Barely Alive // TWD // Daryl Dixon

Chapter 40 -- Four Walls and a Roof

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow.

Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."

- Lao Tzu

Cecilia's POV

After it got dark, we all gathered inside just as we did last night. We opened about four cans of our food plus some chips and we sat around. I sat right next to Daryl and soon Tara joined me.

Abraham informed us the bus was going to be completely fixed soon, probably by tomorrow morning, so we could all get our things ready to not lose time tomorrow, everyone cheered except me. Daryl only shrugged at me, knowing how I felt about it.

Soon after we were done, Daryl stood up and went to talk to Rick, while Carl took Daryl's place, Tara was still with me. She had avoided me since she told me about her girlfriend but after I came back from the run with my mum, I went to talk to her so she knew everything was okay between us.

It was late and it had been a very long day, so I let Carl lie down and use my lap as a pillow, I ran my hands through his long brown hair as Tara and I talked. It felt nice to have someone close to my age that I could talk to, Maggie was around my age too but we never really got that close, she was too serious for me.

Some time had passed and I was starting to get really drowsy, I had my head and back against the wall as Carl had fallen asleep and I didn't have the heart to move him. Tara had lied down but she was still awake, she was telling me some story from before the turn. I was only minutes from falling asleep when I raised my head and looked around the room.

Rick was with Abraham now, I looked everywhere but couldn't find Daryl, even when I checked two more times. I tried to tell myself that he could have gone out to piss, or he was in the room but I couldn't see him at the moment, or he was inside one of the two rooms at the end of the church. I kept looking around and noticed my mum wasn't here either. Only minutes ago Mika was sleeping and now she was gone too, that was odd.

I slowly lifted Carl's head and laid it carefully on the floor, I didn't have anything to use as a pillow at the moment but luckily he didn't wake up. I stood up as I told Tara I was going to be right back. Rick noticed me going to him before I finally got there.

"Have you seen my mum?" I asked him. "Or Mika?"

He seemed confused at my question, he looked all around the room as I told him Daryl was gone too. I didn't want to freak out but if Rick didn't know then that couldn't mean anything good.

"I'm sure they are fine," Rick said, trying to keep calm too.

"Rick!" Tyreese exclaimed just seconds before we heard a gun shot outside.

Rick ordered everyone to stay inside as Tyreese, Rick and I were rushing out. Tyreese told Rick that Bob was gone as we walked to where we heard the gunshot. We saw Sasha, who was on guard, hitting a walker on the head repeatedly with the rifle.

Tyreese wrapped his arms from behind her and covered her mouth, preventing her from screaming. He calmed her down and assured her it was just him.

"He's getting away!" Sasha exclaimed.

"Who?" Rick asked.

"Somebody was watching us."

"If we go in there now, some of us aren't coming back," Tyreese said to his sister.

"Bob is out there somewhere!" Sasha exclaimed desperately, I understood her because Daryl was gone too. "Scared, alone."

"Maybe not alone," Rick said. "Daryl, Carol and Mika are missing, too."