Stay With Me [Carl Grimes]

Chapter 15: Used To Be

*Carl's POV*

After meeting up with the rest of the group, and cleaning up we sat around the fire, smiling and laughing. When I noticed something.

"Um.." I started, catching everyone's attention. "What is it Carl?" My dad asked.

"Did we forget about Andrea? I mean she's not here" I finished. The group glanced around.

"Shit.." Dad muttered under his breath realizing she was gone.

"When was the last time everyone saw her?" Glenn asked the group. "Um, I saw her running in the same direction as Carol" Beth answered.

All eyes were on Carol now. "I saw Andrea behind me, then she tripped and fell, so my motherly instincts were to go and help her but she yelled at me and told me to leave. I tried reasoning with her, but she was too stubborn. So I left. The only person who could convince her to do anything was Dale" When she finished, we all tried to process what she just said.

"So did anyone see Andrea after that?" Rick asked, receiving a bunch of head shakes.

"Well, then tomorrow we'll start looking for her" Dad declared before starting to walk away. "Wait Rick!" Liz called out. He turned around and faced her. "Yeah?"

"Well I'm not sure because it was dark out and everything but I think a saw Andrea as a walker, because it looked a lot like her although I could be mistaken..I guess.." She trailed off, placing her eyes on mine and we glanced back at each other, which was interrupted but Daryl.

"I saw it too, it sure as hell looked a lot like her" Daryl agreed.

"Well? Let's vote, everyone in favor of looking for her raise your head" No one raised their hands. Ouch. She could be out there, although I doubt it. I believe Liz.

"Okay tomorrow then we won't look for her it's settled" He nodded.

"Well, we're going to bed so night" Beth said as her and Liz walked over to the farm house.

*Liz's POV*

We were about to go into the house when we heard a moan, I turned next to us to see a walker that looked like Andrea.

"Beth, quickly get me that net your dad uses to hold the walkers, that he'd use to bring them to the barn" I ordered, she nodded and quickly brought it over.

I got the walker in the net, keeping it there. "I'm gonna go get the group to show them this" She told me.

"Good idea" I added "Make sure someone has a flashlight. She gave me a thumbs up as she walked over, signaling she heard me.

"What's going on?" Carl asked with a flashlight in his hands. "I think this is the Andrea walker quickly shine the flashlight on it's face" I demanded. He did so, revealing the face of a ugly, walker like Andrea trying to stumble towards us.

"Well, now we know what happened" Rick sighed, running his hand through his hair. Before we could say anything a gun shot stopped the walker Andrea from moving, making her body fall lifelessly to the ground. Carl and I glanced slowly behind us to find Hershel with a gun in his hand.

"Should have just shot her, what's the big deal" He said, walking into his house, before we could protest. Did Hershel really just do that? I asked myself, noticing that everyone else with the same puzzles looks on their faces.

We all heard moans and groans from all around us, confused, and horrified, we turned around us seeing all the faces of monsters that used to be people, just like us. Innocent people, who went to school and got homework, and went to work, who had families, and had a life. Now, they're nothing. Absolutely, nothing but a freak with only a brain eating mode that can only be turned off by shooting it.

Aunts.

Uncles.

Cousins.

Grandparents.

Parents.

Friends.

Coworkers.

People.

That is, more than 100 used-to be people surrounding us.