Martin and the rest got up the hill and got a view of the camp. A walker, was crawling to the car where a small kid was leaned up against. He went and grabbed the walker by the neck and stabbed him in the eye, killing it. He looked over to the young boy and saw a bite on his arm. He would be gone soon, but he didn't knew it yet.
"I need this boy's mom here now!!" Yelled out Martin.
A woman appeared behind Martin in a hurry, and grabbed her boy in her arms.
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you, honey.." Whispered the woman into the boy's ear.
"Martin, we goin or not?" Yelled out Shane, who was already on the truck with the rest of the scavengers. He nodded back at him, and went to look for Alicia.
"I'll be back. were only getting some supplies then were getting back here," he said to his wife.
"Be careful. I don't know what I'll do if I lost you," she replied.They shared a quick kiss and Martin got on the truck, and headed off into the hills to Interstate 85. Alicia got up from where she was sitting and decided to join Sarah in making a area to cook food.
"Need any help?" She asked her.
"Uh yeah, we're going to make a small circle with those rocks so that the fire won't get outta control," She replied, who was cutting some small pieces of wood with a house knife.
"How's Martin acting with you in all this chaos?" Asked Sarah, curious to know more about her.
"Well he hasn't changed much, but he has always been defensive when it comes to friends and family," she replied, remebering the incident with Ed.
"He's a good man. Shane speaks well of him," replied the blonde woman, who was shredding pieces of paper to test the fire.
"Shane has known Martin since they were kids, they are like brothers. I just hope they are safe out there," Said Alicia, who was worried about her husband and everyone else that went to Atlanta.
"They will be okay. They will be back by sundown with a bunch of supplies for all of us!" She replied with a smile on her face.
Alicia observed Ian playing with Sophia. She was fine that even though their world was gone, her son still had a mind of peace and fun. Dale was watching the area from a top the RV while Daryl was creating traps for any walkers that got close to the area. They all seem to have a good side of them, but in these hard times it was hard to use it.
"How's it going?" Asked Amy, one of the many survivors of the camp.
"I guess you could say okay, thanks for asking though," replied Alicia, who signaled Amy to sit next to her.
"Is Martin your husband?" Asked Amy with a curious tone.
"Yeah, we've had our flaws like any other relationship but we are still together," she replied, Martin was her world along with their son, and she knew that he thought the same.
"I wish I could find a good man li-" her words were cut short by yells of a woman. Alicia quickly got up and ran to the police truck along with Amy and grabbed a pistol and ran over to where the yelling was coming from. It was the boy who Martin saw that was bitten. He had reanimated and wanted to attack her mother. Alicia pulled the boy off her and pinned him to the ground, and stabbed him in the head. The woman stayed over his corpse, while Alicia went down to the lake to clean herself up.
She was grabbing some water when she saw Carol in the water's reflection.
"I'm sorry for what happened earlier," she said.
"It's fine. I was just trying to help," Alicia replied,getting back on her feet.
"Ed has always been a short-tempered person, and usually attacks anyone who gets in the way of what he wants," Carol replied, ducking down to grab some water to drink.
"I've seen so. But from what I saw he couldn't do much with Martin, and he was not in a bad mood, if he was, god knows what might have happened." Alicia added, proving to Carol that her husband was no match for Martin.
The pair walked side by side back up to camp. Alicia was somehow making new friends in the new world they were living in, not in the way she was usually used to.
Her 15-year old cousin ran up to her, with something in his hands.
"Hey Ali look at what I found!" He said excitedly to her.
"Looks like some sort of bullet, leave it somewhere so that Martin can take a look at it," She replied.
"Can we play something? I'm bored!" He exclaimed.
"Dude you want to play now? I would love to but I have to be ready in case anything happens around here," She replied in a soft tone.
The smile on his face vanished.
"Hey, don't be sad. Because of the way things are going around here, we have to put those games aside and focus on more important matters," She said to Tony. He was one of the young ones around camp, and still didn't get the idea that the dead were rising.
She joined Sarah at the makeshift kitchen she had made to help cook some fish Andrea and Amy had gotten from the lake.
Somewhere in Atlanta...
The camp members that left to look for supplies arrived at a pit stop a few miles outside of the city.
Martin got off the truck and entered the shop. It's counters had been emptied, leaving barely no supplies for anyone else. Glenn a large box with canned food, and shoved it all into the bag he was carrying.
Shane was outside guarding the entrance along with T-Dog.
"How long you think we're gonna be here?" Asked the african american man.
"I don't know. Maybe after we get enough supplies for a few more days," he replied, keeping his eye on a walker who was a few dozen meters away.
T-Dog grabbed a old bat from inside the store and killed the walker, leaving the item full of blood and brain matter.
The rest of the men walked out of the shop with supplies for at least more then 2 weeks. They got back on the truck and left, setting their
path to the quarry where the rest of the group was located.
"So, you guys think the CDC is our best chance?" Asked Martin.
"I'd say so. But we'd better be off if we headed to fort benning, we'd have protection from the military, not some eggheads," replied Shane.
"This dude is right, I don't think we can be safe from some guys who almost live inside a lab," added T-Dog, who also let out a small laugh.
The daylight was almost gone when the truck broke down a few miles from the dirt road that leads to the quarry.
"I'll go check it," said Glenn, who got off and opened the hood of the truck and began to check the engine and the other parts.
"The engine is screwed, we need to get going on foot," he added.
"Let's get going then," replied Martin, who began to grab bags of supplies and distribute them within the members of the scavangers, and began their trek to the quarry.
Back at camp...
Alicia was cleaning a house knife she had brought along with her, thinking of it as a weapon to defend herself or Ian. Andrea entered the tent were she was resting and called her out.
"We got a fire going and some fish from the lake, come out and eat," said Andrea.
"Sounds good, I'll reach you guys in a few minutes." With that, she nodded in response and walked out of the tent.
After a few minutes, and with the sun about to set, she joined the rest of the group at a fire where they were cooking fish and other animals that Daryl had hunted.
"I think that even though the world we knew is gone, we can still have good times," said Dale, who had a piece of fish in his left hand, and a glass of water in his other hand.
"Guess you could be right, but this life ain't meant to be taken lightly," replied Daryl, who was sitting on a log alone.
Carol arrived at the scene with Sophia next to her, and took a seat next to Alicia.
"Ed is still angry that he got tied up in the RV, he won't be joining us," she said.
"We don't need dudes who are just saying crap," Daryl replied, in a calm tone.
"There's no need for this to get heated up, just leave him there. You'll be alright, we all will," Added Dale who smiled at everyone in the fire.
"I see you all in a few minutes, I need to go to bathroom," added Amy, who got up from her seat and entered the RV.
"She is still a child in a sort of way," said Andrea.
"We all are, in some way. Sometimes we just want to hide that," replied Dale.
"Won't last long if she has a childish mind," said Daryl in a cold tone.
Andrea just looked at him with cold eyes, not willing to tell him to stop saying negative things in the cruel world they all live in.
Amy got out of the RV and put her arm on the door to support herself.
"Are we out of toilet paper? I had to use my sock," She asked.
Nobody answered her, as a walker appeared from around the vehicle and bit Amy in her arm, leaving it full of blood.
"Amy!!" Yelled out Andrea, who grabbed her gun.
Everyone else in the fire got up and grabbed a weapon to eliminate the walker, but dozens of them began to flow into the area, surrounding them. The walker then bit into Amy's shoulder, revealing a large amount of blood. The women in the camp began to yell for help, while they began to fire against the dead.
Martin could hear yells and gunshots coming from the quarry. He knew something was going on, and they needed to be there, and fast. They all began to run as fast as they can.
Alicia was grabbing Ian close to her, along with Carol and Sophia, and in her other hand she was shooting at the Walkers with a pistol. Dale was keeping the walkers away from them with his rifle, along with Daryl who was using his crossbow.
The undead seemed to be taking over the area, killing various survivors that had joined them in the last few days. All seemed to be over when Glenn ran into the area with a rifle and began to shoot down the walkers with ease.
From the other side Shane and T-Dog were killing the dead with shotguns, cleaning out the area with ease, but they all seemed to keep flooding in from the woods nearby.
Alicia was looking for her husband with her sight, but he didn't seem to be anywhere. She began to think the worse until she saw him running into camp with his python in hand. He began to shoot the walkers that were surrounding his family, and quickly ran over to them.
"Stay close to me, we need to clear out the area!" Yelled out Martin.
"I need to go find Ed!" Yelled out Carol, but Alicia had grabbed her by the arm and didn't let go of her.
"He'll be okay, but stay close to us!" replied Alicia.
They began to stay close to Martin while he reunited with the rest of the men, still clearing the area of walkers.
"Where's Sarah?" Asked Alicia.
"She is safe and sound in the truck, she fell asleep in the tent and didn't hear the fight, but I got her inside the truck," replied Shane.
After a few more minutes of terror, the gunfight ceased. The walkers had been killed, and the group lost some people during the confusion. Ed had been devoured by walkers in his tent, leaving him barely recognizable. Many other survivors had also been killed.
The night was gone, and the daylight returned. The sun reflected off of Martin's head, and off the vehicles the group had positioned around the area. They began to burn the walkers and to bury the fallen survivors, what was left of them.
Alicia was comforting Ian who was still shocked by the attack. Carol did the same with her daughter.
Martin went to try to comfort Andrea, who was mourning her sister's death. He put his hand on her back, but she pushed him away and pulled her pistol and pointed at him. He got up, slowly, and backed off.
"Let me try, maybe I can try to help," said Alicia to Martin, who hugged her, thankful that nothing happened to his family.
"No, she needs some time alone. But it's only a matter of time before she turns, and I need to be on guard," he replied.
Amy had bright blue eyes, that had a very curious reflection. Once she opened her eyes, they had a grey pale color. She began to pull Andrea's hair and to throw bites at her. Martin went and pulled her off and shot the undead girl in the head.
"Let's bury them now. This place isn't safe anymore," said Sarah, who was now fully awake.
Once all the walkers were burned, and their dead buried, the remaining group members had a small talk.
"This place ain't safe no more," Said Shane.
"He's right. We stay here another night we might not survive," Added Dale.
"Only option we have now is the CDC. The place might be gone, but it's worth a shot trying," commented Sarah.
"She's right. We need to get going before this place gets full of Walkers. Let's get goin," replied Daryl, who got on his motorcycle.
The group got the tents in the RV, and the rest of the vehicles formed a caravan and drove into the dirt road that leads back to highway 85.