My Everything: Shane Walsh/OC Story

New Beginnings

I woke with a start. I sat up quickly, but immediately regretted it when pain shot through my body and laid back down. I took in my surroundings.

The room was small. Only one window on the far wall, the bed I was in was twin sized with blue sheets and blankets covering me, there was a dresser in the corner and a desk with what looked like medical supplies in it. I looked down at myself and saw my shirt was gone and I had bandages wrapped around my chest.

"The hell am I?" I said to myself.

Suddenly I heard footsteps outside the door and voices. One female and the other male.

"I had to. He was dying." The female said.

"What if he was bitten?" The male said.

So they were arguing about me.

"Don't worry about that. I checked him, he's fine. He was only stabbed."

The doorknob turned and the people stepped through. Right when they saw me they froze. Guess they didn't expect me to be awake.

The female, I have to admit, was absolutely beautiful. Her eyes were a bright hazel color, she had curly black hair that went to her mid back, her skin was a nice tan color. The male was dark skinned, tall about my height it seemed, with black short hair and dark brown eyes.

The girl smiled at me. "Hey." She said. Oh man I already fell in love with her voice. "How ya feeling?" She sat on a chair on the side if the bed.

"Um. I feel fine. A bit sore." I said.

"That's to be expected. You had a deep wound in you, I was surprised to find you alive."

"So you found me?"

"Yep. Right on the edge of the woods by our field."

"How'd you get stabbed?" The man said.

I sighed. "My best friend, or former best friend, Rick stabbed me."

The girl looked at me sadly. "Why?"

"The whole story is that." I took a deep breath. "He accused me of sleeping with his wife, even though I'm not attracted to her in anyway. We were fighting in a field and I just couldn't take it anymore. I wanted to die, but I couldn't kill myself. So I knew of I tempted Rick, he'd do the dirty work for me. I know, I'm a coward. But I just didn't want to live anymore. So I pointed my gun at him and threatened him. Insulted him and his family. Then he stabbed me and left me for dead. For some reason I didn't die right then and there. Next thing I knew I was stumbling in the woods and now here I am."

They both looked at me sadly. The man cleared his throat. "Well. Feel free to stay with us for as long as you want."

I looked up in shock then nodded. "Thanks um."

"Jay. Jay Jackson. And this is my little cousin Zenyatta Lunarian."

"Shane Walsh."

"It's nice to meet you Shane." Zenyatta said kindly.

I smiled back. "You too. And thank you for helping me."

"No problem at all. Your wound is cleaned and you can walk around, but I suggest you rest a little longer and take these." She held up a bottle of pills. "Only once a day. They're pain killers."

I took the bottle from her and smirked. "You a doctor or something?"

"I was going to be until the outbreak hit." She said smirking back.

"Fair enough."

She chuckled. "I'll bring you food and water."

With that they both left and I leaned back. I couldn't help but feel a connection between Zenyatta and I. Like I could trust her.