Noah POV

Daryl had said he was going to leave me alone and that hit me hard. I couldn't stand being alone for long periods of time. After the family incident, it was like my parents couldn't look at me the same way anymore I was just a constant reminder of what had happened. I disliked to think about those memories, but after that my parents began leaving me alone at home for days at a time when I was just a little kid. Being alone reminded me of that and it reminded me I had no one that cared about me now. Maybe it was my own fault that I had no one.

A silent tear escaped my cheek. It wasn't Daryl's fault after I thought about it, I knew he didn't mean what he said. He had left a couple of minutes ago, telling me to stay in the car. I didn't argue because I needed time to think.

He was probably annoyed of me by now.

I wonder what was happening and if it was something bad. I couldn't see much from where Daryl had pulled over. All I saw were the back of people's heads. I pulled out my bear from my tote bag and just sat hit on the dashboard so it didn't feel so lonely inside here.

A small smile crossed my lips when I remembered hoe Alexis used to tease me about Bear. She used to say there must be something psychologically wrong with a 25-year-old that carried a toy around. She was right though, after all everyone has their own way of coping with a troubled past.

I heard the driver side open and in came Daryl with his crossbow. He saw the bear on the dashboard and raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.

I put bear away as Daryl started the engine.

"So, what happened out there?" I immediately covered my mouth realizing I had asked a question and Daryl had said no more questions. I must have looked really scared but Daryl proceeded to answer my question.

"We had to leave Jim behind. He was too sick." He kept driving.

I immediately felt bad for Jim. I didn't know him but my worst fear was dying alone and he was out there dying with no one to ever remember him, maybe that is how I will spend my last days. I tried not to get sad but as I was about to keep thinking about how sad the world is now, Daryl spoke up breaking me out of my sad thoughts

"I spy something brown."

I turned to look at him. I thought he had said it was a stupid game. Did he really want to play now? Well I didn't want him to change his mind so I smiled and quickly answered, "The trees."

"No." He kept looking straight and driving.

I was confused there was nothing else brown outside. I kept looking hard for a couple of minutes but found nothing.

"Give up?"

"Yes. What is it?" I asked defeated.

"Your eyes." He never took his eyes off the road.

"That's cheating." I told him.

"No, it's not." He finally turned to look at me apparently shocked at my response.

"Yes, it has to be outside, therefore I win." I crossed my arms on my chest and smiled.

"My truck, my rules and I say it doesn't so no you don't win." He went back to driving.

We played a couple more times much to my surprise. I didn't think Daryl would want to keep playing. We must have been in the middle of the game when my eyes became heavy and I fell asleep.

Before I knew it, I woke up to Daryl opening the passenger door. I looked around. The sun was going down and everyone else was getting off their cars. We were finally here. I took off my seatbelt and grabbed my tote bag and my backpack ready to go. As I got off the truck, the first thing that hit me was the smell. I covered my mouth and nose and tried not to gag. The place was full of corpses and flies.

This was not what I was expecting.

Daryl was on the alert walking ahead of me. I noticed the kids sticking close to their moms and everyone else was walking fast but quiet. Out of pure instinct I grabbed on to Daryl's arm, not wanting to be left behind. Surprisingly he didn't seem to mind. We continued walking stepping over dead people.

We made it to the front only to see it locked down with shutters. It looked empty really.

I began to get scared. It would be dark soon and where there were corpses there was most likely walkers. I didn't want to be out here at night. The more Rick and Shane pounded on the shutters, the harder I squeezed Daryl's arm but if he noticed, he didn't say anything.

"There is nobody here." I heard T-Dog said.

"Then why are these shutters down?" Rick insisted.

Everyone was agitated and nervous.

"Walkers!" Daryl called. I let go of his arm and reached for my sling shot and some marbles ready to shoot. Carol and Lori hugged the children closer.

It was an intense situation. My breathing got heavier the closer they got but I had to calm down if I wanted to aim right.

I took a shot and got one right on the eye as Daryl got another with his crossbow. My slingshot worked at close range and mostly just with really decayed walkers, sometimes it took me 2 or 3 shots in the eye until they finally went down. It was a better choice than a gun sometimes because it was quiet just like Daryl's crossbow.

"You led us into a graveyard." Daryl accused Rick. The kids were crying and everyone was on edge.

"He made a call." Someone said.

"It was the wrong damn call!"

I reached out to Daryl to try and calm him down but he quickly shrugged me away. He was too upset.

Everyone kept screaming and arguing and the kids kept crying. I tried to block it all to think, but it was too much. If no one figured something out soon I was going to have another panic attack. I could already feel it getting harder to breath. I didn't know what was happening but suddenly Daryl was dragging me forward as everyone began to ran back to the cars.

I stopped and turn to look at Rick with a desperate look.

"The camera, it moved." I looked up to the camera and saw it move again. I pushed past Daryl and went to Rick.

"I saw it too. There is someone there!" I told Rick. Everyone stopped, but they didn't believe us.

"Noah c'mon!" Daryl tried to drag me with him but my eyes were fixated on the camera as were Rick's.

Rick began pleading to the camera to let us in. I prayed they would listen. No one else believed but I did because I had hope. I know more walkers were making their way closer to us. This was our only chance. If no one opened the doors, we were all going to die. The sun was down already.

Shane dragged a screaming Rick away and I was about to let Daryl drag me away as well until something unexpected happened.

The shutters opened and from inside came a bright light. It was the answer to the prayers. We all stood there in shock for a couple of seconds.

Then we all walked in.

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