"How are we going to get out of here if they are all in the front?" I heard Daryl ask aloud from his spot on the other side of the mart. I looked over at Rick, seeing him four aisles down and getting his gun ready. I looked back in front of us, seeing them all pass the truck and come towards the front doors. Zelda started barking at the Walkers, her bark echoing in the aisles

"Lock the doors!" I heard Jacob yell aloud and I saw Daryl run up to the front, getting the door locked just in time before the Walkers started banging on the glass windows. I looked behind me and saw the back double doors to the loading dock and the inventory area of the store. We had to think of a plan and a quick before the store would be overrun. I then had a thought, moving away from Glenn and ran down to the back double doors and opened them. Inside was a larger room, with boxes everywhere that were both opened and unopened, having me look around and see a ladder going up to the rooftop. I knew that the backdoor will be swarmed in no time, but the roof, that was a thought. I ran back to Glenn and I saw him look at me with some confusion in his eyes.

"I know how we can get out of here." I said to him aloud, seeing Jacob and Rick walk over to the two of us.

"How?" He asked me, having us hear the banging on the door and the Walkers getting restless.

"There's a ladder that leads to the roof of the store. We take that up and hop down onto the truck." I explained to him, seeing Rick and Jacob listen in on the conversation. I saw Rick look away from me to the front of the store, and then I could see that he was trying to figure out the right plan.

"Sounds like a good plan to me." Jacob said aloud in a shrug, having me see Rick look back at me, "I mean, it sounds like a Evil Kanevil move, but none the less a good one."

"And from there Jacob and hop into the truck and get it started, getting us out of there." Glenn added onto my plan.

"We have nothing to loose at this point." Rick replied aloud in a grunt and I smiled, thinking that I scored some points with him because of this plan. We all started to walk back to the door until I stopped in my spot.

"What about Zelda?" I asked Jacob aloud, seeing him look back at Zelda who was following us, I knew she wouldn't make the jump from the roof onto the bed of the truck and be safe. That was the one thing I didn't think about.

"We'll swing around the back and get her from there." Glenn explained to me, having me stare at Zelda and worry about her.

"Hey." Glenn said to me, grabbing my arm and having me look back at him. I saw that he was serious about what he just said to me. I knew he wasn't going to say something to sugar coat the situation, and I just met the guy.

"We'll come and get her" He said to me in a simple yet strong tone. I nodded my head at him, seeing him nod at me once and we all started heading to the back. Zelda started following us, making me hold my hand out to her.

"Zelda, bleiben Sie hier" I said to her, seeing her stop in her spot and Rick look over at Daryl.

"Daryl, let's go!" He yelled aloud, Daryl running after us as we all got to the back room. I walked over to the ladder and looked up, seeing it go into a tube and a trap door. I hooked the shogun strap across my chest and placed my hands on the handlebars, going up step by step and seeing myself go into darkness. The higher I climbed, the darker it was getting. I reached up to see the trapdoor, knowing that I was close enough. I felt the cool metal door above me, making me lean back against the wall of the tube to pro myself up and take the shotgun off my strap. Aiming at the bottom of the gun, I rammed it into the door, up and above my head and hearing the metal clashing over and over again. On the third hit, I felt something cold and hard hit my head, making me squint in pain and feel the blood on my head. I pushed the trap door open, seeing the light hit me in a split second and making me shield my eyes. After a few seconds I walked up through the door and onto the roof.

"I immediately threw the shotgun down on the rooftop surface and walked over to the edge where the truck was. Peering over I saw the parked truck, and the rest of the Walkers hitting the front doors over and over again. Quietly, I walked back to the trap door and peered down, seeing the faces below.

"Come up." I replied aloud, going back to the front of the store and trying to see where we can hop down to get to the truck. I saw a smaller ledge next to the top of the truck, making it a easier jump instead of taking a risk and breaking your legs.

"How does it look." I heard behind me, seeing Rick walk over to me and I looked back at him over my shoulder. His eyes went from my eyes to my head.

"What happened there?" He asked me, pointing to my forehead as I reached up. I felt a pool of blood on my cool forehead and I wiped some of it off on my plaid shirt sleeve.

"The trap door gave this, stupid lock." I replied in a grunt as I saw the rest of the group come over on the rooftop.

"So, what's the next plan of attack?" Glenn asked aloud to the group. I pointed to the front of the store, up and over showing the ledge.

"There's a ledge that's a bit low, but it's easier to get onto the truck roof than jumping from here and breaking a limb." I explained to him, the whole group walking over and seeing the ledge. The Walkers still were not looking up, making me look back at Daryl and see him take out his crossbow from his back strap. He hook it up, going over the edge and aiming.

"If we can get some of these guys away from the truck and get one of us inside, then we can get in no problem." Daryl said aloud, shooting one Walker in the head and seeing him fall. I think Jacob got the idea too, walking over to the edge and hopping onto the lower ledge, walking over slowly. I grabbed the shotgun from the rooftop surface and aimed it over the edge as Drayl shot two more Walkers quietly from his spot.

"After I shoot this last one, jump down and get in the truck fast." Daryl instructed Jacob as I saw him look over the ledge and at the truck. Jacob raised a thumbs up to show that he was ready. I aimed at Walkers close by the truck, Glenn doing the same as well as Rick. WE waited for the moment for Daryl to say Go, something I hated doing.

"Now." He said aloud, shooting one more Walker in the eye. Jacob hopped down, hitting the roof of the truck in a flash. At that moment the Walkers turned around at the sound and saw him, having us starting to shoot before they got near him. Jacob got into the truck through the open window and barely missed the arm from a Walker, me taking out that same Walker in one shot. Jacob started the truck and backed up, hitting a few Walkers in the process. All in all, we got about 6 of the Walkers and as soon as he went into drive, we ran to the back of the store in a flash.

I peered over the edge and saw him screech to a halt, having Rick and Glenn hop down into the bed of the truck. Daryl was next, having me be last and hop with a grunt, landing on the metal of the bed.

"Zelda!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, hearing barking in the store. I knew they cracked the door open slightly and I saw Zelda poking her head out of the open door from the store.

"Zelda, kommen!" I said to her aloud, seeing her run over to the back of the truck and have me lower the latch. I pulled her up and as soon as we both were in, Daryl slammed his fist on the roof of the car and Jacob took off. I clung onto Zelda as I heard her whimper from the sudden fastness of the car, Rick slammed the bed shut tightly and Glenn walking over to me.

"You know German?" He asked over the roar of the truck flying down the street. I looked up at him like it was the silliest question he ever asked me.

"Zelda was taught how to take German commands." I replied back to him, looking at him with a amused look on his face. We were silent for the rest of the truck ride, making me look back to see that we left the Walkers behind. We had two full bags of food and other sorts, our weapons and our lives. With the fog rolling in and the success of getting out in one piece, I wanted to curl up into a ball and close my eyes for a moment or two.

To just breathe.


"How's your head?" I heard next to me as I snapped out of my own thoughts. I looked over and saw it was Glenn, walking over with some gauze, a band aid and cleaning alcohol. I smiled at him, leaning back against the cupboard since I was sitting on the kitchen top once more.

"It's fine." I replied to him, seeing him stand in front of me and point to my head with the gauze in his left hand.

"Let me get that for you." He said to me, placed the tools on the counter top next to me. I shook my head, hating the fact that he was going to do this and I could do it myself. But I didn't, since I was wiped from our recent encounter with Walkers.

"It's fine, really Glenn." I replied to him. But he shook his head and I fell silent then.

"I don't mind. Trust me." He said to me, having me stay quiet as he poured some alcohol on the gauze and wiped the dry blood off my forehead and eyebrow. Once he placed it on the open wound, I squinted slightly and He placed the bandaid on the wound.

"Thanks, Glenn." I replied to him, seeing him shrug.

"It's the least I can do, since you are giving us space in your house." He said to me, having me stop him by placed my hand on his wrist that was near my forehead.

"I meant with earlier today, talking to me about saving Zelda." I said to him, seeing him pause and look at me. I could tell he was a sincere guy, compared to the other two. He was genuine, rare to find in this shitty place of a world. He only smiled at me and placed his hand down in front of him.

"I know how much she means to you, and I can tell you were shaken up with the thought of leaving her behind. Trust me, I know how that is." He replied to me, pausing for a moment with a small smile on his face. And, before I could even say something else, he picked up the medical tools and walked away form me to the front entry way. I sat there on the counter top, closing my eyes for a moment or two before scolding myself.

Don't think like that. Don't think of him like that.