Chapter 6 - Onwards to Making a Fortress!

Climbing out of the barn I made my way to the RV to get some shut eye. On the way I see bobby, Daryl, and Merle dragging the one kid Shane killed in the woods. He was never bitten neither was shane in the show yet they turned into walkers. So there was something going on there but later on in the show you died you stayed dead.

Just I remember when the doctor at CDC said everyone was infected. With trace amounts of the virus in their blood streams lying inactive. So that seems like a plot hole to me, but oh well I guess. After dealing with the kid and sleeping, Glenn, Rick, and T-Dog came back. Rick had a bullet in the left shoulder but other wise they we're fine. Deciding I let my team know what i found in the barn I call them together.

After about two hours I explained the barn and about the soldiers coming. I had to watch Daryl and Merle slug eachother though. Since Merle was screaming "I'll gut those fuċk! What if they tried feeding us to them!" After that was done I explained, that sometimes people have kept dead bodies of family before. So likely one of those walkers was family, to keep them company however.

They lured and stuffed walkers into the barn to do just that. Hershel likely will be extremely mad once he learns I killed his wife and pets. But keeping them wasn't healthy for the man to do. It would of eventually costed him his family and more his own life. Sooner on in the morning the lost soldiers arrived at the farm. Everyone wasn't so surprised but what their leader did. Even I was surprised at, him and his squad all faced me and saluted with a loud hoorah.

"Second Lt. Chimera! I'm Sergeant Major Brandwell these are my men. Welles, Wilson, Brady, Carmen, Higson, Cromwell, and Johnson. Thank you for giving us a chance to join a group we lost our old one. It was over ran by the undead after someone opened the gate."

"Your welcome Sgt. Brandwell, this is my group from Merle, Daryl, Glenn, Rick, T-Dog, Lori, Andrea, Jacqui, Morales, Dale, and Carl though the kid got shot is being treated. The ones who mainly live here are an old man and his family."

Speaking of old men Hershel came out since we we're making a racket. Otherwise he says that the kid is fine and will pull through, Rick and Lori sigh happily. That everyone sat around a bone fire eatting some marhmallows and Maggie and Beth singing. Bobby and Hershel playing some instruments making the occasion lively.

Even have the kid Randall joining us after I said bring him out of his hole. Which the kid is enjoying himself. While I had one of Brandwell's men draw blood from everyone. After going to a local abandoned CDC and stealing everything. To eventually help set up our own lab somewhere. Surprisingly Higson was an army doctor so I set up some equipment and had him study the blood. Since we sorta skipped the CDC episode, I wanted to get everyone on the same page.

After a while Higson returns, with the reports on everyone. While I'm giving Jim, the man who was bitten another delay shot but it'll keep him alive. Without it for at max four days before he needs another one. Higson sorting through the reports coughs to get everyones attention. Getting all eyes on him he begins to speak about what he found and read over.

"Looking at the files and using equipment from the CDC second Lt. Chimera got. I found out that in all of our blood is the virus reanimating people. Just its lying in an inactive state however, when one of dies. For any reason at all we'll reanimate as a walker. However, luckily second Lt. is working on a cure it seems. Just as of now its a delay of sorts, so you'll turn if you dont get it after an amount of time."

With that the festive mood dies down, but thats disturbed by a hooded figure walking up. with Two armless walkers on chains guiding them along. Before anyone can do anything I hold my hand up high. To let our new friend introduce themselves, though I know its Michonne.

"You all seem to be having a great time here... mind if i join you? The names Michonne by the way."

With that she pulls off her hood, showing the figure of woman. Who's tired and worn out but a fighter with cold eye's watching us. Before anyone can say anything I motion her to join but tie up her pets. Everyone one was cautious at first but later warmed up to the modern samurai. Which Andrea and her seem to have really hit it off like in the show.

Calling Welles over I ask if its possible to fly the helicopter they brought. To look around for a sturdy place thats fortified. He agree's and later that morning is seen flying off with Brady to look. While the rest of us do chores or maintenance, I've convinced Hershel if anything happens. To join us and leave the farm if it falls to the walkers.

Later that night after Welles and Brady returned reporting about a prison a few miles out. The undead over ran the farm but we lost no luckily! So a few days later after escaping the farm as it burned. We all met up at the prison, and a place I'm determined to clear out. Turning it into a town as I replace the wire fencing, making this a future settlement permanently.