DISCLAIMER: I don't own The Walking Dead.
To ChasingWolves: Mel and Kailee are around 16 like Beth and Cody is in his 30's and the boy is around 5. When I rewrite it I will make sure to be more clear on thier ages ok :D
To DreamsKillReality: Yes its supposed to be Randall's group because we know that group is close to the same town as them.
and I want to thank JayMars, mysticaloricalmandi123 and WalkerGirl1994 for favoring and following.
CHAPTER TEN
After Eva wakes up again around seven, Jenna and Kailee help her into the bathroom. She sits down on the toilet as Jenna draws her bath and when the water is ready they help her get out of her clothes, her bruised ribs making it hard for her to take them off herself.
Kailee hands her some wash cloths and some antibacterial soap before they both leave the room, telling her to just call out when she is done.
Eva sits there enjoying the hot water as it helps all her sore muscles, ignoring the sting on all the cuts and scrapes she has. She lathers up one of the wash cloths and starts cleaning her arms washing all the dried blood and dirt off of her.
She sits there with her legs pulled up as close to her as she can and leans her head on her crossed arms. She looks up when someone knocks on the door and Abigail pokes her head around the door before walking into the room.
"Thought you might need some help washing your hair." She said lightly and Eva nods her sluggishly, the pain meds starting to take effect. Eva scoots forward a bit as Abigail sits on the side of the tub behind her, she fills the cup up with some water and Eva rolls her head back.
Abigail just uses water and her hands to wash her hair not wanting to use shampoo because it will hurt her cuts. Eva stares up at the ceiling as Abagail runs her fingers through Eva's now half cleaned and untangled hair.
Eva closes her eyes and holds back sobs as Abigail sits beside her and she rubs her back. "It's ok Eva, your home, your safe." Abigail whispers to her over and over until the water gets cold.
With Jenna and Abigail's help she gets out and dried off, they clean her cuts and stitches before wrapping her wounds back up. They help her get dressed and as they help her hobble back to Charlie's room she tells them she wants to see the kids before she falls back to sleep.
After getting her into bed Jenna leaves to go and get the kids for her. When they walk into the room both of them looking scared and like they have been crying.
Eva holds her hands out to them and they walk closer to her and she pats the bed beside her and the carefully climb onto the bed.
The boy cuddles up to her side and starts crying lightly and she shushes him and rubs his back. Sophia lays her head on her shoulder and holds onto her arm and Eva leans her head against Sophia's.
She looks over at Jenna who is sitting down on the chair Charlie occupied last night, while holding the baby. Eva gives her a smile which she returns before Eva closes her eyes and rubs her head against Sophia's.
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Glenn looks around the camp as the group eats their breakfast and his stomach hurts as he look over at Maggie who is shaking her head from her place by the house, before he looks over at Dale who nods his head.
He would never forgive himself if those walkers in the barn got out and someone got hurt. Making up his mind he stands up and clears his thrust. "Um guys. So... the barns full of walkers." He said quickly getting it out before he lost his nerve.
They all look at him before looking behind him towards the barn. They all get up and start their way towards the barn and he looks over and sees Maggie shaking her head and slams the door behind her.
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When Charlie wakes up from his afternoon nap he walks around the house checking on everyone. When he reaches his room he sees Eva sitting up against the headboard all clean with the boy and Sophia sleeping beside her. She looks up from the notebook she was scribbling away in and looks up at him and gives him a small smile.
Charlie sits down on the chair and looks at the notebook she has started writing in again. "I was thinking about all those useless bus seats and figured we can sew the leather into our jackets, leaving slits for the shoulders, elbows, underarms and down the back so we can still move, it will keep us warmer, maybe into some of the blankets as well." Eva tells him as she shows him her drawings of jackets and he nods his head.
"Yeah, I'm sure it will be a harsh winter, we will need it." He says to her. "And we can use all the stuffing for fires." She says as she continues drawing in her notebook. She has been doing for a while now, like some walker survival guide, he thinks she is doing it for the kids in case she... in case she dies.
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Daryl can't believe what Shane said, he will find that little girl. He grunts in pain after he swings up the saddle onto the holder, he can feel his stiches pulling tight.
"You can't." He hears Carol saying as she comes into the barn. "I'm fine." He snaps trying to catch his breath. "Hershel said you need to heal." She tells him as he picks up the bit and reigns. "Yeah, I don't care." He says as he opens the door to another horse, not the last one.
"Well I do. Rick is going out later to follow the trail." She tells him and he shakes his head before trying to get the bit in the horse's mouth. "Yeah well I'm not gonna sit around and do nothing." He tells her getting frustrated with her and at the horse that won't take the bit.
"No you're gonna go out there and get yourself hurt even worse." She says as he finally gets the damn thing on the horse. "We don't even know if were gonna find her Daryl." She says and he looks back at her confused and angry. "We don't… I don't." She whispers and he walks closer to her thinking he didn't hear her right.
"What?" He asks her and she shakes her head, tears welling up in her eyes. "I can't lose you too." She says to him and he stares at her before getting angry he throws the reigns down to the ground before walking away.
He grabs the saddle and pushes it to the side and as he does so he feel the stitches rip a little. "Are you alright?" Carol asks him panicky but he pushes her hands away as he stand upright by himself.
"Just leave me be." He snaps so angry at what she just said to him. "Stupid bitch." He says before storming off, not believing she would just give up like that after everything.
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When Sophia wakes up she looks up at Miss Eva who is writing in her notebook and when she sees Miss Eva's bruised face she gets sad. It reminds her of her mama after her dad hit her.
She almost died trying to help her find her mama and although it makes her sad to think she almost died, it makes her happy she tried so hard to help her. Sophia reaches her hand out and over the small boy between them and she touches Miss Eva's arm.
Miss Eva stops writing and looks over at her and Sophia smiles up at her which she returns. "Abigail finished making lunch a bit ago, if you are hungry you should go and get some. You can come back when you're done ok." Miss Eva says to her and she sits up and nods her head before carefully climbing off the bed.
Sophia walks around the bed and over to Miss Eva's other side and she give her a hug before walking out of the room and down the hall to the kitchen.
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"That barn is secure." Rick says to Shane but Shane just shakes his head. "We didn't even know about it till this morning." He tells him and Shane looks back to him.
"Well we know about it now. We know there are about a dozen walkers in there. We know that it is a stone throw away from camp, Rick, where we sleep. So look we either got to go in there and clear it out or we just go." Shane says to him but he shakes his head they can't leave this farm.
"We're not going to clear it out and we're not gonna go." He says as Shane shakes his head "We at least need our guns." Shane says but he snaps back that they can't have them.
"Why do you want to stay here when it's not safe?" He asks him and he tells him that they can make it safe, Shane laughs and asks him how. "We will ok."
"No man it's not ok..." Shane yells but he cuts him off snapping at him that Lori is pregnant. "We need to stay." he tells him point blank.
"We need our guns." Shane says still shocked. "No I can work this out." He says before turning and walking away. "You good?" He asks from a little ways from Shane.
"Yeah, you and Lori are having a baby, man, congratulation." Shane tells him and he says thank you as he walks away from him all the while Lori saying 'Shane and I… Shane and I… Shane and I.' played in his head all the way back to camp.
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When the boy wakes up he looks up at Eva and his lips starts to quiver so she pulls him closer to her and she starts humming the lullaby to him which helps him calm down.
"I'm sorry I made you so scared, I didn't mean too." Eva whispers as she rocks them lightly. He nods his head into her stomach and sniffles before curling up a little more.
"I wish you would tell me your name. It's hard calling you boy. But its ok you'll tell me when you're ready." Eva says running her fingers through his hair, helping them both relax.
Mel comes in carrying a tray with food for both her and the boy. Eva gives her a hug and tells her thank you before watching her leave the room. She and the boy then eat their lunch and Eva talks with him, teaching him about walkers knowing that they needed to start teaching him anyway.
Eva places the tray onto the chair and puts away her notebook and pencil and scoots down the bed to lie down. Jenna comes in and takes the boy to the bathroom and when they come back she takes the tray out of the room.
Sophia comes in soon after in a clean pair of pj's and she climbs into bed and Eva hums the lullaby not being able to sing because her throat still hurts. She waits until they both fall to sleep before she closes her eyes and follows after them.
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"You see it?" Daryl asked Carol as they walk to the pond that is on the farm. "See what?" She asks him and he shows her the bush where the Cherokee roses are blooming.
"I'll find her." He tells her, he brought her here to apologize for what he said earlier. "Hell, I'm sorry about what happened this morning." He says and she gives him a small smile.
"You wanted to look for her. Why? This whole time I wanted to ask you." She asks him and he looks at her before looking back to the roses. "Cause I think she's still out there." He said looking back to her.
"Truth is what else do I got to do." He said looking out at the pond. "We'll find her, I see that now." She said as she touches one of the flower petals. He gives her a small smile and they stay there for a moment before making their way back to camp.
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Eva wakes later that day and softly gets out of bed and she slowly makes her way to the bathroom, having to lean against the wall to help support her.
She passes the mirror not wanting to look at herself. She stares at the ugly green wall paper as she goes pee, trying real hard to block everything else out. After wiping, she stands up and pulls her underwear and sweatpants up before moving over to the sink.
She just stares down at her hands as she washes them, ignoring her reflection that seems to scream at her to look. She closes her eyes before looking up and what sees is not as bad as what she first thought it be, the aching hurts a lot more than seeing bruises and small cuts that don her face, neck and arms.
Bruised cheek, spilt lip and small cuts from tree branches as she ran through the woods. She shakes her head before turning off the light and she slowly makes her way back to Charlie's room. She climbs back into bed and lets the kid's soft breathing sing her sleep.
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"What is that? What is that?" Shane said aloud as he and the others start running towards the barn where Rick and Hershel are dragging walkers on poles, he can't believe what he is seeing. "What the hell you doing?" He yells as he runs up to Rick.
"Are you kidding me? You see, you see what they're holding on too?" He yells to the group he can't believe Rick, putting Lori and Carl at risk like this. "I see who I'm holding onto." Hershel says as his struggle with the female walker.
"No man you don't." He yells as he circles around them. "Shane just let us do this and then we can talk." Rick yells back at him. "What you wanna talk about Rick?" He asks him before looking to Hershel.
"These things ain't sick. They're not people. There dead. They are the things that killed Amy. They killed Otis. There gonna kill us all." He yells at the others and he sees Andrea nodding before looking over at Lori and Carl, he needs to do this to protect them.
"Hey Hershel man let me ask you could a living breathing person could they walk away from this." He asks him as he pulls out his hand gun and shoots the woman three times in the chest.
"That's three rounds in the chest." He said ignoring Rick as he yells at him to stop. "That's it heart, its lung. Why is it still coming?" He asks Hershel after shoots it again. "Shane enough!" Rick yells and he nods his head as he walks towards Hershel and the walker he is holding onto.
"Yeah you're right man." He says calmly before shooting the walker point blank in the head and he watches the walker fall and Hershel falls to his knees.
"Enough risking our live for a little girl who's GONE! Enough living next to a barn full of things that are trying to kill us! Rick it's not like it was before!" Shane yells at all of them ignoring Lori's and Carl's scared faces, he needs to do this to protect them, he can protect them unlike Rick.
"Now if ya'll want to live, if you want to survive you have to fight for it! Right here! Right now!" He yells before running to the barn and banging on the door, he can hear them all stirring inside.
He picks up a pick axe and starts banging on the door before ripping the lock clean off. He pulls the board off and hits the door one more time screaming 'Come on' as he moves back and takes out his gun.
He fires his gun closely followed by the others as they run to stand beside him and they shoot walker after walker that spills out of the barn. He turns and shoots the walker Rick is holding onto before turning back around he will come to see it his way, he will have too.
After the last walker drops he turns to look at Rick that is starting at him with a look of disbelief before he looks over at Lori and Carl who are cowering on the ground. He needs to protect them, needs to protect her and their baby she is carrying.