One less man

-Hey Glenn, take this too, in case an emergency happens-

Andrea, trying to put up with her bad smell, shoves her gun into Glenn's pants.

She is wearing a white robe, her hair still in a blonde ponytail.

-When we achieve it, be ready for us to take you, we will knock on the door-

Rick, who is in charge of driving the truck, talks to the others.

-And what do we do with Merle Dixon? -

T-Dog asks.

-Here you go, release him and then we will go together, if he tries to cause a problem as before, we will leave him, there is no other way-

Daniel speaks, he nods to Rick, who takes off his gloves and hands the key to the handcuffs to T-Dog, he agrees with what Daniel said.

They then continue to cut Billy to smear his blood and organs.

...

Minutes later, when they finish doing that, they go out the back door where they killed the two Walkers.

Glenn, Rick, and Daniel walk slowly so as not to drop the organs or shake off the blood, and also to better blend in with the Walkers.

All 3 look like newborn babies covered in dark red blood and organs, but not touching their skin, that can be dangerous.

Daniel looks at the other 2 and then starts walking towards his destination.

Now comes the moment of truth, a Walker was 6 meters from Daniel, nervous and with both hands holding his golf club, Daniel walks towards him.

Upon reaching 3 meters away, the Walker detects him, like a dog, he seems to be sniffing the air, his nose points towards Daniel and he seems to see him, although his eyes are lifeless white.

The Walker approaches slowly, he does not show a lust for meat, he is doubting what his senses tell him.

Rick and Glenn stand next to Daniel with their hands on their weapons, Glenn has the combat knife that Daniel lent him and Rick the emergency ax, the 3's foreheads were sweating with nervousness.

The Walker was 1 meter from the trio, stopped for 5 seconds, then turned left and continued walking aimlessly in search of fresh meat without knowing that his food was in front of him.

Daniel sighed in relief when the Walker left, he heard Rick and Glenn sigh too.

Now, with the camouflage properly checked, Daniel walks slowly towards the street acting as if he is dragging his legs.

There were hundreds of Walkers walking the streets, it would be normal if they were people in a big city, but they were meat-eating Walkers who destroy you in seconds if they see you. It is a chilling sight, only a madman would dare to walk among them, or perhaps a genius ...

They keep walking and find a great variety of Walkers, Walkers in business clothes, ballet dancers, basketball players, builders. Some Walkers were missing an arm, others have it broken, some crawled on the ground ...

The 3 crawled and went under a bus that blocked the entire street, they kept walking if you don't pay attention to them, they would look like real Walkers if it weren't for their clean faces.

Thunder is heard, Daniel looks up, there is still sun, but on his head there is a passing cloud that seems to be about to rain water.

-We must hurry, it will rain-

Daniel whispers those words to them and begins to accelerate his pace, the rainwater will clean the blood that is in their bodies, if that happens they will have no escape but to fight against hundreds of hungry Walkers.

Most of the Walkers that passed by had their skin very discolored from the decomposition process, with cuts or missing skin.

A Walker accidentally bumps Daniel's shoulder and looks at him in confusion, Daniel acts as if he does not care and continues walking fast, the Walker tries to follow him because he felt something strange but in the end he does not rush because his basic instinct, the only thing he has , tells him that it is nothing.

He starts to rain, which Daniel was afraid of.

There is only 30 meters to go to the open-air parking lot for the Ferenc delivery trucks. There is a 2 meter high wire fence surrounding it.

But those 30 meters seem to be the longest that Daniel has traveled in his entire life, because he is putting his life at risk here, his heart beats fast and the blood circulates through his body giving him adrenaline.

There are 23 meters to go, but the Walkers seem to become suspicious, the rainwater dilutes his smells of death and the smell of alive and the heat of him is being visible.

There are 18 meters to go, very bad, a Walker throws himself on Daniel and tries to bite him.

Daniel turns his body around and gives him a terrible blow to the right side of the head, the Walker's head flies off. This didn't happen before, but that Walker was soft, or that's what Daniel felt when he hit him, he didn't seem to have hit bones.

"They run in a straight line now !! There aren't many in front of us !!"

They were 16 meters away, the road in front of them there were only 6 Walkers, but the others began to surround them from all sides, they had to hurry or get locked up.

The 3 run quickly with full adrenaline.

Rick splits a Walker's head, top to bottom, it was spectacular.

Glenn thrusts the combat knife into one Walker's eye and kicks another.

Daniel hits Walkers on the head, one knocks him down to the left, another to the right, left, right, kicks another, dodges one and kicks him in the legs, knocking him to the ground.

Glenn kills 4 Walkers with the knife, one in the side of the head, another in the jaw to the brain, another dodges it by crouching, and pushing it, another stabs the knife in the forehead.

Rick is not far behind, with his emergency ax he kills 6 Walkers, cuts the neck of one, dividing his head, another 2 were together and divides their heads from left to right, one in front of him throws himself on top and hits him with the blunt edge, destroying his head, in the air pushes him to the left. Another tries to bite him from behind, but Rick hits him with the fine, round tip, stopping his attack and then twirling the ax to split his head.

They managed to get in front of a 2 meter wire net, Daniel, look back and see Rick and Glenn get well, he throws his golf club over the wire net and jumps, grabbing the top edge, then with the momentum He climbs his right leg to the other side and jumps down, lands well and then removes his bloody clothing.

Rick and Glenn, who jumped in next to him, did the same, Rick went straight to the truck and Glenn was looking for the keys.

Daniel withdrew his Glock pistol from its holster, took aim with a concentrated stance, and began firing at the Walkers climbing the wire net.

He continued shooting until Rick and Glenn called him out, he killed 10 Walkers still has 2 bullets left in the magazine.

Daniel gets into the passenger seat of the truck, Rick drives, and Glenn is sitting in the back.

Just as he closed the door, a Walker who passed the wire netting smashed the glass on Daniel's side and his bloody arm grabbed his jacket.

Daniel is surprised, but reacts quickly and shoots 2 times against the Walker's chest and head, killing him.

-Come on, quick !! -

Daniel yells, there's no more time left, Rick steps on the gas and they back up quickly.

-Are you okay?-

Glenn asks Daniel, Daniel unzips his jacket and observes, he doesn't have any scratches or wounds, the Walker doesn't go through his jacket.

-I'm fine-

Daniel closes his jacket and sighs in relief, if he had a wound in that area there would be no chance of survival unless he cut the affected area, but how do you cut the chest without killing yourself?

The Walkers in front of them break through the wire mesh and come towards them.

Rick brakes and then accelerates forward on the clear road, they escaped ...

Daniel exchanges the empty magazine of his Glock for a full one and leaves the pistol in his holster, now he has no more bullets left… except for Merle's pistol. Daniel checks the magazine and discovers 13 bullets in the gun he took from Merle. He then he has 26 bullets still.

Merle's pistol is not the same caliber as Daniel's Glock, he can't just remove the magazine and use it on his pistol.

-There are too many, they will not be able to leave! -

As they drove Glenn began to panic.

-Glenn, take it easy. He talks to your colleagues and tell them to get ready in front of the lift doors in the clothing section, which is in front of the store-

Daniel calms him down as he watches the streets, looking for something.

-Wait, I don't understand, how are we going to drive them away? -

-With noise, enough to attract those Walkers and there it is-

Daniel points to a red 2009 Dodge Challenger. Rick stops next to him.

Daniel comes down with the backpack on his shoulder, there is no Walker near him, almost everyone is gathered.

Daniel approaches, and with the grip of his golf club, breaks the passenger window, the alarm begins to sound very loud.

Daniel opens the car door and leaves his backpack on the passenger seat.

-Glenn! Give me your screwdriver! -

Daniel yells at Glenn for the screwdriver he was wearing in his pants. Glenn hands it over and continues to cover his ears over the loud noise of the alarm.

Daniel opens the bottom of the steering wheel and the colored cables are revealed, Daniel connects the cables correctly and the car starts, then closes it again and leaves the screwdriver in the glove compartment.

Daniel's father taught him how to connect the cables in case he ever needed it for an emergency. And now he served her.

Daniel's father always taught him that knowledge is good as long as it is useful, such as basic car repair, lighting a fire, building a makeshift shelter, and more.

Daniel breaks the rest of the glass in the window, cleans the seat with the few that remain, closes the door, and leaves while he signals Rick to go find Glenn's group.

Daniel drives through the streets attracting the attention of many Walkers with the noise of the alarm, he drives well, his father taught him to drive when he was 14 years old and this car was only fast but easy to control.

Daniel goes ahead of Rick, he knows this city well, he comes every weekend before the Walkers appeared, he walked around this city and went to cinemas or parks with his grandmother ... Daniel misses those days.

With the alarm ringing in all the streets, Daniel passes in front of the shopping center where Andrea's group is and begins to skid in the street, going round and round creating a small white smoke.

The walkers around the door where the group is located stop and begin to move towards him the sound of the car alarm.

Daniel speeds up and the red 2009 Dodge Challenger slowly pulls off the road with the Walkers following.

Daniel looks back to see that he is following him and continues to accelerate slowly and drive the Walkers away from the group.

Daniel hears the sound of a honk and accelerates, leaving all the hundreds of Walkers running towards him frustrated and hungry.

Daniel looks at the fuel gauge again, it is almost full, the fuel does not run out fast with him he thought earlier.

5 blocks later, Daniel sees Rick's truck go by, uses the parking brake, and skids around the corner, turning nicely, and then accelerates, passing Rick and out of town on the freeway.

When he sees that there are no Walkers on the great national road, Daniel stops the car in the middle of the road, gets out and opens the hood of the car.

-Are you OK?-

Rick stops next to him and asks with the window down.

-I'm fine, but I need Andrea here for a moment-

Daniel turns off the alarm and closes the hood of the car.

-Did you need me for something Daniel? -

At that moment Andrea comes down confused.

-That's right, I want you to drive the car to your camp, I'm tired from before-

Then he asks Andrea to nod without seeing any problems.

Daniel talks to Rick and tells him that Andrea was going with him, after getting into the car in the passenger seat with his backpack on his knees.

Andrea opens the door and sits in the driver's seat, the car was already on, Andrea accelerates slowly.

-It's a little different from my previous truck, this accelerates very easy-

Andrea talks to Daniel as she slowly increases her speed.

-Seriously?. And what vehicle did you have before? -

Daniel knows that she is a civil lawyer, so she must earn a lot of money.

-A 2009 Toyota Land Cruiser, if I had known that all this would happen I would not pay my bills haha-

Andrea laughs at something trivial now.

-Haha yes, no more accounts payable, loans or taxes to worry about-

-At least there is something good in all this, I had not thought of it that way, I am almost always negative, imagine, of a lawyer who does not even know how to prepare a meal to have to survive in the forest-

-I imagine how difficult it must have been, who would think that one day the world as we know it will end-

Daniel pulls his hair back and ties his hair into a little twisted ponytail.

-By the way, you can not answer, but what did you do before, I mean how did they survive? -

Andrea asks in doubt, Daniel the skillful one to fight and make quick decisions, Rick was also good with weapons, but still there were only two people, he couldn't understand how they survived, they both seemed to be a bit lost because if not, they won't go to horse through the middle of a city full of Walkers.

-Okay, it's not a secret anyway ... Only yesterday I woke up from a coma, according to another person who informed me, about two months have passed since I went into a coma, so I did not experience the onset of all this mess and I don't know how most things are.

But of something I am sure, I escape from the dead thanks to a person who took care of me in the hospital where I was staying, although I did not see that person, I know that he took care of me, for that I am extremely grateful and I hope one day to be able to pay it, for now I will concentrate on living, for those whom I have lost and will never see again-

Daniel reorganizes his thoughts for a moment and then talks with his gaze into the distance of the landscape outside the window.

-Wow, I can't believe it, and I thought she had a bad time, she must have felt horrible right? Waking up in a lonely place, with no one to help you and in an unknown world where you don't know if it's a dream, as well as losing the people you love in the process.

I do not understand, I will not say that I feel the same as you, but I also lost my parents a few years ago, we do not have a grandmother so we only have each other, my sister Amy and I-

-I'm sorry about your parents, at least you have your sister-

-You're right, if it weren't for her my world would now be dark ...-

There was a somewhat awkward silence where no one knew what to say.

...

-Hey ... have you ever thought of breaking the rules that you studied so much? At least once? -

-I don't know ... I was always busy thinking about something else, my job was almost everything so now that I've lost it it feels strange-

-I think it's a new beginning for you, now you have new opportunities more than just your job-

-I like how you think-

-Andrea, accelerate to the bottom, the maximum speed of this car-

-I take back what I said before-

-Come on, like I said you stress at work because it was the only thing you thought all the time and you didn't have the opportunity to have fun. This is your chance to do it without anyone stopping you and without disturbing anyone.

Do it now, accelerate !! Come on !! -

"Okay! I just have to speed up right ?!"

Andrea accelerates with fear in her face. The route is straight and unobstructed making it perfect for racing when not busy. That was almost impossible before all this.

- Come on !! Accelerate more !! -

"I'm doing it !! I'm doing it !!"

Andrea screams as they pass the speed of 200 km / hour.

Her face is scary, it was never so fast in her life. But a great emotion was rising within her. The adrenaline was kicking in.

-Yeah !!!!! Wooow !!!! -

Andrea and Daniel shout excitedly feeling the air pass by their sides and the landscape becoming blurry.

After a couple of minutes they calm down and Andrea starts to slow down.

-That was very exciting! -

Andrea, with heavy breathing and a big smile, speaks to Daniel, the speed is now fast but only normal on a highway. An accident could occur if she continues to speed up.

-See, I told you-

Daniel isn't breathing heavily but it was fun.

The closeness between the 2 increased in this brief interaction.

-Hey Andrea, did you live here in Atlanta? - (Daniel)

-Yes, my sister lived in a nearby town and I was bringing her to her first day of college when we were involved in cases of infected and soldiers killing civilians- (Andrea)

-It must have been horrible, luckily they escaped- (Daniel)

-Yes, it was thanks to Dale, but I don't want to talk about that anymore if you don't mind- (Andrea)

-No, it's fine, only if you feel comfortable-

That must have been a very bad experience, Daniel doesn't ask him more.

While they were in comfortable silence, Andrea enters a dirt road into a stone quarry, according to what she says on the sign they passed earlier.

While the stone quarry is in the middle of a lake, Daniel and Andrea skirt the path in a circle to reach the top where Andrea's group is.

Daniel can see in the distance a motorhome on the highest part of a stone mound.

A flash of light is reflected above the motorhome, although Daniel does not see what it is, surely it is a tool to look far away, or perhaps they are pointing a sniper at him.

-Do you have a sniper? -

Daniel asks Andrea first.

-No, but we have a hunting rifle, it was the one you saw Merle use-

Andrea wonders why Daniel talks about it, not knowing that a flash in the distance could cause his death, if he really was a sniper.

The sunset was beautiful, Daniel appreciates it, before he did not stop to enjoy these moments. It was only a few minutes until dark.

Daniel looks back, Rick's truck can be seen in the distance, Andrea was a little slower to wait for them.

Crowds of people gather at the end of the road lined with trees, tents and other vehicles.

Andrea stops and gets out of the vehicle.

Daniel uses the screwdriver in the glove compartment to quickly open the control panel and then disconnects the cables, stopping the car's engine because it is missing the keys. He then he leaves his backpack on the seat and also goes down the passenger door.