The Youngest Greene (Carl Grimes fan fiction)

Chapter 24

I keep walking down the tracks until I hear rustling coming from the woods. I turn around, holding my gun up and search through the bright green woods.

A walker comes stumbling out of the woods and it's foot gets stuck on the train tracks, causing it to pathetically fall over. I start to walk again, leaving it there, but then I then I look behind me and notice more walkers breaking through the trees. Time to go.

I take off running through the opposite side of the woods, trying to stay along the train tracks.

After a minute, it's apparent that I can't out run them, I have to let them out run me. I duck behind a large rock that's off to the side, making sure I wasn't in their sight when I did. Walkers stumble by me, there legs bending weirdly as they walk.

I'm screwed if Judith makes any noise. I put my hand over her mouth just in case, and she seems to understand. She really is quite a smart baby.

After the herd passes, I try to find my way back to the train tracks, unsuccessfully.

I let out a loud sigh and set Judith down on the soft moss on the forest floor. I change her diaper and feed her, noticing that she only has enough formula left for maybe a week. Great.

I stuff some trail mix into my mouth and then tie Judith onto my torso again. I keep searching for maybe half an hour until I finally find the train tracks again, and then I continue walking down them for a long time. And then my foot gets stuck inside the train tracks and I almost fall on top of Judith, but I catch myself at the last second, causing my ankle to twist in an unhealthy way.

I almost black out because of how badly it hurts. I take a five minute rest, and then I yank my foot out of the track and grit my teeth and keep walking.
I can't let Maggie get to far ahead of me. I have to keep going.

Further down the tracks I find another sign from Maggie with the exact same message as the first, but this time the blood she used to write it looks almost dried. Crap.

I continue limping down the train tracks, trying to go faster, but it's impossible. Any amount of pressure I put on my foot makes me want to cry.

By time the sun starts going down, I can't take it anymore. I sit down on the ground and give up. I sit with Judith on my lap for a long time until she falls asleep, and then I just watch around me.

I hear coyotes howling in the woods close by. What am I supposed it do if one of those comes after me, with me barely being able to walk or defend myself or Judith. I remember one time that Shawn and I were walking at night time, and then we noticed I think four coyotes running through the woods, and we both froze and didn't make a sound. You never try to run from them.

It's a full moon tonight, and it's feels a little bit chilly. I wish I wasn't alone so badly.

I just keep blankly sitting, with Judith sleeping blissfully in my arms. What else can I do?

And then I see glowing eyes in the woods. Oh crap.

A small grey coyote walks to the edge of the woods, and slightly growls at me. I completely freeze, whether I wanted to or not. I avoid eye contact with it, remembering Daddy telling me once that animals take that as a sign of aggression. I can fully see it with the light from the moon.

I shake slightly from terror. And then I hear the same velvet voice that I heard in the flower voice.

"Walk away from it." It says.

I'm not sure if I'm imagining the voice, but something tells me to listen to it. It's so powerful and safe sounding.

I shakily stand up, the coyote still watching me and take one step.

The coyote bares it's teeth at me, a sharp snapping sound escaping it's throat. I break out in a cold sweat and stand there fearfully watching it as it takes a step towards me.

"Walk!" The voice commands.

I take another step and turn away from it, my whole body shaking. After a few minutes of painfully walking, I turn to look behind me and watch as the coyote runs into the woods from where it came from. I let out a sigh of relief.

I'm not sure what to think of the voice I keep hearing. Is it God protecting me, or is it just me literally going insane? I don't know.

Judith wakes up and starts to cry loudly. I pat her back and try to shush her, but she keeps crying.

I hear loud trampling coming through the woods and I readjust Judith so she's sitting on my hip, and I grab my gun and hold it up to the noise as it gets louder and closer.

"Shh." I say trying to comfort Judith and make her be quiet.

And then the noise stops and five people walk out of the woods. I'm a goner.

I turn and run, that probably being my best shot.

"Hey wait!" A loud male voice calls after me. I'm running at probably half a mile an hour because of my foot, and I know I'm doomed.

"You have to help us save the world!" The voice calls.

Ok, I'm sorry, but what the hell?! I slip into the woods. I'm probably gonna lose the train tracks again, but that's better than being killed by a nutcase.

But like I said, I'm extremely slow and it isn't long before I feel a hand on my shoulder. I swing around and pull my knife out, slashing it around when the guy grabs my wrist harshly and makes me drop the knife to the ground. I only catch sight of him for a second, just seeing that he has red hair. Judith is now screaming.

I bring my leg up as my last resort, and knee him right in his area that we shall not speak of. He releases my wrist and bends over in pain, groaning loudly.

I turn to run and instead and stop in my tracks when I see a face I know. Judith lets out another ear piercing scream.

"Glenn?" I ask completely out of breath.

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