Chapter 3

I was sitting up front of the pickup truck with Tryeese looking out the window and at the view, while Daryl was in the back getting all soaking wet. It was raining really hard out there now, and I could see some flooding in the grass.

I looked back to see Daryl just looking out in the distance. He turned in my direction and gave me a curt nod, in which I return the favor.

"You know, I would've been fine out back." I told Tyreese. He turned to me and smirked. "Oh don't worry about it. It was his turn to sit in the back anyways."

Both of us chuckled. "Bummer for Daryl being out in the rain." I said laughing a little bit.

Tyreese laughed again too. "Yeah don't let him hear you say that though."

We heard knocking coming from behind us. Tyreese and I turned to see Daryl flipping us off but smiling. I turned away snickering, while Tyreese gave him a big grin and waved like an idiot.

"I love you too, man." He said in a cheerful tone cause me to chuckle some more.

I liked these guys so far. It felt good to be with other people again, but it also felt somewhat alien to me. I mean for a while I was just on my own getting by day to day from place to place just trying to stay alive for months now. I didn't like it all that much but I was used to it that it became a lifestyle for me. Now here I am in the front of a pickup truck with two guys who said they are taking me to their community. I thought something like this would never happen to me ever.

"So Casey, you were by yourself the whole time?" Tyreese asked looking at me.

I nodded. "Yeah, for a while now." Was my answer.

"Damn, man!" Tyreese exclaimed. "That's crazy!"

"Yeah. For awhile, It felt I was the last human on Earth." I honestly told him.

He looked at me surprised. "You serious?"

I nodded. "Yep."

"Until you found us, right?"

I shook my head. "No. About two weeks back, I was in an abandoned town and I saw a guy who was just sitting down on the ground muttering to himself. I went over to him and asked him if he was okay. He just looked up at me and said, 'It's a lie! Those who arrive die'." I paused for a minute. "He started laughing like crazy and babbled, 'But not me! I'll die before they do.' Then he just put a pistol to his head and... Well you know.."

Tyreese looked shocked. "Man... He sounds crazy."

"Or maybe someone made him crazy." I guessed.

"That too." He agreed. "This world has driven a lot of good people insane."

I nodded.

"So where are you from, Casey?" Tyreese asked. "I mean where did you live before... well this?"

I looked up at him pausing for a minute and just sighed. "I'm from Wheelsburg, Pennsylvania. But I was born in Philly." I answered.

Tyreese looked at my shocked.

"What?" I asked.

"You gotta me kidding me."

I shook my head. "Nope. I'm a native Pennsylvanian." I said proudly. "Why's that big news to you."

"What are you doing all the way down here in Georgia?" He asked.

"Wait, Georgia? I'm in Georgia?!" I asked surprised. I've walked farther than I thought. I thought I was going in circles all around the state.

Tyreese nodded. "And you were on foot this whole time?" He asked.

I simple gave him a nod. I was pretty stunned as well.

He turned his attention back onto the road. "No way, man..." He muttered.

"Hey I'm as surprised as you are right now. I thought I was still in PA."

Tyreese shook his head. "Not anymore, my friend."

I crashed my back against the seat and deeply exhaled.

Man this is crazy...

"Well we're almost there." He informed me.

A minute later I broke the silence. "Where are you from?"

Tyreese smirked. "Good ole Jacksonville Florida." He told me. "Me and my younger sister Sasha were lived there all our lives. We had a neighbor named Jerry. He was a nice guy, but he was one of those survivalist nutjobs that had an underground bunker in his backyard. Always telling us that the end of the world is coming. Everyone thought he was crazy as hell."

I smirked. "Well looks like Jerry had the last laugh I take it?"

Tyreese chuckled. "Yeah you can say that. When the world went to hell, Sasha and I stayed in Jerry's bunker until we ran out of supplies. After that we were on the road for a while until we found a safe place to call home."

"It's good to hear Sasha is okay." I smiled.

"It sure is." Tyreese grinned. His face turned serious again. "Hey listen, about those questions we asked you, I'm sorry we asked you them. I know that must have been tough...

I looked down at the floor. "Don't worry about it."

"She was a friend... right?" He asked hesitantly.

I exhaled deeply. "Yeah..." I lied.

She was more then that...

There was some banging coming from the back. I turned to see Daryl looking very soaked. I snickered at him, and he gave me the bird again. I turned back to Tyreese laughing.

"Your buddy is soaking wet right now." I told him grinning.

"Yeah... I seriously forgot he was with us for a bit." He chucked.

"Ha!" I smirked. I decided to ask Tyreese something. "So this place? What's it like?"

"It's a prison." He said. "But we made some major improvements these last few months. We got our own farm, a pin for the animals, an outside cafeteria for people to sit and eat, and we made the cell blocks suitable for people to live and sleep in."

I nodded. "That's good to know."

"Speaking of which, There it is." He pointed out the window to a large building, with fences and watch towers in front of it. There were some zombies at the fence trying to break their way through, but it looks like they aren't having much luck though. When we were getting closer, I could see a makeshift brown iron gate opening letting us in.

I could see the farm with the plants and animals he was talking about, and that outside cafeteria that was close to the building. Thank god they put a roof on top of that thing.

Tyreese came up the trail and came to a full stop in front of the building.

"Come on. Let's get you something to eat." He said opening the door and exiting the truck and I did the same thing. Daryl jumped out of the back began walking with us.

"Next time, you're gonna be in the back getting your ass wet." He told Tyreese.

I laughed at his comment. I had a feeling that I was going to like it here. I could get back some old things from my normal life, like talking to people, eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and sleeping in a regular bed.

So far this is the best day of my life so far in the apocalypse.

Well that was chapter 3 I hope you guys enjoyed it. Casey is finally at the prison and he is going to meet the group in the next chapter :D I want to point out that Jerry was mentioned in season 3 when Tyreese was talking to Hershel about where they were before the prison. Again: I do not own the characters of the Walking Dead or any of the Seasons, AMC does. But I do own Casey :D

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