Black Bird - Daryl Dixon

Four Walls and a Roof

Four Walls and a Roof

Raven glanced around the floor; leaves shuffled as what she perceived marked where a body was dragged from. She clenched her jaw, eyes scouring her dark surroundings to make sure nothing would attack her. She took her time in watching closely, the night cloaking everything as it masked the dangers around her.

"Bob."

Raven felt her ear twitch at the voice, her steps moving towards where she thought Sasha stood.

She focused her vision, watching as two shadows approached the spooked woman. Which made Raven quickly run forward, startling Sasha enough for her to drop the rifle from her face, causing her to come face to face with a walker.

Raven grunted as she used her body to topple over the other walker, knowing Sasha could defend herself against the last one. The black-haired girl yanked out her knife from her hip, quickly slamming it on the head of the walker under her.

Raven blew her hair away from her face, standing to her full height as she turned to a panting Sasha.

"Thank God you asked me to come, huh?" Raven joked which Sasha smiled shakily at, her mind focused on finding Bob safely.

Sasha opened her mouth but halted her speech when a snap ensued from a few feet in front of them.

Raven glanced from the corner of her eye to Sasha, before taking a step slightly in front of the woman. Raven's eyes darted from tree to tree, waiting for another noise or indication that confirmed that they were not alone.

Her heart pounded in her chest as the tension grew in her shoulders, the chilly night air making her restless as she continued to feel someone watching her and Sasha from deeper in the woods.

Raven's heart stopped when a hand was put over her mouth, the person quieting her gasp with their palm.

Raven went to fight the person off just as the hand dropped from her mouth and turned her around. Her wide eyes crashing with Rick's blue ones as he put a finger to his lips in a shushing motion.

Raven glanced behind him, catching how Tyreese moved away from an equally spooked Sasha, both women sweating as they calmed down after their scare.

"He's getting away." Sasha panted, her hands adjusting her weapon as sweat dripped down her face.

"Who?" Rick glanced at her in alarm, his eyes searching both women for any wounds.

"Somebody was watching us." Raven whispered lowly; her eyes wild as her spirit refused to calm down, especially after the scare Rick made her go through.

"If we go in there now, some of us aren't coming back." Tyreese looked at where Raven was staring off to, his face hardening as he thought about the possible threats.

"Bob is out there somewhere. Scared, alone."

Raven nodded in agreement, there was no way Bob was safe after she saw the tracks, a body had been dragged away from their camp and she was sure it had been Bob.

"Maybe not alone. Daryl and Carol are missing, too."

"What?" Raven's face dropped, her head snapping around to stare at Rick in shock.

Rick glanced at her with a clenched jaw, not uttering anything else because he knew she would just take it the wrong way.

"I'll search for them myself." Raven swiftly turned around, moving to walk back to where she had seen the marks on the ground. She was worried that whoever got jumped was either Bob, Carol, or worse, Daryl.