Surviving || G. Rhee [1] ✔️

[9] First Herd

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S2: Ep1. " What Lies Ahead "

We pulled up to a highway that would take us to Fort Benning but it's blocked off by tons of cars. "Oh geez" Dale mutters bringing Shane, Andrea, and my attention to him. "Aw no" Daryl pulls to a stop next to the window by Dales left. "See a way through?" Dale asks him over the loud sound of his engine. Daryl looks behind him then faces Dale and nods before continuing down the line of vehicles behind us. Dale starts to turn around and follow him while Glenn looks up from the map. "Uh, maybe we should just go back. There's an interstate bypass--"

Dale cuts him off as he looks around to see where Daryl is leading him "We can't spare the fuel. Jeez." The RV's engine clanks and starts sputtering once more as steam leaks out. Glenn and I share nervous glances as we all climb out of the RV to look. "I said it. Didn't I say it? A thousand times. Dead in the water." Dale points out while walking around to the front. "Problem, Dale?" Shane asks rhetorically.

"Just a small matter of being stuck in the middle of nowhere with no hope of--" He pauses and watches Daryl rummage through an opened car "Okay, that was dumb." he finishes. Shane holds onto his shotgun and looks around at all the abandoned cars "If you can't find a radiator hose here..." Daryl continues picking things out of the trunk "There's a whole bunch of stuff we can find."

"I can siphon more fuel from these cars for a start." T-Dog offers "Maybe some water." Carol asks "Or food." Glenn finishes while glancing back at her. "This is a graveyard." Lori says bluntly resulting in our group going quiet and looking around at each other. "I don't know how I feel about this." Lori says to Rick who glances around in return.

"All right, all right, here we go." T-Dog mutters as he wanders off. "Come on, y'all. Just look around, gather what you can." Shane instructs as well all break off. Andrea hides back in the RV, Lori and Carol walk off with the kids, T-Dog scouts for gas, Rick leans against an abandoned car standing guard watching Shane from afar while Glenn and I stay back to help Dale.

"Which one?" Glenn asks as he holds out two different screwdrivers. "Flathead" I say before Dale earning me a weird look from the two of them. "What?" I shrug "I know some stuff" Dale shakes his head slightly with a small smile "Radiator hose clamp is always a Flathead. Here, you do it. Learn something." He hands the screwdriver to Glenn along with the rag and gestures to the engine. He puts the screwdriver into the bolt like Dale showed him twisting it as it releases steam into his face. He turns to the side and coughs looking disgusted, I cover my mouth with my hand stifling a laugh.

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Glenn grabbed a pipe from another car to replace while I stood waiting to help him put it in. Shane wanders while holding his rifle before leaning it against a big truck that says 'spring water'. He opens up the side to reveal racks of full water jugs. My jaw drops and I pat Glenn's arm excitedly as Shane calls to him. "Glenn. Were we short on water?"