philophobia → the walking dead ³

two.

CHAPTER TWO,
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church.

The group had been walking until nightfall. They stopped and made camp. A small fire was roaring. Aiden was sitting by Daryl holding Judith when Rick approached her.

"Did you ask them the questions?" He asked her.

"All three of 'em." Aiden replied. Judith cooed and placed her hand on Aiden's cheek, "They've all killed a shit ton of walkers, I mean so have the rest of us. Payton's killed three people. Said he couldn't let one turn and the other two tried stealing from their camp. Nathaniel's killed one person. He asked him too. Macy's different." Aiden said.

"How so?" Rick asked.

"She's killed eight people, Rick. That's more than all of us. She said they deserved it. It's the way she said it. It was so... emotionless." Aiden looked up at him.

"We'll keep an eye on her." Rick nodded and turned his head to look at Macy. The brunette woman was sharpening her knife on a rock she found, "a close eye on her."

Rick stalked off and eventually Carl came and sat by Aiden. Judith had fallen asleep on her chest, "go to sleep, Carl." Aiden said to the boy.

"What if something happens?" He asked.

"I'll wake you up." She replied. Eventually the young boy drifted off while resting his head in her lap.

Daryl and Aiden sat talking for a couple minutes before they heard a branch snap a couple feet to their left. Aiden's head snapped in that direction while Daryl stood with his crossbow rose, "what is it, Dare?"

"Nothin'." Daryl replied, "ain't nothing here." He replied. He sat back down beside his wife. She eventually drifted off into a light slumber.

Daryl looked over at the three. He saw that Aiden had also fallen asleep with one hand holding Judith and the other in Carl's hair where she was playing with it to soothe him to sleep.

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"We surrender." Daryl said to the group once he walked out of the woods with several squirrels. The group lowered their weapons and continued walking. Aiden walked with Payton, who held Judith.

The group walked for a couple minutes before they heard someone yelling for help, "help! Help, anybody! Help!"

"Dad, come on." Carl said to Rick.

"He have to help, man." Nathaniel said to Rick.

"Come on! Come on." Carl said and finally they took off running in the direction of the screaming. Aiden pulled out her Bowie knife as the ran up to the scene.

A man was into of a rock with maybe five walkers surrounding him. Aiden grabbed one that was pulling on his ankle and stabbed it in the head. It dropped to the ground. "Woah! Woah!" Daryl fired a bolt into one approaching her.

"Thank, Dare." She said. The walkers were dead and the man was breathing heavily. He was dressed in a priests clothes.

"We're clear. Keep watch." Rick said to the rest of the group. "Come on down." He said to the man. The man slowly got down and looked sick, "you okay?" Rick asked him.