It was two weeks later when something exciting happened. Daryl taught me to shoot, and he told me I was a great shot. I told him it was only because I was determined to be good.
Some came through on Shane's radio. We could hear them, but they couldn't hear us. They man was heading towards Atlanta, and he had no clue what was there. It was a dead end, that guy is as good as dead.
Daryl left. He went on a two day hunting trip, since his brother was in the city with some of the others.
Not many people talk at me, let alone look at me. I don't mind much. Daryl, Lori, Glenn, Amy, Carl, Dale and Charlie.
Glenn was this nice asian guy in his early twenties. He usually makes the runs into the city to get supplies. I went with him one time, and I got in trouble Shane when we got back. Amy was probably around the same age as him, she said that she and her sister, Andrea, were on a road trip right before all this crap happened. She was from Florida.
Lori, she's screwing Shane. I was in the woods one day when I saw them. I couldn't look at anyone for the rest of day. Her son, Carl, he doesn't leave me alone. He always asks me to join the others, but I always shake my head.
Dale was this older guy, in his fifties or sixties. He talks to me a lot and never expects me to answer. He talks to me about his wife or sometimes the weather.
Right now I was sitting on the top of the RV, having nothing else to do. Dale was trying to fix his RV with Jim, since the hose blew out.
Amy was pacing, obviously worried about her sister. I wouldn't blame her, they were supposed to be back by now.
"It's late, they should have been back by now." She said.
"Worrying won't make it better." Dale replied.
"Hello, base camp!" It was T-Dog, "Can anybody out there hear me?"
I stood up and went over to the radio, which was on top of the cooler.
"Hello? Reception's bad on this end." I said into the radio.
"Is that them?" Lori asked.
I didn't answer as I fiddled with the radio, trying to hear it better.
"We're in some deep shit. We're trapped in the department store." T-Dog said.
"He say they're trapped?" Shane questioned and I nodded.
"There are geeks all over the place." T-Dog continued, "Hundreds of them. We're surrounded."
The radio made more static noises and then stopped.
"He said the department store." Lori said.
"I heard it, too." Dale replied.
"Shane?" Lori asked.
"No way. We do not go after them. We do not risk the rest of the group. Y'all know that." Shane stated.
"So we're just gonna leave her there?" Amy asked.
"Look, Amy, I know that this is not easy-"
"She volunteered to go, to help the rest of us." Amy said.
"I know, and she knew the risks, right? See, if she's trapped, she's gone. So we just have to deal with that." Shane told her. "There's nothing we can do."
"She's my sister, you son of a bitch." Amy growled at him before leaving.
I smirked, you tell him, girl. But then I realized.
Daryl is gonna be pissed when he gets back.
Lori ran after her and we went back to our chores, as if we never heard the radio turn on.
It soon began to rain and I grabbed the rain jacket I got for Charlie when I went on a run with Glenn. It was pink, her favorite color. Turns out she didn't need it, since the rain stopped a few minutes later.
About an hour or so later, there was this noise. Dale grabbed his binoculars and looked out into the distance by the road.
"Talk to me, Dale!" Shane exclaimed, running over.
"I can't tell yet." Dale replied.
"Is it them? Are they back?" Amy questioned.
"I'll be damned." Dale said.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Stolen car is my guess." Dale answered.
We all watched as a red sports car pulled up and we all walked over as Glenn got out, smiling.
"Holy crap. Turn that damn thing off!" Dale exclaimed.
"I don't know how!" Glenn replied.
As Shane asked for Glenn to pop the hood, Amy went over to the poor guy and started demanding to know where her sister was.
"Everybody's fine." Glenn answered when the alarm stopped. "Except Merle."
Crap.
"Are you crazy, driving this wailing bastard up here?" Shane asked, "Are you trying to draw every walker for miles?"
"I think we're okay." Dale said.
"You call being stupid okay?"
"Well, the alarm was echoing all over these hills. Hard to pinpoint the source." Dale replied and Shane gave him a look, "I'm not arguing. I'm just saying." He turned to Glenn, "It wouldn't hurt you to think things through a little more carefully next time, would it?"
"Sorry. Got a cool car." Glenn replied.
A truck then approached, probably the others. First it was Andrea, and Amy ran to her and they hugged. Then it was Jacqui, Morales, and T-Dog. No Merle. I looked over at Lori and Carl, and he was crying. He missed his dad.
"How'd y'all get out of there anyway?" Shane asked.
"New guy. He got us out." Glenn answered.
"New guy?" Shane questioned.
"Yeah, crazy vato just got into town." Morales turned to the truck, "Hey, helicopter boy! Come say hello!"
A man in a police uniform stepped out, "The guy's a cop like you."
Shane froze upon seeing the man, and when Carl and Lori looked over, they looked surprised.
"Oh my god." The man whispered.
"Dad! Dad!" Carl yelled as he ran towards the cop.
That was Carl's dad. I watched as Lori, Carl, and the cop hug. They were a family again. They were whole.