Chapter 26-The Fall of the Farm
The Farmhouse
Everybody was inside the house, waiting for the five men to come back. "I'm going after them," Andrea says to the group.
"No, you're not. We don't know where they are, and if they are even alive, Randall may have found them nobody is leaving," Shane says to the blonde who nods. The door then opens. Merle Glenn and T-dog walk inside. Merle looks around and sees that his brother and John weren't back.
"Daryl and John aren't back yet?" Merle asks them.
"No," Chris tells them.
"We heard a shot," Glenn tells them.
"Maybe they found Randall," Madison suggested.
"We found him," T-dog tells them.
"Is he back in the shed?" Maggie asks.
"He's a walker," Merle tells them.
"Did you find the walker that bit him?" Jim asks.
"No, The weird thing is he wasn't bit," T-dog tells them. Shane's eyes widen, but nobody notices.
"So he fought back," Patricia says.
"The thing is, John and Randall's tracks were right on top of each other. And John ain't no tracker, so he didn't come up behind him. They were together," Merle tells the group.
"Would you please get out there find Daryl and John and find out what's going on?" Alicia asks Merle.
"You got it," Merle tells his sister girlfriend, who nods.
"Thank you," Alicia says to Merle, who nods. Merle walks outside and sees the herd coming. "We got a problem," Merle says to the group as they come outside.
With Daryl and Carl
Daryl and Carl were walking back towards the farm. "You bit too?" Carl asks Daryl, who looks down at him.
"No," Daryl tells Carl.
"John was," Carl says.
"That wasn't John. You know that," Daryl says to Carl as they walk.
"Used to be. What happened? You guys attacked? I mean, I heard a gunshot, but I didn't see any walkers nearby. How did John die?" Carl asks. Daryl gets down on one knee in front of the child and puts his hand on his shoulder. Daryl was about to speak when they heard the walkers Daryl turns and sees the heard.
"Oh my god. Go go," Daryl says to Carl as they run into the woods.
The Farm
The group was on the porch staring at the herd. "Jane kill the lights," Hershel says to the woman who nods as she goes inside.
"I'll get the guns," Amy says as she goes inside.
"Maybe they're just passing. Should we go inside?" Travis asks.
" Not unless there's a tunnel downstairs I don't know about. A herd that size would rip the house down," Victor tells them. Lori then comes outside, looking panicked.
"Carl's gone," Lori says to them.
"What?" Rick asks his ex-wife
"He was upstairs. I can't find him anywhere," Lori tells them.
"Maybe he's hiding," Glenn suggested.
"He's supposed to be upstairs. I'm not leaving without my boy," Lori tells them, panicked.
"We're not. We're gonna look again. We're gonna find him," Carol tells them as they go inside to find Carl. Andrea then comes outside with the bag of guns left inside. Maggie grabs a shotgun and cocks it.
"Maggie," Glenn says.
"You grow up country. You pick up a thing or two," Maggie tells her boyfriend.
"I got the number. It's no use," Merle tells them. Hershel also grabs a shotgun.
"You can go if you want," Hershel tells the man.
"You gonna take 'em all on?" Rick asks.
"We have guns. We have cars," Hershel tells him.
"Kill as many as we can, and we'll use the cars to lead the rest of them off the farm," Amy tells them.
"Are you serious?" Madison asks.
"This is my home. I'll die here," Hershel tells them.
"Ok, I want all cars full besides the Rv the rest of us will try to save the farm Dale stay up here and get the girls and kids out," Merle tells the group who nods. "All right, let's get to work," Merle tells the group who nods. Glenn gets in the truck with Maggie Alicia and Chris. Victor and Sam get in the bed. Dale, who up at the house with Madison Lori Carol Morgan Beth Patricia Duane Nick and Amy. Merle gets on his bike. Dean gets in the van with Jane Daniel Ofelia Jim Rick and Travis. Shane Andrea and Jo were with Hershel shooting by the house.
Carl and Daryl go into the barn and shut the door. Daryl bars it up. Daryl and Carl lay the gas on the ground. Daryl takes Carl over to the ladder. Daryl makes Carl go up the ladder. "Wait, what about you?" Carl asks.
"I'll be right here. Drop the lighter when I say. We'll stop some of them from reaching the house and distract the others, so at least we'll have a chance. Hey, look at me. You can do this. Carl, once you drop the lighter go to the ladder," Daryl tells Carl, who nods as he gives him the lighter. Daryl then goes over to the door and starts to bang on it before he opens the door.
"Come on! Over here! Come on! Carl, now!" Daryl yells at Carl, who drops the lighter as Daryl climbs the ladder. Carl drops the lighter and sets the walkers on fire as they move to the ladder.
Maggie was driving the car as the others shot. "Keep it steady," Glenn tells Maggie.
"I'm trying," Maggie tells Glenn as she makes a sharp turn, which throws Sam out of the bed because he couldn't hold on with one hand like Victor could.
"Sam!" Victor yells.
"Go. I'll be ok," Sam yells at them as he starts to move for the house but is cut off by walkers and forced into the woods.
Inside, Beth looks out the window. "The barns on fire," Beth tells them. Nick comes over and looks out the window.
"They're headed for it. Maybe Daryl set it to draw 'em in," Nick says Lori comes downstairs.
"I can't find him anywhere," Lori tells them.
"So maybe he stuck outside," Morgan says
"What do I do!?" Lori asks.
"He was here. He must've run off, maybe looking for Daryl or went after Randall himself," Madison says.
Merle was shooting walkers when Maggie pulled up beside him. "Where's Sam?" Merle asks.
"He fell out," Chris tells him.
"Yo! Must've been Rick or John, who started that fire. Maybe they're trying to get out back! Shoot around the barn and kill walkers do not stop," Merle tells Maggie, who nods as she drives.
Daryl sees Glenn shooting walkers as they climb down Daryl shoots a few walkers as they run into the woods.
Dean was driving the van as the others shoot. "They're all over the place. There's no corralling them. We're gonna run out of ammo before we even make a dent," Jane says to them.
"We need a new game plan," Dean says.
Hershel Shane Jo and Andrea were still shooting as the others. Lori runs over to Dale and the others on the porch. "I checked the shed. I can't find him anywhere," Lori tells them.
"Not in the cellar or the attic," Morgan tells her as he comes outside with Duane.
"Why can't he listen for once? Okay, if he followed his Daryl, he went that way," Lori says as she points.
"No, you'll lead 'em right to him. We can't stay here!" Carol yells at the mother
"That's my boy!" Lori yells back.
"You're gonna have to trust. If we find him, he's gonna need his mother. We've gotta go," Dale tells her.
"Get the others," Lori tells Carol, who nods. "Carl!" She yells.
"Beth Patricia Madison Nick Amy come on. We've gotta go now," Carol says as she goes inside Morgan Duane Dale and Lori were already outside. "Lori," Carol says to the woman who grabs the gun bag and looks at the four shooting.
"Guys, we gotta go!" Lori yells at them
"Go, We got the truck were waiting on Daryl or John," Shane tells Lori. Lori nods as they run Dale in front and Patricia in the back. A walker grabs Patricia and bites into her neck as Beth screams. Nick pulls her off as they run into the Rv. Andrea sees Carol run away from the Rv. Andrea runs away from the other three and runs to Carol, who was swinging a branch at two walkers. Andrea shoots them.
"Look out," Carol yells at Andrea. Andrea turns around and shots the walker, which falls on her as Carol runs again. Lori watches from the Rv.
"Dale, go!" Lori yells Dale starts the Rv and drives tears in her eyes. Amy falls down crying, thinking her sister was dead. Lori hugs her girlfriend.
Maggie watches as the Rv drives off. "Where are they going? Should I follow them?" Maggie asks.
"I'd say yes. Swing it around. Swing it around here," Glenn tells them as they turn around into walkers. Victor gets in the middle, so the walkers can't grab her.
"I can't get through," Maggie says.
"Head out," T-dog tells her.
"What?" Maggie asks.
"Maggie, it's lost," Glenn tells her.
"The others we can't leave them," Maggie cries. A walker jumps on the window.
"Get off the farm now!" Glenn yells as Maggie backs up and drives.
Dean watches as Glenn and the Rv drive away. He follows Glenn off the farm, not knowing the fate of his friends.
Shane Hershel and Jo were shooting walkers coming up to them, not seeing the one coming up behind them. A gunshot goes off. They all turn and see Daryl and Carl. "Alicia, where is she?" Daryl asks.
"I don't know what happened, Daryl. They just keep coming. It's like a plague. They're everywhere," Hershel tells them.
"Alicia, did you see her?" Daryl asks.
"No," Jo tells him.
"We have to go. Find the others.
"It's our farm!" Hershel yells.
"Not anymore. Come on!" Daryl yells as he pulls Hershel towards the last truck, Shane and Jo, following. Hershel hits a walker as the other two shoots. "Get in," Daryl says to them. They get in the truck Shane Jo and Carl in the back Daryl in the driver seat and Hershel in the passenger seat. Daryl drives the truck off the farm heading for the highway.
"Daryl, wait," Andrea yells as the car drives away. Andrea then runs for the woods.
Merle was watching as the barn burnt when he heard a scream. Merle down the road and sees Carol, who runs to him. Come on," Merle yells at her. Carol climbs on as Merle drives away from the farm.
Rv
Dale was driving when he pulled over. "Why did we stop?" Morgan asks Dale gets up and sits down tears in his eyes.
"Can you drive?" Dale asks Morgan who nods, and he walks towards the driver seat and starts the RV before he drives to the Rv.
With Daryl.
Daryl pulls onto the highway as day breaks. He stops the truck and gets out. "Wait, where's mom? You said she'd be here. We gotta go back for her," Carl says to Daryl.
"Carl," Shane starts to say.
"No. Why are we running? What are you doing? It's mom. We need to get her and not be safe a mile away," Carl argues.
"Shh," Shane says to the boy.
"Daryl," They all hear. They turn and see Adams's group.
"Adam," Daryl says to the man they thought to be dead. Adam runs over and hugs him as Bobby's group comes out. Jo is the first one to see Bobby and runs into the man's arm. Bobby is caught off guard before he hugs Jo.
"We thought you were dead," Shane says to Adam as he hugs him.
"I almost was. Why are you guys here?" Adam asks.
"The farm got overrun we made a plan to meet here now we have to wait," Hershel tells Adam who nods.
"What about Sam and Dean?" Bobby asks as he lets go of Jo.
"We don't know," Hershel tells Bobby.
"What do you mean you don't know?" Bobby asks.
"There were too many walkers we don't know who made it. We have to wait," Daryl tells Bobby, who nods. "I'm Daryl. This is Shane Hershel and Carl," Daryl says to Bobby.
"Bobby, this is Lee Clementine and Charlie," Bobby says to Daryl, who nods.
The group of nine was waiting on the highway when a walker came up. Lee stabs his knife into it. The group remains silent. Daryl was about to speak when they heard a motorcycle Daryl smiles as the bike pulls up. Then Glenn's truck then the van and last the Rv. Merle smiles as he parts Lori comes out of the RV as Carl runs to his mom. Alicia gets out of the truck and runs into Daryl's arm. Dean gets out of the van. Dean sees Adam and runs over to his brother and hugs his brother Dean doesn't notice Bobby, who was looking for Sam. "Where's Sam?" Bobby ask. Dean lets go of Adam and look at Bobby.
"Bobby," Dean says before he looks for his other brother. "Glenn, where is Sam?" Dean asks Glenn, who looks at him.
"He was thrown out of the bed. We don't know what happen after," Glenn tells Dean. Dean stars to cry. Ofelia goes over to her boyfriend and hugs him as Dean falls to his knees.
"What about Andrea?" Daryl asks.
"She saved Carol then we lost her," Amy tells Daryl, who nods.
"Patricia?" Hershel asks.
"We lost her too," Madison tells Hershel.
"You definitely saw Andrea?" Amy asks.
"There were walkers everywhere," Lori says.
"Did you see her or Sam for that matter," Amy asks.
"I'm going back," Merle says.
"No," Daryl tells his brother.
"We can't just leave them," Merle says.
"We don't even know if their there," Alicia says.
"They aren't there. They aren't. Their somewhere else or they're dead. There's no way to find them," Shane says.
"So, we're not even going to look for them?" Bobby asks.
"We gotta keep moving. There have been walkers crawling all over here," Hershel says.
"Let's head east," T-dog says. Daryl nods.
"You got a car?" Daryl asks Bobby, who nods the group loads up and leaves.
The group had been driving for a while when the Rv broke down. Everybody gets out of there cars. "Can you fix it?" Daryl asks Dale, who nods.
"Yeah, but it will take a while," Dale tells him.
"'Ok, We will stay over there for the night. We'll set a perimeter. Make a fire, let Dale fix the Rv, and leave in the morning," Daryl tells the group.
"We have the supplies in the cars," Shane says they nod.
"What if walkers come through, or another group like Randall's?" Beth says.
"You know I found Randall, right? He had turned, but he wasn't bit," Merle tells his brother.
"How's that possible?" Charlie asks.
"Daryl, what the hell happen?" Alicia asks.
"John killed Randall. Just like he always wanted to," Merle tells her.
"And then the herd got him?" Rick asks.
"We're all infected," Daryl says to the group who all look at him.
"What?" T-dog asks.
"At the CDC, Jenner told me. Whatever it is, we all carry it," Daryl says.
"And you never said anything?" Carol asks. Daryl sees Shane was about to speak, but Daryl than gave him a look that shut him up.
"Would it have made a difference?" Daryl asks.
"You knew this whole time," Glenn says.
"How could I have known for sure? You saw how crazy that mo-," Daryl was saying when Glenn spoke.
"That isn't your call. Hershel told us about the barn to keep everybody safe," Glenn says.
"Well, I thought it best that people didn't know," Daryl says to them before he walks away.
"I knew too," Shane tells them before he heads down to where they were camping.
Daryl was standing when Alicia hugged him from behind. "I'm sure you had your reasons, is there anything else?" Alicia asks her boyfriend.
"I killed him. I killed John. He came at me. He killed Randall to get me into the woods. He planned it. I had no choice. I gave him every chance, and he kept leading me further out. He pushed me, and I let him. And after a while,I knew what he was doing, what he was up to. And I kept going. I didn't stop. I could have, but I just wanted it over. Dogging me every step of the way. Acting like I stole you like I was in the way. I just wanted it over. I wanted him dead. I killed him. He turned. That's how I knew Jenner was right. Carl put him down," Daryl tells Alicia. Alicia lets go of Daryl, who turns and tries to grab her shoulder when she pushed him away and walked away.
"We're not safe with them keeping something like that from us. Why do you need them? They're just gonna pull you down," Carol says to Morgan.
"No. Daryl and Shane have done all right by me," Morgan says to her.
"You're their henchman, and I'm a burden. You deserve better," Carol says to Morgan.
"What do you want?" Morgan asks.
"A man of honor," Carol tells him.
"Daryl and Shane have honor," Morgan tells them.
"I think we should take our chances," Maggie says.
"Don't be foolish," Hershel tells his daughter. They then hear something in the woods.
"What was that?" Clem asks.
"Could be anything. Could be a raccoon, could be a possum," Bobby says.
"Walker," Daniel says.
"We need to leave. What are we waiting for?" Carol asks.
"Which way?" Lee asks.
"It came from over there," Maggie tells him.
"Back where we came from," Jane points out.
"The last thing we need is for everyone to be running off in the dark. No one's traveling on foot," Daryl says as he comes over. A branch then snaps.
"Don't panic," Hershel says.
"I'm not sitting here, waiting for another herd to blow through. We need to move now," Maggie says.
"No one is going anywhere," Daryl says.
"Do something," Carol says.
" I am doing something! I'm keeping this group together, alive. I've been doing that all along, no matter what. I didn't ask for this. I killed John for you people for Christ's sake! You saw what he was like, how he pushed me, how he compromised us, how he threatened us. He staged the whole Randall thing, led me out to put a bullet in my back. He gave me no choice. He was my friend, but he came after me," Daryl says as the group looks at him in shock. "My hands are clean," Daryl tells them.
"Maybe you people are better off without me. Go ahead. I say there's a place for us, but maybe it's just another pipe dream. Maybe I'm fooling myself don't you go and find out yourself? Send me a postcard. Go on. There's the door. You can do better? Let's see how far you get. No takers? Fine. But get one thing straight you're staying, this isn't a democracy anymore," Daryl says to the group. Nobody does anything for a second before Rick stands up and takes off his hat and puts his hat on his son's head.
"I'll take my chances," Rick says as he leaves the group and goes into the woods. The group sits in silence as Rick leaves, and Daryl walks away, not knowing what is next for the group, what the future held for them.
Hey, guys, here it is the season two finally. Rick and Sam will be back in season three I am so excited for both of there stories. There will be a few chapters before the third season. Tell me who you think will die in season three and who will live. I would love to know what you guys feel about the prisoners. See you guys next time, thanks for reading.