K : yes, they are hunters like in the Supernatural series. I'm sorry if it was a bit confusing for you. They'll come across a demon or such later in the story, the Dixons are supernatural hunters as well in my story. – thanks for reviewing!

Previously;

"I'm coming too." Rick stated.

"No!" Shane told him. "He'll need your blood."

"Where is she, your wife? We'll lose the light before too long." Hershel said concerned.

"She'll be here." Sam assured as Shane, Otis and Chris were gathering their stuff. They soon left for supplies.

Chapter 9: Carl was shot.


Back at the highway, Lori was worried because of the gunshot. Maggie soon arrived with Dean in the Impala next to her. "Lori? Lori Grimes?" Maggie asked as Dean got out of the car.

"Who are you two?" She asked suspiciously as the others came closer.

"I'm Dean Winchester, Sammy and Chrissies brother remember? You have to come, Carl was shot."

"W-What?"

"He's still alive but you've gotta come now. Rick needs you, just come." Maggie urged.

"Go back Maggie, I'll take her with the Impala." Dean told Maggie, she nodded before leaving.

"Whoa-whoa-whoa! We don't know this guy and chick!" Daryl said when he saw Lori heading towards him.

"You can trust him, go!" Amy shouted. Dean and Lori got into the Impala, heading off. They arrived before Maggie. When entering, Lori was fully hysterical. Dean couldn't blame her though. Glenn, Ed, Merle, Amy, Andrea and T-dog arrived a while later. Patricia stitched up T-dog's arm with help of Maggie.

"Hey Sammy, where's Chrissie?" Dean asked with a frown when he didn't see his brother for two hours.

"He's to a High School, fetching some surgical equipment Hershel needs, together with Otis and Shane."

"What? And you let him?" Dean yelled.

"Oh give me a break Dean, you know that he's stubborn. If I would have said no, what would he have done do you think?" Sam yelled while standing up.

"You didn't even think about stopping him?" Dean yelled back, unaware of the crowd staring at them.

"Don't you try to blame his stubbornness on me Dean Winchester! He's a carbon copy of you, you idiot! Maybe if you grew some brains cells, he wouldn't be like this!"

"Maybe if you acted like a man instead of a whiny bitch you'd have stopped him!" Dean yelled furious.

"Hey, let try to-" Hershel said, trying to break up the fight between the brothers.

"SO YOU'RE A MAN? YOU LOST YOUR OWN FIANCE!"

"AT LEAST I DIDN'T LOSE MY SON!"

"HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? YOU'RE A FUCKING MAN-WHORE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A DOZEN BASTARD KIDS OUT THERE!"

"OKAY, KNOCK IT OFF! BOTH OF YOU!" Maggie screamed, getting their attention. Sam left the room, slamming the door while Dean got into his Impala. Amy followed Sam while Beth followed Dean.

"What the hell was that about?" Glenn asked.

"Not a clue." T-dog muttered.

"This place is beautiful." Andrea commented, trying to change the subject.

"Been in my family 160 years." Hershel said.

"I can't believe how serene it is. How untouched. You're lucky."

"We weren't completely unscathed. We lost friends, neighbors. The epidemic took my wife, my stepson."

"I'm sorry."

"My daughters were spared, I'm grateful to God for that." Hershel said, giving Maggie a small smile before continuing. "These people here, all we've got left is each other. Just hoping we can ride it out in peace till there's a cure."

"We were at the CDC, it's gone now." Andrea told him. "There's no cure."

"I don't believe it." Hershel insisted, "When Aids came along, everyone panicked. But in the end, it was fixed."

"This is a whole other thing." Rick said before looking at Glenn who was smirking.

"What?" He asked Glenn.

"Nothin'. Just thinking. You know, if Chris was here, he'd say something like 'Are you blind or what? Can you not see the difference between Aids or these stinkin' bastards?'

"You know, that's not funny. I can actually hear him say that, if he was here I mean." Andrea said.

"Guys, he's getting some medical equipment, he's not six feet under." T-dog piped up.

"We know that. Just saying." Glenn said.

"Believe me. To get that kid under the ground they'd would have to do a lot more than a few gnawing corpses." Andrea said.

"Yeah, so when are you becoming a thing actually?" Merle asked with a sly grin on his face.

"Other subject please?" Andrea asked.

"No, I like this subject." Merle insisted.

"Eugh… we've slept together at CDC, still figuring out what's next. End of story!"

"You two did it safe right? I mean, you've been feeling unwell lately, puking out your guts." Glenn asked while raising an eyebrow.

"No we didn't use protection, we were both wasted remember? By the way, chances are that I'll never be able to get kids. The doctor told me so."

Hours went by and everyone was starting to get worried. Jimmy, Sam, Amy, Dean and Beth were seated with the others now.

"Five miles. They should be long back by now." Rick said frustrated.

"His pressure's dropping again. We can't wait longer. What is your decision?" Hershel asked. Headlights then appeared on the yard. Shane quickly ran inside and gave Rick the stuff. He, Lori, Hershel and Patricia went into Carl's room.

"Where's our baby brother!" Dean demanded in fear.

"We entered the school, got the stuff we needed. But when we wanted to leave a herd passed the hallways. They saw us and went after us. He told us to get out of there, that he'd take care of them."

"So he's still alive right?" Sam asked, fearing the worst.

"I'm sorry but,… There were over fifty walkers in that herd. There's no way he'd survive that. Otis and me ran, but Otis went under as well. They kept blocking us at every turn. We had nothing left. We were down to 10 rounds."

"NO! NONONO! I don't believe you, you're lying!" Dean yelled.

"I'm sorry. I wish I was lying."

"No…My baby brother…" Dean fell on his knees.

"SAM!" Glenn yelled as Sam was going inshock..

They laid him on a bed upstairs, so Hershel could take a look at him after he finished up Carl. Dean was still downstairs on his knees, staring blankly at the wall. Andrea ran to another room.

"Dean? Dean? Come on, let's get you on the couch." Shane tried, earning no response.

"He seems to have stabilized. What's going on?" Hershel asked, eyeing Dean and the rest after two hours.

"We lost Otis…and Chris…" Merle told him. Others were crying. Patricia ran out of the room when hearing the news about her husband.

"How?" Hershel asked.

"We had our supplies when suddenly the hallway of the school was filled with walkers. There were about sixty walkers… Chris told us to leave, he yelled, 'LEAVE! TAKE THE STUFF FOR CARL WITH YOU! I'LL HOLD THEM OFF AS LONG AS I CAN. DON'T LOOK BACK!'. We followed his orders. When we almost thought we would be safe, another herd showed up. Otis sacrificed himself so I could get away.

"No…" Rick sat down in a couch. Dean then broke down and started sobbing. Silence was all over the house, except for the sounds of crying.

"It's all my fault…" Dean sobbed. "If I had stayed, I could've stopped him from going."

"This isn't your fault Dean." Rick told him.

"YES IT IS!" Dean yelled hysterically. "I promised my father that I'd always protect my younger siblings! Yet, I failed Jessica, she's DEAD! Now my baby brother is ripped apart after we just found each other. It should've been me!" Dean yelled while getting up, wiping furiously at his eyes.

"It'll be –"

"DON'T! DON'T TELL ME IT'LL BE OKAY RICK. I ONLY HAVE SAMMY LEFT! MY FIANCE, UNCLE AND NEPHEW GOT LOST IN THIS HELLISH SHITHOLE! YOU STILL HAVE YOUR WHOLE FAMILY SO SHUT THE FUCK UP! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH SO SHUT UP!" Dean yelled before running upstairs to Sam.


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