A/N: What is next for Lilly's Adventures? Read on to find out.
Lilly's POV
3 hours later
I've been walking for hours and I don't know where I am. I think I'm walking towards the motor inn, but I can't really be sure, the only map I had was burnt in the RV. I've really gone and fucked up. I don't know why I've done what I've done, but, maybe it was all for the best, at least I can't really hurt anyone else now that I'm on my own.
As I'm walking with my head looking towards the ground, I hear a noise which sounds like a car. I look up, and see that there's a car in the distance, heading in my direction. I don't know what to do, should I hide or something?
Before I could even decide, the car had already pulled up next to me. It was a black woman, slightly chubby, maybe in her mid 30s. She rolled open the window, and looked at me.
"Hello." She said to me. "I'm Tavia." I don't really know how to react, I mean, it's not everyday someone tries to have a civilised conversation with someone during the apocalypse.
"Lilly," I said to her, I don't know how I sounded, but most likely awkward. "Why are you here?" I don't really know what else to ask her.
"I'm from a settlement up north," she told me. "I drive around the city trying to grow our community, we don't really have a lot of people so far, but hopefully we will in the future."
I'm kind of dumbfounded, I don't know what to say. If I go with her, how do I know it's not exactly like the St. Johns? Or worse? But if I don't go, maybe I'll die from walkers, or even worse. I just look at her blankly.
"I don't know," I said to her, "I've literally just got kicked out of my previous group, I don't know if I should even consider being a part of a new one." The woman just sort of stared at me, without blinking.
"I understand," the woman started, "but, what will it take to convince you?"
"I don't know," I repeated. "How am I supposed to know that your community isn't full of cannibalistic rapists." That was quite a drastic choice of words, but also the truth.
"I can assure you that you will be safe in our community," the woman tried to convince me. "If you don't want to come, then that is okay, the decision is all you."
"It'll have to be a no," I said to her. "Sorry, but I don't feel like looking after a bunch of people that probably don't deserve to be saved."
Tavia just nodded. "If you change your mind, we're up in Brookhaven, in a place called Howe's Superstore, very easy to spot, got a big parking lot."
"Okay, well, see ya," I said to her as she drove off. I carried on walking.
Maybe I should have gone with her, or maybe even ask her for a ride to...somewhere. Maybe I should just leave this city, maybe even the whole state. A lot of decisions just being thrown at me.
Don't mind fuck yourself, Lilly, it'll just drive you crazy, or more crazy than I already am.
As I walk, I see a body. This place looks really familiar. I walk over to the body. I look down and I already know who it is. Carley. Shit. Why did I even do this? There wasn't even a point. Well, half a point, but still no reason to kill her. It wasn't even her, I know when she's telling the truth, and I have to say, the majority of the time I knew her, she only told one lie and that was about Lee.
I kneel down to her corpse, which has already started rotting. "Rest in peace." What else is there to say when someone you know has died? What else do you say when your the person who killed them? Well, I know for sure she is in a better place than all of us.
I just sigh and carry on walking. Considering I've been driving and walking for the majority of the time, it's quite a wonder at how far I've gotten. I'm not staying at the motor inn, I'm just going there because that's the only place I know that has any car. Hopefully when Kenny drove through the wall, he didn't damage any cars.
Half an hour later
I am finally here, I have found the motor inn. Those fucking bandits should either be dead, or they've completely overrun the place. I sneak up to the walls and peek around them to see if anyone, or thing, is there. All I see is one walker, and that's about it. I walk up to it and stab it in the head. It falls to the ground and I drag it away.
I see that there is only one car left in the entire place that hasn't been damaged. A green one. I go over to it and open the door. It hasn't got any keys inside of it so I'll have to hot wire it. Hopefully this doesn't go badly.
After several minutes at trying to hot wire the car, it finally starts working. But before I can go any further, I need something to eat, I haven't eaten in two days, I'm surprised I haven't collapsed. I go over to the door that used to be a passage to my room and opened it. I walk around, looking for my food. If any bandits survived, they probably ransacked this place. But to my surprise, I actually found my hidden stash. I glued some of my food underneath my bed so no one could really see it. I grabbed it and found that there was still some energy bars left. Thank goodness.
I leave my room. Before getting into the car, I walk into all the rooms, just to check if anyone else had any food or medicine, thankfully, Lee left the meds that were being stolen in my room. Stupid guys call themselves bandits and miss a bag full of meds, which they wanted in the first place.
Doesn't matter, they're the idiots, I'll just be on my way. I walk over to the car and climb inside. It seems to have enough fuel, but just in case, I've left some gas in the backseat. I open to glove compartment and find a map of Georgia. Well this is convenient.
I read it and see many places on the map. Which one should I choose. On the edge of the map, I see a part of Tennessee, specifically, Chattanooga. Maybe I can go there, find another map and go somewhere else. I mean, not exactly a plan, but, it's the only thing I got going for me. Or should I go to Brookhaven, I mean, it's not as far as Chattanooga, but that woman might have oversold the place. It doesn't hurt in trying, does it? Or maybe I'll go to Brookhaven, if I don't like it, then I'll carry on going to Chattanooga.
I drive out of the motor inn and drive towards Brookhaven, hopefully this vehicle doesn't suddenly burst into flames like the last one. But that's probably the least of my worries.
I look outside and I only now realise that it has gone completely pitch black out. Wow, time really flies whilst you're not having fun. I drive past a cornfield, with a load of broken down cars and a prison bus, maybe Lee was in there. I all of a sudden here gunshots in the field, and a slightly red headed woman jumps out of the bushes. I stop the car as I almost drive over her.
She begs for her to get inside the car. I nod my head and she gets inside.
"Thank you," she said to me, "Thank you so much." I have no idea what to do, but I saw some people inside the field and I drove off as fast as I could.
"What was that all about?" I asked the strange woman.
"I have no fucking idea," she told me, "I think this woman in my group stole something from them and out of nowhere we were being shot at."
"Wow, some shit you got yourselves into." I responded. "I'm Lilly."
"Bonnie," she told me. "I won't stay with you long, I think I need to stay in this city for a while." I don't that's a good idea, but, hey, it's not my life.
"Okay, sure," I said, kind of confused at the entire situation. "If you need any food, it's in the back." I could see her nod at the corner of my eye.
Hopefully this woman isn't insane. But, what else can I do now?
A/N: Thank you for taking your time to read this story. What will happen to Lilly now that she has a temporary partner? What will happen when she gets to Brookhaven? Will she like it or not? Will she ever go to Chattanooga? You just wait for the next chapter.
