AN: This is the sequel to my first ever fan fic... To Stay or Go - I would say check that out before reading this one... just so you can understand the history...
I will be, like the original, loosely following the shows storyline but of course changing it in accordance with my own OC's and story.
I hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it.. and Andi.
Of course huge love to DarkShadow008 - always there to bounce inspiration off.
Chapter 1
Andi was grateful that Tyreese was the hulking man that he was, she was struggling to walk as it was, trying to hold a rag on her hip to stem the bleeding and with her other hand trying to steady herself against Ty.
Tyreese on the other hand was trying to juggle Andi and baby Judith while keeping an eye on the tracks and looking out for walkers.
"I think we need to find somewhere to hold up for an hour or so" Andi said through gritted teeth, she could feel the blood dribbling down her leg.
"You should 'a let me take care of that before we left" Ty said stopped to grab some water from Andi's backpack.
"Yeah" Andi said taking Judith from him "not one of my best decisions" she said looking ahead and frowning as a loan walker appeared and stubbled towards them.
Tyreese looked over at Andi who shrugged "not much I can do with her" she said clutching hold of the baby. Ty sighed and pulled the hammer from his belt and confidently walking towards the walker. Andi gasping as the man fell after planting the hammer into its head "you ok?" she asked and grinned as she saw the man nod.
Tyreese heard the groans first and then looking through the trees he saw them, there was at least fifty that he could see, who knew how many there were that he couldn't, he scrambled up quickly and mouthed to Andi "more."
Andi knew exactly what he meant and even though she had shooting pain through her hip and legs she gripped hold of Judith and moved quickly to the opposite side of the tracks, Ty following close behind, the pair hiding behind a small embankment.
Andi shot Ty a worried look as she cradled Judith's head into her shoulder, praying that Judith would stay quiet. The walkers were making their way slowly across the tracks and to the other side and close to where the pair were hiding.
"Ty" Andi said touching the man's arms and motioning with her head for them to move away from the herd, Ty practically lifting Andi up but both freezing as they heard rapid fire gun fire. Crouching down again they watched as the walkers all stopped and looked down the tracks in the direction that the gunfire was coming from. Andi licked her lips as they watched what must have been over one hundred walkers file past them, some more decomposed than the others, some with limbs missing, some their skin was green and rotting away. Not one walker looked the same, but they were all dead and they were all looking for their next fresh meal.
The small group stayed hidden until the sound of the walkers was a distant memory, Ty cautiously stepping out onto the tracks to make sure the coast was clear, nodding to Andi who scrambled out to join him.
"You think that was coming from Terminus?" Ty asked taking Judith from Andi as she put the backpack back on her back.
"Maybe" she said looking up to the sky, it was near to mid-day and getting hotter.
"Maybe someone was attacking them" Ty said as they walked cautiously in the direction that the gunshots came from.
"Or" Andi said looking at the sign "they were attacking someone, or some group."
The pair glanced at each other "they've been gone too long for this to be them" Andi said shaking her head "there's another way in, off the tracks" she looked up at Ty "come on, we'll work something out."
"To find Rick, Sasha?" Ty said following her down and into the forest "Daryl."
Andi flinched almost at the name, it was not that she was lovelorn and lost without him, it was that she didn't know where he was, was he ok? Where they all ok? These people had become her family, she cared for them and they for her. Blood meant everything and nothing at the same time in this world, all she wanted she was to be back with her family and her friends.
"Can you hear what he's saying?" Andi asked Tyreese as they knelt just outside of a clearing where a loan man was setting up what looked like fireworks on the ground in front of a small cabin, a car nearby and a bag full of what looked like more fireworks.
"No" Andi said as the laughed into the walkie talkie, she straightened up as she heard the word 'samurai.' She motioned to Ty to follow her and pulled out one of her machetes, gripping it tightly as she snuck up behind the man.
".. remember I got dibs on the kids hat after we bleed.." he froze as he felt the cool steel of Andi's machete against his neck.
"You don't need to do this" the man said, holding the walkie talkie just away from his face.
"Shut up" Ty said holding Judith close.
"Ok" the man said.
"We're friends of the samurai and kid with the hat" Andi said pushing the knife a little harder against his neck so that a small trickly of blood dripped from the cut "drop the walkie talkie."
The man complied, holding his arms up "get up" she said as Ty stood by the door with Judith.
"You know there's others around here" the man said as Andi patted him down, finding a knife on his belt. She winced as she stepped back trying her best to make sure the man didn't see her weakness, or the blood staining her trousers.
Ty came out of the cabin having checked it, found it safe and put Judith into a drawer for safety and so that he could help Andi "I'll see what I can find to tie him up with" the big man said looking through the car.
"Are you from Terminus?" Andi asked, not wavering from her position of letting the machete move from his neck, a woman's voice cracking over the walkie talkie.
The man nodded "there are more of us out here, if I don't check in they'll come lookin' they know.." he stopped talking as Andi pressed the machete harder against his skin.
"You're not understanding the situation you've found you're self in" Andi said carefully "if someone has a big ass knife digging into your neck and asks a question, common sense says you answer. Now, are you from Terminus?"
The man gave her a feeble nod as Ty stood in front of him, as he was about to bind his hands Andi stopped him "not in front, you tie his hands behind his back."
"You take orders from her huh?" the man managed to ask before the knife was thrust against this neck again, causing more blood to drip down his chest.
"The samurai and the kid in the hat, where are they being held? Are they being held with anyone else?"
"What does it matter we're all going to die anyway" the man said with a grin "what are you two and baby gonna do? It's all about survival now."
Andi grunted and pushed the man down into the dirt and stood with her foot panted firmly on his back "I'm not having him in there with the baby" she said the Ty who nodded in agreement.
"What do you want to do?" he asked Andi who was looking around the clearing.
"What's in the cabin? Anything we can use?" she asked him her leg shooting deep shots of pain up and into her body, she pushed the thoughts out of her head.
"A few things" Ty said "I'll go scout it out, see if I find out where they are, if I can help."
"Take what you need, do whatever you have to, to bring our people back to us."
Ty nodded and disappeared into the cabin, coming out a few moments later with a bag stuffed with whatever he could find to help, including the fireworks.
"You be ok?" he asked looking down at the man under her foot.
"Yeah, I'll be fine" she reassured him, squeezing his shoulder and watched as he disappeared into the forest.
When his shadow had disappeared into the darkness of the forest she stepped back off the man and held her machete out in front of her.
"Up" she said, stepping forward to kick him when he didn't respond.
The man swung his feet around and took her feet out from under her, causing her to land, luckily of her good side, the jolt of the landing still making her scream in pain.
"You fucking asshole" she cried out as the man tried to jump on top of her, trying to get the machete. But Andi, even though she was injured, still had the advantage that she could use both her hands. She pushed the man up and off her, kicking him off with her feet, she couldn't help but grin as he yelled out in pain after landing on his bound arms.
Andi was on top of him in a second, adrenalin taking over, she straddled over the man, pinning him to the ground.
"If you wanted this all you had to do was ask" the man grinned up at the woman on top of him, he didn't expect the rain of blows that came from her next though.
"So you're not going to tell me anything then?" Andi asked him, placing the machete on his chest so that the tip of the knife was just under his chin.
"What happened to your leg?" he asked lifting his head up to look at the blood glistening in the sunlight.
Andi punched his in the face "I ask the questions, what is Terminus?"
"Why are you still here?" he asked, ignoring her.
Another punch to the face, she looked down at him but her focus was immediately taken as she heard a rustling of leaves behind her and then a huge explosion in the distance.
Distracted by the sound of the explosion, which came from Terminus, she didn't realise that there was another person, a woman that had come into the clearing and was now standing behind Andi, pointing a gun at the back of her head.