(A/N – I just want to point out that a second OC of mine will be appearing in this chapter. However, unlike Damien Jenner, this one will only be appearing in this chapter instead of throughout the whole series but I can promise that the OC will appear in my other 'walking dead' story I have planned for the future called 'The snake's fatal bite')

Love's dark side – Guardian devil

Carl sighed in sadness as he walked around the chained fence surrounding the entire prison, fiddling with the new walkie-talkie that everyone now had one of to stay in contact. It was ok to be back in the courtyard because Andrea had been kind enough to bring some ammo with her on her visit from Woodbury; enough to kill all the walkers and make the courtyard safe again. Honestly though, Carl couldn't care less right now if it was infested or not; he just wanted to stay as far away from his girlfriend Sophia as possible... that is, if she doesn't break up with him.

They had only officially been a couple for a week and he had ALREADY messed everything up. It had all started when Sophia had gone out on a run with Michonne and Maggie to get supplies for the group and Carl hadn't been told about it. When they had got back, Carl immediately started saying how he had been worried and that she should have told him to keep him informed. However, being the stubborn girl she is (a trait she picked up from her step-father figure Daryl), Sophia had stated that Carl was her boyfriend, not her father and that he didn't NEED to know where she had gone because she could take care of herself just like before due to her being able to walk ordinarily again and was able to talk properly again.

Carl had emotionally taken this in the completely wrong direction and before they knew it, they had started an argument. Carl had been saying things about how she wouldn't be AS useful as someone else and Sophia had been saying stuff to do with where Carl stood in her family and that he didn't have to poke his head in other people's business because he wasn't her father. After about an hour of being at each other's throats, Sophia had stated that she really couldn't be bothered to argue anymore and that they would sort it out after she had calmed down. That had been where Carl crossed the line, where his anger had got the better of him.

He had whispered 'undead bitch' and she had heard him.

The next thing he had heard was Sophia crying and running footsteps and Carl had turned to try and catch her and tell her he didn't mean it; that he was angry but when he had turned around, he saw the glaring faces of EVERYONE in their group (even Merle and Michonne were glaring). Unable to take the looks from his friends, Carl had promptly walked past them and left the prison for the courtyard.

And here he was now, simply walking around whilst trying to figure out how to get Sophia to forgive him because he knew that if he didn't do something, she would break up with him. Carl felt a tear leave his eye at the thought of this; he wouldn't be able to talk to her again without someone glaring, he wouldn't be able to smile at her in the same way, he wouldn't be able to hold her hand whilst their explored the surrounding woods with Sophia's zombie scent masking his human one, he wouldn't be able to hold her at night after she would go to him after having a nightmare and he wouldn't be able to kiss her surprisingly soft lips whilst smirking at Daryl, who hadn't got his first girlfriend till he was seventeen.

Carl was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of static coming from the walkie-talkie in his hand. He held down the button which allowed him to talk and said "Carl here, who is this and what do you want?" in a grumpy tone, not wanting to talk to anyone at the moment. "Sorry Carl" replied the person whose voice betrayed them as Damien Jenner. "Just making sure all our walkies our working." When he didn't he continue, Carl attached his walkie to his belt and was about to go back to the task of finding a way for Sophia to forgive him when he noticed something peculiar about one of the walkers outside the fence.

This walker was different from all the others the group had ever encountered, it had gray skin whilst all the others had the colour that showed where they came from (Sophia only has grey skin because of Damien's 'half cure'), it had needle like teeth instead of a normal set and its finger nails had appeared to have grown sharp enough to be claws whilst they were as long as an average pen; it was shirtless and bald whilst it only wore a pair of red trousers and black shoes.

The strange walker came right up to the fence and would've been right up in Carl's face if it wasn't for the chained fence. The walker just seemed to look at him for a moment, inspecting him almost. Suddenly, the 'walker' jumped RIGHT OVER the chained fence and the barbed wire at the top before landing on one knee with its right hand's knuckles on the courtyard grass to stabilise it, only a couple of feet away from Carl. When the walker turned around, he noticed that there was blood coming out of the 'walkers' eyes as if it had crying and there was masses of droll escaping its lips. Carl quickly removed his gun from its holster on his belt and shot the 'walker' in the face before it fell over.

Now safe, Carl decided to head back to the prison and sort out the problem he and Sophia had had earlier. As he was walking past the 'walkers' corpse, his eyes almost popped out of his head as he saw tiny little (roots of a plant size) tentacles erupt from the hole his gun had given to the walker and they started to HEAL the wound; this walker was still alive!

No, this wasn't a walker, this was something COMPLETLY new.

The creature got back on its feet right before the young boy who by now was stunned with fear and shock. It looked at him silently and reached its clawed hand out to grab him and force him to become its next meal when it was blown back to the ground by a second bullet; this one from a sniper rifle. "CARL!" the boy heard Damien shout over the walkie-talkie attached to his belt. "Get the hell out of there!" At the order, Carl immediately dashed for a guard tower as the creature got back to its feet with its again healed head and it gave chase.

When Carl reached the top of the guard tower, he looked over the side to see the creature rip the door to said tower from its hinges before it threw it away carelessly and it began to climb the stairs to its target. By know, Carl was literally drenched in fear because he was trapped in the guard tower and the creature was coming for him whilst he didn't have a way to defend himself. However, Carl then noticed out of the corner of his eye that at one part of the chained fence that guarded the main part of the prison, there had been a cut against the barbed wire.

Gathering all his strength and courage, Carl jumped off the guard tower's railing just as the creature saw him and he flew through the area of missing barbed wire. He landed on the ground but quickly rolled back to his feet only to hear a thud. He looked behind him to see his chaser, on the ground because it had miss jumped and the barbed wire had cut its legs clean off. In any other situation, Carl would cheer at the sight but not this time because he had a feeling what was about to happen. Only two seconds had passed when a squelching sound filled the air and Carl realised his prediction was coming true.

The creature was growing new legs.

Carl began running once again; he had to go somewhere; ANYWHERE away from this thing. However, there was a problem – Carl had only ever been to the cell block the group stayed in, the halls connected to it and the courtyard outside the prison...

So it didn't surprise him when he found himself trapped between the creature that had caught up to him and a dead end of a brick wall.

As the creature walked towards him, Carl closed his eyes and began remembering the most important things in his life. He remembered his father, his uncle Shane, his mother, his...Sophia. God, he would miss Sophia, his beautiful Sophia. He quickly opened his eyes and noticed the creature was now in lunging distance of its meal. Carl began to cry and said "I'm sorry Sophia, I'm so sorry" as he shut his eyes and waited for it all to end.

Bang!

A gunshot rang through the air and Carl's eyes opened to see the creature clutching its chest where a hole had been made; presumably by a handgun due to the size. The creature moaned in pain and grief as it fell to its knees and Carl saw Sophia a few feet behind it, a handgun and some sort of sniper scope in her hands. Just as Carl was about to walk towards her, the dying creature let one last moan escape its lips before...

The top half of it blew up, smothering Carl in its guts and goo.

In agonising displeasure, Carl wiped the goo from his eyes and opened them to see Sophia actually... smiling and giggling. It only took a few seconds for her to fall on the floor laughing. As she rolled around, Carl walked past the now dead creature and towards the human zombie hybrid and waited for her to stop laughing at his displeasure even though he deserved it. After about another minute, Sophia's laughter stopped and she back to her feet only to be hugged by Carl.

"Sophia" he started whilst he cried. "I'm so sorry! I truly am, please don't break up with me; I'll miss you too much! I didn't mean ANY of what I said, I was angry and I was being stupid and it nearly got me killed! I..." he was cut off when Sophia shut him up... the romantic way.

Carl pulled away from her after a good twenty seconds and he started at her in shock. "It's alright Carl" Sophia said with a small smile on her face. "I understand now why you got on my case after I left and didn't tell you; I guess I would've done the same if I were you." She took his human hand in her own grey one. "You were worried about me; you didn't want me to leave." Carl nodded before he hugged her again tightly. He didn't want to let her go again; he just wanted to hold her forever.

Sophia eventually let go of him and after a bit of persistence, got Carl to let go of her. As they were about to leave for the cell block, Sophia noticed Carl looking at the lower body that had belonged to his constant pursuer. "How did you kill it?" he asked simply. Sophia reached into her trouser pocket and removed the sniper scope he had seen her holding earlier. "It's a thermal scope" she said. "After two shots to the head didn't kill it, Damien gave it to me and when I looked through it, I saw a red splodge on its back so I shot at it and it worked." Happy with the answer, Carl looked back at the lower body of the creature once more. "So these new creatures have one specific point you have to shoot; each one probably being different. Interesting."

"Alright, let's go lovebirds, people are getting worried." The two teens to see Damien Jenner watching them with a sniper rifle in his hands and a smirk on his face as they blushed, pink for Carl and white for Sophia. As the two held hands and walked back to the cell block, Carl whispered to her "thank you for saving me, you're a true guardian angel." Sophia looked him in the eye and gave him a peck on the cheek for the comment before remembering something she had heard on TV once. As the memory passed through her human mind, she smirked at her boyfriend and said...

"No, my mum says I can be naughty a lot sometimes so I can't be a guardian angel but I'd be happy to be your guardian devil."

(A/N – And there you have it; the latest update of the series. If you have any questions or wonders about Carl's creature chaser (the diabolus) and want to know the answer before 'the snake's fatal bite' is uploaded, don't be afraid to ask me in a review or PM!)