Chapter 2
Drips of water started to pour upon the roof of the house creating low tapping sounds. There was thunder in the distance booming loudly and creating eerie flashes.
"I'm scared," said Carl holding on to his mother Lori.
Lori held on to him close. The rest of the group stayed silent trying to make it through the intense storm. Shane felt a bit desperate, circling around the door; desperate to protect Lori and Carl who looked exceedingly afraid of the storm.
Upstairs in the small room was Rick, X and Lippy. X kept a quick eye on the scope searching the area for any Walkers who might be attracted from the water drops that banged on the roof. Rick leaned on the window pane watching the blur.
"This house may not hold so long," whispered X with one eye tightly shut.
Rick shook his head but X failed to see.
"Walkers are going to overcome this place soon and we'll need an escape route," X told him.
Rick thought about the farm and backed away from the window. X quickly noticed him retreat her side.
"What?" said X turning around to look at him.
"You're right," agreed Rick taking a seat on the bed.
X thought for a while looking at her hands nervously.
"Well," she started "I do have something."
Rick glanced up at her. "What is it?"
"I'll only show you ok, nobody else."
Rick hesitated then nodded his head.
X stood and quickly started to tip toe downstairs, Rick quickly followed silently. Once they made their way around the group, who were in the living room, they made their way to the back door of the house.
"It's not barricaded?" whispered Rick near her ear.
X didn't say anything; she quickly opened the back door grabbing ahold of a bat on the way. They both cautiously walked out into the rain. Moving at a slow speed they made their way to a close by garage. The rain poured heavily against both of their bodies.
"You didn't tell me about this," said Rick.
"We don't talk as much," replied X.
X pulled a small key from her pocket and unlocked the chain. Rick helped her undo the chain to unlock the garage door. As soon as they opened the door, they both hurried in. Rick huffed wiping his face from the heavy rain. X shut the door quickly. They both stood there in the complete dark, soaking wet from the rain. X moved slowly to turn on the light.
Rick looked around to notice the big van.
X scoffed looking at him.
"Yeah," she started "This is how I get around. I haven't been here for so long. I have to travel around. The Walkers usually overrun every place I stay."
Rick's eyes were glued at the van.
"You travel alone?"
"All the time," replied X with a slight blush.
She pushed her wet damp hair out of her face.
"This van is big enough to hold everyone from the group," suggested Rick.
"No," replied X quickly.
Rick took his eyes off the van to look at her. X walked up to Rick, having limited space both bodies were a couple inches away, she looked up at him.
"I don't want to travel with your group Rick," she explained.
Rick glanced down at her.
"I would travel alone with you, but not with them," X finished.
Rick glanced at her.
"Why me," Rick asked.
"You're the only one with a good sense of what's going on. You know how to handle problems and you're actually very smart Rick."
Rick and X stared at each other for a couple minutes; standing there soaking wet. Tension started to surround them like a cloud of smoke. Rick lost train of thought; all he knew was he stood there in an isolated garage alone with an amazingly wet hot chick in a world full of flesh eating monsters. Nothing mattered anymore and if things were done consequences wouldn't matter either.
Rick pressed his body against X's and leaned in slowly towards her face. X instantly lifted her hands to touch his face. His lips touched hers slightly when abruptly there was a loud bang at the door.
Rick retreated from her side and X quickly jumped over the hood of the van and grabbed her bat. She lightly stood near Rick now.
"Ready?" asked Rick.
X gave him a light tap and Rick quickly opened the garage door.
"The hell is ya'll doing here?"
It took Rick and X about a couple seconds to realize that it was Shane. Shane made them both back up into the garage.
"So this is what you two are hiding? Maybe I should inform the entire group about this right?" growled Shane.
"Shane, back off!" yelled Rick "She just showed me this right now!"
"You guys haven't been with me long enough! This is my van so back the fuck up!" warned X.
Shane scoffed glaring at X.
"First that sniper and now this, what else you got girl?" hissed Shane walking up to her.
Rick stood in front of X quickly.
"Lay off, she's helping us," growled Rick.
Shane scoffed and took one last glance at both of them. He quickly retreated from the garage and stepped into the rain.
"Knowing him, he's probably going to tell everyone," said Rick.
X didn't respond, she merely walked out into the rain and followed Shane. As she stomped through the muddy ground the rain grew much harder. Rick didn't follow her; he knew it would be wrong. He knew everything was wrong and things were going to get much more complicated. Knowing Shane, Rick knew he was going to try to destroy something.
X followed Shane's footsteps finding him upstairs near Lippy.
"Get away from him," X growled demanding Shane away from her sniper.
Shane rubbed the snipers surface softly; running his fingers around the smooth surface.
"One shot and I'll leave," said Shane.
"There are no Walkers around," hissed X eyeing Shane carefully.
"Let's look," whispered Shane.
X took a couple steps near Shane and looked out the window.
"Hey," came out a voice.
Both Shane and X turned to see Andrea.
"Walkers they're headed here! A whole load of them," panicked Andrea.
"What," questioned Shane.
Shane glanced through the scope to see a horde of Walkers headed near the house.
"Shit quick Andrea alert everyone and I'll go arrange the guns," rushed Shane.
Shane took one last glance at X then ran out with Andrea.
X's heart began to pound. She glanced out the window noticing how close the Walkers were to the house. Some were already near the house banging on the windows. She began to panic. X looked at Lippy then thought about Rick. Was he still in the garage?
X couldn't think, she didn't know what was the right thing to do; get Rick or pack up Lippy and supplies.
"Lippy stay strong," she whispered touching her shiny sniper.
She ran downstairs to see the group scurrying around and trying to create more barricades. X's eyes watered as she heard the poundings on the door and the cries of the young boy Carl. She watched in horror as Lori held Carl tightly in her arms trying to assure him that they were going to live and make it through.
X picked up the courage to run to the back. She looked at her bare fist and looked out the open door. Her breath grew unstable. She picked up a random kitchen knife and ran out into the wild rain. She began with a run but was stopped to see that the Walkers made their way through to the backyard. One Walker was at her sight and quickly noticed her. It began to walk towards her. X couldn't keep her eyes off the Walkers ice blue dead eyes; the rotting flesh dripping blood and now water. X's eyes watered as the Walker closed in on her, growling with a hungry moan.
The Walker held out its arms and screamed an excited moan. X quickly stabbed its head with tears pouring from her eyes like the rain. She stabbed the Walker multiple times causing the blood to pour all over clothes. She sobbed letting the Walker fall on the ground helplessly. She fell to her knees and sobbed over the Walkers body.
She glanced up and looked at the garage. With every last strength X got up to her feet and ran towards the garage. X opened the door and looked to see Rick with the car.
"R-Rick," she gasped.
"The blood X are you ok?" asked Rick walking up to her.
"The Walkers there are hundreds out there. They know we're here and they're over running us. We have to get out of here."
"What, oh my god Carl and Lori," Rick panicked.
Rick ran back to the house having X follow him. As soon as they got there they both were horrified to see that the house was already over run. Everyone using guns trying to hold back the Walkers and the barricades already broken: run down.
Rick quickly got to action evacuating his family as well as the others out of the house.
"Everyone to the garage now!"
Rick looked at X giving her a quick apologizing message.
X knew what Rick was going to do. He was going to use her van to escape and she didn't reject the idea. She let him get by; all she wanted was her sniper Lippy.
"X where are you going? We have to go now," yelled Rick as X ran upstairs.
"I have to get Lippy," answered X running up towards the room.
Her sniper lay there in a good position. X quickly picked up the rifle and began to unclip Lippy's attachments leaving him completely naked. She quickly picked up here duffle bag and packed up her ammunition and all of Lippy's parts. X wrapped the snipers strap around her chest and hurried to the window to look at the Walkers.
"X hurry we have to get out of here," said Andrea.
X looked at Andrea.
"Downstairs," asked X with an unstable voice.
"Shit," growled Andrea noticing the Walkers climb upstairs now.
Andrea rapidly began to pop off headshots but the Walkers kept coming.
"They aren't stopping X!"
X quickly positioned Lippy at her best ability and began to shoot Walkers from the window.
"And everyone else," asked X with a loud combat voice.
Andrea didn't stop shooting she merely answered "everyone is at the van with Rick."
X heard the van start up with a loud roar. They were escaping with her van, they were leaving Andrea and X to die.
"Fuck there are way too many! We're not going to live!"
"I'm out," screamed Andrea.
X quickly pushed Lippy onto her back.
"Hurry, can you help me get that mattress to stall them and we'll escape from the window to get on the roof," screamed X.
Andrea quickly got to action pulling the mildly heavy mattress towards the small passageway that lead downstairs. X helped her position the mattress in front of the narrow stairway.
"Come on," yelled X.
Andrea and X made their way towards the window. Andrea hurried out first since she had no supplies at hand. X quickly followed but struggled massively due to her duffle and sniper. Andrea climbed up quickly towards the roof.
"Alright I'm up, pass me your sniper and duffle so that you could get up," shouted Andrea.
X climbed out the window slowly acknowledging the heavy rain. X noticed the mattress collapse and the Walkers quickly recover from it.
"Shit," whispered X.
X stood on the thin surface near the window. She quickly slipped Lippy off of her back and passed it to Andrea.
"Hurry this isn't going to hold for long," cried X.
X carefully turned almost slipping from the rain. The Walkers were at the window now reaching towards X's legs.
"ANDREA!"
Andrea quickly pulled Lippy in position and shot the Walkers in the window.
"GET ME UP NOW!"
Andrea threw the sniper aside and leaned over ready to help X. X held the gutters tightly.
"Take my hand!"
X grasped on to her hand quickly and Andrea pulled with her every strength.
"Hurry climb up before anymore Walkers come out!"
X struggled grasping onto her arm and with carrying the duffle she made her way towards the roof. Finally reaching the roof X sobbed and gasped because her life was in severe danger.
"Andrea we're not going to make it," whispered X.
"Not with this fucking rain. They can't reach us for a while. We have to stay here until we can find help."
"Help?" gasped X.
X shook her head.
Andrea stood and looked down.
"There's too many, you're right we are fucked."
"I can't believe they left us," said X.
"They know we can make it on our own. Rick knows us and he's confident about you."
X glanced at Andrea who didn't take her eyes off the ground. X pulled off the duffle bag and laid it on the wet surface. She quickly pulled Lippy towards her lap.
Andrea glanced back at X.
"That's one sexy sniper."
X laughed and looked up at Andrea.
"Thanks I had him since I was fifteen. Yeah I was pretty reckless. Had a passion for rifles thanks to my father," X said calmly holding Lippy close to her.
"That's unique. Never met a sniper chick," laughed Andrea staring at X.
"And you? You're pretty good with guns yourself. Those headshots are amazing."
Andrea laughed and walked up to X.
"It was Shane. He pushed me to become a good shot. In this world that's what you need. Every bullet counts now," said Andrea.
X smiled and looked up at the dark cloudy sky.
"Yeah every bullet counts," she whispered taking liberty to release stray tears since it was raining, she knew Andrea wouldn't notice.
X couldn't believe how scared she felt about the entire situation. She wanted to know Rick was safe. If he was she knew he'd be all over Lori and Carl. Most likely Rick had forgotten about her and Andrea.