The Sound of Thunder (ON HOLD)

Chapter 2 ~ People and Scavenging

I woke up the next day to gunshots and screaming. I heard the door to the dollar store come open and close again. I immediately got my gun and stood up. Silently making my way to the front of the store but staying in the back.

Checking isles I saw no one. I ran back to the storage room. One isle I had caught a glimpse of a man, a woman, and a kid who looked maybe a year younger than me. They shouted at me to come back but I ignored them listening to their pounding footsteps coming towards me.

I closed the storage room door and stacked things against it. Boxes, shopping carts, a ladder.

I held my gun looking at the door.

"Come out now! Your outnumbered! We'll starve you out if we have to." A rough voice called. I knew it was the grown man I saw.

I stayed silent.

One of the three kept pounding on the door. I knew they would get it open eventually.

I sighed and took everything away from the door after telling them to stop pounding on the door and to take 7 steps back.

I slowly opened the door gun raised. I looked the man dead straight in the eyes. He had blue eyes. A nice colour.

"What's your name?" The man asked. I stayed quiet.

"I asked you a question!" He said getting angry. He also had his gun raised.

"I have many names. What's yours?" I said simply.

"Rick. Rick Grimes." He said. "My son Carl." He pointed to the younger boy. I didn't look away from Ricks eyes though. "Michonne." He pointed to the pretty black woman with the katana.

"Thunder." I stated. Ricks eyes went wide along with Michonnes and Carls.

"What's your real name?" Carl asked frantically stepping towards me.

"Stay back!" I said stretching my gun further. Rick pushed his son back but Carl shrugged him off.

"WHATS YOUR REAL NAME?!" Carl screamed at me.

"WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?!" I scream back at him.

"Because.... I think I know your sister." Carl said calmly. It took me a second to process this information.

"Lightning?" I asked. Tears coming to my eyes. Carl nodded his head slowly looking sad. "Where is she? Is she okay? Is she with you?" I ask frantically.

"You might wanna sit down." Rick said.

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Tears streamed down my face. Rick just explained everything that had happened. Lightning might be alive and she might not be. My little sister. I just sat on my makeshift bed tears streaming slowly down my face.

"We have to find her." I said. "I need to find her." I said getting up putting food and water into my backpack.

"Help me put this stuff in boxes and carry it out. We need to find a car. I have more stuff in the gas station outside. How much ammo do you guys have?" I asked getting boxes from the storage room and packing away the food and drinks.

"Slow down. How do we know we can trust you." Michonne asked finally speaking.

"You know my sister? You trusted her?" I asked standing up and looking her in the eye. She just nodded. "Than you can trust me. I'm gonna find her if it's the last thing I do." I said sternly and continued packing.

"I have a full clip plus some extra bullets." Carl said.

"I have 17 rounds." Rick said.

"I have my katana." Michonne said smirking slightly.