《Love In Hell (D.D.)》1.1 "Hey Dad"
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Atlanta .On a rooftop.
I took a sip of my water bottle and looked over to Glenn who was focused on something.
Then i walked over to him and asked confused "What are you looking at?"
Glenn pointed at a truck.
Walkers were surrounding the truck, trying to get inside of it.
I raised an eyebrow, confused "What's so special about it?"
Glenn "someone's trapped in there"
I nodded "poor human"
Glenn nodded "I know"
Then i looked at Glenn "what about the radio?"
He looked at me confused "what?"
Me "The radio. Maybe you can reach out to the person who's trapped in there"
Glenn thought about it before nodding "it's worth a shot"
He connected the radio with the truck's "Getting comfy in there?"
I rolled my eyes but smirked.
The guy "Hello? Hello?"
Glenn "You got me wondering"
Guy "Where are you? outside? can you see me right now?"
Glenn nodded"yes, we can see you. you are surrounded by walkers - It's the bad news"
Guy "and the good news?"
Glenn shook his head "there's no good news"
He turned to me "Go to the others"
Me "are you sure?"
He nodded "yes"
I nodded "good, be careful"
Then i walked over to the fire escape and climbed down to a window and climbed through it. I walked down the stairs to a door and knocked on it.
Andrea opened the door while aiming a gun at my head.
I raised an eyebrow "you gonna pull the trigger?"
She lowered the gun.
Jackie asked confused "Where is Glenn?"
I walked inside and Andrea closed the door behind me "he wanted to help some guy who got stuck in a truck"
Andrea raised an eyebrow, confused " Why would he help him?"
Me "Because there are already enough Walkers trying to kill us"
Then the door opened.
Glenn and the guy walked in.
My jaw dropped when i saw who that guy was.
Andrea grabbed him and pointed a gun at his head "You son of a bitch!"
Me "Andrea! let go of him. Please "
T-Dog warned "Back off, Andrea"
I shook my head "don't hurt him"
Andrea "We are dead because of this stupid asshole"
I yelled "That "stupid asshole" is my father!"
They all looked at me, shocked.
Andrea let go of him.
I smiled at him "Hey, Dad"
Dad looked at me shocked "Ken?"
I nodded in tears before hugging him.
He hugged me dad.
Me "I thought you were dead? Shane told us that you didn't make it"
Dad shook his head "Well, I'm not dead"
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Andrea "Enough with the chit-chat."
I raised an eyebrow at her tone.
Glenn "We need to go"
We all nodded and walked out of the room and downstairs to the department store.
I froze when i saw tons of walkers trying to break through the double glass doors.
Andrea looked at dad annoyed "you just rang the dinner bell"
The glass was starting to crack.
Me "I think we should probably leave now"
Jackie "Can you reach the others?"
T-Dog turned the radio on but the only thing heard was static.
Me "Maybe we can get a better signal on the roof"
Suddenly gunshots were heard.
We all groaned annoyed "Was that Dixon?"
Me "This guy is so shit"
Then we rushed upstairs to the rooftop.
I opened the door and we walked to him.
He was shooting at walkers that were on the street.
I yelled "Dixon! We aren't in Call of Duty, for fucks sake"
He turned to me " calm your panties, sugar doll. Just taking my anger out"
I rolled my eyes, annoyed.
T-Dog "You just wasted bullets we ain't got, man"
Merle snapped"I'm not gonna take orders from you. I don't think so, bro. "
T-Dog raised an eyebrow "Got something you wanna tell me?"
I T's hand, holding him back "come on, T. He's not worth it"
Merle snarled "I'll never take orders from a ni**er"
T-Dog went to hit Merle but Merle blocked the punch and instead punched T in the face.
Dad tried to push Merle off T-Dog but Merle punched Dad in the face who tripped back.
Andrea yelled "Dixon!"
Merle punched T-Dog against the floor.
I yelled "Stop it!"
He was kicking him over and over again.
Then he took his gun out and held it against T-Dog's head.
Andrea shook her head "no. please. no"
Merle glared at T before spitting on him.
I growled, walked to my dad and took his handcuffs off his belt.
Then i walked to Merle "Hey, Dixon!"
He turned to me.
I kicked him in the balls and he crunched down to the ground, groaning.
Then i handcuffed one of his hands to a pipe.
Merle yelled "the hell are you doing?"
I helped T-dog up and gave him the keys "Take them. "
He asked confused "why ?"
Me "Because i might throw them over the rooftop"
He nodded at me and growled "Let me go you, lil Bitch"
I kneeled down in front of him "You think you are the boss here? you think you're better than anyone? your wrong, asshole. There are no races anymore. There are only humans and Walkers now. And believe me, i will throw your ass off this roof down to the walkers. So don't test me"
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Merle snarled "Screw you, whore"
I got up and walked to my dad.
Mere yelled after me "come back here! you Bitch! set me free!"
I rolled my eyes and showed him the middle finger.
Glenn walked to us "We are trapped"
Jackie shook her head "maybe not."
We looked at her confused.
Jackie " Buildings like this one have tunnels. In case for earthquakes and other nature catastrophes. They lead to the subways"
Glenn raised an eyebrow confused "how do you know that?"
Jackie sighed "It is my job...was"
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We looked down at the entrance of the tunnel.
Glenn "It's the only thing in the building that goes down"
Dad looked at him "You've been down there?"
Glenn shook his head"no. i mean, who wants to?"
We all thought about it before looking at Glenn.
Glenn eyed us before sighing annoyed "oh. great"
Andrea assured him"We will be right behind you"
Glenn shook his head"no, you won't"
Andrea raised an eyebrow "Why not ? think i can't?"
I nodded "I'll going with you"
Dad looked at me and shook his head "no way"
Me "Glenn and i are the fastest, dad. "
Dad looked at Glenn "speak your mind"
Glenn "Look, she and i are going in and out with no problems. First time we bring the group: Everything goes to hell"
I added "no offense, guys "
Glenn "if you want me to go down this hole, fine, but only with her or alone. It's tight down there. If i have to run or something i have to be fast. "
He pointed at dad "not you. You know how to use a gun.. I need you to watch the doors and cover our asses"
Then pointed at Andrea "You too. "
He pointed at Jackie "You stay here. If anything happens yell to get us back up here"
Jackie nodded.
Dad nodded "okay, everybody knows their job"
I looked at Glenn, nodding.
Glenn nodded "Stay behind me. You need to have both our backs. You and your knifes"
I nodded.
Glenn put the flashlight in his mouth before climbing down the ladder.
I climbed down after him.
Then we started to walk into the tunnel.
Suddenly i heard someone yell.
Glenn stopped and turned to me "do you hear that?"
Me "It's Jackie"
Glenn "oh god, what happened now?"
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Glenn and i rushed over to the group.
I asked confused "what happened?"
Jackie panicked "The glass broke"
I sighed "fuck!"
We all rushed back to the rooftop.
i asked dad "Dad? you okay?"
He nodded and pointed at a truck"We need to get to that truck."
Glenn shook his head "We'll never make it past the walkers"
Dad "You got me out of the tank"
Glenn nodded "Yeah but they were distracted. They were feeding"
Me "easy. Let's throw Merle off the roof, let the Walkers chew on him while we get that truck "
Merle yelled "You are a pain in my ass, sugar doll!"
I shot him a look "Good"
Dad "Can we distract them again?"
Glenn shrugged"I don't know"
Dad "They come by sound, right?"
Glenn nodded "Yeah. like dogs. you give them a sound they come"
Dad "what else?"
Me "They see and smell you"
Andrea "And when they catch you they eat you"
Dad raised an eyebrow "They can tell us by smell?"
I nodded "mhmm"
Andrea "They smell dead. We don't. Pretty distinct"
I looked at dad and could already tell what he was up to.
Then i shook my head "oh hell no"
They all looked at me.
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We were on the first floor. Dad and Glenn were covering themselves up with clothes. They walked out to the dead walkers, grabbed two and carried them back inside.
Me "oh god"
Dad took an ax and rammed it in the walker's body.
Me "Oh my god"
Jackie put a hand over her mouth "gross"
Dad "now you need to cover yourselves with it. Don't get any blood on you skin or eyes"
Glenn was going to throw up.
Dad "think about puppy and kittens. "
T nodded, disgusted "Dead puppies and kittens"
Glenn lost it and threw up.
I put a hand over my mouth.
Andrea asked dad disgusted "That's evil. What is wrong with you?"
Dad sighed"I'm sorry. Do we smell like them?"
Me "Glenn's reaction says it all"
Andrea gave Glenn a gun.
Dad "When we get back be ready. "
T "What about Dixon?"
Me "You got the key, man. I'll go with you"
T nodded.
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We walked out on the roof.
Suddenly we heard an alarm .
I looked over the edge and down to the streets.
The alarm was coming from a car. Glenn was driving the red Porsche around.
Me "I think that's the sign"
Merle "Then let me go"
T-Dog took the key out of his pocket but tripped and the key fly in a gully cover.
He froze, panicking "no,no,no,no,no"
Me "Bad day, Merle."
Then i grabbed T " Come one, T., let's go"
We rushed to the roof door.
Merle yelled "Come back, you ni**er, you lil Bitch!"
I yelled back " it's called Karma, you son of a bitch"
we rushed through the door and to the stairs.
T stopped and turned around.
I raised an eyebrow "T-Dog?"
T-Dog blocked the door so that no walker could get through.
Then we ran down the stairs and to the garage.
Andrea and Jackie were there.
Andrea "what is that?"
She was hearing the car alarm.
Me "The distraction"
I took my knife out"open the gate"
They opened it and we all got in the truck.
Andrea"Where is Merle?"
Me "Still up there"
T-Dog sighed guilty "I dropped the damn key"
Me "and where is Glenn?"
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