Always In My Heart (The Walking Dead)

Chapter 6

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'Dad!' Carl yelled, tears streaming down his face. Both him and Lori ran towards the man in a police uniform. 'You're alive!' Lori cried, glancing over at Shane and giving him a dead look. 'We thought you were dead Rick, I'm so sorry we had to leave,' she went on.

'Its ok, I understand,' Rick replied. 'I love you guys,' he whispered as he comforted his wife and son.

The peace was disturbed when Daryl appeared, crossbow at the ready. 'Where the hell is my brother? Where's Merle?' he shouted, raising his weapon.

'I think me and you need a little chat,' Rick said, calmly.

'Who the hell are you?' Daryl spat, edging towards Rick.

'I'm Rick Grimes. And I chained your brother to a roof in Atlanta because he was a huge threat to everybody.'

'What the hell are you talking about? You're telling me you left him chained a roof? Alone?' Daryl was getting really angry now. He charged at Rick. It took T-Dog, Glenn, Jim, and Shane told stop him from killing Rick.

'I dropped the key for the handcuffs, it was my fault,' T-Dog mumbled. 'I dropped it down a drain,'.

'Well I'm going back for him,' Daryl scoffed. After some debate and more conflict between him and Rick, it was decided. Rick, Daryl, Glenn, T-Dog and a guy called Morales were going back to walker-ridden Atlanta to rescue an asshole.

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'1, 2, 3, GO!' I shouted, as Hershel slid the gate towards me. Rick, T-Dog, Daryl, Glenn and Maggie tiptoed through, whilst Carl and Carol stood guard and killed any approaching walkers. We shut the gate again and watched as half our group took down about 50 of the villainous creatures.

'Go, go!' Rick gestured from the other side of the fence. 'Stay in formation, back to back,' he shrieked, plunging his knife deep into a walker's skull. 'Clear that gate,' he pointed at T-Dog. 'Glenn and Maggie, cover him,'.

'Rick, look over there,' I heard Glenn shout. In moments, about 15 walkers appeared, wearing riot gear.

'How do we kill them wearing all that?' Daryl questioned.

'Lift up the helmet, use your knife,' Rick yelled, across the yard.

I raised my own knife as a hungry walker jumped up to the fence. Blood splattered over my shirt as about 3 more popped up and snarled. I took them out with no problem, until a final walker made an appearance. Making me jump, I stepped back. I could feel myself falling, and before I knew it, I'd hit the ground. Suddenly, everything went black and my eyes closed.

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'Elena take the girls inside,' my mom yelled as she pushed Megan and Amelia towards me. Dragging them inside, I went back to help my mother with the bag of supplies we'd got from the store. I knew as soon as I turned around that it was too late. The walkers had crowded around her and I could hear the scream as she experienced her first bite.

'Mom no!' I shouted, tears brimming in my eyes.

'Look after the girls!' she yelled as the walkers covered her. I grabbed the bag she'd dropped and ran inside. Barricading the door with chairs and a table, I ran to the window to see the last glimpse of my beloved mother, being cruelly torn apart by savage monsters.

'Okay girls, mommy's gone away for a while so its just me and you alright,' I said, tears making my voice jumpy. I pulled the girls close to me and closed my eyes.

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'No mom! No! Leave her alone! Get off her! Mom!'

'Hey, hey, Elena its ok it was just a nightmare,' Daryl said as he hugged me tight. 'You passed out after you hit your head,'

I looked around me and I was in a bed, surrounded by the entire group.

'How did I get in here?' I was so confused.

'We cleared the yard, and this cell block, and we carried you in. You've been out for about a day. But you're ok now, just concussed.' Daryl stated.

'Oh my gosh I'm sorry! Did I miss anything?' I asked, breathing quickly.

'You cant help that you passed out, you don't have to be sorry! You didn't miss anything but you hit your head pretty hard,' Carl butted in.

'Hey,' I turned to face Carl.

'Hey.' he smiled. 'So we were pretty worried about you,'

'I'm sorry, Carl. I don't know what happened. The walker shocked me and I just stepped back and---'

'El, its ok.'

'I'm gonna go help the others collect food now, kid. Glad you're alright,' Daryl muttered from the doorway of the cell.

It took me a few moments to notice that everyone had left the room except Carl, now. 'You wanna talk about your nightmare?' he asked, kindly.

'My mom,' I replied, my vision going foggy again. I could feel myself drifting away again. Obviously Carl could see it too.

'No, no, Elena you have to stay awake,' he informed me, worried. 'Guys, come back!' he yelled. He tried to left my head to stop it from flopping to the side, but it was no use. I felt my eyes slowly roll to the back of my head as once again I drifted into unconsciousness.

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So I have a feeling that this story is gonna have about a gazillion chapters oops:/

What do you think is gonna happen to Elena?  Comment, vote, follow, do all that jazzy fan stuff whoop! thanks for reading guys :D