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"Carl Run"

"Dad"

"Carl don't look back keep running, I love you son"

"Dad"

** 10 Years Later **

Carl Grimes woke up in the morning with a bead of sweat running down his spine and a leathery tongue licking his face. He was used to it now but every time he heard the pants it made him reach for his knife. Lex was a dog that latched on to Carl a few towns back and he never left his masters side. He would protect Carl and growl when he heard or smelt walkers he was an appropriate guard dog for the time being considering that Carl has been alone for years now. He's been looking for his old people but there nowhere to be seen and he realized that they probably wouldn't recognise him ten years ago he was a scrawny fourteen year old with an attitude problem. Now he was a young a man of twenty four well built, tall and muscular as well as stocky. His hair had out grown and he wasn't clean shaven. Lex continued to lick Carls face and wag his tail as Carl gave his pet some well-deserved attention. Carl now saw himself as a young Daryl Dixon living the rough life, never around people and in pretty crappy conditions moving from place to place constantly Carl was now the living example of a post-apocalyptic redneck with nothing but a shaggy dog for company.

Carl pulled at the zip of his tent the Georgian heat struck him instantly and the position of the sun told him that it was early afternoon maybe just a little after midday. He pulled on his trousers as he walked out of the tent and tied his shoes leaning up against a nearby log. He had laid snares the night before and hoped that both he and Lex would get a meal tonight. They found the snares quickly and untouched. The amount of Walkers had seriously diminished in twelve years. Carl remembers what it was like at the beginning, walkers everywhere in the streets, in your house, in the store at that point he was twelve and still in school he had never killed anyone or stolen anything in his life his father was in hospital and he was forced to leave with his mother and Shane.

When they got back to camp Carl lit the fire and gave Lex some water. He placed the two small rabbits on the spit they would have one each tonight and waited for the fire to cook them. He grabbed a book from his backpack last week they were held up in an old book store and Carl was dying for some entertainment so he grabbed three a handful of books he hadn't had a chance to read any of them yet and saw an opportunity. After they had eaten he began packing up his tent and his back pack. He placed his dad's hat on his head and placed his gun in his holster, he held one of his knifes in his hands as they walked through the forest jumping at every twig snap and bird song. Carl and Lex shortly found their way to the highway walking on the road in-between abandoned cars and dead corpses. Lex was sticking close to his owner not drifting to far behind or in front staying by his side in case either of them got into trouble with the walkers or other humans.

When Lex had begun growling Carl ducked behind a car he could just about make-out the orangey glow of flames and as this group got closer it looked as though the flames were licking the stars Lex began growling louder

"Lex, quiet" Carl whispered quickly forcing the sound through his teeth.

In the group were four men two of which were bearing torches illuminating the highway and all of their faces. All of the men looked middle aged and rugged; their faces seemed grimy and unfriendly. Attached to a rope was a young girl maybe in her late teens early twenties. Her hair auburn and her eyes a perfect shade of blue her face was also grimy and her nose had been bleeding her arms were scarred and bloody. She had a large gash on her left cheek and she reminded Carl of a girl he once knew she reminded him of Sophia.