Never alone Again (Carl Grimes X Male Reader Oc)

I looked around the corner so I could see the street. I've got to stay close to the houses, but I can't go around the back. Unfortunately, it would take too much time with all the picket fences I would have to climb over. I took out my knife as I left my katana back inside. I need to move and be able to react fast. It wouldn't be good to use my katana for that right now.

I started walking forward towards the street as I crouched down a bit. I peeked around the corner and noticed one of them standing a few feet away from me, looking through the window to see inside. I quickly pulled my head back and got ready. Within a second, I turned the corner and raised my knife. I wanted to quickly sneak up on the person, but something snapped under my foot, making too much noise. The person noticed me but instantly raised their gun at me.

My eyes widened and I wanted to get out of the line of sight, but it didn't matter. I looked the person in their eyes, and mine suddenly widened. "You're out here with a knife?!", Carol said as she lowered the scarf from her face that was covering her mouth. "I gave my gun to Carl and Enid so they could protect themselves", I said, still being glad it was Carol I ran into. "Here", she said as she turned the gun around. "But what about you?", I said as I took the gun from her hands. "I got more", she said as she pulled one from behind her back.

Of course she does..

I checked the gun for the amount of bullets inside, but Carol suddenly spoke up. "Where are you going", she asked in a hurry. "I need to make sure Morgan's safe", I replied. Carol narrowed her eyes at me knowing this was the second time. "Hunter, who is that man to you?", she suddenly asked. I sighed not sure how to answer, but..

"He's my uncle", I spoke up looking at the ground. I could see Carol's eyes widen from the corner of my eyes. "Why didn't you tell us?!", she whispered almost out of anger. "I don't know, okey?", I replied almost returning her anger. Carol suddenly sighed. "Let's go", she said as she turned around and started walking. Without questioning her, I started following her, being a bit in shock of her sudden reaction. "I'll get you close, but I'm not going inside. I'm gonna make sure I can save as many people as possible". "Is that why you were looking through the windows?", I asked her. "Yes, I haven't found Rick yet, or Michonne, or Deanna for that matter, but they're gonna be fine. They have to be".

With that, we stopped speaking and made sure no one would sneak up on us. I looked around me, and Alexandria looked like a slaughterhouse. It was complete chaos, but it did quiet down a bit. I think most people are already dead.. "Go down there, make sure Morgan's safe. The keys are on the outside downstairs", Carol suddenly turned around to look at me. "You're gonna stay down there until this is over, you hear me? I don't care how strong you think you are, we cannot lose you". I let her words sink in, but I slowly nodded after. "I will", I replied. "Go! I'll get you when this is all over".

I turned around and made my way down the stairs. It didn't take me long to reach the bottom, but before I did, I heard voices coming from down there. I slowed my pace a bit to try and get as close as possible without getting noticed or making any sound. I could hear Morgan, so I'm glad he's still alive. But I didn't recognize the other voice. I turned the corner as silently as possible and raised my gun to the back of the man's head, pulling back the hammer. "Hunter, don't!", Morgan suddenly said my way. I looked at him confused as the man raised his hands up. "He is one of them, they don't deserve to live. Have you seen what they did out there?", I replied now actually wanting to pull the trigger. "If you pull that trigger, you're just as bad as them!", Morgan almost shouted back. "You should listen to him", the man in front of me suddenly said sarcastically.

I kicked the back of his knees, making him kneel to the ground, keeping my gun pointed at his head. "Stay down", I said with a threatening voice as I looked around for the key. It didn't take me long to find them, and I walked towards them. I threw the keys towards Morgan before speaking up to him. "Get yourself out of those cuffs and tie him to the bars", I said to Morgan clearly not agreeing with keeping him alive. "Thank you", Morgan said as he nodded.