Jestalnaker94000
Good chapter! :) i feel Eko and Hershel would get along the most, due to similar beliefs. I also really hope Rick choses his decision wisely, next chapter; also if you want? Could you have Hershel mention Lee, Clementine or Kenny from the walking dead Telltale video game series? In episode one of the game it explains what happened to Hershel's son. (:
Thanks for the review, soon we will all see how Hershel and the losties interact, as for the telltale thing. I won't do that only because that happened in the comic universe and not the television. Though thanks for the thought.
thedarkpokemaster
Damn you a vote this is going to be so damn hard that's for sure your are just evil and I'm the one that has the evil name man I wish someone went with Rick thing is how do I know if pick Claire you don't kill her off sooner?
Man I'm not sure man can't I pick both somehow please?
Sorry but that's how it is my man lol. You will see how it plays out this chapter so get ready for that.
Don 77
Well damn I didn't see this coming but the thing is either way Rick leaves one behind from what I remember so not matter what both will die as Rick needs to get the Walkers away from them I mean is there a right answer to the vote.
Well read on to see if your theory holds my friend. Thanks for the review.
Kevinrock8899
Damn this was a good chapter yet I'm shocked they have just one gun what happened to all the others that they have and let's face it Eko needs no gun he has a large stick to beat up the dead, but now it's hard as I love both that could die, just not sure.
Sawyer seems he made his Lost speech to Jack as well it seems, wish there was way to save both who knows you may shock us French woman could save Sophia who thinks of her as her own child after saving her and Rick saves Claire sorted it out lol you can't fool me man.
Oh the guns were still there but remember at this point in the show they weren't handed out. So everyone had little protection. The only armed members were Shane, Rick, Ana, Jack, and Sawyer though Sawyer really shouldn't be armed he just kinda found a gun. And yes Eko has pure power he needs no gun lol.
Scotty000
Good chapter, on a rifle its not the receiver that's pulled back it's called a bolt and on a pistol it's called a slide. -Scotty
Ah that's what they were, I felt that they weren't the exact right words. Thanks man got it for next time.
Based off of your votes 57% voted Claire. Enjoy
Rick looked at both of the girls one more time and sprinted after Claire. He didn't even think about it instinct took over. The only thing that was good for Sophia was the fact that the walkers had chased after Claire and not her, though in her fear she didn't realize it.
Back on the street top everyone grouped together by the end of the road, Locke wasting no time jumped right over the guardrail and ran down into the forest. He looked down and saw Rick's and Claire's trail. He looked back up and saw a glimpse of Rick running after Claire. Locke began to run after the pair yet he didn't see Sophia's separate trail.
Rick finally caught up to Claire just ahead of the walkers. "Shoot them!" Claire cried out to Rick as she reached for his revolver,
"No, no! We can't it could draw the herd back." Rick said pulling her hand away, "Here follow me." Rick said leading Claire deeper into the forest. As they got further in it was apparent that Claire's pregnancy was slowing her down. Rick couldn't carry her and he couldn't just take down these walkers with his bare hands.
The pair reached a small group of trees and Rick stopped, "Here get in here." Rick said to Claire and he lead her into the opening, "I'm going to lead them away alright."
"No, no please don't leave me." Claire pleaded,
"We can't outrun them, they don't tire we do. This is the only way, so we can both live." Rick said just as the walkers arrived, "Come on!" Rick shouted to them leading them away slowly. Suddenly one of the walkers fell forward with a knife lodged in it's skull. Rick stopped in shock as Locke ran forward and pushed the walker against a tree,
"Get the knife!" Locke yelled out to Rick who quickly ran over and pulled Locke's large bowie knife from the walker's skull. Rick ran forward and jammed the knife into it's skull. The two of them let out a large sigh as the walker slowly slid down the tree.
Claire stumbled out of the tree in tears and approached the two men, "Is it dead." She asked fearfully,
"Yes, yes it's dead." Locke said with a nod as he walked over to her, "Come on let's get you and Sophia back to the road."
"She's not here." Rick said bitterly, "She ran the other way, I don't know where she is."
Back on the road everyone sat waiting for the return of Rick and Locke hoping Claire and Sophia would be with them. Just then Daryl and T-Dog returned to the group, T-Dog held a rag against his arm that still spurted out blood. "Hey, we need sum help!" Daryl called out,
Jack ran over immediately and pulled the rag away, "What happened?"
"S-Sliced it on a car." T-Dog said in pain,
Jack looked at the wound and reached his fingers into it, "You sliced an artery." Jack pinched the artery to help stop the bleeding, "Ana!"
"Yeah?" Ana asked running over,
"I need you to go into the RV and get my bag, my black leather bag. Go!" Jack shouted as he held T-Dog's wound,
"Can you-can you close it?" T-Dog asked fearfully,
Jack didn't answer truthfully he wasn't sure if he could or not. Nearby Carol walked over to Eko who was watching the forest, "Eko, please can you go and find them?"
Eko looked back at her for a moment, "Carol we shouldn't send more people out into the woods." Lori said to her,
"I will go." Eko said with a nod. Eko walked back to his van and reached into it for his bag. He slung the bag over his shoulder and walked back towards the guardrail,
"Hey hold up!" Daryl called out, "You don't get to die alone." Daryl said as he walked over. The pair hopped over the guardrail and made their way down the embankment into the forest. As they got into the forest the two of them looked down at the ground for a trail, "Look's like Locke and Rick went this way. Can't tell if Claire or Sophia was with 'em."
"It was Claire, this trail belong to Sophia." Eko said as he looked down at the other trial,
"Alright, let's go get her then." Daryl said and the two began to follow Sophia's trail.
Minutes later Jack was stitching up T-Dog's arm, once the blood was cleared away Jack was relieved to see the cut was relatively minor. Jack took note that T-Dog's cut could easily get infected and if that were to happen he might just die. Just as he pulled the last stitch through and began to wrap the wound up Rick, Locke and Claire made their way back up to the highway.
"Claire!" Charlie exclaimed and pulled her into a hug. Claire gave him a tearful kiss and hugged him tightly,
Carol looked around and began to cry, "Carol don't worry we're going back out right now. John, Eko, Daryl and me." Rick said sincerely, Rick looked around and saw Eko and Daryl nowhere to be found, "Where is Eko and Daryl."
"They went out looking for you." Lori said a bit concerned,
"We never saw them." Rick replied,
Everyone began to murmur in fear when Locke spoke up, "It's alright, Daryl and Eko are able to take care of themselves. Probably better than anyone here, they may even be on their way back with Sophia right now." Locke said very confidently,
"Do you really think that?" Carol said with a bit of hope in her voice,
"Yes I do. We'll catch up with them everyone else should stay here. Grab what they can from the car's." Locke said taking lead,
Shane let out a nod, "You heard him ya'll, let's gather what we can. Dale why don't you see if you can get this RV in working order." Shane said calling everyone's attention to him. Locke and Rick quickly turned back towards the forest and began to walk down the embankment again.
"Where would they go?" Rick asked as Locke began to follow the trails back to the split,
"When you ran down here you ran left after Claire. Sophia ran right, I didn't notice her trail but they clearly did." Locke pointed to the ground, "See here, they're tracks are following Sophia's."
"Right so what do you think we should do?" Rick asked,
Locke looked back to him, "We follow them." Locke said and began to walk forward with Rick right in tow.
Meanwhile Daryl and Eko both followed Sophia's trail closely, "Looked like she finally turned around and was headed back." Daryl said. Eko nodded in agreement as the pair continued along the trail. After a few minutes Eko knelt down and stared at the ground intently, "Whatcha see?" Daryl asked,
"Our group is that way." Eko pointed back towards the highway, "She was on course but now she goes that way." Eko finished by pointing deeper into the forest,
"Yeah you're right, doesn't make any sense though." Daryl said shaking his head, "Ain't no footprints around here, damn sure wasn't no walker nearby."
"Perhaps an animal or maybe she just got confused. Fear is very powerful." Eko stated as he stood back up,
"Yeah you're probably right, still we should get a move on. Ain't gonna find her talking about it." Daryl said and lead on.
"Wait." Eko said causing Daryl to turn back,
"Why?" Daryl asked back,
"There is something coming behind us." Eko said as he slowly pulled out his stick and readied it for a walker. Daryl raised his crossbow and the pair waited as the sound of leaves crunching became louder and louder. After a moment Rick and Locke came into view both of them jumped slightly as they saw Eko and Daryl ready to attack.
Daryl let out a scoff, "What are you doing here?" Eko asked,
"Looking for Sophia same as you." Rick replied,
"We've been following your trail for awhile now." Locke added,
"Look we don't need ya." Daryl said shaking his head, "We can handle this."
"Are we going to argue about this or are we going to find this girl." Eko said firmly. Daryl looked from Locke and Rick back to Eko, he let out a nod and lead the group forward back along the trail.
Back on the highway everyone was in different area's working. Jack continued to look for stronger medicine, now concerned for T-Dog's cut. Dale worked on getting the radiator hose installed yet seemed to be making little progress. Shane along with Ana and Kate were slowly clearing the road from the cars. Charlie was inside the RV with Claire who was resting. Everyone else was searching through the cars for supplies, well everyone except Carol who could barely take her eyes away from the tree line.
Carol finally turned away from the forest and marched over to Dale, "Why are we moving cars? Shouldn't we be out looking for my daughter?"
"We need to get the road clear enough so we can turn the RV around. Now that we have gas we can circle back to an overpass Glenn flagged on the map." Dale explained,
"We're not going anywhere until my daughter gets back." Carol said firmly,
"That goes without saying." Lori said as she put down a small box of supplies.
"Don't you worry," Shane said as he overheard the conversation, "Rick, Eko Daryl, Locke, they're on it. I bet they'll be back anytime now. Just a matter of time." Shane added with sincerity,
"Can't be soon enough for me. I'm still freaked out from that herd that passed by, or whatever you'd call it." Kate said taking a sip of water,
"Yeah what the hell was that?" Glenn asked,
"Herd?" Shane said with a smirk, "That sounds about right. I mean we saw the ones at the camp but that was just small packs." Shane suddenly remembered why everyone was working, to stop panic. "Alright ya'll, come on let's get back to work." He quickly said.
Nearby Amy dug through a car looking for food or anything really useful. As she saw the small group in front of the RV disperse a voice from behind her said, "I hope I was able to speak with you a moment."
She turned around and saw Sayid standing there holding a small box, "Sayid?" Amy said surprised she quickly continued however, "What's going on?"
"I found this, I believe they are your size." Sayid said handing her the box, "I'm sorry I couldn't get it gift wrapped." Sayid said with a smile as she opened the box and let out a warm smile as she saw a pair of shoes,
"Sayid these are, they are perfect." Amy said with a smile, "Thank you."
"I came to apologize." Sayid finally said, "I haven't been very fair to you recently"
"Oh. I-it's alright." Amy said blushing a bit,
"No it's not, I was nervous. Afraid actually to move on." Sayid said,
"What do you mean move on?" Amy asked now concerned,
Sayid reached into his back pocket and pulled out a photograph, "This was Nadia. She was going to be my wife. I lost her in the early days of the outbreak."
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry Sayid." Amy said as she looked at Nadia's photo,
"I didn't know what to do but now…" Sayid said putting the photo away, "I love her but she is gone now."
"Sayid...look we don't have to...we can just be friends if you want." Amy said,
"That choice is not up to me alone, just know I am ready to move forward with whatever you are comfortable with." Sayid said with a smile. Amy in turn smiled and gave him a hug. Nearby Andrea watched the pair and her eyes narrowed irritably.
Back Daryl and the other's they continued to follow Sophia's trail but it was getting harder and harder to follow. "The trails gone." Rick said with a defeated tone,
"No, it's just faint." Daryl said looking on the ground,
"She came through here." Locke said looking at the ground between to trees,
"How can you tell? I can't see anything." Rick asked confused as Daryl also seemed to find her trail again,
"You want a lesson on tracking or you want to find that girl?" Daryl replied sarcastically,
"Wait." Eko said from a distance away,
"What now?" Daryl asked agitated,
"There is another trail here, matching Sophia's." Eko said as he knelt down,
Daryl walked over and inspected the ground, "Damn you're right, issue is the girl's so small can't tell the difference between her and an critter."
"So we have two trail and four people." Locke said walking over, "Rick and I will follow this trail, you and Eko follow that one. We can get back to the highway we don't need to stick together."
"I don't know about that. Splitting up, who knows what could happen." Rick said a bit halfheartedly,
"We do not have a choice. We can not risk following the wrong trail." Eko said firmly, Rick let out a small nod and the four began to split up finally now following two separate trails.
Back on the highway Carl peered into different cars looking for anything interesting. After a few minutes he stopped at a large black truck. His eyes were locked on this black bag that had a hatchet sticking out of it. The only issue was, it was tucked under the arm of the dead body still sitting in the driver seat.
Carl opened the door and carefully reached into the car yet he couldn't reach the bag. He pulled himself on the step up putting himself right next to the body. He grabbed hold of the back and pulled with all his strength. Finally the bag of tools came loose as did the body. Carl let out a little yelp as the body nearly fell ontop of him though to his relief it was actually dead.
"Whatcha got there Kazoo?" Sawyer asked. Carl turned around and was surprised to see the man,
"I don't know yet, I think it's weapons!" Carl said happily,
"Really." Sawyer said with a smile, "You know I think I might need one. What do you say?" Sawyer asked walking over to him,
"I, um, okay." Carl said putting down the bag and pulling it open, inside sat an assortment of hatchets, machetes, and hatchet machete combos. Sawyer reached down and grabbed one of the hatchets,
"Thanks kid." Sawyer said with and turned to walk away,
"Wait where are you going?" Carl asked,
"I still got cars to look through." Sawyer said not turning back,
"Do you need help?" Carl asked with a hopeful tone,
"Nope." Sawyer said with his best charm yet Carl still had a bit of drop in his stomach. Carl sadly rolled the weapons back up and picked them up taking them back to the others. Along the way he spotted Shane who was working on a new car trying to start it,
"Shane look at this! It's an arsenal!" Carl exclaimed as he put the weapons on the ground and rolled it open,
"That's cool bud." Shane said not even looking at him with an uninterested tone, "why don't you take them to Ana."
"What was that?" Ana asked as she walked over,
"Ana! Look at these!" Carl said as he pulled out a machete,
"Easy there buddy, careful." Ana said with a bit of a worried tone,
"Carl, Carl!" Lori exclaimed, "Put that away."
"Oh come on mom can't I keep one." Carl begged,
"Absolutely not, are you crazy." Lori exclaimed,
"What, Shane can you help me out here." Carl said looking back to him,
"Hey, didn't you hear what I said? Give em' to Ana right now!" Shane said almost shouting. Carl rolled the weapons back up and handed the bag to Ana.
"Lori could you take these back to the RV." Ana asked as she stared at Shane coldly,
"Sure." Lori said taking the bag and lead Carl away as she gave Shane a cold glare.
"What the hell's your problem." Ana asked as soon as Carl was out of earshot,
"What you talking about." Shane said peering up to her,
"The kid just wanted to talk to you and you just blew him off." Ana asked angrily,
"Lori was telling me to steer clear so that's what I'm doing." Shane said as he closed the car hood,
"Right so you're just going to snap at the kid every time he talks to you? You need to get yourself in check and stop this." Ana said walking to him as he walked over to the driver seat,
"Why you think I'm prepping this new ride, I'm leaving." Shane said resting his arm on the door,
"You're what?" Ana asked taken aback,
"I'm outta here first chance I get. I'm just gonna slip away into the night." Shane replied,
"Right you lose your little girlfriend now you just want to split." Ana said crossing her arms with an unimpressed look,
Shane pointed at her, "Watch it.' He said icily as he got into the car and turned it on. The radio came on with an emergency message that was still playing over the main radio station. Shane scoffed and turned it off. He looked around and saw a few gathered around him brought by the sound "Alright everyone go on, back to work." Shane said as Ana continued to stare him down,
Back in the forest with Locke and Rick. The pair followed the trail Locke had first found for at least an hour, "It's getting late." Locke said,
"I know." Rick said as he followed,
"The trail is to shallow to see in the dark, we're going to need to head back soon." Locke added,
"Soon, but not now." Rick said firmly,
"No, not now." Locke said with a nod and lead on. After another ten minutes they finally spotted what was making the trail. A deer was looking around, the pair let out a small sigh and the deer took off running through the woods, "Looks like we followed the wrong one." Locke said shaking his head,
"Yeah, let's hope Daryl and Eko found her." Rick said as the pair turned back.
Meanwhile Eko and Daryl continued to follow the trail, "Looks like we're on the right path, starting to see deeper prints again." Daryl said. Eko let out a nod just then the pair heard the leaves rustle. They immediately crouched down and inched forward towards the sound.
They spotted a single walker wandering through the woods looking for it's next meal. Daryl looked to Eko and using hand signals told him to go forward and distract it while he circled it. Eko let out a nod and moved forward quickly. He ran around it and with a bit of a distance between them he let out a whistle. The walker looked over to him and let out a roar that was cut off as a bolt went through it's head.
The pair met back up by the body. Eko knelt down inspecting the walker as Daryl called out for Sophia to no answer. "It's eaten, recently." Eko said looking to it's mouth, "Flesh." Eko said pointing to it's teeth,
"Yeah, question is what kind." Daryl said kneeling down,
"Only one way to know." Eko said pulling the walkers shirt open,
"Here moved." Daryl said pulling out a knife, "How many kills you ever gutted?"
"None." Eko admitted,
"Exactly. Besides, I don't see no blade on that stick of yours." Daryl said as he jammed the blade into the walkers stomach. Daryl 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 Daryl put on some gloves and began to pull out the guts so he could get to the stomach.
Finally he felt it's stomach, "Yeah hoss had a pretty big meal not to long ago, I can feel it in there." Daryl said as he began to pull the stomach out. He pulled it out with a wet slosh and dropped it on the ground.
Eko reached to his side and pulled out a large knife, "Allow me." Eko said as he cut the stomach open,
"The hell you find that." Daryl said as he looked at the large bowie knife. Eko didn't answer he just cut the stomach open and poured the contents onto the ground. Using the knife he dug through it until he found a bone. He picked it up with the tip of the blade, "It's a woodchuck, not her." Eko said flicking it away,
"At least we know." Daryl said getting to his feet,
"At least we know." Eko said in agreement and pair continued along the trail hoping to find Sophia.
Hours later the four men met back up and walked back to camp, alone. On the highway everyone sat concerned for both Sophia as well as the sake of them as it was almost dark. Andrea stood with Carol trying to reassure her bout could see Carol was losing hope.
Nearby Ana walked over to Sawyer he was resting against a car, "Look gonna need your gun."
"Hey there Lucy." Sawyer replied not even opening his eyes,
"Did you hear me? Give me your gun." Ana replied already getting irritated by Sawyer,
"And why the hell would I do that." Sawyer asked looking over to her,
"I'm gathering them up, no one should carry who isn't trained." Ana said firmly,
"So you giving up yours then?" Sawyer asked sarcastically,
Ana rolled her eyes, "No I'm trained and I mean actually trained not shooting cans by my trailer."
"Ouch." Sawyer said with a smirk,
"You gonna give me it or do I have to take it." Ana asked angrily,
"Hey, everything cool?" Shane asked walking over,
"Rambina here wants my gun. And I was in the process of telling her to piss off." Sawyer said sternly while looking at Ana,
Ana took a step forward but Shane put his hand up stopping her, "Look just keep it man but you're gonna run out a ammo eventually. If you want anymore you're gonna have to get trained."
Sawyer pulled himself to his feet, "Looking forward to it boss." Sawyer said and walked away,
As soon as he was away Shane asked, "You want to tell me what that was about?"
"We don't need guns floating around camp when people don't know what they are doing." Ana replied, "His was the last one."
"Did you really think that guy was gonna give it up? And how come you just decided this? Why didn't you come talk to me." Shane asked,
"Why would I, you're leaving remember." Ana said harshly to Shane and walked away.
Just then Rick, Eko, Daryl and Locke came out of the forest and walked up the embankment towards the group. Carol weakly sat on the guardrail as she saw Sophia nowhere with them, "We lost the trail in the darkness." Eko explained,
"We're going right back out there tomorrow at first light." Rick said as he knelt in front of Carol,
"What? No, you can't leave my daughter out there tonight all alone in the woods. She's just a child." Carol said in tears,
"We'd just be tripping over ourselves if we went out there in the darkness." Locke explained,
Carol eyes suddenly locked on Daryl who had blood all over his pants, "Is that blood?"
"We took down a walker." Daryl admitted,
"Walker." Carol said in shock and covered her mouth,
"He did not come anywhere near Sophia." Eko said trying to reassure her,
"How can you know that." Carol asked,
"We cut the sonofabitch open. Checked to make sure" Daryl said after a moment.
Carol held her stomach for a moment trying not to throw up. "How could you leave her out there." Carol asked looking at Rick, "Did you even try to save her."
"I-I couldn't go after them both. I, Claire was being chased by the dead." Rick said trying to convince her as well as himself, "I did all I could."
"She's just a child. Now my baby is alone out there." Carol said collapsing into tears. Rick stood up and wandered away trying to clear his head, though he couldn't help but feel this was his fault.
Alright everyone hope you enjoyed this chapter. Episode on of this season is pretty long so this is going to be a three parter! Let me know what you thought about this especially all the newer scenes with the Losties. Also just wanted to say sorry for this one taking a bit to come out, I know the last chapter was on a cliffhanger after all.
