I jumped up when Lori came storming through the bedroom door. I watched as she began ripping the whole room apart, leaving no place untouched.
"Lori, what are you looking for?" I asked standing up and walking over to her.
"I can't find Carl. I told him to stay in the room upstairs but now he's gone." She shot out, eyes roaming the room frantically.
"Alright. You keep checking in here and I'll go check outside. Make sure you let everyone else know too, in case they saw him." I said, patting her back before I grabbed my axe and went out to the yard. I looked around until I found three figures outside of the fences, near the woods. I walked over and realized what was happening. I froze in my spot as Rick stabbed Shane in the chest causing Shane to fall over. Carl was standing close enough to see what happened and started approaching Rick. I ran as fast as I could and grabbed Carl, lifting him in my arms.
"NO! Put me down." He demanded as his eyes filled with tears. Rick slowly turned and saw us.
"Carl." He said as he watched his son lift a gun towards him.
"Carl! Put that down." I said, trying to reach to take it from his hands. I stopped halfway when I saw Shane stand up again and start following Rick. My mouth dropped as Carl pulled the trigger and Shane fell for a second and final time. I slowly set Carl on his feet, letting him walk to his dad. Rick spun around and saw Shane's body, realizing what happened. As Carl reached him they started talking so I turned to walk back to the house. I saw something move along the line of the woods and focused on it. As I watched the line of trees I saw a hoard of walkers emerge, heading straight towards us.
"Rick, we need to go now!" I yelled, pointing behind them. Rick snapped his head behind him then grabbed Carl and started running. I ran for the house, taking a glance behind me to see that Rick and Carl were going towards the barn. I jolted up the front steps and found everyone in the living room.
"Walkers." I gasped. Everyone jumped up and got whatever they could and ran outside. We all stood on the porch, taking in the hundreds of walkers that were approaching us.
"Good a night as any." Daryl said before flinging himself over the railing and hopping on his bike. Everyone got going, throwing their stuff in whatever car they were taking. I hoped in Shane's car with Maggie and Glenn, taking turns firing at the walkers that were attacking. As we turned to circle around again the barn light up in flames, taking down any walkers around it. Rick and Carl were running towards the other cars, where Lori still was.
"We have to go." Glenn said, as he closed his window. Right at that moment Maggie hit one of the walkers and completely stopped the car.
"Hello? We need to go, like now!" I called to Maggie as I watched walkers throw themselves at the car. Glenn said something to Maggie and she finally started driving.
"Where do we go now?" She asked, looking at Glenn.
"Back to the highway. That's were Rick will go." He said, looking out the window as we drove. I really hope Daryl goes to the highway, I thought to myself. I hope everyone got out of there. As we drove down the highway, getting close to the jam from before we realized no one else was there yet. I started fidgeting with the bottom of my shirt, stretching it to the point that it almost ripped. I noticed what I was doing and dropped my hands in my lap, twining them together so I would stop. I looked out the window again, straining my eye to look as far past the cars as I could. I started cracking my fingers, one knuckle at a time until Glenn spoke.
"Sam, why don't you go get some fresh air? You're a little uneasy." He shrugged. Maggie nodded her head, agreeing with Glenn so I sighed and left the safety of the car. I started walking away, pacing between another grouping of cars until I heard a loud rumbling. My head snapped up and I started looking through the cars until I saw the all too familiar bike that Daryl rode. I stopped and stared at Daryl who was waiting for Carol to get off the back of his bike. Carol stood awkwardly and waited as Rick and T-Dog pulled up. Carol walked over to Lori and Rick, leaving Daryl alone beside the bike.
"Good to see your alive." I smirked as I walked over to him, stopping beside him.
"Good t' be alive." He chuckled.
"Wasn't sure if you made it for a bit." I shrugged.
"Wasn't sure if you made it for a bit." I shrugged.
"I ain't gonna get killed by those geeks." He growled. I laughed and patted his arm before giving him a quick hug.
"So what's next?" I asked, looking up at him. He shrugged and nodded his head towards the rest of the group. We walked over and stopped, listening to Rick.
"Well, we go on with our plans from before. Move on to Fort Benning and see where we go from there." Rick said. He took a few steps from the group and stood there shifting his weight from leg to leg. "There's something I have to tell you all. We're all infected."
There were gasps from a few people, but I think I already knew in a way especially after seeing Shane come back. I looked at Daryl, who didn't look to be bothered by it. We stood there while everyone else slowly accepted the new information. Everyone started snapping at each other with every small comment or question.
"Alright. Lets head out." Rick said before getting into the car with Lori and Carl and driving away.
