Chapter 9
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I hate Carol's husband. He's such a fucking asshole.
Carol was the woman that asked me if I needed water three days ago, and then he yelled at her for asking.
I threw the shirt down and stood up off of the rock.
"Stop talking to her like that!" I snapped, getting in his face.
Andrea and Jacqui, two nice women who I've met here, quickly pulled Carol out of the way.
"Get out of my way." He growled.
I brought my arm back and punched him as hard as I could.
"I'm tired of your bullshit." I snapped, watching as blood dripped from his nose.
He backhanded me and I stumbled back until I hit the ground.
Suddenly Shane ran over and started beating Ed to a pulp.
Lori helped me off of the ground and I glared at Ed.
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I watched as a Chinese man got out of the red Dodge Challenger, and seconds later a white van pulled in.
"Dad?" Carl asked.
My eyes landed on Rick and I felt something flood through me. Relief, maybe?
I shook it from my thoughts and watched as Carl and Lori reunited with Rick.
Dale walked up next to me as the Chinese man walked over.
"This is Danielle." Dale told him.
"This is Glenn." Dale told me.
"Hi." Glenn replied.
"Hi." I replied, giving him a smile.
"Sorry to like cut our conversation short, but we left Merle on a roof." Glenn told Dale.
"You what?" Dale asked.
"Great. Daryl's gonna kill us when he gets back." Dale mumbled after Glenn told him everything.
"Daryl? Daryl Dixon?" I asked.
"I believe so." Dale replied.
Another wave of relief flooded through me along with excitement.
"Where'd he go?" I inquired.
"He went on a hunting trip." Dale answered.
"You know him?" Glenn asked.
"Yeah. And Merle." I mumbled.
"I feel sorry for you." Glenn muttered.
"Daryl's not that bad. Merle, on the other hand... Don't let him around women and children." I replied.
Dale looked to Glenn before both of their eyes widened.
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I slowly turned my head, finding Daryl behind me.
I dropped the shirt I was washing before I stood up.
I walked over to him before wrapping my arms around him.
He didn't hug me, but that was okay.
He saved my life four weeks ago and I never got to thank him.
I pulled away and watched as he looked away.
"Thanks for the other day." I stated.
"Yeah." He mumbled.
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I felt tears surface my eyes as we began driving away from the quarry and leaving Jim behind.
He was bit - by what we now call 'walkers' - which were the monsters chasing everyone to eat their flesh.
Now we're off to the CDC and I'm a bit nervous.
I wanted nothing more than to go home to my family, but I needed to stay with this group to survive.
We also had a huge walker attack last night and we lost several people, including Andrea's sweet sister, Amy.
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Suddenly a ramp opened from the CDC and someone from the inside was talking to us.
I looked to Lori who was holding onto Carl for dear life while walkers began stumbling towards us.
We all entered the CDC and was met by a scientist- at least I hoped he was.
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I closed my eyes, feeling the needle go into my arm.
Admissions were a blood test, and I guess I couldn't blame him.
"Yer killin' her." Daryl stated.
"Am I?" Edwin, the scientist, asked.
"No." I answered, keeping my eyes squeezed shut.
"All done." Edwin stated after a few more seconds.
I opened my eyes, watching as he took the needle from my arm and I quickly stood up.
After me was Andrea, and she didn't look so good.
After her blood test, she stood up before falling over into my arms.
"Woah, woah. Are you okay?" Edwin asked.
Carol explained to him that we hadn't eaten in days, and I helped steady Andrea.
"We can change that." Edwin stated.
I smiled and helped Andrea over to a chair.
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I felt Shane's hand on my knee from under the table and felt it slide up my thigh.
I pushed his hand off of me, remembering him all over Lori a few hours before.
It pissed me off that Lori would be with a different man after her husband just came back a day ago.
It also pissed me off that Shane thought he could still get with me.
Everyone began going up to their rooms, and I quickly found Andrea and followed her.
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"You're leaving?" Andrea asked as I got up in the middle of the night.
"Yeah. I gotta get home." I replied.
"You're going alone?" She inquired.
"Yeah." I answered.
"Does Rick know?" She asked.
"Why does it matter to him?" I interrogated.
"He's our leader. Maybe he can get someone to go with you." She replied.
"Nah, I'm fine. It was nice meeting you." I replied.
"I hope you find your family. Good luck." She stated.
"Me too." I mumbled.
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I ran by the walker before feeling tears sting my eyes as I continued running down the dirt road.
It had been two whole days on my journey to getting home and I finally made it.
My anxiety began rising as I wondered if they were alive or what I'd see when I arrive.
"It's Danielle! It's Danielle!" I heard someone yell.
I smiled, watching Maggie and Beth run off of the porch.
"Thank God!" I exclaimed as I embraced Maggie and Beth.
"Did dad make it home?" I asked.
I looked to the porch, watching as my father stepped out.
I quickly ran up on the porch and hugged him.
"Hi!" Patricia, Otis' wife, exclaimed.
"I haven't seen you in months!" I replied, hugging her.
"We're so glad you're okay." Otis, my father's friend who also worked on the farm for many years.
I looked around, only seeing my dad, Maggie, Beth, Otis, and Patricia.
"Where's Annette? Where's Shawn?" I asked.
"In the barn, they're sick." My dad answered.
"Why are they in the barn?" I inquired.
"They're dead." Maggie mumbled.
"No they aren't. They're just sick." My dad replied.
"Are they.. Walkers?" I asked.
"Walkers?" Beth inquired.
"Those things wanting to tear your flesh off your body and eat you." I answered.
"Yeah." Maggie replied.
I immediately felt my heart stop and felt tears threatening to spill.
"They're fine, they're just sick until we find the cure." My father continued.
"No, you don't get it. There isn't any brain activity." I replied.
"There isn't any brain activity? If there isn't any brain activity why are they moving?" Hershel asked.
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SORRY ITS SHORT
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