,,The next morning we were all eating silently when Rick finally appeared, "Everybody okay?"
"Yeah, we are." Maggie answered.
Rick was all cleaned up, new clothes and no blood on his face.
"What about you?" Hershel asked.
"I cleared out the boiler block." Rick said,
"How many were there?" Daryl asked.
"I don't know. A dozen, two dozen." Rick answered, "I have to get back. Just wanted to check on Carl."
Glenn stood up, "Rick, we can handle taking out the bodies. You don't have to."
"No, I do." Rick walked over to Daryl, "Everyone have a gun and a knife?"
"Yeah. We're runnin' low on ammo, though."
"Maggie and me were planning on making a run this afternoon." Glenn said, "Found a phone book with some places we can hit, look for bullets and formula."
"We cleared out the generator room. Axel's there tryin' to fix it in case of emergency." Daryl said. "We're gonna sweep the lower levels as well."
"Good. Good." Rick replied, walking towards the door and shutting it behind him.
"Rick." Hershel called out but he ignored him.
After breakfast, Oscar, Carl, and Daryl went to sweep the lower levels of the prison and Glenn and Maggie went on a run to get ammo and formula for Little Ass-kicker. I stayed with Beth and Jamie, helping her take care of the baby. Jamie really liked her. He liked holding her and helping to feed her. He even drew her a few pictures. It was a few hours before Carl and Oscar got back,
"Where's Daryl?" I asked.
"He still down there. He found Carol's knife." Carl answered and I sighed and nodded.
Beth and I started making dinner, Carl was sitting next to us, and behind us, Hershel was holding the baby and Jamie was next to Hershel, coloring on the notebook. Rick walked in and we all looked up at him. He walked past us and over to Hershel and the baby. We all watched as Rick took her from Hershel's arms and into his.
"Hey. Hey." He said softly to her.
He brought her into his chest and kissed her forehead when she started fussing around. Then the six of us and the baby walked outside.
"She looks like you." Rick told Carl with a small smile.
Rick looked at something outside the courtyard before handing the baby to Carl, "You got her?"
Rick walked out of the courtyard and into the field, "Jamie, you stay with them."
I followed him and saw what he was looking at. There was a woman limping towards the fence, holding a basket and a bag around her shoulders and also a sword on her back. The walkers paid her no attention, from the looks of it, she had guts all over her. She looked at us before she winced and brought her hand to her wound on her leg. The walker next to her must smelled her and the woman backed away a bit and took out her sword. Sh e put the basket on the ground and stabbed one walker through the head.
"Should we help her?" Carl asked from next to me.
We walked over to the door and the woman beheaded a walker. She was in real pain, you could tell by her yelp. She stabbed a walker through the chest before pushing him away. The woman walked backwards before falling and it didn't look like she was getting up. Carl and I shot the walkers that were getting close to her, waiting for Rick to come over. Rick opened the gate and we went out with him. Carl grabbed the basket, I grabbed her bag, and Rick grabbed the woman.
"Is she bit?" Hershel asked from the field.
"Gunshot." Rick told him before picking her up.
"Carl, get a blanket." Rick said as we walked into the cell block, "Vi, water and a towel."
"All right." I told him before setting her bag on a table and rushing to get a bottle of water and a towel.
"Here?" Carl asked.
"She's not coming into the cell blocks." Rick stated as he set him down.
I handed him a bottle, "Here."
"Mommy, who is she?" Jamie asked,
"I don't know, baby." I told him as Rick poured water onto her chest.
"It's all right. It's all right. Hey, hey, look at me. Look at me. Who are you?" Rick asked.
She saw her sword and tried to grab it, but Rick moved it out of her reach with is foot.
"We're not going to hurt you. Unless you try something stupid first, all right?" Rick said.
"Rick." I heard from behind me and I saw Daryl leaning against the entryway. "Who the hell is this?"
"You wanna tell us your name?" Rick asked and she didn't answer, "You wanna tell us your name?"
"Y'all come on in here." Daryl said.
"Everything all right?" Rick asked, standing up.
"You're gonna wanna see this." Daryl replied.
"Go ahead." Rick said, "Carl, get the bag."
I grabbed Jamie's hand and we walked into the cell block, Carl bringing in the basket of formula and her bag. When Daryl locked the door, we followed him to a cell and I gasped.
Carol was alive.