Pinky Promise | The Walking Dead

Grit and dirt clung to the rough contors of a boys face, it left dark smudges along his tanned cheek and wounds that were bound to be infected by now.

"L-leave, please. Ya have ta'. . . go." By some miracle, either that of God's generosity or Satan's enjoyment, the boy managed to still whisper out a wheezy sentence, though his chest had been punctured multiple times and agony was festering stronger with each second ticking by. He wondered why he wasn't dead already. His lungs felt hideously empty as breaths seemed useless but his chest still heaved for them.

His frighteningly cold fingers traced the bruised jaw above him softly. Their skin barely touched but it was already enough for the boy to feel his soul vibrate with familiarity. "Please, please hang on.. please Kai..." It's voice distorted into static fuzz. The boy squeezed his dull eyes shut, shaking his head frantically with a sobbing cry. He wanted to scream, he wanted to be left, to be forgotten. He couldn't let his loved ones die because of him. "Go.." He begged.

And yet the figure refused to move, he stood tall with determination rolling off his body in waves as he positioned a heavy duty gun against his shoulder and never once removed his finger from the trigger. The boy thought perhaps this figure was his guardian angel..

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Follow Malachi as he's full-force thrown into a world where the dead rise once again. Only he's got a baby sister to worry about and imminent death waiting round every corner. Will the little girl he randomly stumbled across open a door to his saving grace, or will she lead him to a group made from pure survival instincts and chaos? Find out here!

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