Insanity (Carl Grimes)

~ C h a p t e r 2 ~

Quick Author's Note: Thank you all so much for the support on the first chapter! I wasn't planning on updating so early, but from many requests, I found the time to write this. I cringe at myself because I left off on a cliffhanger in Chapter 1 then I go and put in a flashback! Ughh I know, I'm sorry! But trust me, I think this will contribute to the story. The rest of this story is going to be sickkk, so please stick around and don't forget to leave feedback (:

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Songs for this chapter ~ Medicine (Daughter) // Dark Paradise (Lana Del Rey)

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"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity like is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

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I lean my forehead against the dirty window of the school bus I am currently on. The older woman who sits beside me hasn't spoken a word since we've been seated together. No one chose who they sat next to, and none of us questioned why. We were just shoved onto the bus with no comment added. Everyone must've been in shock like me. The bus was completely silent, and I think it was best that we kept it that way.

The bus has only been on the road for a couple of minutes. I had no idea how long it would take for us to get to this prison they talk about, but my head continued to pound against my skull. Bearing in everything that has happened in the last week seemed to be too much for me to handle. But when I try to close my eyes, all the horror comes back again. I try to hold back the sob in my throat as I open my eyes. Almost everybody on the bus was crying, but I didn't want any attention directed towards me, so I kept to myself.

I glanced up to the front of the bus. The guy who was also at Woodbury, Tyreese, was driving. He would look back at us in the mirror every now and then. I could only imagine what he was feeling. So many of our loved ones have been lost, and I bet he took the blame for it. When we made eye contact, he quickly darted his attention to the road ahead. Sasha, Tyreese's sister, was looking out the window as I have been doing. She was probably feeling the same guilt Tyreese was but didn't bring herself to look at any of us. Sitting beside her was Karen. She was hunched over with her head in her hands. I wonder if she was crying or just tired. Probably both.

Tyreese and Sasha arrived at Woodbury just before all the commotion started. I think they contributed to most of it. I could blame the death of my loved ones on them, but I feel no emotion towards them. Just yesterday, I was planning on killing them. But now? I barely felt anything.

I did feel little sympathy for Karen. She was a close friend of my sister's, and I was always very fond of her. I look back out the window to the wooded area. Karen was now the closest thing I have for family.

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Woodbury was the first shelter my family found. After two weeks of barely surviving against the dead, we arrived at the gates and begged for help. The Governor took us in, and we've been living here for about three years now. He seemed nice to my mom and all, but I've always had a bad feeling about him ever since we've arrived. The war against the jail brought out his true colors. Some of the residents wanted to leave, but the governor wouldn't allow it. My family seemed to stay out of the way.

My current family consisted of my mother, Ashley, Ana, and me. Ashley was my 19-year-old sister. Ana, on the other hand, was my twin sister. We weren't identical, but the resemblance was close. Our parents are divorced. So when the breakout started, I was forced to split with our father.