Robin Hood (Sequel To Hiraeth- TWD)

Chapter 13

"Hurry up," Cailey barked. She hurried the Woodbury settlers up into the white bus, trying to make them move faster. She held her bow in her hands tighter, pointing an arrow at the pavement as she counted each man and woman and child going up inside. A few of them gave her dirty looks or strange stares, but the teenager tried to keep them moving. 

"The sun rises here soon," Rick approached the teenager from behind. "We need to get them all in quicker, even if some of them are sitting on the floor."

"Hurry up," Cailey repeated louder. "Get in there, now!"

Rick shook his head and pat Cailey on the shoulder. He made wide steps past the bus, and to the massive truck in front. The young hunter could just barely see the man climb up into the passenger seat. She stared into the bus, watching where Daryl sat in the driver's seat. Cailey followed the last Woodbury civilian up the bus stairs, standing next to the older hunter. 

"Ever driven one o' these?"

Daryl made a near-silent snort as he chewed on his fingernail. "Figure it out as we go."

Cailey shook her head, then watched back at the seats again. There were two or three people to each bus bench, and several people sat on the floor between the two rows. Cailey turned her head to watch Rick and Michonne rolling out the gates in the truck in front of them, and the hunters could just barely make out Tyreese's and Sasha's heads in the backseat. Daryl pulled hard on the gear shift, and the bus shook as it drove off. Cailey bent her legs down to sit on the floor right next to Daryl's seat, holding to the side of the dashboard for support.

The bus was filled with loud chattering and moving around throughout the entire long ride. Every once in a while, the hunters at the front would look over at each other, but no words were exchanged. 

Daryl had to drive over the broken-down field fence when they arrived at the prison again, and Cailey stood up to see Carol and Carl opening up the courtyard gate. Daryl made a sharp turn inside, then parked the bus on the asphalt. Cailey was the first one out the doors, then Daryl. Rick met them right outside the bus with Carl, who had Friar up against his hip.

"What's going on?" Carl had to lean his head back to look at the people in front of him. 

"These people are going to join us," Rick nodded, gesturing to Michonne ushering people into the prison. His son stared at the massive group of people with a blank expression, and the sheriff kneeled down on the ground. "This is a good thing, Carl. We need more people. More people for us, less people to help the Governor."

The little brunet nodded. Friar brushed against his hip as he trotted back up to Cailey and Daryl, letting the two hunters pat him as he wagged his tail. The sheriff turned to Cailey and Daryl next.

"You two make sure everyone gets into the other cell blocks. There's gonna be a lot of fighting at first, I'm sure you two can break it up and keep everyone calm, right?"

The two hunters nodded, then turned to the door. Friar followed close on their heels as they trekked inside the prison hallways. 

"Babysittin', great," Cailey sighed.

"Least nothin' else happenin', nobody's gonna die. Should be glad," Daryl pointed out.

The teenager gave a little shrug, making her steps wider as she began catching up to the group of settlers. She was silent, but ushered the back of the group faster down the hall. Friar padded right next to her, whining every few seconds. Cailey could see Michonne at the front of the group, leading chunks of people into the cell blocks. The swordsman stopped Cailey and Daryl as the last of the settlers reached the cell blocks.