Alright next chapter! Hope you guys are liking it! Daryl's not lying around for once.
Chapter 23
The next morning Shane woke up to hear Daryl yelling. "Come on everyone up! You're second in command has to tell you something important!" Shane smirked into his pillow as he heard Daryl walking around the camp. He clambered out of his tent and saw Daryl kicking Dale's RV. "Come on! This is freakin important!" the kid yelled. Shane walked over and grabbed Daryl's shoulder, "Calm down sergeant." Daryl glared at him, "Shut up. I'm trying to announce something important." Shane nodded, "I know but you're going to attract every walker in a five mile radius with all your army yelling." Daryl sighed, "Fine." He walked over to where most of the group was waiting and stood in front of them. Dale and Andrea emerged from their RV a minute later and joined the group. Daryl nodded, "Everyone here Shane?" Shane nodded, "Yep."
Daryl turned to the group, "Alright guys listen up! We got the information last night about something that is really important. You know how before you had to be bit by a walker to turn? Well it's different now. If you die, you will turn. The only way to stop from becoming a walker is to get shot in the head. Now, as long as we're careful, this won't happen to us and we can survive. But I need you guys to be truthful if we ever come into a situation. You have to tell us if you know you won't make it so we can save you from becoming a walker. Is that clear?" The group nodded. Daryl smiled slightly, "Good. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news." The group moved off to their separate spots. Daryl walked over to Shane, "How was that?" Shane nodded, "That was good. How are you so good at that?" Daryl shrugged, "I don't know." Shane sighed, "Well I guess things are going to be different." Daryl thought for a minute, "No. I don't think they will be. We'll keep doing the same thing as we've been doing. Surviving." Rick came over, "Nice speech kid." Daryl grinned, "Yep." The three of them stood there together until Hershel came up to them, "Are we going to do anything Shane? Do you think we should move on?" Shane shrugged, "Not sure. I think we're safe here for now." Daryl nodded his agreement, "If we move from here, we won't know what to expect. We could find a place before nightfall or get stranded for days out there." Hershel nodded, "I think we need your back up plan Shane."
Shane sighed, "I don't have-" his sentence was cut off by a scream. "Oh no!" Rick yelled and was already moving towards where it came from. Shane followed and they arrived at Carol's tent to see Sofia take off into the woods running from two walkers. "Hey Sofia!" Daryl yelled. Shane ran after the girl and he heard Daryl on his heels. Rick was back with Carol. The girl disappeared and Shane swore. Daryl turned in a circle, "Where did she go? She was right here!" Shane looked down, "I don't know. I don't know. I don't know." Rick came down to them, "Do you know where she went?" Shane shook his head, "No. She ran off somewhere." Daryl walked further into the woods, "Sofia! Sofia! Sofi-" Shane ran up to him and clamped his hand over his mouth, "Shut up! You're attracting walkers again." Daryl glared at him but nodded and Shane uncovered his mouth. They walked slowly back to camp. "Alright everyone pack up. We're moving out!" Shane yelled as they arrived. Carol looked at him, "We can't leave. What if she comes back here?" Shane nodded, "Don't worry. We have a plan." He looked at Dale. "Dale, I'm pretty sure there's a house through the woods. I saw a glimpse of it. There's a dirt road on the side of the woods that you can take the RV down. I need some volunteers to follow them in the trucks. Daryl, Rick and I are going to go through the woods and look for the girl."
Daryl looked at everyone, "Look you guys, we are going to try everything we can to get Sofia back. I'll make sure of it. But we need to get to that house so we can have a place that isn't surrounded by walkers." The group nodded and headed to the trucks. Shane, Rick, and Daryl gathered their gear to go when Glenn came up. "I'm coming with you guys. You'll need extra help," he said. Shane nodded, "Ok you can come." The four of them headed into the woods as the cars took off toward the dirt road. They walked the five miles without coming into contact with any walker or Sofia. Daryl was getting agitated and randomly shooting arrows into trees. Rick was rubbing his arm, a thing he did when he got tense or frustrated. Shane just kept going and hoped he wouldn't become a target for Daryl's anger. They made it to the house and saw the cars pulled up in the yard. Glenn ran forward and made sure that they were the cars that belonged to them before giving the all clear.
They walked into the house. Carol was on them immediately, "Did you find her?" Daryl shook his head, "No, I'm sorry." Lori sat down in a chair, "Well, she's probably gone. There's walkers everywhere. She probably didn't make it." Carol started crying again and Rick went to comfort her while Daryl rounded on Lori, "How about you shut it? How would you feel if it was Carl out there? What if he was the one who had run away? Would you be giving up hope on him? I bet you wouldn't be. So how about you stop talking and stop being a non-caring bitch?!"
Whoo! Daryl you go. I guess if you wanted to use 'Merle language' Daryl finally 'grew a pair'. Well make sure to review! Let's see the response to Daryl's outburst. Poor guy's gonna get in trouble.