The Walking Dead: I Can Only Carry So Much

by Just a Writing Addict

Anna is just a kid,she never met her dad and her mom wasn't the best at her job. But now the world surrounding her is no place for a child to be. With death,gore,killing,and no family Anna is alone in this world. Things begin to get better when she joins a group,but she's horrified to get close,and she hates being alone.

5. Chapter 5

I ran from the house until I couldn't run anymore. Maybe I'd just keep running,running from Levi,from the sickness,from all the bad things. And just forget it all. I finally stood in the middle of the woods,panting,my eyes red and puffy,tear stains on my cheeks. I looked up at the sky,stars twinkling brightly aginst the blanket of ink. I crouched down,sobbing. "L-Levi." I stammered through waves of tears. "You didn't d-deserve it.." Small wet spots appeared on the green surface of my army jacket.

I sat there,in the middle of the woods,crying. I was alone. Truely alone. I'd never really been alone. I'd found the kids in the daycare two days after the outbreak. And Levi came soon after. I was alone. An emptiness that Simone,the kids,and Levi had seemed to fill was slowly eating away at my heart. The crunching of leaves from in front of me brought me back to reailty. I looked up and saw a walker,stumbling,hissing. I stood,nothing but poision and hate in my eyes. "shut up." I hissed as I shoved my knife up it's skull. The walker fell to the ground. Time to leave.

I traveled for a few days. I walked and walked and walked some more. I walked even when it felt like my feet were no longer there,I kept walking. I wasn't sad anymore,or angry. Numbness. That was it. I was just numb.

A highway! This was perfect. A highway stretched in front of me,hundreds of abandon cars on the side,in the center,or run off the road. I began to eagerly dig through the trunks of cars. I found two jars of peanut butter,seven bottles of water,rubbing alchol,duct tape,a flashlight,and a pocket knife. I grinned. This was super lucky! I pressed the button on the side of the pocket knife,a gleaming,metal blade sprang forth. Shining in the light of the sun. It was a decent sized blade. Not too crazy. But it would suffice. But what I needed was bullets,and arrows. I'd lost two of my eleven arrows already. And if you're a bow hunter. You know it's damn near impossible to find lost arrows.

I continued walking along the road,taking things that looked important from cars along the way. Just as I neared what I asumed was the end of my journey and it was time to go back,I came upon something perfect. A. Freaking. RV! Mental fist-pump! I creeped close to the RV,in case there were any dead ones inside. The door made a small squeaking noie a I eaed it open,but it wasn't too loud. My knife was held at ready as I entered. It was clean. Like,really clean. Unaturally clean. Is it possible this is a trap?

I began to dig through the cabinets in the kitchen area. Instant coffee? no. Matches! I shoved a lighter,matches,and some crackers in my filled black backpack. "Good loot." I muttered to myself as I stood up,wiping my hands on my jeans. And,for the second time that week,I heard a gun click behind my head. "Don't move." A female's voice said. "I'll shoot." I took raspy breaths. "I thought no body was here." "Ya' thought wrong." The voice retorted. "I'm taking the gun down." The lady's voice said. I slowly no longer felt the tip of the gun on my skull. And I went for it. I darted twoards the door,out of the RV. "GET BACK HERE!" The lady shouted. "No!" I screamed over my shoulder. "SHANE CATCH HER!" I didn't notice the man catch me at all. All I got was strong arms wrapping around me.

"NO! PUT ME DOWN YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" I screamed,writhing in the man's arms. "Shane?" Another dark haired lady asked,coming out with a boy around twelve. Maybe my age. "LEAVE ME ALONE ASSHOLE!'' I screamed again,the man wrapped his arm around my mouth. Several other people came out. A man with a crossbow,an Asain man,a woman and her daughter,and a man in a sherrif's hat. My screams muffled under the man's strong grip,I frantically kicked the man in the legs,nothing.

They tied my hands behind my back and duct taped my mouth shut as they decided what to do with me. The curly black haired man camp up to me,ripping the duct tape off in a fast upwards motion. I grimaced and licked my dry lips. "Hello there." He said,he voice firm. "Hello motherf*cker." I replied,staring at him. He ignored my comment. "You want to tell me your name sweetie?" I sneered. "As long as you never call me sweetie again." He nodded. "Okay thats fair." "I'm Anna." He nodded. "Okay Anna. Andrea tells me you were in the RV,takin' stuff." I rolled my eyes. "I thought the shithole was empty. God forbid I make a mistake around here. "Watch your mouth young lady!" Shane snapped,anger laced in his voice. I rolled my eyes. "Whatever." "Now what I want you to-" "Shane." An old man said from up on top of the RV,interrupting him. "What is it Dale?" Shane asked. "Walkers." He said. Shane grabbed me in his arms again,untieing my bondages. "If you f*cking feed me to thoes things-" "Shut up." He hissed,shoving me under the car with Carl and Lori. I rolled my eyes again and sat under the car with some strange lady and a kid.

The herd was gone. Thank god. Just a lone walker. Sophia screamed as one reached for her. I stared,that idiot ran. With two walkers on her heels. "SOPHIA!" A grey haired lady wailed. "L-Lori! Theres two walkers after my baby!"