Author Note: I do not own The Walking Dead or any of its characters

Axel Dixon and Cath Carver belongs to me.

Emily Carver belong to HiddenTruthandLies2.

Chapter 24

Axel's POV

We wander in the woods. It's been almost fifteen or twenty minutes after we left the dairy. We didn't counter any bandits or the walkers...yet.

"So, Danny? How long did you and your family know these bandits?" I asked as I keeping the watch around.

"Almost two months, maybe little earlier. They came to the dairy and kill all our farmhands. After that, we had enough and do whatever they want." DanI ny said while holding his rifle.

I sent a skeptical glance towards him. So the St Johns made a deal with them, right after bandits kills all of their farmhands just like that?

When we keep walking and then saw a couple of walkers as they noticed us and start to get us.

"Let me handle them." I said as I aim my crossbow at one of them.

I shot and hit the first one. I ran to the second one and kick it to send down at the ground. I grabbed my bolt from the head of the first walker and stick with it at the head of the another. That was easy. Then I saw Danny and Lee looked at me impressed. I shrugs my shoulder and we continue walking to try find the camp.

"See anything?" Danny asked as I start to look at the ground to find some tracks. Then I see something on the ground.

"Wait. There is some footsteps here." I said as Lee and Danny was right behind me. "Are you sure those footsteps of a living person-" Danny said with a skeptical look, but I cut off him. "I know what's different between a human's and a walker's footstep. Let's focus now, these footstep leading... that way." I said and pointing to the right. I'm leading Lee and Danny to footsteps direction.

Man, feels like those old days when I and my friends was in the scout, remember I was the leader of my group and against our rival group and their leader was my bully and rival, Steven Blair. He was the one who thinking that he is best hunter all of us, including me too. He's proud hunter, but stubborn, well not much like Amanda. He will never let his prey escape from him. He always tells me like this: "That was lucky and lucky will ends, but we will see that which of one of our lucky will do soon." And after I meet him, he was jealous of me and mine hunter experiences. One day I shot his left ear by an accident, but for me it was reckless and careless of him to go in season zone without permission. We were always bully each other and always be bothered of him and his insulting words. He and his family have moved away four months before my cutoff from the school. I wonder what happened with the family Blair in West Virginia.

I shook the memories of Steven from head and focus to the tracks.

Then we found a unknown path and there was a empty can. I pick it up and smell it.

"You really enjoy the smell of people's smack, do you?" Lee asked as I chuckled little. "He, he, nope. This can is empty, but still smell little, so that means somebody was here for while ago." I said as we waving up our weapons.

Then I see a red and grey tent right front of us, through among by trees and bushes. I waving my hand up to signal Lee and Danny.

"There. There's a tent over there." I said as we getting closer to the tent. Then we see a tarp that was hanging over some boxes right next of the tent.

We stop walking and stand among bushes and trees while look around of the area. "Holy shit. You found it?" Danny said and impressed of my hunter experiences.

Then we sneaking to the camp and stand to split up among trees and bushes. Danny and Lee hiding behind the trees while bends down and hiding in a bush.

We kept our weapons up at the camp and look everywhere of the camp. There was no one there, but it could be someone sleeping in that tent.

"See anybody, boys?" Danny asked while still aiming his rifle. As Lee looked at the camp in the seconds before he answer back to Danny. "Can't tell."

"It looks empty, but the tent can't tell you that." I said and stand up as we shows up from our hideouts to the camp. Danny slowly approached to the tent. "Watch my back, boys. I'm gonna check out the tent." He said as we aiming the tent just in case if someone is in there.

He moves cautiously towards the tent, and once he got close enough, he smirks and opens the tent with his arm.

He smirked? Is he bloodthirsty or something like that? Well, I was little desperate over the revenge on the bandits, but...

Then Danny shaking his body and have a normal look after checking inside of the tent. "Clear."

Great. Now what? If there is no bandits here and so where are they then?

"This camp's too small, it can't be their main base." Danny said.

"That's what I was thinking." Lee said as I nods.

"So what now?" I asked. "Take a look around anyway while I watch your backs. There's probably some shit around here they stole from us." Danny order us and guarding.

I'm looked at a kettle which is still warm and cocking something. I bends down and grabbed lid from the kettle. It was nothing, except boiling water. I put the lid back on the kettle.

Hmm, its still warm. Which it's means that somebody still lives here.

Then I see Lee checking a bunch of boxes. "What's in the boxes?" I asked as he stop checking before answered back. "They're all from Saves Lot." Lee confirmed about these empty boxes.

"The first few days, they told folks to gather to the Save-Lots by the interstate. Anything in them worth taking?" Danny explained the bandits story and asked to Lee if there's anything left to eat.

As Lee didn't answer and give a skeptical look over these boxes. "We don't know whose camp this is. Might not be bandits." Lee said.

"Maybe he's right. I mean you could have mistaken a wrong camp, Danny." I agree as Danny shook his head.

"It must be. Look those boxes again, they're from Save-Lots." Danny objected. "Or maybe somebody have stole these boxes from them or was one of bandits who is tired their stupid fucking life." I suggested.

"If it was a formerly member of them, they wouldn't share their food to old friends or neighborhood." Danny explained.

I sighed out and went closer to the tent. That one looks pretty new. "Was anyone there?" I asked and wonder how many people lived there in the tent.

"Two sleeping-bags. One of 'em's kid sized." Danny confirmed as I wide my eyes in chock.

Wait? A kid sized? Wait a second, Emily mentioned the bandits rape her friends before she, Travis and Ben got away from them. There's no way there's some children in that sort of group. Lee's right, this camp could not be one of bandits. But whoever who lived here, they might give us more info about these guys.

"Boxes from the dairy here." Lee shouted, but not so loud so he can't get attention to the walkers. I see Danny narrowed his eyes as he walk to Lee from the tent while he answered. "Probably the food that we've been giving them. Fuckers cross the line."

I went to Lee who picked up something from among the boxes at table. "What'd you find?" I asked as Lee take a closer at the thing that he holding. "A video camera." Lee answered and I see Danny a worried expression on his face.

"Let me see that." He said as he approached Lee.

Lee had pushed multiple buttons on it to make it work, but nothing happened. "Battery's dead, though." Lee said as Danny stop walk and look little happy to hear that? "Oh, Good." He mumbled as I sent a skeptical glance towards him.

Why did he look worried when Lee found a video camera? "In that case, we keep it for a while until give it to Doug. He maybe can fix it. It must be something important in that camera." I said as Lee nods. "Yeah, sounds a good idea." Lee agree.

I see Danny look little unhappy and worried when I said about the camera and Doug. Then he looked at the boxes. "What else they got over here? Let's see if we can find anything useful and then get a move on." Danny said and walks over to the other side of the table.

Danny look at me and Lee with a smile. "I see you two handle with a rifle an a crossbow pretty well. Are you both hunters?" He asked.

"Every seasons since when I was seven years old, yeah." I answered as Lee shook his head. "I was never a hunter before, but Lilly keeps us all on a regular training schedule." Lee explained how he and the rest of group got teach to use a gun.

As Danny got spark in his head by Lee. "Lilly? I thought you were running things back there?" He asked doubtful.

Obs. I better explained little more logically even Lee isn't the leader. "Let just say that she's got the combat training." I said immediately.

Danny didn't answer back instead he shrugs his shoulder and search empty boxes as I sent a okay-glance to Lee and he nods slowly.

Then I walks to the tent to find anything inside of it. I wonder if there is more than two sleeping bags, plus one them is in child-size. I looked inside of it and there was two sleeping bags as what Danny said. But then I found a photo and pick it up. It shows a woman and her daughter who could be in Cath's age. Then I see the little holding her rabbit doll on the photo and see the same doll on child-size sleeping bag.

Oh my gosh, poor those girls. I huff and got a sympathy expression on my face. I wonder what the hell happened with these two. Hope not if those bandits got them.

Then I heard Lee was behind me. "Find anything?" He asked. "I think you're right about this camp. It's just a woman and her daughter who lives or lived here." I said little sympathy and show Lee the photo as he grabbed to watch on it.

"Jesus. There's a kid really mixed up in this?" Lee said surprised. "Was, more like." Danny said as I glare over those words.

Geez Danny, I wouldn't have that comment in my mind. Then I noticed there's something underneath the adult-sized sleeping bag and I moves the blanket which it was... a familiar cap.

What the hell? Is that... I pick it up and turns it around to see closely... Holy shit! "Lee, look what I found." Lee looked at the cap that I holding as he getting stunned that I found... Clementine's missing hat?

"…The hell?" Lee said chock.

"But how-?" But cut off by a voice who yelling at us. "Don't you fucking move!" It's sounds like a woman, but shaky and not friendly.

"Shit!" Danny exclaimed when he noticed the woman as Lee and I turned around and aiming our weapons at her. It's the same woman from the photo?

"Put your guns down! I ain't going back! You tell em Jolene ain't going back!" The woman threaten us as she has a crossbow too just like I have and she waving around with it.

"Now, you listen here! We had a deal; no shooting unless we gave you food! What the fuck happened?" Danny said.

"You had a deal with them, I ain't them…" She said and looked at Danny with a creepy smile. "Oh, I know you! I know what you are, and I know what you do." As those words, it made Danny look angry and scowled at her.

What? What the hell did she mean about Danny?

"You don't know me!" Danny shouted back.

"Don't move!" I exclaimed, but she didn't listened and still aiming at us. "Who the fuck are you?!"

She replies with a creepy laughing. Is she crazy? She's ain't right in her head. Maybe I try this. "We're looking for the people who attacked the diary, and shot our friend." I explained while still aiming at her.

"I don't know where they are, but they ain't here, so get the fuck outta my camp!" That crazy woman answered.

"She's lying, boys." Danny claiming.

Do I have to believe her or not? Well, she maybe are not one of these bandits, but she's unstable in her head. We can't have her around with the kids even she needs help.

"You're not in position to threaten us, woman! Just stop waving around with your crossbow before you doing something stupid!" I exclaimed, but no use and she still aiming at us.

"You think I won't kill you? I'm gonna take this here crossbow and put a nice sharp arrow through your eyeball, and into your goddamn brain." That crazy woman chuckled creepy and look happy over her own words.

She's out of her mind. I swear I will shot her if she do it first.

"I would like to see it." I said coldly.

"You're not men, you're monsters. All men are monsters. Take what they want, and then destroy it all. Take a can of beans, take a little girl… it's all the fucking same to you!" She bellowed.

"Where did you get this hat?" Lee asked with his anger tones.

"The little girl." She answered as I wide up my eyes.

Did she sneak our home and take it without anyone noticed? Fuck, that woman is a fucking good ninja. As the answer from that woman, I saw Lee scowled at her.

"You stole it from her!" Lee said with anger lacing his voice.

"So what if I did? You stole them both from me!" That crazy woman yelled.

Stole them? Is she talking about Cath too? I see Lee and Danny looked at me as I shrugs my shoulders that I don't know what she really talking about.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Lee asked.

"Lady, I don't know what's your deal with the girls. But you better not get close to them and touch them either!" I exclaimed as the woman laughing creepy again.

"Oh, and what are you gonna do? You men aren't good enough with the girls!" The woman just scoffed as I feel little insult by her.

What the fuck did she said?

"You know what? I changed my mind. I'm putting this arrow right through your balls! Yeah, right through. String em up on that tree. Then I'm-a head down to that farm and shoot every goddamn person I see!" She said with a creepy look.

Shit! I maybe have to kill her. She's really ain't right in the head and might going to kill everyone at the dairy. I have my finger on the trigger and prepare to shoot her, but just waiting until if she doing something stupid.

"Look, there's three of us and one of you. No matter what happens, one of us is gonna kill you." Lee trying to calm the crazy woman, but it looks she didn't get his point.

Like you could kill me. They couldn't kill me, they tried. Killing everywhere. Take all the dead folks you want, we'll make more!" The woman said sarcastic.

"I guess you had lucky back there, but it will probably end here and right now!" I exclaimed.

"I'm make lucky." She said and aiming at Danny again.

Why will she start with Danny?

"Go on, tell em, boy! Tell em what you got in mind for-" Suddenly a shot sounded and hit that woman right on her forehead and fall face first on the grass.

What the fuck? Me and Lee looked on in horror at that crazy woman and saw it was Danny who shot her. Danny killed her...

"God dammit!" Danny exclaimed over his actions as I and Lee looked at him in disbelief.

"What the hell was that for, Danny?" I asked with my anger tones.

"You straight up murdered that woman!" Lee exclaimed.

"Hardly. She had a crossbow pointed at my forehead." Danny said as I shook my head. "You could have shoot right on arm or leg to paralyze her!" I exclaimed.

"Well, maybe. I was little upset after she pointed at me." Danny said and he picked up woman's crossbow.

"It's a clean shot though. Right through the forehead." Danny said with a little creepy look. Lee huffed as he looked back to the woman. "That's good shooting right there. Still what a waste."

"So that's it? We're going back to the dairy?" I asked with a questionable look.

"If they aren't here, then I have no idea where they're at. "And it's not a good idea to go stomping out through the woods this late in the day. So yeah, we're heading back. Once they see this, they'll get the message." Danny said and walks away from the camp as I and Lee follow him.

Something isn't right. What was she going to say before Danny killed her? It doesn't make any sense. Maybe it was about why the bandits attacked us. I huffed and walk right next to Lee.

"We better keep eye on him and his family too. Now after that woman and why bandits attacking us, it seems like St Johns have done something with them." I said lowly so Danny can't hear us.

"You're right, just don't make any tough moves, it will put ourselves in danger too. The woman knew something like we don't" Lee agree and we looked at her body as the blood floating over the grass from the head.

We walks after Danny through in the woods. I wonder what will happen next now when we get back to the dairy.

To be continued

A/N:

I chose not to shoot Jolene.

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