Okay well i'm sorry! I didn't mean for people to start hatin on me and Jenna lol oh well.
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The winter slowly went by. It was cold and they could do nothing but stay on the run. Anyplace they found always had it's previous owners still lurking around. Rick was getting frustrated because Lori was due in just under a month and they were running dangerously low on food. Rick had formed an unusual friendship with Daryl. Since Shane died Daryl became Rick's second in command along with Jenna.
Jenna and Daryl had pushed everything they had ever known away and didn't bother fighting anymore. There was nothing left to argue about. Things that happened in their old lives really didn't matter anymore. Surviving the winter had become their main concern. They didn't talk unless they needed to but when it came down to it they listened to each other.
" We should keep pushing on. We can't just stay here." Glenn had said when their cars had finally run out of fuel. They were trapped on a side road. The winter had let up and the sun had begun to show a little bit everyday.
" Look there is a gas station just up the road. You have enough gas to get there and back." Rick said. " T-Dog and Glenn you two go find what ever you can." he said and the two nodded. " Jenna and Carol I need you two to find some water. There is a stream just over that hillside. Just be careful. We can boil it later."
Jenna looked at Rick for a moment. She liked Carol but she wasn't very good with a gun or a knife yet. Jenna knew if she argued it wouldn't end well. She sighed to herself. " Yeah, got it." She said. Carol gave a wide-eyed look to Rick and Daryl. " Come on Carol." Jenna said and Carol just stood there.
" Yeah.. Coming." She said. Jenna rolled her eyes.
" While the others wash their panties let's go hunting. That owl wasn't exactly filling." Daryl said and Rick followed.
" Carl, Beth come here." Jenna said before leaving with Carol. " You see where you mother is Carl? I want you and Beth to get in that truck with her and stay there. Don't go wondering around. If anything happens… well just stay there Okay?" She asked and the kids nodded. Carl had grown very strong over the months. Beth had grown up too. Beth and Carl were good shots and no longer were afraid. Jenna hated that they had to grow up so fast.
As Carol and Jenna walked cautiously up the hill to find that creek it was quiet. A few birds chirped but neither of them said anything. They came to the creek and filled up their water bottles and jugs and out it back in Carol's bag. If Jenna had to look out for the both of them she was carrying the weight. Jenna knew it was rude but it was necessary.
Then a twig snapped. " Shh.." Jenna said pulling her knife as she stopped Carol. Then the
moans got louder. " Crap." She swore as she looked at five maybe seven walkers coming right at them. They must have followed them for a while. They looked especially hungry and Carol panicked.
" What.. What do we do." She said backing up.
" You are going to go back to the cars and I am going to take care of this." Jenna ordered.
" Jenna.. No we both should just run." Carol said as the small herd got closer.
" No. we will lead them right back to the others. Deal with them now and it will be over with." Jenna said. She gave Carol a push. " Go now!" She said. Carol didn't even think she just took off hoping Jenna was going to follow her.
Jenna saw how many there were and she should have run. There were ten. All coming to fed off her pasty but fresh skin. She took a deep breath and waited until one lunged and then she stabbed making it fall. Then the next. As she killed them and fought them back she realized there were now fifteen. She really should have run.
Carol run through the trees back to the road to find the group talking and some were smiling. She tripped and fell all the way back down to them. She hit her head a few times and once Rick and Glenn saw she had fallen they rushed to her.
" Carol are you alright?" Glenn asked as he picked her up. She was just about of breath.
" Carol?" Daryl asked and she smiled when she saw him. He just nodded. Then Rick looked around. Then looked at Daryl who had just realized Jenna was missing. " Carol where is Jenna?" he asked.
Her breathing hadn't calmed down yet and she was no longer smiling. She looked around. She really thought Jenna had followed her. " She… She was right behind me." Carol said.
" Daryl let's go." Rick said.
" Wait!" Carol said. " There were walkers on her. They could have gotten to her by now." Carol said. This made Rick angry. Why was Carol so quick to give up.
" Well then we find her." Daryl said. Carol looked up at him with a shocked look. Rick took off first as Daryl followed. They could smell that dead smell in the air as they got closer to the creek. They looked around and saw a small pile of maybe seven or ten walker bodies dead. Then one leading another way. Then another. It was like a trail.
Then a shot went off and Rick and Daryl flinched and ran toward the sound. A few more bodies were on the ground and when they came to two circling something. One lunged but was killed. Then one attacked from behind and caught her off guard. It lunged and it knocked Jenna over. " Jenna!" Rick yelled as they tried to rush to help her.
Jenna stared into the mouth of the thing that was most likely going to eat her. She could barely hear anything but the bastards breathing. She struggled as it tried to rip at her skin. It clawed at her shirt and tore a section off at the bottom. Jenna let out a small grunt of pain and fear. She tried to reach for her knife but couldn't reach it. The gun was out of her reach as well and she started to panic. She tried kicking it and just as it grabbed a good hold of her hair and went to bite down on her chest an arrow cam flying out of nowhere. The blood splattered all over her face along with all the other blood smeared just about everywhere. She then felt her body relax a bit as she pushed as hard as she could to get the dead weight off her. Then two hands came and yanked it off of her.
" fuck." She swore under her breath in pain.
" Jesus Jenna are you alright?" Rick asked reaching down helping Jenna up. She closed her eyes and stood up.
She took a second to look around at all the dead things. " Yeah. I'm good." She said with a small smile. She then saw the arrow in the attacking walkers head and looked up at Daryl who was pulling it out of its head. " Thanks." She said. Daryl didn't expect that and he just nodded.
" Damn." Daryl said as they walked back looking at all the bodies.
" Not bad for a girl eh?" She couldn't help but feel good about herself and a tad like a badass.
" That isn't funny Jenna." Rick said. " What were you thinking? You could have.."
" Yeah well I'm not." She said. " Look I only thought there were a few that I could take care of. Turns out it was more." She said.
" Should have just run." Rick shook his head. Daryl couldn't help but think that Rick was being a tad hard on Jenna. She was alright and she did save the group from a surprise fight.
" Why?" She asked as she tried to whip the blood off her. " So they follow us?" She said. Rick just let out a grunt. She walked faster and stopped in front of Rick holding a hand hitting him in the center of his chest. " Wooh… you can't seriously be giving me a lecture on not running from a few dead assholes." She said and Daryl couldn't help but smile at this.
" It isn't a lecture… its just common sense." Rick said.
Jenna laughed. " Common sense? What are you saying I don't have any?" She asked crossing her arms.
" No that isn't what I'm saying… you know what forget it. I'm sorry." Rick said. " Nice job." he said sarcastically. He walked around her and all Jenna could do was let out sigh.
" Seriously?" She asked herself and turning around to find Daryl just watching what she was going to do.
" If it's any consolation… I thought it was pretty good… you know for a girl." He joked and Jenna couldn't help but smile and let out a chuckle at him.
" So find anything interesting while I was off fighting evil?" Jenna asked with a laugh as the three walked through the trees back to their cars.
" Maybe a place." Rick said.
" Holy shit really!" Jenna couldn't help but get excited. " Where?" She asked
" It's a prison." Daryl said.
" A prison? Well I guess it's better than what we got." She said looking at Daryl who nodded in agreement.
" It's over run." Rick added. " We gotta clear it out." He said just facing forward as they reached the road.
" Sounds good to me." Jenna said not even questioning Rick.
