Survive

Chapter one (Mama!)

                              Chapter 1
                                "Mama!"

             Warning!! Mentions of abuse!

GRRR!!!!

I heard all around me. Things that were once human, they were all now coming after me. I was looking for my daughter in a local supermarket. In the canned food aisle while stuffing some food in my backpack, I saw something. Not just anything, my daughter, her big blue eyes and my dog, Bambi. I ran up to them, but as I quickly approached them they disappeared, I backed up

Crashh!!

"no...no..NO" I screamed,  backing up into a shelf containing more food

GRRR!!!! I heard next to me, wanting to be with my daughter I stayed on the floor

"Mama!"  My 'daughter' yelled

When I looked up, a walker who looked badly decayed was about to take a chuck of flesh out of my neck but it fell down, taking me down with it, the body falling on top of mine. Quickly throwing the body off of me, happy to be alive. Looking for the person who saved me, I turn my head toward the now completely dead walker, a bullet hole in its forehead. I looked up, two men were standing there. One of the men had a crossbow with green arrows in a bag on his back. The other man had a silver python gun. I only snapped out of my amazed state when the man with the crossbow loaded an arrow and shot a walker that was a little too close for comfort. Standing up and taking my machete off of its sleeve on my hip and chopping another walker's head off with one swipe, blood splattering onto my face. Kicking a walker's knee and letting it fall to its knees in front of me, I stab it in its forehead.  The two men shot the rest of them. Wiping the machete on my jeans and swiftly putting it back into the sleeve, the men walked up to me.

"Thanks" I said, my own voice sounding forgien to me since I haven't interacted with another human since the beginning of this.

"Glad to help" The man with the python said.

"Name's Rick" He said holding out his hand, I just looked at it before gently shaking it weak from not having any food for days

"Raven" I say looking at him and the other guy

"Daryl" The other guy said looking at me like he had seen me before but couldn't figure it out

"What are you doing out here by yourself?" Rick said, looking into my eyes

"I wasn't by myself at first.... I'm looking for my daughter. Have you seen her? She has curly hair and big blue eyes" I said trying not to show weakness. Suddenly both Rick and Daryl perked up at the sound of the description of my little girl

"Wait, what's her name?" Daryl asked looking at me with a sudden realization where he recognizes me from

"Clementine" I say with tiny bit of hope that they know where my little girl is

"Wait, your Clementine's mom?" Rick said with shock evident in his voice

"Rick, how do we know that she's her real mom and not some trap made by the Governor?" Daryl whispered to Rick

"Well let's ask her something that only she would know." He replied then looked at me again

"What is the one nickname only you call her?" He questioned, staring at me

"Hope" I said with even more hope then I had before

"It's her" Daryl said with a look of disbelief in his eyes

"Lets go, I don't wanna keep you from your daughter any longer then we have to"

"Oh my gosh, thank you!" I said, trying not to cry of joy.