others". He frowned and licked his lips. I wiped of my lips and rubbed my hand on my pants.

I asked "how long have they been gone for"? Bob said "about 4 hours". I said "they should have been back by now". Bob said "they must have found lots of goodies, they will be back soon". I walked to a tree and cut through a very thick brance. It took me about 10 minutes to cut through it. I brought the branch back over and cut it up into logs for the fire. I fed the fire as it became colder outside. Maggie, Michonne, and Beth all grabbed hoodies and put then on because they were getting cold.

Carl started to shiver so I looked through all the hoodies and gave him the second smallest one. I saved the 3 biggest ones for Daryl, Rick, and Glenn. Bob grabbed a hoodie and put it on. We all sat close to eachother to stay warm. We constantly added wood to the fire because we couldnt let it go out, not with the temperature so cold like this.

Carl wrapped his arms around me so I snuggled up against him. We slumped down leaning against a log. I sat up and took my crossbow off my back again. Bob said "let me wash that wound out again". I hesitated at first, then I lifted my shirt up. He peeled back the bandage and poured anoter cap full of mouthwash into my wound. It didnt hurt as bad this time, but it still stung quite a bit.

I put the bandaid back on and said "thanks". He smiled and said "no problem". I laid back down and cuddled up with Carl. As the sun set I became more and more worried about the guys. After another hour passed I sat up and asked "why the hell arent they back yet"? Bob said "they might be staying there for the night, I mean it is getting dark out". I said "but wht if they are in trouble, they could be hurt, or need our help". Carl said "knowing Daryl they will be back safe and sound my morning. When we wake up they will already be back at camp". I looked at Carl and said "I just have a bad feeling about this".

My stomach started to growl and so did everyone elses. I grabbed the bag full of our food and dragged it me. I tossed Michonne a can of peaches, I tossed Maggie and Beth 2 cans of pears. I gave Bob a can of green beans and I gave Carl a fruit cocktail. I grabbed a jar of cherries for putting in dessert and stuff. They were the cherries in the thick delicious syrup.

I opened the lid and limited myself to half the can. I would save the rest for tomorrow. After everybody finished eatig they tossed their cans into the fire. I got up and cut another thick branch off of a tree. I cut the wood into pieces and said "we need to keep this fire going all night to stay warm". Michonne said "we can take shifts to watch over the fire". She said "I'll take first shift, after our shifts end we will wake up the person next to us". I said "we will have hour shifts". Everyone agreed with me and Michonne.

The order we will go in is Michonne, Maggie, Beth, Bob, Me, then Carl". I laid down again and snuggled against Carl. We wrapped our hands around eachother and we fell asleep. I woke up in the middle of the night when Bob tapped on my shoulder. He sleepily said "your turn". I rubbed my eyes then sat up. I looked around and got worried because the guys still werent back yet. I got up and cut off about 10 thick branches. It probably took me about 45 minutes for me to cut them all because I was so tired.

I carried all the branches back over the the fire and cut them up into pieces. I set them into a huge pile about 3 feet away from the fire. I put about 10 pieces on the fire and the fire turned into a huge warm blaze. There was still a huge pile of wood left that would probably last us until mid day tomorrow.

I laid back down and tapped on Carl's shoulder. He rubbed his eyes then sat up to watch over the fire. I laid my head on his lap and he wrapped his arms around me. I said "you make an awesome pillow". He said "so do you". He kissed my cheek and said "go to bed sweetie". I closed my eyes and drifted back to sleep worrying about the guys. I just wanted them to be with us. I just wanted to know that my bro Daryl was safe. I couldt imagine him dying. I couldnt imagine him not being with me. I stopped thinking like that and I tried to focus on happier thoughts, but that obviously didnt happen.

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