I wake up to the smell of smoke as I do everyday, I quickly get my duffel bag, gun and knifes strapping them on myself before leaving my little house, I go to the fire just outside which is keeping THEM away making sure it will keep burning when I get back from my run. I sneak around the corners of the city buildings running towards the small Walmart hoping THEY won't be here, I open the door going in and rushing to the back where i hid all the food and water. Again looking around I unzip the duffel bag filling it with several different caned foods. I walk back out of the store and begin my journey home but, I get stopped by THEM the evil THINGS that now live in our world. After the years that have pasted I have gotten less scared each time after time, I get out the large 44 magnum before aiming it at IT and shooting. This doesn't bother me anymore killing THEM, after all it's them or me, it has been for the last couple years. I ended up getting back home just before dark but something happened. I took off all of the weapons strapped to me and get in bed but, I hear yelling and screaming just a little way away from my house, then I hear gun shots. Instead of grabbing just my 44 Magnum I grab the mini gun and shotgun. I sprint out of the house not bothering to change or check the fire, I follow the noise avoiding THEM as I run. Finally getting to the source of the noise I take a second to look around seeing several people and two kids, one boy one girl. I start shooting at THEM until I hear a little boy scream, I turn to look at the little boy who was pined on the floor by one of THEM before I run and tackle IT stabbing it in the head. I grab the boy and pull him into me so his face is nuzzled in my chest. I begin speaking to him in a softened tone "your gonna be ok, I'll help clear THEM out so you can get to your parents, OK?" He nods slightly. I continue killing THEM until there all dead but the boys keeps crying "CARL" a voice yells out sounding desperate "that's my mum, can you take me to her" Carl tells me I nod then muse an agreement "her names Lori" Carl informs. I keep Carl hugged to my side while walking "CARL PLEASE" the voice once again calls out " Lori, he's right here" I say in a flat tone still hugging Carl to my side, she begins crying and thanking me over and over as well as his dad whose name I don't know "keep him safe from the walkers, for all we know he could save us all" I say as I begin walking away "WAIT! What's your name" a man with a crossbow calls "For now all you need to know is that I'm a shadow." I say then run off before they can ask me anymore questions.
Rick, Carl, Daryl, Carol, Glenn, Lori, Shane, Andrea, Tyreese, T-Dog and the rest all look in the direction of which the girl went in "we owe her our life" Carl says out of the blue, then Rick says "from this day on, if we ever see Shadow in danger, we save her. If we see her with no weapon or food we give her some. She saved a lot of life's today including my son's, we owe her a great deal" What they didn't know was that I was there, I always was and always will be. I saw Sofia die, i saw the CDC blow up, I watched Lori give birth to Judith, I watched the fight with the Governor, I watched Carol go badass in Alexandria but most importantly, I watched Carl grow up. He saved the world with his sister and the remainders of the group and that is because. I am nothing less then a Shadow
