Chapter 8

SHINGG! SHINGGG!!

Logan sat on a rock while sharpening his axe, after a while he inspected it before he put it beside him and unsheathed his Kopis and started the same process.

SHINGG! SHINGGG!!

While doing so he was also watching his surroundings. Jim took a rest since he said he had something to do. While Morales was with his family, while Shane was mostly watching the perimeter, he was acting different since the night yesterday, 

Apparently he beat the sh*t out of Ed for hitting Carol, that guy seems to be in delusion. I doubt he had any contact with a walker from up close before. The guy beat his wife and probably his daughter too just to make himself feel better. 

But he's just a wimp deep inside, he was scared of Logan yesterday. Now, he got beaten by Shane.

Jim also wasn't feeling well, apparently he was digging a hole a little further from the camp. Dale saw him and told the others that Jim was acting weird, and that he ignored him when he offered to help.

Shane after hearing that  went to talk to him, but the guy got agitated and attacked him. Shane easily subdued him and told him to rest after giving him some water since the guy had a fever.

The others were mostly together namely Dale, the women and Morales, the kids were playing a bit away from them, Shane went back to keep an eye out, while Jim is where Shane left him, Ed was taken to his tent by Carol and left him to sleep.

Logan, after taking care of all of his weapons, looked at his watch, it's 7: 12 PM, he stood up and went to his van.

A few noticed, Dale and Morales went to him.

"Are you going somewhere, son?" Dale asked, looking at Logan who started his van.

"The others are taking too long, I want to make a quick trip down, see if they're alright?" Logan answered.

"I can come with you." Morales offered.

"No, you should stay here, you, Shane, and Dale are in charge of protecting the camp since Jim's not alright, especially since it's almost dark." Logan said and Dale nodded.

"He's right we can't all leave to search for them, just be careful out there." Dale gave him a nod while moving out of the way.

"Take care, and don't let your guard down. I may have gotten rid of those Walkers, but some could have slipped." Logan gave them a last warning before driving away.

"...Got it." Dale said after watching him leave.

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The women noticed him leaving and Andrea, Lori, and Amy came to the two and asked where he was going.

"Where did Logan go?" Andrea asked, seeing the guy driving his van.

"He said that he wanted to check on the others since they were late, and the sun's almost down.." Dale informed them.

"Alone? Isn't that a bad idea, shouldn't Morales at least accompany him?." Lori and Amy looked at each other and Lori asked.

She is worried about Rick, so seeing that he's going to check on them, he should take more people with him.

"You don't need to worry, if anyone can take care of himself the most, it's Logan." Morales assured.

"He's right, the guy knows what he's doing. Besides, we can't leave the camp unprotected." Dale agreed with him.

Everyone returned to what they were doing before

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Logan drove down the road until he reached a gas station with many abandoned cars, since he needed to refill his fuel tank before he ran out of fuel. 

After taking enough fuel, he decided to explore the place quickly with a large sack on him. Hopefully he can salvage some goods from there.

Looking at the store from the windows, he couldn't see anything since it was covered in a lot of dirt, taking his recently sharpened axe in hand and opened the door,

Ring!

"Urghogh!..."

"Gurogh!..."

Four walkers attacked, Logan quickly dispatched the first one by cutting its head in half, then tripping the other and crushing its head by stepping on it, the last two were also taken down similar to the first one.

Looking around he noticed two vending machines, he took the axe using both hands and with a single strike, the glass shattering it.

SHATTER! SHATTER!!

He quickly grabbed everything inside each vending machine, after collecting everything in the large sack. He left. 

<×××××> 

His ride took less than 20 minutes. But to his surprise, after a U turn he met with the others running up.

"..." both sides stopped for a moment before he stepped out, and they hurriedly approached him.

Logan looked at the four who were all sweaty, clearly they had been running for a while now.

"Lost the truck?" Logan finally said.

"No sh*t." Daryl said, still thinking about the possibility of Merle being the one who stole the truck and going to take revenge on the camp.

"Have you seen the Truck while you were coming?" Rick asked, still exhausted.

"No, but I took a stop in a nearby Gas Station, so maybe it slipped while I was there" Logan asked, since the Truck is lost, they must've been running for at least two hours, and they will need more than 2 hours to reach the camp, which is at night.

"Sh*t! We have to hurry back. Is there enough space in your van?" Rick asked.

"Two in the passenger seat, the other two have to squeeze into the back with my stuff." Logan said.

He went back to the van as he rearranged some stuff to allow Glenn and T-Dog some space to sit in.

After everyone got inside, Logan drove as fast as possible.

<×××××>

They reached the camp at night, Logan and Daryl were the first to come out, followed by Rick, T-Dog and Glenn. All of them armed.

Logan was faster than Daryl to reach where the campfire is, the others noticed that they're back and stood, at that moment Amy came out of the RV asking if anyone had any toilet paper.

Logan instinctively turned to her direction and his eyes widened,

A walker!

He took action the moment he saw it, and with a swing of his hand.

FWOOSH!!

The Axe flew toward the walker which had grabbed Amy by hand and was about to bite her.

SPLASH! THUD!!

The Axe was faster than the walker and Amy was saved, but she got some blood splashed on her face.

"AHHHHH!!!" 

Everyone jumped and took action, Shane, Rick, Daryl, T-Dog, and Glenn started shooting the Walkers that were coming from the woods while the women and kids gathered beside Dale, Morales and Jim who were ready to fire at any walker that came close.

"AMY!" Andrea freaked out and ran to her sister who was on the ground as three more walkers emerged from the other side of the RV, Logan was faster, as he reached the walkers with his Kopis in hand before it attacked Amy and with a swift move he cut the first's head in half then turned around and kicking the second with a round kick which cracked it's head, and finally piercing the last one.

The fight continued as more walkers came out from other directions too, the women accompanied by Dale who carried a rifle along with Morales and Jim who got handguns and shot any walker coming close.

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After all the walkers were dead everyone gathered together in the middle of camp, most of whom were arguing.

Shane was yelling at Rick for taking most of the men in the camp which would have costed them if Logan didn't bring them back, since they found out that Rick and others went through a few delays like finding that Merle cut his hand and escaped from the roof, and how they meet another group named Vatos which were a gang taking care of the elderly whom were abandoned  at the nursery home.

"Alright. No more fighting!" Logan was tired and irritated from all their fighting, and decided to forcefully end it. Since most of the group were mentally exhausted and scared.

Apparently Ed was the only casualty in the camp, the guy was still in his tent when the walkers attacked and was the closest to the woods.

Amy was still crying in her sister's embrace since she almost got bitten, Andrea too was still frightened from almost losing her sister.

"What happened, happened. Nothing will change that." Logan said in a firm tone.

"But they-" Shane who was still mad was about to start again, but was silenced by a glare from Logan.

"Blaming and fighting each other will only bring us more trouble. For now some should stay up and guard the place, the others should rest." Logan turned to the others.

"Yeah, everyone needs to get some rest, we can talk in the morning." Rick agreed.

"Who's gonna stay watch?" Glenn asked.

"Me, Daryl, T-Dog, and Shane." Logan said as he picked.

After everyone agreed, the others went to get some rest, some tried.

Logan instructed the others what to do, T-Dog and Shane would stay inside the camp, while he and Daryl would search the woods.

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