CHAPTER 4

Sun rise

"Jarrod, I want you watching our back I don't want any walkers coming up behind us! You hear me?"
Carl told Jarrod.
"Yeah I hear you."
"David remember what I told you?"
"Yes Carl"
"Alright now lets move out!
Glenn shuts the gate behind them.
And the three guys go out to find Harry's brother Max.
"Thanks Carl." Says David.
"I'm sorry but i'm not doing this for you David" Carl said.
"I know." David said with a small grin.
"We got 2 walkers" Jarrod informed the small group.
"I got em' " Carl said turning around holding his gun up.
"No " Jarrod said. "No noise"
He pulls a sword from his back and swings it towards. The closest walker split his head straight down the middle. Then right after pulling his sword back he does an uppercut stabbing the 2nd walker straight through and pulling it clean out.
"Damn." Says Carl "where did you get that?"
"It was Jamie's." Jarrod told Carl.
"Oh yeah. Where did you learn to do that?"
"Just what I picked up watching Michonne " Jarrod explains.
"Alright well lets keep going."
Carl says.
"We got to speed it up if we want to get back by the set time"
"Set time?" Asked David.
"I gave a time to Daryl, so he knows when to start worrying" Carl said not telling David what's gonna happen if they don't make it back in time.
"Oh okay" says David
"What that up there?" Asked David.
"It looks like a street lamp."said Carl
"What the hell is a street lamp doing on?" Asked Jarrod.
" someone's got power, we better head around em' "Carl tells them.
So they venture a little ways in to the Woods.
" still got our back right ?" Carl asked Jarrod.
"Yes sir" Jarrod answered.
" alright lets speed it up." Carl says.
An hour later they come up to a cabin. "Is this it" asked David
" I don't know The way Harry made it look it's not supposed to be for another mile.
"How many cabins could there be?" Asked Jarrod.
The group goes in for a closer look,
They go all around the cabin looking through all the windows and they see nothing.
So Carl decided to go in.
"Max?" He says
"Max you in here? Harry sent me, I'm with your friend, David Temple. If you are here please let us know."

Still no answer. Carl walks to the other small room, nothing.
Jarrod and David then come in.
"He's not here." Carl informs them
"There's gotta be another cabin" David says.
"We will go another mile if we don't see anything by then we double back."
The group leaves again.
"Jarrod?"
"Got our back!"
"Good"
Another hour passed.
"Alright" Carl said while stopping
"Wait lets just check a little further" David suggest.
"No, the longer we stay gone the more danger we are putting our group in." Carl said.
"Carl please let's just walk for 10 more minutes!" David begged
"David! We are going back right now, nothing more to it!"
"I'm going further!" David yelled.
Carl and Jarrod grab David and start pulling him back.
"No!" David shouted
"MAX!" David screamed.
"MAX! It's David!"
"HARRY SENT US TO HELP!"
"David! Keep your mouth sh-"
*POW* a gun shot goes off, not too far away for them.
"That's him!" David yells!
"We don't know that!" Carl says.
David escapes Carl's hold.
David Starts running toward the gun "Max!"

David sees a cabin. He runs inside. To see Sick Max lying on the floor
"Max are you okay?" Asked David.
Carl runs in and he sees the pistol still in Max's hand.
Carl grabs the gun and puts it on his waist.
"Max, Harry sent us" David says
"Lets go" Carl says.
David and Jarrod helping Max stand up.
"Come on" Carl says while walking out the door.
Jarrod and David have Max between them, as the four of them took off back for the prison.
"Lets take the road back to the prison " David suggested
" we can't" said Carl
"We don't know what's over there!"
So the four of them start running through the woods.
Jarrod slashing zombies with his sword.
David
Running with max, while Carl is shooting all of them in there path.
" there's that light again" Jarrod said
"Lets get further away from it" Carl said.
So they go about 50 yards further into the woods.
Taking an hour detour.
"It's almost sunrise." Carl said.
"That's good right?" David asked.
"That's the set time.." Carl informed David.
"What's the worst that could happen if we come back a few minutes late."Asked David.
"Daryl will execute Harry and Sarah"
"Daryl wouldn't do that!"
"It doesn't matter what he Would do. He has orders." Carl told him.
"What? Carl? Why?"
"Come on guys. arguing is not gonna help us get back any faster" Jarrod tells the 2 boys.
"Jarrod you run ahead and tell them everything is fine and not to execute anyone." Carl orders Jarrod.
"You sure?" Asks Jarrod.
"Yes I got it handled here"
So Jarrod runs ahead.
" Carl why did you give such a short time?"David asked.
"Not now."Carl said.
Little time later.
Jarrod arrives at the prison.
"Where the hell is Carl?" Asked Daryl.
"Hes fine. He's fine. He sent me to tell you not to execute the strays."
Jarrod told him.
"Where Is he?" Daryl asked.
"He's about a mile back that way" Jarrod said while pointing north.
"They are coming, but that kid is real sick. He's slowing them Down."
"I'll go get them" Daryl said.
"No. Carl wants you to stay here until he gets back. I'll go back"
"Then you Better hurry" Daryl said kind of angry.
Jarrod takes off back to Carl.
By the time he reaches him they were only a half a mile away.
"Did you tell them?" Asked David.
"Yeah it's they're fine" Jarrod says
"Has he said anything yet?"
Jarrod asks.
"No. He's starving and dehydrated. Well just lock him up with Harry until he can tell us some more information." Carl answers.
Jarrod starts helping David carry Max and lets Carl walk ahead.
They reach the prison.
"Glenn, gate!" Daryl yelled
The boys walks inside. Daryl and Glenn grab Max,
"Put him with his brother"Said Carl exhausted.
" are you guys alright?" Asked Glenn
"I'm really tired" David said.
"We're fine" Carl said. Correcting David.

"Oh my god is he okay?" Carol and Maggie asked Daryl and Glenn as they brought Max into cell block C.
" I don't know open the door." Daryl said throwing they keys to Carol.
Carol opens the door.
"Max are you alright?!" Asks his brother Harry.
"He isn't talking." Carl said entering the room.
"Could you get them both some food? And Sarah too. When she wakes up I'm sure she'll be hungry."
Carl asked Carol and Maggie.
"Yeah sure." They said.
Carl starts to walk out of the room when Daryl asks "what are you gonna do about them?"
"I'll deal with them later I'm gonna go check on Judith" Carl answered.
Carl walks back to cell block A where Judith is sleeping and Hershel is up awaiting Carl's return.
"Did you get him?" Hershel asks.
"Yeah he's locked up with his brother for now."
"Is he sick?"
"Yeah he's real sick. I had carol and Maggie get him some food and water, I just wanted to check on Judith and get some sleep." Carl said
"She's doing great but she's probably gonna wake up any minute."
"I'll have David watch her so you can get some sleep" Carl tells Hershel.
"That boy is about as tired as you are!" Hershel tells Carl.
"Yeah but you need sleep to, so have Carol watch her"
"That, I can do!" Hershel agrees.
Exhausted Carl walks up to his cell
He sits down and takes off his shirt.
Then his boots. And then just leans over still wearing his jeans and gun.
And falls asleep.