*Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead or any of its characters. I only own is my OCs Ava, and Harper. *

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No Rest for the Undead

Chapter Two: Guts; Part Two

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Roof

We were all gathered on the roof trying to come up with a way to get out of here. So far nobody had managed to come up with a decent plan. Harper was lying down on the ground next to a pipe. The poor thing was dead tired and practically asleep already.

"That construction site, those trucks… they always keep keys on hand," Rick exclaimed.

I glanced over at the construction site and all the walkers moving around on the streets below.

"You'll never make it past the walkers," Morales stated.

"You got me out of that tank," Rick said, looking at Glenn.

"Yeah, but they were feeding. They were distracted," Glenn countered.

"Can we distract them again?" Rick questioned.

"Right. Listen to him. He's onto something. A diversion, like on Hogan's Heroes," Merle muttered.

"God. Give it a rest," Jacqui said.

"They're drawn by sound, right?" Rick asked.

"Right, like dogs. They hear a sound, they come," Glenn replied.

"What else?" Rick asked.

"Aside from they hear you? They see you, smell you and if they catch you, they eat you," Morales stated.

"They can tell us by smell?" Rick questioned.

"Can't you?" Glenn said.

"They smell dead, we don't. It's pretty distinct," Andrea stated.

I glanced at Rick and could see the gears turning in his head. I had an idea of what he was thinking, and there ain't no way in hell I'm smearing walker guts all over myself or somebody else. Mom had prepared me for a lot of things but that was definitely not one of them.

"Come on I've got an idea. Ava stay here with Harper, this isn't something she should see, and she can't be left alone," Rick ordered.

Well that solves that problem then. I walked over to where Harper was sitting and sat down next to her. I put my arm around her and pulled her into my side. She cuddled into my side and her breathing evened out letting me know she'd fallen asleep. Pepper walked over and curled up on my lap. About twenty minutes later everybody except Rick and Glenn walked through the doors onto the roof.

"Hey, T-Dog, try that C.B." Morales suggested.

T-Dog moved over to the C.B. and started fiddling with it. I gently laid Harper down, pushed Pepper off my lap, and stood up. I walked over to where everybody else was standing.

"Base camp, this is T-Dog. Anybody hear me? Can anybody out there hear me?" T-Dog said into the C.B.

I looked down the street looking for Rick and Glenn. But I couldn't spot them among the walkers. God, I hope Rick's plan works.

"There," Morales exclaimed, pointing at two people moving through the street.

Suddenly thunder rumbled overhead, and I glanced up at the cloudy sky. Oh damn. Rain. That could wash away the smell and leave Rick and Glenn out in the open with no cover.

"Hello? Hello? Reception's bad on this end. Repeat. Repeat," A voice exclaimed over the C.B.

The voice came out muffled and slightly garbled.

"Shane, is that you? We're in some deep shit. We're trapped in the department store. There are geeks all over the place. Hundreds of 'em. We're surrounded," T-Dog stated.

But all we got back in return was static. Damnit! Thunder rumbled overhead again, and I felt tiny arms wrap around my leg. I glanced down and saw Harper wrapped around my leg, shaking. I ran my fingers through her hair trying to calm her down. Suddenly rain started falling from the sky and I groaned.

"Oh man. It's just a cloudburst. We get 'em all the time. It'll pass real quick," Morales explained.

I glanced down at the street nervously. Rick and Glenn were still moving down the street, though it seemed like the walkers were taking notice of the fact that they weren't really dead. Suddenly one of the walkers charges at them and Rick smashes it's skull in with an axe. The two of them take off running down the street killing a few walkers along the way.

"Come on, come on, come on," Morales chants.

"Those two are fucking crazy sons o' bitches," Merle stated.

At last Rick and Glenn reached the fence to the construction site, and both of them flung their weapons over the fence before climbing over it. Glenn went off to find the keys for the truck while Rick shot any walkers that tried to get over the fence. After a few seconds Glenn tosses Rick a set of keys and the two race for one of the trucks. They climb into the trucks and slam the doors shut just as a walker reaches them. The truck takes off heading away from us.

"They're leaving us," Andrea stated.

"No, no they're not. They wouldn't leave us," I countered.

"Well then where are they going?" Andrea questioned.

"I don't know but I know that they'll come back for us," I replied.

A few moments later the C.B. crackles and Glenn's voice came through.

"Those roll-up doors at the front of the store facing the street… Meet us there and be ready," Glenn ordered.

"Everybody get your shit and get moving," I shouted, grabbing my sling backpack.

I secured it on my back and Pepper jumped up and nestled herself between the bag and my back.

"T-Dog can you take my hiking bag, I've gotta carry Harper?" I asked.

T-Dog nodded his head and took the bag from me and picked up his own bag as well. I grabbed Harper as everyone else grabbed their stuff. We all raced off the roof and down to the loading dock, passing by the glass doors that now had several large cracks in them. We didn't have much time left. We reached the loading dock and Andrea grabbed hold of the chain that was used to open the doors.

"Okay. Okay. I got it," Andrea stated.

Morales shushed Andrea, and I could just barely hear some sort of loud wailing noise from outside.

"What is that?" Andrea asked.

I heard the sound of an engine being revved. The sound of shattering glass hit my ears, and I glance back the way we came.

"Shit, they're in the store!" I exclaimed.

Three knocks on the door let us know that Rick was right outside. Andrea with help from T-Dog and Morales opened the door, and everybody started tossing their bags into the cube truck. Andrea jumped into the truck and turned back to me and held her hands out for Harper. I passed her off to Andrea before jumping into the truck. T-Dog and Jacqui jumped in, then Merle and Morales.

"We're in," Morales said, turning to try and close the back doors.

Rick rushed up to the front of the truck and started driving away from the store. I could see walkers moving out the load dock doors, and then the next second Morales had the doors closed. I drop to the floor of the truck, breathing heavily. I felt Pepper crawl out from between my back and the bag. Harper is suddenly in my lap with her face buried in my neck. I can feel tears falling onto my neck, and I wrap my arms around her.

"Where's Glenn?" Andrea askes suddenly.

I glance up and notice that Glenn isn't in the truck. Fear takes hold of me for a second thinking we lost him somehow.

"He's in another car. He led the walkers off with the car so that I could get the truck to you guys," Rick explained.

I sighed in relief and leaned back against the truck wall. Thank god! I may not have known Glenn for long but he saved Rick's, Harper's, and my life when he didn't have to, not to mention he seemed like a nice person. Morales climbed up to the passenger seat and started giving Rick directions back to where their group is at. I sighed, let my head fall back against the van wall. Harper had once again fallen asleep in my lap. I smiled down at her, thinking she had the right idea.

"Wake me up when we get there," I muttered, closing my eyes.

I heard a snort and several 'will do's' as I drifted off…