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Axel Dixon and Cath Carver belongs to me.

Emily Carver belong to HiddenTruthandLies2.

Chapter 22

Axel's POV

Me, Lee and Mark were walking around the northwest side of the dairy farm property. We are gonna removing any walkers they find on the fence and making sure that there's no opening for them to get through. It was no walkers we found.

Man, I feel the wind of peace and it makes comfortable.

"So how's the place looking? Is it safe enough for us to stay... if we can?" Mark asked me and Lee. "Yeah, it's pretty amazing what they've done with this dairy." Lee answered as I got a doubt expression on my face.

We'll see. Except the generator of V.I.R.U.S, the barn and these people in the woods is a couple things that I can't stop worry about.

"But let's see what it takes to secure this fence before drawing any conclusions." I said as we keep walking.

"I can't wait until everyone's out here… Everyone besides Larry." Mark said.

Damn right besides Larry.

"Well, Lilly might not agree to stay here." I said as Lee and Mark looking at me. "Why won't she?" Mark asked.

"I think he mean that Lilly just don't want to move away from the motor inn after we have work so hard in that place." Lee explained about what I mean.

"She just worry about his dad. This place is might be little far away from the drugstore, but it doesn't change our local." Mark said.

I starting to frown over what Lilly mentioned back in the motor inn about Larry and the drugstore. Is she just care about her dad, more than we others of our group?

"So we just lived in the motor inn because of Larry, the one who bark at us with no any reasons?!" I shouted, but not really loud so the walkers or anyone can hear me.

"Look, I know you hate him, but-" Mark trying to explained, but I cut off him. "But what?! That guy's a piece of shit anyway." I said coldly as Lee shaking his head and Mark sighed.

"Relax, Axel. You and Cath aren't making better riling him up. I mean, I know what he did done to your dad, but Dixon... he lost his control too when beating Larry down and pointing his gun at Lilly." Mark objected as I looking him with a disgust face.

"Are you trying to compare my old man to that son of bitch or protecting his actions?!" I snapped again as Mark getting little nervous by me.

"Whoa, whoa, no... I didn't mean it... god, Axel. I'm just saying that you can't do something reckless about it. If you... I don't know. Kill Larry? The group will kick you out then. I hate that guy too, but he's one of us and Lilly's dad." Mark explain and defended himself.

"Do you really think the group will kick me out if Larry was out of his mind and try to kill me or anyone and I will kill him in self-defense? I will fight and kill him if that's gonna be." I said as Mark and even Lee looking confuse at me.

"You can't be serious? I mean, who says that you will win?" Mark said shock.

"It's not up to me, except himself. And I don't have problem with him or his size. I've already deal with someone." I said and refer about my older brother, Davie.

I started to remember about my brother how he wrestled me down after we fight over something. Larry might be bigger and strong like Davie, but he's old and too slow.

"Look, guys. Let's just forget about Larry for now, okay? We don't have to fight against him." Lee said to me and then looking at Mark. "He might be one of us, but he doesn't respect any of us except his daughter and his actions can not be forgive."

I'm shaking my head to let all of anger of my head while Mark sighed. Then we see a walker leaning on the fence and noticed a crow pecking on its head until it flies away.

Ugh. A crow eating a piece of dead? For now on, I will never hunting any damn crows.

"There's one." Mark as we staying right front of it. I kick lightly at leg of corpse to make sure if it's really dead. "Axel. It's dead." Mark said.

"Just for safety. This is first time that we found a dead corpse who died by electroshock." I explained.

"Come one, let's push it out." Lee said. Before he was going to push that corpse from the fence, we noticed it's stuck by an arrow through the head.

Hmm, I wonder if the St Johns have any crossbows.

"Maybe the St. John boys were using this guy for target practice?" Lee wonder as Mark who looks sympathy over that corpse. "Eh, poor guy."

"Let's keep working on the fence so we can get out of here as fast." I said and starting have a bad feeling about that arrow.

I grabbed the arrow and yank it from the head as it earned disgust glare from Lee. "Disgusting."

Lee takes out his axe and uses it to push the fried walker off the fence.

"Come on, I'm sure there's still a few more." I said as we continued walking around the perimeter.

"Once this fence is patched up, this place will be a fortress! God, can you imagine not having to worry about the walkers anymore?" Mark said.

Well, I would never say the same.

"A fortress needs people to defend it." I said. "We've got enough people." Mark said immediately.

"Despite that, it's useless without the gas. We might need food, but St Johns need gas." Lee said.

I guess he have a point there. Well, there is plenty gas from the wrecked cars, but there is some survivors who need gas for its own.

"Not many drivers these days, Lee. We could scrounge up a year's worth of gas, easy." Mark said. "But we are not the last survivors on this world, don't forget there is survivors who need gas too. It will take less than a year of gas." I said.

"Hmm, I think you got a point there." Mark said and sighed. "So, what's your take on the brothers? They seem to have this place tied down pretty well."

Well, they might be nice people, but what if things is getting out of our hands to them? As I shrug my shoulders as I don't know how to answer that and I don't wanna tell Mark or Lee about part of my past with the V.I.R.U.S.

"What do you mean by that?" Lee asked. "I don't know. They seem decent enough. I just want you to know that I've got your back if anything goes down, that's all." Mark answered as he don't even know too, but still have a feeling about if the St Johns gets hostile at us.

"Thanks. There's another one." I said and notice another walker which is leaning against the wired fence.

We stand and Lee uses his axe push it off, but its hands were stuck on the wires. Great, now we gonna do the same way what we did to Emily's sister, but this time is a dead as I glad about it.

"Try to cut off his hands." I said and earned a little sympathy by Lee as it reminds about back in the forest when we saved Emily and her friends. No doubt, Lee uses the axe to chop one wrist off and then chops off the other.

Eeek, the hands is still stuck to the wire. My uncle, Merle and my abusive grandfather would keep them there as a collection.

"You never get used to the smell, do you?" Mark said and have a disgust face by that smell of those hands. As Lee and I scoffed about it. "Nope."

"I don't have problem with the smell, even I giving them a damn compliment." I scoffed.

We continue to walking around the perimeter. Then I heard mine and the others stomachs grumbling. I wonder what kind of food that Brenda will deliver in the dinner.

"Christ, I can't stop thinking about dinner. Thanks for the rations earlier. It's not easy eating in front of the kids, but it's all that's keeping me on my feet right now." Mark said and look appreciated, but looks sympathy too.

For Christ sake, Mark.

"We're all hungry, Mark. Don't be like a crybaby." I said with an annoying glare. "Let's go ask for more to eat after this is done." Lee said and try to calm us down.

If they have more food for all of us in our group.

Then, we spot another walker which is caught in the wires and between it there was two fence posts which is knocked down too on the opposite side of the perimeter.

"Come on, I think I see where they're getting in. This one must've knocked it over trying to get through. He's tangled up in there pretty good." Mark said as I scoffed little. "Yeah. Come on guys; help me get this thing back in place so we can get Mr. Crispy off of there."

"I think we'd get better leverage from the other side." Lee suggest. Sounds good idea. I jumped over the wires as Mark did same way after me. "Come here, Lee. You and Mark can get these fence post up while I watch your back." I said and and wearing my father's crossbow and looking around at the woods.

In furthest in the woods it was dark, but I can see enough good. Then I heard Lee and Mark strained to get the fence posts up. Then I saw something or someone moving in the woods, but can't tell it was a walker or a living. I aim with the crossbow at the woods, have my finger on the trigger and ready to shot.

Then I heard a buzzing sound right behind me and I turned around. I saw some electric sparks which it came from... the FENCE? What the fuck?!

"Holy fuck! What just happened?!" Mark exclaimed as he and Lee jumped back in surprise. "The fence are on!" Lee exclaimed.

"You gotta kidding me?!" I exclaimed in surprise. "Why would he turn the fence on? He knows we're out here." Mark said.

Why did Andy turn on the fence right now? "It could be a confidence, but right now we're at the outside of-" I said while turned around to take watch at the woods again, but interrupted when I saw an arrow flew right into Mark's right shoulder which made him yell out in pain. "AHHH!"

SHIT! Who shot-

"I told you what would happen, you son of bitch!" Someone yelled from the woods, it's sound like an angry and crazy man. "What the- ?" Lee said in surprise, but cut of when there's more arrows flew at us, but missed. Then it was more voices I heard from the woods. I could see four or five silhouettes of the people who attacking us. Sons of bitches.

What the fuck?! I don't know what's going on, but we have to get out of this area. Then I looking around and saw a gate to back in the dairy. "The gate!" I ordered to Lee and Mark quickly running to the gate, but more arrows hit on the ground right front of us which made us stops run.

"Fuck! Too risky, we will not survive through this." I exclaimed. Then we saw a tractor right behind us and ducks to avoid arrows. "Get down." Lee exclaimed and we ran towards the tractor and using it as cover from the arrows.

"We had an agreement! Now, you're fucked!" One of those yelled at us so angry.

"Great, now what?" I asked.

"With the fence on, that gate is our only way out!" Lee said.

"Yeah, but how are we gotta there?" I asked as Lee shook his head as he have no idea just like me nor Mark either.

Then I take a look right behind of the tractor and see it held in place by the plow in the back.

Hmm, maybe we can get this thing moving to the gate if...

I see a raft a lever and grabbed it. I pulled the lever up which loosened the plow from the ground.

Yes! Oh, yea-

An arrow flew by and hit the lever, but the arrow bounced off without phasing the device.

"SHIT, that was close!" I exclaimed and saw Lee reaches out something from front of tractor and it was cinderblock. Then the tractor started to move forward.

"Come on, if we can reach the gate, we can get through this fence and back to the house." Lee said and as we agree with him.

We were moving along side with the tractor, so slowly towards the gate while those assholes keep shooting at us, can't hit one of us anymore as long we're behind of the tractor. But then, the tractor stops moving.

What the hell?

"Why the tractor stops moving?" I exclaimed. "Shit, it's one of the dead we pushed out earlier. I'm gonna have to move it." Lee said.

Oh, give us a fucking break.

The people still shooting at us as I started getting annoying angry and leaned up to see them. "Leave the fuck us alone!" I bellowed right at them, but they didn't listened and an arrow flew right on me. I duck fast and arrow flew over me. Then I saw Lee have pulls a dead walker away from the front tires and tractor was moving again.

"Ngh, damn!" Mark mumbled out in pain. "You're okay, man?" I asked.

"I'm fine... just foc-" Mark repeat with a pained tone, but cut of when the tractor stops moving again.

Again? Dammit, will this never ends?!

"Another one? How many of those things did we push down?" Mark said while huffing out in pain. While Lee fix the problem, I leaned up again to see the people again.

"Stop shooting at us, your motherfuckers!" I bellowed again, but they still shooting at us as I duck down again and notice Lee have throw away a walker from front of tractor who lost a half of body. What the hell?!

As tractor moving froward again, we moving along side with it. But then I see the half-walker was crawling after me. Before it could reach me, one of arrows hit right through the head.

Hmph, thanks to whoever shot that crawling rat.

We continued to follow the tractor until it hit a silo as it was front of the gate.

Finally, we're in the straight shot to the gate.

"They're getting away!" One of the people in the woods yelled as we have the chance to escape.

"Let's get out of here!" Lee said as I and Mark nods.

Lee runs to the gate with Mark right beside him and I was behind them. Lee kick to open the gate and we run from them until I heard what those people said.

"Where's our food, you assholes?! Give us the food!" Another yelled to us.

That's it. I'm going to give them a medicine.

"Run! I catch you up!" I exclaimed to Lee and Mark as they heard and continued to run.

I'm aim with crossbow at the woods quickly before they can shoot more arrows.

Right... this one. Eat this, your fucking crybaby!

I'm shot and my arrow flew right in the woods. After two seconds. "AAAAAAARRRRRRGH! FUCK! HE SHOT MY, my..."

I smirked over that outburst. Shoulder for balls.

Then I turned around and run away from them, I waving with my finger and show to them. The arrows flew and land in land around me and keep run after Lee and Mark.

"You lucky sons of bitches! Go ahead and run! We ain't going nowhere!" That was last scream I heard from them.

Hope your assholes will not getting closer to me or my people. By the way, when we're back to the dairy and I swear Andy will have a better excuse and explanation why he turn on the fence right before those assholes in the woods attack us.

To be continued.

A/N:

Well, I know I didn't make another flashback about Daryl's fate, but I can say that it happened just like in the tv-series about Merle. The rest of explanation will come later on one of the next chapters.

Preview and I will answer. ^^

I hope you fans enjoy this chapter. :)