Chapter 42-Hunting
Woodbury
Andrea was on the wall with a woman learning how to use a bow. "Thanks for doing this," Andrea says to the woman.
"When the Gov asks me to do something I do it. I figure we can start tomorrow. There's a training area, some hay bales. There's even a bow you can use. It was my old one," The woman says.
"You must be pretty good," Andrea says.
"Yeah. My dad taught me. He used to take me hunting. He wanted me to be in the Olympics. This one was his. I mean, it's worth more than my care. It's awesome. So I totally killed him for it," The woman tells Andrea.
"That wasn't why you killed him," Andrea says.
"No. My dad wasn't himself. My brother wasn't either," The woman says. Andrea then sees a walker.
"Walker," Andrea says as she stands up. The woman stands up.
"Cool. Watch this," The woman says as she tries to kill the walker. She grabs another arrow an misses.
"I got it," Andrea says. She walks over to the side of the wall.
"We're not supposed to go over the wall," The woman tells Andrea, who jumps down her knife in her hand. Andrea walks over to the walker and knocks it down before she stabs it in the head. "What the hell was that?" The woman asks.
"That is how it's done," Andrea tells her.
"I said I could do it. What is wrong with you? This isn't a game," The woman says to Andrea, who looks down.
The Prison
Travis was waiting by the phone when he heard a noise. Travis pulls out his gun and looks at the stairs where he sees Dale. He holsters his gun. Daryl follows behind Dale. Dale gets to the bottom of the stairs. "May I?" Dale asks as he nods towards the chair. Travis walks over to the chair, grabs it, and sets it down in front of Dale before he turns to Daryl.
"Why you here?" Travis asks.
"Nobody should be down here alone," Daryl tells him as Dale sits down.
"Still feel it. I'm wiggling my toes right now. I"m a ghost from the knee down," Dale tells him.
"I'm sorry," Daryl says. Travis nods.
"You saved my life, Daryl," Dale tells the man.
"He wasn't scared when he left all he wanted to do was make sure we made it. We all own him our lives. Take your time whatever you need," Dale says to Travis before he turns to Daryl. "Both of you. You carried us. You didn't let us give up. You got us here," Dale says to Daryl.
"It's not enough," Daryl says.
"It isn't safe enough," Travis says.
"There isn't anywhere else. I know you both want to get away from this, but we've run already," Dale says.
"I got a call," Travis says.
"What?" Daryl and Dale ask.
"Someone called. On this phone," Travis says as he puts the phone beside Daryl and Dale. "A woman. She was young. She was part of a group. She said they had a safe place," Travis says. Dale grabs the phone and puts it up to his ear. "They said they were just dialing numbers and I picked up. She said they'd be calling back," Travis tells him. Dale puts the phone down. "If it sounds right, I want you to talk them into taking us in," Travis says to Daryl, who looks at him.
"Did she say where they were?" Daryl asks.
"No, but it doesn't matter. If it's safe, we should get there.
"Don't tell the rest of the group not yet," Daryl says. Travis nods.
"I'll sit here with you. That's something I'm pretty good at nowadays," Dale says.
"No," Travis says. Dale nods.
"All right," Dale says as he stands up. Dale and Daryl then leave. They were walking through the tunnels when Dale looked at Daryl. "Do you believe him?" Dale asks.
"Nah, I think somethings wrong maybe a hallucination nobody is calling on that damn phone," Daryl tells him as they walk back towards the cell block.
The Woods
Sam and Neil were moving through the woods, looking for Michonne. Both of them had their guns out as they come into a small clearing. They stop as they look around the woods. Michonne tries to slash them from behind. Sam grabs Neil and throws him on the ground. Neil stills get cut on the chest, not a deep slash, though. Michonne tries to swing again. Sam uses his knife to stop Michonne from stabbing him. He throws Michonne katana out of her hand and tries to hit her. Michonne falls to the ground dodging the hit. Michonne kicks Sam in the balls and then the face. Sam then falls on top of her and rolls beside her. Neil holds his bleeding side. Sam's nose was also bleeding. Sam looks and sees three walkers that trie to grab him. He grabs one and throws it to the side. He uses his knife to hold off the second one and the third one heads for Michonne. Michonne crawls back and grabs her katana. She swings at the walker and cuts it's stomach open. The walker's blood and guts fall on Michonne. Sam holds his walker. Blood starts to come out of the walker's mouth from Neil, stabbing it in the head. Sam then stabs the walker that he threw in the head. Sam turns and sees the walker Michonne was fighting dead and Michonne nowhere in sight.
The Prison
Merle Carl Oscar Morgan and Shane, who joined them las second, walked through the prison with their flashlights raised. Merle looks at a door that was moving. "Check it out. Must have missed it last night," Oscar says.
"It's probably just one or two of 'em. Don't look. They got much fight. They ain't going nowhere," Merle tells them.
"We'll take care of it on the way back," Shane tells him. They start to walk forwards. Shane Merle and Carl upfront while Morgan and Oscar stay back.
"How's Daryl doing?" Carl asks as they walk through the hall and check the doors.
"He's managing. I think he's just trying to distract himself. He thinks it's his fault that Ofelia Chris and Carol are dead," Shane tells the kid.
"Why?" Carl asks.
"Because he didn't kill Andrew himself, which led to him letting the walkers go," Merle tells him.
"He couldn't have known Andrew would have survived or done that," Carl says.
"Try telling him that," Shane says to Carll as they move forward.
I was planning on finishing Hounded, but my wifi is fucked, and so I just wrote this as fast as possible. I hope by tomorrow my wifi will be fixed and I can write the rest of Hounded. I hope you guys understand and are ok with this short chapter. As always, I hope to see some comments or reviews or suggestions. Thanks for reading until next time.