I don't own Total Drama and The Walking Dead.
Sorry if you find any grammar mistakes. I'm still learning English because it's not my first language.
Ms. Sleepy Clover: I'm glad you're liking this story so far!
Guest: I'm not planning to pair Bridgette with anyone besides Geoff, until he'll make his appearence along with the other people from the cast that survived to the point when they come across Rick and the others.
SomeGuy2020: I'm glad you liked it! I've been thinking of a way how to end season 1, and then this line popped into my mind.
Everybody was still feeling rather uneasy because of what happened in CDC. The group was now heading to Fort Benning. It was the only idea they had after the CDC had exploded, at least for now. Rick and his family were driving along the highway in Carol's car with her and her daughter.
''I was just thinking about our trip to the grand canyon with Carl." Lori spoke up from the passager seat, a smile appearing on her face at the memory.
Rick looked over from the drivers seat and let out a laugh as Carl looked up at the two in confusion, as he sat in the backseat, "I don't remember that."
"No, you wouldn't. You were just a baby." Lori said as she turned to look at him, "Besides,we never made it past Fort Worth."
"No,you got sick. I never knew a baby could throw up so much." Rick laughed again.
''Ick." Carl said as Sophia made a face.
"Yeah,ick." Lori laughed, "The doctor in Texas said you'd live. Then we turned around and drove home."
"That sucks." Carl stated.
''No,it was a good trip." Lori said, as she patted Rick's thigh.
"The best." Rick said, as he grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze, before putting it back on the wheel.
"Can we go see it? The Grand Canyon? I'd like to." Carl said.
"I would too." Sophia added, "Can we go?"
''We'd never go without you and your mom." Rick said, looking behind him, to which Carol smiled, "That's a promise."
In the RV in front of them, Shane was sitting at the small table behind the driver's seat, cleaning his handgun while Andrea, Cody and Sierra sat in front of him, curiously watching. He looked over at them, seeing them studying his hands.
"Looks complicated." Andrea said with a smile.
"The trick is getting all these pieces back together the same way. I could clean yours, show you how." Shane said, looking over at her, reaching over to Andrea's bag next to him and pulling out her pistol. He pulled the barrel back, making sure the chamber was clean before letting it slide into the place. He was clearly satisfied with it. He aimed it down the small walkway to the back of the RV. At the place where Bridgette, Leshawna and Harold were having a conversation, "Oh yeah. It's a sweet piece.''
''It was a gift. From my father." Andrea began explaining, smilling, "He gave it to me just before Amy and I including Dylan,Grayson and Alexandria took off on our road trip. He said two girls and three kids on their own should be able to defend themselves."
''Smart man, your father." Shane stated, as he looked over at Sierra and Cody, "We're gonna have to teach you how to use them. You need to know how to defend yourself.
Cody nodded his head, knowing that in what the world became over last few months, he'd have to know how to fire a handgun sooner or later, as Sierra said, looking interested in being teached how to use it, "If you say so, Shane."
Shane turned back to Andrea and her gun, " Look,it's a-it's a limited capacity. See? Only holds seven rounds.''
''Oh jeez." Dale said, making Shane turn around to him.
"Oh no." Glenn said from the passager seat as Shane got up from his seat.
"Oh, this is just great..." Heather muttered to herself, shaking her head, as Shane stopped next to her so he could have a look at what they just came across. The road ahead of them was filled abandoned cars on the either side of the highway. Even the grassy median had cars and trucks in it.
Daryl rode his brother bike and stopped next to the drivers window of the RV, as Dale shouted over to him, "See a way through?"
The younger Dixon looked over his shoulder before looking back to the old man. He nodded his head and rode past the cars, around the RV to get back in front of them.
"You better find a way through, otherwise there's going to be a problem with the truck!" They heard Chris shout from the back of the convoy of their group.
Glenn looked over at the map in front of them, trying to find a way how to get past these vehicles, as Daryl made his way back to the front, ''Uh, maybe we should just go back there's an interstate bypass."
"I don't think it's a good idea, Glenn." Harold stated, as he joined them in the front.
"We can't spare fuel." Dale added.
"Jeez..." Glenn said, looking around. Some of the cars were on their sides, or completely flipped over. There were dead bodies in some of them as they drove past, "Can we get through here?"
Out of the sudden, the RV's engine started sputtering and smoking, just in time when Daryl had stopped when the area ahead of him was too packed with cars for him to fit through. Everyone got out of their vehicles.
"I said it. Didn't I say it?" Dale said as he walked out of the door, around the front of the RV, "A thousand times. Dead in the water."
"Problem, Dale?" Shane asked, as made his way around the front with the rest of the group.
"Just a small matter of being stuck in the middle of nowhere with no hope of..." Dale paused as he realized he was in the middle of a highway filled with cars, "Okay, that was dumb."
As Daryl and Duncan already started searching through the cars that were nearby, Shane said, "If you can't find a radiator hose here..."
''There's a whole bunch of stuff we can find." Daryl cut in, searching through the pink backpack he found in the car.
"Lots of useful stuff I bet." Duncan added, as he searched through the car, finding nothing interesting, at least in this car.
"I can siphon more fuel from these cars for a start." T-Dog said.
"Maybe some water." Carol said.
"Or some food." Owen added.
"This is a graveyard." Lori said, bringing everyone's attention to her.
"Lori's right. I don't know how to feel about this." Bridgette agreed.
"In case you haven't noticed, we are already low on fuel, food and water. I doubt those people will mind if we borrow their things." Duncan said, moving out to search more of those cars.
"All right, all right, here we go." T-Dog said as he walked back towards the RV with fuel cans. Alejandro walked behind him, carrying fuel cans as well.
''Come on, y'all. Just look around, gather what you can." Shane said. Rick nodded to everyone as they disbanded. He put the bag of guns in the trunk of a car and pulled out one of the rifles, deciding he'd be on the look out while they looked around.
''Hey, Tyler!" Harold called over for the jock who was on the top of the RV, keeping the watch, as Dale started teaching Glenn something as they started fixing the RV, "Do you want to switch? You've been on the watch for a while now."
Tyler's answer was instant, he got him off the roof of the RV, and walked past Harold, "If you want to."
"Are you alright, sugar?" Leshawna asked, receiving no answer from the red clothed teenager as he walked past her to search through the cars along with the rest of the group. After what happened in the CDC with him. He wasn't saying much since he almost commited suicide by staying in the building that was going to explode, and if it wasn't for Dale he probably wouldn't be with them now.
DJ sighed, watching Tyler leave, "I'm worried about him."
"Not only you, DJ." Bridgette stated.
Rick looked around through the binoculars as Dale came to him at the back of the RV. He handed them to Dale as the old man climbed up the ladder to the top of the RV, joining Harold on the watch.
Several yards away, Alejandro put the bolt in his mouth to hold it while he used a crowbar he got from Daryl to open the gas hatch of a truck for T-Dog. He set down the fuel cans and a hose as he started siphoning the gas from the tank.
Carol was going through a suitcase in the back of the car when she held up a red dress. She smiled, when she saw it was her size. She held it over herself as she watched the cloth. She looked up to see Lori who was looking at her.
"Ed never let me wear nice things like this." She explained as she put the dress back in the suitcase before closing it, "We're gonna need clothes."
Lori picked up a large flashlight she found in the car as she walked past Carol, saying to her son, "Hey, Carl." Her son looked over at her, "Always within my sight, okay?"
''You too, Sophia." Carol said to her daughter, both of the mothers earning nods in response from their children.
Chris was searching through a minivan, digging through the suitcase which was mostly filed with clothes. There wasn't either food, or water in this car. He was about to go to another car but then he spotted something on the floor in the driver seat. It was a newspaper. The article it was opened at caught his attention. He picked the newspaper up and looked at the article.
"Third season of the hit reality show Total Drama was officially announced!"
Letting out a sigh, the host of the said reality show set the newspaper on the driver seat. He'd never think that on the way of the third season of his reality show would end up like that. One moment they were on the way of the third season of a reality show that made him famous, but then the world has drastically changed. And how here he was, on a road filled with abandoned vehicles, searching for food and water.
Shaking his head, he moved to another vehicle, and this time something else caught his attention. It was a box. He opened it and could feel his eyes widening at what happened to be inside. It was a Glock 17.
"It appears that you found yourself a gun." Chef's voice rang through his ears as he turned over to him.
''You know I have no idea how to use it, right?" Chris asked.
Chef sighed, he and Shane were having talks about teaching everyone in the group how to use handguns, shotguns and other kinds of guns for a while now, "Pretty boy, you do realize you're gonna have to learn to how use it?"
"Let's just search through more cars." Chris said, making Chef roll his eyes as the two of them headed towards another car, the host cluthing the box with Glock.
Tyler pulled out a bottle of water from the car he was searching through as he went over to see if there was anything in the back. The only thing he thought was useful from the back of this car was a metal baseball bat.
"Hm, this can become handy against those things." He thought to himself, as he took it out from the back of the car and swung his new weapon once to test it out.
"Yo, Tyler." Familiar voice rang through his ears as he turned around and saw DJ, Bridgette, Owen, Ezekiel and Izzy approaching him.
"What is it, guys? He asked them.
"We're worried about you." Bridgette told him, "Everyone in our group is."
"We want to know if you're okay after everything that had happened." Owen added.
"...I'm okay." Tyler answered after a moment through clenched teeth.
''It doesn't look like you're okay, Tyler..." Izzy was cut off.
"I said I'm okay!" Tyler repeated himself, as he turned around and walked away from them, to search for more useful things in these cars, "I had some bad thoughts in the CDC but Dale made me get rid of them! Can't you understand that I'm doing okay now!''
The group of five that approached him stared at him with worried expressions on their faces as they watched him walk away from them.
Duncan whistled as he was trying to get a motorcycle he found in the middle of the highway running, as Daryl approached him, "What are you doing?"
"How does it look like?" Duncan asked the redneck, "I'm trying to get this machine running."
"Do you think it'll work?" Daryl said to him.
"I hope so." Duncan told him, "My cousin got himself one. He was letting me borrow it from time to time, before all of this shit happened."
Daryl nodded his head and was about to walk away as Duncan asked him, "Do you know how to get this thing running? I saw you and your brother fix the one you're riding now after something it was broken back in your camp in Atlanta."
The younger Dixon rolled his eyes as he moved over to the juvie, "Let me have a look."
Shane had walked off with Glenn, going with him to find a matching radiator hose. They were joined by Alejandro as the spanish teenager had brought with him gas cans filled with gas as T-Dog went to search for more of them, and Noah who found some books that caught his attention. Rick walked further in the front of the RV, looking out at the group and all the cars as Andrea and Courtney walked back to the RV, feeling sick in their stomachs at the things around them.
Rick looked behind at Dale and Harold at the top of the RV. The eldery man was watching the highway through the binoculars, "It's all good."
Andrea sat down around the table in the RV, looking at the parts of Shane's gun laying across the the table, "Okay." She said as she started picking the parts, trying to reassemble the gun to get her mind off the the things around her. The CIT sat in the seat in front of her.
"Come on." Glenn said, trying to unscrew a hose from a moving van he was at. Shane and Alejandro stood by his side, while Noah sat on the ground, reading one of the books he found in one of those abandoned vehicles. Then, Shane spotted a large truck in front of him. He set his shotgun down, letting it rest at the back of the truck as he walked to the side of it. He grabbed the hatch and lifted it up, revealing the crates that were filled 5 gallon water jugs.
"Hey, Glenn, Alejandro, Noah." He as all three mentioned people looked over at him, "Were we short on water?" He unscrewed the cap from one of the jugs. He pulled it off and threw it behind, letting some water fell onto his head. Alejandro quickly walked over to him and did the same with another jug. Shane, Glenn and Alejandro laughed, as Noah rolled his eyes, knowing that they were wasting water.
"Hey, save me some!" Glenn shouted to Shane and Alejandro.
"It's like being baptized, man." Shane stated.
"This is nice." Alejandro said as some water flowed down, as he opened his mouth, drinking some fresh water.
"You're telling me, kid." Shane smile, giving Alejandro a pat on his back.
Dale and Harold smiled from the roof of the RV, watching them over. They turned around. Dale narrowed his eyes when he saw some movement in the distance between the cars behind the RV. He brought binoculars to his eyes, before handing them to Harold a moment later.
"Rick, there's a problem." The nerdy teenager said to the sheriff deputy.
Hearing Harold's words, Rick looked through the scope of his rifle in the same direction. He spotted one walker, knowing that he has to deal with him, he pulled on bolt handle, making sure there was a bullet in the chamber. He prepared himself for the shot but then another one appeared in his sight. Thinking there were only one of them, he was about to pull the trigger but then more of them came into his view. There wasn't only two. There was an entire group of them!
"Oh, Christ." Rick said, lowering the rifle down. He quickly began making his to the group to warn them about the incoming group as Dale and Harold dropped on their knees on top of the RV before laying down.
The sheriff deputy ran over to his wife, and whispered to her, "Lori, under the cars."
''Carl, Sophia, get down now." He said to the two kids as he pointed on the ground, running to the car next to them. Both kids looked back, seeing the walkers, and followed him.
"Chris, Chef, under the car." Rick said to the two hosts who looked over to the RV and saw the walkers. Their response to that was immediate.
Carol was calling over for Carl and Sophia as she came up to Lori. Lori pushed the woman down and ushered her under a van with her, covering her mouth with her hand. Heather quickly hid herself under the car. Sierra grabbed Cody as they hid under a car, Leshawna doind the same with Gwen. DJ, Bridgette, Owen, Izzy and Ezekiel quickly hid under the nearby cars as well.
Rick got to the ground as he crawled himself under a car. He saw Carl and Sophia crawl under two vehicles across him.
Glenn was still working on unscrewing the radiator when Shane yanked his army and brought him under the car with him. Alejandro quickly grabbed Noah by his hand and quickly scooted both of them under a car. Noah and Glenn sounded their confusion to why would they do that, until they finally saw dozens of walkers coming their way.
Andrea and Courtney were still inside of the RV, the first one was still messing with Shane's gun, not realizing what was going on outside until they looked up and saw the walkers walking past the RV. They both gasped as they ducked down on the floor.
T-Dog was crouching down as he was trying to get himself away from the walkers who were only yards away from him. When a walker came close to him, he panicked and quickly ducked own, in his rush, he sliced his forearm open on the glass of the broken window. He grited his teeth in pain as he brought his hand on his wound to put the pressure on the wound, as she blood splattered around his shirt. He was getting weaker because of the blood loss, as he ran past the car, leaving a trail of fresh blood behind him. He stopped when a lone walker appeared in his path. He began backing up as the walkers started heading towards him. He tripped over the bag behind him, and fell on the ground,
When he thought it was over, Daryl and Duncan crouched down and made his way behind the walker, the younger Dixon setting his crossbow on the ground. He wrapped his free hand around the walker as he stabbed it with his knife, the lifeless body of the undead fell on the ground. T-Dog looked up at the two of them with wide eyes as Duncan grabbed him by his legs, and took him to Daryl while the redneck grabbed the walker he just killed and laid it on T-Dog, covering his body, then the juvie quickly hid himself under a car as Daryl took out the walker from the front seat of the car under which Duncan hid, and laid it down on himself to cover his body.
Fortunely, the walkers didn't noticed them and walked right past them.
In the RV, Andrea and Courtney hid in the bathroom and could hear how one of the walkers just walked into the RV. Andrea was trying to reassemble the gun as fast as she could as she and the CIT could feel the walker approaching the bathroom. She cursed when she realized that she must've dropped one part. They both gasped in fear as the walker began pushing the door. They brought their feets and tried to hold it back, screaming in fear.
Dale and Harold who were on top of the RV heard their screams and crawled to the small window, which was slightly open, only to see them trying to hold the walker back. The two women looked up at them as Dale dug into his pocked, pulling out a screwdriver. He threw it down to Andrea who grabbed it and held it as a weapon in front of her and she and Courtney were still trying to keep the walker from breaking into the bathroom. Andrea decided to stand up as Courtney got her feet of the door, allowing the walker to open the door. When it did, Andrea pushed it into the wall, stabbing it into it eye socket. She brought it down on the floor, stabbing it until it was dead, blood splattering all over her clothes, while Courtney watched, horrified.
Rick kept his eyes on the children as the last walkers made their way past the cars, but everyone decided to stay under them for a few more moments, just in case. Sophia was about to crawl out from under the truck she was under when a walker appeared from a car behind the truck. She shrieked as she crawled back under the car, but when the walker dropped down and started crawling towards her, she crawled to the other side and began running into the woods as the walker, who was quickly joined by the other one chased her.
Everyone immediately reacted to that and got out from under the cars, with Carol saying, "Lori. There's two walkers after my baby."
Rick quickly went after Sophia to get her. He was getting further and further into the forest until he finally saw her, running away from the two walkers, sobbing. He quickly ran towards the area she was heading, and luckilly, he came in the good moment, as he saw her trip over a root of a tree. She quickly launched herself back on her feet and started running away, only to run into Rick.
"Shh! Shh!" Rick said as held her. He knelt down to make sure she was okay, "Are you all right? Are you okay?"
Sophia nodded her head, as she reached towards his Python, "Shoot them!"
''No. No! Those walkers on the road would hear it. Then it wouldn't be just two, it'd be hundreds."Rick stated as he picked it up and carried her until he found a good place for her to hide. He told her to stay there, telling he'd get her once he'll deal with the walkers, "Sophia, you have to do exactly as I say. Hide in there. Squeeze in tight. I'll draw them away from you."
"No no, don't leave me." Sophia shook he rhead.
"Listen. They don't get winded I do. I can only deal with them one at a time. I wouldn't be able to protect you. This is how we both survive. You understand?" Rick told her, to which she nodded her head in understanding, "Okay? Go go go go. If I don't make it back, run back to the highway, back to the others straight the way we came. Keep the sun on your left shoulder!"
Sophia ran into the hiding place Rick told her to stay into as the sheriff deputy began leading the walkers away from her, ''Come on! You ugly son of a bitch! Come on! Come on!''
Sophia was not found in the spot Rick placed her at. The group consisting of Rick, Shane, Daryl, Glenn, Chef, Chris, Izzy and Alejandro was sent to invstage and to find anything that will help them find Sophia.
'' Sure this is the spot?" Daryl asked.
"I left her right here. I drew the walkers way off in that direction up that creek." Rick explained.
"Without a paddle-seems where we've landed." Daryl stated.
"She was gone by the time I got back here." Rick explained, "I figured she just took off and ran back to the group. I told her go that way. And keep the sun on her left shoulder."
''Hey, celebrity, why don't you step off to one side?" Daryl said to Chris as the host turned over to the redneck, "You're mucking up the trail."
''Assuming she knows her left from her right." Shane stated.
"Shane, she understood me fine." Rick told his best friend.
"Kid's tired and scared,man. She had her a close call with two walkers. Got to wonder how much of what you said stuck." Shane replied.
"Hey!" Izzy called out as everyone turned over to her, "Got clear prints right here. She did like you said,headed back to the highway."
"We should spread out, make our way back." Chef stated.
''She couldn't have gone far." Shane stated.
"I'm sure we're going to find her. She is most likely going to be tuckered out hiding in a bush somewhere." Alejandro said.
As the entire group continued their search for Sophia they came across more and more footprints, as Daryl stated, "She was doing just fine till right here. All she had to do was keep going. She veered off that way."
"Why would she do that?" Glenn asked.
"Maybe there was something that made her scared her and made her leave." Alejandro assumed.
"A walker?" Glenn guessed.
"I don't think so, Glenny. I don't see any other footprints." Izzy said, keeping her eyes on the ground, following the footprints, "Just hers."
''So what do we do? All of us press on?" Shane asked.
"No, better if you, Chris, Alejandro and Glenn get back up to the highway." Rick said as the mentioned people looked over at him in confusion, thinking why would he want them to go back, "People are gonna start panicking. Let them know we're on her trail doing everything we can. But most of all,keep everybody calm."
''I'll keep 'em busy scavenging cars. Think up a few other chores. I'll keep 'em occupied." Shane said as he started making his way to the highway where their group was waiting for the news if they found Sophia or not. Of course, the first option was the one they'd welcome with open arms, especially Carol. Alejandro, Chris and Glenn followed him as Daryl, Rick, Chef and Izzy kept looking for the little girl.
Back on the highway, everyone was working in different areas. DJ and Bridgette were looking for stronger medicine, concerned for T-Dog and his cut, Ezekiel, Gwen and Leshawna were helping them. Tyler was keeping them watch on Dale's RV, while Dale was working on getting the radiator house installed, Harold was helping him. Duncan was still trying to get the motorcycle he found on the highway running. Shane along with Alejandro, and Chris were clearing the road the cars. Everyone else was searching through the cars.
Well, everyone except for Carol who couldn't take her eyes off the forest, when she finally turned, she walked over to Dale and Harold and asked, "Why aren't we all out there looking? Why are we moving cars?"
''We have to clear enough room so we can get the RV turned around as soon as it's running." Dale explained.
"Now that we have fuel we can double back to a bypass that Glenn flagged on the map." Harold added.
"Going back's going to be easier than trying to get through this mess." Shane stated.
"We're not going anywhere till my daughter gets back." Carol said.
"Hey, that goes without saying.'' Lori said, setting down a small box of supplies.
"Rick, Chef, Daryl and Izzy are looking for her. It's just a matter of time." Chris stated, overhearing the conversation. If there was anyone able to track someone, then it was definitely Chef and Izzy.
"Can't be soon enough for me. I'm still freaked out from that herd that passed us by,or whatever you'd call it." Andrea spoke up, taking a sip of water, Courtney nodding her head in agreement.
"Yeah, what was that? All of them just marching along like that." The CIT added, having some memories of it back when she was stuck in Atlanta.
"It was just like in Atlanta." Alejandro said, shaking his head, having a chance to be there as well. He cringed at the memory of when he, Rick, Glenn and Tyler had to be covered in guts of some guy and walk through the streets filled with walkers. He could only think what would his hated brother Jose think about it.
''And in our camp." Noah said, as he joined the conversation, hearing Tyler sigh from the top of the RV, "These things started forming herds."
"Herd?" Shane said with smirk, "That sounds about right. It is just as all of you said. We've seen it. Some wandering pack, only fewer."
Then, out of the sudden, everyone heard the sound of a motorcycle's engine, which was quickly followed by Duncan shouting, "Oh, yeah!"
Everyone that was a part of the conversation looked around themselves, before Shane, and Alejandronwalked over to Duncan who was already having a conversation with Owen.
"Wow, dude." Owen said to Duncan, looking down at what most likely was going to be Duncan's new vehicle, remembering that Duncan was having a bike that he turned into something similiar to the motorcycle, but this time it wasn't a bike, it was a real motorcycle, "It's just like during the competition with the bikes!"
Duncan laughed, knowing that he was going to enjoy his new ride, "You can say that."
"Do you remember when Lindsay snapped at Heather?" Owen asked, he and the juvie laughed at the memory. These two were good friends, despise Duncan sometimes doing some questionable actions towards him. But Owen's smile faded from his face when he remembered what happened to Lindsay when the walkers attacked the camp. Duncan was about to say something about it, but a familiar voice interrupted them.
"You actually got this thing running?" Alejandro said, approaching the juvie and the winner of the first season.
''As you can see." Duncan said, gesturing towards the motorcycle, "Everyone's favourite redneck helped me a bit."
Shane smiled, seeing the teenagers having a nice moment with each other, but then he remembered the true reason why everyone was working. To stop the panic, "Okay. Come on,people. We still got a lot to do. Let's stay on it. Let's go,come on."
Rick, Daryl, Chef and Izzy continued to follow Sophia's trail but it was getting harder and harder to follow.
''Tracks are gone." Rick said in defeated tone.
"No, they're faint, but they ain't gone." Daryl stated, "She came through here."
"How can you tell? I don't see anything. Dirt, grass." Rick asked, confused as Izzy and Chef seemed to be find her trail again.
Izzy opened her mouth to respond, but Daryl responded for her, "You want a lesson in tracking or you want to find that girl and get our ass off that interstate?''
The group of four heard some rustiling which came from the grass. Daryl readied his crossbow, while Izzy readied her hunting knife. They moved towards the sound and saw a walker, Izzy walked over to the undead, and stabbed it with her hunting knife, ending it's life.
"Sophia!" Daryl called over to see if Sophia's was nearby.
"Are in here, girl!" Chef also called over for her, but neither of them got answer. The co-host of Total Drama walked over to now lifeless body of the walker and kneeled down before it, checking it for some reason.
"What are you doing?" Daryl asked him.
"Skin under the fingernails. It fed recently." Chef stated, looking down in the walkers mouth, "There's flesh caught in it's teeth."
''What kind of flesh?" Daryl asked, kneeling down beside Chef.
"Only one way to know for sure.'' Rick said, he and Izzy got on their knees as well, starting to pull the walkers shit open.
''Here, I'll do it." Daryl said, as he turned to Izzy, "Give me your knife."
Izzy shook her head, "No, let me do it."
Chef looked over at Izzy, "Are you sure about this?"
"Yes." Izzy said with a nod of her head, redying her knife. She jammed the blade into the walkers stomach. She began to cut through the stomach and put the skin and muscles away so they could get to the stomach itself. As the chest was open, she nodded her head at Daryl, as the redneck put some gloves and began to pull out the guys so he could get to the stomach.
When he finally felt it, he said, "Yeah,hoss had a big meal not long ago. I feel it in there."
He set the stomach down as Izzy handed him her knife, allowing him to cut the stomach open, as Rick, even Chef were looking disgusted by the sight, "Here's the gut bag."
''I got this." Rick said, as he cut the stomach open and poured the contenst on the ground. Daryl, using Izzy's knife dug through until he found a bone. He picked it up with the tip of the blade and showed it off to the rest.
"This gross bastard had himself a woodchuck for lunch." He stated.
"At least we know." Chef said.
"At least we know." Daryl agreed, as he got the piece off Izzy's knife before handing it back to it's owner
Hours later, when the sun was going down, all four of them walked back to the camp. On the highway everyone sat concerned for Sophia as well for the sake that it was almost dark. Andrea and Bridgette stood with crying Carol, trying to comfort the woman who was slowly losing hope.
Jus then, Rick, Chef, Izzy and Daryl came out of the forest and walked towards the group. Carol sat on the guardrail as she saw Sophia wasn't with them, waiting for the response from the group.
"We lost the trail in the dark." Chef told her, plain and true.
"We'll pick it up again at first light." Rick added.
"You can't leave my daughter out there on her own to spend the night alone in the woods." Carol said in tears.
"Out in the dark's no good. We'd just be tripping over ourselves. More people get lost." Daryl stated.
"But she's 12. She can't be out there on her own. You didn't find anything?" Carol said, now crying.
"We know she was out there. We tracked her for a while." Izzy told Carol.
Carol's eyes went to Daryl's pants, which were covered in blood, "Is that blood?"
''We found a walker, and took care of it." Chef answered.
"Walker? Oh my god." Carol said, covering her mouth.
"There was no sign it was ever anywhere near your daughter." Chef assured her.
"How can you know that?" Andrea raised her brow.
"We cut the son of a bitch open, made sure" Daryl answered.
Carol held her stomach for a moment, trying not to threw up as Bridgette and Andrea just stared in shock at the revelation, looking up at Rick, "How could you just leave her out there to begin with? How could you just leave her?"
"Those two walkers were on us. I had to draw them off. It was her best chance." Rick explained.
"Sounds like he didn't have a choice, Carol." Shane defended his best friend.
''How was she supposed to find her way back on her own? She's just a child. She's just a child." Carol said.
''It was my only option. The only choice I could make." Rick tried to comfort her.
" I'm sure nobody doubts that." Shane stated.
"My little girl got left in the woods." Carol collapsed into tears. Rick stood up and wandered off to clear his head, he couldn't help but feel like it was his fault.
The next day, Rick had everyone gathered around as Shane dropped the bag of weapons Carl found in the car the other day, and picked up the machete, which was followed by Alejandro picking up a tomahawk, the spanish teen knowing it'll be a better weapon then a baseball bat.
''Everybody takes a weapon." Rick declared to the group.
"These aren't the kind of weapons we need. What about the guns?" Andrea asked.
"We've been over that. Daryl, Rick, Duncan, Chef, and I are carrying. We can't have people popping off rounds every time a tree rustles." Shane answered.
"It's not the trees I'm worried about." Andrea told him, crossing her arms.
"Say somebody fires at the wrong moment,a herd happens to be passing by. See,then it's game over for all of us. So you need to get over it." Shane said.
"The idea is to take the creek up about five miles,turn around and come back down the other side. Chances are she'll be by the creek. It's her only landmark." Chef added.
"Stay quiet and stay sharp. Keep space between you but always stay within sight of each other.'' Rick added.
"Everybody assemble your packs." Shane said as the group started packing up. Chef rested his shotgun on his shoulder as she walked over to the box with Glock 17 Chris found yesterday. He opened the box and took out everything he was going to need before putting it in a safe place in his pants.
''Dale, Harold, keep on those repairs. We've got to get this RV ready to move." Rick said to Dale and Harold. These two along with Owen, Heather, Cody, Sierra, Noah and T-Dog were staying behind to keep the guard of the vehicles.
"We won't stay here a minute longer than we have to. Good luck out there. Bring Sophia back'' Dale told him, with Harold nodding his head in agreement.
"I'm going with you." Carl said, firmly, as Rick looked down at him, "You need people,right? To cover as much ground as possible."
Rick looked over at Lori who shrugged her shoulders, "Your call. I can't always be the bad guy."
''Well,he has all of you to look after him. I'd say he's in good hands." Dale said.
"Okay." Rick nodded his head at his son, "But always within our sight, no exceptions."
A few hours later, the group walked deeper into the forest. Daryl, Chef, Duncan and Izzy lead the way, watching the ground for the trails, as the other continued to look around for Sophia.
Carl pulled out a small pocket knife that his dad gave him before slowing down so he could talk with Shane, "Shane, look. Dad said I could carry it and mom said as long as I was..."
''Keep it down. We're looking for Sophia. You need to focus on the task." Shane cut him off harshly.
Carl's head dropped down as he walked back to Lori, "You okay?"
"I think Shane's mad at me. Did I do something wrong?" Carl asked.
"No. No, honey, I promise you. He's just-he's worried about Sophia." Lori said, reassuringly.
Back ahead, Daryl let out a whistle and pointed to Chef, Izzy and Duncan to move forward. Ahead of them was a campsite that had a large yellow tent. Chef turned back and motioned everyone to get down. The group obliged and everyone got down, as Rick moved forward.
"She could be in there." He said.
"Could be a whole bunch of things in there." Duncan stated.
Rick motioned Carol to come over, as the woman quickly walked over to him, "Carol. Call out softly. If she's in there,yours is the first voice she should hear."
Carol nodded her head, and called out softly, "Sophia, sweetie,are you in there? Sophia, it's mommy. Sophia. We're all here,baby. It's mommy."
Everyone waited, but no one came out. Daryl and Duncan walked over to the tent. The younger Dixon unzipped the tent and pulled the flap open, nodding his head at the juvie. Duncan nodded his head as he slowly walked into the tent. He coughed in disgust at the view of rotting corpse as he spotted a revolver laying on the ground. He picked it up. He walked out of the tent, covering his nose, wanting to get rid of the small as fast as possible.
"Duncan?" Carol asked him.
"It ain't her." Duncan shook his head.
"What's in there?" Gwen asked.
"Some guy. Did what the suicidal scientist said opted out." Duncan answered, " Ain't that what he called it?"
Suddenly the group started to hear church bells ringing, as Chef turned the right, "This way!"
He started running into the forest with the entire group following him. If they heard it, then maybe Sophia would too.
The group reached a clearing where church sat. The balls had stopped as the group paused for a moment, staring at the group, with Shane saying, "That can't be it. Got no steeple, no bells."
"Pretty boy." Chef said to Chris who nodded his head. The host took hold of the handle while Shane, Daryl, Duncan, and Chef readied their weapons. As Chris opened them, all of them saw three walkers inside. All three of them turned around, letting out some snarls at the view of them. Tyler immediately walked in at the view of them and brought his new metal baseball bat down at one of them, taking it out. He then turned around and saw Izzy stabbing one of them with her hunting knife while Rick took care of the third one.
"Sophia!" The sheriff deputy called out for the little girl as he ran to the side doors looking outside, not seeing her anywhere.
''Yo, J.C, you taking requests?" Daryl asked, looking over at the statue of Jesus Christ.
Duncan laughed, "Good one."
As Rick ran back inside, Shane immediately walked over to him, ''I'm telling you, it's the wrong church. It's got no steeple ,Rick. There's no steeple."
Just then, the bells began to ring again, coming from the building they were standing in. The group ran outside, as DJ spotted what was making this noise. It was an automated bell alarm. He saw Glenn walk over to it and cut the power box.
''A timer. It's on a timer." Leshawna stated.
''I'm gonna go back in for a bit." Carol said as she went back inside the church, as the rest of the group either followed her inside, or stayed outside.
Lori saw Shane walk out of the church. She followed him outside, and asked him, but before that, she made sure nobody would hear it, "Are you really leaving?"
His response was, ''Don't you think it's best for all of us?"
" I think it is." Lori stated, "What made you decide?"
"Gotta back away. Just trying to be the good guy here, Lori,even if you don't see it." Shane told her, "None of this was intended. I hope you know that. Well,don't matter. As long as I said it."
''You're just gonna disappear? You're not even gonna tell Rick?" She wanted to know.
''He'd only try to stop me. You tell him what you want. Or tell him nothing at all. You're his wife." Shane answered.
"And Carl? We dragged him into this?" Lori asked another question.
''I love Carl." Shane's answer was instant.
"He thinks you hate him." Lori pointed out.
"I'm trying to put some distance. I'm trying to make this easier. This ain't easy on any of us,least of all me. I'm the one who loses you." Shane told Lori, before walking away from her.
As Shane walked away from Lori, neither of them was aware that Tyler and Andrea overheard their conversation and about Shane's plans. These two walked over to him, intending to have a talk with him about it.
"I'm coming with you." Andrea told him.
"So do I." Tyler added.
"I don't know what the hell you're talking about." Shane told them both, shaking his head.
"We're not stupid or deaf Shane." Tyler said in response.
"Look, neither of us know the story..." Andrea was cut off by Shane.
"There is no story." He interrupted her.
"Fine, I don't care." Andrea said.
"I don't care about it either." Tyler added, "Look, Shane, I and Andrea had a talk about it, last night. We care about is getting out of here. As far away as we can, like you."
''We're gonna sail off into the sunset together?" Shane asked them both.
"All we're asking is for a ride. to start over somewhere else. You observe this group lately? I have. I see three people who don't belong. We're the odd men out. Between the two of us, we make a great third wheel." Andrea answered, taking a quick glance around the group.
''So what? Say we do, we just run off. What's in it for me except for the extra asses I got to cover?" Shane asked them.
"The chance to do something for someone else." Andrea said, with Tyler nodding his head in agreement, "And a door that swings both ways. Put a gun in my hand, I'll cover your ass too."
"What about you?" Shane asked Tyler, "Do you know how to shot?"
"No." Tyler shook his head, "But I'm willing to learn. As long as I'm going to be able to kill those things."
"Think it over." Andrea said. She and Tyler walked away from Shane, letting him to have to think about taking them with him.
Shane sighed, watching them leave, as finally after ten minutes of being inside of the church, his best friend walked out. He had to talk with him. They had only a few hours of daylight left, "Got to move here, man. These people are spent. There's only so many hours of daylight left. We still got a long way back."
''I can't stop yet." Rick shook his head.
"We still got a lot of ground to cover,whole other side of the creek bed." Shane pointed out, "So we search that on the way back."
''She would have heard those church bells. She could be nearby." Rick said to him.
"She could be a lot of things." Shane said, pessimistically.
''I can't go back. Her being out here is my fault." Rick told him.
''That's great. Now they got you doubting yourself, huh?" Shane asked him.
''What about you? You doubt me?" Rick asked his best friend.
"Hey,we can assign all kinds of blame..." Shane began saying.
''This means something, finding her. It would be the miracle we need. We can't give up." Rick said, nearly begging.
Shane gave him a nod as he returned to the group, followed by Rick, "Mmm. Ahem. Y'all gonna follow the creek bed back, okay? Daryl, you're in charge. Me, Rick, Chef and Chris we're just gonna hang back,search this area another hour or so just to be through."
"You're splitting us up. You sure?" Daryl asked him, as Chef and Chris stood up from the benches and walked over to Shane and Rick. Chef had his shotgun in ready, as Chris held the machete strongly in his grip, unaware that Chef had the Glock he found yesterday in a car, just in case if he'd have to give it to the host.
''Yeah, we'll catch up to you." Shane assured him.
''I want to stay too." Carl said, as Rick looked a bit torn about it, "I'm her friend."
Thankfully, Lori quickly said, "Just be careful, okay?"
As Carl ran over to Rick's side, his father stepped forward to give Lori his Python, "Here, take this. Remember how to use it?"
Lori shook her head, "I'm not taking your gun and leaving you unharmed."
''Here, got a spare. Found it in a tent." Duncan said, taking out a revolver he found in the tent. Rick gave the juvie a thankful nod as Carl hugged Lori. With that the group headed out back ot the highway.
Minutes later, Rick exited the church and lead Shane, Chef, Chris and Carl into the forest. As they looked around for Sophia, they spotted a beautiful sight. A deer walking through the forest. It looked at them and instead of running away, it just stared at them. Slowly, Carl took a step forward as he began his way towards it to pet it. Shane, Chef and Chris smiled while Rick stared in amazement. Perharps it was the sight he had asked for.
Suddenly a bullet ripped through the deer and it went right into Carl's stomach. Everyone's faces went to suprise, then from suprise to pure horror.
An overweighted man appeared in their sight. He stared at what he had just done in horror, "Oh my god..."
Welp, here we go with season 2. Even though it was one of my favourite ones, I'm looking forward towards writing it with Total Drama characters, I have something planned for some of them, and I hope you'll like it!
You know, as I am rewatching the show now, I forgot how much I hated Lori back in the old days of this show...
If you're wondering how Duncan's new motorcycle looks like, just image it looks like the motorcycle Deacon St John from a game called Days Gone got at the start of the game.
I have small question for you. Who do you think is going to die in this season from Total Drama cast?
Anyway, hope it wasn't that bad. See you in another chapter.
