until the end || book 6 of 'she's a dixon'

chapter 1

when burying pete, morgan and rick found out about a cliff that walkers have been falling off of. there's about a thousand of them and it could be a potential risk to alexandria.

we set a game plan, and that consisted of me staying here with carl just for safety reasons. i stayed for the meeting, but rick made the final word that i would be staying here in alexandria. but there's part of the plan slightly concerns me.... dad's part.

he's taking his motorcycle and leading the walkers out with sasha and abraham. i don't want anything to happen to him.

everyone went out, and carl and i kept guard along the walls just incase.

once most of our people came back, everything dialed down a little and went back to normal.

carl and i decided to walk judith, well push her in the stroller. while he was pushing her, i was just silently walking beside him. it was a comfortable silence. neither of us really needed to say anything, we just like each others presence.

he stopped once he saw enid and ron. neither of them have been talking to him since rick killed pete. "come on, they ain't worth it" i whispered to him.

he then proceeded to turn around, but while we were turning, there was someone behind us. "reagan, carl?" gabriel said getting our attention. "what" i said very angrily. he tensed up a little. i cocked my head and raised my eyebrows. carl just sighed, he doesn't like my attitude.

"i know you heard what i told deanna about your group" he said. "what do you want?" carl asked clearly annoyed. "it was about me. not you guys or your group. i know that now. i want to help. you tried to teach me back at my church. but i'm ready to learn now." he said. carl sighed and looked at me. it was my decision.

"i think you need to tell everybody" carl said. "yeah, i think you're right" gabriel agreed. carl started to walk off again. "come by 'round 3. we'll start with a machete" i said. carl and i then started to walk off. he looked at me.

"everyone needs to know how to protect themselves now days" i said explaining myself. "yeah" he said agreeing.

when walking we then saw ron and enid hugging. carl made eye contact with enid. i rolled my eyes and continued walking. he was soon right next to me.

carl and i were upstairs with judith when we heard screaming. i ran over to the window and saw that we were being attacked by some people with hatchets and knifes. "holy shit" i said. i quickly grabbed my bow off my back and started to run down stairs. carl was hot on my trail.

on our way down the stairs we met carol running up them. "they're coming in from all over" carl said to carol.

"carl, stay here and keep judith safe. reagan, help me. you're the best shot in the group. we're gonna need you if we're going to fight back" she said running off. i turned to carl and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

i then ran outside with my bow up to kill whoever was attacking us. i hid in bushes to try to shoot ones that were by themselves. i then noticed that all the attackers had w's on their forehead. everything then just clicked.

i quickly ran without being noticed to try to kill some of them. i lied down on my stomach in the grass. there was one w person with an axe digging to one of the alexandrians stomach. i pulled my bow string back, and sent an arrow flying into his head. he went down.

i then quickly moved to another spot. after about maybe 10 minutes, i ended up killing 5 of them without being seen.

i was once again ducked down in the grass when a VERY loud car horn started to go off.

shit, that's going to attract a lot of walkers.

it turned off eventually. i need to get my head back in the game.

i continued to shoot everyone one of them that i could. i saw ron trying to make it to our house and there was a guy coming up behind him. i made myself noticeable and shot the guy in the head.

ron tuned around and looked at me and he widened his eyes. at that very second someone grabbed me from behind and slit my arm. "ah" i slightly yelled. i winced in pain and tried to fight back but they got shot down.

i looked at the porch and it was carl who shot it. enid was behind him. i slung my bow over onto my back and ran towards the house.

once i got to carl, i jumped up and hugged him. he used one arm to hold me up by my back and put the other on the back of my head. "come on, let's get back inside" he said to ron, enid, and i. enid and ron ran inside while carl carried me.

i happened to be wearing one of carl's flannels. carl sat me down, and i immediately took it off and ran towards the kitchen. i grabbed a clean towel that was hanging from the stove and applied pressure to my arm. i winced and held my breath when i touched my wound. i then let the breath out and tried to get my breathing normal again.

"rae" carl said running towards me. "i'm fine, keep watch of the doors" i called out. i saw ron just staring at me. "you're welcome by the way" i said in a snarky tone.

the w people eventually left. we killed enough of them for them to get the memo. but carl, ron, enid, and i still remained in the house.

"they're gone" carl said running to me. "ok, in my backpack, get my kit that i have to do stitches" i ordered. he ran and quickly came back with the stitches kit. enid and ron just watched everything wide eyed.

i went to the sink, turned it on, and stuck my arm under it. i closed my eyes due to the pain, and also because of the fact there was a needle entering my skin. i cleaned the wound and started to put the stitches string into my arm. "you're going to do it to yourself? just have denise do it" enid said. "no. there's people who need her help much more than i do. and it ain't the first time i've done this" i said.

after i completely stitched myself up, carl just came over and hugged me. i buried my face into his neck. after we let go of the hug he grabbed my face gently with both of his hands. "thank you for saving me" i said quietly. "i'm always going to be here to protect you" he said quietly while making eye contact with me. "i love you reagan" he said. "i love you too carl" i said with a small smile.

we then kissed, on the lips.

well that's a first.

"thank god you're ok, i'm really sorry about your arm" carl said. "i'm alright. thanks to you" i said.

we then noticed that ron was trying to leave. "ron, stay in here. it ain't safe to leave yet" i said. "i don't want to stay here and deal with your guys's bull shit" he said. "fine. but aint saving your ass again. it's a one time thing" i said.

carl stayed with me for a minute until he noticed something. "enid?" he called out. he then stared to walk around the house to look for her. i followed him. we then found a note that said 'just survive somehow'. "she's gone" he said.

then the kitchen timer went off. he went into the kitchen and took the dinner out of the oven that carol made.

"i need to go get my arrows. will you come with me?" i asked. he nodded. he put his gun and i put my bow on my back. i then got my pistol out of my holster.

we went outside and i went around pulling my arrows out of the skulls of the people i killed. i ended up collecting 15 arrows.

"reagan" rosita said running over to me and looking at my arm. spencer was behind her. she saw my arm.

"you alright?" she asked. "yeah. one attacked me from behind and got my arm. carl shot them. and then i gave myself stitches." i said looking down at my arm. she nodded and put her hand on my shoulder. "is judith ok?" rosita asked carl. "yeah, she's perfectly fine" carl reassured her.

"come on. let's go home." carl said to me.