Hey,readers!
Kinda left ya hangin the last chapter,eh? Well,I decided to be nice (I also couldn't wait to update) and got this chapter up and running as soon as I could! REVIEW!
Enjoy :)
(Disclaimer- I don't own TWD or its characters,just Riley)
Riley' s POV
Adrenaline pumped threw her veins,her heart being griped by fear. She ran to Herschel,seeing him as the most venerable. She stabbed any walker that got close,her brain functioning on autopilot.
Push. Stab. Run. Repeat.
She made it to Herschel and hurried him and Beth into the closest enclosed area,that being a gated entrance to one of the cell blocks. She locked it back up,and Herschel grabbed her hand threw the gate.
"What are you doing,Riley?" He says,stunned. "You can't go out their alone. It's suicide!"
She gave him a look of full determination. "I need to help the others. They need me."
He stated at her for a moment,face grave. Then he let go of her hand,giving het a slight nod. She nodded back at him grimly,then darted off to help the others. She saw Carol and hurried over to her when she saw a walker appear behind an unsuspecting T-Dog,biting into the poor man's vulnerable neck.
"NO!" She and Carol both screamed. The man pushed the walker away and closed the gates,running to the girl's.
"We gotta go," he says,griping his huge bite wound.
"But-" Carol has tears streaming down her face,but Riley holds them back.
"He's right," She says. "It's not safe here. We gotta go. Now."
Carol nods tearfully,and T-Dog grunts in pain as a response. As they run inside,Riley sees Rick,Glenn and Daryl sprinting into the courtyard,prisoners trailing behind,and she makes eye contact with the hunter.
He sees her with Carol and T-Dog and gives her a curt nod,and and with that look in his eyes, she knows what he means. Go.
She nods,promising herself she'd live threw this to see him an Carl again. She had to.
Riley then follows Carol and T-Dog into the deadly darkness.
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"Just a little farther,y'all." T-Dog wheezed,leading them with a limp threw the dark prison halls.
Riley looked up at him,worry clearly etched all over her face. He didn't have much longer,she knew that much. He was dying,and there was nothing she could do about it. She hated that,not being able to do something because it was out of your power. It made her feel so weak,so useless.
"T," Carol chides tearfully. She looked awful,her headscarf had come undone,her eyes red and puffy. She had been trying to convince the man to rest,to give her time to think about how to help him,but he had just brushed her off each time,saying he was gonna be fine.
"Carol,hush." He gasped for oxygen,which seemed like it wasn't working. "I'm gonna be fine. I'm in God's hands now. He's got a plan for me."
Groans echo down the hall they all flinch. Oh God, she thought, not now,not here.
A walker appears and Carol raises her gun,only for it to produce a heart-dropping click. Riley rushes forward and slashes the walker deeply across the face,and it crumbles to an undead heap on the floor. She hears the heavy,clumsy footsteps of the dead,and looks up at the terrified faces of Carol and T-Dog.
"Go," she says. The older woman looks at the girl in horror. The footsteps get closer,shadows lining the walls.
"No!" She gasps. "Were not leaving you!"
T-Dog looks into Rileys determined eyes,and something clicks between them then. He knew that she could take care of herself,and she knew he could take care of Carol. He grabs the panicking women's hand. "Carol,we gotta go. Now!"
Carol' s eyes are the size of half-dollars as she looks from the dying man to the tiny,tough girl. "No,T! We can't leave her alone,running around in the dark with -with those things!" Tears stream down her face,and Riley' s heart breaks.
This poor woman was nothing but kind and sweet to her,and now here she was,making her cry. But she had no choice. She had to protect these people,no matter what. And if that meant she had to practically commit suicide in these -these tombs, than so be it. She had lost enough people as it is. She couldn't handle anyone else.
"Carol-"
"NO!" The sobbing woman cuts off the man's protest. "We can't leave her behind. We just can't! Last time we left a child behind,Sop-" She stops abruptly,as if remembering something painful. She takes a deep breath before continuing. "She just can't. Not a child. Not like last time."
"I'll be fine,Carol. " Riley says. "Go."
"No! What will I tell Daryl? Or Carl?"
"Your gonna run,I'll lead them away," Riley explained,the footsteps getting closer and closer. The next words feel like lead in her throat,but she manages to get them out in a rush. "And you tell Carl I'm gonna be fine,Daryl too. But if I end up not being,tell Daryl I'm sorry."
Before Carol has time to protest,Riley gives her a gentle hug,whispering thank you. She then kisses T-Dog on the cheek,whispering to him, " Your one of the strongest men I've ever known. Take care of her,and be happy,T."
She then pushes them down a hall before yelling at the group of walkers making their way toward them.
"Hey! Over here you scumbags!" As they begin to rush toward her,eyeing her warm flesh hungrily,she hurriedly backs up,holding her knife in front of her. "Yeah,follow me! Come on!"
She then races into the closest hall,the moans following close behind her the entire time,no matter how fast she ran.
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How long has it been?
Hours? Minutes? Mere seconds?
Riley didn't know. She just ran and ran,taking out walker after walker. She prayed T-Dog and Carol were okay. Well,she really didn't know what to think of T-Dog anymore. Was he a walker yet? Or was he still fighting?
She also hoped Daryl was okay. He may of been stubborn and hot-headed,but he was the first person she had felt comfortable around in weeks. She prayed for Carl's safety as well,smiling at their dorky conversations and stupid jokes. He was really the first friend she's had in awhile,and honestly thought he was pretty cool. Daryl was the comfort,Carl the friend.
Be safe, She prayed. Oh God,please let them be safe.
Riley ran around a corner,and came face to face with something that will will haunt her nightmares till the day she dies,which won't be surprising if that isn't soon.
T-Dog had a few walkers pushed up against the end of the hall,giving them access to tear into his flesh,which they were greedily doing. Carol was no where in sight,and Riley tried tried to not assume the worst. She knew there was nothing she could do,but she felt tremendously guilty. The herd behind her grew closer ,so she had no choice but to run down the hall. T-Dog noticed her and weakly gestured toward a door to her right.
She mouthed a thank you before darting out the doorway,praying for the man being eaten alive that saved her and no doubt Carol' s life.
