As I got back on my feet I helped Rick back up on his feet as walkers started to come through the window and they started to come towards us. Rick pulled out his knife and stabbed one of the walkers in the head and then it started to fall right now on top of him.
While Rick was dealing with the dead walker on top of him, I had to deal with the others that were coming towards me. I pulled out my knife and got ready for any of the walkers to get close to me, but most of them were distracted by Shane thanks to him making noise while trying to escape, which left me a few to deal with.
As one of the walker's started to get close to me, I stabbed it in the head and then I shoved its body towards the approaching walkers. Which made several of them fall on the ground. I looked back over at Rick to see if he was ok and he was and that was when I took off in the opposite direction. I went over the hood of a car, but I was stopped as I saw more walker's coming towards me and I went to the other side of the car and I made a quick choice and went underneath the car for safety away from the walkers.
That was when I saw Rick running towards the area that I was in, but then he tripped over a walker and fell on the ground as more walkers were coming towards him and he pulled out his revolver again and aimed at the walkers. As the walkers got close to him, he started to shoot at the walkers and he took out two of them and they fell right on top of him, leaving him defenseless against the third walker coming towards him. I pulled myself out from underneath the car and I grabbed the third walker by the shoulders and I threw it to the ground and I stabbed it in the head several times while getting blood splattered on my face.
I was able to get a breath in as Rick was able to pull himself out of the pile of dead bodies and he walked over to me and he offered his hand to me and I took his hand as he helped me up to my feet, " You alright, Sam?" Rick asked me as he placed his gun back in his holster.
" Yeah, I'm fine. Where did Shane go?" I asked Rick as I looked around trying to catch my breath.
" I don't know. C'mon let's get out of here." Rick said as he grabbed my hand and we took off together. We kept going through the maze of cars til I saw movement from the corner of my eye. At first I thought it was a walker but then I realized it was Randall who had escaped from Shane's wrath.
As Randall got closer to us, Rick pulled out his gun and aimed it right at Randall, as he turned to look towards Rick and he gasped in shock, " Holy Shit!" Randall yelled.
Randall tried to make a break for it, but with his leg still fucked up, he was still slow. Rick walked over to him and tackled him to the ground, " Where do you think you're goin'?" Rick asked Randall menacingly.
" What did you expect me to do? Please, just let me go! That's what you came here for. I'm not gonna tell anyone anything!" Randall said as he was pleading to us.
" Shut the fuck up!" I yelled at him as I located my crossbow again and I picked it back up and I had it ready for any walkers that come any closer to us.
That's when I noticed movement from inside a school bus to the left of us and I also noticed that the walkers were gathering around it. That was when I saw Shane through the bus windows as he trapped himself inside the bus as he was looking for a way to escape.
" What? You wanna stay here? You wanna help the guy who just tried to bash your head in? C'mon, there's at least a dozen roamers over there. You think that both of you could take them on? They don't see us. Can we get out of here?" Randall said as I knew that he had a point but when I looked at Rick. I could see in his eyes that he didn't want to leave him.
" Let's go." Rick said as both him and Randall started to move back to the car.
I followed right behind them both as they ran towards the car and Randall climbed right into the driver's seat, while Rick climbed into the passenger's side while I got into the backseat. Rick handed me another gun that was in the car as I rolled down the windows. Randall drove towards the bus and I leaned out of the window and I started to shoot at the walkers, " Shane, head to the back of the bus!" I yelled at him and he nodded his head to me and started to move to the back.
I started to shoot at the walkers as Shane got to the back door and he opened the back of the bus door and I slid back inside the car, while he slid inside through the window into the back seat with me. Shane took a deep breath as Randall put the car into reverse and then put it into gear and drove in the direction towards the farm, " Yeah! Hell yeah! Did y'all see that?! You see what we did?!" Randall said with excitement in his voice as he was hitting the steering wheel.
" Just keep driving!" Rick yelled at him.
Randall stayed quiet after that and we started to relax in our seats. After a little bit of driving, Rick looked towards Randall, " Pull over." Rick said as Randall pulled the car over and stopped the car and then the next thing he knew was that he was pulled out of the car, tied up and both Shane and Rick tossed him into the trunk of the car again.
Both Rick and Shane were leaning against the car as I stood in front of them, " So, are you going to try and kill us on the way back to the farm Shane or do I need to kick your ass before you do?" I asked Shane as I glared at him.
Rick looked over towards Shane as he glared right back at me till he took a deep breath and shook his head to me, " No, you're not going to have to do anything. You have my word." Shane said as he looked at me.
" Alright Shane, but mark my words. You do something or anything to anyone. I'll put an arrow in your head without a second thought." I said to Shane as I crossed my arms.
" Next time you wanna kill me and Sam, you're gonna have to do better than that." Rick said as he stood right in front of Shane.
" Also next time if Dad says he needs time to think. Then you better let him, or else Shane." I said as I looked at him.
" That kid tried to kill you, Rick. He'll try and kill someone else back at the farm. Heck, he'll even try to kill Sam. That's why we need to protect them." Shane said as he looked at us.
" For one, that boy will have no chance to kill me, even if he tried. He will die before he gets a chance to touch me." I said as I crossed my arms and looked at Shane and Rick nodded his head in agreement with me.
" That is my wife. That is my son. That is my unborn child. Sam is also my daughter. If you're going to be with me….It's time for you to come back." Rick said as he glared at him. Rick took a few steps back away from Shane and then held out his gun to him as a peace offering to Shane and he took his gun back slowly. I really didn't trust my life after what he did earlier.
" We need to get back before everybody starts to worry about us." I said as I got back in the seat of the car as Rick and Shane got in front and Rick started the car as we headed back towards the farm.
As we got to the farm, Shane got out of the car and went over to the trunk and pulled out Randall and took him back to the barn while Rick and I walked back over to the house. Lori came off the porch and towards him and held Rick in her arms, while Daryl walked over to me and he grabbed a hold of me and held me close. Once he let me go he noticed the cuts and bruises and I could see his eyes asking me what happened and before I could say anything, Shane walked back from the barn and walked past me and my eyes followed him and Daryl followed my line of sight and then looked right back at me. As I looked right back at him and I shook my head to him, that was when Rick walked over to us, " Come on. We need to talk about the problem." Rick said to me as I nodded my head and started to head towards the camp. I stopped to notice that Rick was not following me and I turned to look behind me to see Rick talking to Daryl and then Daryl nodded his head and he walked away from Rick. Rick then caught up to me as I watched Daryl vanish from my sight, ' Where did Daryl go? I shouldn't worry about him too much, he can take care of himself. I just hope he'll be careful.' I thought as I turned as followed right behind Rick inside the house.
As it got dark outside we stood in the center of the camp with the fire going and I stood right next to Rick and Shane on the other side of me. Everyone was here except for Daryl, I was still wondering where he was until Lori asked, " So is there a plan? Is Randall staying?"
" We'll know soon enough." Rick said as he nodded head behind me and I turned my head to look to see Daryl walking towards us.
As Daryl came over to my side with his crossbow on his shoulder and I looked down to notice his knuckles were dripping blood, " He's with a gang. 30 men, they have heavy artillery and they ain't lookin' to make friends. If they roll through here….our men will be dead and our women will wish they were." Darly said as he turned his eyes towards me. I started to have this bad feeling in the bottom of my stomach.
I felt Daryl place his arm around my waist, while I looked back over at Rick waiting for him to say something, as I felt Daryl me pull into his arms and he placed his lips on my forehead while I leaned against his chest, " No one goes near this guy." Rick ordered as he looked at all of us.
" What are you gonna to do, Dad?" I asked him as I looked over at him.
" We have no choice. He's a threat, we have to eliminate the threat." Rick said as everyone nodded their heads in agreement except for Dale.
" So you're just going to kill him?" Dale asked as he had pure shock written on his face.
" It's settled. I'll do it today." Rick said as he looked over at Dale and that was when Rick walked away and Dale followed right after him. While everyone walked away, going back to what they were doing as me and Daryl left standing for a little while till Daryl started to walk away and I followed right behind him and started to walk beside him. We walked towards his little camp area that is close to the forest. I sat down on one of the logs as Daryl sat across from me and he started to sharpen his knife, " I don't like how your camp is so close to the forest. It's not safe." I said to Daryl as he stopped what he was doing to look at me.
" It's quiet. I'd take the silence of the forest filled with threats more than a chaotic safe house any day." Daryl said as he continued to sharpen his knife. I didn't say anything else cause I agreed with him on the chaos that is going on right now.
I got up and walked over to Daryl and I got on my knees and I grabbed on his hands and looked at the damage on them, " We should get your knuckles cleaned up, before they get infected." I said as I got up and walked over to my bag and grabbed some wipes and I walked back over and started to work on wiping the blood off his knuckles. After a while I was able to get both of his knuckles cleaned and I kissed both his knuckles and I walked back over to my bag and placed them back and then I sat back down, " That should be able to help them a little bit." I said as he looked at his knuckles and then back at me.
" Thank you Sam. It helps me a lot." Daryl said as he gave me a little smile and I gave him one back, but not long after I heard a pair of feet coming towards us and I turned my head to see that it was Dale, " Great, the whole point of me comin' up here was to get away from you people." Daryl said as he got up from his seat as Dale got closer to us.
" Daryl, stop. Hi Dale." I said as I looked over at Daryl and then I looked over at Dale with a smile on my face.
" Hi Sam," Dale greeted me till he looked over at Daryl, " I'm concerned with your new role in this group, Daryl. You act like you don't care." Dale said as he looked at Daryl.
" Yeah, it's cause I don't." Daryl said as he pulled on his leather vest.
" But you care for Sam. You think we don't see it, but we do." Dale said.
" That ain't none of your business, old man." Daryl said as he glared at him and I just shook my head.
" So live or die, neither of you care what happens to Randall?" Dale asked as he was looking at us.
" What can I say Dale, he's a threat, even though he's still a kid. We can't have him around the others and I don't trust him along with someone else that I don't trust either." I said as I shook my head.
" Why don't you stand with me then, Sam? We can try to save the kid's life." Dale offered me and I looked down to the ground and I thought about what he said and I looked back up at Dale and was about to say something to him till Daryl got up and looked over at him.
" Sam's not gonna vote to save someone who will kill everyone when he gets the chance. I didn't peg you for a desperate son of a bitch." Daryl said as he interrupted me.
" Both of your opinions make a difference. Whether it's to save him or to kill him, it matters. Sam's vote could be the one that could save him while your vote could be the one that kills him. Every voice, no matter how small, can make all the difference. Staying quiet between life and death." Dale said as he looked back at Daryl.
" No one looks to me for nothin'." Daryl stated.
" Sam does, Carol does, I do, and you obviously have Rick's ear as well." Dale said to Daryl.
" Rick just looks to Shane. Let 'im." Daryl spat in Dale's face.
Daryl looked like he was about to explode any minute cause Dale kept pushing him, " You cared about what happened to Sophia. You cared about what happened to Sam and even the group. Daryl, torturing people. That isn't you. You're a decent man. So is Rick. Shane is different." Dale said as I looked over at Daryl as he turned his eyes towards me and then looked back at Dale.
" Why's that? Cause he killed Otis?" Daryl asked as Dale's eyes went wide.
I looked at Daryl with wide eyes, " Are you serious?" I asked him.
" He told me some story 'bout how Otis covered him and saved his ass while they were getting the supplies for you. Well, Shane showed up with the dead guy's gun. Rick ain't stupid. If he didn't figure that out, it's because he didn't wanna!" Daryl yelled as he stormed off towards the woods and that immediately told me that he wanted to be left alone. Once Daryl disappeared from my sight, I looked back over at Dale.
" I'm sorry Dale. He's just been having a really hard time right now. All the stress from the group is getting to him." I said as I tried to give him a small smile.
" I understand, but will killing this kid make it any better or will it make it worse?" Dale asked me.
" To be honest, I don't know anymore Dale. I just want a few days of peace and quiet and if killing this kid does that then so be it." I said as I looked away from Dale and looked towards the ground.
" So you're just going to let this kid die?" Dale asked me.
" Yes, if it's what's best for the group." I said I looked back towards him.
" You think what's best for the group is for it to lose its humanity? The world we knew is gone but keeping our humanity? That is a choice!" Dale said to me as I could hear the sadness in his voice.
" Dale, I just don't know anymore." I said to Dale.
" You have to know something. Sam, you're really smart." Dale pressed.
" You really want to know what I really think Dale?" I asked him as I got up from where I was sitting and I walked over to him as he nodded his head to me.
" This group is broken, Dale." I said as I sighed and placed my hand on his shoulder and patted his shoulder and then I walked away from him and towards the house to see what the fate was in the kid's life.
End Of Chapter
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