𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 ↠ 𝘤.𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴

2: Getting Out

"Don't make any sudden movement or noises." Rick warned the two. He had his axe out and Elle had her knife out just in case some walkers got the idea that they were alive, just covered in a dead guy's guts. It should work, they smelled terrible.

"Err. Gurrr." She turned and looked to see Glenn making the noises the walkers make because one of them was sniffing him, suspiciously. The noises somehow worked and she shuffled along, taking one last look at him. Then the sound of thunder echoed through the sky and it started pouring.

"What are we gonna do?!" Glenn started whispering.

"Its just a cloud burst. It'll be over in a few minutes." Elle tried to assure him. But the rain started washing the smell off. The walkers realized and started sniffing them. One was about to bite Elle on the shoulder and Rick acted quicker than she did, putting his axe through its head.

"Run!" He yelled, and they did. They reached a fence the quickly climbed over. They ripped off the trench coats, as they didn't work anymore. "We need to lead them away!" Rick shouted over thunder.

"How?!" Glenn was freaking out. Rick had walked over to box full of keys, and grabbed the pair to the moving truck behind them. They watched as he shattered the window to a red sports car. He got in and tried to hot wire it, but he was panicking and couldn't focus. 

"Move cowboy!" Elle shouted shoving him aside. She quickly got in and hot wired the car with ease. They stared at her for a moment, as if in shock. "One of my brothers taught me." 

The car alarm was blaring and walkers were starting to climb the fence, pushing it over. Glenn and Elle were in the car and Rick was in the moving truck. Their job was to lead the walkers away while Rick picked up everyone else. Glenn stepped on the gas and he drove until he was in the streets.

He stopped the car to give the walkers a minute to start following it.

The car got surrounded. "Go backwards and turn!" Elle yelled. He did just that in two seconds flat. "I'm gonna puke!" Her stomach was twisted. "You're a terrible driver!" She yelled. He just smiled, he was enjoying this. After a few minutes of gathering up walkers, he slammed on the gas. They were on the highway out of the city.

"WOOHOOO!" They yelled, having the time of their lives. 

After about thirty minutes of driving and five more going up a mountain, they were at their camp. They stepped out of the car as people gathered around and Elle took a moment to go around the back of the car and vomit.

"Glenn! Turn that damn thing off!" A man yelled. He looked to be the oldest person at the camp.

"I don't know how!" He yelled back. Elle quickly ran back to the front of the car and popped the hood, snapping a wire causing the car to go quiet. She turned around, basically out of breath, to face the man who was now talking to Glenn. He had curly dark hair. She recognized him. 

"Oh my god! You're that sheriff who arrested me!" She said pointing at him. He immediately knew who she was and nodded. 

"Arrested?!" The old man yelled. "You're like nine!" She rolled her eyes, did she look like she was nine? She then saw a young blonde woman start attacking Glenn with questions. 

"They're okay! Here they are!" Glenn said as everyone watched the moving truck make it's way up.

"How'd you guys get out? You said you were trapped." The cop asked as everyone stepped out. Except Rick and Merle. 

"Her and new guy helped us. Helicopter boy, come on out! Guy's a cop just like you." Morales told him. Rick cautiously stepped out. Elle saw a boy who looked her age crying with a woman kneeling in front of him. She turned back to Rick to see him pointing at the boy and having tears from in his eyes. The next thing she heard just shattered my heart.

"Dad!" She watched, hell everyone watched, as the boy and the woman embraced the man in a hug. She smiled. When their little moment was over, her arms were quickly pinned behind her back. 

"Let go of me!" She demanded.

"Shane, what the hell are you doing?!" The woman with dark hair yelled. She learned her name to be Lori and her son is Carl. 

"I arrested her about a month before the start. Charged with attempted murder, she plead guilty." Shane explained not letting go of her wrists. He moved both of her wrists to one hand and grabbed her knife that was sticking out of her back pocket.

Lori looked at her, basically waiting for her to deny it.

She only rolled her eyes. She wasn't proud of what she did, sure she had a reason, but everyday she regrets acting on the reason. She made eye contact with the boy, then a girl who also looked her age, if not a little older. After a moment of deafening silence, she spoke again. "You gonna let go of me or what?" Shane let go of her, helping her up. She rubbed her wrists after she dusted off her clothes. "Glenn, let me see your bag." She said. Knowing what is what she needed, he handed her the bag without hesitation. She rummaged through it, finally finding the box of tampons.

"There's a bathroom in the RV." Andrea old her as she handed her her own backpack. She thanked her as everyone either stared at her, or awkwardly looked around not wanting to look at her. She threw her backpack on her back.

She walked up to the door of the RV, opening it."What? You gonna watch me?" She asked before closing the door behind her.

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rewritten (poorly) : december 28, 2021

i never realized how short this chapter was lol