• Saved • (Carl Grimes)

Chapter 4: Liar.

Chapter 4:

The air was chilly and it nipped at everyone's skin. Rebecca was shivering continuously and the goosebumps were rising quickly upon her pale skin.

"Carl this is stupid, Rebecca let's get back inside." Chloe said and tugged on her arm.

Rebecca stumbled back. She was holding down the t-shirt Cody allowed her to wear for in the water. It went down to her knees but she preferred to get that wet then her own clothes, apparently Cody had tons of shirts anyway so it didn't affect him.

"A dare is a dare, no backing out." Carl growled at her and then looked back at Rebecca. "Today would be fucking nice." He snapped.

Chloe was furious. She knew this idea was stupid, anyone in their right mind wouldn't even dare someone to go swimming at night, in a lake, during a zombie apocalypse. "Your insane! Cody, Hayden, tell me you don't agree with this!"

Cody folded his arms over his chest and shrugged at Chloe, "What's the worst that can happen, her feet will be touching the ground."

She scoffed and turned to Hayden, raising an eyebrow. "No comment." He mumbled.

"Chloe it's only five minutes, I'll be fine." Rebecca smiled.

Chloe bit her lip in thought. She was worried about her new friend, she didn't want anything to happen to her. Carl was an idiot for doing this, putting her life at risk. No one knew what was in that swamp water, but maybe Chloe was just over thinking the possibilities. Rebecca was right, nothing would happen and even though Chloe would never admit that what she's about to do is an alright thing to do, she gave her, her approval. "A-Alright, I'll keep my eye on you the whole time." She said sternly.

Rebecca sighed and pulled Chloe into a hug.

"Hurry up, I want to see you all wet in my shirt." Cody whined.

"Oh god," Rebecca whispered to herself. She ignored Cody and his perverted mind but started taking small steps towards the water.

When she was at the edge, her toes skimmed lightly against the water and it forced a shiver up and down her spine. The water was cold-very cold. ' Don't back out. I can do this. ' She repeatedly chanted in her head.

Her hands found themselves into a tight fist. One step, and another, and another. The water was getting higher and higher. It felt like slim on her bare legs, disgusting, thick slime. The bottom of Cody's shirt was wet, she was close, halfway at the most.

Another step, and another. It sloshed around her, Rebecca barely paid any attention to the coldness, it was more about how disgusting and unhygienic the water was. Under her feet were unknown things, some were sharp and some her feet would sink into. Rebecca looked back to find all four of them not too far away from her.

"You can still turn back, Rebecca!" Chloe yelled and straight after she was hushed by the boys. The last thing they needed was the adults finding out their out of the walker cleared area. It was quite weird, no walkers were in sight, they must have all spent their time gawking at the gates front entrance rather then at the back.

Rebecca shook her head and kept moving. Another step and another. The water starting rising quickly, the more closer it got to her nose the stronger the smell became. It wasn't a pleasant smell either, it was musky mixed with a variety of scents from different plants.

A ditch in the water caught everyone's attention. When Rebecca came across it she yelped and her head went under. Chloe was starting to panic and Cody and Hayden were on edge. Carl just stood there trying to hide the sinister smile he had growing on his face.