Beth POV
We opened fire, and a hail of bullets came from each side. A majority seemed like they were hitting the RV, coming for Carl and me.
"Oh god." I said under my breath. I've barely ever fired a gun before, now I'm in a gin fight fighting for not just my life, the lives of all my friends and family. I thought about everything important that had happened in my life, Me being born, Me and Maggie doing makeup for the first time, My family teaching me to ride a bike for the first time, Shawn teaching me how to draw and paint, my school trip to London, Me and Sandra making out, Me and Jimmy doing it for the first time, Me meeting Carl, Carl kissing me, Carl telling me he loves me. I think I've had a good life, and if it has to end now God, please let Carl live, take Me over him.
"Arghhhhh." Someone screamed, and it came from our side. I quickly looked to my left to check Carl, and was looking at me with the same worried look.
Suddenly, a rocket from our side flew past the RV and hit at dozen cars, destroying the most of them, and scaring the others back. Rick, Daryl, Shane and Dale pushed forward and went to the graveyard of burning cars to hunt down the rest.
"Someone, please help!" Maggie screamed.
Me and Carl both ran out of the RV to see Maggie laying next to T-Dogs body.
"No." I cried
Dad ran over and felt his neck looking for a pulse. He turned to Maggie and shook his head. Carol and Lori came rushing over to see if they could do anything to help, but it looked to late.
I started to cry and Carl put his arm around me, hugging me trying to comfort me.
"It's okay Beth, he's In a better place now." He whispered
"Fuck!"
I turned to see Shane, Rick and Dale walking back from the wreckage of cars, with Shane looking pissed.
"How in the fuck did this happen." He shouted angrily.
"Shane calm down, it's no ones fault. Someone's as bound to get injured." Lori explained
"Call me an idiot but I don't think he's just fucking injured." He shouted
"Shane, come on, T-Dog knew the risks, and helped us win, it's not anyone here's fault." Rick said trying to calm Shane down.
Shane started to get cool down, and eventually apologised to Lori.
I turned to Carl smiling, seeing that he already was towards me.
"See I told you we would be fine." He said.
"Is that another way for saying, I told you so?" I asked
"Maybe." He said before hugging me.
Wow, just ten minutes ago I thought I was going to die, I guess we are going to be fine, maybe get back some normality at the farm, maybe-
"Oh Fuck." I whispered
"What." Carl said pulling away looking at me.
"Oh Fuck!" I screamed
"Wha-" Carl started to say, until he turned around
"Shit, everyone in the barn now." Rick called out
About 200 yards away, at the entrance of the farm, were a massive horde of walkers, probably tallying into the thousands.
Everyone started to run towards the house, with Rick, Shane and Daryl carrying T-Dogs body
Carl grabbed my hand and we ran to the house, with Rick and co. arriving a few seconds after.
"Board the door." Shane ordered.
Maggie, Glenn and myself ran down to the basement and collected a load of wooden panels, with Dad collection a hammer and box of nails.
Dad, Rick and Daryl boarded up the front door, while Shane, Maggie and Glenn did the side door.
Me, Carl and Jimmy were going the living room windows, Carol, Sophia and Dale were doing the kitchen windows and Patricia is doing the toilet window.
After we were done, we all piled into the living room, looking through a gap in the boards, I saw that the walkers were only 50 yards away.
"Okay, we're going to gather all the stuff we have, and leave through the back door, run over to the barn to collect the vehicles, and get the fuck out of here." Rick stated
"No." Dad said
Rick turned to Dad,
"Hershel, I know that this is your house, your home, but take a look out there, we can't fend all of those off, they'll tear this house down, and kill most, if not, all of us!" Rick said, trying to reason.
"You're right Rick, this is my house, and I'm not going to give up on it and run, I'm fighting for this house, with or without you." Dad stated.
"But Dad, did you not hear him, if not look out here, we can't take all of them on, they'll destroy us." I said.
"Shush Bethy, the adults are talking." Dad said coldly
"I don't care if it's just adults taking, I'm telling you we are heavily out numbered, and very low on ammo considering we just fought off a different group." I said angrily at him
"She's right Dad." Maggie said backing me up
"Not you to, you were born in this house for Christ sake." Dad shouted.
I looked out the gap, and they were only 50 yards away now.
"Okay fine, you stay here and defend the house, me and my family are leaving. Lori, gather yours and Carl's things."
Loris nodded and ran upstairs to gather her things, with Carl joining her to get his own things.
"Same here, I'm with you bud." Shane said supporting Ricks idea.
Everyone else decided to go with Ricks idea, leaving just Dad standing in the middle of the room, looking at family photos on the wall, particularly the one of Mum.
"It's going to be okay Dad, we'll be okay, there's no other way Dad." I said calmly
He turned around, tears streaming from his eyes.
"I know Bethy." He said rubbing his eyes. "It's just I imagined dying in this house, same place as your mother's, I never imagined leaving." He said
"I know, I miss Mum to, but I know that she would want you to leave in a situation like this as well." I replied
"I know, go on then, get your things." He answered
I ran up to my room, collected the necessities, such as clothing, toothpaste and toothbrush, perfume. Before I got downstairs I heard banging at the front of the house, I looked out my window, and they were here, banging on the front door and windows trying to get in.
"Everyone come on." Rick called.
I ran downstairs and saw everyone ready to leave, except Jimmy, who wasn't here.
"Where's Jimmy?" I asked
"I'm not sure." Rick replied
Before Rick could call him, the front door came off it's hinges, and let loose the walkers in our house.
"Run." Dale cried. "To the back door quick." He added.
We all ran to the door, and Rick opened it to let everybody through. On the way Patricia tripped and fell over.
"Help!" She screamed in terror.
She tried to get up, but she was in reach of the walkers, and they grabbed her and bit her.
"Aghhhhhh!" She screamed.
"No!" Maggie screamed
"Everybody out now." Rick shouted
The rest of us made it outside, and ran to the barn. The door to barn was wide open, and the engine to Dads camper-van suddenly came to life.
"Jimmy." I whispered
All the other engines all came to life by the time we arrived, and sure enough, Jimmy was here.
"How in the fuck did you even get here?" Carl asked
"Good question, for another time." He replied
"Good job kid." Dad said to him
Daryl got on his motorcycle, with Shane climbing on the back. Me, Carl, Sophia, Rick, Lori and Carol climbed in the back of the camper-van, with Maggie and Glenn getting in the back. Dad and Dale got into the old Cadillac.
"The RV." Dale said sadly looking at this beloved RV.
"I know Dale, it's going to be fine okay." Rick said
"I'll get it." Jimmy said before rushing towards the RV.
"Jimmy no, leave it!" Rick shouted
Jimmy made it about half way, before getting surrounded by walkers,
"Jimmy no!" I shouted
He tried to push past, but couldn't get past the hundreds of walkers circling him.
They ripped his arms of like they were made of butter, and bit multiple times into his neck before he fell to the ground and I couldn't see him anymore.
I started to cry, along with Sophia.
Carl started to hug me from behind, and rested his head on my neck.
"It wasn't your fault, no one could've helped him." He whispered into my ear.
"I know. It's his own stupid fault." I said angrily. Why the fuck had he even attempted a run like that, he must've known that he wouldn't make it, why, just why.
"Let's go everyone." Rick said somberly.
We left the barn behind, and headed to the car where the others left food for Sophia at.
Carl sat next to me on the camper-van, Maggie and Glenn in the front driving, with Dad in the car behind. All my family, alive. I couldn't help but feel happy, for all of us. Yes, we lost T-Dog, Patricia and Jimmy, and no one could ever replace them, but the ending result could've been a lot worse. We lost the barn, but now we could move into a better, more secure place, and maybe, it could become our new home.
"We'll be fine." Carl whispered to me
I turned to him,
"I know." I said smiling, before I rested my head on his shoulders, and fell to sleep
The End Of Chapter 20
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The End Of Carl and Beth: Beginnings
So, that's it folks, that's the end. Wow, I can't believe we got here. How was it, I hope it reached your expectations, and maybe even exceeded them. I'm even getting a little emotional. The sequel will come, but it probably won't be this year, as I'm working on another project.
This project is going to take up all my time of FanFiction, so I had to push the Carl and Beth sequel back to next year. Sorry, but I hope you'll like what I've got planned for the next story. The title is,
Halloween VI: The Retaliation Of Michael Myers.
What do you think? Let me know in the review section.
And I'm not sure if anyone noticed, but I've released this chapter on the tenth of November, and this exact date last year, is when this story began. I noticed this a few weeks ago when I was writing out Chapter 18, and I thought it would be a cool one year anniversary gift.
Anyways, see you guys soon,
Goodbye