My Dark World (Gabentine Fic)

An Unlikely Partner

Days had passed me like they were mere seconds. I would walk until my watch beeped and went to sleep to have dreams filled with the mystery girl. During the day I would sing songs to myself and stop every few hours to search in the abandoned cars for supplies. Sometimes it really sucks to be traveling alone and I find myself thinking of suicide multiple times.

But, I never do it because of 4 reasons.

1. Mariana could still be alive.

2. That's not how I want to go out.

3. I want to live and see how the world will be after all the shit has blown over.

4. I want to figure out who this dream girl is.

These reasons help me stay motivated through the long and lonely days. They help me walk a little faster and fight a little harder.

I have been running into a lot more walkers these past couple days and believe it to be because I'm getting closer to cities. After killing a couple of walkers, I drag the bodies into the woods and sit and listen for more. All I hear is groans and hisses, I cut open my two dead walkers and spread their intestines all over me. I usually stay as far away as possible when walking by them but, sometimes I have to walk through them. The part really sucks because of my lack of vision and not knowing when they've caught on to me. So far, I have not been attacked while undercover and plan to keep it that way.

Squish. Squash. Squish. Squash.

I mentally let out a groan of disgust as I feel and hear each of my footsteps. Apparently, the blood from the intestines wrapped around me leaked down into my shoes and socks. And there isn't anything worse than wet fucking socks. The sound of the walkers had slowly disappeared as I walked further down the road and I take out my cane. Soft taps echoed around me as I began to "see" my surroundings. There was a couple of cars here and there but, found them to be empty of loot. I stopped for a bit to eat and continued my journey.

"But, I would walk 500 miles. And I would walk 500 more. Just to be the man who 1,000 miles to fall down at your door."

I thought the song was fitting my situation perfectly and smiled slightly to myself. I started thinking about my sister and knelt down on one knee and began to pray to anyone who was listening.

"Please, if Mariana is alive let me find her and if she isn't...if she isn't alive then let her have passed before this world went to shit."

A lone tear escaped my eye and trailed down my cheek. I hastily wiped it away and stood up, mentally shaking off the rush of emotions that flooded my body. I can't be getting sidetracked and distracted by my feelings because feelings can get you killed in this world.

And that cannot happen. I have to find about about my sister and whether she's alive or dead.

I was so caught up in my thoughts, I didn't hear footsteps behind me in the woods. I kept walking on the road and suddenly felt something nudge the back of my leg. Panic shot through me and I took off running down the highway. This was not my smartest move because I am blind and I could run off a fucking cliff but, I didn't think and kept running. I thought I had lost whatever was hunting me and started slowing down. But, suddenly, I ran out of road to run on and felt gravel beneath my feet. I attempted to stop and put on the brakes, only to find something metal making contact with my face.

CLANG!

"Motherfuckingsonofabitch! That hurt like a bitch! Oh holy shit, my nose is done for! I'm pretty sure that was the last good looking thing about me. Ahhhggg."

As I lay on the cold gravel, cursing out loud and grasping my nose, I heard gravel crunch under pressure behind me. I immediately freeze up and think to myself that this is it, my time to die. However, something cold and wet pushed against my face and felt a warm tongue lick my cheek.

A dog?! I nearly took my head off running from fucking Lassie?! Gabe, you are an idiot!

The dog whined at me and pushed its head under my palm, wanting me to pet them. I let out a slight laugh and stroke the dogs head. I push myself up and feel around for my dropped cane, finding it and also something hard and metal.

"What the fuck did I hit? A damn road sign? Wait! A ROAD SIGN!"

It had to be the one Tripp told me about! I think back to what Tripp said and recall him saying that left would take me to Tennessee and right would lead me to the safe zone. I gather my dropped items and start walking to the left but, stop in the middle of the road.

I can't just leave the dog out here. It might get hurt. Sigh.

"Come on, pooch. You can tag along and keep me company."

I hear the dogs paws trot up to me and settle beside my legs. I give it a gentle pat on the head and start walking with the dog along side of me before realizing something.

"Hey, are you a boy or a girl?"

"Woof."

"Boy?"

Silence

"Girl?"

"WOOF!"

"Alright, I think I'll name you.....Samantha. Sam for short. What do you think?"

"WOOF!"

"Let's go find Mariana."