The next morning, Kendal woke up to the echoing sounds of gunshots and people running around. Grabbing her weapons, she stuck her head out and looked around for the source of the noise. "Not in this block." She mumbled to herself as she followed the group outside.
"It's in Block D!" Sasha sounded at Rick. He asked about C, but they said that it was clear and Hershel was staying on guard. Hearing another gunshot outside, Kendal looked over to see a herd of walkers start to shake the fence. "Shit!" She thought as she looked between the crowd of people running to Block D and to the fence. Taking in a deep breath and sliding her fishing spear from her back, Kendal sprinted as fast as her legs could carry her to the herd against the fence. "Carl! Michonne! Maggie!" She screamed down to them. Maggie and Carl were helping Michonne to the tower. Stopping in front of them, she panted, "What happened?"
Michonne looked up at her friend. "I heard the gunshots and I truned back around-"
"Some walkers got into the gate," Carl explained calmly, "But we took care of them." Kendal looked from the boy to the woman on the right. Maggie nodded and so did Kendal. Looking back over their shoulder, the long brunette licked her dry lips.
"Okay, take Michonne to safety, I'll try to clear the fence." Before anyone could figure out what she meant or could stop her, Kendal started running again, with her fishing spear held tightly in her hands.
Down by the fence, Kendal started stabbing thought the fence. She used quick and short movements, but the crowd just kept getting bigger and bigger. She was the only one. Again.
An image of a man's face flashed before her eyes and she had to step back.
"Help!" Kendal's voice rang in the air, "Help!" She was alone and on the ground with a walker clinging onto her feet. Kicking and scream only attracted more of them. Looking back at the man in the distance, she saw him shaking his head when she called him name. He shook his head and ran away. "HELP!"
"Rick! Daryl!" Maggie's voice brought her back from her thoughts and she could see that her knuckles were white around her fishing spear. "Damn it." Kendal thought as she started stabbing the undead in the eye sockets. Whenever she killed one, another one took its place. She didn't notice the concaving fence until she heard Maggie shouted about the fence giving. Daryl, Maggie, Rick and Glenn joined her with metal rods and piercing the walkers thought the falling fence.
Daryl looked over at the braided haired brunette and saw that she was mindlessly stabbing through the fence. Her eyes weren't on the zombies, but something else. The fence shook and everyone's grunts and the walkers' growls were starting to mix together.
"Are you seeing this?" Sasha shouted over the noise. The group looked over and saw half eaten rats on their side of the fence. Kendal had a small flash back to the hallway the other day, but wasn't able to understand the connections because of how quickly the fence was starting to fall. When stabbing wasn't enough to stop them, the group started to try and push the fence back. Kendal kept stabbing.
"Everybody back!" Daryl shouted, "Everyone back now!" The group stood back, and he had to pull Kendal off of the fence. She was panting harder than the rest of them and looked up at Daryl. "I said back!" He growled at her. Dropping the point of her spear and letting it hang by the noose around her wrist. She swallowed and nodded quickly. He saw her eyes come back to the way they were while she was blinking faster than her panting.
"Daryl get the truck," Rick finally spoke, "I know what to do." Daryl ran off while giving Kendal one last look. Unsure of what the look actually meant, Kendal just stood there and watched as Daryl brought around the truck and Rick loaded the truck with a box of the piglets. Maggie and Glenn opened the gate to let them out and closed it behind them. The fence kept tilting, but this time Kendal was hesitant to start back up again.
"Don't just stand there!" Sasha shouted at her. Holding her breath, the woman started poking through the fence with all of her strength. She stopped when the walkers turned their attention to the truck with Rick in the back. Everyone stood and watched as the first piglet was devoured, but then started to set thick, wooden pillars against the fence and forced it as straight as possible.
Once they returned, Kendal and the others had finished with as much support as they could do for the fence. "Hey." Rick walked up to her, but kept his distance, "Have you been around Patrick recently?" He asked her.
A little bit confused, Kendal nodded slowly. "I ran into him yesterday when he was going to the library for Storytime," She noticed the looks everyone gave each other, "Why? What's wrong?"
Rick looked back at her with restless eyes. "Patrick died last night from some sort of flu," Kendal felt as if her heart stopped, "and he attacked the people in Cell Block D." He explained.
"We are separating anyone that could have gotten infected into another Cell Block until we get the whole thing sorted out." Glenn explained, glancing a little over at Maggie.
"But I'm fine." Kendal held her stomach, "I don't feel queasy or feverish." She tried to explain. "Maybe the flu won't affect me." She looked at Rick with her dark green eyes. "I know you're just trying to keep it safe, but right now separating everyone that aren't showing symptoms might just make things worse."
The group didn't speak at first. "Kendal, we just need you to-"
"I'm not going anywhere until I-!" Then her words were caught in her throat and she started coughing and holding her stomach. The group took a step back and she shook her head. "It's… just a cough…" She said, trying to catch her breath. Daryl stomped forward and grabbed her firmly by the bicep. She tried to shake herself free, but he only tightened his grip.
"Stop fighting, you stubborn-ass woman." He growled as he dragged her away from the group.
