章 40: Loss

After a lot of time, he managed to climb up to the mouth of the well using the mound of dead walkers. Just then did he realize that the sun was already up. He peaked up from the well and saw there were still a lot of walkers roaming the farm. The roof of the barn had fallen down, but the fire was still razing it. Then his eyes fell on the RV. He looked around and found the way clear except for two walkers in the side.

He quietly stepped out of the well and stealthily started walking towards the RV while crouching. He sticked himself to the wall and peeked slightly. A walker was walking slowly in his direction. Damian waited for it to cross him. Just as the walker reached the turn, Damian quickly dragged him and stabbed him in his head through his back and quietly laid it on the ground. He then walked to the RV. But he suddenly stopped moving as a walker appeared from the RV. It was coming towards Damian but wasn't groaning at him. Damian waited for it to come closer but before that, a rustle in the trees nearby attracted that walker's attention as he turned towards it. Damian looked at the direction to see if there was still someone alive but only found a squirrel quickly climbing up on trees. Damian shook his head and reached the gates of RV.

He knew that someone died in the RV yesterday and was reluctant to approach it. But there was no other means to leave the place. He climbed up on the RV and saw blood and body organs spilled all around the place. He showed reluctance for a bit but couldn't do anything but walk on it. As he entered inside, he quickly closed the gate to the RV. Looking around, he didn't find anyone else on RV. He climbed up and walked to the driver's seat to see if the keys were there. They were there.

Just as he sat on the driver's seat and touched the key, he heard a low groan from the back. He turned around and saw a hand from there. He took a deep breath, stood up and started walking towards the walker. As he came closer and closer and more of the body got revealed. Slowly, he kept walking and then suddenly came to halt. His body got paralyzed for a moment. He felt like he lost all his strength and would fall down any time. His lips started mumbling but no voice came from his mouth. His eyes started watering down as the walker grabbed his leg. He felt like his soul left his body as he watched the walker struggling to pull itself to bite his leg. Damian closed his eyes and sat down on the walker's level.

The walker was none other than Amy, whom he had seen last morning when he left the note on her shirt. Half of her face had been bitten off by the walkers. So was most of her chest. One of her hands was missing as well. She couldn't come near Damian because her leg was stuck on the broken chair. Damain looked at her one last time as all his memories with Amy flashed in his mind. The time he saved her. The time she would worry about him and the time they kissed, he remembered all of it. But Amy was gone now, he told himself as he pulled out his knife and inserted the knife through the walker's temple. The walker stopped groaning and lied there motionless. Damian sat there like that for a while before he stood up and looked at himself. He saw blood all over his body. He went near the sink and opened the tap. He splashed water on his face, cleaned his hands and took off his shirt.

Just then, the gate to the lavatory opened slightly. Damian got alert and pulled his knife. Then a head slowly came out looking towards the entry gate. Then, it turned towards the direction Damian was in and seeing Damian, standing there, the person almost let out a scream. Damian quickly closed Kayla's mouth with his hand and pushed her inside.

"Shh... it's me, Damian. It's me", he said as he tried to calm her down.

Seeing Damian there, she calmed down a bit, allowing Damian to remove his hand. She quickly hugged him tightly while sobbing.

"Oh, thank God. Thank God. You came to save me. I thought everyone was dead", she said as she wept on Damian's chest.

"No. I think they got away safely", Damian said.

"They left us behind", she said as she accused the group.

"That's not it. It was such a situation where you'd have to look out for your own life", Damian said. "How did you get here in the RV?", Damian asked.

"Shawn had gone outside and wasn't back. Then suddenly, the walkers attacked the farm. Others ran towards the vehicles, and I joined them. Amy and I were on the RV when she drove it to here. Oh no... Amy!", she said as she looked at Damian desperately.

Damian shook his head with sadness. "Oh, god", she said and started crying again.

"Look. We can both cry later. First, we've to get out of this farm. Rick and others must've gone back to the highway. I'm sure. Let's just hope they're still there waiting for us", Damian said as he walked to the front. He saw a gun in the corner of the kitchen area and picked it up. He checked it and found it unused.

"It was mine. Amy gave it to me. But I couldn't shoot them. I got afraid", Kayla said.

"Don't worry about it", Damian said as he put it on the front as he started the engine. The sound of the RV pulled the attention of all the walkers towards the RV, but Damian already put his foot on accelerator and the RV drove off the farm.