A/N: A rollercoaster of a chapter. You guys are not ready. You'll be both happy and sad, that's all I'm gonna say.
Thanks to everyone who reads and supports my story! Especially my reviewers:
JasminJW: That was my reaction too when I wrote it xD But It was gonna happen eventually.
frosiedog: I know! I think because as a group they've been through so much it's taught them to be wary and assume the worst. some issues will be dealt with in this chapter.
Ryane: You're 100% right our darling Rick can sometimes be an idiot. But don't worry, think about it this way he's just especially mad because its between two people he cares about a lot: Shane and Pol and he's confused about what to think and how to deal with the situation.
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-Angels and Douchebags
Dangerous? He thought I was dangerous. No.
"Hey!" I shouted walking after him before he disappeared inside his tent. I pulled his arm turning him around as he looked at me in small shock.
"You don't get to walk away like that. Not after you said I could trust you. Now I'm asking you to trust me." I forced him to look into my eyes.
"I've been carrying this around with me for the past couple of weeks. Unable to tell anyone, I've been afraid of your best friend Shane who has threatened me on multiple occasions and has wanted me to leave since I got here." I said flustered.
"You can't deny that." I raised my eyebrows at him as he continued to listen to me.
"I made that decision. I made that decision for Amy because I thought it was the best for the camp. I shot Otis in the leg because I truly believed he would hurt you." I said calming down.
"Do you wanna know what Dale told me?"
"What?" Rick said finally speaking for the first time.
"That Shane aimed and pointed a gun at your back. He said that. Now are you going to say you don't believe him either?" I asked looking into his piercing gaze.
"It's just. I don't want to believe that my best friend, the man who kept my wife and son safe, when I couldn't. Is capable of doing that." Rick said scratching his neck.
"He blackmailed you okay. But why did you listen to him? If he did try to go through with is threat I could've handled it. Why did you shoot Otis?" Rick asked coming slightly closer.
"I-"
"Shane has something on you doesn't he? That's what he meant on your past." Rick said shaking his head.
"I'm going to tell you. But you're going to hate me forever." I said looking down.
"Tell me." Rick said firmly.
"I caused this. All of this." I said daring to look up seeing his eyes water.
"W-what do you mean?" He said moving backwards.
"I told you I worked in research right? Finding a cure for HIV? It's an aggressive virus so my team in Washington developed an equally aggressive viral strain to combat it." I said explaining and he nodded his face showing realisation.
"Members of my team were conducting research on it whilst I wasn't in the lab. They contaminated themselves and the virus infected them all and killed them. Then the word zombie started being thrown around but I didn't believe it until I saw it for myself. When I got there, I saw members of my own team walking around as those things." I said tears in my eyes.
"And it got out, and the outbreak happened. Everyone got infected. You know the rest. I'm the cause of all of it." I said. Rick looked at me then turned around and walked away without saying a word.
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I was left standing there by myself as the sun was setting. Rick rushed out of his tent and across into the field where Lori was, holding something in his hands. I'm sure he's going to tell her everything now. But instead he seemed to have lost his temper at her.
I took one of the guns from the RV not attempting to even talk to Dale who I'm sure wouldn't let me. I took a silencer and a box of bullets and took a car heading out to the gun range they set up with the cans. I loaded the bullets and began practising with the handgun but I missed every single one of my shots. In frustration I threw the gun. I went to go find it, picked it up and calmly tried again. I managed to hit my target knocking the cans off the stumps until I had used up the bullets in the round. I sat down in the middle of the field with my knife and put my head down against the soft grass. It was peaceful here. I was honestly in no rush to go back and face what had happened at all.
"Polaris?" I heard a voice call out. Leave me alone. They were getting closer and closer. Whoever they were leaned in front of me but I dragged them down to the floor rolling on top of the him holding the knife over their head.
"Woah! Woah!" Glenn was struggling underneath with his hands up in a surrender. I rolled off him and rolled my eyes helping him to stand up.
"You're surprisingly strong for your size." Glenn said brushing off the dirt.
"What are you doing here Glenn?" I resheathed my knife.
"Came to look for you. Saw you take off in one of the cars, without telling anybody." He said.
"Maybe I didn't tell anyone because I wanted to be alone." I said slightly annoyed.
"What's wrong?" Glenn asked and I sighed.
"Nothing Glenn. Look the two people who asked me that, I gave them answers and now they hate me, so don't mind if I don't actually say anything to you." I stated running a hand through my hair.
"Dale and Rick?" Glenn answered after a minute.
"Yeah, how do you know?" I asked surprised.
"They seemed off. Was it bad?" Glenn asked trying to get details making me scoff.
"You wouldn't believe it." I said.
"Well if you need anyone to talk to. I'm here." Glenn said supportively which I appreciated.
"Thanks Glenn." I said genuinely.
"But I took Rick up on that offer and now he's not speaking to me." I walked away from him getting in the car I drove in and he got in the other one. 5 minutes later we were back at Hershel's farm.
A few days had passed and we were around the fire eating lunch. The group was slightly fragmented. Lori apparently was trying to swallow pills to abort the baby but Rick stopped her and she decided to keep it. I'm happy for her, she has something to live for. Carl was much better and walking around getting better on the gun range. Glenn and Maggie were still sneaking around but they seemed happy together. Dale was quieter than usual since I had told him what happened. And Rick. Rick didn't even look in my direction anymore.
Really the only company I had was Daryl. And he wasn't much of a talker at all. I was spending more time with Carol these days since she was one of the only ones who didn't completely hate me. I helped her plate up the meat and handed them to Rick who took it without looking at me which really really hurt. I could feel myself getting more alone and more miserable. It was worse than surviving on my own. Because here I had a group of people who wanted nothing to do with me.
I was sitting on the grass next to Daryl who was stuffing his face full of eggs.
"Sure you've had enough there?" I asked amused to which he gave me a response with his mouth full of food. Glenn looked nervous and got up walking to the front of the tent.
"Uhm guys?" We all turned our attention to him.
"the barn is full of walkers." He said making everybody drop their food in shock. Shit Glenn. Well at least he didn't hide it for long. He told them straight up. I looked at Shane who made a sour face then at Rick who's jaw clicked into place. He looks extremely pissed off. We all walked over to the barn as Shane peeked through the gap in the door hearing the familiar scuffling and groaning of the walkers.
"This is definitely bad." Rick said next to me giving me a side glance as I nodded. Shane took a step back shoving past Rick.
"You cannot tell me you're alright with this," He said angrily.
"No, I'm not, but we're guests here." Rick said calmly.
"God, this is our lives man!" Shane shouted.
"Lower your voices!" Glenn hissed.
"Look, we can't just march up to Hershel and tell him that we want to kill the Walkers inside his barn. Whatever it is, he has a reason. We have to respect that." I stated.
"Pol's right." Rick said calling my name for the first time in days.
"It ain't right, not remotely." Shane said pacing in front of us.
"We have been talking about Fort Benning for a while, we should just go." Shane said putting the cap back on his head.
"We can't go," Rick said pushing Shane back.
"My daughter is still out there." Carol said entering the conversation. Shane laughed and put his hands over his mouth.
"I think we need to start considering the other possibility-"
"Shane! Listen to me now, we are not leaving Sophia behind." Rick said slowly.
"I'm close to finding this girl I just found her doll a few days ago!" Daryl exclaimed standing in front of Carol.
"That's a doll Daryl! That's what you did man you found a doll!" Shane said berating him.
"You don't know what the hell you're talking about!" Daryl came up to Shane flailing his arms out towards him. I came in front of Daryl pushing him back slightly making him glare at me.
"I'm just saying what needs to be said, if she was alive and saw you comin' with blood and geek ears around your neck she'd run in the other freaking direction!" Shane shrugged walking away from him.
"Shut your mouth!" Daryl said trying to reach him. Rick got in between them and Shane threw a punch which knocked Rick to the floor. Me and Lori ran towards him helping him up. Rick had blood on his lip which I wiped away with my sleeve. He gave me a look. He was starting to believe me. Shane was dangerous.
"Just let me talk to Hershel! Let me figure it out." Rick said moving away from us. Lori watched me when I wiped the blood from his cheek with a look I couldn't figure out. But it wasn't a good one.
"What the hell are you going to figure out?" Shane shouted coming up to him as Lori stood in the middle.
"If we're gonna clear the barn. This is his land, I'm gonna have to talk him into it." Rick said angrily.
"Hershel doesn't see those things as Walkers. He sees them as people, sick people." I said.
"I talked to him yesterday, that's what he said." Dale said.
"You knew?" Rick asked incredulously.
"I was waiting till this morning to say it, I thought we could survive one more night. And we did." Dale said firmly.
"The man is crazy Rick, if Hershel thinks those things are alive, then no!" Shane shouted. That was the final straw, the Walkers started snarling and moaning trying to push the barn door open. Rick pushed me behind him and I looked up into the back of his head. He still cared. No matter what he said. He cared. We walked back to the tents in silence where Lori was studying with Carl. Its good she was teaching him still, he needed to learn even if establishments like schools were no longer standing.
I was sharpening my knife nearby as they were talking to each other. They have a right to know. To know that I'm the reason for this, soon then I should probably make preparations to leave. But there's no way in hell I'm going to leave without exposing Shane to be the asshole he really is first.
No way. I looked up and Lori hugged Carl kissing him on his head. It must be nice to be a mother, I know that I'll never get that chance now. To raise a family. Especially in a post-apocalyptic world. She's brave for doing that.
I got up and walked over to the RV passing Glenn walking in the other direction. I saw Dale on top of the RV with a rifle. Perfect. I walked up the ladder and stood in front of him.
"We're going to talk. Right now. And I'm gonna tell you my whole story. You're going to listen and then you can decide you never want to speak to me again." I stated not giving him room to speak. He looked at me for a moment then gestured for me to sit down next to him. I told him everything, how my research lead to the outbreak, how I survived for those 6 months by myself and what happened with Otis and the fact Shane threatened me by finding my file. Dale understood. He was the first person I told everything to and I think he understood.
"Wow." He said.
"I know."
"It's not your fault you know." Dale stated looking at me.
"What?"
"This." He gestured around him.
"You said yourself that science is unpredictable. How were you to know that it would lead to this? You were doing something worthwhile to help people." Dale said and I looked at him in shock my eyes filling with tears.
"You don't blame me?" I asked my voice shaking.
"I want to. But I don't. I've accepted this is what it is." Dale said.
"I was so mad at you yesterday. I guess I thought you were this perfect person. Someone who had been out there long enough but still retained their humanity. Someone better than me. But we all have our flaws, and I know you were out there for a while. It's not completely possible to stay the way you were. I was just shocked." Dale explained.
"I'm sorry for reacting that way without thinking." He said.
I couldn't stop myself I threw my arms around him hugging him as he rubbed my back slightly. I pulled away my eyes puffy from crying.
"I know what I did with Otis was so completely wrong. But I was so afraid of Shane, of what he was going to do. That you would all find out my dirty secret." I said and Dale nodded.
"But after Otis, I said I didn't care, I wouldn't let him manipulate me like that. I was going to tell you all, I really wanted to tell Rick." I said putting my hands on my face.
"You and Rick have gotten pretty close." Dale said and I looked at him.
"Just because I'm old, that doesn't mean I can't see things." He gave me a small smile making me chuckle.
"You two have a real connection."
"That may be true but I would never do that to Lori. Especially now since she's pregnant. I did tell him you know. Yesterday." I said and his eye widened.
"What did he say?"
"He didn't believe me about Shane. He thought I was cold-blooded for what I did to Otis. I told him about the outbreak too. He hasn't spoken to me since." I said sadly.
"He'll come round." I looked at him disbelievingly.
"He will, I know it doesn't seem like that but he'll come to understand why you did what you did." Dale said calmly.
"I hope so." I sighed as Dale patted my shoulder. I kept watch with him up on the RV for a while, feeling slightly less alone and less miserable.
I was walking down the field when I saw Rick. He walked towards me and pulled my arm back slightly.
"I was just with Hershel, trying to figure out what to do with the barn." He started to speak as I looked up to his blue eyes.
"I was just saying how being out there, changes a person. You see what goes on first-hand, it makes you less of a person having to do the things that you do. You must've carried that guilt around with you for a while." Rick said looking down at me.
"See Rick you're still not getting it." I said getting angry now.
"I didn't tell you for you to give me sympathy. I stopped feeling sorry for myself ages ago. I told you so you could understand my situation. I told you because I trust you and you're my friend. If I can't speak to my friend, then who do I have left?" I said firmly.
"You shot Otis." He said in a low voice.
"It doesn't matter what you've done we don't kill people," He raised his voice slightly.
"You're absolutely right that's what I did. I made a decision in that moment, am I going to risk your, Lori's and you son's life because Shane said he would hurt you. Or am I going to do what he said because he knew things about me and manipulated me to get what he wanted." I came up close to him feeling rage.
"I changed Rick. This is the kind of person I am. And if you don't like that and don't want me here, then just say the word and I'm gone." I said throwing my hands up.
"You don't know how I feel every time Patricia or Hershel bring up Otis' name and I have to try not to break down and cry." I said my voice shaking. Rick held out a hand but then brought his arm back down straight away.
"But I would seriously consider re-evaluating who your best friend Shane is. I was scared of him Rick. I couldn't sleep at night properly because I was scared of what he might ask me to do next. I was not ready for you guys to find out about my past. Because of precisely this reaction." I said. Rick was looking at me with gentle gaze in his eyes now.
"I would seriously ask Shane what happened at the CDC as well." I said and Rick looked at me slightly confused.
"I don't want that." Rick said after a minute.
"I don't want you to leave, I want you to be safe." He spelt out.
"But you're ignoring me while I'm here? You won't even look at me Rick. So give me a reason to stay." I challenged him looking into his eyes.
He bent down to my level and leaned in close to my face, he was centimetres away now, his icy blue eyes piercing looking into my brown coloured ones. I realised I had unintentionally moved closer too. He held my gaze for a moment and I could see the freckles on his nose, the stubble of a bear covering his face. His hair was wavy and pushed back from his head. I subconsciously tucked a strand of hair behind my face daring to look at him again. In that moment, I forgot all the conflicts we had, all the problems. He finally closed the unbearable distance between us and captured my lips in a searing kiss. I tugged on his hair acutely aware it was completely silent in the field around us. It lasted for a few seconds before he pulled away the distance innumerably large again.
"I-I shouldn't have done that." Rick said running a hand through his hair looking around to see if anyone had seen us.
"Uh I shouldn't have let you." I smiled sheepishly.
I was looking at him again wanting to kiss him, but I couldn't. Shit Lori. I felt a pang of guilt pass through my body. Before I made another mistake I walked away from him leaving him standing in the field by himself. I got back to the RV and resisted the urge to smile. But I felt so bad. So guilty. Oh my god. Rick was going to be a father! His wife was pregnant and I kissed him in a field?! Never again. I can't.
"Hey Pol," I turned around seeing Lori come up to me with a smile.
"Hi! Lori," I said overexcitedly as she gave me a strange look.
"Everything's alright?" She checked.
"Yeah it's all good. What are we going to do about the barn?" I asked her changing the subject.
"I'm not sure. I'm worried Hershel won't let us stay here on the farm." She bit her lip looking out over the field seeing Rick and Shane by the barn. I found myself staring at Rick and crushing on him even more before I answered her.
"Well Rick talked to him, I'm sure they'll work something out." I patted her arm comfortingly before walking off sitting comfortably against a tree. I know he kissed me technically, but I didn't actually push him away, I kissed him back. He judged me for killing Otis even when I told him I was manipulated. I told him about Shane so hopefully he'll believe me. But he also said he cared about me. Urgh this was so confusing!
I walked back towards our camp where Rick and Andrea laid the map on the cherokee and were finding a trail for Sophia. I could briefly see Rick's eyes on me but I tried to ignore it feeling my cheeks heat up slightly and went inside the RV. Shane was rummaging around trying to look for something messing the place up.
"Hey! What are you doing?" I shouted at him as he continued to ignore me. He turned the mattress inside out and opened the cupboard pulling things out.
"My damn rifle." He muttered to himself pacing back and forth. He pushed past me coming out of the RV talking to Glenn.
"You see where he went?" He asked up to Glenn.
"Who?"
"Dale," Shane said impatiently.
"He asked me to run and fetch him some water, said he'd cover my watch." Glenn stated.
"And he was gone when you came back." Shane nodded chuckling angrily.
"I don't get it." Glenn said.
"Nah you don't." Shane stomped away from the cars walking down in the direction of the field. He was angry, and he was dangerous looking for Dale. I kept my distance but decided to follow him quietly. I followed Shane into the woods keeping light on my feet and hiding behind the trees whenever he turned around. We came closer to a creek where I saw Dale in the distance, with the rifles?!
"Man that's a good hiding place!" Shane exclaimed cockily as Dale turned around in shock.
"We ain't been to swamps much," Shane said eyeing Dale.
"Maybe if we applied your tracking skills to Sophia." Dale snapped back.
"How about you just give me that bag huh?" Shane asked walking over the stones to where Dale had a rifle slung on his back.
"I'm not gonna do that." Dale said defiantly. I moved as close as I could without being seen and peered out from behind the tree trunk so I could hear them better. Dale saw my head from behind Shane and before he could gave me away I put a finger to my lips hiding back better.
"Yeah, you are Dale. Unless, well, you do have that rifle over your shoulder." Shane said cocking his head.
"You're gonna shoot me like you shot Otis? Or like you forced Polaris to?" He asked him making Shane chuckle.
"Oh so she told you about that huh," Shane laughed.
"Yeah, now I know the story." Dale said not taking his eyes off Shane.
"Hell when you really look at it, in the cold light of day. You're pretty much dead already." He said menacingly. Oh no. He was going to try and kill Dale. I inched forward slightly more to move behind the tree which was directly behind Shane in case he tried something.
"Just give me the guns. Do it now." Shane demanded. I slowly pulled out my knife and held it out in front of me. Just in case. Dale put the bag down against the tree and loaded the rifle, cocking it back he turned around and held it out in front of him.
"Am I gonna have to shoot you? Do I have to kill you? Is that what it's going to take?" Dale threatened him. Shane chuckled and tilted his head, he moved forward taking small steps towards Dale who aimed the gun at him. The barrel of the gun was right against Shane's chest as he taunted the man holding the gun.
"Yeah, that's what it's going to take." Shane stated lowly. Dale lowered his arm holding the gun.
"That's where you're wrong Shane." Dale said eyebrows furrowed.
"This is where you belong. I may not have what it takes but at least I can say, when the world went to shit It didn't take me with it!" He shoved the bag of guns into Shane's arms. Phew. Attaboy Dale. Shane walked away leaving the woods and I came out and looked at Dale who had gone completely pale.
"Come on." I said to him holding his arm to take him out of the woods. We joined the others who were sitting on the porch talking to each other.
"Anybody know what's going on?" Andrea said as T-Dog came with her.
"Weren't you guys supposed to leave a couple hours ago?" I asked her and she nodded.
"Where's Rick?" I asked her.
"He went off with Hershel."
"Yeah you were. Isn't anyone taking this seriously?" Daryl asked angrily as Carol walked beside him.
"Oh here we go." Daryl said as Shane came walking back in with the bag of guns.
"You with me man?" Shane asked Daryl who nodded and handed him a rifle.
"Time to grow up." He said to the camp handing everyone rifles and guns.
"What are you doing?" I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Oh you and I are gonna have a talk later." he turned to me making me gulp slightly. He wasn't gonna scare me.
"You give everyone guns and my dad's gonna make you leave tonight." Maggie said trying to talk sense into him.
"We have to stay Shane." Carl came out of the house wearing his hat.
"What is this?" Lori asked and I shook my head.
"Hershel's just gonna have to understand. Now we need to find Sophia." Shane said pacing back and forth. He was becoming unhinged, he had a crazed look in his eye. Like he was going to do something dangerous. Something stupid.
"Now you take this," He handed a gun to Carl.
"You keep your mother safe. You do whatever it takes. Go on take the gun." He said thrusting the gun out to him.
"Are you crazy?" I stood in front of Carl shoving Shane away. Lori pushed Carl behind her and marched up to Shane.
"Rick said no guns, this is not your call." Lori said in calm anger.
"Oh Shit!" T-Dog said loudly. We all turned around to see what he saw. Coming out of the woods was Hershel leading a bunch of Walkers which were tied up by ropes with Jimmy and Rick who seemed to be herding them. Not killing them. Shane began running after going towards them.
"Shane!" I shouted following him before he did something drastic. Shane pushed open the gate into the field and ran towards him.
"What the hell are you doing?" He shouted at Rick.
"Shane, back off!" Rick shouted back trying to keep control of the Walker he had caught.
"Why do your people have guns?" Hershel questioned Rick.
"Are you kidding me? Are you see what they're holding on to?" Shane pointed at the Walkers.
"I see who I'm holding on to." Hershel shouted back. I began pulling my knife out from the belt but Rick looked at me and shook his head. I gave him an incredulous look before pushing it back in it's place crossing my arms over my chest.
"Shane just let us do this. Then we can talk." Rick said trying to calm him down.
"These things ain't sick. They're not people. They're dead!" Shane raised his voice.
"They are sick!" I shouted at him causing the rest of the group to look at me. The group fell silent with only the Walker's moans and groans could be heard.
"They're infected with a virus." I sighed. Rick pleaded with me. To not tell the rest of the group.
"How do you know that?" Glenn said holding the rifle.
"I told you I worked in research. We were developing a cure for HIV using an aggressive viral strain. One of my team got contaminated and infected. That infection spread and caused the outbreak." The entire group looked at me in shock.
"It's my fault they're like this." I sighed.
"It's not. It's not, you didn't know it would happen." Rick defended me and I gave him a weak smile.
"It's on me that people are dead. It's on me that Otis dead." Patricia came out from behind the group and addressed me directly.
"What do you mean?" She asked her voice wavering. I looked at Shane who was shaking his head aggressively, his eyes threatening.
"I shot him." I can't tell them he forced me to yet, he's holding a rifle. He's erratic and dangerous, we don't know what he could do.
"What?" Patricia asked falling on her knees crying. Beth came out next to her stroking her hair and Maggie looked at me in shock and anger. I saw Lori looking at me in sadness. Andrea, T-Dog, Carl were looking at me in betrayal with Carl having tears in his eyes. I started walking towards him but Lori pushed Carl behind her. I looked at Carol and Daryl who stared at me in shock. Then finally at Rick, who was looking at me sadly.
"I want you off my property by tomorrow." Hershel said and I nodded trying not to cry.
"Wait Hershel. We can talk about thi-" Rick started speaking.
"It's non-negotiable. Either she goes. Or you all leave." Hershel stated finally.
"Rick it's okay." I said staring into those beautiful eyes of his.
"It's okay." I said quieter smiling at him.
"All these things do is kill right here!" Shane resumed shouting as the Walkers were getting harder to control.
"They killed Amy, soon they're gonna kill one of us!" Shane exclaimed as Hershel, Jimmy and Rick herded the Walkers closer to the barn. I walked with them away from the group who were no doubt hating me.
"Hey, Hershel," Shane pulled his attention.
"Could a living breathing person, could they walk away from this?" He pulled his gun out and fired shots into the chest of the Walker who had once been female.
"No! Stop it!" Rick shouted at Shane who continue to ignore him.
"Someone who's alive they couldn't take that. So why is it still coming?" He fired more shots in the same Walker Hershel was holding. Shane walked up to the Walker shooting it in the head as he dropped to the floor dead. Everyone was looking scared of Shane, his erratic behaviour and the way he was acting. At least the attention was pulled from me slightly. Hershel was on his knees looking at the dead Walker and Daryl had the shotgun up ready to shoot if the others went wild.
"Enough risking our lives for a little girl who's gone and living next to a barn of things trying to kill us!" Shane shouted.
"If you wanna live, you gotta fight for it. Right here right now!" Shane ran towards the barn ready to open and unlock it.
"Hershel, take this now!" Rick said holding the rope keeping the walker at bay. Hershel was on the floor not registering anything he was saying.
"Please man take it! Take it from me!" I walked up to Rick and held the rope from him nodding to him to go and deal with Shane. Shane got a pickaxe and tried breaking the lock on the barn door.
"No Shane do not do this!" Rick ran after him trying to throw him off the barn door.
"Don't do it!" Glenn shouted panicked.
"Rick!" Lori screamed.
"This is not the way!" Rick screamed at him as they both pulled their guns out. I looked at Hershel who was on the floor crying and Maggie had her arms around him.
The barn doors flung open and Walkers came out of it all at once. Shane began shooting with Andrea, T-Dog and Daryl coming up to flank him. Rick reluctantly pulled out his gun and also began shooting into the Walkers. Glenn came and joined them tears in his eyes. I looked back at Maggie trying to reassure her but she glared at me. Shane turned around and shot the Walker I had held by the rope. I began to walk up behind him ready to draw my knife but Daryl pushed me back.
"No," He said shooting the Walkers. Lori was hugging Carl who was crying on the floor, I stood in front of them protectively with my knife out.
"Stay back!" I told them not giving them time to react to my presence. Suddenly the Walkers stopped and they were lying dead on the floor. There was silence coming from the barn. I walked forwards slowly until I was just standing next to Carol. There was a soft snarling coming from the barn as Shane put his gun up again. The sound of feet shuffling towards the door could be heard and out came Sophia, growling and snapping her teeth.
"Oh God. Oh God! Sophia!" Carol starting crying running towards her but I held her back. She elbowed me coming out of my grasp allowing Daryl to catch her stopping her from going any further. She fell to the floor crying with Daryl's arms around her waist.
"Oh, Sophia." I said softly feeling tear fall from my eyes. Rick walked past me as I touched his arm briefly he glanced back then walked forwards, a firm look in his eyes.
He pulled out the gun from his holster as Sophia walked towards him. And shot her, leaving Carol's wailing to be heard from miles around.
A/N: Honestly I don't know what you guys will think of me after this chapter...