Survivors: A Walking dead Story

Chapter 44: A Similar Interest

As Connor and Morgan continued to trudge on through the snow, the Doctor watched them from the woods, he was careful not to make too much noise, the game was on and he wanted to have fun with them. He moved through the snow watching his steps, so he didn't make any loud noises. As the Doctor walked, he lightly swung his machete around like a child playing with a toy. He looked over to his left to see a small group of walkers stumbling around.

"time to play" thought the Doctor.

He walked on through the snow and approached the walkers as he got closer, he saw there was exactly four of them. The walkers didn't notice him until he was close. He swung at the closest walker taking the top of it's head off clean and killing it. The second and third walkers stumbled forward. The Doctor grabbed the second walker and pushed it, so it fell over in the snow. He quickly turned to the third walker and used a wild powerful swing to take the walker off at the neck decapitating it. Its head flopped to the snow with a light thud. With that walker down he drove the blade of his machete down into she skull of the second walker. Now it was just him and the last walker, the walker lunged for him, but he easily sidestepped it and kicked it in the legs knocking it down. He slowly stepped on the spin of the walker pinning it down, he applied more pressure feeling the spine of the weakened walkers cracking. After being satisfied with the cracks he quickly finished the walker with a stab from his machete.

While this was going on Connor pulled out his map and looked at it.

"alright I'd say we keep walking for a couple more hours then find somewhere to rest, we're less than 20 miles from the border, after that it's a clear line to Wellington" said Connor.

"thank god, my feet are really killing me" said Morgan.

Before anyone could say anything else the sounds of screaming could be heard.

"someone's in trouble" said Morgan.

"let's go help" said Connor.

The two charged forwards, Connor was so distracted trying to run that he almost slipped on the snow. He recovered and continued on. Connor loaded his rifle just in case and kept it ready, he then pulled out his knife to use. Behind him Morgan was doing the same. They kept on till they saw a group of what looked to be about twelve walkers were chasing a survivor. A woman. She had a knife and was surrounded on all sides; she was fighting but they would soon overwhelm her. Connor aimed his rifle and squeezed off a shot, the bullet soared through the air and ripped through the back of the head of a walker.

With that the walkers knew of the other two humans and some of them turned away from the woman and went towards them. Connor and Morgan finally caught up to the walkers and were ready for battle. Connor grabbed the first walker by it's neck and drove his sword through the left side of it's temple. Connor pushed the blade deeper and killing the walker, it's body slumped to the floor and Connor removed his blade. A second walker approached him, but Morgan knocked it down with a swing from his rifle and followed it up with a jab to the back of its head. With the pressure off her, the woman was able to easily handle some of the walkers, she took two out with rapid stabs with her knife. Now there was only eight left. After a couple more minutes the three of them easily dispatched the remaining walkers. Connor let out a sigh of relief and turned to face the woman, she was aiming her knife towards them.

"hey, we aren't gonna hurt you" said Connor.

"yeah right" said the woman keeping the weapon poised.

Connor noticed the woman; she was really tall had to be around 6 foot. She had black skin and short black hair. She wore a pair of blue trousers and a brown jacket, under the jacket was a white shirt and a pair of black shoes.

"look let's calm down here, let's get to know each other, I'm Connor this is Morgan" said Connor.

The woman watched him with eagle like eyes.

"Christa" said Christa.

"nice to meet you Christa, now you don't have to worry about us, we're just heading north, trying to find a community we can be safe in" said Connor.

"Wellington?" asked Christa.

"yeah, you know it?" asked Connor.

"yes, I do" replied Christa.

"well we can walk and talk then; this place isn't safe to stay" said Morgan.

"alright, but any funny business and you two will wish you were never born" said Christa placing her knife away.

The trio started walking on down the road, Morgan keeping an eye on their surroundings while Connor spoke to Christa.

"so, you know about Wellington too then" said Connor.

"I was heading there recently with someone close to me" said Christa her voice was cold.

"oh, well um if you don't mind me asking, what happened to the other person?" asked Connor.

"we got attacked in the woods one night, some scavengers wanted our shit, she threw a rock at them to distract them and gave me time to escape from them, they fired at me and by some stroke of luck or something the bullets missed, almost point blank range and they missed, I kept running until the morning, I didn't see any of them and hoped I had just lost them, the girl I was with, I haven't seen her since, she knew where we were heading roughly so I just headed that way and hoped to either see her on the way or that she's already there" said Christa.

"I'm sure she is, gotta have that hope" said Connor.

"so, what's your story then?" asked Christa.

"was travelling with a larger group, these assholes called the Smilers attacked us, we got separated in the escape, we had to wait behind as they went ahead, Morgan got injured in the fight" said Connor.

"so, you guys might have trouble following you, how am I supposed to trust you won't bring trouble to me?" said Christa.

"should say the same to you, given your friends in the woods" replied Connor.

An awkward silence followed. Connor hoped what he said didn't annoy her.

"you're right" said Christa after several seconds.

"so, why don't we all go there together, you might have someone there for you, I know Morgan does, his wife and child are there" said Connor.

"you have a wife and kid, what are you like twenty" said Christa.

"I'm twenty-two" said Morgan.

"he just couldn't find any condoms, which is weird you think they'd be easy to find" said Connor.

"screw you" said Morgan jokingly flipping off Connor.

Christa let out a chuckle.

From the woods the Doctor was still prowling, he saw the new arrival and his interest peaked.

"hmm a new toy" thought the Doctor.

"anyway, back to what I said, why don't you travel with us, we're all heading there, seems smart to do it together, much safer that way" said Connor.

"how can I trust you" said Christa.

Connor stopped and thought for a few seconds.

"I know" said Connor.

He removed the rifle from his shoulder and handed it to her.

"here take this" said Connor.

"is that smart" said Morgan a little wary.

"probably not, but besides you're a faster shot than me, so if she tries anything to kill us, you have better luck than I do" said Connor.

Christa took the rifle from Connor's hands and held it at the ready in her hands.

"alright, I'll go with you for now, but like I said any funny business and you'll wish you were never born" said Christa.

"uh welcome to the team" said Connor.

With that out of the way the trio continued on there path. But unbeknownst to them, a threat was still looming in the woods watching them. And he was ready to act once night came.

End of Chapter 44