Hey readers! this is my first stab at a walking dead fanfic so go easy on me. Hopefully you like the first chapter and give me some feedback. I have so many ideas for this story so I will post again soon depending on if i can steal my roommates computer charger (mine broke).
Disclaimer: I do not own anything remotely related to The Walking Dead.
Charlotte Rae Blake was in her apartment with her best friend and roommate Glenn Rhee when shit hit the fan. They were sitting on their couch watching the local news when they heard screams coming from the apartment below them. When reports had started coming in that there was this cannibalism virus going around Charlotte had packed a bag with all her old hunting gear in it, some spare clothes, water, and food. She had also made Glen pack a bag as well and even though he had complained at the moment he could not be happier that she was there to think ahead for the both of them. The two of them made eye contact and Charlotte nodded and got up soundless and went to their packs and started getting ready to leave. She then strapped on her throwing knife holster around her right thigh and then another holster around waist and upper left thigh. Glen got up and moved the couch they were just sitting on in front of their door to give them a little extra time and then joined his friend, getting ready himself. It took them all of two minutes to get everything on and then walked over to the window with the fire escape. Charlotte walked out first with her compound bow in hand and an arrow notched ready to fly as she led them down. There weren't any of the infected in the ally yet but that was only a matter of time and they needed to move fast. Charlotte got off the fire escape closely followed by Glenn and they made their way down the ally to the street where the car was parked. They jogged to the opening and Charlotte slowed down with Glen following her lead and she came up to the opening slowly. they could see her red Ford Focus across the street and Glenn's was further down the road but they had to make sure the surrounding area was clear. Both of them could hear distant screaming coming from the main road just two blocks over and a sense of urgency washed over both of them. They look up and down the road three times before they darted across the street to Charlotte's car with her keys in hand. Charlotte knew pressing the unlock button might attract attention but it was faster so she went for it. They were a few feet from the car when one of the infected came out of the alley next to the car. Glenn stopped in his tracks and backed up a bit only to hear a gurgling sound come from behind them.
"Glenn! keys!" Charlotte had yelled to get his attention so he could catch the keys she was throwing at him. Charlotte then took aim with her bow and without a second thought fired her arrow through the infected's skull then turned gracefully and shot another arrow at an infected behind then made her way to her car where Glenn was already starting it up and peeling out of the parking spot as soon as I was safely in the passenger seat. Glenn knew all the side roads and got us out of the city within twenty minutes.
"Where do we go? What are going to do?" Glenn asked. He had started shaking and tears had started to form in his eyes but he pushed them back and glanced at his best friend. Charlotte had started rummaging through her pack and pulled out a map.
"We have to get onto the closest tallest mountain or a woodsy area somewhere not to far away cus there will be too much traffic, but I can find us food in the woods and I can protect us until its safe to move on." Charlotte scanned the map and pointed to a place on the map and started giving directions to Glenn.
"Char, I can't believe you killed those guys." They had been driving for about an hour at that point when Glenn had whispered what had been weighing on him since he got in the car. She looked at him and took a deep breath before answering him.
"You've seen what they do Glenn. One of those 'guys' had blood dripping from its mouth from god only knows who. Bottom line its us of them and I chose us and I would do it again and again no matter what. This is the world we live in now and we have to adapt, if we don't then we're dead." He held eye contact for a few seconds before nodding slightly and looking back at the road.
We drove for a while and was getting close to our destination. They were on a winding road on the side of a small mountain and it had started to get dark out so they pulled down a dirt road and pulled off the road a bit. Charlotte and Glenn then got out of the car to stretch their legs.
"So uh, what do we do now?" Glenn asked looking across the top of the car at Charlotte and she met his eyes with her piercing gaze letting out a soft sigh.
"I'm not really sure Glenn, maybe try and find a group with people we can trust if there even is a group like that. But until then we watch each others back and survive."
We decided to sleep in the car that night taking shifts till morning with the keys in the ignition just in case. When Glenn was sleeping and Charlotte was on watch she used that time to reflect on how her messed up life had prepared her for the world ending. Her mom had died during childbirth, so it was just Charlotte and her dad for most of her life. Her dad was in the military so they moved around a lot. This caused Charlotte to become a loner never really having a friend her whole life growing up and getting constantly picked on and bullied. One day when Charlotte was around eight, she had come home with black eye and her dad decided it was time to teach her how to defend herself. After a few years of self defense and martial arts training from her father she found she actually enjoyed it and started to show interest in weapons too. The bow was her main focus but her dad also trained her in throwing knives and in shooting guns too. Her dad was a hard and serious man but he loved her and gave her her best chance. When she was sixteen her dad died in service and she became an orphan. She kept her skills sharpened in the foster system constantly getting in trouble for beating up other kids. Then she turned eighteen left the system and moved to Atlanta. She met Glenn and they quickly became friends deciding to be roommates. They've been living together for the past couple of years. As her thoughts drifted to Glenn she looked over at him and smiled to herself. He was one of the best things to ever happen to Charlotte, her first real true friend. No matter what Charlotte will do whatever it takes to protect what she cares about.