Summary: A pair of survivors heading to Atlanta run into the Dixon brothers and join the group of survivors at the Quarry.
"Slow the fuck up, Lyn!" Cora yelled. Her voice strangled from the panic caused by their current situation and the high speeds at which they were traveling.
It was a typical sweltering southern day, if you didn't take into account the supposed 'Zombie Apocalypse' that was going on. The two girls were traveling together, trying to reach the 'safe zone' that they had heard was in Atlanta.
"Oh, please, like anybody else is crazy enough to travel by now. Everyone has probably already gone to the safe zone or holed up to wait out this madness!" Lyn replied without taking her foot off the pedal in the least.
Lyn Reese, 28-year-old Veterinarian, was of average height with waist length black hair shot through with shocking Red highlights braided and slung over her shoulder and jade eyes that darkened or lightened with her mood. Cora Maddison, 28-year-old Trust Fund Baby better known to her friends and family as CC, was the same average height as her best friend but had short choppy blonde hair and dark blue eyes. Travelling with them on their way to Atlanta was their 3 devoted canine companions: Sasha (a Maremma Sheepdog), Takeshi (a German Shepherd), and Lochesh (an English Springer Spaniel).
Walking along a congested section of highway just up the road from the oblivious girls, two rough-looking men are picking through the abandoned vehicles in search of any useful supplies. Nearby is a truck parked inconspicuously with a small Asian nervously waiting at the wheel keeping lookout while his companions conduct their search.
"Crazy people, just up and leaving all this good shit behind." Daryl, the smaller of the two men griped. "Ah well, their loss our gain! We should get a good haul of stuff just from this little area here, looks like people got out in a right hurry."
"Just hurry it up, Little Brother," Merle snarled back, "Let's just grab the shit and get back before Twitchy gets too nervous and decides to leave our asses out here. Don't know why Officer Dumb Fuck demanded we had to bring him along."
They had just finished digging through most of the cars when they heard the sound of an approaching vehicle and Glenn, their apparent driver for this trip, hollering out a warning that someone was coming. They both turned to watch the approaching vehicle as it had been several days since they'd seen any more survivors aside from the group they had joined up with at the Quarry.
Inside the approaching vehicle, Lyn was squinting her eyes to see if they were approaching more survivors or some of the monstrous cannibals that had taken over the area. CC was urging her to just keep going regardless while Lyn decided to slow to a stop.
"Lyn! We just need to get to the safe zone! Who knows what kind of people they are!"
"Shut up, we might be able to get an update on what's going on around here if we talk to them. Besides, we got the boys here and so far they don't seem to set off their instincts so we will be just fine." Lyn finally came to a stop a few feet away from the brothers and slowly got out of the vehicle with Takeshi at her side. "Stay in the car with Sash and Loch, we're gonna be just fine."
The brothers tensed up as the vehicle came to a stop but relaxed when they realized it was just a couple of women and some dogs. As one of the women stepped out with a very large, black German Shepherd at her heels, they waited as she looked them over with a considering gaze before speaking.
"Hey there. Do you guys have any news on what's been going on? It's been a few days since my friend and I heard anything new. My name's Lyn, this is Takeshi and that's my friend CC still in the car." Lyn was a bit nervous as she introduced herself to the two men but was able to hide it well behind a calm mask as Takeshi leaned firmly against her side.
"Well, well, what a pretty pair of tits we got here! Eh, brother?" Merle exclaimed while he leered and started to swagger forward. He quickly came to a halt however when the large dog at Lyn's side tensed up and gave a quiet yet intimidating growl obviously suggesting he not come any closer for the time being. "You better keep a leash on that mutt girlie, got enough shit going on without having to deal with no rabid dogs."
"Takeshi is just protective, he don't take no shit from people who are a threat to us. As long as you play nice we'll all be just fine." Lyn sneered back at the guy she was quickly growing to dislike.
Merle snorted but grinned back in a slightly more friendly way at the sassy girl, "I reckon we can play nice for now. I'm Merle and this shrimp here is my brother, Daryl. Got ourselves a little Asian chauffeur over there in the truck, goes by the name of Glenn."
Daryl dipped his chin but didn't speak and when Glenn noticed eyes on him he quickly stepped out of the truck and waved while looking around for any Walkers before walking over to join the group. Seeing that everything seemed okay, CC also exited her vehicle with Sasha and Lochesh at her heels.
"Y'all are the first people we've seen in a few days since the first insanity blew through everywhere. We're headed to the safe zone in Atlanta." Lyn said, now that everyone seemed semi-comfortable with each other.
Glenn's eyes widened in shock before he exclaimed, "You don't want to go into the city! There's nobody left except Walkers and looters. Government bombed the place trying to control the outbreak. The safe zone is no more."
"What!?" CC shouted, "but that's where all the broadcasts were telling everyone to go! How could they just blow the place up? What do we do now?!" She collapsed to the ground and was quickly sniffling into Lochesh's silky fur as the dog attempted to comfort her.
"Place got overrun, nothing else they could do." Daryl put in as he eyed the crying girl with contempt, "Like the chink said, there ain't nothing left but the dead and dangerous."
Glenn was watching the girls with concern and spoke up, "There is a group of us camped out at the Quarry just outside of town a bit further down the road here. You guys are welcome to join us if you want. Safety in numbers and all that."
Lyn stood quietly for a few minutes considering their options before she turned to her friend, "Well, what do you say, CC? Sounds like as good an option as any. Not like we had any other plans yeah?"
Sniffling, CC just shrugged her shoulders before nodding her head in agreement. It was going to take her a little while to adjust to this new reality now that the promise of safety was gone.
"Well, sounds like we're gonna be best buddies, eh girls?! You just stick with Ol' Merle and you'll be right as rain." Merle put in with an exaggerated wink. Glenn, stuttering, offered to ride with the girls to the camp as they followed the Dixon brothers in the other truck after they loaded the supplies that they managed to scavenge.
A/N:
Characters introduced so far:
1. Lyn Reese - Age: 28 - Veterinarian [Inspired by Yusuf Orta on flickr, model Gulistan]
2. Cora 'CC' Maddison - Age 28 [Inspired by Hannah Spearritt/Abby Maitland on Primeval]
3. "The Boys" Sasha, Takeshi, and Lochesh
(Maremma Sheepdog, German Shepherd, and English Springer Spaniel)
4. Merle Dixon [Will def. be OOC from the show because I plan on keeping him around]
5. Daryl Dixon
6. Glenn Rhee [Sorry, no Maggie in this boys future]
I do not own TWD or any characters/storyline affiliated with it. Lyn, CC, and "The Boys" are mine but I'm not stingy. I'm not making nor planning to make any money off of this, it's just for myself to have a little fun with the show.
Apologies for any grammar mistakes, I'm writing this up in WordPad and I can't find any spell/grammar check function! You'll just have to use your imagination for the various accents characters should have as I wouldn't even know where to begin how to butcher the writing to showcase that.
