Chapter 29: You Gotta Hold On


I looked around at all the dead military bodies and thought about taking a gun maybe...maybe they'd have other useful weapons too.

Hey they didn't need them anymore...they're dead.

It would be way easier to pull a trigger right now then my bow, maybe in a week I'll be able to use it more than twice at a time...if I lived that long.

I grabbed the AKMS riffle off the ground near one of the bodies and checked the magazine and guessed it was maybe half full. I looked over, and there was a Berretta M9 lying grasped in a dead hand, the knife hanging from the dead man's belt caught my eye too.

I quickly checked around again to make sure there were still no Walkers coming, I swung my bow across my back and sat my new riffle by my feet when I crouched over the body.

I undid the sheath for the knife first, sliding it from around his leg I wrapped it around my own as fast as I could...his leg had once been bigger than mine, before he died. I had to tighten it before I could move on to the handgun.

I literally had to pry it out of his cold dead hand, I almost snickered at that. I stood and started for the front of the big building while I checked to see how many bullets were left in the gun.

I counted 10 in this gun; poor bastard didn't even get to protect himself much before he died. That left me with maybe 30 rounds.

I was loaded down with my one bag (I was glad I was able to stuff my medic bag in with my clothes), my bow and arrows, and now the riffle hanging on my shoulder, knife at my thigh, and gun in my hand.

I was ready for battle if need be.

There was hardly any noise out here, I knew that was never a good sign..."the calm before the storm" and all.

I got up to what looked like the front of the building; it was hard to tell when the whole damn thing was round. The really tall glass windows told me it was the front though.

The doors were definitely all locked right down to the tooth and nail up here so I had to find a way to break the probably bullet proof windows.

Even at the hospital I worked in they had just installed shatter-proof windows around the more important floors. I found out it was a government thing that had just passed; only the newer hospitals were getting it.

My eyes were constantly peeled for any movers, anything that shouldn't be walking around. I could see two just wondering around out in the distance. Whatever I use to break those windows is gonna attract more...

We'd have to hurry a lot more than I thought.

"Okay...if I was a bunch of explosives...where would I be" I said to myself looking around at the bodies and then over to the tank crashed into the side of the building.

"Bingo" I went to climb it and noted the hatch was already open, I held the gun at the ready and made sure the safety was off.

Jack had served in Iraq for a while, and taught me how to use guns when he got back. He would've still been in the military if he didn't get shot in the leg during a mission over there.

He would've been among these men littering the ground right now had he not been injured.

I shook that thought out of my mind and looked in and seen three guys huddled together by the window. Each had a gun and a bullet hole in the head.

That was kind of depressing and heart breaking at the same time...they "opted out" together.

I looked at my watch, 4 minutes until the timer downstairs got to the 30 minute mark. I wasn't sure what will happen once the timer did run out...but I really didn't wanna be around to see.

"Let's get this party started" I said jumping in to the small tank to grab the belt of grenades around one of the men.

There were three left, deciding I didn't wanna blow the whole building up I only took one. I'd toss the others in my bag maybe...who knows, they could come in handy someday.

I couldn't wait to get back to my car so I wouldn't have to carry all this crap anymore, was starting to kill my back.

I took another calming breath, with my hand on the pin ready to pull. I glanced around quickly again to see where I could duck for cover. The two Walkers were catching my scent and started to meander my way slightly.

I pulled the pin and for a second I was frozen realizing what I just did...I'd never -used a grenade before... I quickly placed it in front of the window before I turned and ran trying to get as far away as I could.


"Come on Daryl! The Girl's waitin on us; we can't let nothin happen to her. I told er we'd keep up our end a' the plan" Merle Dixon said to his brother, everyone was standing in the main computer room.

"We ain't got no way out Merle; the man jus said the fuckin door can withstand a damn rocket launcher! Why the fuck did you leave her alone anyways!? She's prolly dead for all we know now!" for the first time the youngest Dixon was actually showing emotion, he was letting his anger out.

And almost for the first time in his life- he yelled at his older brother.

He knew Merle had a tendency for leaving, hell he's left Daryl alone many times in his life now...but he never thought he would leave that Girl alone. Not after they went through all that trouble just to save her ass.

Merle shoulda known not to split up when there were only two of em. It jus wasn't safe no more...and he should've known that.

"Hey I was jus listenin to her orders little brother; you did the exact same thing. If ya weren't so hell bent on wantin to bring this whole useless bunch with us ya woulda been with her too" Merle sneered back at his brother.

Daryl just growled at his brother before he went back to trying to break the metal door down with his axe.

"I told you, top sides locked down, I can't open those" Jenner said going over to press the buttons.

"Oh don't ya worry about that. I'm sure Girly's got it all covered by now." Merle said with a smile plastered on his face as the door dropped to reveal the small black haired girl, sweat dripping down her forehead and dirt covering her clothes and face.

"The hell happened to you?" Daryl asked, startled and genuinely happy that she was even alive, though he tried not to show his relief he was feeling.

"Oh, um I didn't exactly get far enough away from the blast...but anyways we ain't got time for chit chat. Let's go, move yer ass Dixon!" Samara was running on pure adrenaline right now, she was also talking pretty loud cause the sound of the blast left a ringing in her ears.

"Grab my bag at the top of the stairs too Merle, I'll run a head and clear tha way...I pretty much rang the dinner bell out ther so I could get back in" she waited long enough to see him nod before she took off again, running past everyone who already went.

The Girl knew she would pay for all this running later, she was just glad she wasn't feeling it now. She told herself she would help these people live as long as they possibly could...and she was going to do just that.


Well thats a wrap for season one ^.^ i'll prolly jus keep on goin into season two...i thought about makin it into parts, but i guess i ain't gonna anymore lol

Oh n I wanted to Clarify, I Do want this story to be different but I Am still gonna fallow the general story line of the show :P jus FYI... give u guys some comfort maybe lol i dunno.

Annddd i'm also workin on an OC for Merle. possibly ;) lol it all depends on how my mind works the next couple chapters!

PLEASE review and i'll try get two more chapters up before the middle of this week ^.^ that is my Goal people...and Reviews help motivate me pretty good also... lol I promise at least One chapter up FO SUR tho