Jestalnaker94000

Good chapter! :) i wonder what happened to Eko? Hopefully we'll find out next chapter. (:

Thanks, read on to find out!

Jason Kreuger Myers

HOLY SHIT from what I read, Desmond was a major character and Otis dies his Canon death :( :(

But u know WD rules...they're not dead until you see a body or their walker form so who knows about ole Des :) :)

Wait another character...unsure if he IS going to appear considering his 'old' status but what about Alpert? Or the Dharma Initiative?

Making a prediction that the Kwon's are among the prisoners with the husband's past as a Mob Enforcer.

Alright so, Alpert I have a plan for though it's probably going to be awhile unless I change my mind, but he will appear just without his live forever ability. The Dharma won't show up as their own group but characters may. Also the Kwon's are already in the group, though I haven't been giving them enough screen time as it were, so I'm working on getting them more involved so they don't get forgotten.

thedarkpokemaster

Well damn poor Otis and Desmond but we know Eko is around but only you know what will happen and seems that Amy is upset at what she said to her sister as well which I know shall help on Amy's growth.

Carl seems to be getter better now but shall be in bed for a while but he will have Sophia with him and Sawyer calling her Carl's girlfriend it's something I see him doing as let's face it it's Sawyer.

As for Shane the madness for him has started, also what did you think of the last episode of season 7?

I felt that the finale of season 7 was pretty good, it's awesome to see the comic come to life in all out war. That being said the season as a whole I wasn't the biggest fan of, I really only liked the Morgan episodes especially the one where he went back to crazy town, though I did feel bad for him because he lost his inner peace.

Don 77

Whoa this was a sweet chapter and damn Shane you are not going to last that much longer now that's for sure, and I agree what you said about Noah sucks how he died but I know that you will fix that when you get there.

Yeah I may or may not save Noah when the time comes but we all know that is a long way aways. As for now Shane has done something even darker than he did before so he really is looking out for himself now out of fear of someone finding out the truth.

Kevinrock8899

wow I think that this was a good chapter and with a lot happened as well good growth that is for sure I know things will be getting darker that is for sure.

Of course it'll get darker, what else could the walking dead do haha.


Enjoy

While Lori and Rick stayed by Carl's bedside everyone else worked together gathering rocks. Ana wiped her brow and looked over to Shane who gave her a small nod. She returned it and walked back to Hershel's house. She lightly knocked on Carl's door and opened it slowly, "Rick, were getting things together to...honor Otis and Desmond." Rick looked up at her and let out a small nod, "Well it's just...should we put something together for Eko?"

"What?" Rick asked looking up at her, "Why?"

Ana looked at him oddly, "Rick, Shane said he didn't even see Eko last night. And the guy left almost twelve hours ago, odds are he's gone."

Rick sat for a moment then he whispered out, "No. No, he's not dead. We'll go out looking for him." Rick looked over to Ana who let out a small nod and walked back out of the house. As she walked down the steps she looked over and could see Dale's RV, along with Daryl's bike and Shane's Tucson coming up the long dirt driveway.

Just as everyone gathered around for the others to show up Carl began to stir, "Hey buddy." Rick said softly as Carl looked over to him and Lori,

"Is everyone alright? Is everyone safe?" Carl asked weakly to them,

Rick paused for a moment then said, "Yeah, everyone is fine. Just rest." Carl smiled at him then fell back asleep as Lori held his hand and ran her hand along his hair.

Ana came back into the room with a smile, "Everyone else is here." Rick let out a nod and he and Lori quickly got up and walked outside. They saw as everyone left at the highway got out of their vehicles and walked over greeting their group members once again. "How is he?" Dale asked Rick and Lori,

"He's doing fine, getting better." Lori said with a smile,

"What happened?" Dale asked still confused,

"An accident, just a stupid accident." Rick said with a smirk, "Would have lost him if not for Shane, Otis and Desmond." Rick paused for a second, "Otis and Desmond….they made it right."

Dale look at him and gave him a small hug, "I'm glad he's alright."

Kate gave Lori a hug as well. Hershel walked up to everyone and said, "We are almost ready for Otis and Desmond's memorial, if you would like to join us."

"Of course." Rick said with a nod, everyone nodded in agreement and followed Hershel and the others down towards the tree line where they each began to stack rocks into a small memorial. Hershel said a small prayer honoring their sacrifice, for the most valuable of thing, children.

As he finished he looked up at Shane, "Shane would you please speak on Otis and Desmond's behalf. Share their final moments."

Shane shifted and looked down at the ground, "I'm uh, I'm not good at it. I'm sorry." He said with a small nervous smile,

"Please, you were the last one with him. I need to know his death had meaning." Patricia said in tears about Otis,

Shane paused for a moment and nodded, "Okay." Shane took a second then began his story, "We were about done. Almost out of ammo, we were down to pistols by then. I was limping, my ankle all swole up. Desmond he was-he was supporting me, helping me walk when we heard Otis say, "We've got to save the boy." See, that's what he said." Shane said firmly, "He gave me his backpack and shoved the two of us ahead, "Run!" He said. "I'll cover you two." He said. But when we looked back...then Desmond he-He fell hit his head on the bus we were passing." Shane continued causing Dale to look up at him in a bit of disbelief of his story, "I turned back tried to help him up but he just shouted out, "Just go!" He could barely keep his eyes open, he knew he wasn't gonna make it and he wanted to save Carl." Shane said taking a step towards the pile of rocks picking one up, "If not for them, I'd never would have made it out alive, that goes for Carl as well. They saved us both." Shane said putting a rock down on the memorial.

Everyone took a moment of silent when Jin spoke up softly saying something. Everyone looked over to him out of confusion, "What's going on mate?" Charlie asked,

Jin with a look of shock pointed towards the house where Eko marched up the driveway with Desmond draped over his shoulder. "Oh my god." Rick said in shock. Everyone began to run over towards him while Shane hung back staring at him, and especially Desmond in terror.

As everyone got to him they could clearly see a blood soaked Eko who was breathing very heavily, "Where is the doctor?" He asked immediately as everyone looked at Desmond as well as him in a bit of confusion.

Four hours ago…

"What did you do!?" Desmond shouted out only for Shane to punch him in the face sending him into the front of a bus. Before he could even comprehend what had just happened Shane grabbed his head smashing it into the bus sending him right on the brink of unconsciousness. As Shane ran away Desmond mumbled out words and tried to crawl away to safety.

As the whole world spun around him and darkness began to envelope him he could see some of the dead that could not feast on Otis head towards him. "No." He said softly as he tried to pull himself away. Seconds later he could feet a walker latch onto his leg pulling him towards it. Desmond looked down at the walker as it leaned in about to bite him only for an arm to reach out and grab it by the collar and toss it into the bus. Desmond looked up and saw Eko quickly smash its skull in with his stick.

Desmond continued to drift in and out of consciousness while Eko continued to kill the incoming walkers with ease. He would smash their heads, knocked them down to stomp on their heads or just toss them away if they started to group up around him. Right before darkness enveloped him he saw Eko kneel down next to him covered in blood and grab onto his arm lifting him up.

Eko walked back to the farm with Desmond over his shoulders, his body ached from the physical exertion that he had been through in just one day but unsure if Desmond was going to be okay he made sure to get him back to the group as quickly as possible. As he got back onto Hershel's land he saw everyone sprinting over to him.

"Where is the doctor?" Eko asked as soon as Rick was in earshot.

Hershel walked over to him, "Was he bit?"

"I do not know." Eko said as he took Desmond off of his back handing him to Hershel and Jack who carried him into the house. Eko fell to his knees supporting himself with a hand,

"Whoa, are you alright?" Rick asked kneeling down next to him,

"I am fine." Eko said through some deep breaths, "Is Carl okay?"

Rick looked back up to Lori who let out a small smile almost in disbelief that he would be asking about Carl when he himself was in such a state, "Yes, Jack and Hershel were able to save him."

Eko let out a small nod, "What about you? You're covered in blood." Dale said with a worried tone,

"It's nothing," Eko said pulling himself to his feet,

"Come with me, we can get you into a shower." Maggie said stepping forward,

Eko's eye spotted Sophia who was standing next to her mother. Their eyes met for a moment and Eko let out a small smile and nodded to her as he was lead into the house. For a moment everyone stared at him then they began to disperse.

Twenty minutes later Rick, Shane, Daryl, Locke, Hershel, and Maggie all gathered around a picnic table where Maggie rolled out a map, "How long has this woman been missing?" Hershel asked,

"This will be day two." Rick said,

"County survey map. Shows terrain and elevation." Maggie explained as she placed rocks on the corners of the maps,

"This is perfect. We can get this thing organized." Shane said with a nod,

"We'll grid the whole area, start searching in teams." Rick said while looking at the map,

"Not you, not today." Hershel said immediately, "You gave three units of blood yesterday. You wouldn't be hiking five minutes in this heat before passing out." Hershel then looked over to Shane, "And with your ankle, push it now and you'll be laid up a month. No good to anybody."

"Guess it's just me and you old man." Daryl said looking over at Locke, "We should work our way back to the creek."

Locke nodded in agreement, "Maybe we can pick up her trail."

"Well I can still be useful. I'll drive up to the interstate, see if Andrea wandered back." Shane said a bit definitely,

"All right, tomorrow then." Rick said with a small drop in his voice, "We start doing this right tomorrow."

"That means we can't have our people out there with just knives. They need the gun training we've been promising them." Shane said a bit firmly as he looked back at the rest of the group setting up their tents,

"I'd prefer you didn't carry guns on my property." Hershel said to Rick, "We've managed so far without turning this into an armed camp."

"All due respect, you get a crowd of those things wandering in here…" Shane said with a small scoff,

"Look, we're guests here. This is your property and we will respect that." Rick said pulling his revolver out and placing it on the table. Shane scoffed yet again and pulled out his glock putting it on the table as well.

"First things first, set camp. Then we find Andrea." Rick said,

"I hate to be the one to ask, but what if we find her and she's bit?" Locke asked. Shane let out a small nod, happy someone else was thinking like him,

"You do what needs to be done." Rick said hanging his head for a moment,

"And her sister? What do you tell her?" Maggie asked a bit appalled,

"The truth." Locke replied while Hershel shook his head, not wanting Maggie to get involved,

"I'll gather and secure all the weapons." Shane said, "Make sure no one's carrying till we're at a practice range off site."

"Get Ana to help you out." Rick replied. Shane let out a small nod,

"I do have to request that we have one rifleman on look out, Dale's got experience." Shane said a bit antagonistically,

Hershel stared at him for a minute not budging, "Our people would feel safer, less inclined to carry a gun." Hershel finally let out a nod. "Thank you."

"That stuff you brought, got more antibiotics, bandages anything like that?" Maggie asked Rick,

Rick looked over to Locke, "Just what you've seen." He said to her,

"We're running shorty already. I should make a run into town." Maggie said to Hershel as everyone began to disperse,

"Not the place Shane went." Rick said quickly,

"No, there's a pharmacy just a mile down the road. I've done it before." Maggie explained,

Rick turned back towards the group, "See those two goons right there?" He said pointing to Glenn and Charlie with a small smirk, "That's Glenn and Charlie, our go to town experts. I'd ask them along just to be cautious." Hershel motioned to Maggie to invite them along.

Shane walked into the RV and grabbed the bag of guns. On his way out he spotted Lori heading towards the RV. They two of them gave a awkward smile and a wave, "I heard he woke up." Shane said with a smirk,

"Yeah he's in and out." Lori said with a wide smile,

Shane nodded and asked, "Desmond wake up and say anything?"

" No, but Jack's watching over him." Lori replied,

Shane let out a nod and walked past Lori but paused, "Did you mean it?" He asked causing Lori to turn back, "Last night when you told me to stay, did you mean it?"

Lori looked at him for a moment then let out a small nod, "Yeah." Shane let out a almost missable smile then turned back looking for Ana.

Meanwhile Maggie walked over to Glenn and Charlie who were busy setting up a tent together, "For the love god, that is not how you do it!" Charlie grumbled out to Glenn who was failing to set up the tent correctly,

"What are you talking about? I know how to set up a tent." Glenn said defiantly,

"Oh of course, it's not like we've been doing this for almost twenty sodding minutes." Charlie said with a smile,

Glenn let out a chuckle, "By the way, how you feeling man? I mean the other day you looked pretty green."

Charlie let out a nod, "Yeah I was but I'm doing better now. Must have just been a flu or something." Charlie lied still embarrassed about people knowing his addiction.

Maggie walked over and looked at the two of them, "I hear you're fast on your feet and know how to get in and out." She said to the two of them,

Charlie and Glenn looked at each other a bit confused, "What?" Glenn finally asked,

"Got a pharmacy run, you two in?" Maggie asked.

"Uh...sure." Glenn replied,

"I guess." Charlie said with a shrug,

"Miss, what's the water situation here?" Dale asked walking over,

"We got five wells, house draws from one but we use two for the cattle. It's just a pure, so take what you need." Maggie replied,

"Thank you." Dale said and walked away,

"I'll go saddle up your horses." Maggie said and walked away,

"Horses?" Charlie asked looking at Glenn a bit terrified,

A couple minutes later Sayid had dropped the bag of guns onto the picnic table and took a seat. Amy came storming over to him, "Give up our guns? We need them, you saw what happened in the woods."

"Rick says we are guests here."Sayid replied calmly,

"You're okay with this?" Amy asked a bit shocked,

"I wasn't asked but yes I am okay with this." Sayid replied as he unzipped the bag. Amy began to back away when he pulled out her gun, "Would you still like to learn how to clean and put it together?"

Amy paused then turned back to him. She let out a small smile and sat down across from him. "What do I do?" She asked picking up the gun,

Sayid put his hand out and turned the gun away from him so the barrel wasn't aiming at him, " First unload it." Amy nodded and pressed the button so the clip would slide out, "Okay now pull back the chamber." Sayid continued, Amy quickly did as he said, "Push that lever out." Sayid said which Amy did, "Now it will slide of." Sayid said causing Amy to pull the top of the gun until it came off. "You're halfway there." Sayid said with a smile that Amy returned warmly,

"Sayid?" Amy asked quietly,

"Yes?" Sayid asked as he pulled out another pistol,

"Will you come along when we head up to the highway today?" She asked as she emptied the rounds out of the clip,

"Of course." Sayid said warmly to her causing her face to light up slightly.

Back at the house Rick sat on the steps watching the horizon and thinking. He looked to his left and saw Locke and Daryl heading out to go looking for Andrea. "Locke, Daryl!" Rick called out to the them and stood up, "You alright on your own?"

"Better on my own." Daryl replied and began to walk away again,

"We'll be back before dark." Locke added and headed off as well.

"Hey." Rick called out again making them stop, "We have a base. We can get this search properly organized now."

"You got a point or are we just chatting?" Daryl shot back,

"My point is it lets you off the don't owe us anything." Rick replied,

"Neither did Eko, Sawyer or Kate." Locke replied, "Yet they all did something."

"Besides, my other plans fell through." Daryl replied and took off walking away again. Locke quickly followed. Rick watched for a moment then turned back to the house where Hershel had just stepped out.

"We could give you more room, set up by the barn." Rick said walking over to him,

"No need for that. Better for you to stay close to the house." Hershel replied, "Look I don't say this easily Rick, we don't normally take in strangers. Desmond was a very special case, I can't have your people think this is permanent. As soon as you find this girl and your boy is healed up I expect you and your people to move on. We need to be clear on that." Hershel finished then turned to walk away.

Rick hung his head for a moment then heard the door open from the house. He looked up and saw Eko walk out in fresh clothes and now clean from all the walker blood. He looked at Rick and could clearly see him distraught, "What happened?"

Rick looked up at him, he ran his hand across his chin and said, "Hershel wants us to move on as soon as Carl is better and Andrea is found." He replied,

"What?" Eko said a bit shocked. Rick could only let out a small shrug and move back towards the steps to sit down.

Meanwhile Glenn and Charlie started to prep things for their run into town while Maggie got their horses. "What are ya lookin at?" Charlie asked causing Glenn to drop the binoculars he was holding down,

"Nothing!" He said a bit nervous,

Charlie picked up the binoculars and peered through them and spotted Maggie riding over, "Ah, fancy yourself a farmer's daughter mate?"

Glenn turned a bit red, "No it ain't like that." He said not very convincingly. Charlie looked at him with a smirk and crossed his arms, "Alright fine, what do you want from me." Glenn admitted,

Charlie let out a laugh, "It's all good."

Glenn peered through the binoculars again only this time Lori walked right into his view making him jump slightly. He lowered the binoculars and looked at her, "Here's your list alright guys." She said handing it to Glenn, "Also," She said in a lowered voice, "This is a second item, it's personal. If we could be real discreet about that, okay?" She handed them a second list. Charlie opened it and the two looked at it confused,

"Right...what is it exactly?" Charlie asked,

"Kinda missed the whole discreet part huh?" Lori replied,

"Sorry." Charlie said folding the note back up,

"Where should we look though?" Glenn asked,

"Check the..feminine hygiene section." Lori said turning a little red then turning away,

"Right no problem consider it done." Glenn said quickly.

As they finished getting their supplies together Jin, Dale and T-Dog walked down to the second well to gather some water for the rest of the group. As they stopped T-Dog looked over at Jin and decided that it didn't really matter if he heard what he was going to say, "Look, I'm not a coward and I'm not weak."

"I never said you were." Dale replied a bit confused,

"No, what I said on the highway. I don't know what that was, where it came from. That wasn't me." T-Dog said as Jin began to pump the well and water began to pour out into their bucket. "If it's okay, I'd rather you never told anybody about that stuff I said." T-Dog continued as they finished filling the first bucket.

Jin picked up the filled bucket and began to walk it back to the wagon. He stopped and turned clearly hearing something, "What stuff? I couldn't get a word out of you all day." Dale said confused then let out a small smile. T-Dog let out a smirk and began to pump the well filling a second bucket. Jin began to walk towards this noise unsure what was making it,

"Say man, you think there's a snowball's chance we gonna find Andrea?" T-Dog asked,

"For the first time, I'm betting on a snowball. I mean we found Sophia after all." Dale reminded him,

"Yeah me too." T-Dog said in agreement, "How you doing though? I know you close to them girls after all."

"Well, Amy blames herself and obviously I'm worried for Andrea." Dale said hanging his head a bit,

T-Dog let out a nod, "We do whatever we have to. I don't care if I have to comb the woods like Rambo or fetch a pail of water." T-Dog said confidently as Jin reached the well and looked into it, "Everybody does their part." T-Dog said lowering a ladle into the bucket and bringing it to his lips.

Jin quickly ran over and slapped it out of his hand before T-Dog could drink it, "No!" He said making T-Dog look at him confused, "Walker." He said pointing to the well. Dale and T-Dog looked at each other in surprise.

A few minutes later T-Dog, Jin, Sun, Shane, Dale, Kate and Sawyer returned to the well. They all looked into the well spotting a bloated walker, "Looks like we have ourselves a swimmer." Dale said shining a light onto it.

"How long you think Nemo's been down there?" Sawyer asked,

"Long enough to grow gills." T-Dog replied,

"We can't leave it in there, god knows what it's doing to the water." Sun said staring at it, "We have to get it out."

"Great plan Sunshine but here's a better one, a bullet to the head, clean." Sawyer replied,

"What? No." Sun replied firmly,

"Why?" Jin asked confused,

"If it hasn't contaminated the water yet, blowing its brains out will finish the job." Kate replied,

"So we gotta get it out alive." T-Dog said annoyed,

"So to speak." Shane said with a smirk,

"How do we do that?" Kate asked causing almost everyone to look over at her, "What?"

As this was happening Rick and Eko both followed Hershel out to a scenic lookout that was just on the edge of his farm. Hershel pulled out the survey map and began to explain the placement of everything so they knew where they were, "This is the interstate, this is the creekbed where your men went looking and this is my farm. We are looking out that way," Hershel said pointing forward, "south- southeast."

"We missed this branch of the creek entirely." Rick said to Eko,

"Yes, Andrea may have lost her way and followed it this way." Eko said as he traced a path with his finger on the map,

"Rick, Eko, Take a moment." Hershel said looking out at the land, "Come look." The two men looked at each other then back to Hershel and stood up walking over. The men looked out seeing a peaceful plot of land that stretched for miles, "That's something, isn't it? It's good to pause for an occasional reminder."

"Of what?" Rick asked,

"Whatever comes to mind. For me it's often god. No thoughts on that?" Hershel asked looking at the two of them,

"The last time I asked god for a favor and stopped to admire a view my son got shot." Rick replied a bit harshly, "I try not to mix it up with the almighty anymore."

Hershel nodded slightly and peered over to Eko's waist and saw his scripture stick, "I see you have some thoughts."

Eko peered over to him but didn't really speak up, "I see you have quotes from all books in the bible carved into that. Why?"

"They are things I need to remember." Eko said softly,

Hershel let out a small smile, "If you can carve them into a stick I'd say you remember them just fine." Hershel looked back up to Eko's face and saw a small cross hanging from his neck, "You are quite religious aren't you?"

"My brother was." Eko said looking out at the forest,

"You're brother?" Hershel asked,

"Yes, his name was Yemi. He was a priest, a man of god." Eko said holding his cross, "And this cross, he kept this for years after it was taken from me. The day that Yemi was killed I took this cross back from around Yemi's neck and placed it back on mine. The same as it was the first day I took another man's life." Eko now turned to Hershel, "So you ask me if I am a religious man, my answer. Could I be?"

Hershel lowered his head for a moment and let out a breath and began to talk, "Lori told me your story, how you were shot, the coma. Yet you came out of it somehow, you did not feel god's hand in yours?" Hershel said causing Rick to let out a small laugh, "Eko you walk out of here last night and not only were brought safely to and from the school but able to save Desmond's life, could you not feel god's protection." Eko looked at him and lowered his head thinking,

"At that moment? No, I did not." Rick replied,

Hershel looked back at him and said, "In all the chaos you found your wife and boy. Then he was shot and he survived. That tells you nothing?"

"That tells me god's got a strange sense of humor.' Rick said and walked back to the map. Hershel couldn't help but let out a little laugh. Eko looked back over at him and let out a small nod agreeing to his statement.

Back at the well Kate had a rope tied snugly around her waist, "Where's Glenn or Charlie when you need them." She said with a bit of a nervous smile,

"Don't worry, we'll be lowering you down slowly. All you gotta do is slip the rope around him." Shane said giving her a small pat on the shoulder,

"We gotcha freckles." Sawyer said with a smile,

"Okay." Kate said nodding her head, 'Let's just get this over with." Everyone walked over to the rope that was wrapped around the well spout. Slowly but surely they began to lower Kate down into the well.

"Give us an eye Sawyer." Dale said as they slowly fed the rope down into the well,

Sawyer walked over and peered into the well, "How you doing freckles?"

"Great." Kate said shaking slightly, "Living the dream."

Sawyer watched intently, "Just a little more guys." He shouted out to the others. Just then the spout came loose from the ground and came flying off. Jin dived towards it catching it while Kate screamed for help as she was mere inches from the walker. Sawyer ran over and grabbed onto Jin who was being dragged across the ground towards the well. Jin put his feet out and planted them against the well while everyone began to pull with all their strength lifting Kate out of the well, "Hold on Kate! We got you!" Sawyer shouted out as everyone continued to pull.

As soon as Sawyer saw her head poke out from the top he let go of the rope and took her hands pulling her out of the well. Kate let out some cries as Sawyer pulled her into a hug, "You alright? You alright?" Sawyer asked causing Kate to let out some shaky nods,

"Back to the drawing board." T-Dog said as he took in a deep breath,

Kate looked up at him and let out a smile, "Says you." She walked over and handed the rope to Dale showing that she was, during the whole event, able to rope the walker.

Meanwhile in the house Jack heard Desmond let out a groan of pain as he began to awake. Jack walked over to him as he reached for his bandaged head, "Don't touch it, you've got a pretty bad cut on it."

Desmond looked over at him and asked, "Where's Shane?"

Alright everyone I hope you liked this chapter. Big surprises with Desmond being alive! Eko once again wins over the group by doing what to most would seem like impossible. Also what does this mean for Shane?! Anyway leave me a review and just wait for the next one!