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

I own Axel Dixon and Cath Carver

Emily Carver belong to HiddenTruthandsLies2

Benjamin "Ben" Rugby and Timothy "Tim" Rugby belongs to AquaDestinysEmbrace

Chapter 72: December

Axel's POV

I aiming at a deer who just eating its food and didn't noticed me.

My finger pulled the trigger and the bolt flew away to hit right through the skull.

The animal collapsed down as I approach it and tied it around of its antler to my red sleigh as it's winter now, and it's snow around here.

Then I running on the sleigh with the deer back to my grandfather's ranch.

We have been here two weeks and luckily for the group that no one was in the ranch, not even my grandfather or my eager and crazy third cousins. But some of 'em didn't make it when I found some bodies in the living room.

They were little nice to me or bother me sometime. Still, they were part of my family so I give them burial after that.

Me and the group have been stay almost three weeks. Clementine is getting little better as she and Cath made some snowman or playing with sledge on a small hill where is safe under Omid's watch.

When I was almost there to the house, I heard some scream.

My eyes is widened. Was that...

Clementine!

What's going on there?!

I jump off my sleigh and start running for the hill.

When I make it there, I see Cath and Clementine standing down of the hill right next to Omid who laying on the snow. They watching at something on the ground.

What the hell?

I start going down off the hill and get to them.

"Hey! What happened?" I ask, but non of them didn't answer me because they're still starring at a thing right next to them as I take a look at it.

It was a walker. A walker here?! Shit! They're getting everywhere. But this one didn't make a move and it looks like it's dead.

Then I heard Christa and the others entered in this scene.

"What happened here? Omid!" Christa called us and looked worried now when she see Omid laying on the snow. She coshed down and have her arms around of him. "Don't worry, honey. It just surprised me when I fell ." Omid explained.

Surprised him? By that thing? It looks dead.

Tim came closer to it.

"Hey, be careful." Benjamin warned worriedly.

"I'm just wanna search it." Tim said and leaned his face to the walker to take a closer look. "Are you sure it's alive? Looks pretty dead to me, or maybe frozen at least."

Suddenly, the mouth and jaws just moving when it got smell fresh meat of Tim which the black haired teenager was frightened and stumbled back from that thing.

Holy fuck! It's alive!

"Shit!" Tim exclaimed.

Then he lost his balance and fell down to the snow, right next to Omid.

We all starring at the walker again and just stop moving its face. Seems like it doesn't have condition left.

Then Tim jolt up and smirk at Omid. "Hey, that must have what and how happened pretty much to you, right?" Omid chuckled as Omid laugh over the teenager's joke. "Yeah, but it was funny to watch and not as painful." Omid smirked as his girlfriend sighed and rolled her eyes.

I grab my crossbow and aim at the walker who still laying on the snow. I shot it through the brain and then take the bolt off the head.

While I cleaning the bolt, I and Benjamin take a look at the dead walker for a moment until Emily joined with us.

"What are you think, guys? I think they don't have blood pumping through them." Emily theorized as I raised a eyebrow. "Yeah, they freeze faster than us even they starve slowly than us." I muttered.

Later that, we head back to the house.

The rest of us entered in the house, leaving me and Omid at the door outside.

"Man, that was unexpected." Omid stated and rubbed the top of his head. "I know the winter is hard and cool especially, but at least we'll be safe and less walkers-problem."

I nod at his and his words.

Yeah, no kidding.

"Yeah. We're really staying until the winter has moved on. This place might be are good spot to create a new life, but we need place of people to begin with. For your baby of course." I recalled.

"Yeah." Omid nodded, but his smile fell down. "Can't expected how she gonna be raised in this ugly world instead the one we used to live on."

I patted at his shoulder to encourage him.

"Don't worry, man. Your baby will not being fear of this world if he or she will get used it. Other wise, there's no other option for being raise to survive." I say.

Omid nodded slowly and have a worry expression about his baby's future.

It start snowing as it came from the sky, from the clouds.

Then, his smile appeared back and look at me now.

"You know what? In the next week, it will be Christmas. What do you think?" Omid said as I widened my eyes in surprised.

Christmas?! No! We can't have Christmas now. We have to focus on our survival now. Other words, I don't wanna upset the girls either!

I placed my hand on his shoulder again and give him a serious look.

"No. Don't tell anyone, especially the kids either. I know it'd fun for them, but who knows what if Clementine will wish or "tell to Santa" to give Lee or her parents back to the life which it will upset her later." I objected seriously. "Let's just skip Christmas this year, okay?"

Omid looked little surprised by my words, but start thinking about it. He's been silent in a moment.

"Yeah... you got that point. But you should know that Christa and I will tell the others about the baby tonight." Omid admitted as I nod with a grateful smile.

Good.

"Good and okay then." I said as my eyes wandered to the sleigh with the dead deer I've caught. "Need a little hand here."

"Sure thing." Omid accepted my help to carry the deer into the ranch house.

We all sitting in the dinner room or my grandfather called this "fucking surprise meat spot!".

We're eating the meat from the deer.

"Man, I've could eat even more than a horse." Tim enjoyed the meat. "Same here. Hey buddy, good hunt you have there." Benjamin praised for me and mine hunt which I'm surprised as it's unexpected words from him.

I give him a grateful nod.

"This taste good." Cath takes another piece.

"Yeah, I guess there's no wonder how you and your relatives could lived here with yours hunting-period." Emily teased little as I rolled my eyes.

Sort of, but it was a long time ago.

After twenty minutes, all of us were done with the dinner.

Then suddenly, Omid step up from his chair.

"Eh, guys. Me and Christa have got something what we probably should tell ya'll earlier." Omid spoke up as everyone got their attentions by him.

Okay, hold your thumbs...

"I'm..." Christa trailed off as she looked little embarrassing, but I can tell that she wasn't probably sure about to tell the whole group. After a little moment, "I'm pregnant. Me and Omid are gonna have a baby."

Everyone but me looked so amazed and shock by their new about the baby before they starring at Christa and her stomach which she look away and blushing.

Then Clementine smiled and looked happy for Christa and Omid.

"Congratulations, Christa, Omid." Clementine congrats as Cath nodded. "Yeah, congratulations you two. You'll be great parents."

"Thanks." Omid blushed little and rubbed the back of his neck while Christa held his other hand.

"So how long has you been pregnant?" Emily asked curiously. "Nearly 3 months, I think." Christa guessed.

Then I noticed Rugby brothers looks little speechless and don't really know how to say about the baby.

"Well, yeah. It's great. But..." Benjamin trailed off as Christa sent a glare towards him. "But what?" Christa inquired. "He means there's no doctors or hospitals either. How would we know this will work out when the time has come?" Tim explained.

Christa or Omid don't know how to answer which I step up off my seat.

"We'll cross over the bridge when we have to discuss about it, right now it's time to sleep." I spoke up as everyone nodded.

When I was on the bed in one of old bedroom, the sane one where I used to sleep there when I was little boy.

I take a look at the photo of me when I was seven years old along with grandfather, his best friend, Uncle Buck, my big brother, Davie and then Barwolf. I lay the photo down and look through the window.

I hope you're alright, Barwolf.

I turn off the light before take a sleep.

To be continued

A/N:

Eight chapters left.

I hope you guys are really enjoyed of this chapter. ;)