As night slowly fell we were all on edge. The men had not come back yet and Lori was starting to get annoying. She would ask Shane every twenty minutes what he thought was happening. Shane always answered " I don't know. But They will be fine." he answered.
We all sat around the fire eating fresh fish Amy and Andrea had caught. I sat next to Shane. He kinda sat away from everyone. He was across from Lori and Carl and every so often he would give her a glance. She would just give him a longing then dirty look. Carl just looked worried. Dale told a story about time and a watch and it was peaceful until Amy called from the RV.
" Is there any more..." Her voice was cut off by a scream. The most horrifying and blood chilling scream. Then everyone saw them. Walkers surrounding the camp. Lori pulled Carl to her and Shane grabbed my arm and pulled me toward them. Then all the screams filled the air. The dark made it hard to tell who was who. At some point I felt another tug on my arm and when I turned to push Shane forward it wasn't Shane. A women... or what was left of her. She tugged on my arm growled at me. Shane had let go of my arm to get to Lori and Carl. His back was turned so I knew he thought I was behind him. He called my name out ever so often but he was used to the no reply.
I quickly kicked the walker off of me and dug my knife I had put back in my pocket earlier into her head. The screams were confusing me. Then I heard Sophia scream out. Then Carol scream for her daughter. I killed at least three walkers that tried to eat me as I finally made my way toward Sophia who was being chased. We were away from the others. She got scared and ran. The sound of gun shots doubled and I hoped that meant the others came back in time. The screams didn't stop and all I was focused on was Sophia. She was cut off by a tree and she turned to face the walker just before the hill to the water. She froze. I ran up behind the walker and without hesitation I rammed my knife into the back of its head and his growled then fell. That was now I think the fifth one I had killed. I was covered in red and black blood. It splattered a bit of my face and all over my arms and what were my clean clothes.
" Juliet." Sophia said as she rushed to me and hugged me. Then she started to scream again. I turned and pushed her behind me and as I did I fell over my own foot. I felt and heard my ankle twist. I bit my lip in pain as I noticed the three walkers coming at us. Sophia was frozen in her spot. I took a deep breath and stood holding my knife tightly. I lunged at the first walker and got it in the eye. It fell and then the other was right behind it. I swung and stumbled back and when it went to grab my arm I kicked it back and slammed it to the ground driving my knife in he top of it's head. That's when the guns stopped. Cries from the others filled the air. I couldn't concentrate as I looked up at the nearing walker. This one was closer then I had realized. By the time I tugged my knife out of the head of the recently dead the other walker was all but on top of me.
It stumble over the other bodies and managed to knock me over. Sophia cried for me to get up but I couldn't My ankle was killing me and my arms felt like rubber. Not to mention the sound of screams and name being called. I pushed myself back with my hands. Rocks and sticks cut the bottom of my hands and I ignored it. The last walker was about to make its move and bit my leg when an arrow came flying from behind it and it fell on top of me. Dead. I winced and closed my eyes as the walker fell. I wasn't sure if it was dead. The blood seeping from its body was warm as it soaked my shirt. Footsteps came running beside me as I tried to get the body off me. Dead weight is heavy. I kicked and I pushed but nothing. Sophia was clutching my arm as she cried. I could barely breathe. Then Daryl came running beside me and pushed the walker off me. I let out a breath of relief as my head lightly hit the ground. My body had just about gave out.
I let out a small smile. " What you smiling for?" Daryl asked angrily as he took the arrow from the walker's head. I shook my head as I tried to get up.
" JULIET!" Shane yelled out. " JULIET!" Rick called out. "SOPHIA!" Carol cried as she ran around looking.
I stood up and took Sophia's hand. I had a bit of a limp as we walked up the hill. Daryl followed as he whipped the blood from the arrow. Carol saw us first and came running for Sophia. "Mommy." The girl cried as she let go of my hand and ran. Odd thing, when she let go of my hand I swear I almost fell over. I stumbled forward a bit.
"Wooh, You alright?" Daryl walked up quickly beside me to stop me from falling. He held my shoulder up. I took a deep breath as I watched Carol hug her daughter tightly. I smiled and nodded.
" JULIET!" Shane's voice made me jump. I felt a few tears well in my eyes as I heard his voice. Daryl's hand moved from my shoulder and he took a step away from me and I looked to him. " Thank you." I signed. He smirked, nodded and walked away. That's when Shane finally saw me come up the hill. Everyone seemed to be looking around for me or anyone else. I sighed when we saw each other. I limped quickly toward him as he dropped his gun and raced to me. He slammed into me and picked me up a bit. " Jesus christ." He swore as he squeezed. I smiled as the tears rolled down my face. He laughed as he held me close and I smiled shutting my eyes as the last few tears fell. When he finally let me go Rick was next to hug me tightly.
" What happened?" He asked.
" Got surrounded." I answered. " Shane ran one way I followed until Sophia started to scream." I said.
" You're cover in blood." Rick said.
" Juliet are you okay? Anything bite you." Shane said in a panic as he tried to check. People had started to gather around me and I batted his hand away.
" No. I'm fine... none of this is my blood." I signed with a sigh. Shane looked me up and down. He looked out of breath. I smiled to him and looked around. I saw Glenn leaning against a tree panting. I walked over to him as Rick and Shane started arguing again.
I stood in front of Glenn and placed a hand on his shoulder. He jumped a bit and I put my hands up to show I was human. I smiled as he relaxed. "You okay?" I signed but he didn't answer. So I placed my hand my on his shoulder.
" Yupp... fine." I said putting his head on the tree with one long sigh. Then he looked back down at me. " Oh my God. Juliet." he said pointing to all the blood. I put my hands in front of him and shook my head. He sighed and smiled.
The sun came up a few hours later. No one could sleep after the walker attack. The group was smaller now. I sat around the fire beside Dale. I held my knees to my chest. I could hear someone crying and I looked around and saw Andrea knelt beside her sister sobbing. I had not been around for all who ha died. I looked at them and sighed. I felt awful and guilty. I sighed and looked around.
Shane was siting alone near our tent looked around. I felt my eyes getting warm again. I sucked in my tears and stood. Lori and Rick watched me get up and walk to my brother. As I walked Shane didn't see me and started walking away toward the water. I followed him and as I passed Daryl's lone camp sight I sighed. I had heard the story of their trip. Merle was gone and they had no idea where he had gone. I stopped to watch Daryl climb into his tent. I could tell he was beyond angry. I wouldn't be surprised if he was gone in the morning.
Shane started toward the water then stopped and turned back around. he sighed as he walked back. He almost didn't see me. I waved my hand in front of his face and he looked up and quickly went to reach for the holster he no longer had.
" Old habits die hard." I smiled looking at his hands how resting his hips. He chuckled. " So what now?" I asked as we walked back to out tent. " We can't stay here..."
" Yes I know...I was thinking Fort Benning?" He asked me as he opened the tent flap for me. he sat across from me. " If anyone is going to know what is going on it would be the Military."
" What about the CDC?" I asked " Wouldn't they have a refugee center and maybe some answers?"
" I don't know about that." he said shaking his head. " Fort Benning is our best shot." He said.
" Your best shot or everyone's best shot?" I asked. He sighed looking at the tent we now called home. He didn't say anything. " I told you it was a bad idea." I said looking down. My eyes were heavy now and tired. " I told you he wasn't dead." I said. he huffed. "Shane... are you ever going to tell him?" I asked. he shook his head. I ran a hand through my hair. " Why don't you ever listen to me?" I asked my eyes welling with tears. " You are your own worst enemy. Why can't you just listen to me for once?" I asked as a few tears fell. He tilted his head and scooted over to sit next to him.
" Juliet?" he asked placed an arm around me.
" I just have this bad feeling... something is going to happen again and I'll be alone." I said.
"That is not going to happen." He said firmly.
" I bet Andrea said that to Amy, or Merle to Daryl." I signed and more tears fell. I placed my head into him and he held me as I cried. I haven't cried like that in a long time. Around the time I stopped talking. Shane sighed and I didn't move. I started shaking for some reason and I couldn't stop.
" Juliet you're going to be fine." Shane whispered.
