Chapter 7 Rick's First Walker Kill

In the morning after eating some breakfast, Morgan looks through the peephole and is able to see two walkers outside. He hands Rick, who was now wearing the same outfit as John, a wooden baseball bat to kill one of them and a crowbar to John to kill the other. Rick opens the door slowly, then starts to walk towards a walker sitting up against the fence, he asks Morgan one final time, "They are dead right".

Morgan replies with no hesitation, "Yeah, they're dead". Rick then slowly walks toward the walker, he swings the bat over his head, making a sickening crunch when the bat connected to the head, blood splatters onto rick face and shirt as a result.

Rick stumbles from the pain of his wound, at this time John had just gotten close enough to the walker. The walker turned around and started to try and grab John, but John evaded being grabbed and swung his crowbar hard against the head of the walker. The curled part of the crowbar dug deep inside the head of the walker killing it instantly.

They then walk across the street to Rick's house, Rick says, "My family is alive, or at least they were when they left".

Morgan says, "How can you know?".

Rick replies I found some of the clothes are missing, not a lot but enough to travel".

Morgan says, "Anyone could have come in here and stolen some clothes."

Rick says, "Do you see any picture frames on the wall", he opens a cabinet, "entire photo albums gone. Would a thief take those as well?

Morgan then says, "Photo Albums", then laughs, he explains, "My wife had done the same, I was packing weapons and survival gear and she was grabbing pictures and photo albums.

Duane says, "They're in Atlanta, I bet"

Rick asks, "Why there?"

Morgan says, "There was a refugee center there, a huge one they said before the broadcast had stopped".

Duane adds, "Plus they got that disease place."

Morgan interjects, "The Center for Disease Control, there they were working out how to solve this thing". Then Rick walks over to a closet and hanging on the door were multiple sets of keys, he grabs one of them, after explaining that the keys were too the police station, they all walk out of the house and get into Morgan's jeep.

After driving for about 20 minutes, they arrive at the police station and park in the back. They walk towards the back door and walk inside. Rick leads the way with a flashlight because the inside of the station was very dark.

They walk down the hall and go inside one of the doors, finding themselves inside the bathroom. Rick turns on the water and it is still hot because the station has its own propane system. They all get undressed and take showers inside each of the stalls, Rick shaves his beard and John does the same although his was way longer because of the time he had spent training.

After he had finished shaving, he was finally able to see his handsome face again, he looked to be about 23 years old. While they were showering, Duane singing and dancing around in the hot water. After finishing his shower, John dries off with a towel and puts his clothes back on, followed by the others a few minutes later.

As everyone had finished, they went to the armory, once they inside they see that a couple of guns are missing. Duane asks, "Hey Daddy, can I learn to shoot."

Morgan says, "Of course you're going to learn, I'm going to teach you to respect the weapon".

Rick chimes in, " It's not a toy, you pull the trigger you got to mean it, always remember that."

Duane says, "Yes Sir".

While inside John takes, a pump action tactical shotgun and a Colt M1911, and he also grabs a holster and puts it on his right hip, he also put on a bullet proof vest that had 10 shotgun shell holders on the left side and 6 pistol magazine holders on the top and bottom of the vest. John quickly loads 7 magazines and inserts one into the pistol before putting it in his holster, he also quickly loads his shotgun, then he puts tell shells into their spot on his vest along with the 6 pistol magazines.

He attaches a sling to his shogun and put in on his shoulder, he then helped Rick pack his duffel bag with the rest of the weapons leaving some for Morgan, before also packing the ammo into the bag. With them finished in the armory, it now being completely cleared out decided that it was time to leave.

They walk out of the building, Morgan packs his bag into his jeep, while Rick packs his bag into a police cruiser. They both say their goodbyes to each other and promised to be on the radio every day at dawn, Rick also said he would leave Morgan a trail, just in case he wanted to join them in the future.

A walker wearing a police uniform, walks up to the gate and starts banging on it, Rick seems to know this walker, so he goes over and shoots it in the face. With the goodbyes out of the way, they both start to drive off in different directions.