' what a mess ' i don't know how the heck those people survived two months doing this.
There was a single alert rope of tan cans tied to one...just a damn one exit.
One out of the possible many ways in and out of the woods surrounding this place.
And even that wasn't in the right place, too close that it won't matter if you know a walker is nearby, it would already be enjoying someone gut-deep in it.
No other alert defenses, no barricades, no strategy discussed, kids are allowed to wander wherever they want, adults and untrained women the same.
Chaos, i can't describe it much better, even Ciri had learned to be more cautious than them.
She was playing nearby with a new girl she met named Sophia. Her mother Carol sitting with them.
A kind pair of mother and daughter, their father not so much...i think i may have his face dented in if he spits while looking at me one more time.
The only thing stopping me is that i don't want his daughter to hate me and stop playing with Ciri if i did that.
It's been around ten minutes since that damn fight with Shane and now i'm being treated like some kind of infamous freak.
I mean, c'mon...i'd only kicked the guy.
Heck, he isn't even that likeable either if i'd gotten something from my discussion with Dale.
So why the fuck is everyone around stealing glances like i might take one of their shabby cars next moment and run away?
Thankfully it didn't take long for a familiar van to pull close, followed by two more Humvees following behind it.
That took the attention from me toward the new group that arrived.
Rick, being Rick. had shared the location of the camp inviting us after he talked to Morgan and Billy who had been worried after not hearing anything from him by dawn as discussed.
People here didn't mind having more people around after i stated that we have our supplies and won't disturb anyone.
I watched Ciri run to her sister and hug her, Morgan and Billy hugged Rick exchanging relieved smiles at seeing him and his family safe.
While Duan waved at me from afar with Jenny.
"Gotta say boy, didn't expect you to start a fight as soon as you made your entrance here" Billy strode in like he owned the fucking place coming to sit beside me.
"You heard?"
"Not in details but Rick hinted at it so...who is the unlucky one? Bet it's him" sharp as ever.
With a glance around he set his eyes at Shane who was glaring at us, standing beside Rick and looking anxious about something.
"And what is with him?" Billy asked me pointing at Daryl who was pacing restlessly around another van nearby.
"Long story, his brother caused some trouble to the group that saved Rick yesterday while they were scavenging in the city, and Rick had chained his hand up in the roof to a piece of metal.
shit happened and they had to run from walkers. The guy who had the keys to his cuffs dropped them in his fright but at least had the heart to lock the door to keep walkers out before following others.
Daryl is on his way to retrieve him with some guys...i was thinking about joining"
"No you won't, i will go talk to him...don't think that i don't know you haven't slept since yesterday, i will go talk to him. You have some rest" he patted me and walked away calling to Daryl.
"Hey, you good?" i looked up seeing Katniss walking to me.
A beautiful girl in clean and good gear armed with a bow and walking like a confident warrior?
She got the attention as soon as she got out of the Humvee, guess she's fated to be a leading figure.
"Nothing unusual" i took the bottle of water from her taking a sip, those bastards didn't even offer me that.
"Hmm, so how does it feel to be famous?" i looked to just confirm what she did, and yeah...
I felt weird seeing her hugging my arm suddenly and more so by her question, what has gotten into her?
This is Katniss, the only time she had ever acted this physically close to me was when i talked about my clan in that alley because of her guilt.
This is the first time we are this close while having a casual talk.
' I don't hate it, but just what is going on with her suddenly '
"Famous? Yeah...i'm practically showering in their affectionate gazes" A woman nearby had nearly her eyes boring a fucking hole from the moment i sat here.
Even Sasuke hadn't gotten that kind of serious gaze from a woman, scratch that...lucky ass had every female looking with heart-shaped pupils at him...me.
I'm confused here, am i adopted or is truly him?. Yeah i guess i got a heatstroke.
"You aren't serious are you?"
"About what?"
"Oh god! I thought your kind was only in shows...can't you recognize how that blonde girl there is staring at you?" She held her forehead chuckling.
What blonde hair? I looked up...
"Like i'm having her panty stripped to my head?" She laughed, genuinly. it was one of the few you can get from her.
"Really? I guess you aren't that perceptive in the end"
"You don't mean she is actually looking with some affection, right?" I looked up again to confirm. Chick was squinting at me like she was trying to achieve X-Ray.
No blush, no smile, nothing indicates a loving gaze...she even turned her head away and slipped into the RV.
"See?"
'Great, i'm missing something here'
Katniss was looking at me with lips open in stunned silence.
"Woah! Billy needs to know that"
"Wow wow wow you ain't going nowhere" i caught her before she slipped. No way i'm having Billy know whatever the fuck she realized.
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(3d pov)
Amy took another glance from the window while she fumbled around with a random book, holding it upside down.
This morning was really something, the new guy who came with Daryl...the supposed samurai.
He turned out to be really as Rick was told, strong.
Shane who used to walk like the king around here was being humbled with a mere wrist hold. after being literally kicked away
And while that was cool, it was something else that truly made him attractive.
Something superficial...he was a handsome guy, a strong and a very handsome guy.
She was practically nearly drooling after seeing him sitting on n a nearby log, putting his sword aside and taking off his jacket, that shoulder-sleeved shirt he was wearing underneath had exposed just how much muscles were hidden behind the clothes.
' tch, the first guy i liked and he is already taken ' she felt salty seeing him holding that new bow-girl and covering her mouth as they kept acting like a playful couple.
Dale comes in and she suddenly finds the table interesting, wasn't that nail a little out of place?
She talked any nonsense she thought of just to see him shaking his head with a knowing smile.
If the married woman nearby was already smitten by that pretty boy, he didn't really have anything to say.
The kid seemed at least approachable and reliable. He got that from the little girl's talk.
' As long as he doesn't come close to her and play with her feelings '
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"Make sure to keep yourself safe, call to me if you have troubles, and i will be there as soon as possible "
"You would make a great daddy but not to me boy. Now go and have some sleep before i tell Katniss. I will try to have what you asked for marked and recorded" taking his rifle Billy got into the van with the other four and waved lazily at Morgan and others.
' Am i doing the right thing here? ' sure, he wanted to protect those innocents here, but that didn't mean he would choose it if that resulted in Billy encountering his end due to him stupidly trusting the plot.
He rubbed his face going back to Katniss and helped her put their tent beside his.
She had already become acquainted with most women here in a short time and was planning to head to the lake with them and do some laundry.
Ciri hasn't stopped asking him to go there too since she heard about it from Sophia and thus he soon followed along, taking a few of his clothes to wash them.
"Wow!" The little girl exclaimed seeing the view.
Big lake with clear water surrounded by hills...a mesmerizing view of nature, it somehow reminded hip of their coan's lake.
"Beautiful place" Sasuke said to Shane.
Yep, the same Shane who he'd came close to breaking his hands, he has already apologized and the man wasn't that petty so after some talk with Rick helping they got things cleared between them.
Hopefully there won't be any more hard feelings.
"It is, kept our water supply satisfied for a long time" Shane soon left with Rick's son following him while Ciri who was sitting on his shoulders watched the place with a big smile waving at her new friend who wasn't far off.
' i still have around 5 empty water tanks alongside the other 9...guess i will need to have some free time and refill them ' as usual, looting things were the way to go.
They would be leaving soon anyway and water was necessary.
"You know the rules" he put Ciri down and said to her. Katniss and Jenny were with other women nearby doing their laundry.
"Yep, stay near you and Katniss, no stupid adventures and no eating random things" she recounted, hands on hips puffing her cheeks which showed that it isn't her first time repeating this line.
"Good, off you go" he clapped and she ran with Sophia to a nearby spot.
"Guess it is only us here buddy" He turned to Duan, the kid was always polite and funny.
He had been asking Sasuke to teach him how to use swords, picturing himself moving like Sasuke and cutting down walkers like vegetables.
But Sasuke refused and instead gave him a stick and showed him the basics.
He wasn't ready yet for sharp tools but the basics are okay for him and after Morgan helped him explaining it Duan promised to take his practice seriously.
Taking a nearby shadowed spot, he started practicing swings the way Sasuke showed him.
Morgan was resting back in the camp with old man Dale and Jim after Sasuke promised to look after his family down here.
Taking a close look around Sasuke's eyes paused briefly, looking at the man sitting and smoking in the back of a car behind the women who were washing clothes.
He then turned to another spot and put his basket there, took soap and started hand washing the clothes that got sweaty and bloodied in the past few days.
He got hundreds of other clean sets on his seal but letting those in this dirty state didn't sit right with him.
Katniss and others looked in his direction saying something then laughing which confused him.
But what took his attention was the duo having a hushed and tense conversation some place ahead.
' Sure buddy, of all the women around it had to be your best friend's fucking wife ' he shook his head just for a wet slap to attract him.
That asshole just tossed a wet cloth at one of the women there and was trash talking to Katniss.
"Yeah, i'm bashing it in"