chapter 1 Glenn POV

' Really you don't have to do this' Lori pleaded with me. 'Ill be okay, I'm quick on my feet, Ill be back in no time' I tried to reassure her.

'At least take some people with you, just to be sure' I sighed in defeat. There was no reasoning with this woman. 'Fine fine, Ill go ask around'. 'Shane can do it for you' 'Its okay' I waved my hand at her as I walked away.

'Headin back to China? you're gunna need this' I glanced down as a spoon was tossed at my feet. Freaking Merle Dixon was a pain in everyone's ass, even his own brothers.

'I'm Korean, but thanks anyway' I muttered sarcastically. I really didn't want anyone to come with me because I knew at some point we would get slowed down, but for Lori's sake I figured two other people wouldn't be as bad. I walked over to Morales.

'Hey, so I'm heading into town to grab some supplies and I was wondering if maybe you wanted to come with' He agreed and I felt a little better. Now for the hard part, I had to find Daryl. Quite frankly, it wasn't hard at all to find him, he was sitting by his tent skinning squirrels ( I think). I cleared my throat nervously.

He glanced up. 'What is it?' 'I'm uh heading into Atlanta to grab some stuff, Lori wanted me to take some people and Morales already agreed to come, so I was wonderin if maybe-

'You gunna get to the point?' ' Do you wanna come with us?' 'Sure gimme somethin to do when do we leave'.

'I was actually thinking now while we got some daylight left'. He nodded and I went to go get Morales to tell him we were leaving.

We hopped in Shane's tiny jeep, with Morales Driving, me in the passenger seat, and Daryl sitting in the back. We agreed to raid Price Chopper first and the whole ride there was spent in an uncomfortable silence. Morales parked the jeep by the back door and we all filed in with Daryl in the lead. Morales and I only having bats.

A two finger signal from Daryl meant that he wanted us to split up in different aisles. I took canned foods, Morales got bottles of water, and Daryl went to the pharmacy up front. Gripping the bat tightly in my hand I crept forward silently but stopped when I heard something drop.

Mickey POV

'Shit' I muttered when the can of spaghettios I grabbed fell to the ground. I was reminded of how empty the place actually was when the sound echoed softly throughout the building. As I bent down to pick it up ,I saw a pair of footsteps creeping up the aisle next to mine. Grabbing my hunting knife out of its sheath, I bent forward in a crouching position and stalked forward. Right when I rounded the corner I raised the knife above my head and was about to send it through the zombies brain. That is, until it turned around with a surprised expression on its face. A human face.

'AH!'

'oh my God!'

We sprung away from each other, and his baseball cap fluttered to the ground. Next thing I know, a pair of footsteps come running up the aisle and I am met with two other guys. One walked over to the guy I found, and they both relax their grips on the batts they have. The other one was pointing a crossbow at me.

'Daryl shes human!' that came from the guy who I ran into , and it caused crossbow dude- Daryl to relax his stance and bring his weapon down from his face. He nodded his head at me, which I took to be some kind of apology, and I shook my head back, still struggling to calm my racing heart.