Chapter 9

A/N: Yay! Another three months until The Walking Dead. What did you guys think of the mid-season finale? I personally thought it was incredible! But then again, I'm extremely bias. Also, my name changed so I apologise 3

~ Keidn

Katie:

I stiffened as the bullet pierced through the sky and left a sting in our ears. The shot wasn't from a pistol, it was harsher and more brutal sounding. I turned around and stared at Jane with her shot lined up in the direction of the mysterious man and as Jaime quivered in the corner we soon established who fired it.

"That was a warning shot, now if y'all don't walk away from your here vehicle, I'm gonna use the other bullet to shoot through your skulls…starting with you lil'missy" In front of us stood four men on foot, carrying large rifles with their faces masked by bandanas. The man at the front I immediately established to be the leader – he had scruffy hair and no bandana suggesting he was fearless, his eyes portrayed the very meaning of horror and scowled into us. He held a massive Rottweiler in each hand, attached to a makeshift chain and collar, dripping with starved saliva.

The man we never knew looked over his shoulder and gripping his daughter's hand, he held the gun, pointing in-between their eyes.

"Now, now…no need to get feisty. Just give us what you've got and we'll leave you alone" He smiled menacingly, grinning ear to ear and we could almost see the images flashing through his crazed mind.

I glanced at Jane who had now diverted Jaime and huddled with her in a corner – this was my chance to escape before any of them noticed me…but I just couldn't leave that little girl. Jane attempted to usher me to her but I wasn't listening – my mind was set and I jumped forward in between the stand-off.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" The dogs now growled and yanked on the chains, hungry for the taste of my flesh.

I didn't know what I was doing. I had no plan. I just threw myself, willingly, into a challenging situation…which I probably wouldn't be able to escape from. My eyes darted from man-to-man yet I only saw animals and plucking up my courage, I smiled.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Emily" I held out a hand, my demeanour seemed calm but my heart was racing from my chest – they could barely notice the civilisation in my voice, it was entirely foreign.

"Get the fuck back" He jeered and pointed his rifle towards my chest, my breathing picked up but at least it took the attention from the man and within seconds he fired. Clearly, he'd never fired a gun before because it went flying past the man's head and three more rifles were aimed directly at him. "Shoot this shit-show, boys" And they did. Instantly, each man unloaded several bullets into his chest – not even his head, they wouldn't give him such respect– the little girl began screaming in terror and shrivelled behind the seat and cowered.

The leader sighed and rolled his eyes. "That could've gone a lot better, what do we have here then?" He made his way to the back seat and took a moment to watch as the little girl, panting with sweat, clutched her head and before she knew it, was being dragged from the car by her hair. He lifted her up as she kicked and screamed. "Shut the fuck up!" He yelled in her face and all she could do was cry.

"Put her down!" I screamed and he backed me up with the rifle head, causing me to fall over the man's lifeless body and hard onto the floor which was now coated with blood.

"Now stay there" He smiled. "And stay there when he turns" He chuckled and got in the car – they all did and drove off into the distance, his dogs looking out the window at me and barking.

Once the car was out of sight I rubbed my head and began standing to my feet, but the fresh walker clung to my ankle and dragged me back down. Jane and Jaime came running over and Jane ended its short lived after life with a quick blow to the back of its head with the end of her pistol.

"That was a complete wreck!" She remarked and helped me up, I watched as Jaime stared blankly at the walker and I nodded.

"Yeah…it was"