Big thank you to everyone how read and review so far, you guys are awesome! Also a huge thanks to my beta Jaded79 for going over this chapter. Lastly I have been told that Ute is not what the blue truck/car that Lori, T-Dog and Beth escape in on 2x13 is called in some places but I'm in Australia so I wrote Ute lol. Again please let me know what you think

Chapter 11

Acts of bravery.

They moved through the prison quickly, climbing the wall and looking out and seeing the herd of walkers moaning and slumbering towards the prison. Carol couldn't stop the gasp that escaped her. She tried not to be scared but no matter how much stronger she was, faster and well equipped to protect herself, seeing a herd that size still scared her. It was smaller than the one that had blown though the farm but still large enough to cause serious problems.

Daryl must have heard her gasp because his grip tightened on her, pulling her closer to him and rubbing her arm trying to reassure her.

"How long till they get here?" Daryl asked.

"Five maybe ten minutes if we are lucky," Rick replied holding Carl close to him.

"Maybe we could just go inside, turn out the light and lock the doors; they might just go straight past us," Andrea suggested moving up behind Rick with Michonne.

"Not a chance," Glenn replied pointing down over the wall. They all peered over to see about five walkers already at the wall groaning and clawing trying to get in. "They have alerted the others that we are here."

"What about if we tried to lead them away," Carol piped up.

"What do you mean?" Daryl asked intrigued.

"We get into the cars and blast the stereos, fire shots, make as much noise as we can to get their attention on the cars and off the prison, then slowly lead them away. And once we're a good distance we speed up and ditch them," she suggested. "Double back on one of the other roads once we are sure we are clear of them."

"That might work," Rick replied looking at Daryl to see his thoughts. Daryl nodded in agreement. "Okay we go in pairs, Glenn and Daryl, Andrea and Carol, and Me and Michonne, T-Dog you stay here with Maggie and protect the women and Carl." T-Dog and Maggie nodding when Daryl stepped forward.

"Carol will come with me."

"Daryl I'm fine, all we have to do is drive and make noise, stop worrying," she smiled placing a soft kiss on his lips.

"Don't worry big guy I'll keep an eye on her," Andrea smiled stepping forward. He sighed, caving in, but he couldn't shake a bad feeling he had.

"Maggie, T-Dog take Lori and Carl back inside with the others and barricade the door," Rick ordered. They nodded, moving to take them inside with the others but Carl jerked away from their grasp.

"I want to come with you dad."

"No, you stay here and take care of your mum."

"Dad I can help," he whined.

"Carl we don't have time to argue, my answer is no, now go inside with your mother," he snapped at him, sighing when Carl huffed and stormed away. No one noticed that Carl didn't go inside but instead jumped in the back of T-Dog's blue ute and covered himself with a tarp.

They all moved fast, grabbing their weapons and heading to the cars. Glenn and Daryl hopped in Shane's old car, Rick and Michonne got into Hershel's red dual cab, and Carol and Andrea got into T-Dog's blue Ute, unaware that Carl was hiding in the back seat.

The gates opened just enough for the cars to get out, and they shot the walkers near the wall before they could make a move to get in. The gates shut quickly behind the last car. Blasting music, they started to shoot the closest walkers, the herd turned from the prison heading straight for the cars just like they hoped they would.

Once they were out of sight of the prison, they stopped firing, wanting to save ammo and settled for yelling out of the cars to keep the walkers interested. When Carol and Andrea heard shots ring out they looked around trying to figure out where the group had started shooting again. Had a walker gotten to close? Was everyone alright?

They couldn't see each other well as there were so many walkers around trying to get closer to the cars, but Carol realised the shots where coming from the back of their car. Looking out the back window, she saw Carl now standing, shooting walkers out of the back of the ute.

"Oh my god," she gasped. Andrea turned her head to look and didn't see the walker in front of their vehicle til it was too late. Smashing into it, the Ute jerked violently as they drove over it, causing Carl to fall out of the back of the Ute and onto the ground. Andrea slammed on the brakes and Carol jumped out stabbing a walker in the head and grabbing Carl. She pushed him inside the Ute but there were too many walkers. Slamming the door to keep Carl and Andrea safe, she moved across the grass shooting and stabbing any that got too close, trying to clear a path back to the Ute.

"Carol!" Andrea yelled but the ute was getting overrun.

"Get him out of here," she yelled back. "Stick to the plan," she yelled again before she took off running into some nearby woods and disappearing from sight. Andrea had no choice but to gun the engine and leave her behind.

Daryl saw the whole thing unfold in front of his eyes like a bad dream. Carl falling from the Ute and Carol getting out to save him; Carol running into the woods with at least a few dozen walkers after her as Andrea left her behind. He knew Andrea had no choice; she never would have been able to get to Carol without getting both herself and Carl killed and that would have done Carol no good.

He had tried to move the car around to get to her but there were just too many walkers. They were like a thick wall between him and her and all he could do was make as much noise as possible and hope that they stopped following her and came after them as they lead them further away.

"Your boy better pray that she is okay," Daryl hissed.

"She'll be alright, Carol is strong and smart," Rick sighed trying to reassure him but all the while thinking there was little to no chance she could fight off that many walkers. "We'll lead them away and I'm sure once we get back, she'll be back at the prison waiting for you." Daryl nodded hoping and praying the man was right cause if he lost her that would be it for him.

He knew he couldn't stand to live in this world without her.