Chapter 44-Getting The Supplies Needed.
Daryl's Pov
Daryl drives the bus through two and to the local dealership. He turns the bus into the lot and looks at the few trucks left. "I'm surprised there is anything left," Martinez says as he stands by him.
"Me too," Daryl tells him as he opens the bus door.
"4 walkers are moving towards us," Alicia says as she looks at the window.
"I can kill more," Martinez says to Daryl, who smirks as he grabs his crossbow and walks out of the bus. Daryl raises his crossbow and shoots the first one in the head. He puts the crossbow down as Martinez walks up to a walker and slams his bat on the top of its head, breaking its head open. Daryl smiles as he pulls out his knife and throws it at the third walker. Martinez moves towards the last walker as Daryl pulls out his hatchet. As Martinez is about to swing, Daryl throws the hatchet into the walker's head.
"I win," Daryl tells him with a smirk.
"You two are children," JJ says.
"Sorry for wanting to have a little fun, Mom," Martinez says sarcastically.
"The actual child is acting better," Haley says.
"Well, Reid won't have any fun. Daryl and I have got to stick together. We're the only men here," Martinez says.
"I'm a man," Reid says.
"Then partake in this kind of stuff. It's the end of the world. Might as well enjoy," Martinez says.
"Let's worry about this later. What are we doing here?" Rosita asks him.
"We need trucks. See if you can find at least two," Daryl says. "Stay within shouting range," Daryl tells them as they start to split up. Alicia goes with Rosita, and Daryl looks at Lizzie. "You're with me," Lizzie nods as Daryl reloads his crossbow. Daryl starts to walk, and the blond follows him. Daryl walks through the lot and over to a truck. He taps on the window, and a walker presses itself up against it. Daryl sets his crossbow down and pulls out his knife.
"I can kill it," Lizzie says to him. Daryl looks at the girl and nods. Daryl goes to the door and grabs the handle.
"I open this, and you kill it," Daryl tells her. Lizzie nods as she brings her knife up. Daryl puts three fingers up. "One... Two... Three," Daryl says before he pulls the door open and the walker falls out of the truck. Daryl shuts the door and holds his knife as he looks at the walker. "Kill it, Lizzie," Daryl tells her.
"I can't," Lizzie says. The walker starts to stand, and Daryl stabs it in the head.
"Come here," Daryl tells her as he turns the walker over. Lizzie slowly walks over to him. Daryl grabs the walker by its hair and shows its face to Lizzie. "Does he look alive to you?" Daryl asks the child. "Does he?"
"No," Lizzie says.
"That's cause he ain't, and he hasn't been for a while," Daryl says. They hear a growl behind them, and Daryl turns around and looks at the walker. "Good. Come on," Daryl says. Daryl says as he walks around the truck. He raises his crossbow and shoots the walker in the throat. The walker stumbles before it starts to come towards them again. "Can someone who's alive. Can they survive that?" Daryl reloads his crossbow and shoots the walker in the heart. It stumbles again as Daryl starts to reload his crossbow. "Can a living human being survive that? I know I couldn't," Daryl raises his crossbow and shoots the walker in the leg, making it fall to the ground.
"Daryl, please stop," Lizzie pleads. Daryl walks over to the walker and kicks it over, making it lay on its back. Daryl stomps on its arms, making the bones come out.
"Come on, Lizzie. Can someone survive that," Daryl says as he bends down by the walker. He pushes its head to the ground. He holds his arm a little above it. The walker tries to grab him. "They don't care about you. They're dead!" Daryl says to the blond before he stands up. "Come on, tell me in what part of your mind are these things still people. They are dead. They don't care about you. They want what is in you. Explain it to me!" Daryl says to the girl. Lizzie doesn't say anything. "Nothing?" Daryl asks. He bends down by the walker and looks in the walker's pocket. He pulls out a wallet and opens it. "John Lucas, 27 years old. He had a son," Daryl says as he pulls the picture out, and the walker tries to stand. "Who is this, John? Who is this?" Daryl asks the walker, who tries to bite him. "That's what I thought," Daryl stands and stomps the walker's head in with his boot. He turns and looks at Lizzie. "They are dead!" He yells at the girl. Daryl breathes heavily as Alicia and Rosita come over.
"Daryl," Alicia says.
"Take her," Daryl tells them.
"You need someone," Alicia says.
"Nah, my partner is somewhere, Georgia," Daryl says as he pulls the arrows out of the walker. "Take her. Maybe you'll have better luck,"
"Come on, Lizzie," Alicia says to the blond, who starts to follow her. Daryl walks to the truck and moves the body. He climbs into the truck and sees the keys on the floor. He grabs them and starts to the truck. He starts to drive it back to the bus.
Abraham's POV
Abraham pulls the U-Haul into the parking look of the Home Depot. He drives to the back and goes to the loading bay doors. He backs up as T-dog does the same with the semi. Abraham climbs out of the U-Haul as a walker comes up to him. "Oh sweetheart, you are a goddamn mess," Abraham says. Abraham pulls out his knife and stabs it in the head. The others climb out of the cars. They walk to the back of the cars. "Okay, boys and girls,"
"One girl," Ofelia says.
"Boys and girl. We have a few things to get done, and there are ten of us. Two of us will look for a truck or van. Two of us will find what we need, and the other 6 of us will get these doors open," Abraham says. "Jim and Dean go look for the car. Victor and Jake find what we need. Gideon, T-dog, Shumpert, Ofelia, Rick, and I will clear the building, " Everybody nods. Abraham leads his group into the store as Victor and Jake break off from them. "Anybody here know the layout of a Home Depot?"
"No," Rick says.
"Well, then we are winging it," Abraham says. Abraham says as he walks around the store. He shines his light. "There has got to be a generator,"
"It might be close to the loading bay," T-dog says. Abraham nods as he hears a walker.
"Hit the machete against the ground," Abraham tells T-dog who does it. Abraham shines his flashlight forward and sees a walker coming towards them. Abraham stabs the walker in the head. They walk through the Home Depot, killing any walkers they come across. They get to the back of the store and find the door to the loading docks. Abraham goes to the door and pulls it open. Light comes into the room as T-dog pulls the second door open. "Rick and Shumpert go find Jake and Victor. See if they found what we need," Abraham tells them. "Let's make sure we are safe,"
Alicia's pov
Alicia walks beside Lizzie, who was in between her and Rosita. Alicia looked at the girl and could see she was still a little shaken up. "Lizzie," Alicia says. The blond looks up at her. "Daryl's stressed. He misses Shane and wants to know that he's okay. He just needs some time," Lizzie nods as they walk over to a truck and opens the door. Alicia looks for the keys and finds them in the glove box. "Get in," She tells them as she climbs into the truck. Rosita helps Lizzie into the back and climbs into the passenger seat. Alicia puts the keys in and smiles when the car starts.
"That's two," Rosita says. Alicia nods as she pulls the truck around to the bus where Daryl was smoking. She gets out of the truck and walks over to him. She pulls him away.
"Maybe you should take one of these trucks and go on a hunt. Take the night and hunt and come home tomorrow. We can do this," Alicia says to him quietly. Daryl nods and throws his cigarette to the ground and stomps on it
"Are you sure?" Daryl asks. Alicia nods.
"I got this," She tells him. Daryl nods and starts to walk towards the truck. Alicia walks to the door as he opens it. He looks at her. Alicia leans in and kisses him. Alicia pulls back. "We'll talk when you get home," Daryl nods as he climbs in the truck and leaves. The others come over shortly after.
"Where's Daryl?" Martinez asks.
"He needed some time. He went on a hunt. He'll be back tomorrow. Come on, we should keep looking," Alicia tells them. They nod as they get into the cars.
Carl's POV
Carl was in the woods with Mika and Charlie. They had stuck away from the others while they were walking the perimeter. "We shouldn't be doing this," Mika says.
"We're close to camp, and we have weapons. We'll be fine," Carl tells her. "My mom hasn't come looking yet. She most likely saw us go into the woods,"
"I'm only in here to make sure you don't do anything dumb," Charlie says as she follows Carl.
"Like Daryl said. We're safe. We should have fun," Carl tells them. "Come on. We can cut through the woods and go to the beach,"
"Fine," Charlie says. Carl smiles as he leads them through the woods towards the beach. They hear a twig snap, and Carl pulls out his knife. "Might be an animal,"
"Yeah, but I won't take that chance," Carl says as he starts to walk towards where the twig was snapped. Carl sees the walker by itself and stops behind the tree. "It's just one,"
"One can still kill you, Carl," Charlie says. Carl looks at her.
"Distract it, and I'll kill it from behind," Carl says. Charlie nods and looks at Milka.
"Don't move," Charlie tells Mika, who nods. Charlie goes around the tree and a little bit away from the walker. The walker growls and starts to go after her. Carl goes behind the walker and kicks its leg. The walker falls to its knees, and Carl stabs it in the top of the head. "Good job," Charlie tells him.
"We should head back. The others might be worried," Mika says.
"Okay, let's go," Carl says as she starts to walk through the woods.
"That was the first walker you've killed, wasn't it?" Charlie asks Carl, who nods.
"Yeah, usually someone like Merle or T-dog would handle that," Carl tells them. "I know how to kill them, and I know how to defend myself. I haven't had to yet," They see the end of the tree line and walk out to see the house. They walk towards the house and see Lori and Amy sitting on the porch.
"Did you have fun in the woods?" Lori asks her son.
"Yeah," Carl tells her.
"See anything?" Amy asks.
"A walker. We took care of it," Charlie tells them.
"Well, since you guys like walking off. You can do the next perimeter check," Lori tells them.
"Mom," Carl says.
"Don't Mom me. Call this a punishment for running off," Lori tells her son and the other two kids, who nodded. "Now go inside. Patricia made some food. Dale and Hershel are in there eating," Lori tells the kids, who nod as they go inside.
Rosita's pov
Rosita stabs a walker in the head and throws it down the stairs. "Why are we searching this building?" Rosita as Lizzie and Alicia.
"Because the others took a building, and we are taking this one. It has rooms in it. We should be able to find supplies. Martinez is with Connie and Kelly. Gideon is with JJ and Reid. Now let's see what we can find," Alicia says to her. Rosita nods as she goes up the stairs. She goes to the first door and opens the door. She hears a small creek behind her and stops when she hears a gun cock behind her.
"Tell your friends to put your weapons down," She hears a woman say from behind her.
"Alicia, Lizzie, put your weapons down," Rosita says as she looks at the two of them. Alicia and Lizzie lower their weapons. "Throw them," They put their guns on the ground and kick them over to the woman.
"What are you people doing here?" The woman asks.
"We are looking for supplies," Alicia says. "We have a house. Somewhere you can live,"
"Can I turn around?" Rosita asks.
"Sure," The woman says. Rosita turns around and looks at the two women. "There are two of you," They hear a creak, and the second woman aims her guns towards the stairs, and her eyes go wide.
"Reid," She says.
Reid Pov. A few minutes before
Reid walks with Gideon and JJ. They had put a chainsaw in the truck and were heading to the building where Rosita, Alicia, and Lizzie were. Reid opens the door and starts to go up the stairs. "Tell your friends to throw their weapons down," A woman says. Reid stops, and Gideon and JJ look at him.
"Go to the other staircase. I'll stay here and distract her. Come up from behind and get her gun," Reid tells JJ and Gideon, who nods. Reid goes up the stairs and stops when he hears Rosita said that there were two of them. Reid steps out and closes his eyes when he hears the creek.
"Reid," He hears a woman say. Reid opens his eyes and looks up. He smiles.
"Emily," Reid says as he goes up the stairs. Emily Prentiss pushes past Alicia and Lizzie and hugs Reid. "It's so good to see you,"
"We got company at the end of the hall," Alicia says.
"It's JJ and Gideon," Reid tells them as he lets Emily go.
"You found Gideon?" Emily asks as she turns around. JJ and Gideon get over to them.
"Emily," JJ says with a smile as she hugs her friend.
"Hi," Emily says as she looks at Gideon. "Am I going to get a hug from the tuff, Jason Gideon?" Emily asks Gideon with a smile. Gideon smiles as he hugs her. "What about Morgan and Hotch?"
"They're alive. At least we think they are. It's been a few days since we've seen them," Reid says.
"What happened?" Emily asks.
"Like I said. We are part of a bigger group. We split up half of us came here. The other half went after supplies. Hotch and Morgan were with them," Alicia says.
"Sorry about the guns," The other woman says. "I'm Tara Chambler,"
"I'm Alicia Clark. This is Lizzie Samuels, and that is Rosita Espinosa," Alicia says. "That is Spencer-,"
"I know who they are. Spencer Reid, Jennifer Jareau, and Jason Gideon. Emily, Rossi, and Garcia talked about you guys a lot," Tara says.
"Garcia and Rossi are in there?" JJ asks.
"No, we were with her sister and daughter. Rossi Garcia and I got out together. Garcia lost her hand, but she lived. We got separated after we were attacked by a group. We killed them, but then a herd showed up. We got separated. This was about two weeks ago," Emily says.
"But they are alive?" Reid asks.
"As far as we know," Tara says.
"Good, come on," Reid says.
"Where are we going?" Emily asks.
"Our camp. We have a house by Lake Howard, and it's getting late. We should be getting back. We have been out here for hours," Reid says.
"We can come even after we pointed our guns at your head?" Tara asks.
"Yep," Alicia says. "But first, we need to search this place," They nod as they start to search the building.
T-dog's POV
T-dog looks at the setting sun. "How are we doing?" T-dog asks.
"We should stay for the night and finish tomorrow. We'll have more if we do. If we wake up early, we can be home before 8:00," Jake says.
"Okay, let's get some sleep then," T-dog says as he lays down against the wall as Abraham and Rick shut the loading bay doors.
Daryl's POV
Daryl walks through the woods looking for somewhere to camp when he hears a branch break ahead of him. He raises his crossbow. "Someone there?" A man asks. "I mean no one of the pass," The man clears his throat. "I haven't talked in a while. Am I talking loud? I am maybe sir or madam you are not there, but it is something to hear your voice after a little bit. Just saying words. Platypus, pasta, portable. If you are there, you can come out," The man says. Daryl smiles as he looks for the walker. "We can sit split a can of Pecos strawberries. Have a little badinage my mama used to say. That's just a fancy word for a chat. It's been, I don't know, maybe three months. I had a place where I was before. I had a good metric ton of popcorn. I've still got a lot. I could make some. I just read books. I watched movies mostly. But I read books now. I've got a few with me if you have a need for some reading material," The man sighs. "Before I go quiet again for maybe a year, I thought I might as well tell you I did talk to someone. She wasn't just someone. She came up to my door. Just showed up. I let her stay, and we feel... We had feelings for each other. One day we allowed it one day. I just thought I'd say that. 'Cause I supposed, I would see it when I did, and I did. And that was nice. There ain't been a whole lot of nice," The man says as Daryl catches up to the walker. Daryl raises his crossbow as a gunshot goes off, and Daryl looks at the man. "So... what's your story?"
It has been a week since I have uploaded. That gave me some time to think. I have been using an upload schedule for a long time now. As helpful as that was, it also made things more stressful. So from now on, my uploads will be 2 to 3 times a week. That is how things are going to work from now on. As for the criminal minds character that I know, I am bringing in is Rossi. Garcia and maybe Elle could come in. If you don't know who the man at the end of the chapter is. Watch Fear The Walking Dead. As always, suggestions, ideas, and feedback are welcomed. Until next time.