Born to be Wild


THE REST OF THE GROUP, spare Merle and T-Dog, went to the basement, staring down into the old drainage tunnel.

"We'll be right behind you." Andrea assured Glenn.

"No, you won't." he rebuked. "Not you."

"Why not me?" Andrea raised her eyebrow. "Think I can't?"

Glenn swallowed, stuttering when he tried to answer. "Speak your mind." Rick told him.

Taking a deep breath and exhaling, Glenn calmed his nerves. "Look, until now it was only me and Kenzi coming into town." he glanced at the aforementioned former thief. "In and out, grab a few things. No problem, back before dinner. The first time we bring a group, everything goes to hell."

"No offense to you guys." Kenzi interjected, tapping her nails on the guard rail.

"If you want me to go down this gnarly hole, fine, but only if we do it my way." Glenn went on. "It's tight down there. If I run into something and have to get out quick, I don't want you all jammed up behind me getting me killed. I'll take one person." Rick was about to volunteer, but Glenn halted him. "Not you either." he added. "I've seen you shoot. I'd feel better if you were out in that store watching those doors, covering our asses." Glenn looked out to the rest of the group. "Andrea's got a gun, so you two should watch the doors." he glanced between Rick and Andrea before his eyes met Kenzi's, "Be my wing-girl?"

Kenzi's lips curled into a smile. "You don't even have to ask." she chuckled. "Jacqui, you and Morales stay here." she told them, removing her satchel bag and laying it on the ground, "If something happens, yell down to us." she told them. "We'll get back up here as fast as we can."

Rick and Andrea left as Glenn and Kenzi descended the ladder into the darkness, carrying their flashlights in their mouths.

The pair treded lightly, being wary of the rats in the scurrying around their feet. One squeaked loudly, spooking Glenn. Kenzi bit her lip, but that didn't stop a slight giggle from escaping her lips. "You're not afraid of much, are ya K?" Glenn noted, glancing at his friend.

"Not really." Kenzi agreed, cracking a small smile. "It's not the first time I've been in a sewer." she shone her light around, her other hand resting on the hilt of her sword.

Glenn shook his head, "You ever going to come clean about your life before?"

Kenzi shrugged as they turned the corner, "Maybe, it's not really all that interesting." Shining her light ahead, she caught the sight of a grated over sewer entrance. "Yeah, there's the sewer tunnel. Nice call Jacqui."

"Can we cut through it?" Glenn asked, standing beside her.

"Maybe." she answered. "If we had a blowtorch and half a day." Kenzi looked over the grate. "I'll tell ya this, Grandpappy Dale's hacksaw sure as hell won't do the job." she did her best southern drawl, making Glenn chuckle.

A squealing rat startled the two, followed by the sound of tearing and a growl. Gulping, Glenn moved his flashlight down and shone it right on a walker who was eating the rodent. Once it saw them, it reached through the grate, making both humans jump back with a reflexive yelp. Kenzi drew her katana and rammed the blade through the walker's open mouth, the end coming out of the lower back portion of the skull.

"Nice." Glenn panted, slowly backing away.

Kenzi yanked her blade free, backing up a few paces in front of Glenn. "Reflexes." she defended. The two ran back the way they came, regrouping with Morales and Jacqui, explaining that the sewers is not an escape option.


When the hoard of corpses outside the doors broke through the first layer of glass, everyone grabbed their supplies and went back to the roof to look for another way out of the city.

Using a pair of binoculars, Rick scanned the surrounding area, finding a construction yard a few blocks away. "That construction site, those trucks They always keep keys on hand." he informed.

Morales looked down at the dozens of corpses below. "You'll never make it past the walkers." he pointed out.

Rick turned to Glenn. "You got me out of that tank."

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

"Can we distract them again?" the sheriff asked.

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

Kenzi shook her head, "Shut up, гандон.[1]" she spat. "Give it a rest."

Rick took a deep breath and exhaled. "They're drawn by sound, right?" he questioned. "What else?"

"They see you, smell you and if they catch you, they eat you." Morales listed.

"They can tell us by smell?" Rick raised an eyebrow.

"Can't you?" Andrea questioned.

"They smell dead, we don't." Kenzi added. "It's pretty distinct."

Rick sat on that for a few minutes, an idea sparking on how to differentiate between their scent and that of the walkers.

Morales and Rick dragged one of the dead walkers into the basement, dropping it in the center of the group. Everyone was dressed in long raincoats and had rubber gloves and face shields on.

"If bad ideas were an Olympic event, this would take the gold." Kenzi sighed, her eyes moving from Rick to the corpse at their feet.

Rick grabbed the fire ax and held it ready to begin butchering the corpse, but paused for a moment. He knelt down and searched the body, pulling out a brown wallet. "Wayne Dunlap." he sighed, pulling out the license. "Georgia license. Born in 1979." Rick handed the ID card to Glenn. "He had twenty-eight dollars in his pocket when he died, and a picture of a pretty girl. 'With love, from Rachel.'" Everyone exchanged glances, acknowledging the loss of the man's humanity when he reanimated. "He used to be like us." Rick continued. "Worrying about bills, or the rent, or the Super Bowl. If I ever find my family, I'm gonna tell them about Wayne."

Glenn swallowed, "One more thing." he added, getting everyone's attention. "He was an organ donor."

Rick nodded and stood up, gripping the fire ax. With one swift motion, he hacked away. Sounds of crunching bone, squishing and gurgling, and a fowl smell filled the air, prompting gasps and retches from the group.

"I am so gonna hurl." Glenn said, bracing his hands on his knees, fighting his gag reflex.

"I am right there with ya." Kenzi agreed, holding her arm over her nose, her eyes stinging from the fowl odor of the decaying body.

Once the body was hacked up and the guts were spilling over, Andrea, Jacqui, Morales, and T-Dog reached inside the body and started smearing the contents on the coats that Glenn, Kenzi, and Rick were wearing.

"Oh, this is bad." Glenn whined, closing his eyes while Andrea smeared guts on him. "This is really bad."

"Think about something else." Rick encouraged. "Puppies and kittens."

"Dead puppies and kittens." T-Dog muttered, smearing guts onto Kenzi, who squeezed her eyes shut.

Glenn couldn't hold it in any longer and vomited right there, making everyone gag and groan. "This is just evil." Kenzi said through gritted teeth, looking to Rick. "What in the name of all that's holy is wrong with you?" She fought her own urge to vomit when T-Dog looped an intestine around the belt of her coat. "О Господи.[2]" she muttered in a squeaky voice.

"Do we smell like them?" Rick asked.

"Oh yeah." Andrea agreed.

"If we make it back, be ready." Rick told everyone.

"What about Merle Dixon?" T-Dog asked. Rick tossed him the key to the handcuffs.


After making use of the walker's guts, Kenzi, Rick, and Glenn entered the alleyway, wary of their surroundings. They dragged their feet and lightly moaned as they walked the streets through the crowds of walkers. Unbeknownst to Glenn and Rick, Kenzi had hidden her satchel and katana underneath her raincoat, and she was ready to jump into action the moment things looked like they were about to go south. She still had the gun she stole from Merle and the rest of the guns and ammunition she gathered on before they hit the department store.

The sky was slowly turning grey and thunder started rumbling, giving everything an ominous feeling. The thunder started sounding in shorter bursts, and soon rain began to fall. The rain started to wash the guts off the trio, their human scent coming through. A walker barely a few inches from Kenzi sniffed the air, slowly turning in her direction. It let out a growl and Kenzi silenced it by whipping out her katana and slashing the forehead, brain matter flying everywhere. Her coat fell to the ground as she yelled for Glenn and Rick to run.

Kenzi's past experiences with the world of the Fae came flooding back to her as she sliced and slashed her way through the walkers swarming her and her friends. Her midnight-black hair stuck to her face as she jumped onto the hood of a car, killing walkers that blocked her path, clearing the way for Rick and Glenn. As they came upon the construction yard, Kenzi flipped over the fence, sticking her landing and sheathing her blade almost simultaneously. She spun on her heels, drawing the gun she stole from Merle Dixon and started firing shots, striking walker's dead center in the head as Rick and Glenn joined her.

"Get the keys Glenn!" Kenzi shouted over the gunfire. Her and Rick fired off more rounds, covering Glenn.

"Go Kenzi, I'm right behind you." Rick ordered.

The young girl didn't argue as she bolted towards the van, Rick following her. Glenn tossed him the keys and they crowded in the front with Kenzi in the middle. A walker pounded on the window, and the rest of the crowd were beating against the fence, eventually breaking it down and charging ahead. Rick sped away from the site just in time, the rain letting up and the sun creeping through the clouds.

"They're all over that place." Glenn freaked, catching his breath.

"You two need to draw them away." Rick said, making the younger kids look at him. "Those roll-up doors at the front of the store. That's what I need cleared. Raise your friends. Tell them to get down there and be ready."

"And we're drawing the geeks away how?" Kenzi asked.

"Noise." Rick answered, pulling off into a car lot. His eyes landed on a red Dodge Challenger. "Can either of you hotwire a car." Kenzi raised her hand, "Good, let's go."

Kenzi used her Shadow Thief skills and unlocked the car, opening up the panel under the driver's side and hot wired the sports car, the engine roaring to life. "бинго![3]" she squealed, jumping to her feet. "So, what's the plan sheriff?"

"Blare the horn and lead the walkers away, I'll double back and get your friends." Rick answered. "Loop around and find me."

Glenn nodded. "Alright, let's blow this freak show." Kenzi voted, sliding across the hood and climbed into the passenger seat, taking note of the sunroof, a grin spreading across her face.


Glenn threw the car in reverse, drawing the approaching walkers to their direction. He held up the walkie, contacting the rest of their group, "Those roll-up doors at the front of the store facing the street, meet us there and be ready!" he tossed the walkie into Kenzi's bag, noticing her grin. "Uh Kenz, what's with the grin."

She winked, "You'll see. Just drive and leave the geeks to me." she pulled out her fifth generation, iPod nano that was sleek purple. One of her many Fae allies had charmed it so it never died. She scanned her music and plugged in the auxillary cord.

"Where the hell did you find one of those that still worked?" Glenn asked, completly surprised.

"Please, it's mine." Kenzi chuckled. She turned up the volume as loud as it would go, blasting Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild. "Now, drive man!"

Glenn obliged, luring the horde of walkers away so Rick could double back to get the rest of the group. Kenzi opened the sunroof, digging around in her bag, pulling out two handguns and loaded them. She glanced back and saw the walkers were in perfect shooting range. "What're you planning to do?" Glenn asked, glancing at his friend.

She locked the guns and switched the safety off, holding them up parallel to her face. "Time to Boondock Saints these пидарасы[4]." she giggled, bracing her knees against the passenger seat as she lifted herself through the sunroof, aiming the guns. She started firing off rounds, taking out the walkers that got too close to the car.

The smoke from the exhaust created a great smoke cover when it was time for Glenn to loop around. Kenzi slid down and closed the sunroof, tossing the empty magazines and guns in her bag and turning down the music to a moderate level.

"Kenzi, I think I'm in love with you." Glenn chuckled, jabbing the girl's shoulders. "That was awesome!"

Kenzi flipped her hair back and laughed, "God, I haven't had this much fun in a long time." Thoughts of her friends, no, her family, came to her mind. All the crazy shit they would do, the good ol' times.

Glenn reached over and patted her knee. "Seriously, you're amazing K." he went on.

Kenzi smiled, placing her hand over Glenn's, "Thanks." she replied.

Up ahead of them was the van. Glenn pulled up next to them and the two waved at Rick, before switching lanes and heading back to the campsite. "Born to be wild." the two sang along, laughing and slapping a high-five.


A/N: First of all, I would like to thank WitchLove for the very first review on this story, so thank you very much! And to answer your question, yes I am planning on adding some of the other characters from Lost Girl in future chapters. Keep reading to find out who.

Translations:

[1] "гандон"= "scumbag"

[2] "О Господи"= "O lord."

[3] "бинго!"= "Bingo!"

[4] "пидарасы"= "motherfuckers"