The Walking Dead

Ch37 It's You

Rory's POV

I've been walking for a day now and I'm getting a little nervous here 'cause while I'm walking down the railway, I encountered burnt up walkers and I also saw a black smoke.

I never even decided to head to the smoke's direction 'cause y'know people these days. I kept on walking, y'know. It's kinda relaxing walking here 'cause there are a few walkers here in this area and I kept seeing these tracks of footprints.

Y'all know that I'm a hunter from the past 'till now right? I'm great at tracking and hunting before this all started. I'm even better than Daryl Dixon's son, Joshua... Geez...

I look up at the sky and walk and walk and walk until "Arrghh!" A walker almost...almost... grabbed my foot. It's stuck on the rail. I observed it closely and I saw a black box. I opened it and rats filled the box. I freed the mice and started walking.

While I was walking I heard something in the woods. I readied my crossbow and another burnt up walker arrived. It's all alone so I just shot it. Max didn't even done a thing.

I saw some footprints and it doesn't look like it's from a walker. The tracks were small and it may have been here for a couple of days or so but it still looked so fresh,

I followed the tracks and I ended up in a house and fences. I jumped over the wired fence and walked closer to the house.

I walked towards the house hoping to find some supplies 'cause it looks like that it has just been used. I saw three graves on the back porch and I stared at it for a second and knocked on the door. "Hello?" I said, hoping that someone will just open the door.

I looked at Max and I saw him between two graves and he's like whimpering or something. I just decided to play it off and twist the door knob.

I stepped inside the house and it's clean. I saw the fireplace still has coals in it. Someone had stayed for a short time. I thought to myself. I explored the house and I saw a table with puzzle pieces scattered around. The puzzle is half complete and it just gave me a hint that someone did stay here.

I went out of the house with Max and started tracking. When I stepped out of the house, I immediately saw tracks of humans when I suddenly came back to my own reality. I am hoping to find these people who stayed here.

The tracks we're maybe three days fresh. I followed the tracks out into the woods and I ended up with wild flowers with the colors of yellow.

I observed the group of flowers and a part of it is flat. "Something must've fallen down here." I told myself. I examined the flattened flowers and I saw blood. The footprints that I saw came from a kid and an adult or teenager.

I looked in a distance and I saw a print that us just a few feet away. I walked to it and I saw something shining from the ground that is like two feet away from the position that I'm in. I walked close to it and I saw a shell, a bullet's shell. I picked it up and examined it closely.

I looked back at the flowers and I can see dead grasses and leaves like it's been swept off. The one who shot the victim, probably drag the victim to the grave.

Now I can see that whomever shot the person here, is not a crook or something. Look, if he or she is evil or something like that, they wouldn't dig graves for the ones that they killed. I mean, look, the grave has cross on it. One of the proofs that they ain't evil or something like that.

I left the house with Max empty handed. When I stepped out of the house and started walking away, I have this feeling that someone doesn't want me to leave the house and just make me stay there forever. But, I just can't and... I don't know why but I suddenly felt sorry for someone or something.