The Warrior Within

Still Searching

Chapter 11

~Charlotte~

The sun was almost setting, we've been here for ages now and Rick and Daryl were still looking for Sophia. It's gonna get dark soon, everyone was together handing in the supplies that we found. Dale is still fixing the RV with Glenn, Andrea is with Carol, presumably trying to comfort her, T-Dog has his arm slightly patched up, but it still needs to be looked at and Shane is looking at all the supplies that we have.

I have nothing to so I decide to walk over to Carl.

"How's it going, little man?" I ask him.

"Good. Just wish we find Sophia." He says sadly.

"So do I. We will, so don't worry." I tell him.

He smiles up at me.

"Where's my gun?" Andrea has made her way over to Dale, leaving Carol who stands by waiting for Rick and Daryl to come back with her daughter. "You have no right to take it."

"You don't need that just now, do you?" Dale asks.

"My father gave it to me. It's mine."

"I can hold onto it for you."

"Or you can just give it back to me."

Shane makes his way over to Andrea and Dale, hearing the problem going on next to him.

"Everything cool?" He asks.

"No, I want my gun back." Andrea snaps.

"I don't thing it's a good idea right now." Dale tells Shane.

I can tell why. Like Glenn with me he is worried that Andrea is going to commit suicide.

"Why not?" Shane questions.

"I'm not comfortable with it."

Andrea scoffs at the comment.

"The truth is, less guns we have floating around camp, the better." Shane tells Andrea.

"You turning over your weapon?"

Shane chuckles. "No. But I'm trained in its use. That's what the rest of y'all need is proper training. But until that time I think it's best if Dale keeps them all accounted for."

"Mmm-hmm." Andrea then walks away from the two men, rolling her eyes.

"Mind telling me what that's abour?" Shane asks Dale as Glenn comes over with a red basket full of food.

As Glenn stands next to me I look over into the woods and see the two men back from their search. Glenn notices this too.

"Oh God. They're back." he says, placing the red basket down by his feet.

"You didn't find her?" Carol asks as they walk up to her, sadness and disappointment in her voice.

"Her trail went cold." Rick states. His shirt is covered in blood and dirt. "We'll pick it up again at first light."

Everyone runs to them, listening to what is being said.

"You can't leave my daughter out there on her own," Carol replies. "to spend the night in the woods."

"Out in the dark's no good." Daryl speaks up. "We'd just be tripping over ourselves. More people get lost."

"But, she's twelve. She can't be out there on her own." Carol says, tears in her eyes. "You didn't find anything?"

"I know this is hard. But I'm asking you not to panic. We know she was out there." Rick trues to calm her down.

"And we tracked her for a while." Daryl says.