Love and Death (The Walking Dead - TWD)

The Barn

Rick, Dale and Hershel were coming to the end of their argument in the kitchen where Maggie, Lori, Carol and I were now sat around the table, when an out of breath Glenn rushed through the door panting something about Shane and walkers.

'Woah, Glenn, calm down' Rick told him 'what's going on?'

'Walkers in the barn' Glenn panted in between breaths shooting Maggie a sympathetic glance 'Shane found them he's threatening to shoot them all'

'What?' Hershel shouted, he didn't like the idea of killing the walkers, he believed they were just sick, I rushed outside with everyone following close behind me and threw myself in front of Shane's gun before he had the chance to shoot or open the barn.

'Back off, Shane!' I warned

'Or what? There's walkers in that barn that crazy old man has been putting us all in danger' Shane yelled at me

'Its his farm and we have to respect that' I retorted

'Move out of the way, Ruby!' Shane yelled again

'I won't let you do this, we have a safe haven here and your going to get us all kicked off of it for some stupid action!' I shouted

'Move now!' He yelled coming closer, I stood my ground and didn't move until Shane hit me in the face with his gun causing me to fall to the floor.

'Ruby!' Daryl yelled rushing to my side to help me up

'You stood up for Carol when Ed hit her now your doing the same thing, your an arsehole' I yelled holding my cheek

'I'm protecting this group! Which is more than I can say for you!' He said grabbing hold of the barn doors and pulling them open

'No!' I yelled but it was too late, around 15 walkers stumbled out of the doors towards us one after the other, their growls drowning out the sobs of Hershel and Beth, we were forced to kill them or we'd all be attacked. Hershel fell to the floor helplessly watching as Shane killed his former friends and family, the last walker shuffled out of the barn and everyone stopped for a moment, watching as Sophia came towards us, the little girl we'd been searching for and hoped was still alive now had sickly grey skin, sunken yellow eyes and flesh hanging from her mouth. Carol tried to run to her but T-Dog held her back for her own safety and let her cry in his arms. My knees buckled and suddenly I was on the floor crying as well. Rick, walked towards the little girl her rainbow t-shirt now covered in blood and dirt and aimed his gun at her.

'I'm sorry' he whispered before he pulled the trigger

Daryl slumped to the ground next to me and pulled me into a tight hug, gently brushing my hair out of my face and wiping my tears away with his thumb. I buried my face into his shoulder as he held me close making soft hushing noises to calm me down. Slowly I wiped away my tears giving Daryl a small smile as a thank you and looked around, Rick was on the floor with shaking hands and looking at his gun in disgust whole Lori stood behind him trying to calm him down, Carl and Carol were holding each other crying, Glenn stood shocked staring at Maggie, Maggie and Patricia were hugging Hershel and Beth, T-Dog stood in a state of shock just looking around, Shane was leaning against the barn wall cleaning his gun and looking so smug that it made my blood boil.

Standing up and clenching my fists I started to stomp over to Shane feeling Daryl behind me. Shane stood up as he saw me approaching and stopped cleaning his gun before he had a chance to speak my already clenched fist collided with his jaw and he stumbled backwards.

'That was for hitting me, you bastard' I said taking a step closer towards him and letting another punch smash into his nose this time causing him to fall to the floor 'and that was for every moment after!' I spat turning and leaving him to hold his bloody nose in shock.

I stormed off towards the RV and sat myself up against a tree watching everyone at the barn from a distance. I heard Daryl chuckling next to me and turned to find out what he was laughing at.

'Whats so funny?' I asked not meaning to be blunt but I was still angry

'Knew ya were good with yer swords but them hands' he laughed again 'poor fuckers probably got a broken jaw now'

'He deserved it' I told him crossing my arms

'Your tough ain't ya?' He smiled

'Had to be with the shit I grew up with' I smiled back calming down a bit

'Still short though' he laughed again then stood up and offered me his hand to help me up, I took it and he gracefully pulled me to my feet. We walked back to the group and Daryl walked inside to get some food. Glenn and Maggie were sitting on the porch, Glenn shuffled a little closer to her but was harshly brushed of as Maggie stood up to leave. Walking over I sat myself next to Glenn.

'You alright?' I asked

'Your a girl, right?' He asked ignoring my question

'Erm, yes Glenn, what gave it away?' I smiled sarcastically

'How do you get a girl to like you?' He asked

'You like Maggie?'

'Well, we err, we kinda had sex when we went on that run yesterday' he started 'but now she's saying that she doesn't know if she's into me'

'Oh, well, I would say just be yourself, I don't think Maggie is the type of girl to sleep with just anybody so she must have some sort of feelings towards you' I smiled 'just carry on doing what your doing everyone's upset at the moment maybe just let her calm down a bit, it'll work itself out Glenn'

'Yeah, I guess your right, thanks Ruby' he said 'listen I gotta go talk to Lori thanks again' he smiled before rushing off towards the RV where Lori sat.

Alone I started thinking about the one subject I cared most about but hurt me so deep inside, my half sister Ashlyn, we were separated out of care homes when grandpa died she was 10 at the time I was 16, she would of been 15 now. I had no idea where she was or if she was even still alive I only had a rough idea of what she would look like, but even that could have changed in 5 years. Long blonde hair, sparking green eyes, freckles dotted on her face and she was always short for her age, she always happy go lucky adventurous attitude that everyone who met her loved and even at 10 years old had her nose constantly stuck in a book or outside on nice days practising archery. I missed her immensely and hoped she was okay, I just wish she was with me so I could take care of her.

A tear rolled down my cheek and I hope she was still out there somewhere looking after herself or with people looking after her. Most of all I hoped she was alive

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Sooo Ruby has a sister, thank you to @ricktatorship for giving me her details to use for the character of Ashlyn I appreciate it and to @TheWalkingDeadGirl3 your character will be added in soon thank you both!

Thank you as always for all the votes, comments and reads! Love you all

Chloe xx