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Alligators, Walkers, and Timi; Oh my!
We've been on the road for a long time now. I've lost count after our few months off the farm. Today we were stopped on the road havin' some car troubles. I went out huntin' and the others were just hangin' around. I was walkin' 'round the woods tryin' to find somethin' to bring back to the group.
It's been awhile since we had anything decent to eat. I was out here for about thirty minutes circling around the area we were at. I didn't find any game out here not even a bird in sight. I heard something crash around my area and I figured it was comin' from the river that was 'round here.
I decided to check it out because it might have been an animal that I could kill for food. When I got there, there was a large chunk of ground missin' from the ledge. I looked over and what I saw surprised me, the kid was gettin' attacked by an alligator. First of all why the hell is the kid out here alone, second of all who would have thought gators were still 'round. I grabbed each of the kid's arms and hoisted 'er up from where she was.
"Ya alright kid," I said lookin' over 'er muddy and wet body.
"Yeah I'm fine. Thanks for saving me," she said to me.
"I wouldn't need to save ya if ya didn't go off by yourself all the time," I said crossin' my arms.
"I know…" she started to say, but quickly died off and was lookin' behind me with wide eyes.
I turned slightly and saw the small herd of about 10 walkers comin' straight for us.
"Dammit," I said quickly grabbin' my crossbow.
"We can take 'em," I said lookin' at 'er.
She nodded and loaded 'er bow, but then another 2 walkers came, then another, and then another. We were quickly outnumbered and stuck between getting' eaten alive by gators or walkers.
"Ya just know how to find trouble don't ya kid," I said as we backed up.
"I have a knack for it," she said lookin' at me sheepishly.
I gave 'er a stern look that said no time for playin'.
"We gotta jump, and get to the other side. It's the only way. We can take our chances on a gator then a horde of geeks," I said lookin' down at the gator.
She nodded and I aimed for the gator and sent my arrow straight through its head. I grabbed the kids hand and we went splashin' down into the brownish murky water. I grabbed my arrow and dragged 'er along to the other side. Just when our luck couldn't get any worse, a pack, or horde, or whatever they call a bunch of gators together, was comin' up the ravine.
"The hell! Just can't catch a god damn break," I said tryin' to pull ourselves up.
I pushed the kid up and over first and she quickly scrambled to 'er feet to help me. The walkers were fallin' into the ravine some breakin' their legs making them immobile but some made the drop and making their way towards me. Some got token down by gators and some were still on the hunt.
Even some gators ignored the dead meat and headed for my live meat instead. I tried to keep all the things away from me and it was basically one big chaotic mess. Then things got even worse because it decided to start poor down rainin' which made the slope wet and muddier makin' it difficult for me. She tried to help me up, but I was too big for 'er small stature.
"Go Kid I'll meet ya down at the end," I said noddin' my head down near a pool of water which ended or started the river.
"Be careful Daryl," she said lookin' at me with worry.
I gave a tight nod my hair sticking to my face from being wet. I quickly tried to make my way to the end of the river. I lost my grip on my footing a few times and whenever somethin' got close I kicked it away. I slowly made my way droppin' my crossbow a few times. Thankfully I made it towards the kid pretty fast and I gave 'er my hand to help pull me up.
I flopped on to the grass and let out a long throaty groan with my hand over my eyes. I was breathin' heavy from the high anxiety I endured. I was thankful for makin' it out alive with the kid, but she shouldn't have been here in the first place.
"I'm sorry," I heard the kid say.
She sounded sincere and I felt bad for 'er.
"Ain't mad at ya. Just glad ya alright," I said lookin' over at 'er.
She looked relieved yet still held some emotion I couldn't place.
"C'mon they probably worried 'bout us," I said getting' up from the ground.
We started walking' towards the highway and I threw a wet arm over the kids shoulder. She looked up at me with 'er dark brown eyes and my blue ones were storing back at 'er.
"Don't go out alone no more. Ain't safe no more. Don't know what I'll do if I lose ya," I said to 'er.
"I won't, but you shouldn't go alone either," she said to me.
"That's different," I said.
"How is it different," she asked me with narrowed eyes.
"I don't tend to run into trouble everywhere I go," I said.
"Guess so," she said.
I kissed the side of 'er head and said, "Just to make sure we both stay out of trouble, ya gonna come with me anywhere I go."
"You want me to keep an eye on you," she said smirkin' up at me.
"Real funny, I think it would be the other way 'round," I said givin' my own smirk.
She laughed and nodded 'er head, "Probably."
We walked the rest of the way just as night started to fall and we decided to camp out here for the night. Everyone was happy that we were alright and decided to team up for now on. Timi and I got cleaned up for the night with some water we had and put on some clean dry clothes. The kid went to bed in my arms leanin' against a car on the highway. I was thankin' whatever god was left, that we made it out of another horrible end of the world situation.