Just a little thing I did on Tumblr, I am thinking about expanding it a little. (Reviews definitely help me make that call...)
Obviously I own nothing whatsoever, outside of awesome merch, so no infringements are intended.
Carol drove that dusty hatchback just long enough to get Rick out of her rear view mirror. She knew deep down that she would not be able to hold it together with him in her eyesight. She put the car in park and got out to dig around in the back looking for a map. Now that she would be on her own she had to think different. She needed a plan. She needed to think like a Dixon.
"Hey! Don't leave without me!" the front door to a house Carol had past flew open and Sam came running out. "Hey!"
"Shhhh!" Carol spun to face him and try to quiet him quickly. Immediately she pulled out her gun and scanned for threats.
Sam approached her with his hands up. "Please don't leave us behind." He asked softly.
She dropped her gun slightly and began to laugh. "Me? Leave you behind?" She shook her head slightly,"You have a map in here?"
Still slightly cowering he pointed toward the front of the car. "Its a little outdated but there is one in the glove compartment."
"Ok. Get in, and we'll talk." Carol slammed the trunk and holstered the gun.
Sam climbed into the passenger seat quickly, "So are you going to take us with you?"
Quick and to the point Carol delivered a truckload of news on the poor boy. "Anna didn't make it. Rick and I found her, we did't think you made it either, i tried to get him to wait, but…" She took a deep breath and dove further in, "I was just asked not to return to the prison. Rick believes I did something that he feels is irredeemable. I know this is a lot to take in, but you have to decide quickly; you can come on the road with me, or I can try to catch up to Rick and you can go back with him to the prison. That option is fading fast, so you need to choose quickly, i can't go back there."
Sam took a few deep breaths, "What did you do?"
"What?"
"Why would he make you leave?" Sam asked.
"He thinks I killed two of our own" she said simply.
"Did you?" Sam's head turned inquisitively.
"I said I did, so that's all that matters." Carol stated defiantly.
"Ok, I'm with you then." Sam pulled open the glove compartment and pulled out a worn, coffee stained and dog eared atlas.
"Are you sure?" Carol raised her eyebrows.
"You're good people, I can tell. Anna liked you right away, you waited for me, you didn't shoot me, and you were willing to help us when you barely knew us." he ticked his reasons on his fingers, "Anna and I knew we were living on borrowed time, I think she knew she'd go before me, always making me promise to keep living when she goes. So, I'm in. Lets live"
"Ok then. Let me see that map then. Lets make a plan." Carol scoured the map thinking out loud, "What would Daryl do?"
"Who?"
"Its a long story. If we have time some night, I'll tell you all about him."
"When did you loose him?"
"Can I see that watch?" Carol touched his wrist where Rick's watch lied. He popped it off and handed it to her. Glancing at it for a moment, "One hour, forty seven minuets ago." Quickly she opened the door, dropped the watch onto the cement, smashing her heal onto the glass face to break it. Slamming the door, "OK. Point me in the direction of water, and keep us off the big highways."