'What's so funny over here?' he asked, and a eerie silence fell over them. Mickey looked to where she had seen Carl and Shane only to find they werent there. Even the waters became still unlike the rolling ripples they had caused. Mickey began to feel very uncomfortable, she had a feeling she knew what he did to Carol when no one was watching.
'I asked a damn question' now she was pissed, and struggled to keep herself in check. 'Just telling some jokes, Ed, felt compelled to tell them.' She stood up and looked him square in the eyes, challenging him. 'This aint no comedy club, so I suggest you keep that mouth shut and do your job"
'And what exactly is my job supposed to be huh?' 'Mickey please stop' Carol said in a frightened whisper. She paid her no mind. 'Waiting on hand and foot to serve fat assholes like you?' His fist flew faster than she saw coming. Before she knew it she was flat on her ass, and her eye hurt something fierce. But this only enraged her further. Carol and Amy crawled over to her. 'Leave her alone!' said Amy. 'That should teach ya' Ed turned away but Mickey selected a dagger and threw at him, pining his left sleeve deep to a tree trunk. Fast as lightning she hopped up before punching him square in the jaw, using her right hand to deliver a jab to the gut. While he was dazed she punched him good in the eye before spitting on his shoe. 'THAT should teach ya' she said venomously and stalked off, pulling her knife from the trunk which brought Ed down with it.
She walked back into camp, blinking her eye to keep from watering too badly. Unfortunately, she walked right past Dale who did a double take and grabbed her by the shoulder. 'Oh my word Mickey what happened?' 'Ed Peltie, but I took care of it'. Dale escorted her into the camper and put a cool washcloth over her eye. 'I think we should tell Shane bout this, Eds been out of control lately'. 'Do what you gotta, thanks Dale' He gave her a pat on the back before going out to find Shane. And when he told him , Shane was a bit shocked. He went down to the quarry to see Ed leaning against a tree, and he had a full view of what Mickey actually did to him. He leaned down so he was face to face with Ed. 'You had what was coming to ya, act out again and I'll be there making sure she don't stop the next time'. When Dale returned back to the Winnebago, he saw that Mickey was fast asleep. He pulled a blanket over her and re-wetted the washcloth. One thing he knew for sure was that Daryl was not going to be too happy when he finds out
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Mickey woke up from a short nap. Dale was nowhere inside, so she figured everyone was still out doin their thing. She went to the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror, her eye was already swelling rapidly and was turning a deep midnight blue color. A curved red line to show where Eds chubby knuckles broke the blood vessels. She could hear a vehicle pull in to camp. That must mean the group returned! She raced out of the Winnebago to see a very sleek looking red sports car. What the fuck? The car alarm blared throughout camp, and was no doubt, being echoed throughout the woodlands. 'Turn that thing off1' said Dale. 'I don't know how!" Glenn said, becoming uncomfortable.
Mickey hopped off the steps and yanked the hood open before pulling the wires that led to the alarm system. Shane was giving Glenn a death glare while he was being pestered by Amy. 'Yes yes! They're all okay!' he said. That made Mickey sigh with relief. She walked over to Glenn and gave him a pat on the shoulder. He took one look at her and his eyes grew real big. 'What happened to you?' 'Ill tell ya later' she said. Suddenly the big white moving van they had all departed in pulled up. Morales was the first to hop out and was greeting by his children and his wife. 'Andrea!' Amy choked out and the two sisters clung top each other.
Mickey looked over as Morales began the recount of their expedition to see Lori squatting down to Carl's height softly talking to him as he cried. 'Hey, Helicopter Boy! Come meet everyone!' A door slammed and in walked a lanky guy in a sheriffs outfit. Subtle and powerful in looks. He stopped mid step and was staring at Shane who looked like he totally crapped himself. 'DAD!' yelled Carl as he ran to the cop, who immediately swept him up in his arms and tackled him to the ground. They were both laughing and crying..and then it dawned on her as he embraced Lori. They were a family. Mickey looked over at Shane, who was smiling, but if you looked real deep into his eyes, it was a different story. In the midst of everyone hugging and kissing, Mickey noticed she hadn't seen Merle at all. Oh no.
That night she joined Glenn by the campfire as the sheriff guy-Rick he said his name was, talked softly about how he was in a coma, only to wake up and find out about the whole zombie take over through someone else, not knowing for sure whether or not his family was still alive. He said he felt disoriented. He told of how he handcuffed Merle to the roof, because he went bonkers. And how they had to leave him behind behind because T-Dog accidentally dropped the key. Dale told Rick that Daryl was on a hunting trip, and how he wasn't going to be happy to hear about his brother. Dale looked across the fire to Mickey. 'I think you should be the one to tell him, I've noticed he's more open to you than the rest of us. I agreed to tell him, and then Rick and T-Dog would fill him in, since I had no part in leaving him.
Andrea looked at Mickey, 'We never got a chance to hear you're story' she said in a soft voice. They all looked interestingly at her. 'Theres not much to say' said Mickey. But she went on anyways. 'I've always been on my own..at least that's all I can remember. I never knew my actual parents, as far as I'm concerned I have none. I was bounced around from a lot of foster homes until I got tired of it. So when I was 12 I ran off...been surviving ever since.' Everyone around Mickey looked at her with pity, recognition. 'What were you doing when all of this started?' asked Glenn. 'I remember I was working on a car in this auto garage when I saw my first walker. The garage was open, so it just lumbered on in. I was underneath the car so it didn't see me right away. I crawled underneath to the other side of the car, crept up behind it and killed it. She looked at Rick. 'Those eyes man..one look and you know its not human anymore.'
Shane got up to confront Ed when he placed another log into the fire. His face looked worse than ever.
