Daryl went to interrogate Randall. I sat in my tent contemplating about the future, everything that was gonna happen.
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(Intro)
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Lori poured water into a cup "so what're you gonna do? We'd all feel better if we knew the plan" Lori said "is there a plan?" Andrea asked "we gonna keep him here?" Glenn asked "he seems like a nice kid, probably just got caught up with the wrong people" I shrug "we'll know the answers soon enough." Rick responds as Daryl walks over "Daryl!" I waved at him. He did a small wave back as he walked over "boy's got a gang, 30 men. Heavy artillery and they ain't looking to make friends, they roll through here our boys are dead and our women.. they're gonna- they're gonna wish they were" Daryl said "what did you do?" Carol asked "had a little chat." Daryl responded "no one goes near this guy-" I cut Rick off "that guy. Has a name, it's Randall." He ignored me "Rick, Al what are you gonna do?" Lori asked "we have no choice, he's a threat." Rick answered "wait! They left him there, they probably think he's dead. There's a chance they won't go looking for Randall!" I said, Rick looked at me dead in my eyes "we have to eliminate the threat." His state sent shivers down my spine "you're just gonna kill him?" Dale asked "it's settled, I'll do it today." Rick then walked off with Dale "he can't possibly be serious, he's just a kid. Randall could help us" I said looking around "his mind has been made up y/n." Lori said crossing her arms 'sure it has.' I thought as I walked to my tent.
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I put all my weapons on me, I didn't want to carry a bag tonight. I walked to the cell where they kept Randall, I came with food and water "y/n-" Andrea was about to try and talk me out of it "he's your guys's prisoner, not mine." I open up the door "oh thank you so much!" He shouts "don't worry Randall, sit down." I say setting the food and water down. I brought orange slices with cooked meat and some broccoli and water. After Randall sat down "I picked out some foods I read that could help your body heal your wounds" I said cutting some of the meat "really? Thank you.." he smiled "y/n" I smiled back as I put the meat on the fork and raised it to his mouth, he ate it "did you make this? It's so good!" He says as I give him another piece "yeah, almost burnt down a tree" Randall laughed "a tree? At least it wasn't a house" we both smiled as we talked, I fed him and let him drink his water. Suddenly it got quiet "y/n! Daryl needs you!" Andrea shouts "got it!" I turn to Randall "I'll be back later" I smiled and got up "can't wait until then" he smiled back. After I exited the cell Andrea grabbed my arm "what is wrong with you? Rick said-" pulled my arm out of her grip "I don't give a fuck what Rick said. He's a kid, just like me. He doesn't deserve to be locked up like some animal, he won't do us harm if we just give him a chance!" I shout "y/n! You know that's not gonna happen." She glared at me, I glared back "I can't believe I chose to stick around with some heartless assholes." I muttered as I walked away 'killing someone after chaining him up and torturing him is so inhumane.' I thought before hearing carls and Shane's voice "this is grown up stuff all right- y/n? Where did you come from?" Shane asked slightly surprised "Randall, he needed to eat and drink some water-" Shane cut me off "your not aloud in there you know that." I shrug "so? I'm trying to keep the humane side of me, unlike you adults. Chaining him up, torturing him, only to kill him in the end? That's vile." Shane shook his head and sighed and walked over to the cell. Carl turned to me "what's he look like?" He asked "all beaten up, bruised, cut, he looks tired and hungry. They need to give that poor boy a break." Carl stood there staring at the barn "your not doing this alone Car." I whispered, Carl looked at me "alright" he shrugged.
After we managed to sneak in without them hearing us Randall finally spotted us "hey" he whispered. Randall smiled "that's a sweet hat, I'm Randall. What's your name?" he asked. Carl sat there staring at him stone faced 'damn, Carl play no games.' I thought "that sherif guy, that's your dad?" Randall asked "I like him-" I turned to Randal 'hom-' "yeah he's a good guy, I can tell" 'never mind.' "Your mom out here too?" Randall asked, Carl tilted his head slightly "you're- you're lucky you still got your family. I lost mine, y/n probably knows what I'm talking about. He-" he stopped when I glared at him "sorry. Hey I don't know what people have been saying about me, but I didn't do nothing. I swear." Randall said. Carl got up "your dad was gonna let me go till his friend started fighting with him" Carl started climbing down the ladder "it got pretty bad, I was kinda worried." Randall "my camp, we got lots of supplies." After Carl stepped away from under the ladder I hopped down "you help me, I'll take you and your folks back up to my people." I put my hand in front of Carl "that sounds like a trap, you told Daryl you had heavy artillery. You said that they would kill us, make the women wish they were killed. Are you sure we're walking about the same people?" I asked. Randall nods quickly, Carl grand my hand and lowers it. I look over to see Carl giving me a lion that said "give him a chance" I sigh and let him go. Carl kept walking slowly as Randall kept talking, suddenly the door opened "what the hell are you two doing in here?! What did you say to him?" Shane asked getting in front of us "what did you say to them?! Huh?!" Shane shouts "I didn't say nothing!" Randall says before Shane grabbed him and pinned him to the wall whilst holding a gun up to his head (kinky ahem anyway) Andrea started talking to Shane as Shane kept pointing the gun at Randall. Shane finally turns to me and Carl, Shane grabs mine and carls arms "get your asses out this door now! Let's go!" He says raising his voice. "The hell you doing?" Shane asked "please don't tell my parents." Carl said stepping away from Shane "Carl, y/n. That ain't cool man, you could've gotten hurt in there." I open my mouth to speak but Carl spoke first "we can handle ourselves." He said clenching his fists "let me tell you something." He got close to us "you do not go near him again, do you hear me?" Shane said before pulling back "dammit." He whispers "you won't tell my parents will you?" Carl asked "Carl, man. This- this ain't about getting in trouble, okay? A guy like that, he will say anything to you. He'll try to make you feel sorry for him, he'll try to make you let your guard down. You let your guard down out here, people die. Y/n you know this. It's what happened to col-" I cut him off "you don't ever bring him into something like this! We both know he would've joined with us, cole was as stupid as me." I glare at Shane. Shane sighed "just- do me a favor. Go find your ma. Go on." Shane said directing it to Carl. Carl grabs my hand and starts walking. Before we got any further Shane called out "Carl! Y/n!" Carl looked back "stop trying to get yourselves killed, damn" Shane said "unlucky you I was trying to kill myself even before the infection-" carl hit my side "what? It's true, it's how me and cole bonded" I shrugged. Carl continued walking with me not too far behind due to the state of our hands.
Before I would walk any further Carl stopped and tugged on my hand. I stopped and looked at his hand then to him "what's up?" I asked "you said you'd teach me how to defend myself with a knife a few weeks back, when do we do that?" He asked "why don't we do that now?" He smiled "yes!" He shouts.
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We stand in the clear field "alright Carl, here's a branch-" I cut a pattern into one sides of the branch (diagonal lines like small X's) whilst leaving the other half empty "now Carl, using a knife seems easy but it can also easily become dangerous for the holder." I handed him the branch "it's a stick-" "pretend, just until I can actually give you one of my knifes" I said holding one of mine before putting it back. I grab a branch "alright, hold it firm. Don't ever let it hang loosely, it'll slip and you'll cut yourself. If the knife was covered in walker blood then you would easily turn, after using the knife you clean it, okay?" Carl nods "now you wanna get in a position that you'd be ready to move anywhere in" I moved slightly "it can be subtle or if you wanna be dramatic like a comic superhero-" I posed like one of the hero's "it'll be over the top." I stand back normally "now, the way you hold the knife dictates how the person is gonna attack or how you'll stab." I bend my arm slightly "like this I can stab a walker that's behind me, wouldn't recommend doing it without looking. Holding the bald downwards for a crawler, upwards is just in general.-" Carl cut me off "when are we gonna get to the good stuff?" He asked "fine." I ran up to him and tackled him to the ground holding the non patterned side of the branch to his face "your dead" Carl looked shocked and angry "what?! You gave me no warning!" He said as I got off of him and helped him up "there are no warning to fights or battle Carl" I laugh "now-" all of a sudden he pressed the branch into my neck. I look down at it "wrong side, you're stabbing your hand car." I gestured to his hand, he looked down "no I'm-" I grabbed his elbow and pushed the knife away from me before I tripped him "never let your enemies trick you" I laughed "darn it." Carl mumbled.
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We kept going at it until he pinned me down 10 times in a row, he used different tactics. I smiled as he held the branch to my cheek "nice job Car." He smiled back "did I win?" He asked "for the tenth time in a row." He cheered as he stood up. I propped myself on my elbows still lying on the ground slightly "let's go to the others-" I stand up but Carl got in my way before I could walk "what- ohhh right! Almost forgot!" I said laughing. I grab out the knife that had my name carved onto it. I held my index finger up as for a second before grabbing out another one of my knifes and carving Carl's name onto it "and this." I grab the pocket watch with my initials and take it off of my neck before wrapping it around the handle of the knife "what's this for?" He asked opening it "just in case if we ever get lost or far away from each other for long periods of time, we'll never forget each other." I said holding out the on with his initials "oh" he smiled "thanks n/n" he said looking at the watch "anything for you Carl." I smiled at him before I walked to the others, Carl joined us a few minutes later.
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I stared at my bow 'wooden.. I could carve patterns..' I thought as I got out my pencil. Cake left somewhere as I continued drawing some lines. I managed to have hidden my name in the design, only when you to in horizontal is when you can see it. Now both my bow and arrows were branded by me. I got out my knife and started carving slowly and shallow. From behind me I heard Dale walking over "your on the side of saving the kids life, right?" Dale asked "I'm not sure anymore, the way Daryl had said it then the way he said it. It made it seem like Lala land as he tried to get Carl to untie him but when faced with an adult he made it seem like a horror movie." I explained "nobody-" I cut Dale off "he's two tongued." I got up "so you've decided to kill him?" I shook my head "I'm away from this discussion." I put the bow on me and my knife in its pocket before I left.
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I went up to Daryl's place, next to my tent. A few minutes later Carl shows up he looks at the dead corpses of the animals before walking over to Daryl's bike. He puts his hands on the handles and smiles before backing away. He lifted up the bags only to lift out a pistol. He looks around and closes the bag "watch's got there?" I asked from behind him. He turns around quickly "nothing!" He tried to hide it "a pistol.. sneaky. Don't worry I ain't gonna tell, your parents need to start letting you have guns if they want you to survive." I shrug, Carl smiles again "finally, someone who thinks right for once" he said before we went into the forest "where are we headed?" I asked "somewhere" he responded. We kept walking until we heard growling, I looked over to see a walked standing up straight and looking down. Carl jumped down and cautiously took a few steps forward, Carl rushed back. He stops when he realizes that it's stuck "Carl." I call out but he ignored me "Carl!" I call out a tad bit louder "don't. let's just leave it." I said looking around for anymore walkers. Instead Carl throws a rock at it, the walker seemed enraged at his action. Carl threw another rock "Carl let's go." I said tugging on his sleeve "stop that, you can go back." Carl said snatching his arm away from me "fine." I stood up and started walking away.
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I heard Carl yell out so I ran back, Carl was gone but the walker was still there. I walked by the walker "Carl!" I shouted following after the sound of snapping branches and crunching leaves. We arrived back at the house 'he was scared so he ran, he couldn't pull the trigger..' I thought as Rick and Lori followed Carl inside. He wanted to listen but I guess they didn't want him to "y/n" Lori said nodding towards the door and out the window at Carl "got it!" I went outside following Carl.
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I grabbed carls shoulder "Carl?" He turned to me "why didn't you take the shot? You sorta left the gun" I laughed a little "I couldn't, it's leg got loose and it grabbed onto me-" he stopped and looked at the ground "I'm sorry" the last words confused me "why're you sorry?" I asked "I was too weak to even kill a trapped walker" tears streamed down his face "you're not weak Carl, I couldn't even kill a crawler as my first kill. You just need time Carl. Everyone needs time" I smiled "we don't have time, we could die at any time" his tears started to stream down quicker "Carl.. your gonna be okay, you have all the time in the world. I've got your back. We're gonna get through this together." I hugged him tightly "what if I can't protect myself? I'll end up dragging others down" he clenched onto my shirt as he cried "Carl. You're a strong lovable boy, your not pulling anyone down. In fact your actually pulling people up, your dad kept going for you. He never forgot about you Carl. Every time he was close to reaching his end he thought about you and your mom-" Dale walked out of the house "damn." I whispered "now Carl, who did you have in mind when the walker grabbed you?" I asked "my mom, my dad and my unborn baby sister or brother, I think.." I smiled "then that's your reason, keep going for them. Even if other people don't make it. Remember who you're doing it for" Carl looked at me confused "who do you do it for?" I paused "you don't need to know that, just focus on your family." I smiled "alright, promise me you'll be by my side?" He asked "I can't promise but I can try Grimes" I smiled. Carl hugged me "thank you" he whispered before pulling away and wiping his tears quickly then looking around. I smiled 'I get to see a Carl no one else can' I smiled at the thought.
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I stood inside the barn, I stared at the man on his knees. I covered my eyes as he sobbed, the gun clicked. I felt angry at myself 'I should've voted to keep him alive-' suddenly carls voice rang out "do it, dad" I uncover my eyes and look over "do it." Carl repeats. Rick started to hesitate then looked at Shane. Shane walked over to Carl "are you kidding me? What's I say to you?" Shane asked taking Carl out of the barn. Rick hesitated before clicking the gun and putting it down "take him away. Take him away" I sighed of relief as Daryl picked him up and exited the barn. Carl kept looking at Rick 'that boy is something else.. jeez' I smile slightly. Shane kicks the barns door and walks away. Rick puts his gun away before him and Carl exit out of the barn. I sigh and make my way to the others. Everyone was awake and sitting around "we're keeping him in custody, for now." Rick finally says breaking the silence, Andrea gets up "I'm gonna find Dale" she says smiling. I smile too "Carl go inside." Lori says staring at Rick "now. Please." She adds, Carl goes into their tent.
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I had my bag from my tent already on me, I was ready for a hoard to show up. I was ready for any walker to show up, any person, anyone. As if on que I heard a scream. I stood up and got my gun "Tdog get a shotgun, now!" Rick shouted. Me and Rick rushed to the scream "y/n go back!" Rick shouted "all due respect Mr. Grimes but that sounded like Dale, I'm coming with." I responded as I pushed open the gate "Dale!" Andrea shouted as she ran over. Dale started screaming again. "Help over here!" I looked over and started running "Dale!" I shouted. They all started shouting, I stared at dales open chest. Nothing was processing in my mind, everything seemed faded and blurry. The shouts were muffled "Dale, please don't close your eyes!" I pleaded "please!" I shout "Dale!" Rick holds up his gun "no! He can make it! Please!" I shout. Glenn grabbed me from behind "NO! RICK PLEASE!" I screamed. Daryl took the gun "DARYL PLEASE DON'T! HE CAN MAKE IT! PLEASE" He cocked the gun "NO!" Glenn covered my mouth "sorry brother." "DALE!"