Chapter Four
Summer's POV
Rick and I managed to make our way to the alley killing walkers as we went. When we reached it we heard the voice from the CB radio yelling for us. When we found him we came face to face with a short Korean guy.
"This way!" he said looking back and forth between us.
I saw him glance at my stomach and heard him mumble shit. We followed him up two ladders and across a gap between two roofs and down a flight of stairs. As we went down the stairs he pulled out a walkie.
"Coming back," he said, "got some company. Plus four geeks in the alley."
He halted at the bottom of the stairs and a door flew open where two guys dressed in what I could only call zombie apocalypse body armor came rushing out and beat the walkers.
"This way!" the CB radio guy said.
We jumped over the dead walkers and into the door. The second we walked through we were both grabbed by the collar and slammed into a wall, guns pointed at us.
"We're all dead because of you assholes!" the blonde girl holding Rick said.
"Guys let them go! She's pregnant!" CB radio guy said.
I was released and so was Rick. I took a moment to catch my breath before muttering a thank you. There was murmuring amongst the group before introductions were made. I learned that CB radio guys name was Glenn and the blonde girl was Andrea. The black woman was Jacqui and the black man was referred to as T-Dog.
"My name is Rick and this here is Summer," Rick said.
People were about to start asking questions but shots rang out from above.
"That stupid redneck!" Andrea said.
"Summer stay here," Rick said, "you need rest."
"I'll stay with her," Jacqui said.
Rick and the rest of the people ran up to the roof. I glanced at the front doors of the department store and noticed the mass amount of walkers pressed against it.
"Did we cause that?" I asked.
Jacqui nodded.
"I'm sorry," I replied.
"It's not your fault, you didn't know we were here," she said, "don't beat yourself up."
A few minutes later everyone was back downstairs talking about how they hand cuffed the man who was firing the gun to the roof. Just then the walkers broke through the first set of glass doors. Panic set in. Rick and Glenn devised and escape plan and covered in walker guts they entered the city.
Jacqui and I stayed downstairs while everyone else went up to the roof, presumably to release the man who was handcuffed, since Rick had given T-Dog the key. Not much later we heard the sound of a car alarm and footsteps coming down the stairs.
"Let's go! To the loading door!" Andrea yelled and we followed her.
We heard a crash and the sounds of the walkers finally breaking through the second set of doors. Rick banged on the loading door and Andrea opened it. We climbed into the back of a moving van and T-Dog jumped in last closing the door as the van started moving and the walkers closed in.
As we drove everyone looked at each other. I didn't notice anyone new so I'm assuming they didn't get the man cuffed to the roof.
"I dropped the fucking key," T-Dog finally said.
"He's still up there!" Rick said.
"I chained the door and padlocked it," T-Dog said, "they won't be able to get through that. He's alive."
"Well, it's not like anyone will miss him," Andrea said.
"His brother will," T-Dog said, "I'll tell him what happened since I dropped the key."
"No, I'll do it, I was the one who cuffed him," Rick said.
"No offense T, but I wouldn't tell Daryl, let Rick or someone do it," Andrea said.
My heart skipped a beat. Did she just say what I think she did?
"Did you say Daryl?" I asked and she nodded, "What's his last name?"
"Dixon," she replied and I started to cry.
"My husband," I choked, "my husband is alive. And you handcuffed my brother-in-law to the roof!"
"Wait! You're Daryl's wife!" Andrea exclaimed, "He thought you were dead! You're not mad about us leaving Merle are you?"
"No," I said with a laugh, "he's an ass. But I'll tell you Daryl will not be happy about it."
"Well maybe being reunited with you will diffuse the situation," T-Dog said.
"I doubt it," I said and shook my head.