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Chapter 15
Shane walked down stairs and sighed, "Hershel its freakin freezing. We need to get some heat in this house." Hershel nodded, "Ok. Well I think we have some wood outside that we can burn." Shane nodded, "Glenn do you think you could go get it?" Glenn grinned, "I'm on it." The younger man walked outside to get the wood and Shane settled down on the couch. Hershel glanced at him, "How's your brother?" Shane had to think for a second on what Hershel had said. Then he got it. Daryl. "He's sick. Got a fever from being left in the cold for more than half the night." Hershel frowned, "I thought everyone was supplied with enough stuff." Shane nodded, "Some people decided they could go stealing other people's blankets last night." He glared at Lori who didn't look at him. Hershel nodded, "While hopefully he gets better." Shane nodded, "Nicest thing you've ever said about him." Hershel shrugged, "Might as well except he'll be staying around a while." Glenn returned with the fire wood in his hands, "Here you go Shane." Shane smiled, "Thanks man. Hey have you seen Dale?" Glenn nodded, "He and Andrea have been camping in his RV so we have more room in the house. He hasn't been around much." Shane nodded, "Ok. I just wanted to make sure he was alright. Does he know about Daryl?" Glenn nodded, "Andrea's been here remember?" Shane nodded remembering that the blonde girl had been around with Daryl. Hershel started a fire in the fireplace and the room gradually became warmer. AS the heat washed over them they found themselves falling asleep. Shane started dreaming.
He was running through the hospital again but this time he wasn't alone. Rick was with him. "Come on Shane they're coming," Rick yelled to him. Shane followed Rick as they headed down a confusing path of hallways and stairs. Shane turned around to see a blaze of fire following him. "Rick!" he yelled and the sheriff turned around to see the fire. They continued running down when they were pulled up short by a figure blocking their path. Rick put his hands up as the man pointed a weapon at them. "Look there's a fire up there. We have to get out now or we're all going to die," Rick said calmly. The man didn't lower his weapon and instead shot it straight into Rick's chest. But when Shane turned to see his friend he saw that there wasn't a bullet in his friend's chest but an arrow. "Daryl?" he whispered and the figure stepped away from the wall. It was. "Oh god no," Shane said. The kid raised his crossbow at Shane, "You should've listened to your friends and left me when you had the chance. You taught me that when you let others in they crush you but you didn't think I could do the same to you now did you? You'll never be as good a leader as he was. You can't even control one person." Shane couldn't move. Here was the kid he had saved now telling him all the things he feared the most. He lunged at the kid and sent them both to the floor. He pulled his pistol out of his belt and aimed it at the kid's chest. His eyes flashed to Daryl's and then he saw the eyes he knew. The scared ones. "You said that you'd never shoot me Shane. You gonna go back on that now?" the boy asked shakily. Shane looked back at his friend and then turned back to Daryl. "Shoot him Shane," Rick said, "He's no good. He drags you down and everyone hates you for bringing him back." Shane stared into Daryl's eyes who were shining with fear, "This is your fault. Go to hell you filthy bastard." And he pulled the trigger. Daryl gasped as the bullet shot into his chest, "You promised."
Shane jolted awake. He still saw the fear in Daryl's eyes as he shot him in the chest. As Rick told him to shoot him. He shook his head and took a deep breath and inhaled….. smoke. He started choking, "Shit! Shit! Guys get up there's a fire." Everyone jumped up and immediately started running for the door. "Slow down. Don't kill each other," Shane yelled over the screaming. He made sure everyone was out before he made for the door himself. He stopped himself halfway. Daryl. He was still upstairs. "Shane!" he heard a voice yelling from the floor above. "Shane come on!" Hershel yelled from outside. Shane turned to him, "Daryl's still upstairs. I'm going to get him."
Shane ran up the stairs dodging flames and falling pieces of wood. He opened the door to Daryl's room even though it was partly on fire. He took in the room. It was smoking and there were flames covering most of it. He saw Daryl pushed into a corner yelling for him. "Daryl! You have to jump through them. That's the only way you can get out!" he yelled. The kid looked at him and he had a flashback to his dream as he saw the fear in the boy's eyes. "Come on! You can do it," he yelled. The boy took a breath and jumped through the first length of flames. Then the second. The third length was more difficult. It was the last one too. Daryl was caught between two rows of fire. Shane held out his hand, "Come on just one more." He choked on smoke and nodded to Daryl. The boy took a leap and cried out as the floor he landed on gave way. He was hanging from the ceiling of a burning living room. Shane lunged forward and grabbed the kid's arm as he slipped farther down. "Daryl you gotta help me pull you up," he yelled. Daryl reached up with his free hand and grabbed the ceiling floor again. "Shane, Shane I'm burning!" he yelled. Shane tugged him a little farther through the hole in the floor, "Don't worry. You're fine. We're going to get you out of here." Daryl cried out again, "Shane I'm on fire!" Shane pulled Daryl up and saw where the flames had got him. One of his legs was burning and Shane was on it in a minute ripping the kid's sweats off.
He helped Daryl get downstairs through the fire which was easier since it hadn't caught on the stairs to much. The last thing was the hallway which was a column of fire. "Shane," the kid choked, "There's to much to go through." Shane shook his head, "We're making it out of here." Daryl was shaking again, "I really don't want to go through there Shane." Shane shook his head, "It's the only way to get through. We'll go together ok?" The kid nodded. Shane slowly led the way around the flames with Daryl right next to him. Daryl yelled all of a sudden, "Shane! Move!" Shane glanced up and saw a falling, flaming wooden support beam coming right towards him.
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