Chapter 10
"Daryl!" Rick said running over to a window. Daryl let go of Arianna and Abby and went over to help Rick try and break the glass with the Axe Rick handed him.
"Stay close, sweetheart." Carol said as she stayed close to Arianna and Abby.
"Daryl, look out!" T-Dog came up with a chair and tried to break the window.
"Dog, get down! Get down!" Shane said going over with a shot gun. He shot the window but it did nothing. "Jesus."
"The glass won't break?" Sophia asked.
"Rick, I have something that might help." Carol said going over reaching into her bag.
"Carol, I don't think a nail file's gonna do it." Shane said.
"Oh yeah. Be a dick when were about to dick. That's real helpful." Arianna snapped at the cop how just glared at her but turned his head when Merle shot him a look.
"Your first morning at camp, when I washed your uniform" Carol said. "I found this in your pocket." She said holding a grenade with a smile towards Arianna for defending her.
"Carol you're an angel." Rick told her taking the grenade as everyone ran for cover. Daryl pushed Ari and Abby to the ground as he and Merle covered them with their bodies.
"Cover your ears little bit." Merle told Abby how nodded and did as he said.
"Look out!" Rick went over to the window and pulled the pin on the grenade.
"Oh... Shhhhit-" He yelled running.
"Get down! Get down!" The grenade went off and the glass shattered.
"Let's go." Daryl said pulling his girls up and he and Merle picked them up and helped them out the window. Arianna was finally able to breathe when she was no longer trapped inside the building and her head was clearer.
"Make a path for us." Rick yelled out and Arianna took out her sword and along with Daryl and Merle they ran ahead and sliced the heads off the walkers that were coming at them as they all ran towards their cars.
Daryl opened the door to his truck and pushed the girls in before throwing all there stuff in the back.
"Look." Abby yelled and they turned to see Dale and Andrea climbing out of the window as the others yelled for them to hurry.
"Get down." Merle yelled out as he and Daryl hit the pavement by the driver's side door just as the building blew.
"Shit." Arianna said as she and Abby ducked as the truck rocked with the force of the blow.
"Come on. Come on. Get in, get in, get in." Glenn said to Dale and Andrea when they all looked to see if they had survived. Once they were safely inside the RV Daryl climbed in the truck.
"Are yall ok?" Arianna ask as she saw Merle stand and straddle his bike. Nodding Daryl pulled her to his side as they followed Rick who was now driving the RV.
"Where to now?" Merle ask Rick as they stopped a few miles away to try and decide what to do next.
"Almost dark. Need somewhere to hold up till morning." Rick said as they all gathered around the RV.
"What about the Vatos. There not far from here. Maybe they let us stay the night." Daryl suggested. Rick thought for a moment and nodded.
Once they got there they knew something was wrong. Walkers were everywhere and the guards on top of the buildings were gone.
"Where's the guards." Glenn ask and Rick shrugged as they slowly made their way inside without alerting any walkers.
Sophia was beyond scared and keep whimpering loudly.
"shut that kid up." Daryl hissed to Carol who clamped a hand over Sophia's mouth as Andrea glared at him.
"Shane, Daryl, Merle, Arianna and I will do a sweep. Everyone else stay here and stay quite." Rick ordered and they all nodded. Ari handed Abby off to Carol as she grabbed her sword and followed the guys down the halls room by room as they killed all the walkers that were left.
"We should be safe for the night." Rick said as he gathered everyone in the larger room.
"You mean it this time. Or are you lying like before?" Carol snapped clearly upset about the CDC.
"That's not fair and no help at all." Lori told her back in Rick's defense and Carol backed down and just hugged Sophia to her more.
"What the hell happened?" Glenn wondered, looking around lost.
"What do you think?" Andrea shrugged as though she had all of the answers, "They got overrun."
Daryl, Merle and Ari scoffed and she turned on them.
"You got something to say?" she demanded.
"Yeah. How about 'observant'?" Daryl replied looking at her like she was an idiot.
"Observant? Big word from a guy like you. Three whole syllables," Andrea snapped. Daryl rolled his eyes.
"Oh don't be a bitch. Walkers didn't do this that much is obvious. If you opened your fucking eyes long enough to see something other than yourself you might notice that all of these were shot. Last time I checked Walkers could shot guys." Arianna told her and Andrea shut up seeing that she was right.
"Walkers didn't do this. Geeks didn't show up 'til all this went down. Somebody attacked this place, killed all these people, and took whatever they wanted. They're all shot in the head execution-style. Y'all worried about walkers? I'd be much more worried about the people who came and did all this. Get a dictionary. Look it up. Observant," Daryl told her, pointing to his head with a glare and grabbing Ari's hand and dragging her and Abby along with Merle out of the room while the others stand around and realize he was right.
"Stupid people." Merle mumbled as they walked down the hall and into a smaller room that Rick had decided would be where they slept for the night.
"We'll stay here for the night and head out in the morning. Will need to down size to less cars but will talk about that then. For now will take turns keeping watch." Rick said and they all nodded. Daryl, Merle and Ari volunteered for first watch needing to get away for the others for a while.
Four hours later Rick, Shane and T dog came and relived them. Arianna went in and laid down next to Abby pulling her against her chest and letting the little girl snuggle into her. Merle nodded to Daryl as he lay by the door. Daryl decided to hell with what everyone else thought and laid down on the other side of Ari and pulled her to his chest. She relaxed against him and they fell asleep for a few hours before there long journey the next day.