Jestalnaker94000
Good chapter! :) also is the smoke monster gonna make an appearance, later on? Is it just mainly walkers, and human villains?
No Smokey, just the characters here. I love the lost lore and everything but this story is specifically about the characters being put into this world and losing all the mythical stuff from Lost.
Kevinrock8899
Man at least Claire is okay but we all know what this means for Sophia I mean I know Locke is saying to have hope and faith since I know he is a man of faith after all but this will not be enough, I'm still hoping the French woman shows up to save her, plus this hints on the Others who she got away from.
All I can say is, answers will come soon and you may just like them.
thedarkpokemaster
Well damn I feel bad now but have to have hope, Sawyer is still funny and Jack helping everyone out it seems as I can see he has not yet come to the whole live together die alone talk yet which Jack could use on Rick at the end of this season.
I mean it's like with Rick's you do as I say and you have no say I think that Jack would say something and so would Sawyer he does have a big mouth after all.
You're not wrong about Rick as for Jack you never know. I'm sure you have noticed as well that Jack really isn't leading here yet. I mean with Rick, Shane and even Locke he is a bit overshadowed but eventually Jack will start showing some leadership qualities we expect from him.
Don 77 chapter 14 . Mar 15
Poor Carol I have hope this will end well, just kill off the Morales Family they will never really show up again, and Sawyer and Carl getting closer it seems bet he will teach him how to talk to woman and hit on them lol that is something I know he would do.
And just love Eko so very badass and poor Sayid but at least he is getting closer to Amy, With the Others you could build them up over each season, when you look at it both Ethan and Goodwine got to the crash in just a few hours, they would still take kids but I know they will give Negan a hard time look what they did to Kemy and his men.
Don't worry about the Morales Family, like in the show they are gone for good. As for Carl and Sawyer, Sawyer definitely has a soft spot for him but don't forget he is Sawyer. Also yes Eko Love is strong! I'm so glad that i've been portraying him in the right way making him a favorite in this story! And finally I have to break your heart just a bit The others won't show up as their own group. The characters like Ethan, Goodwin, and Ben will show up but it won't be like in the show. Also Keamy….He may show up eventually….
Scotty000
Good chapter keep up the good work buddy.
-Scotty
Thanks mate!
Guest
This was a good chapter.
Rick got the best two hunters Daryl and Locke
And now that Daryl mention Eko's stick
I feel like Eko and Morgan will get along
Because they both got sticks! XD LOL
Maybe they will! Or maybe Eko will never meet him…
Enjoy
Early the next morning Rick had everyone gathered around. Shane dropped the bag of weapons that Carl found the other day onto a car hood and unrolled it, "Alright everyone grab one if you need it." Shane said as he picked up a machete,
"I've asked Daryl and Locke to oversee this search, as they know the tracking and the woods best. So guys." Rick said and motioned his hand to a map laid out,
"Right." Daryl said and took a step forward, "We pick up where the trail last left off. Follow this bend through the valley towards this river. Then circle back up towards the highway."
"While the majority of you will be with Daryl I will take a small team up this way checking for any sign that she may have started heading north." Locke explained, "I will only take two, any volunteers?"
"I'll go." Kate said raising her hand. John let out a nod,
"Sign me up Mr Clean." Sawyer said with a smile,
"Okay, I'll lead Sawyer and Kate up her for a few miles then circle back here." John said with a nod,
"Jack I think you should stay here." Rick piped in, "With Charlie coming down with whatever this is." Rick said looking over to Charlie who was sweating profusely, "As well as T-Dog and Claire. Figure they could use you most." Jack let out a slow nod,
"Dale I want you on repairs, got get this bastard moving." Shane said,
"I'm on it, won't stay here a moment longer then we have too." Dale said with a nod,
"Alright, so we got any problems?" Shane asked,
"Yeah, where are the guns?" Andrea said crossing her arms,
"Me, Rick, Sayid and Ana are armed. Don't need y'all firing off a round every time the trees rustle." Shane replied,
"It's not the trees I'm worried about." Andrea said crossing her arms,
"Look." Shane said already becoming agitated, "Say you fire off a round just as a herd is passing by, then it's game over for all of us. This is what's happening so just deal with it." Andrea rolled her eyes and stood silent,
"Alright, let's get going." Daryl said leading the group forward,
"Okay Carl you stay close to Dale." Rick said with a smile,
"What? I'm coming with you." Carl said firmly,
Rick looked over to Lori who shrugged her shoulders, "You choice, I can't be the bad guy all the time."
"Well I'd say that he'd be safe with all of you watching him." Dale said convincingly,
Rick looked over at Dale then back to Carl, "Alright but always within our sight, no exceptions." Carl looked over to Dale with a smile who gave him a quick wink with a smirk.
Everyone began to walk away and while Jack and the others watched. As they slowly disappeared into the forest Charlie slowly got to his feet. His hands shook violently and he started walking into the RV. As he got inside Dale looked to Jack and asked, "What do you think it is?"
"I don't know." Jack said as he stared at the RV,
"Must be something bad if it hit him so hard and quickly." Dale said with a worried tone,
Jack let out a nod, "Let's hope it's nothing too bad."
"Or infectious." T-Dog said as he leaned against a car. Claire stood silently in behind them, she stood their conflicted not knowing to tell them it was withdrawl or not.
A few hours later the group walked deeper into the forest. Eko and Daryl lead the way both intently watching the ground for any shift in the trail the others continued to look around in the feeble attempt to find Sophia. Carl pulled out his small pocket knife that Rick gave him as they left. He slowed down so he could talk to Shane, "Shane look, mom and dad said I could keep it if-"
"Keep it down. We are out looking for Sophia, you have to keep your mind on the task." Shane said harshly,
Carl's head dropped and he walked back towards his Lori, "You okay?" Lori asked putting a hand on his back,
"I think Shane's mad at me, did I do something wrong?" Carl asked,
"No, no I promise. He's just...scared about Sophia." Lori said reassuringly,
Back ahead Daryl let out a little whistle to Eko and pointed forward. Just ahead of them was a campsite that had a large yellow tent. Eko turned back and motioned for everyone to get down. They all crouched down, Rick moved forward, "She could be in there."
"Yeah a whole bunch of things could be in there." Daryl replied,
Eko began to walk forward Daryl quickly followed and Rick turned back and held his hand up so everyone would wait. Rick and Shane then turned back to Daryl and Eko following them towards the yellow tent.
As the four of them reached the campsite Daryl took out his knife. He turn towards Eko and let out a small nod. Eko pulled out his stick and inched forward, Daryl held his hand up for Rick and Shane to hold back. The pair reached the tent and peered through the small opening in the tent. Daryl looked at Eko and gave a small shrug, Eko turned back to Rick and pointed towards Carol.
Rick motioned for Carol to come over. Carol quickly walked over to him, "If she's in there your voice should be the first one she hears. Call out slowly and softly to her."
Carol let out a nod, "Sophia. Sophia it's mommy. Sophia baby, everyone is here. Come on out." Carol said softly and almost in tears.
Everyone waited yet no one came out. Daryl looked to Eko and Eko let out a nod. Daryl unzipped the tent slowly and pulled open the flap. The pair walked in, Daryl let out some coughs yet Eko didn't react to the foul smell of the rotting corpse inside. "Christ, anything ever get to you?" Daryl asked as he covered his nose for a moment.
Eko reached forward and took a small revolver out of the man's hand. He turned back and handed it to Daryl who put it into the back of his pants. Outside Carol started to get worried, "Eko….Daryl…." She called out softly to them,
Daryl unable to bear the stench got out of the tent. As he got out Eko looked at the man's body and murmured out a soft prayer for the man. "She ain't here." Daryl said as he stood back up,
"What was in there?" Andrea asked,
"Some guy. He did what Jenner said, he opted out." Daryl said as he pulled his crossbow back over his shoulder, "Eko you comin?" Daryl called back in. After a few second Eko got back out of the ten, just then the group started to hear church bells ringing.
Eko turned to the right, "This way." Eko said quickly and started running into the forest with the rest of the group in tow.
Meanwhile Locke, Sawyer and Kate hiked through the forest about a mile north of the rest of the group. "Hey, take a break?" Sawyer asked as he huffed,
"Good idea." Locke said with a nod. Sawyer quickly knelt down and took out a bottle of water and took a large sip,
"Do you even know where we're going?" Kate asked as she wiped her brow,
"Sure I do, we're heading north." Locke replied,
"No I mean are you even following anything or are we just walking?" Kate asked again,
Locke let out a smile, "Going somewhere and knowing where I'm going are two different things."
Kate looked over to Sawyer with a bewildered look, "Great I followed this wacko instead of Arrow and Shaq." Sawyer said shaking his head,
Locke let out a little laugh, "Why did you come? You didn't have to."
Sawyer looked back at him for a moment then narrowed his eyes, "I figured you were taking us somewhere, not just on a hike into the magic forest."
"What about you?" Locke asked turning to Kate,
"I thought the point of a search party was to spread out. Didn't make sense for us all to go in the same area." Kate replied easily,
Locke let out a nod, "Fair enough. Alright let's keep moving."
Back on the highway Dale stood atop the RV watching for walkers. Jack walked over to him with a bottle of water. "Here, catch." Jack said and tossed it up to him. Dale grabbed it and twisted the cap open, "This heat, heatstroke will catch you quicker than you think."
Dale took a large sip, "Thanks."
"Not to be pushy but ain't you suppose to be fixing that radiator hose? I mean what if they come back with Sophia and Rick wants to move on right away." T-Dog asked as he walked over,
Dale shifted slightly then said, "I had it fixed yesterday."
"Wait, wait, you said that you weren't close this morning." Jack asked confused,
"Look If the others know we're mobile, they'll want to mobilize. I'm just trying to hold off the needs of the many versus needs of the few arguments for as long as I can." Dale explained,
Jack let out a small laugh and looked over to T-Dog who looked back up to Dale, "That is one tricky hose huh?"
Dale let out a smirk, "Very."
Jack shook his head and began to walk back towards the cars. He had been scouring them for the last couple hours for anymore medicine, unfortunately he hadn't been able to find anything stronger than aspirin so far. "Excuse me Jack." Claire said startling him,
Jack quickly turned around, "Claire. Yeah what's up."
"It's Charlie. I-I know what's wrong with him." Claire said rubbing his arm,
"Okay." Jack said with a nod, "What's wrong with him?"
Claire reached into her pocket and pulled out Charlie's bag of heroin, "He hasn't used in two days."
Jack face dropped and he took the heroin from Claire, "Claire why didn't you or him tell me sooner. I can help him."
"I know that's why I told you now." Claire said said with her voice dropping,
"Take me to him." Jack said as he picked up his backpack. Claire nodded and quickly lead Jack towards Charlie who was leaned against a truck with his eyes closed.
Back with the others they reached a clearing where a church sat. The bells had stopped and the group paused for a second, "This can't be the place, it's got no steeple." Shane said staring the the building. Rick not waiting sprinted forward everyone quickly followed. They got to the door and everyone slowly gathered around.
Rick took hold of the handle while Eko, Daryl and Shane readied a weapon. As they opened the door they spotted three walkers sitting in the church. Together they turned towards the group and let out some snarls. Lori handed Rick her machete while Glenn handed Daryl's his. Rick looked over at Eko and was shocked to see him looking almost frightened.
Shane walked in followed by Daryl. Eko however stood their looking around the church then back to the three walkers. Rick not able to wait for him walked in and got the attention of the third walker. Eko stared at the three men as they hacked at the three walkers heads spraying blood around the room. Eko inched his way in but stopped leaning against the wall. He slid down it and hung his head murmuring to himself causing many of the others to worry.
"Sophia!" Rick yelled out and ran to the side door looking outside not seeing the little girl anywhere,
"Hey JC, you taking requests." Daryl said looking at the Jesus statue at the center of the church,
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. No steeple."
Just then the bells began to ring again coming from the building they were standing in. The group ran outside, minus Eko who still sat on the ground almost grief stricken. Ana looked back at the man with a concerned look. She turned back and walked over to him and knelt down.
Outside Glenn spotted what was making all the noise, an automated bell alarm. Glenn quickly cut the power for the box below it. "Timer, it's on a timer." Daryl said to everyone.
"I think I'm gonna go back inside for a bit." Carol said her voice sinking. Everyone began to spread out either walking back inside or around the field. Sayid and Amy took a walk yet unknown to them Andrea was watching them from a distance, she continued to watch Sayid with distaste. Lori and Shane stood out front and began to talk about Shane leaving.
Inside Ana finally said, "You okay?" Eko did respond he continued to murmur to himself softly, Ana was unable to make out anything he was saying. "Hey, Eko, you alright?" She asked again,
"You do not know who I am." Eko whispered out,
"What?" Ana asked a bit confused,
Eko suddenly sprung to his feet and stormed out the building just as Lori and Shane finished talking. Ana looked at him concerned as he stormed down the field clutching his stick tightly, "Guess something finally got to him." Daryl said as he walked over to Ana,
"Yeah." Ana said in agreement. Over the next few minutes Carol prayed for Sophia, begging the lord to show her mercy and not punish her for praying for Ed's death. Lori sat next to her trying to offer support. Finally after ten minutes Rick walked out and met back up with Shane and Ana, "These people are spent." Ana said,
"You've got that right. Only so many hours of daylight left and we've got one hell of a walk back." Shane said in agreement,
"I can't go back." Rick said to the both of them, "She would have heard those church bells. She could be nearby."
"She could be a lot of things." Shane said pessimistically,
"I can't go back." Rick said to Shane, "I let her down, I failed her. She ran and I didn't give chase."
"You had to save Claire. You can't blame yourself man." Ana said,
"Look we could assign all kinds of blame-" Shane began to say,
"This means something, finding her. This is the miracle these people need." Rick said nearly begging,
Shane let out a nod and returned to the group, "Y'all gonna follow the creek bed back. Ana's charge. Me and Rick, we're just gonna hang back, search this area another hour or so. Just to be thorough."
"You're splitting off, you sure you can make it back?" Daryl asked,
"Yeah, we'll catch up." Shane said with a nod,
"I will stay behind." Eko said,
"No need you head back with the others." Shane replied to him,
"I was not asking." Eko replied hardly to Shane,
"Can I stay too?" Carl asked.
Rick seemed a bit torn but Lori quickly said, "Be careful." And let Carl run over to his dad.
Rick stepped forward to hand Lori his revolver, "No I am not leaving you without a gun."
"Here I got a spare." Daryl said handing her the revolver from the tent. Rick gave him a thankful nod as Lori gave Carl and hug goodbye. With the the rest of the group headed off back towards the highway.
Ten minutes later Eko finally walked back into the church. He entered quietly and heard Rick's voice, He was talking to god begging him for a sign. He wanted something to show him that he was doing the right thing. Eko sat stood silent until he finished. As Rick turned back he spotted Eko slowly walking towards the front of the room, "You alright?" Rick asked,
"Yes." Eko said softly as he took a seat.
Rick took off his hat and sat down next to him, "What happened?" Eko looked over to him, "Today you were fine then you walked inside here and looked like you'd seen a ghost."
Eko sat silent for a while until Rick finally got to his feet to walk away, "I am from Nigeria." Eko said causing Rick to stop, "Bad things happened in my life. Things I wish I could forget and wish I hadn't done." Rick took a seat, "I only did what I needed to do to survive."
"I don't understand." Rick said,
"I needed to get out of the country. My brother…" Eko said thoughtfully, "Yemi. He died, I was left in his place. I was in control of his church. I tried to sell the villages Polo vaccine, just enough so I could fly to England. Three men came into Yemi's church a day later." Eko said hardly, Rick continued to listen intently, "These men told me they were going to cut off my hand for trying to sell without their knowledge." Eko paused, "I killed these men, with a machete. Murdered them inside Yemi's church."
"Three." Rick said looking back towards the walkers they killed,
"I destroyed Yemi's church because of this. Today I did not see the dead as you did. I saw the three men I killed that day." Eko said sorrowfully. Rick sat there stunned and saddened by the story. He didn't say anything he just let the silence linger between the two of them.
Back with Ana and the others Andrea waited for the moment Sayid was alone and immediately walked over to him, "Listen stay away from my sister."
Sayid looked at her with an unimpressed look, "It almost sound as if you were giving me an order."
"Things are clearly fucked up for her right now. Hell she won't even talk to me and I don't want you taking advantage of her." Andrea said angrily
"Andrea leave Sayid the hell alone!" Amy shouted as she walked over,
"Amy no, you aren't in your right mind right now-" Andrea tried to say,
"Yes I am, just because I don't want to be your little baby sister anymore doesn't mean I'm not okay. And I don't need you to protect me, I can see who I want when I want!' Amy shouted angrily,
"Shut the hell up" Ana said walking over to them, "Do you not see where we are? We are in the forest, their forest. They can be anywhere right now and if you think that two guns and a couple of knifes are enough to keep us safe, than think again. No shut up and keep you feet moving" Andrea looked back at Amy then Ana. She let out a scoff and stormed off into the forest, "Where the hell are you going?"
"Back to the highway." Andrea shot back as she stormed off.
Minutes later the two men exited the church and lead Shane and Carl out into the forest. As they looked around for Sophia they spotted a beautiful sight. A deer walking calmly in the forest. It looked directly at them and instead of running stood there unafraid. Carl captured by the moment took steps forward and slowly reached out his hand to pet it. Eko and Shane let out smiles while Rick stared in amazement thinking that maybe this was the sign he had asked for.
Suddenly a bullet ripped right through the deer and into Carl's stomach. Everyone's faces turned into pure horror as Rick ran forward yelling for his son. A man came running out of the woods, his face in pure horror, "I'm sorry brotha!"
Okay this chapter is done! I hope you liked it, a bit of Eko backstory for you as well! Also I've made a little poll that I'll leave on my page for a while, It's just asking what your top three favorite characters are so if you would let to feed my curiosity head over and vote for me! Anyway let me know what you think about this chapter in a review! See ya in the next one!
