The Youngest Greene (Carl Grimes fan fiction)

Chapter 27

Who was the idiot that had the idea for me to hide while the rest of the group sees if Terminus is safe? Ok, it actually was a good idea, I can't walk and then Judith would be safe to.

The plan was I hide in the closet of this little cabin and they see if it's safe. If it is they will come back to get me, you get the rest. But now I'm stuck inside this little shack with a cranky Judith and some guy that's from Terminus outside the door, who has no idea I'm in here.

From the way the guy is talking about Terminus, it doesn't sound pretty. I just hope everyone realizes that quick and gets out of there.

I hear the cabin door open and he leaves and I let out a sigh of relief and continue waiting.

After a few minutes the door bursts back open and I hear voices that I recognize, but I can't put my finger on who it is.

It's obvious that they have tied up the guy from before. And then I hear the soft voice of Carol speaking.

"Carol!" I say from the closet.

They stop talking and then Carol comes over and opens up the closet door to find me sitting on the floor.

"Anna!" Carol says.

I awkwardly stand up and hug her. I haven't seen her in I think almost a month and haven't talked to her for longer. Tyreese stands above a guy a middle aged with brown hair that's sitting with his back to the wall.

"They have the rest of the group. Terminus." Carol says. "I'm going to save them."

"I can't go with you. My ankle is hurt badly." I say apologetically.

"It's ok." Carol says walking over to the door. "Tyreese is staying here too."

She exits the house, throwing over her shoulder the large gun that the Terminus man had.

I glance over at Tyreese. There is a small box towards the side of the room, so I crawl over there on my knees and put Judith down there. She's been wanting to go to sleep for a while now.

"So where have you guys been?" I ask Tyreese.

It's then that I learn the terrible fate of Lizzie and Mika. A tear slips down my face when he tells me how they're both dead.

"See, you're the kind of guy that feels bad about little girls that were never gonna make it." The guy says speaking up for the first time. He chews gum loudly, cracking it in his mouth.

"You're the kind of guy that will save a baby." He says nodding to Judith.

"Shut up." I snap at him. He's trying or get under Tyreese's skin.

"You're just a little girl yourself." The guy continues, obviously not taking my advice.

"You're the kind that relies on others to take care of her. That's because you're weak."

"Shut up!" Tyreese yells at him this time.

The guy momentarily stops talking.

I sit down besides Judith, taking my gun out of my belt just in case.

Tyreese looks out the curtains of the windows as I hear growls outside the house.

I hear a large explosion off in the distance and crawl over to the window to see what it is. Off to the right of the cabin there is flames going up in the air with tons of black smoke.

I look on in horror. Everyone could be dead. My heart pounds in my chest. And then I hear a snap and a quick movement and Tyreese and I snap our heads around.

The guy has his hand wrapped around Judith's neck with my gun that I foolishly left on the ground in his other hand.

Judith screams loudly as he chokes her.

"Don't move!" He shouts as the two of us try to get to her.

We stop dead in our tracks and multiple walkers begin to pound on the door and windows.

"Out the door now!" He yells at Tyreese.

Tyresse doesn't move, and the guy squeezes Judith's neck tighter, making her scream louder. I watch as Tyreese backs out the door and into the crowds of walkers.

Judith's screaming does something to me. It put me in a trance. He's gonna kill her and I know it. And so I lunge for him. I throw my body on top of his making him let go of her and I pull my knife out.

There is a brief struggle and then I hear
Tyreese screaming and I lose it.

Adrenaline courses through my body as I end up on top of the guy with my knife held against his neck.

"Please don't kill me!" The guy says, but with no mercy, I shove the knife through his neck, a loud scream leaving his lips right before his body falls lifeless, his blood spraying my face.

I sit back, throwing the knife down onto the ground and looking at his lifeless form. What have I done?

My whole body shakes as I notice I don't hear anymore walker growls.

With my bloodied hands I pick Judith up and she stops crying finally. I look at the red marks around her neck. I have to get out of here.

I burst out the door with Judith in my arms, all the walkers looking like they were brutally killed.

The true realization sets in. I killed someone.

I stand shakily on the road leading up
to the cabin, feeling like I'm gonna pass out, but I can't and I will not until Judith is returned to Rick.

I watch the woods, breathing heavily as a group of people emerge from it. People I know. People I love.

I see Carls face. I see Ricks and Daryl's.
I see the faces of the whole group. But I don't deserve to. I killed that man. What if he had children. Or a wife. Or anyone that cared about him.

Sasha and Tyreese hug. Everyone is back together again after almost three weeks of separation.

Rick and Carl run over to me, seeing that I'm holding Judith. I hand Judith to Rick, and it's like I'm free. I'm free from the mission. The mission is completed. So I'm free to go.

All around me everyone is happy to be reunited. But I don't deserve happiness. I don't deserve anything. I'm a heartless monster.

I feel Carl hug me, but I don't return the hug. I don't deserve to be hugged. Carl kisses my cheek and the whole group laughs. But I don't deserve to be kissed or to laugh.

"What's wrong?" I hear someone ask me, but I'm not sure who it was.

"I killed him." I say in distress.

I look down at the blood on my hands and my clothes. I deserve to die.
I succeeded, I've kept Judith safe, so now it's ok. I feel myself collapse onto the cold cement, and I let the darkness consume me.