safe

Chapter 32

Ruby's P.O.V~

I run down to the end of the hallway checking for guards periodically.

I get to the exit and open the door slowly, checking each doorway and adjacent corridor for people until I get to the end.

I open the door slowly and squint as I embrace the sunlight from outside.

I enter a small alley type thing with an open rusted gate at the end and I run towards it.

As I near the end a chorus of happy voices attack my ears.

Happy little village-type folk gander about from beyond the confines of the alley.

I get to the very end of the walkway and decide to take a chance to slip into the crowd.

And it works.

Nobody takes notice of me and I walk confidently through the middle of everything and stare down the cute little play village/ torture chamber.

I stride past a few pastel coloured houses and see an opportunity.

A little side street to my left is boarded up roughly and looks fairly easy to climb.

I duck into it as alarm bells begin to ring throughout the complex.

People begin to scream and run and I know that it's because of me.

I get to the wall and haul myself up on the first sheet of corrugated iron. I climb in a blind hurry oblivious to anything that might be happening around me. I slip and my shin is sliced upwards by the edge of a sheet but adrenaline keeps me from feeling what would be excruciating pain.

I get to the top of the wall and ignore the spools of razor wire at the top, i place my hands on the gutters of the buildings beside me and pull my feet up. I try to find gaps in which the least amount of damage would be done and I get ready to jump.

I quickly look to the other side of the wall and see a sparse gathering of the undead. Just my luck.

I chuck my metal pole to the ground along with my pliers and shank. And then without hesitation I jumped after them.

I hear gunshots from inside but they certainly were no where near me.

I grab my weapons and survey the area, checking for any possible ways home. The sun shows that it is late morning, giving me plenty of time to get home.

I begin to walk through the field towards the woods, which is my safest bet, until I see a road to my left.

On closer inspection there are a couple of people on that road.

"Michonne! Rick! Carol!" I scream as I run towards them.

Rick turns around and sprits to me, gesturing for the others to go ahead.

Before I can tell him anything he scoops me up bridal style and runs to where ever they're going.

"Don't worry Ruby," He whispers as he runs.

"You're safe."

Time Lapse~

I walk into the prison with a guilty conscience and a mangled leg.

I had fallen onto the edge and there was a 6cm cut (she's australian so 6cm = 3 1/2 inches).

It spanned up my leg, cutting a few arteries an bleeding profusely.

"Hershel!" Rick yells as we get into the eatery.

"She needs help, stitches, antibiotics, bandages, painkillers. Carol can you get all that? And Michonne can you get water and a clean sheet for the operating bed?" He commands as he walks through to a separate room.

"What is the matter Rick?" Hershel asks from behind us.

"Ruby has a really bad cut, stitches needed." Rick tells him as Michonne lays down a sheet on the bed i'm to be operated upon.

He gently lays me down and I black out from the pain and the stress.