Lost

Raelee’s P.O.V

I was sitting in the car, with my parents, Carl, Carol, and Sophia, as we watch cars go by, and I sigh to myself, we just came from the CDC and it was a dead end, and there is no cure, so I guess we’re gonna have to keep on keeping on “Just thinking about our trip to the Grand Canyon with Carl. ” Mom says and me and Dad start to laugh “I don’t remember that.” Carl says and I looked at him “No, you wouldn’t. You were just a baby.” I say to him, I was like 5 years old, when we went on that trip “Besides, we never made it past Fort Worth.” I continue “No, you got sick. I never knew a baby could throw up so much.” Dad says and I grimace, “Ugh, don’t remind me.” I say to him “The doctor in Texas said you’d live. Then we turned around and drove home.” Mom says and I smile at the memory, you can’t good memories like that anymore “That sucks.” Carl says “No, it was a good trip.” Mom says “The best.” I say “Can we go see it? The Grand Canyon? I’d like to.” Carl says and I looked over at him “I would too. Can we go?” Sophia asked “We’d never go without you and your mom. That’s a promise.” Dad says and I smile

FLASHBACK

“Okay, mom, I’ll be careful.” I tell my mom as me and my boyfriend Daniel walk out the door, and we get in his car, and he starts to drive away from my parents house, as me and him are gonna go out on the town. The ground had some snow on it, so it will be a little slippery, so Daniel will have to drive safely, and slowly, cause the last thing I want is to get into a car accident. Me and Daniel were talking and I heard a song playing faintly in the background, and then all of sudden, I see this white van swerving “Daniel!” I exclaim, and the white van crashes into us, all I saw was black, just pitch blackness.

I woke up and all I saw was just white, and I look over to see my parents, and Carl “Hey, baby.” Mom says and I smile and I sit up “What happened?” I ask my voice raspy “You got into a car crash.” Dad says and I look down, and then I remember Daniel “Is Daniel okay?” I ask them and Dad shook his head “He died on the spot.” He told me and I look down at my lap again, and I felt arms wrap around me, and I see my little brother hugging me, and I hug him back “Rae, the doctor told us, that you have no blood type.” Dad told me and I sigh, “Yeah, it’s true.” I say to him, Yeah the real reason I don’t have a blood type, is that I’m adopted, and when I was in the 6th grade, there was a blood drive, and the nurses couldn’t take my blood, since I don’t have a blood type “Why didn’t you tell us?” Mom asked me and I sigh “Cause, I didn’t think it will be a problem, those fucking doctors don’t a blood transfusion, I’m still alive, I’m still here.” I say, there is no way, that anybody can give me blood, since I don’t have a blood type

FLASHBACK

I saw the RV just stop out of nowhere as, we were on this highway, and I sigh to myself, and we all get out “I said it. Didn’t I say it? A thousand times. Dead in the water.” Dale says “Problem, Dale?” Shane asked “Just a small matter of being stuck in the middle of nowhere with no hope of-- Okay, that was dumb.” Dale says and I sigh “If you can’t find a radiator hose here...” Shane says but Daryl cuts him off “There’s a whole bunch of stuff we can find. I can siphon more fuel from these cars for a start. Maybe some water. Or food.” He says and I shook my head “This is a graveyard. I don’t know how I feel about this.” I say and everyone looks at me “Come on, y’all. Just look around, gather what you can.” T-Dog says and we started to look around and I walk by and saw a lot of dead people in the cars, and I sigh, and I then saw a car that clothes in it, and I sigh in relief and I grab them “Lori, under the cars. Carl, Sophia, get down now.” I hear my dad say “Rae, get down.” My told me and I get under the cars, and I hear footsteps, and I realize it was walkers and I put my hand to my mouth to try not to scream, and I look over to see my brother, and he looks terrified, I put my finger to my lips as a sign for him to stay quiet and he nods and I felt my heartbeat go faster, as I keep seeing feet go by ‘Oh, god, when is it gonna end?’ I thought and then I saw the last of them go by, and I sigh in relief, and I saw Sophia pop her head out and she screamed, as I saw another walker ‘Shit!’ I thought and I saw her get out from under the car, and she ran off and I widen my eyes, and I saw my dad get from under the car, and so did my mom, Carol, and Carl “Raelee. There’s two walkers are after my baby.” Carol told me and I covered her mouth so she doesn’t make the walkers come back

Daryl, and my dad went back out there to look for Sophia, my dad had to distract them, and I guess Sophia ran off and now they have to go look for her again, and he sent Glenn and Shane back over to the Highway, where I guess that we are stuck on. I put my hair up in a ponytail, and then I hear something from Shane that made me a little pissed and just like what the fuck dude? “Why do you think I’m prepping my new ride? I’m leaving.” Shane says and I grew angry, “Leaving?” Mom asked confused “As in gone for good. Gonna quietly slip away first chance I get.” Shane told her and then starts the engine to the car, and I hear something on the radio “The emergency alert system has been activated. The Office of Civil Defense has issued the following message: Normal broadcasting will cease immediately. This is a civil emergency...” The radio says “Is that a local signal?” Glenn asked and I look at him “It’s got to be within 50 miles of here.” I say to him “Avoid anyone infected at all costs. Remain calm. Help is on the way. The emergency alert system has been activated.” The radio says and Shane turns it off and I sigh “Asshole.” He says and I walk off

I was sitting by the rail of the highway that leads into the woods, and I see Carl talking with mom, and I sigh to myself, and I saw Dad and Daryl come back without Sophia, and I lean back on the railing and I sigh “You didn’t find her?” Carol asked “Her trail went cold. We’ll pick it up again at first light.” Dad told her and I nod to myself “You can’t leave my daughter out there on her own to spend the night alone in the woods.” Carol told my dad and I look at her “Out in the dark’s no good. We’d just be tripping over ourselves. More people get lost.” Daryl told her and I nod “But she’s 12. She can’t be out there on her own. You didn’t find anything?” Carol asked about to get pissed, and I went over to her “I know this is hard. But I’m asking you not to panic.” I tell her trying to calm her down “We know she was out there. And we tracked her for a while. We have to make this an organized effort. Daryl knows the woods better than anybody. I’ve asked him to oversee this.” Dad says and I look over at Daryl and he had blood on his pants “Is that blood?” I ask him and he looks down at his pants “We took down a walker.” Daryl told me and I look back at Carol “There was no sign it was ever anywhere near Sophia.” Dad says to her “How can you know that?” Andrea asked him “We cut the son of a bitch open, made sure.” Daryl told her and I sigh, ‘That is disgusting’ I thought “Oh God. How could you just leave her out there to begin with? How could you just leave her?” Carol asked my dad, Oh hell no! She is literally blaming him, what the fuck? “Those two walkers were on us. I had to draw them off. It was her best chance.” Dad told her “Sounds like he didn’t have a choice, Carol.” Shane told her “How was she supposed to find her way back on her own? She’s just a child. She’s just a child.” Carol says and she sat down on the rail, and my mom went over to comfort her “It was my only option. The only choice I could make. I’m sure nobody doubts that.” Dad says and he walked off, and I sigh sadly “My little girl got left in the woods.” Carol cried, and I then walked off and I walked into the RV

Dad put this arsenal, that Carl had found, down on a hood of a car, “Everybody takes a weapon.” Dad says and everyone grabbed a weapon except for me, since I’m carrying my gun “These aren’t the kind of weapons we need. What about the guns?” Andrea asked and I roll my eyes, bitch shut the fuck up! “We’ve been over that. Daryl, Raelee, Rick and I are carrying. We can’t have people popping off rounds every time a tree rustles.” Shane says and Andrea looks at me pissed off to hell, and I glare at her and roll my eyes “It’s not the trees I’m worried about.” She says and I sigh loudly “Say somebody fires at the wrong moment, a herd happens to be passing by. See, then it’s game over for all of us. So you need to get over it.” I snap at her and she glares at me and I glare at her back, I’ve always hated Andrea, she’s so bitchy, and I don’t fucking wanna hear your problems, like okay I get your sister died, but you don’t have to be a bitch to everyone “The idea is to take the creek up about five miles, turn around and come back down the other side. Chances are she’ll be by the creek. It’s her only landmark.” Daryl says and I nod “Stay quiet and stay sharp. Keep space between you but always stay within sight of each other.” Dad says “Everybody assemble your packs.” Shane says and I got my gun ready and I walked over to the railing, and I waited for the group

Why did my parents decide to bring Carl with us? I mean he’s so young, but I guess kids are gonna have to grow up in this world, so I guess this is good for him. We stopped at this tent and I looked over at Carol “She could be in there.” Shane says and I sigh softly “Could be a whole bunch of things in there.” I say and Dad looks over at Carol “Carol. Call out softly. If she’s in there, yours is the first voice she should hear.” Dad told her, and Daryl went over to it slowly “Sophia, sweetie, are you in there? Sophia, it’s mommy. Sophia. We’re all here, baby. It’s mommy.” Carol called out, but nothing and Daryl unzipped the tent, and there was this horrendous smell and Daryl was in the tent for a long time “Daryl? Daryl?” I call out and then he walked out “It ain’t her.” He says and I furrow my eyebrows “What’s in there?” I ask “Some guy. Did what Jenner said. Opted out. Ain’t that what he called it?” He says, and then I heard church bells, and we all started running

We continued running, until we were at the church, and we were at the front doors, and I open them, and I saw four walkers, and me, dad, Daryl, and Shane went in and I got out my pocket knife out of back pocket and I stabbed the walker in the eye, and it fell to the ground dead “Shit.” I say, and then I heard Shane telling Dad about how this church has no steeple and then I heard the bell ring again, and we all ran out just to see a recording and I pull it out of the box “Dammit.” I say “A timer. It’s on a timer.” Daryl says and I saw Carol go back in and I sigh and I went back in as well and I sat down next to her “Father, forgive me. I don’t deserve your mercy. I prayed for safe passage from Atlanta and you provided. I prayed for Ed to be punished for laying his hands on me and for looking at his own daughter with whatever sickness was growing in his soul. I prayed you’d put a stop to it, give me a chance to raise her right, help her not make my mistakes. She’s so fearful. She’s so young in her way. She hasn’t had a chance. Praying for Ed’s death was a sin. Please, don’t let this be my punishment. Let her be safe, alive and safe. Please, lord. Punish me however you want, but show mercy on her.” Carol says and I smile sadly

“Y’all gonna follow the Creek Bed back, okay? Daryl, you’re in charge. Me, Raelee, and Rick, we’re just gonna hang back, search this area another hour or so just to be thorough.” Shane says and I look at him, wait what? Why am I being separated from them? “You’re splitting us up. You sure?” Daryl asked “Yeah, we’ll catch up to you.” Dad says and I look at him “I want to stay too. I’m her friend.” Carl says, and I look at him, and I widen my eyes, and mom agreed, which I think is stupid, because he should be going with her, and I saw dad give mom his gun, which she refused, but Daryl gave her an extra, and then the group left

“I don’t know if you’re looking at me with what? Sadness? Scorn? Pity? Love? Maybe it’s just indifference. I guess you already know I’m not much of a believer. I guess I just chose to put my faith elsewhere. My family, mostly. My friends. My job. The thing is, we-- I could use a little something to help keep us going. Some kind of... acknowledgment. Some indication I’m doing the right thing. You don’t know how hard that is to know. Well, maybe you do. Hey look, I don’t need all the answers. Just a little nudge. A sign. Any sign will do.” Dad says as I was in the doorway of the church, and he started to walk out and I walk out as well “Get what you needed?” Shane asked “Guess I’ll find out.” Dad says and we left

We ended up in the woods, and I saw this deer, and I smile slightly, you can’t ever get good shots of nature, when the world is over. I see Shane raise his gun ready to shoot it, but then I saw Carl walking slowly over to it, so I had to stop Shane “Shane.” I whisper and he looks over at me, and I point over to Carl and Carl walks over to it, and he stared at it, and all of a sudden I hear a gunshot, and the deer fell to the ground, and so did Carl ‘Oh my god!’ I thought “Oh no. No. No, no, no, no!” Dad yelled, and him and Shane ran over to him, while I was stood frozen in place, he can’t be dead, can he?