I Love You Big Brother

Chats and Handcuffs

I was sat with Carl, talking to him whilst Lori cut his hair when we heard it. An alarm was echoing throughout the mountains surrounding the camp.
"Talk to me Dale!" Shane yelled at Dale who was on top the RV looking through binoculars trying to find the source of the noise.
"Can't tell yet!" He replied.
I got up and ran over to the others who were stood by the RV waiting for Dales response.

"Is it them?" I heard Amy say from behind me. "Are they back?"
I had almost forgot the fact that some of our group were in Atlanta, and that group included my brother. I anxiously waited for Dales reply.

"I'll be damned. Stolen car is my guess," was what he said next. That would explain the alarm.
I tensed up as the red car zoomed round the corner. What if it wasn't them?

As the car grew closer my muscles relaxed when I saw a guy in a red cap was behind the wheel. Glenn. We all walked over to him as he got out, the alarm still  blaring. "Holy crap turn that damn thing off!" Dale yelled from on top of the RV. "I dunno how," was Glenn's reply. Amy began bombarding him with questions while Shane and Jim tried to shut the alarm of.
I only just caught the end of what he said once the car was shut off.
"Yeah! Yeh okay! Everybody's fine!" He yelled in response to Amy's many questions. "Everybody's fine." He said but gave me a nervous look when he did. I ignored it though and went and gave him a hug. We had only known each other a few weeks but we had become quite close. I guess fearing for your life 24/7 really brings people together.
"Are YOU okay?" I asked while pulling away from the hug. "Yeah, yeah I'm fine." He said but again gave me a nervous look. "Listen i need to tell yo-."
Before he could finish a truck pulled up around the corner. It must be the rest of them. Merle.
We all stood waiting while T-dog, Jacqui and Morales got out the truck. Morales's family ran up to him and they had a cute reunion which made smile but I was still waiting anxiously for my brother to get out.
I then turned to see Lori and Carl had walked of and Carl seemed like he was crying. I figured seeing Morales reunite with his family must of made Carl think of his dad. I felt bad for him. Even though I never had a loving father, if I lost one of my brothers I don't know how I would cope.

"How'd y'all get outta there anyway?" Shane asked.  "New guy. He got us out." Glenn replied. New guy. That made me worry. How did we know we could trust him.
"Yeah the guy just into town, he's a cop just like you." Morales said to Shane. "Hey helicopter boy come say hello!" He continued. Helicopter boy that was a strange nickname.
We all watched as a guy in a cop uniform got out the truck.

A look of shock went over the guys face.
I turned around to see he was looking in the direction of Lori and Carl. Did he know them?
I watched as they both had the same expression on their faces. Then Carl went running towards the cop yelling.

"Dad! Dad!"

Lori followed after him and all three of them collided into a hug.
The rest of us looked on in disbelief. I heard a sniffle from next to me and turned to see Shane crying. Shane must know him too. I thought back to when Lori told me about her husband. Rick I think his name was. I could of sworn she said he was dead though, or at least that's what Shane had told her. I was confused but put the thoughts to the back of my mind and continued to watch the beautiful scene unfold.

After about ten minutes of them hugging and crying they walked over to the campfire. I'm assuming to catch up on what had happened since they'd been separated.
I then turned my head back over to the truck expecting to see Merle stood there watching just like the rest of us but he wasn't. I walked over and looked in the drivers seat. He wasn't there. I then went round the back of the truck where Jacqui and T-dog had gotten out from hoping to see him sat in the back smoking a cigarette or drinking a beer. But he wasn't.

Fear and worry filled my entire body and my legs became weak. Where the hell was my brother?

My breathing soon became quick and heavy and I felt dizzy. Where was he?