Helloooo, This is the start of one of two Walking Dead Fanfics i have going at the moment, If people enjoy what i write and want to read more, just pop a little review down :) Not looking for a lot, just a few signs that people are actually you know...reading them.. XD Its a little off, im trying to play the characters as close to their personalities as i can.. Still a bit rusty with the whole thing so far, but lets hope with a bit of time and encouragement i can post more chapters and become a better..writer :B Thanks for reading ^_^
This is a little bit of writing that follows a man named Hugh Grimes, The younger brother of Rick Grimes, 29 years old. Hugh stood at 6'2", short brown hair, a perfectly sculpted jawline which held a light beard. His bright blue eyes shone in the light and his toned athletic body fit pretty much perfectly with his pretty boy face. Hugh was a well paid man of honor a fire-fighter who had saved many lives before, and has continued to save lives through the apocalypse. He had a perfect home with a down to earth wife, and the most amazing 4 year old son he could have ever asked for. With the type of work Hugh did, he wondered what he had done wrong to deserve such a harsh, life destroying blow.
Both his wife and son were taken from him, He dare never speak of what happened in his home before he left with two packed suitcases, grabbed the handgun Rick gave to him for his 25thst birthday, for safety, and headed towards his brothers home across town to find his sister in law Lori. When he got there his brothers friend Shane was there, telling them the fate of Rick. Which just added to the damage that was already squeezing his heart dry. He watched as Shane held Lori and Carl, comforting them. When Shane was helping Carl pack, Lori pulled Hugh aside, he told her that his wife and son didn't make it through their fevers and turned. Lori just held him, he didn't cry, he just closed his eyes and wished he could let a few tears free... but his body just wouldn't let him. He didn't want to leave his town, which held the bodies of his wife Claire, son Toby and his big brother Rick... but Lori pulled him along, saying she wasn't going to lose another one. So he agreed and went off with the family he had left. When they found out what was happening to the big city, where it was meant to be a safe haven with the refuge center they and a few other families, friends and random stragglers joined forces and decided to build up a small camp just outside of Atlanta, up in the mountains where the old Quarry was. It was about a week in and everyone was starting to get to know each other, setting up a routine so they each could live as normally as possible.
"Hey uncle Hugh!" Carl called as he and Sophia ran over to him, Hugh was starting the fire that had ran out through the night, it was early morning around 8am, almost everyone was up and starting their chores. Hugh turned his head to spot his nephew and his friend standing there watching him. "Mom wants to talk to you" He told him, Hugh nodded his head giving Carl a small smile before lighting the fire with his lighter. Blowing on the tinder softly Carl and Sophia watched curiously. He gently placed the tinder down onto the pit, where he started putting a few small twigs on, letting the fire grow slowly. When it was big enough he threw on a small log, and got up off of his knees. Carl looked up at his tall uncle and grinned before running off with Sophia when the two other children called their names. Hugh smiled softly watching them before remembering Lori wanted to speak with him.
Hugh put his lighter back into his pocket and tucked his handgun into the back of his pants, for safe keeping. He walked past Amy and Andrea who eyed him up slightly, he sent a friendly wave their way, earning a small giggle from Amy. The giggle was one he had heard before. When he and Claire started dating, she introduced him to her family, her younger sister had teenage crush on him, and would always get super shy and blush around him. Which is what happens when he talks to Amy. He smiled softly of the amazing family memories he had tucked away in his mind, heading over to where Lori was folding clothes into a basket.
"Oh there you are Hugh, can you do me a huge favor?" Lori asked and Hugh nodded his head.
"Anything" He replied, suggesting he would do anything for her, which he would... He lived for family, and right now, she and Carl were the only family he had right now.
"A few people are going down to the quarry to wash, will you take Carl down for me?..please?" She asked, and Hugh smiled nodding.
"Sure, I could do with a wash myself" Hugh replied and Lori sighed in relief kissing his cheek before going to find Carl. Hugh sighed softly looking down at the floor, memories of Claire kissing his cheek for silly stuff like that flooded his mind. When he felt a small tug on his arm, he looked down to see Carl standing there. "Who's going down to wash with us?" Hugh asked Carl and the little boy shrugged.
"Dunno', but Shane is talking to people up there about it" Carl replied pointing up to where most of the campers were gathered, Hugh smiled ruffling the boys hair and they walked to the group.
"Okay people, we all need to wash and shit I get it, but we have to take turns in going down there, so that we don't end up leaving one person up here to fend the camp... So, Hugh, Carol, the kids, Ed, Andrea and Amy will go down now, when you guys come back I'll set up another group to go down" Shane instructed, he had become the group leader, but when it come to big group decisions, everyone had a say.
"Which truck we taking?" Ed asked looking at Shane from his seat at the fire. Hugh raised an eyebrow.
"Were walking down Ed, saving fuel for the supply trips" Hugh told him, Ed scoffed and turned his head.
"Well I aint' goin' down, go, ill get washed on laundry day" Ed mumbled and Shane was about to say something but Hugh stopped him, placing a hand on his shoulder. He nodded at his friend and Shane nodded back before going off and doing his chores. Hugh looked at Sophia and Carl with a small smile.
"Right, come on then" Hugh called for everyone in his little group to head down. Carl and Sophia were walking beside Hugh, they walked ahead of the three girls that were coming along too. Carol and Andrea carried soaps, shampoos and such in backpacks. A good Half hour later they reached the bottom where the Quarry waters edge was. "Stay close kids, don't go wondering off" Hugh warned and they nodded their heads. The ladies got down and pulled the backpacks off, handing bars of soap out to the kids. Hugh took one and placed it down on a rock. He kicked off his shoes, pulled off his sweaty shirt and tossed it to the side. His jeans were dirty and needed a wash, so he kept them on, he pulled everything out of his pockets, which included lighter, pack of cigarettes, and a pocket knife. He grabbed the soap again and headed into the quarry water. He ducked under the water for a few seconds running his hand through his hair before lifting back up standing on a rock, which held him just over waist deep in the water. He started to clean himself off, using the bar of soap, making sure to get any walker blood from his skin, dirt and sweat. The kids had joined him in the water, and were having a good time splashing.
"Hugh catch" Andrea called, Hugh spun around and a slim bottle hit his slightly hairy chest. He picked it up out of the water and read the label, smiling at Andrea as it was shampoo.
"Do the kids too" Carol called, and Hugh nodded his head, taking a bit of the shampoo in his hand before passing it onto the kids, who helped themselves. He washed his hair, scrubbing making sure to get all the dirt out before leaning down and totally submerging himself, getting the shampoo out of his now clean hair. He walked back to the shore with the bottle that Carl had give him back, he walked over and handed it back to Andrea. Amy bit her bottom lip watching the water drip from Hugh's face. He smiled at the three girls before heading up to where his stuff was. Taking a cigarette from the pack and lighting it up he sat on the rock beside his stuff letting the sun dry him off. The heat was almost impossible, the hottest it had been in years around this time of year. Which was both good and bad for many reasons.
About an hour later, the heat had almost dried Hugh off completely, and even his Jeans were bone dry. He watched as the others gathered around which meant they were ready to head back up.
"Go ahead, I'll catch up" Hugh told them and the three girls nodded, taking the kids and headed back up towards main camp. Hugh picked up his shirt, tucking part of it into his back pocket, not bothering to put it on again. He filled his pockets with his stuff and stuck on his shoes before following them up towards camp. Carl and Sophia looked back and seen Hugh heading up and decided to wait for him. Hugh smiled and placed his hands on the back of their heads as a 'thanks for waiting' and continued to walk with the kids by his side.
"Hey Hugh..." Carl started making the tall mans attention turn to the young boy walking alongside him. "Amy said she wants to bang your brains out..." Carl blurted out making Hugh cough, having choked on air at the comment. "But you aint' a walker..." Carl stated and Hugh coughed a few times, earning the glance of the women who were a little way in front.
"Uh-, don't you worry about that Carl, im sure she was joking" Hugh stated, his eyes still wide that she would even say that out loud in front of the kids too. "don't uh-... just don't talk about it and she'll forget, okay?" Hugh told his nephew, Sophia giggling slightly. Hugh glanced down at Sophia who was looking up at Hugh with a little smile, he chuckled softly shaking his head. They reached the top of the hill and headed into the main camp, Lori walked over and smiled at the sight of clean people.
"Wow, I don't think I've ever seen you guys so clean!" Lori joked at the kids, and they both beamed at her. "Thanks for watching him Hugh" Lori thanked him again, and Hugh smiled with a shake of the head and the shrug of the shoulders.
"Hey, I'm just doing what any Uncle would" Hugh replied, The kids ran off to probably get all dirty again, and Hugh walked with Lori to the fire.
So time in camp passed pretty quickly, they had been there for just over a month, and instead of Glenn running into the city alone it was decided that no one leaves without at least one other person with them. Shane had decided it was about time for another run into the city, Glenn being the leader of that little group, although Merle Dixon had went along with him, Andrea, Morales, Jacqui and T-dog, so no doubt Merle would run his mouth and end up in charge, Hugh wouldn't be surprised if they would come back and end up one or two men short. The Dixon brothers weren't exactly...sociable types. Hugh was sat up half the night last night with Daryl Dixon, he seemed okay, and Daryl didn't mind the company of Hugh either, they had little in common, but managed to keep a conversation going, and secretly, they both enjoyed it. They had left as the sun was still rising, Daryl had also left to go hunting around that time, Hugh was standing outside of his tent, rubbing at his eyes, he had slept in a little today but was still up earlier than some. He yawned, stretching his arms up high as everyone gathered around as the CB come to life. He was just standing in a pair of jeans and his shoes, he leaned into the tent grabbed a pale green t-shirt and his handgun he pulled the shirt over his head as he joined everyone else, he calmly tucked the gun into his pants. Amy was the one holding it until Shane come over and took over, trying his best to get the voice on the other side to answer.
"He's gone" Shane gave up, putting the walkie back on the machine. Hugh was standing beside Lori, Carl was holding his hand with both his smaller ones.
"There are others...not just us" Lori stated eyes soft looking at Shane, they had been spending a lot of time together, Hugh knew something was going on between them, just the way they went on with each other.
"I figured that would be, alright, that's why we left the CB on" Shane told her, and Lori gave him a cold stare.
"A lot of good it's been doing" She added, Hugh wanted to interrupt but decided against it, his big hands resting on Carl's shoulders. "And I've been saying for a week we ought-ta' go out put signs up on 85' and warn people away from the city" Lori spoke, her voice soft and calm.
"Folks have no idea what they're getting into" Amy joined the conversation, Hugh took a deep slow breath, wishing this was all a big nightmare and he would wake up with cold sweats in the arms of his wife... but apparently that was a no-go... this was the real deal.
"We haven't had time" Shane mumbled getting up from where he was grabbing his cap and starting to walk off.
"I think we need to make time" Lori retorted, getting annoyed with Shane. Hugh kept his hands on his nephews shoulders, he always did this as a sign of comfort to the young boy.
"Thats just a luxury we cant afford...we are surviving here, we are day to day" Shane whipped back at them, not agreeing with it at all.
"And who are you proposing we send?" Dale spotted in, asking what everyone was thinking, Hugh knew fine well Lori would suggest herself, few moments after she did,Shane told her no one leaves alone... Hugh called in shaking his head, letting go of Carl's shoulders.
"I'll go, I have a gun, I know how to handle myself" Hugh told him and Shane rubbed the back of his neck, glaring at Hugh.
"No Hugh, we need you here, you have a gun, we need that protection here, in camp" Shane demanded, what was it with him and not wanting people to leave. Hugh scoffed shaking his head, rolling his eyes at Shane. Lori placed a hand on Hugh's arm before walking off to her tent, in a slight huff with Shane, Carl tried to follow but Shane stopped him, telling him to take a seat before following Lori himself.
"Come'ere' son" Hugh called for Carl, who ran over and gave his uncle a hug. Hugh wrapped his arms around the small fragile boy and kneeled down on one knee looking at him in the eyes. "Now, you go right in there and give your mom a hug... Thats what she's needing right now, okay?" Hugh asked and Carl nodded, Hugh kissed him on the forehead before letting the boy run off to their tent. Hugh watched as the boy ran towards it and out of view. Hugh sighed, sitting himself down at the fire, next to Amy who looked at him and gave him a small gentle smile. After about an hour of small talk with Amy, Hugh noticed the log pile, and decided that it was time to go and get some more firewood. He grabbed the dried out pieces off the floor and walked back with a decent amount that he could carry without help. As he was heading back, just coming back into the camp Amy was running towards him, tears in her eyes, Hugh dropped the pile at the side and held his arm in the way, she ran straight into him, grabbing his shirt and cried into it. Lori called her name and ran up to them, shaking her head.
"What's wrong with her?" Hugh asked, his arms placed tightly around Amy, who was sobbing almost silently into his chest, Lori looked at him in the eyes.
"The group that went into the city this morning is trapped" Lori told him, Hugh furrowed his brows and waited for her to explain some more. " Shane wont allow anyone to leave and rescue them... He said they are gone and there's nothing we can do..." Lori added and Hugh's face curled slightly, Shane making all of the calls..again. Hugh looked down at Amy, placing his chin on the top of her head before letting go and peeling her onto Lori. "Wait! Hugh!" Lori called as Hugh headed into the camp. He walked past a few people on his way towards Shane who was sitting at the fire.
"What's this about abandoning our camp mates Shane?" Hugh asked, his voice deep and threatening.
"Not risking the rest of the group to rescue those that are trapped Hugh, you know that" Shane replied not even looking at him. Hugh took a breath and let it out slowly, trying to keep himself calm. He didn't know what it was, maybe it was all of the bottled up emotions that were starting to take its toll over him, maybe it was the fact he couldn't cry, or even the heat could have been getting to him.
"Then don't risk the rest of the group, I'll go alone, I've lost far too many people already Shane, I aint' even gunna think about leaving those people out there to die!" Hugh told him, his voice raising slightly. He was standing up now, staring at Shane who was now looking t him. " Those people who Volunteered to help the camp, risking their lives to help you, Lori, Carl...everyone in this camp and you don't even have the decency to allow a conversation to go down on weather or not we can rescue them?!" Hugh asked, his voice still deep but loud, Shane stood up and stared at Hugh.
"Hugh, don't you get it boy, We cant risk the rest of the camp to go and rescue them! I've told you that! What would Lori and Carl do if we were both to fall to walkers ey?! What would anyone in this camp do without a leader?!" Shane asked, his own voice raised, they were grabbing attention now, Amy had calmed down and was standing with Lori and Carl watching the scene in front of them.
"Boy?! Who are you calling a boy, I'm more of a man than you!"Hugh snarled, Shane turned away and tried to walk away, Hugh walked after him. "Don't you dare walk away from me Shane, I already fucking told you man, I'll go alone, I don't need anyone else, give me a fucking car and I'll go, you don't have to be there watching my ass, You can stay here with your tail between your legs, but I aint'! I'm fighting back Shane!" Hugh yelled, Shane flipped him off and carried on walking. Hugh was breathing heavily, trying to keep his temper under control. He turned his head and walked up to where the RV was, passing Lori, Amy and Carl on the way. "Dale! Where's the car keys?" Hugh asked and Dale looked down at him from the top of the RV.
"Shane has them all" Dale replied and Hugh rolled his eyes. He grabbed his handgun from the back of his pants and unloaded it, checking the clip before slamming it back into the gun and cocking it ready to shoot. He put the safety on and placed the gun in the back of his pants, He grabbed a bottle of water and headed on past the cars and towards the dirt road. He heard footsteps behind him, turning to see Lori there.
"Hugh, don't do this... I know Shane isn't right about this but you cant walk there, not on your own..." Lori pleaded taking hold of Hugh's hand, pulling him to a stop. He turned to face her, his eyes meeting hers.
"Why not, I can handle myself" Hugh replied and he looked at the floor, his eyes showing no emotion, although his face was filled with rage, he wanted to save these people, he was annoyed with Shane that he wouldn't even think about helping them.
"Hugh...please" Lori pleaded gently, using her hand to reach up and make him look at her, their eyes met once again. "You are the one that me and Carl really need...blood family... Hugh Carl need his Uncle... you are the only thing he has left of Rick... Please... don't do this" Lori pleaded some more, Hugh's eyes softened, and he raised his hands, placing them on both sides of Lori's cheeks. He sighed softly and leaned down placing his lips on hers, He was expecting a lash out and a rant of 'why did you kiss me', but no. Lori kissed him back, her hands found their way up his sides, his neck and into his messy brown hair, tugging slightly. Hugh grunted softly, his lips parting from Lori's.
"Don' do that if you don' wanna finish" Hugh warned his voice was deep and rough, and Lori gave him a sexy smirk. He leaned in again kissing her gently, She continued to tug at his hair ever so slightly, which just rallied Hugh up a little more.