"That was Merle." Morgan said. We were heading back to where Luke, Layla and Keith.

"He seems entertaining." I said. He smiled.

"You haven't changed." He said.

"Is that a good thing?" I asked. He said nothing, which told me it wasn't. "So how did you manage with Conner and Brianna?" I changed the subject. God knows those two have no will power and will cave in to their lust and desire without a second thought.

He laughed. "I don't know. The world's ending and those two are too busy making out to notice." I didn't doubt that one bit. "Before Merle came into the picture I could barely separate them."

"That does not surprise me." I said.

"Now they have to sneak around from the red neck that doesn't sleep." He said.

"Heh." I said. We had reached the others. Morgan and I explained what was going on. Then we lead them back to where Merle and the others would be. Keith drove his car slowly behind us while everyone else walked.

"I think we might have a spare tent in my truck, but no promises." Morgan said.

"It's fine." I said. As long as I can actually sleep.

"Since you're new, you'll get first watch." Merle said behind us.

"Where the hell did you come from?!" Layla exclaimed. Merle laughed victoriously, not answering her.

"You'll get use to it after a while." Morgan assured her, "He does that all the time."

Oh boy.

"Walkers will sneak up on you." Merle said, trying to explain.

"Walkers make noise." I said. Merle looked at me. "They grunt."

Merle then laughed at me for the second time today. "True." He said before walking ahead. He looked to his left before quickly hiding behind one of the trees. Morgan copied him, and Luke, Layla, and I copied Morgan. I looked back at Keith and gave him the signal to stop, which he did instantly. I peeked out from behind the tree and saw the hoard of walkers that were originally after my buck.

Now one was walking toward us and a few others were following it. I quickly pulled my head back and grabbed my cross. I looked past Morgan to Merle. He was messing with his nub. From the distance it looked like he was attaching a knife to it. Now wasn't the time to ask questions.

I looked at Luke, who was with Layla. One of the walkers past them, unaware of their presence. I prayed that they would remain quiet, but Layla gasped before putting her hand over her mouth. It was a small noise, but enough to draw the walker's attention. It began to head toward them while others soon surrounded us.

"Climb!" Layla said to Luke as she practically threw him up before climbing the tree behind them. I was about to go help them when a walker attacked me. Making sure I wouldn't get bit, I somehow managed to stab it in the center of its forehead and pulling my cross out just in time to get the next one. Behind me Morgan was defending himself with a thick stick and Merle was stabbing any walker in sight. Luke and Layla were safe in the tree and Keith was in his car.

One by one, the walkers went down until there was no more. Layla and Luke began climbing down, Keith was getting out of his car and making sure his sister was okay, and Merle was giving Morgan tips on what to do next time. Everything was okay.

The next moment, I was on the ground with a walker above me trying to bite me. Layla screamed for me while I pressed my forehead to the walker's neck to keep it away. When it had suddenly attacked me, I had dropped my cross, so with my free hand I was reaching for it, but it was too far and the walker was placing all of its weight onto my forearm. Thankfully it was my right arm, which was used to dealing with extra weight and tiredness.

Now the walker was inches away from me, if that. I grabbed the first thing I could and whacked the walker away. I scrambled to my cross. Once it was in my hand I turned right as the walker was about to attack again. I jammed my cross into its head as hard as I could. It fell limp and I pushed it away. I stood up and looked at everyone, who was staring back at me.

"Well come on." Merle said after a while, "We don't have all day." He began to walk away, Morgan at his tail. Layla and Luke looked at me, and I nodded to them to let them know I was okay. They walked past me. I was about to join them when Keith grabbed my upper arm and lead me to his car. Reluctantly, I got into the passenger seat.