I stood there not knowing what to do... poor Carl stood there with tear filled eyes. "R-Rick... lets get carl back to the house". i said, stuttering. He nodded, and we started walking back. Carl didnt say a word. I believe i was in shock. I couldnt wrap my my head around what just happend. Tears were in my eyes, but they didnt slip.

Finally, Carl spoke up. "You bit too?" Rick was lost for words. "No.." Carl put his head down. "Shane was..."

"That wasnt Shane. You know that." Rick said seriously. Carl looked up to his father. "It used to be." we continued walking towards the house. Finally Carl asked. "what happened? were you guys attacked? i mean... I-i heard a gunshot but...but i didnt see any walkers nearby. how did Shane die?"

We stopped walking as Rick turned and looked to his son. As he was about to say something, his eyes turned with fear. I knew what he was thinking because i heard it too. walkers. i turned to the sound of moans, and saw hundreds of walkers behind us. "Oh my God, Rick..." i shrieked. "Oh my god. Go, go, go, go." Rick whispered roughly. We sprinted towards the house.

We ended up by a tree by the barn, and we stopped to catch a breath. "We-we gotta get to the house, tell the others!" Carl said, panicing. Rick shook his head. "We'll never get through that. Cant go around...Carl. Stay close, go!" Rick told us, and we headed to the barn. We made it inside the barn, but just barely. Rick closed the door behind us and the walkers slammed the doors.

"Rick! These doors will never hold!" I said. "They wont have to, cmon! i have an idea." he said in a hurry, grabbing gas cans and starting to dump them all over the hay. "oh shit, allright. Up there, hurry." Rick instructed us, as he pointed towards the hayloft. "Well what about you?" Carl panicked. "ill be right there. Drop the lighter, when i say." Rick told Carl, handing him a lighter. i looked at Rick in horror.

"We'll stop some of them from reaching the house, and distract the others, so at least we'll have a chance." Rick informed me. I nodded quickly, understanding. When Carl got uneasy, Rick stooped to his knees. "hey hey hey. Look at me, you can do this. Carl... I love you. Allright, go go go!" Rick said finally. Me and Carl hurried up the latter. Rick went to the doors of the barn and started shouting at the walkers to get their attention. "YOU WANT SOME?! COME AND GET IT! COME ON!" Rick shouted, and opened the doors. I gasped as i saw all the walkers headed for Rick.

Rick made it to the latter and shouted. "Carl, NOW!" Carl lit the flame and dropped it. The walkers and hay lit fire, and i covered my nose as i smelled the cooking rotten flesh. I heard Daryls motorcycle and gunshots. "Rick! they must be close!" we ran out the the roof and saw the RV. "HEY! OVER HERE!" Rick screamed. we waved our hands hoping someone would see us. Finally, whoever was driving the RV pulled it right up to us so we could walk onto the roof. Rick helped me over and we climbed down.

I heard what sounded like Jimmy, screaming and i ran to the front of the vehicle. Blood splattered all over the window. "Jimmy"! i hollared, but Rick grabbed me from behind. "Its to late, cmon!" and we ran for the woods. "head into the woods, as fast as you can, run!" Rick hollared, but i stopped in my tracks. "I cant! i gotta get my momma!" i hollared. "Bellefaire, no!" Rick protested but i stopped him. "Rick, get Carl outta here now!" i said, before turning away and running for the house.

I almost made it to the house when a walker grabbed ahold of my my hair. I shrieked but the walker was shot down before i could do anything. "Bellefaire!" It was Lori. "Lori!" i shrieked and ran for her. i reached the porch and Beth, Carol and momma were there too, ready to go. Hershel was shooting down walkers. Momma grabbed ahold of me and we hugged. "We gotta go." Carol said. "stay behind me." Lori instructed. momma in the middle, and Beth on each side of her, we all started walking towards the woods.

"Come on girls, come on." Lori chanted, already out of breath. As we were running, a walker grabbed ahold of momma, and bit into her neck. Beth and i started screaming, but momma had ahold of Beths hand and i knew if she didnt let go, they would get Beth too. Lori grabbed Beth from behind and tried pulling her away but wasnt strong enough. I grabbed ahold of mommas hand for the last time, and she grabbed onto mine and left go of Beths.

Another walker bit into the other side of mommas neck. "MOM, NO!" i screamed. i plunged my knife into one of the walkers heads but another took its place. Lori grabbed ahold of me and pulled me away as the walkers took momma to the ground. i heard her screaming and i just couldnt bring myself to walk away. But just then, T-dog pulled up beside us and Andrea hopped out. "Get in!" she told us. "Get Carol! She ran that way! Lori yelled. "Dad!" Beth cried as she saw him not budging to leave the farm. Lori forced her inside and i hopped in the back.

Just then i heard Carol screaming and i didnt see her or Andrea anymore. Walkers swormed around us and they started closing in on me. I screamed and Tdog floored it, leading us away. My heart sank as i thought about Daryl, and if he made it out. I put my head into my knees and cried. The vision of my mom being eaten alive and her screaming played over and over. Just then, i heard Loris door open and Tdog slammed on the breaks. My head flew back hard, and hit the back window. "oh!" yelled, and felt my head. "What the hell!" i hollared, but then Tdog circled the truck around and i knew exactly where we were headed. The highway.

A few minutes after that, i heard two beeps. I looked around and saw Glenn and Maggie in a car in front of us. I laughed a relieved laugh and tears slipped out of my eyes. we finally got to the highway and i hopped out. I saw Hershel, Rick, Carl, Maggie, Glenn and Carol. "Oh thank God!" Lori sobbed and ran to Carl and Rick. Maggie ran to Hershel and so did Beth. Then i saw Daryl standing beside Carol and my heart sank. I felt sick to my stomach and hurled over in the grass. I threw up and Daryl ran to me. He held my hair back. I wiped my mouth and wrapped my arms around his neck, crying. He picked me up, wrapping my legs around his waist. "i thought I lost you." he mumbled, breathing hard. I could tell her was on the verge of crying.

Rick spoke up. "Whered you find everyone?" Darry spoke through my hair. "Well those guys' tail lights zigzagging all over the road, figured he had to asian, driving like that. Glenn chuckled. "Good one."

Daryl put me down but i continued to bury my head into his chest, sobbing. I knew he sensed something bad had happened and he asked "wheres the rest of us?" Rick shook his head. "were the only ones who made it so far." Lori stood up. "Shane?" Rick shook his head reluctantly. "Andrea?" Glenn asked. "she saved me, then i lost her." Carol said. "we saw her go down." Tdog said. I left a tear or two slip for her. I didnt like her much but she was part of this group and didnt want her to die.

And then... "Patricia?" Hershel asked. I looked up and when Daryl saw my red eyes he tilted his head. Beth broke down crying. "They got her too. Took her right from us... I was... We were holdin' on to her daddy. She just..." and i broke down crying. I sat down on the road and cried into my knees again. "Oh god..." Darry bent down to my level and rubbed my back. "oh Belle... I'm so sorry.." he mumbled. "what about Jimmy? Did you see Jimmy?" Beth asked. "He was in the RV. It got overrun." Rick spoke up.

"You deffinitley saw Andrea?" Carol asked Tdog. "There were walkers everywhere." Lori said. "But did you see her?" Carol asked again. But no one could answer. Daryl stood up. "I'm gon' go back." I jerked my head up. "No." Rick said firmly. "We cant just leave her." Daryl defended. Lori shook her head. "We dont even know if shes there." Rick stepped forward. "She isnt there. She isnt. Shes somewhere else, or shes dead. Theres no way to find her." Rick said harshly. "so were not even gonna look for her?" Glenn asked.

"We gotta keep moving. There have been walkers crawling all over here." Rick said. "I say head east." Tdog said. "Stay off the main roads. The bigger the roads, the more walkers. More assholes like this one. I got him." Daryl added, shooting a walkers that was coming up on us. "Lets get moving." Rick stated. I hopped on the back of the bike with Daryl and we all took off. We drove for about three hours and it was starting to get dark. We heard a honk and pulled to the side of the road. I hopped off the bike and everyone got out the cars. "You out?" Daryl asked Rick. "Been running on fumes." "we cant stay here." Maggie said.

"We cant all fit in one car." Glenn added. Rick turned around. "We'll have to make a run for some gas in the morning." Carol looked around. "Spend the night here?" Carl whined, "Im freezing." Lori rubbed her arm on him. "We'll build a fire, yeah?" fire sounded good. I was freezing too. "You go out looking for firewood, stay close. Only got so many arrows. How you doing on ammo?" Daryl asked. "Not enough." Rick said plainly. "We cant just sit here with our asses hanging out." Maggie spat. "Watch your mouth. Everyone stop panicing, and listen to Rick." Hershel warned.

"All right. We'll set up a perimeter. In the morning, we'll find some gas and some supplies. We'll keep pushing on." Rick planned. Maggie stepped forward to Rick. "Glenn and I can go make a run now, try to scrounge up some gas." Rick objected. "No, we stay together. God forbid something happens, and people get stranded without a car."

Glenn said softly. "Rick, were stranded now."

Rick nodded. "I know it looks bad, we've all been through hell and worse, but at least we found eachother. I wasnt sure-I really wasnt. But we did, and were together. We keep it that way." Rick said finally. "We'll find shelter somewhere, theres got to be a place." Glenn stepped up and started testing Rick. "Rick, look around. Okay? Theres walkers everywhere, they're migrating or something." Rick shook his head. "Theres gotta be a place. Not just where we hole up, but we... fortify. Hunker down, pull ourselves together. Build a LIFE for eachother. I know its out there, we just have to FIND it." Rick said nastily.

"Even if we do find a place, and we think its safe, we can never be sure. For how long? Look what happend with the farm! We fooled ourselves into thinking that that was safe." Maggie said. "We wont make that mistake again." Hershel said, trying to calm the situation. Rick nodded. "We'll make camp tonight. Over there." he said, pointing to an old fort looking place. "Get on the road at the break of day." Carol walked up to Darry. "does this feel right to you?" I stared off, getting irriated by everyone. "what if walkers come through, or another group like Randalls?" Beth asked Rick.

But then Darryl spoke up. "You know i found Randall, right? He turned, but he wasnt bit." I looked to Rick who didnt look shocked. Shane wasnt bit either. "Hows that pissible?" Beth asked. "Rick, what the hell happened?" Lori asked.

"Shane killed Randall. Just like he always wanted to." Daryl explained to us. "and then the herd got him?" Lori asked. Rick stood silent for awhile, before saying: "were all infected." everyone looked to Rick with questions and worry and most of all, fear. "What?" Daryl mumbled. "at the CDC, Jenner told me. Whatever it is... We All carry it." Rick half whispered, trying to break the news gently.

Carol stepped forward. "and you never said anything?"

"would it have made a difference?" Rick asked. "you knew this whole time." Glenn pointed out. "how could i have known for sure? You saw how crazy that motherfu-" Rick said getting defensive. "That isnt your call! okay, when i found out about the walkers in the barn, i told, for the good of everyone." Glenn said back. "Well i thought it best that people didnt know." Rick said, testy. Everyone looked to Rick with anger and Rick walked away. Lori walked after him and i walked behind her, knowing what was gonna happen.

Lori hugged Rick from behind, and stopped walking. "im sure you had your reasons. Is there anything that-" Lori started. "I killed him. I killed Shane. He came at me. He killed Randall, to get me into the woods. He planned it. I had-I had no choice." Rick struggled, as Lori took her arms off of him. "I gave him every chance. And, he kept leading me further out. He pushed me, and i let him. After awhile, I knew-I knew what he was doing, what he was up to. And i Kept going. I didnt stop. I could have, but... I just wanted it over. Dogging me, every step of the way. Acting like I stole you and Carl, like... like I was in the way. I just wanted it over. I wanted him dead. I killed him. He turned..." Rick said, and Lori put her head down.

"that's how i knew Jenner... Jenner was right. Carl put him down." Lori bent over and breathed heavily. I put my hand on her back and looked at Rick. Rick put his hand on her back and she stood up and hit him. I looked to her wide eyed. Rick look hurt. He tried again to caress her, but she stepped back the futher he walked closer. She looked to him in disgust. "Lori... i was there. I seen the whole thing. He-" i tried but she looked to me the same way and i knew to stop talking. She walked away. I looked to Rick. He came up to me and put a hand on my shoulder. I breathed deeply.

Hours past, and the group built a fire. We all sat around it. Carol sat on one side of Daryl, and i on the other. I shivered, and my stomach grumbled. Darry wrapped his arms around me. "Cold?" he asked. "freezing, and starving." i replied, teeth chattering. "were not safe with him." Carol said. I jerked my head to her in anger, but didnt say anything. "keeping something like that from us? Why do you need him? Hes just gonna pull you down." Carol said. I went to say something but Daryl squeezed my hand, encouraging me not to. "Nah. Ricks done allright by me."

"Youre his henchman. And Im a burden. You deserve better." She said. I was burning up. My knee was shaking up and down and Daryl knew what that meant. "What do you want?" Darry asked her hastily. "a man of honor?" she replied in question. "Rick HAS honor." He said.

"i think we should take our chances." Maggie said. "Dont be foolish. Theres no food, no fuel. No ammo." Hershel said. I stood up to give these people a lesson but heard a russel in the woods. "What was that?" Beth asked. Daryl stood up with his bow ready. "could be anything. Could be a raccoon, could be a possum." Glenn stood up. "a walker?"

"We need to leave! I mean what are we waiting for?" Carol said, hastily. Rick showed up out of no where. "which way?" Glenn asked. "It came from over there." Maggie said. "Back from where we came." Beth chimed in. "Yeah."

"The last thing we need is for everyone to be running off in the dark. We dont have the vehicles. No ones traveling on foot." Rick stated, and then we heard a branch snap. "Dont panic." Hershel said calmly. "Im not, Im not sitting here waiting for another herd to blow through. We need to move, now." Maggie said, panicing. "no one is going anywhere!" Rick half yelled. "DO something." Carol said. "I AM doing something!" Rick yelled at her. I had enough. "For God Sakes Carol, what do you want him to do? Huh? Were out in the middle of the woods, the fucking WOODS, people. You wanna know what it is, YOU go look. Odds are, youll meet a tasty deer or something. Otherwise, sit down and SHUT up." I said, getting in Carols face.

"Bellefaire, enough." Daryl mumbled lowly, making me step away from her and holding me from behind. "No shes right. IM keeping this group together. ALIVE. Ive been doing that all along, no matter what. I didnt ask for THIS! I killed my best friend for you people for CHRIST SAKE." Rick left it out. Everyone looked at him in fear except for Daryl. Carls face dropped. "You saw what he was like. How he pushed me, how he compromised us. How he threatned us. He staged the whole Randall thing, led me out to put a bullet in my back. He gave me NO CHOICE. He was MY friend, but he came after me." Carl started crying into his moms chest.

"My hands are clean. Maybe you people are better off without me. Go ahead! I say theres a place for us, but maybe-maybe its just another pipe dream. Maybe-maybe im fooling myself again! Why dont you-why dont you go find out yourself? Send me a postcard." Daryl looked around to see everyones faces. "Go on! Theres the door. You can do better? Lets see how far you get. No takers? Fine. But lets get one thing straight. Youre staying? This isnt a democracy anymore." After no one said anything, Rick walked off again. "I was there, and i saw the whole thing. What Rick says is true, and he was gonna kill me too." I said and sat down. Daryl sat down beside me. "you wanna talk about it?" He asked. I shook my head. But really, how am I supposed to tell him that Im pregnant with Shanes child?