Reconnecting With Your Past in Hell

Chapter 10

Hello our lovely readers here's another chapter for you (: this chapter was written by yours truly so please enjoy (:

Naomi had abandoned hanging up the washing, leaving Carol and Lori to do it as she passed around the camp, she was worried about the men in Atlanta they had been gone for around three hours now and Naomi was convinced they should have been back by now. To makes things worse no one else in the camp seemed to be worried that the men hadn't come back yet, was it just her who was worried? She asked herself. Chester was by her side walking with her continuously getting under her feet.

''Chester! For crying out loud stop getting under my feet!'' she screamed down at him

Chester let out a little whimper and went to sulk in their tent, causing Naomi to smile at her dog but feel bad also for upsetting him. Naomi then felt two arms grip onto her shoulders.

''Naomi come on now honey, calm down, they probably got held up with Merle being difficult. They will be back soon'' Lori said to her trying to calm her down

''Lori, I can't help but worry they should of been back at least an hour ago'' Naomi said to her

''I know, I know. Come on stop passing Andrea and Amy will be back with fish soon'' Lori said smiling

Naomi rolled her eyes ''oh the joy'' she said sarcastically

''oh I love your enthusiasm Naomi'' Lori said laughing

''why thank you'' Naomi said giving Lori a small smirk

The two women made their way into the centre of camp where they saw Andrea and Amy arrive back with a bunch of fish for them to feast on. Naomi scoffed at the two blondes and made her way up to her tent to retrieve a sulking Chester. When she entered she found him lying in the corner, his head lifts up and he looks at Naomi with big eyes.

''come on boy, no more sulking'' she said walking over to him and stroking his head

Chester got up and the two of them walked out of the tent, Chester sticking close to his owner as always. When they made it back to camp, everyone was looking at the worried expression plastered on Dale's face.

''I don't wanna alarm anyone but I think we may have a bit of a problem'' he said pointing up to Jim digging. Why hadn't anyone noticed that he had been gone the whole day? Naomi shrugged brushing it off immediately as she followed the rest of her fellow campers up the hill towards where Jim was digging. Standing next to Lori she watched as Shane approached the mechanic.

''hey Jim, you wanna take a break ya gotta be ready for a glass of water'' Shane stated

''no I'm fine don't need to stop'' he said not taking his eyes off the ground

''come on man. Just have some water'' Shane said getting closer to him

''don't need water, I have to keep digging'' he said

''Jim don't make me do something I don't wanna do'' Shane demanded

''I have to dig'' Jim said

Shane looked back at the group and saw the scared expressions plastered on Carls and Sophia's faces ''come on man your scaring the kids stop this now Jim!'' Shane demanded

''I don't have to listen to you!'' Jim shouted

Naomi looked over at Carl and Sophia and gave Lori and Carol a look and they both nodded.

''Come on kids I'll take you back down to camp'' she said smiling at them as Shane pinned Jim to the floor.

Once they were back in camp she sat the children in front of her and rubbed their arms.

''Don't worry okay guys? Jim's probably let the sun go to his head. He isn't going to harm anyone okay?'' Naomi said trying to reassure them.

The children nodded at her and smiled.

''You want to help me hang the rest of the clothes from this morning before you help Shane with the fish?'' she asked them

They both nodded enthusiastically. While they put the remaining clothes on the line it reminded Naomi of a happier time when Daryl and Naomi had ended up washing clothes at her house.

Naomi pushed Daryl's mud covered jeans into the washing machine being cautious not to make any noise as her parents were asleep upstairs. She pulled off her own mud covered bottoms and did the same pushing them into the machine. Her and Daryl had spent the day hunting and had returned later than expected and their bottom halves were completely covered in mud. Daryl was taking a shower in the downstairs bathroom while Naomi did the typical woman's work and did the washing.

She heard the door open behind her to reveal Daryl with only a towel wrapped around his waist causing the seventeen year old to blush.

''you all clean?'' she asked him

''yeah last time I checked'' he said offering her a smirk

''good, your jeans will be clean soon. Please tell me why we went hunting after a thunderstorm?'' she asked him rolling her eyes

''because Ni I thought it would be fun. Anyway I like it when you get dirty. Means you have to take your clothes off'' Daryl said tipping his head to one side and looking down at Naomi's exposed underwear.

Naomi blushed ''ya know I could just pull that towel right off you and whip your naked ass with it!'' Naomi said coyly

''why don't you?'' Daryl asked crossing his arms over his chest

This left Naomi speechless and she turned away from her best friend and turned on the machine after adding detergent.

''your clothes should be ready in about 30 minutes. I'm going to take a shower. If my parents come down hide they won't be happy that your here. Plus considering you're in only a towel they might get the wrong idea'' Naomi said biting her lip and raising an eyebrow towards Daryl.

She walked into the bathroom and began to take a shower, swearing to herself she could hear Daryl muttering under his breath.

Naomi smiled at the memory as her, Carl and Sophia finished pinning the clothes up.

''Now off you go. I'm sure your mums will want you to have a school lesson, go'' she said playfully pushing them away as they groaned. ''Come on Chester let's go for a walk''

Naomi picked up one of her guns and her Machete before walking through the woods down the clearing near the quarry water edge. Chester walked ahead of her occasionally looking back to make sure his owner was safe. Once they made it into the clearing Naomi picked up a stray stick and lifted it up, Chester noticed and his tail began to wag. The sun crept into Naomi's eyes as she as watched the stick leave her hand, the faded scars on her wrist becoming a grey colour in the sun causing Naomi to sigh. She pulled her eyes away from them quickly and watched as Chester went sprinting after the stick.

She couldn't get her mind off Daryl; she was so worried about him it was causing her blood to run cold with anxiety. What if he got himself bit? Was Merle dead causing him to lash out at the rest of the men? Did Merle get bit and turn into a walker? Was Daryl now a walker? All these questions ran through her mind causing her to sweat not just from the sun. She pulled her thoughts away from Daryl and concentrated on watching Chester as he went sprinting into the water with the stick firmly in his mouth, this caused Naomi to laugh as she followed in after him, rolling up her jeans and dipping her feet into the cool water. Her mind now becoming lost in the water rather than Daryl Dixon.

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It was now night time and the camp was relaxing by the fire tucking into the fish caught by Andrea and Amy earlier in the day. Even though Naomi wasn't too fond of the blonde sisters particularly Andrea she couldn't deny that the fish was delicious and a nice treat. Chester was even aloud some and he seemed content as he ate it off a dish beside Naomi. The group were listening to Dale explain a story about his beloved watch which Morales had commented that he would wind it every day without fail.

''I like what, uh, a father said to son when he gives him a watch that had been handed down through generations. He said "I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire, which will fit your individual needs no better than it did mine or my father's before me, I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you may forget it for a moment now and then and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it'' Dale said leaning into his chair

''You are so weird'' Amy commented

''It's not me, it's Faulkner. William Faulkner. Maybe my bad paraphrasing'' Dale explained

The group went silent for a moment soaking in their meal until Amy got up from her seat.

''where are you going?'' Andrea asked causing Naomi to roll her eyes. 'Isn't it obvious?' She thought to herself

''I have to pee, geez, try to be discrete around here'' Amy scoffed. 'THANK YOU' Naomi thought loudly whilst waving her arms around internally.

The group erupted in laughter at the younger blonde sister's comment. The group continued to tuck into their meal until a blood curdling scream comes from towards the RV. Everyone jumps up suddenly and they see a walker biting into the helpless arm of Amy. Naomi's blood runs cold and then suddenly more walkers pour out from everywhere. Naomi pulls out her gun from her holder and begins shooting along with Shane while everyone else either runs or joins in taking down the dead bastards. Naomi spots Miranda struggling to protect her children as Morales beats walkers with a baseball bat. Naomi runs over to them quickly taking out a walker as she runs.

''GET THEM TO THE FUCKING RV MIRANDA!'' she screams at her above the surrounding shouts and cries.

Miranda nods at her and takes hold of Naomi's spare hand as Eliza and Louis cling to their mother's legs. They make their way over to the RV quickly Naomi taking out walkers that got too close to them. Naomi takes her eyes off Miranda for a second and then suddenly she's gone completely lost in the surrounding darkness. Naomi pulls Eliza and Louis close to her making sure at least one part of their bodies is clinging to her. Chester is ahead of them barking and growling warning Naomi of any approaching walkers. Naomi takes down another walker when she hears shots coming from another direction. She spots four men knowing exactly who they are. Distracted Naomi hasn't noticed the five walkers setting their sights on her, the children and Chester.

''DARYL!'' Naomi screams taking notice of the walkers around her.

She takes two of them in one strike with her machete but the other three keep coming towards her growling for their fresh pray. Naomi pushes Eliza and Louis behind her as Chester growls in front of her at the approaching monsters.

''DARYL!'' she screams again as she aims her gun at the closest approaching walker.

She shoots it successfully in the head and then aims for other two but she outs of bullets. She pulls out her Machete ready to strike at them but suddenly they both go down and Naomi looks around to see Daryl lowering his gun with a glare across his face. Naomi offers him a thankful smile. It's over all the walkers are down and Naomi pulls Eliza and Louis into her arms holding them to her tightly. She looks around to see Andrea leaning over Amy's dying body and a part of Naomi's heart breaks, she may not be fond of Andrea but no one deserves to lose a loved one like she just did.

Naomi looks around desperately for Morales and Miranda but can't catch sight of them anywhere until she walks with the children towards where a crowd is gathering and she spots them both, lying on the floor with fresh bite marks dug into either of their necks, holding onto each other's hands tightly. Miranda must have gone back for her husband not wanting him to die alone. The two children in her arms let out deafening screams and both crumble into Naomi. Naomi comes down to Louis' and Eliza's level and hugs them tight as the remaining survivors surround their parent's bodies as well as Amy's.

Naomi feels a hand rest on her shoulder and she looks up to see Daryl. Only just realising that her own eyes are now surrounded by tears for the two children clinging to her. Daryl offers her a small smile as she kisses either child's head whispering comforting words into their ears as she rocks them slightly. At this moment Naomi's maternal instincts kick into gear for the children in her arms. The camp has been hit hard and it had affected everyone in one way or another.

So there's chapter 10 for you guys (: we hope you enjoyed this! Yes we killed off Miranda and Morales which we apologise for if any of you were fond of those characters! Also we are sorry for Amy too but you know she dies! Thank you for your continued support we really appreciate it!

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