Because of the Apocolypse

chapter 2

Arden's POV:

"No stop please!" I say as he comes closer with the gun.

He presses the gun to my temple and turns the safety off. He waits...then BAM the gun goes off. but it wasn't his. It was Merle's.

Merle shot him in the leg.

"Merle what the hell!"

"we don't kill her till we find Daryl"

Merle walks out of the room before Garrett could protest.

He stands up slowly and hobbles over to me.

"as soon as we find that Daryl guy...I'm going to enjoy myself and do something's with your nice body...then I'll kill you"

I spit in his face

Before he walked out he stabbed me in the arm.

jolting me awake.

I look around taking in my surroundings.

The prison cell

I look at my ipod to see the time. it's 3:58. I decided to get up and go put in some work.

I start on the farm. I plant some seeds, water the crops, and feed the pigs.

I then go and start to kill some walkers thru the fences.

The sun is shining and I'm almost done killing walkers. 2 more to go.

I stab them in the head and watch their limp bodies fall to the ground.

I grab my ipod off the bench and see what time it is. 5:28...I have about one hour until Rick and the other adults wake up. So I'm going to go for a run.

I grab my pistol and put it in it's holster. Grab my knife and put that in my boot. I have a pocket knife in my bra just for emergencies. I put on my beanie and walk to the gate.

I walk out and stab any walker that gets to close. I walk down the dirt road listening to the birds chirp.

I wonder if the birds even know what's going on.

I've been walking for maybe 20 minutes now. I spot a little SAMs up ahead. I jog to it eager to find food. I walk in quietly...trying not to draw any attention to me if there's any walkers in here.

I walk to the baskets and grab one. I see a bag on the ground so I look through it. It has a lot of ammo in it and two guns. I pick it up and put it on my back.

"hey! drop that bag!" I hear a man say.

I freeze in my tracks and bear footsteps getting closer to me. Cold metal is pushed up against the back of my head. I hear the safety being clicked to off.

"I-I'm sorry I d-didn't know this was yours" I say stuttering a bit.

"turn around" the man says. I turn around and hand him the bag.

I look up at him and he looks about 16. Brown curly hair and green eyes. I'm not going to lie...he's cute.

"what's your name"

"A-Arden" I say

"how old are you?"

"14" I lie. well I'm almost fourteen so...it's the same.

"I'm 15" he says "do you have a group"

I don't know him so I can't put the group in danger.

"n-no"

"ok"

I heard faint moaning and groaning. I look out the window and see about two walkers. But behind them is a whole herd. A herd of about 50 or more.

"oh shit" he muttered.

"come on we have to go!" I yell/whisper at him.

He grabs some of his things and and runs to the door.

The window that the walkers are all at is almost breaking. I pull my gun out ready to shoot.

We run as fast as we can. The boy in front and me close behind. We dodge trees and jump over fallen branches.

"up here!" I say looking up a tree.

The boy stops in his tracks and turns around to face me. His eyes followed my gaze and he ran to me. We climbed the tree stopping when we were a good bit off the ground.

"I'm Harry" he said

"I'm Arden" I say extending my arm. He shakes my hand and smiles. "I know your name"

"shh listen. they're coming." I say

We watch as a whole bunch of walkers walk by us.

I let out a sigh of relief as I start to climb down the tree.

I slipped on a branch and fall. hitting my head really hard on the ground. "Arden!" I hear Harry yell.

My vision blurs as I struggle to keep my eyes open. I can't keep them open anymore and I'm consumed by the darkness.

Daryl's POV:

"wake up ki-" I say halfway in Arden's door way. I look at her bed and she's not there.

"hey Carl have you seen Arden?"

"no she wasn't in her bed when I woke up."

I walk around asking everyone and they all said the same thing. "no haven't seen her since last night"

I walk out side and start yelling her name. nothing but walker moans.

I grab my crossbow and open the gate when I see someone in the woods carrying something. it looks like a person.

"help! help me please" the person yells.

I don't move. I just aim my crossbow at his head. He gets closer. walking slower as he sees my crossbow aimed at his head.

"please help me! my friend...she fell out of a tree and got knocked out. we were hiding from a herd of the zombies. please help" He gets closer. I look him over searching for any weapons. he only has a pistol, a book bag, and a synch sack. He gets a little closer and I see that the person is a girl. It's..Arden!

"come on hurry boy!" I yell at him.

he starts to run and finally reached me. I grab Arden and hold her.

"hey man. don't rape her or anything she's an innocent little girl. imagine it being your daughter." he said

"she is my daughter" I say