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My body feels so numb, I feel like I can do anything, this stuff was like liquid courage. "James, ya got a gun, right?"I started to aim Rod's gun around, looking at the blurry silhouettes stumbling around in the woods. BANG, "Did I get't?" I looked over to Devin.
"Yeah dude, yer getting' good at this. Ya actually hit that one!" Devin laughed as he stared out into the trees, "Try 'nother one." he encouraged me. This was great, I lined up the gun to another silhouette, BANG, I think I saw the figure drop. "I think ya knocked it down." Devin looked really excited, maybe he liked this stuff. "I thought of somethin', we don' really have a set name for these corpses, how 'bout 'Walkers'. Since they walk, y'get it?"
"That's a great name, babe!" Lauren spoke, hiccuping after her words. "Doesn't sound bad" I added in. There were a couple of the 'walkers' in the woods ahead of us, I started to watch their silhouettes wander aimlessly. "What d'you think we'd be doin' right now? If this wasn't happenin'?" I turned my head to Devin and Lauren.
"I'd probably still be high off my ass on th'couch, while you an' Nate play fought." Devin chuckled, "Where did Nate go? I don't remember 'im leavin'." Oh, that's right. Nate left us, without saying a word. Asshole. "He left when shit started goin' down."
"Ugh, I just remembered, I had a hair appointment tomorrow!" Lauren said as she grabbed her frizzy, ginger hair. "I was gonna get it relaxed!", she dramatically sighed and tilted her head up at the sky. She brought her head back down and went wide-eyed, "Look, over there...that a kid?". She pointed over to the tiny 'walker' slowly moving around near the trees.
Jesus, there was a child...a child walker. "Christ, this world really is goin' to shit." I aimed the gun at the child walker, shaking, I felt so sorry for the kid. Whoever they were, I hope they lived a happy life. I looked over at Devin and Lauren, conflicted on if I should shoot or not.
"Stop bein' a pussy an' shoot it already!" Lauren yelled at me, taking a chug from her bottle. BANG – shit,her yelling startled me and I accidentally pulled the trigger. A blood curdling gurgle permeated the air, accompanied by a small thump.
Farah?! When did she come out?!
I stopped breathing as I tried getting up but my vision blurred, and I stumbled back down. I saw a big figure walk past me, heading for Farah. It was Rodney. "Rod, i'm so sor – " He started to growl and moan as he got closer to her gurgling body, "...R-Rod?" No, I know what comes after this, Please no. I managed to get on my feet and started to approach them, tears pouring out of my eyes. This can't be happening.
CHOMP – I saw the blood pool around her tiny body, the gurgling got louder. Her legs were kicking frantically, eyes rolling back as her back arches. I could hear her breathe in harshly, she turned her head at the last second, watching me as she took her final breath. Rod continued to tear her tiny body apart, I froze up, unable to move my arms to shoot him.
The sound of something falling caught my attention. I turned my head to see Quinn running over, dropping the firewood in the process. "Give me the fuckin' gun!" she shouted as she snatched the pistol out of my hand and then – BANG, What used to be Rod's body went crashing down. She knelt down, staring in absolute disbelief at what was in front of her. She looked up at me, eyes glazing over in pure rage, "What the fuck happened?" I stared in fear, unable to speak a single word, "WHAT. DID. YOU. DO!?" she shouted as she grabbed me by the hood.
"I-I...I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to..." I can't get the words out, I can't breathe. "I th-thought she was a walker...please." tears were blinding me.
Her voice was dripping with bitterness, "Please? Are you tryin' to beg for forgiveness? After murdering my fuckin' child?!" she put the gun up to my head, "I outta blow yer fuckin' brains out, you monster!" I felt her pressing the gun to my head even harder, "I want you to get whatever shit you have and leave!" she let go of my hood, but still kept the gun pointed at me. "I don't want to hear another word from you.".
"Quinn, please –" click...The gun must've been empty. Her face contorted into a look of despair. I turned away and walked over to the car, on my way there I looked at Devin and Lauren, Devin was holding Lauren as she cried onto him. I went into the car and grabbed my mix CD from the glove department, shutting the door for the last time.
"I want to be alone." Quinn stated, looking down at Devin and Lauren. They got the hint, getting up and going over to me. We started to head down the road, looking back one last time I saw Farah start to move. Quinn picked up a piece of the firewood, hitting Farah in the head a couple times. I felt an arm go around me, "C'mon dude, let's go...let's just go." Devin was trying his best to comfort me while we walked, trying to crack jokes to make me laugh, but I feel like I won't be okay for a while. I am still crying, shaking, I am still broken. I just...don't want to exist for a while.
– – – 9 Months Later – – –
"Look, found 'nother one!" Devin called to me as we were checking our traps, we've been out checking our traps for about an hour. These traps were doin' pretty well too, we caught 3 rabbits by now. Devin lifted up another dead rabbit and excitedly claimed, "We really hit th'jackpot today!" It was early in the day, a couple hours after dawn. I was so tired, I have always been and always will be a light sleeper, but it's like sleep never happens now-a-days. "Let's head back an' show Laur our haul!"
On our walk back I could spot Lauren with something in her hand, a knife? She raised the knife to her head and...chopped off her hair? She was cutting her hair short, looked nice on her. "Aw, don' ya look cute wit' short hair!" Devin laughed, sitting down on a log. "I look like a boy, don' I?" she giggled, "I couldn' stand how greasy it was gettin'. Ya want me to cut yours, James?" I just stared at her, I haven't talked since that night with Quinn.
The smell of fire was in the air, I sat down on the same log as Devin and silently started peeling the skin off of one of the rabbits we recently caught, "James, yer gonn' have to talk sometime." Lauren stated, crossing her arms and staring me in the eye. No I won't. I like it better this way. "Come on, you ain't even thinkin' of us while you're doin' this! Ya think we want a mute who can't be trusted with a gun?!"
Those last words really stuck to my brain, looking down I tried to collect myself, show no signs of emotion. I was better this way, I was being stronger this way. "Laur, leave 'im alone, he doesn't wanna talk so don' make 'im." Devin told her,"Can't even imagine that happenin' to me..." he continued as he peeled the skin off the rabbit.
"It wouldn't, because yer more responsible than some people." Lauren's little comments were driving me insane, she has been nothing but hateful since that night. Blaming me for everything that goes wrong, but hell, maybe I am the reason for everything that goes wrong.
"Laur! Th'fucks yer problem?! Leave th'poor guy alone, he's been through enough already!" Devin has stuck up for me this whole time, glad to see he's still a friend. Honestly, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him. Lauren wanted to leave me behind, shocking, I know. Maybe they should've, all I am is a liability.
"Been through enough?! He fuckin' killed Farah, how can ya forgive him?!" Lauren was getting in Devin's face, screaming loudly, I was honestly interested in what his answer would be.
"Yer actin' like he went up to th'kid and shot 'er on purpose!" Devin put his rabbit down and stood up, getting close to Lauren's face.
"He didn' ask for this, nobody did! You aren't helpin' make this easier!" Devin finished, I could hear the faint sounds of growling and moaning in the distance.
"Listen, it's fuckin' me or him!" Lauren was furious, "I can't take this anymore, who's it gonna be?!" The sound of the walkers was getting closer. I turned my head to look at how many there was, I really wish I hadn't done that, because there was at least a dozen heading our way.
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