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Chapter 8

The general consensus the night before had been made that the group would be heading to a military base over a hundred miles away and that all gas guzzling vehicles would be left behind. Which meant that Adrian and Kale had to either hitch a ride or find something of their own.

Adrian had lit out at first light to find something. The only fuel worthy vehicle she had found for them was a single seat, blue, 2008 kawasaki ninja motorcycle about a block away from the nursing home. She had managed to siphon enough gas to get a full tank and carefully drove it back to the home.

T-Dog's van got left behind as well as Daryl's truck and Shane's jeep, leaving the RV which had Dale, Glenn, Kale, T-Dog, Shane, and Andrea inside. Carol's jeep which had Rick behind the wheel, Lori in front, and Carl, Sophia, and Carol in the back. Daryl was left driving his brother's bike, and Adrian her newly stolen bike.

After driving for a few hours the group hit an impassable part of the road. Daryl slowly drove through to see if he could find a way through for everyone else, only for the RV to make a loud popping and whining noise. Adrian parked her bike a few yards in front of the RV and pushed the kick stand down. White smoke was coming out from under the grill of the RV.

Everyone convened in front of the RV while Dale complained about fixing the problem obviously not yet noticing where they were. Shane made a sarcastic remark about not finding spare parts. "Whole bunch a stuff here we can find." Daryl said as he started digging through the back of a car.

"Wise suggestion, redneck." Adrian said walking past him to another car with her bow slung over her shoulder by it's strap. Adrian turned to find Kale. "Kale." she said getting his attention. She gave him a hand motion to keep his eyes on Carl and Sophia especially.

It wasn't that she didn't trust their mothers, even though she had no reason to, but an extra set of eyes on them wouldn't hurt. "What I say about callin' me redneck?" Daryl grumbled before she got too far away from him.

"I told ya, Daryl, in my corner a the woods, it's a compliment." Adrian said calling out from over her shoulder. "Yeah, well this ain't your corner a the woods, now is it?" Daryl replied.

Adrian just rolled her eyes. "God, country men are such babies sometimes." she mumbled to herself. "What was that?" she heard Daryl call out. "If I wanted you to hear what I said, Daryl, I woulda said it loud enough for you to hear me." she said digging through a suitcase.

None of the those were really her style or size but she figured that maybe one of the other women would appreciate the thought. She had ended up close to Carl and Sophia and was only a few feet away when she heard and urgent whisper from Rick to get under the cars.

Adrian turned her head quickly and then rolled under the same vehicle as Carl with Sophia right across from him. A few seconds later they heard the moaning growls and dragging feet of an assload of walkers.

The walkers passed only for Sophia to try to crawl out to early and catch the attention of a walker. Her screams attracted the attention of another and she was going to be damned before one of those walkers got that little girl.

Adrian rolled out from under the car with Carl and took off after the walkers and Sophia after they had all cleared the tree line but had left her bow behind without thinking about it. Adrian could hear Sophia yell out as if something had caught her off guard only to pop out of the trees to see Rick holding onto Sophia.

"Rick, we nee to go! They're right behind us." Adrian whispered loudly. She had left her bow behind but was still armed with her hunting knife strapped to her thigh while her back up 9mm was strapped to the other. Rick, Adrian, and Sophia ended up at a shallow creek.

Adrian looked around with Rick and spotted a well camouflaged hole in the bank just big enough for Sophia. Which meant that Rick and Adrian had to stay out in the open and draw the walkers away from her so she could get away safely.

Rick put Sophia in the hole while the poor girl begged him not to leave her alone. 'Could have saved everybody this damn trouble if I had just brought my damn bow! I suck ass at throwing knives.' Adrian thought as Sophia got in the hole and stayed quiet. The walkers showed up at the bank while Adrian and Rick yelled at the walkers to draw their attention.

After they were safely away from Sophia, Rick ran ahead while Adrian took off in another direction. Adrian showed up in time to see Rick throw a huge rock at the second walkers head, which knocked him down. Adrian stepped out of the woods and placed her booted foot over the walkers mouth, knelt down onto one knee, and drove her game knife in between the walkers eyes.

"Ugly, smellin' ass bastard." she grumbled as she pulled her knife out and wiped the thick blood off onto its shirt. They made it back to the creek to see that Sophia was gone. "Maybe she went back to the highway like you told her to." Adrian suggested as they looked around.

"Ah, I don't know, maybe." Rick said turning in circles as if that would give him answers. They made it back to the highway only to see everyone standing by the guardrail waiting for them. "Damn it." she whispered to herself knowing that was a bad sign.

"She's not here, is she?" Adrian asked looking directly at Kale, knowing he would give her an answer instead of just looking at her.

Kale was standing there with her bow in hand, which at any other time would have been funny. A seventeen year old holding a hot pink compound bow, but not today. Not while Sophia was still in the woods. Kale seen her eyes go hard and she nodded towards her bow that had a few arrows racked up, which he quickly threw to her.

Adrian caught it with one hand and pointed towards Carl. "Both eyes. At all times." she growled at Kale who just nodded. Adrian whistled at Daryl nodding her head towards the woods. "Come on, bloodhound. Got a trail to pick up and little daylight left." she said as she started back towards the woods.

"Whoa whoa whoa. You ain't goin' nowhere. Your ass is stayin' here." she heard Shane yell out to her.

"Make me, cop!" she said as she disappeared into the woods. Very shortly after Adrian heard a stampede of footsteps behind her. She turned to see who all came and seen the familiar faces of Rick, Shane, Daryl, and Glenn.

"Four guys and a girl. Well aren't I just lucky." she mumbled to herself as they headed towards the creek.