Apocalypse Now

Chapter 14: Revelations

Alot of talking again this chapter, so bear with me 

Enjoy!

“Damn it!” Rick barked, hitting the steering wheel. Startling me, as I sat awkwardly in the boot. It had been pretty quiet since we left the highway. No one was really in the mood to talk.

“Shit” he growled.

“What's wrong?” T-dog asked.

“We've been riding red for the past hour” he stated. He honked the horn, signalling everyone to stop.

“You out?” Daryl asked, walking towards Rick.

“Running on fumes” Rick replied.

Everyone started getting out of the vehicles. I grabbed my bow and joined the group. Daryl avoided my gaze.

“We can't stay here” Maggie said.

“We can't all fit in one car” Glenn added.

“We'll have to make a run for some gas in the morning” Rick determined.

“Spend the night here?” Carol said panicked.

“I'm freezing” Carl whined, Rick walked over and placed his jacket round his son.

“We'll build a fire, yeah?” Lori said clutching Carl.

Daryl grabbed his crossbow off his bike, “You go out looking fer' firewood, stay close. Only got so many arrows” as he loaded a bolt. “How you doin' on ammo?”

“Not enough.” Rick said frustrated.

“We can't just sit here with our asses hanging out” Maggie said clutching her rifle.

“Watch your mouth” Hershel scolded. “Everyone stop panicking and listen to Rick.”

“All right, we'll set up a perimeter. In the morning, we'll find gas and some supplies.” Rick directed.

“Glenn and I can go make a run now, try scrounge up some gas.” Maggie offered.

Rick cut her off, “No, we stay together. God forbid something happens and people get stranded without a car.”

“Rick, we're stranded now.” Glenn piped up.

Rick tried to reason, “I know it looks bad, we've all been through hell and worse, but at least we found each other. I wasn't sure, I really wasn't but we did. We've together. We keep it that way...We'll find shelter somewhere. There's gotta be a place” he said running his hand through his hair.

“Rick, look around” Glenn said, “There's walkers everywhere. They're migrating or something.”

“There's gotta be a place, not just where we hole up, but that we fortify, hunker down, pull ourselves together, build a life for each other.” Rick's voice raising. He looked almost desperate. “I know its out there. We just have to find it.”

“Even if we do find a place and we think it's safe, we can never be sure. We fooled ourselves into thinking the farm was safe.” Maggie said bluntly.

“We won't make that mistake again.” Hershel said.

This argument was going nowhere, it was just going round in circles. Rick's new approach with the group was beginning to become clearer and clearer. Something had definitely happened and I guessed it had to do with Shane.