Walking Dead: Building Your Own Hope

Chapter 1 of the next Season of Walking Dead Building Your Own Hope, enjoy.

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Season 2: Episode 1

The atmosphere at school was grim as all students and teachers were only able to think about one thing, the recent death of Lizzie Samuels after falling victim to the strange kidnapper who had been capturing people for unknown reasons and later releasing them, Lizzie was the fourth known victim but so far the only one to die. One group in particular was worried, this was a group of friends who knew Lizzie and consisted of, among the others, the three previous victims. The group of friends was eleven strong and consisted of six boys and five girls. One boy in particular looked grim, as he usually got more information about such things before the others did, due to his dad being part of the police force. In this particular case, his dad was even the one investigating the case.

"Carl…"

The boy shook his head. "I wish I knew what to tell you guys."

Carl was a Sophomore, a sixteen year old boy with shoulder length shaggy brown hair and bright blue eyes, milky white skin and rather slender. The other one who had spoke, seated on Carl's left, was Jamie McIntyre, another sixteen year old boy who stood at five foot seven with short dark red hair, hazel eyes, fair skin and a toned build, a quiet and attentive young man who while seeming shy was friendly to those he knew well. Carl shook his head.

"Dad's still looking into what evidence they have, but...I can't say anything else." Carl explained. "We just...I think we're all in shock at what happened to Lizzie."
The others all nodded in agreement, worry and sorrow showing on their faces.

They all shared looks with each other, all showing their fears clearly, a fear that was spreading throughout the town. The rest of the group all began wondering and whispering amongst themselves as Jamie and Carl took note of them all. Except for two members of the group, all were sixteen. First was another boy, five foot six with long blonde hair which he tied back, green eyes and fair skin with an average build, the quiet introverted Andrew Pierce who mainly preferred to work alone but cared about those he grew close to, like the current group of friends. Said friends also included his new girlfriend, Marissa Garland. She was pale skinned and stood at five foot seven with semi-long golden blonde hair, gray eyes with a thick build and a generous looking bust to go with it.

The next couple was a 17 year old boy, five foot nine with light blonde almost brunette hair, blue eyes and fair skin with a slim lanky build, notable by his long legs, Brian Goring who had been friends with Jamie and Andrew first before being introduced to the others. His girlfriend was the first victim, Beth Greene, an eighteen year old blonde girl with green eyes and fair skin. Of the remaining three girls and two boys, there were two more couples.

The first couple consisted of Sophie Peletier, Carl's childhood and therefore longest friend, a girl, roughly the same height as him with long dirty blonde hair, brown eyes and fair skin with a slender slightly curvy build, and her boyfriend Mikey Carr, a fair skinned young man, dressed casually with short brown hair and eyes with a normal build. Then there was Enid McKenzie who was notably shorter with long brown hair and green eyes, slender with slight curves and milky white skin and Alden McAuliffe, a young man with short brown hair and eyes, fair skin and light facial hair.

Mikey was also one of the victims, the third while the second victim was the last girl of the group, Laurel Williams, a taller girl at five foot eight with long brown hair, brown eyes with tanned skin and a slightly chubby build with a rather generous bust. She usually wore shorts or skirts which showed her long legs and thick thighs, She was the third of four sisters was usually cheerful and open-natured despite the bullying she faced when younger.

"I just don't get it." Laurel said at last. "Why can't I remember anything about what happened, why can't any of us?"

She looked helplessly at Mikey and Beth who both bowed their heads.

"I know." Beth admitted. "I remember some rough details of being kidnapped...but that's it."

Mikey nodded. "I just, I wish...we need to try and remember, what if this happens to someone else."

"Guys, guys." Sophia said quickly. "You're going to push yourselves too hard. We can't just expect something like this to be resolved at once."

The others nodded in agreement and they seemed to calm down. But it still bothered them that they couldn't make sense of their missing memories.

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Meanwhile, at the station, Rick Grimes, a tall broad shouldered man with greying dark hair, bright blue eyes, fair skin and unshaven, was looking over the files before him. All the details they had so far about Lizzie Samuels death, as well as the previous cases. The file now contained what details they had so far about the evidence that had been found by forensics at the site of Lizzie's death as well as an autopsy report. As he did so he heard the sounds of the TV and looked up. On the TV was the chief of the station who was giving a press conference to try and reassure concerned parents.

"All the reassurances in the world won't bring Lizzie Samuels back." He said sadly. "We need to find out who is behind this before it's too late."

"Maybe but if the chief doesn't do a press conference like this, it'll cause a lot of panic and in that chaos...the killer could easily escape."

He looked up and saw Shane there, shaking his head.

"We have to solve this yes. But we also need to consider how the public would react in regards to what's just happened." He continued. "So, what do we have?"

Rick sighed and admitted. "Not much yet, we've still got to check how all the evidence fits together in regards to Lizzie's death."

Then another voice, female, cut in. "So, you're the ones investigating this case then."

They turned to see a tall woman there, clad in a dark grey suit, with a reasonably strong build, brown dreadlocked hair, brown eyes and skin and observing them with a serious expression. She then introduced herself.

"Michonne Hawthorne, FBI."

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