Life Isn't Fair

10

The note had me in tears by the end. I couldn't fathom how much it meant to Maggie that I was reading her sister's last words, because when I read her name at the end, she came up and hugged me like she was about to lose the most important thing in her life. I handed her the note and she put it in her breast pocket and gave me another hug before returning to Glenn. I silently watched as Daryl and Rick came and stood in from of me, and gave me a group hug. Soon, all of the others joined and we had one big family hug. Family. That's what these people are to me. I smile and grab my stuff after saluting her grave. We were determined to get Noah home, because that's what Beth wanted. We all started up random trucks we found and decided to use those to get to the so called "well and alive" community. I didn't really believe it was still there, but I had to give the kid an easy time so that he didn't freak out or hate me. Me, Glenn, Rick, Tyrees, Michonne, and Noah went out on our way to Noah's home. When we got there I looked in confusment, because I didn't even hear the wind. There was no sound and I knew what happened. I looked over at the left and noticed that  Noah want standing there next to me, in fact he was already climbing the wall over to the other side. "Noah! Stop! You could get trapped!" I yelled sincerely and ran as fast as I could with the others and over the gate. Once I helped Michonne and Glenn down I tried to track Noah but to my demise, nothing. I wish we had Darryl for this. I think in my head before hearing a whimpering sound and a thud to the floor. I look up and notice Noah on the floor weeping over how his home has turned into a graveyard, and I slowly but carefully make my way over to his now crouching body. "Noah." I call his name and touch his shoulder, while the others are staring in concern. "Noah. Please just listen to me. Me, Glenn, Rick, and all of those other people are your family now. You have us." he looks up at me with red puffy eyes and sniffles while standing up, so I back away and he comes over and spreads his arms apart for a hug. I wrap my arms around him and he cries on my chest. "Its okay. Its okay. You have us. Remember that okay?" I have a special way of making others feel better, so that's a plus on my part. "Thank you Skylar. I really needed that. And by the way, I need you to come with me. To check my house." he says while sniffling and gesturing for me to come with his hand. I nod at Tyrees and he walks over, and we walk to Noah's old worn down house. As soon as I put my foot inside the door all I smell is rotten flesh and blood. I gag and step back, but instantly run into Tyrees. I continue forward and into what seems to be a living room and a sad Noah covering up his dead walker mother. I tear up and decide to go upstairs with Tyrees to check the rooms for anything, but find nothing there. I scuff and sit down in the trolley chair and spin around while Tyrees looks for stuff under the bed and in the shelves. He found a gun and a pile of ammo inside a book, so we hit the jackpot there. I go to look under the desk that Im sitting at but Im met with a manly scream and I could only imagine what's going on behind me. I spin around and witness Tyrees beating a walker that had just bitten him, and then tossing the unread corpse at me. I jump from the chair and allow it to ease into the chair. "What the hell? I would've gotten killed!" I yell and throw myself at him, until Noah comes in and asks what going on is when I stop throwing a tantrum. "Tyrees got bit and beat the walkers head in with a toy rock and then shoved it at me!" I say while pointing at the now dead walker laying on the chair. " it was already dead Skye." Noah says and raises his eyebrows trying to get a point across. "It was an accident, of course I wouldn't do that." Tyrees says and looks down at his arm and points at it saying, "We need Rick." he sways a little before I have to lean him on the wall and sit him on the ground. "Its okay, Noah is going and getting them. You'll be fine I promise." he starts talking to the air, and stands up and points his arm while yelling at the wall, and I stare concerningly at him until a walker comes into the room and he stumbles back, so I grab my knife that's beside me and quickly stand to my feet while jumping over to him as the walker sinks its teeth into his arm, I let our a strangled cry like he did as I plunged the knife into its skull and it came crashing down on me. I struggled getting it off of me so when Rick came in, he looked down at me and cried instantly. "Rick its okay." I say and reach my hand up towards him. "I need help up though." I say and wave my hand in front of his face. He grabs my hand and helps me up, and we slowly walk over to an almost unconscious Tyrees. I hold his arm out roughly and Michonne barrels in and tugs her Katana out of the case and swings it above her head and onto his arm. He screams in pain and knocks out. Me and Glenn are helping him out while the others make room for us and clearing out any walkers in our way that heard his screams and decided to pay a visit. We get to the gate and hear a whole horde outside and gently place Tyrees on the ground, and I snatch my machete from my holster while watching Glenn and Rick open the gate and stand next to me, the walkers tumble in and in my line of fire as I take my anger out on each one that I didn't know that I was holding. I guess the others knew, because when I killed all of them single handedly and turned around, I caught every eye on me. "Sorry." I said and hurried over to Tyrees and grabbed Glenn by the arm to help me help him up. We all eventually came in and got Tyrees back to the car, it was difficult because at one point we had to get him through wires and his foot got caught. I placed Tyrees comfortably in the car and made my way to the other side and jumped in after opening the car door. We drove for a little bit before Ty slowly started looking around the car, and the. Back out of the window when suddenly he closed his eyes and it was time to let him go. I looked to the left and let a couple tears roll down my face as I kind of just hunch my shoulders over and stroll over to a tree and slide down to the dark green blades of grass. After we put him inside the soft damp soil and shoveled the soft dirt on top of him, we pile ourselves back into the car and go on our way. I couldn't help but stare out of the window the whole time. Why do so many people die? A second later I feel a tiny tap on my shoulder and I turn my head to Noah, and stare into his eyes until my eyes water and I look away. I wipe my eyes and look back up at him, but he stays silent. "Im not weak....Im just trying to figure out why these things keep happening." I say, with a voice that loses the sentimental girl that I was before. I remain emotionless and sitting on the floor with my head rested on my knees. I stay like that for a few minutes until Im given a hand. I look up and see Michonne in front of me, offering me her hand. "I don't think I can do this anymore Mich." I say while staring her in her dark eyes. "Yes you can. It's not your fault. You just have to believe it. Do you see these people? They need you. You need to be strong for them." I look up at her and grab her hand and she pulls me into a hug in which I gladly except. I get back into the car and smile, because I know, that Beth and Tyrees are in a better place.