Barely Alive (#JustWriteIt #SuperCharged)

Chapter 21 - Ghosts

"Did she just do that?" Leo asked.

"She just did that," Dawson said.

"That kid is sneaky," Travis said.

"She's probably got cat-like reflexes like Hunter did."

Darcie and Kaylie snuck up to the military base.

"That's a lot of walkers," Darcie whispered, looking around at all of the military walkers laying on the ground or sitting against something. Kaylie began to sneak out of their hiding spot.

"Get back here!" Darcie whisper yelled.

Kaylie ignored her and made her way over to the weapon's tent. There was a special walker in the back corner. It was chewing on an elk antler. It raised its head and had a staring contest with Kaylie, but it quickly left through a large tear in the back of the tent.

"Darcie?" Kaylie called nervously.

"Get back here! We don't know what that thing was. It's probably what charged the boys."

It slowly came out of the tent.

"Kaylie! Get the fuck over here now!" Darcie screamed.

The special walker slowly approached Kaylie. The child was frozen in fear. Darcie pulled Dawson's gun out and aimed it at the walker as it reached out and touched Kaylie's face. It then made a hand gesture for Kaylie to follow it. She started following the thing. Darcie lowered the gun and slowly followed Kaylie and the walker.

Helps the living, Darcie made a mental note for when she was adding information to the book later.

"Kaylie," she whisper-called.

The walker leading the little girl turned and sprinted towards Darcie. The older girl dodged its lunge and sprinted to Kaylie, picking up the little girl.

"Darcie," it moaned.

Darcie froze in shock that the walker said her name.

Can say names and seems to know mine

Darcie held Kaylie tight to her and slowly backed up as it crept towards them.

"I no hurt. Follow," it moaned.

Can speak in broken English

"How do we know we can trust you?" Darcie demanded.

"Friend," it muttered.

Wants to be friends with the living

"Darcie, I think we can trust it."

Darcie set the child down. Kaylie started to follow the retreating form. Darcie quickly caught up to the child and put her hands on the her shoulders. The walker lead the girls towards the weapon tent. When a military zombie reached towards the girls, the walker leading them grabbed its arm and tore it right off its body. Kaylie reached up and grabbed Darcie's hands which never left her shoulders.

"This is a horrible idea," Darcie whispered to the child. "Let's just turn and run."

"No. I think we'll be okay. This thing is protecting us."

Darcie lifted Kaylie up. Kaylie wrapped her legs around the small of Darcie's waist and held tight around her shoulders. Darcie wrapped her arms around the kid's middle. She couldn't help but feel like they were marching to their deaths.

"Kaylie, I feel like we are being marched to our deaths, not a weapon tent," Darcie whispered to the child.

Kaylie wrapped her arms tighter around Darcie.