Chapter Twelve

After seeing the walkers round the RV and towards them, a few people screamed. It was a knee jerk reaction, and Kylie couldn't blame them for it. She fumbled with her crossbow for a moment before she was able to get her head on straight and cock her weapon as she slid a bolt into the notch.

Shane automatically jumped into action, cocking his shotgun and firing of a round at the walkers. Following his lead, Kylie pulled the trigger on the crossbow, embedding a bronze colored bolt into the zombies skull. Seeing that was all Kylie needed as she began cocking the crossbow again before firing another shot.

In her peripheral vision, Kylie could see Andrea sobbing over Amy's blood covered body. Her heart shattered. Amy was Kylie's closest friend, not including Daryl and Glenn, and now she was gone. Kylie knew that Amy would become a walker, it was just a matter of time.

As fast as she could, Kylie fired bolt after bolt into as many walker-skulls as possible. Until she eventually ran out of bolts. Not wanting to leave the crossbow behind incase they needed to flee, Kylie hooked it back onto her belt before pulling out her hot pink gun.

Kylie was vaguely aware of the others moving around her. She kept her gun raised, firing off shot after shot, taking down as many walkers as she possibly could. Still Kylie kept her distance from the throng of walkers, she was not trying to become dinner.

When the last of the walkers fell, Kylie let out a sigh of relief. But she still didn't holster her weapon, not wanting to take that chance.

Andrea was still hovering over her sister's body. It was lucky that the older blonde hadn't been bitten during the mayhem. Kylie knew that it was only a matter of time before they would need to put a knife through Amy's skull. And that knowledge sent a wave of emotions through Kylie. All she could do was stare, unmoving.

Finally, as if in a daze, Kylie made her way over to her dying friend. Kneeling down next to Andrea, she finally let the tears fall.

"I don't know what do, Amy" Andrea said quietly through her tears. And it was then that the young blonde took her last breath and closed her eyes.

"I remember my dream now" Kylie heard Jim state. "Why I dug the holes..."


It took Daryl lifting Kylie up to get her to leave Amy's side. The two of them spent the rest of the night in his tent, him letting the brunette cry into his shoulder before she fell into an uneasy sleep.

Kylie woke late the next morning. As she blinked the sleep from her eyes, she looked around Daryl's tent, only to find that he wasn't there. With a sigh, she sat up on the cot and pulled her brown hair up into a tight pony tail. She knew what was in store for the day, making sure that the dead stayed that way.

As much as she wanted to prolong leaving the safety of Daryl's tent, Kylie knew that she couldn't. So she pulled herself away from the cot, and left to go change into a fresh set of clothes.

She fought back the tears as she pulled on a bathing suit along with a clean set of shorts. And, in honor of Amy, Kylie pulled on a white and red Little Mermaid tank-top. After she secured her weapons on her hip, Kylie wasted time by thoroughly brushing out her matted hair before pulling her highlighted locks up into a sleek ponytail.

By the time she made it to the others they were all hard at work. Daryl had emptied the bed of his truck and was now using it to transport the dead up the cliff to where Jim had dug the graves. It seemed as if there was a system already set in motion and everyone was participating except for Lori, Carol and the children. Andrea was still at her spot next to her dead sister.

Silently, Kylie walked over to Andrea and placed a comforting hand on the older womans shoulder before walking over to where Daryl and the others were. Without a word, Kylie unsheathed her knife and began shoving it through the dead walkers skulls. Just to be sure. For about an hour she worked, stabbing walkers before T-Dog and Glenn took the bodies and set them on the fire. Finally Kylie decided to take a break when she saw her uncle walk over to Dale, Lori and Carol.

"She still won't move?" Rick asked them. Kylie just shook her head.

"She won't talk to us" Lori responded.

"I don't think she's moved since last night" Kylie told him sadly.

"We can't just leave Amy like that" Shane spoke up after a moment. "We need to deal with it. Same as the others." Rick shifted quickly before nodding.

"I'll tell her how it is..." he trailed off before walking towards the grieving Andrea.

"Andrea..." Rick started, but Andrea didn't even let him finished before she aimed a gun at him.

"I know how the safety works." Kylie heard Andrea state. She watched as Rick slowly backed a short distance away.

"Alright. Okay. I'm sorry" he repeated before retreating slowly. Kylie just sighed sadly when Rick re-joined them. When Daryl joined them, Kylie smiled slightly before handing him her water bottle. She wouldn't let herself be happy at the given moment, but the hunter made it better.

"Ya'll can't be serious" Daryl started after taking a sip from the bottle. "Let that girl hamstring us? The dead girl's a time bomb" he added, his words words causing Kylie to shift uncomfortably. She knew that Daryl was right, but a part of her didn't want to accept it.

"What do you suggest?" Rick asked.

"Take the shot" Daryl stated simply. "Clean, in the brain from here. Hell, I can hit a turkey between the eyes from this distance."

"No." Lori interrupted. "For gods sakes, let her be." When she sat back down, Rick and Shane exchange silent looks, causing Daryl to scoff and back away.

"Daryl..." Kylie trailed off, but he ignored her and walked back over to the bodies of the walkers. Kylie watched him say something to Jim before Helping Morales move the bodies into the fire. Finally decided that she had a long enough break, Kylie walked over to them to double check the bodies, just was Glenn spoke up.

"What are you guys doing?" he asked the other two men. "This is for geeks. Our people go over there."

"What's the difference?" Daryl asked. "They're all infected."

"Our people go in the row over there" Glenn stated again , his voice cracking slightly.

"Glenn" Kylie said quietly, walking over to the trio and placing a hand on his arm, but he just ignored her.

"We don't burn them!" His raised voice causing Kylie to jump slightly, having never heard him use that tone before. Seeing her reaction, he calmed a little. "We bury them, understand? Our people go in that row over there."

Daryl glanced at Kylie, who nodded, before working with Morales drag the body over to the next row.

"You reap what you sow!" Daryl shouted, causing Kylie to groan. She knew that he was right. But there was too much going on without adding a fight to the mix.

"You know what? Shut up, man" Morales said as they dropped the body.

"Ya'll left my brother for dead" he shouted. "You had this coming!" he added before walking off.

"I'll go check on him..." Kylie said quietly before following after her friend, not waiting for a response from the others.

They worked in silence, sorting through the bodies. There were hundreds of things she wanted to say to him, but couldn't find the right way to say them. So instead she worked, shoving her blade through the temples of the walkers. But their silence was short lived.

"A walker got him. A walker big Jim!" Jacqui shouted as she back away from the man slowly. Hearing her, the group walked over to them.

"I'm okay" Jim stated quietly.

"Show it to us." Daryl demanded. Just as he did, Jim moved, picking up a shovel so that he could defend himself.

"Jim, put it down!" Kylie called, moving to get a little closer, but Daryl wouldn't let her.

"I'm okay. I'm okay" the man repeated, just as T-Dogg moved in behind him and held him in place. Daryl glanced back at Kylie before rushing towards Jim and LIfted up his shirt to reveal the bit on his abdomen. Kylie's hands flew to her mouth at the sight. "I'm okay. I'm okay..." he repeated over and over again, standing still once he was released.

Without a word, Daryl picked up his pickaxe and went back over to where Kylie stood.

"This isn't going to end well" Kylie grumbled as she walked away from Jim with the rest of the group, not leaving Daryl's side.

"I say we put a pickaxe in his head and the dead girl's and be done with it" Daryl said, of course no one but Kylie agreed.

"That what you'd want if it were you?" Shane asked.

"Yea and I'd thank you while you did it" Daryle answered simply.

"I'm with Daryl" Kylie finally spoke up, causing the others to look at her. "Look, Amy was my friend. But... it's just too dangerous to leave her be. And those bodies shouldn't be buried" she added.

"I hate to say it, I never thought I would, but maybe Daryl and Kylie are right..." Dale said, Kylie could tell that he wanted to add more, but her uncle interrupted the older man.

"Jim's not a monster, Dale, or some rabid dog" Rick said.

"I'm not suggesting..." but Dale was cut off yet again.

"He's sick. A sick man" Rick scolded. "We start down that road, where do we draw the line?" he asked.

"The line's pretty clear. Zero tolerance for walkers, or them to be" Daryl put in.

"We can't risk it" Kylie said. "We don't know when they could turn, it needs to be done."

"What if we can get him help?" Rick suggested. "I heard the C.D.C was working on a cure."

"I heard that too." Shane told his friend. "Heard a lot of things before the world went to hell."

"What if the C.D.C's still up and running?" Rick asked. Kylie could tell that he was hoping beyond hope for an answer.

"Man, that is a stretch right there" Shane shook his head.

"Why? I there's any government left, any structure at all...they'd protect the C.D.C at all costs, wouldn't they?" Rick shot back. "I think it's our best shot. Shelter, protection..." he trailed off.

"Okay, Rick, you want those things, all right? I do too okay? Now if they exist, they're at the army base. Fort Benning" Shane told his friend.

"That's backtracking about a hundred miles, Shane" Kylie pointed out.

"But it's away from the hot zone" Shane shot back, causing Kylie to roll her eyes. "Now listen to me," he continued "if that place is still operational, it'll be heavily armed. We'd be safe there."

"The military were on the front lines of this thing" Rick said. As he spoke, Kylie watched as Daryl began to pace. "They got overrun. We've all seen that. The C.D.C is our best choice and Jim's only chance." There was silence for a moment, and Kylie notice Daryl glance back at Jim, who was still sitting by the R.V.

"You go looking for aspirin, do what you need to do" he started as he began to back away from the group. " Someone needs to have some balls to take care of this damn problem!" he shouted, raising his pickaxe to kill Jim.

"Daryl stop!" Kylie shouted, just as Rick walked towards him and pulled out his gun.

"We don't kill the living" Rick stated as Shane moved so that he was standing between Daryl and Jim.

"That's funny" Daryl scoffed. "Coming from a man who just put a gun to my head."

"We may disagree on somethings, not on this. You put it down" Shane ordered. With a grunt Daryl shoved the axe into the ground and walked away, brushing past Kylie.

"I'm sorry. But Daryl's right. Poor execution, but right none the less" Kylie told her uncle before walking away.

Instead of following Daryl, Kylie went back to her tent and began packing up her belongings. She knew that the group was probably going to spend one last night at the quarry before leaving. Putting her clothes into her duffel bag didn't take long. And by the time she was got done breaking down her tent, she was crying.

Kylie sat in a camp chair that was located near her and Daryl's tents. Her head in her hands as she cried. She sat there for a few minutes, trying to calm herself before drying her eyes and joining the others. Just as she cleared the trees, she saw Andrea and Dale talking near Amy's body, and she noticed Carol walk over to where Daryl.

"I'll do it. He's my husband" Kylie heard Carol say as she drew closer to them. Daryl looked towards Kylie who simply nodded her head. As soon as Kylie joined them, Daryl handed the axe to Carol who fought back her tears as she tried raising the tool. She swung once, hitting E'd corpse in the cheek. However, since she didn't get his brain, she tried swinging again and again. Each time the woman's aim became better and better, hitting her dead husband more times than necessary.

"I know it won't make you feel better, Carol" Kylie spoke up after she wrapped the woman in a hug. "I know you felt as if you loved him. But he didn't love you. Or Sophia. He's gone now. And he won't hurt either of you ever again" she soothed.

"Th-Thanks, Kylie" Carol sniffled.

"Come on, let's get you cleaned up" Kylie offered a smile and Carol nodded her head. "You got this covered?" she asked Daryl, who just silently nodded his head. Without saying a word, Kylie helped Carol over to where the chairs were and sat her down next to Dale.

Suddenly there was movement over by where Andrea sat with her dead sister. Amy had reanimated and was trying to take a bite out of her sister.

"I'm here now Amy. I'm here." Then a gunshot rang through the air.

AN: Phew sooo much drama in the quarry camp, lol. So guys are do you feel about S1 of this story finally coming to an end? As we know, things are about to go to crazy town in the coming seasons. How do you guys think Kylie will handle everything that will happen? Let me know! Also, big thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed and whatnot. I love you all!

Coming up: a plan is made, Lori and Kylie disagree on something (surprise surprise) and some fluffy bonding between our two favorite people! So come back next week to see what happens!

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