Chapter XI: Following A Cold Trail
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"Are you sure you don't want me to take over for a little bit?" Jamie sheepishly asked Lilly who was only paying attention to the road. All of Lilly's being was tensed, she was thinking about what she'd say if and when they caught up with the group. She finally gave Jamie an answer after about 45 seconds. "Don't worry, I'm fine. Just try and relax ok?" Lilly was still trying to figure out how a shy girl like Jamie had survived for even 15 minutes on her own. She was far too nice to not have had others watching out for her. "So what do you think is in Savannah?" It was a fair question but to be honest Lilly wasn't even sure what was in Savannah, was the group even there? And if they were would they even take her back? After all she did steal the RV and abandon them. "My group was heading this way, so I'm hoping that they're in Savannah." Lilly then caught Jamie studying her. "What? Is something wrong?" she spat. "No, it's just...I thought you said that you and your group decided to split up." Lilly had forgotten that she had said that. "We did, but I'm hoping that they'll re-consider." And with that Jamie stopped asking question and they sat in silence. That was until Lilly stopped the RV and was starring off into the distance. "This is where I abandoned them...where are they? Did they some how start the train?" Lilly thought to herself as she scanned the area around the train tracks. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. "Lilly are you alright?" Lilly snapped out of her thoughts and nodded her head. "I'm fine, it's just that this is where my group and I split up. We are catching up, we just need to follow the train tracks down to a T. Think you can handle that?" Lilly asked as she unclipped her seat belt. "Yeah, of course I can do that. Glad to finally help out." Jamie said as she leapt from her seat. Lilly gave her the slightest smile before heading to the back of the RV. "Wake me if you get tired or something happens."
DOWN THE ROAD
"SCHREECH!" Jamie had to slammed on the brakes more aggressively than she intended. This of course jolted Lilly from her slumber, she leapt up and ran to the front of the RV. "What the hell happened?" Lilly spat with venom. Jamie responded by pointing to the bridge in front of them. The bridge was partially engulfed in fire. "Here, move over I'm gonna take over from here." Lilly said calmly, which did nothing but frighten Jamie. She carefully asked Lilly a new question. "Was this your group that did this?" Lilly knew in an instant that everyone was alive and it confirmed that they were heading towards Savannah. "Yeah, this had to be them. We're gaining on them." Lilly then started to veer off the road deciding to stay just slightly off the tracks. After about 45 minutes of driving further down the road Lilly had to bring the RV to a cruising stop. She looked at the sight before her and banged her head on the steering wheel. "I have the worst luck ever."
Before them was an unholy sight it was an army of walkers and they were shuffling towards Savannah. Jamie was starting freak out and looked at the older woman. "What do we do now?" Lilly took a few minutes to assess the situation and came to a decision she never thought she would make. "We're going in. They're alive. I just know it." And for the first time in what felt like an eternity Lilly smiled.
A/N Yes! I finally updated this story again! Thanks for your patience. Hope to have the next chapter up in a timely fashion. And I'd like to also apologize for such a short chapter.