OK so here it is the first chapter of (Wake me Up) and I'm really sorry it took so long to post this. So I'm following the basic The Walking Dead story line starting from Season one.
Rose is portrayed after Kristina Pimenova
Eli is portrayed by Jensen Ackles in is role as Alec from Dark Angel
Anyway here it is please review I DO NOT OWN THE WALKING DEAD ONLY MY OCs
I make my way through the woods being careful where I step. Any branch snapping under my feet could give away my position. I flex my fingers against my knife attached to my hip. Daryl gave me the knife for my 10th birthday. It's a Damascus Custom handmade hunting knife and my pride and joy, I say the whole name because you call important things by there full names. I've depended on this knife to keep me safe from the geeks since I left camp earlier, much to Lori's dismay. She would prefer it more if I stayed at camp and played with all the other kids. But that's just it, I'm not like the other kids I'm... different. It's mostly me and my brother Eli, and Merle, Daryl and Dad, we keep to ourselves. The other kids Carl, Sofia, Eliza and Lois.. their just kids so am I but I'm not just a kid. They don't get it, their parents don't get it. Ever since Eli and me and dad got here they have been treating it like some sorta game, they let people run around unprotected and alone. But the world has gone crazy and it's not a game, on the way up here we saw a lot of geeks outside the guard rails on the road. Most people hide there kids eyes and wouldn't let them see, but Eli let me see, he said I needed to understand, and I do. They were far away and I couldn't see them good, but there not up here, not up on the quarry. Eli said the kids are different because they grew up doing only kid stuff, they don't know how to clean fish or use a knife, they grew up different. I don't see how. I was born Eleven years ago and now I'm here.. no difference. I don't hang around much with he other kids the other kids, because I wouldn't know how to act around them. There weak they cant protect themselves because they don't want to. They believe it's all going to go back to normal soon. They think they just have to ride it out and it will all be fine. Well let them think what they want, let them believe its all going to be OK but I know it's not.. nothings OK anymore.
"Rose" A voice called to me. A few days ago my Dad and Uncle Merle went on a supplies run with some others to Atlanta while my Brother and Daryl went hunting. And that meant I'm stuck at camp. Lori it seems has made it her job to look out for me. I duck behind a large tree and peek around to see if she'd seen me. Lori stands with her hands on her hips scowling at me. I brush a blond strand of hair behind my ear and walk a few feet toward her.
"WHAT" I snap at her. I've tried to be nice but she just keeps pushing it. Lori looks at me like the others look at me.. Like I'm some kinda freak but I'm not a freak I'm prepared. I remember our first night in camp, Lori grabbed me by the arm and drug me up to Eli, made sure he knew I was carrying a knife around. Then she looked at him funny when he said it was OK, warned him to not let me play with it around Carl, I never play with it.
"What did I tell you about leaving the camp" she demands angrily.
"I was looking for some greens or something to eat and you didn't tell me anything" I snap at her. And I'm lying, but saying that makes me sound grown up, because the grown ups go in the woods all the time and look for greens.
"Well until your Dad or Uncle get back I'm in charge", she says gloatingly "The rules I set for Carl are for you to" she says pointing a finger back at camp. "Now come on, I'll fix you some beans" she added as she turns back toward camp. I'm sick of beans, I can't wait until Eli comes back with Daryl and hopefully they'll have something else besides.. beans.
"I'm not hungry right now" I sighed as I break off from her heading to my brothers truck parked near the RV. Elisha is nineteen but he still lived with us... before. He should have gone to collage but Dad left for a little while after Mom died so he stayed and took care of me and even after Dad got back he didn't want to leave me alone. I still get mad about that. Eli was eleven and I was four so I don't remember her much but I've seen pictures. I don't remember how long Dad was gone but our uncle.. who we just call Daryl came to stay with us awhile. When Dad came back he was different but so was Eli. He took care of me and protected me. Mom shouldn't have left us like she did.
I pull open the door to Eli's truck and climb inside slamming it behind me. I can see the other kids playing tag, shouting back and forth to each other. Some like Carl are OK and I haven't really got to know Louis and Eliza. Sofia is kinda clingy and babyish, she likes to stay close to her Mama and it took forever to get her to play hide and seek in the woods. She came here with her Mom and Dad, Carol and Ed. I don't like Ed much he's mean and Eli said to stay away from him.
I'm jolted out of my thoughts from a sudden rapping coming from the passenger side door. Carl is standing outside the window and he motions for me to roll it down. Carl looks a lot like his Mom with the Dark hair and freckles but he has blue eyes. I'm guessing from his Dad. Rolling it down I stick my head out.
"What" I ask looking down, and notice he's standing on tip toe to see in since Eli insisted on buying the biggest tires ever. I held in a chuckle.
"Mom wants you to come finish your school work.. me and Sophia are almost done".. Some times he can be a pain.
"Fine" I sigh, "Give me a minute" I ask him. He shakes his head and runs off toward the RV. I pull out my bag and look through it before pulling out a black T-shirt. I change in the car then push open the door and hop out. I walk over to the RV braiding my hair down my back and fixing the pockets on my blue jeans. I look a lot like my Mom with Blond hair with brown streaks and have icy blue eyes like my Dad.. Eli says they freak him out. Elisha looks more like Mom did. Blondish brown hair that hangs over his ears and green eyes. He's tall too, like 6-1. That's scary when he's mad.
At the RV, I see Lori and Carl sitting at one of the picnic tables set up beside the can line we have strung up to alert us for geeks and Sophia and Carol were sitting at the other. I bit back a sigh and plop down next to Carl. Lori pushes a stack of papers next to me and points to some stupid fractions. I stare down disgustedly at it. School was never something I had to worry about since I was home schooled by my Mom then when she died, Daryl and Eli took over. I look over to see Sophia wearing a face close to mine.
"Rosie, Honey do your work" Lori pipes tapping my paper with her finger.
"Don't call me that" I mumble. My mom called me that and now I only let a few people call me that. I can feel a few tears prick up in the corners of my eyes and quickly wipe them away. 'Dixon's don't cry' That's what uncle Merle says. I don't know why I cry over mom, I never knew her, she shouldn't matter. But I guess I cry because I miss the idea of having a mom. That's what dad says, when he's drunk, because that's the only time he talks about her.
I stand up and look to Lori, who starts to say something to me but I cut her off quickly and say I need to use the bathroom. She reluctantly nods and I scramble away. Walking through camp I watch everyone and what there doing. Dale is on top of the RV, keeping an eye out for Geeks and Amy is doing something with her clothes. Shane, our leader is sitting in an old lawn chair with the walkie talkie, trying to get a hold of the Atlanta group, they radioed in earlier and I missed it and nobody will tell me what they said. I don't know what I think of Shane. When I first got here I thought he was Carl's Dad but he's not.. I found out that Carl's Dad died when the bombs fell in the city. I do think he's still Lori's boyfriend though. Their always sneaking off together. I wont tell Carl that. Shane looks up at me and I realize I'm staring at him... Crap.
"You Gotta problem, Miss Dixon" He asks me. I'm probably distracting him from his stupid little ratio that wouldn't work no matter what he did. Poor radio, I'm taking my frustration out on it and It didn't do nothing to me.
"No sir," I say quickly turning around and heading back toward the RV. I tap the knife on my hip and walk around the RV. Dale's still up there and I like Dale. He doesn't look at me like Shane and Lori do. He's sitting in a lawn chair looking through a pair of binoculars.
"Dale, want some company" I yell up at him. He looks over and smiles.
"Hello Rose" He called back down to me. Yes I like Dale he's nice to me and Eli and even Daryl and My Dad... Know one likes Merle. I smile back before I start to climb up.
I drop down on my knees next to his chair and look out onto the lake, next to the quarry we're staying at. The waters bright blue and clear and I wish Eli was here and we could go fishing. I see some people from camp washing clothes on the bank and Shane and Carl heading down the trail.
"When do you think there getting back" I ask him. He already knows I'm talking about Dad and Merle.
"I'm sure they'll be back soon" he answers. Dale is a lot like I imagine a grandfather would be or is supposed to be. He has this thick white hair and beard and wears a fisherman hat and I guess he's old but Eli says I'm not supposed to call people that anymore. I look out at the water again. Its so quiet here, nothing like it was in Atlanta. Atlanta was loud and busy. Then once the geeks started overrunning the city and the refugee camp went down, people started evacuating and it got crazy. I was surprised how heartless and cruel people can be when they panic.
"Wanna play a game," I ask hopefully. There's nothing else to do while the kids do school work.
"What kind of game?" He asks.
"You pick."
"When I was young, my school had a game where they'd sit all the students on a circle and we'd play the name game," He suggested.
"Whats that," I wondered.
"Everyone says what there name is, why that's there name, and what it means," he explained. I nodded, chewing my lip. That sounded like a good game.
"You start, what's Dale mean," I started.
He chuckled, "Dale means, It lives in the valley. My mother owned a ranch, even though it wasn't she called it her little valley." I nodded, that was a good name, better than Rose.
"Rose is just a flower, my dad named me, said it reminded him of a flower that used to grow behind his house when he was little," I said. "What does Elisha mean," I asked. Mama had named him.
"Means, God is salvation," He explained. That was funny, I didn't know mama believed in God, or did she even know and just thought it sounded pretty.
As I sat there I suddenly noticed a beeping sound coming up through the trees. It was coming toward us, no doubt calling Geeks for miles. I hop up and climb down the ladder and run with the group to see were the beeping is coming from and Dale stays behind standing up and using his binoculars to find the sound. Shane brushes past me blocking my view of the road.
"Talk to me Dale" Shane yells over the beeping, "Wadda ya see" He demands. Dale lifts up his binoculars again to get a better look.
"Is it them are they back!" Amy asks breathlessly, coming up behind me. Her sister Andrea is with the Atlanta group.
"Well all be?" Dale mumbles then climbs down to stand with the rest of us.
"What is it" Amy demands...
"Stolen car is my bet," Dale answered with a grin.
I look over the see Lori shielding the sun from her eyes and holding Carl close. I could see the anticipation on everyone's faces as we all waited for the car to close in on us. After a few minutes a cherry red charger came racing up the mountain screeching to a halt near Carols Cherokee. Throwing gravel and dust up into the air in all directions as the alarm continued to wail on. The door pops open and an Asian guy climbs out grinning ear to ear. Glenn started toward the group and I couldn't help but smile. Glenn was a good guy and Eli's only friend in the camp beside Daryl and me. "Are the others OK" "Where are they" "Where did you get the car" A horde of voices all bombarded him. All while the Alarm is still blaring.
"OK OK OK" Glenn yells. I put my hands over my ears in attempt to muffle the noise. I want to run up and make him tell me if Dad and Merle are OK but I don't. My chest felt like it would burst I am so nervous. Shane pops open the hood on the car and with Jim's help tries to get the beeping to stop. After a few moments were all granted with some relief and then the yelling starts again...
"Is she OK" Amy asks one more time. Thank god she stopped, now maybe Glenn can get in some words.
Glenn nodded then answered. "Yea Yea there OK there all OK... Well Merle and Mark not so much" He answered her. My heart dropped to my gut.
"You Crazy" Shane yells at him resting his hands across the hood, "Driving this squealing Bas**** up here" He runs a hand over his head.
"I think were alright" Dale murmurs. I turn to look at him raising an eyebrow. "The alarm was echoing all over these hills, hard to pinpoint the source" He states.
"You probably just ran them in circles," I say out loud earning myself a glare from Shane. His eyes bore into mine. Dale comes up behind me and puts a hand on my shoulder
"We're not arguing with you", Dale defends us, "It wouldn't hurt you to think more carefully next time," He says this time turning to Glenn.
"Sorry" He says ducking his head... "But I got a cool Car," He says gesturing to the bright red Car. I nod in agreement and Shane just shakes his head. The car is pretty freaking cool.
Just then a new sound comes humming up the mountain. I run over to Lori and Carl and we all make our way further down the trail. A cube Van drives into view slowing to a stop.
A women with blond hair in a ponytail climbs out first and runs toward Amy. " Andrea," Amy cries hugging her sister. Then A dark skinned man and women who's names are T-Dog and... Jackie I think. Morales climbed out and Eliza and Louise and their mom all hugged him up, glad that he was back safe. I saw Carl's eyes tearing up as he watched them. Lori crouched down beside him, talking to him. I know he misses his Dad.. I missed mine. I kept waiting to see Dad and Meryl climb out.
"You are a welcomed sight" Dale laughs and hugs Morales, Eliza and Louis Dad. Where is Mine.
"How'd y'all get outta there anyway" Shane questions. My Dads probably getting something from the back.. He's coming.
"New guy... he got us out" Glenn answers with a smile. I walk over to him and tug on his sleeve.
"Glenn Where's Dad and Merle" I ask. He looks down at me and his face is funny. He starts to say something but he's interrupted by Morales.
"Hey Helicopter Boy," Morales yells toward the Van.
"Glenn, where's my dad," I repeat firmer. A man in a police uniform emerges from behind the truck with his hands on his hips and looking tired.
"Guys a cop," Someone says behind me... Great observation, he's wearing a police uniform. I start to walk up to the van to see my Dad and Uncle who were still in the back probably. Maybe Merle fell asleep and my Dads waking him up like always. Just when I get to the front of the van the cop guy starts crying, Behind me Carl starts screaming and pushes past me running towards him. The cop grabs Carl and hugs him up tight. I turn around to see Lori standing there with her hand over her mouth with a expression that I cant read, She runs toward them too and hugs them. I watch all this and It feels like my hearts gonna explode... I'm glad Carl got his Dad back but I need mine now. My hearts thumping hard and my throats getting tight.
"Daddy," I hear myself screaming. He's not asleep neither is Merle I want to think there back there still but I know there not. Letting out a sob I take off around the side of the van. I feel arms trying to grab me but I don't care. I get around behind the van and hop inside... Nothing.
"Dad... Daddy.. Merle, Dad" I'm crying really hard and that's bad because Dixon's don't cry. I back up into the side of the van and slid down so I'm sitting with my face in my hands. I feel arms go around me and I'm lifted into the air I try to fight them off.. I try.
"Rose Stop," Somebody yells. I bury my face into there shoulder.. He's gone.. He's gone. I stop struggling and go limp in this persons arms. Their carrying me toward the RV.. I'm to big to be carried I'm Eleven. I feel someone touch my shoulder so I bury my face deeper. I'm so stupid. Dad and Merle would tell me to quit being a baby and suck it up. I want Eli here he would know what to do.
I end up in the back of the RV on the bed facing the wall. Someones sitting beside me running there fingers through my hair talking soft. Its stupid but its comforting. The only people who ever treated me like this were Mom and Eli and even he would find some way to tease me bout how I'm acting. I hear someone come inside and the bed loses a person. I wrap tighter into myself hoping to block it all out then I can faintly hear Jackie say something. She must have been the one next to me. A few seconds later I hear someone speak.
"Little Girl," I remain quite staring at he wall I'm facing. It's the cop. His voice is deep like Daddy's but ruff like Daryl's.
"My name is Rose" I whisper at last. I can't shut down again Eli would freak since he barely got me talking again when Mom died.
"I'm sorry" He says and he means it I can tell.. Like the doctors who took care of Mom. But she's still gone and now,so is Dad and Merle. I still have Eli and Daryl.. I hope, or maybe this is all a bad dream. I start sobbing again I really hope someone will Wake me Up.
OK so I'm really sorry again that this took so long and Iv not given up on ANY of my storys and It might take me awhile to get the next Chapter of I Am A Winchester up so bare with me Please. This story has no set update time but It will be soon. One more thing if you like my story please review and listen to the song Wake Me Up and that's the inspiration for this. P.S to new readers or old Iv looked over this chapter and thanks to a review I realized some of my mistakes and fixed them best I could so thank you guys and don't be afraid to tell me what you think trust me Iv been bullied so some constructive criticism isn't gonna kill me. Peace out!