Chapter 2

Abby watched as a man got out of the RV with a shotgun in his hand with a bag of guns overy his shoulder followed by another man that got out of the jeep with another shot gun. 'Yeah both men are armed' she thought watching them counting up all the guns. Then an old man with a white beard came out of the RV with a rifle followed by a woman with blond hair. The man with the beard said to another man that came out of thin air with a crossbow, "Watch for walkers," Then the man with the beard called after the blond haired woman that was obviously mad at him and said, "Andrea,"

Then Abby saw a little girl clutching a woman that she guessed was her mother. She watched another woman who was a brunette and a little boy come out of the RV and they looked like they were related. The sight of made Abby feel a little better but she stayed quiet wanting to figure out how many more people this group had with them. Abby then saw an Asian looking man with a red baseball camp and African American male come join the group that was gathered around the RV.

"Lori, Andrea, Carl, Sophia, Carol, Glenn, and Dale stay here and if you see a bunch of walkers get into the RV and drive away." The first man that Abby saw said. "Daryl and I are going to check the main building; T-Dog and Shane are going to check the other ones."

Abby watched as the man with the crossbow with no sleeves on his shirt and a man that as he got closer to the building was wearing a Sherriff uniform. When they got closer to the building she could not see them from this view. She heard one of them break open the front door and come into the main room.


Daryl kicked in the door and walked in with his crossbow in front of him with Rick on his right. Daryl scanned the room and by the light from the windows overhead he saw a small bed on the floor and on a table a bottle of some drink and a can of soup open. Daryl walked over to the soup while Rick was checking the rest of the building. He picked up the soup can and smelled it. It was fresh barely even a day old.

Daryl heard the squeak of wood and looked where Rick was standing. Rick had heard it too. Daryl looked around the room again and noticed the ladder leading to the loft. Daryl took his left right hand off the bow and pointed to the ladder.

Rick's eyes followed Daryl's finger and saw the ladder in the corner of the room leading to the loft. "Hello," Rick said.


Abby looked around her and smelled the dust and could feel a sneeze coming. 'Please no' she thought. She thought 'elephant' 'elephant' but that did not stop her from sneezing "AAAA-CHOOO!"


Both Daryl and Rick heard the sneeze and knew they were not alone and that there was somebody hiding in the loft.

"God Bless you," Rick said out of old habit when somebody sneezed and that is what you say. Daryl smirked at him but Rick ignored it and said to the person or persons in the loft, "Come down here and we promise we won't hurt you,"


Abby sat there a minute with the gun in her hand and heard what the man said to come down there and we promise we won't hurt you. "How do I know that?" She ask him changing her voice a little to sound older.

"You are just going to have to trust me. My name is Rick Grimes what is yours?"

"Abby,"

She sat there thinking of a way that she could get out of this. She sat up and through the boxes and desk she could see both of them trying to find where the voice had come from for it was too dark in the loft. She brought the gun to the level of the Rick's chest and heard him say. "Abby, I'm coming up,"

"No, I'll come down but not if both of you have your weapons at me."

"Okay," Rick said and put his hand on the other man's crossbow and lowered it.

Seeing them do this she kept her gun at her side hidden from view and stood up slowly. "What is the other guy's name?"

"Daryl Dixon," Rick said.

Abby took a few steps closer to the ladder and clicked the gun's safety on and hide it in her clothes not knowing if she is going to need it. When she got to the ladder she saw both of them standing there in front of her.

Rick asked her, "Is it just you?" Seeing it was a girl not much older than Carl or Sophia.

"Yes,"

She grabbed the edge of the ladder and climbed down to the bottom steps with those she jumped off.

"How old are ya?" Daryl asked knowing that they thought that they were talking to someone much older than her.

"Just turned fourteen." She said. "What do you want? More important: are any of you infected?"

"No, none of us are. You said you are alone if you want you can join our group their are women and children but what we want is a space to sleep and maybe some food and fuel."

"I have been alone for awhile now but I'll help you on one condition."

"What?" Daryl said smirking at her.

"If I don't join you I can have some ammo."

"Fine," Rick said and nodded to her. He was not use to having a fourteen year old talk the way she was with him. Daryl smirked at him again he hated the fact this would be the third time Rick would give away ammo.

All three of them walked out of the building and Rick was ready to make introductions to the group.

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