meanstreak
rick grimes 𝘹 fem!𝘰𝘤
© WANDARYEN ──── 2024

I returned back to the house after meeting up with Deanna and Maggie — Rick was gone, but Carl was in the living room sitting with Judith and her toys.

I grabbed a pen and paper from the junk drawer in the kitchen, and began creating a list of supplies we need to restock. Judith's formula was the first and underlined twice. Followed by some hygiene products she could use like gentle shampoo and lotion, as well as diapers and wipes.

Judith was the first baby Alexandria has had in a long time. Needless to say — we used up the last of our supplies from the prison.

"Hey Carl?" I called out to the boy. "Do we need anything for the house? Or do you need anything?"

"Dad made a list and hung it on the fridge!" I spun around, the list with Rick's handwriting staring back at me. "He added a few things but I think that's all."

I tugged the list from the fridge and combined it with my own. "I'm not sure if there's a group headed out, hopefully I can catch them before they do. Judith is on her last stack of diapers and those will be gone by tomorrow."

"I think Glenn and Noah are taking a group out," Carl piped up, entering the kitchen with his arms crossed over his chest. "You going with them?"

I pursed my lips lightly and folded the pieces of paper. "Maybe, might have to go alone — I'm not sure. I need to find Deanna."

Carls eyebrows furrowed lightly before nodding. "Okay, I'll let dad know."

I walked around the kitchen island and placed my hand on Carls shoulder while offering him a smile. "Alright, I'll be back in a few hours. If Glenn is out there, then maybe I can catch up with him." He gave me a nod. "Be good, if you're hungry there's some leftovers in the fridge. Rick will get Judith dinner so don't worry about her — she has some of her teething treats in the pantry."

"Okay," he laughed softly. "Don't worry about us."

I made my way towards the front door before turning to him. "I always do — always." I smiled once more before exiting the house.

I jogged towards the front gate, just as it was closing but Deanna stood alone which gave me the chance to approach her.

"Deanna? Was that Glenn and the others?" She turned to me with a smile and nodded. "Shit," I muttered under my breath, looking down at the lists in my grasp.

"Something wrong?"

I lifted my gaze back to the woman. "Judith has gotten really low on supplies. I wanted to give the runners a list of things that she needs, but — " My eyes flickered towards the gate, a thought crossing my mind when I turned back to her. "Seeing as they just left — I'd like to go out on a run myself. I'll be back an hour, maybe two tops."

Deanna hummed softly. "I don't have anyone else to spare to go with you, Sienna."

"That's okay," I quickly nodded. "I can go by myself. There's a daycare Maggie and Daryl came across a while ago — I was going to head back there and see what I can grab."

I watched her shift on her feet, pondering the idea before giving me a firm nod. "Alright, I have two runners out right now separate from the group. Lila and Drew — they're searching supplies for farming. I'll write down their location and you can meet up with them. I'd feel better knowing you weren't alone."

"I'd appreciate that," I smiled thankfully.

"Give me one moment and I have a weapon and vehicle ready for you." Deanna squeezed my arm and left my side to retrieve what I needed, while I patiently waited.

When she returned about ten minutes later, she had a small car waiting for me along with my handgun, rifle, and knife.

"It was yours when you came in — it's yours whenever you leave." She held the car door open for me after climbing out. "But I will be strict and say I want you back before dinner. I don't like having my runners out all night."

A smile stretched across my lips, "I understand. Thank you again for allowing this."

"Next time we'll meet up before the crew go out for supplies. Make a general list for Judith and I'll make sure they get what you need — no exceptions."

I nodded, climbing into the vehicle and buckling myself in. "I will. I'll be back before sun down." I closed the car door and patiently waited for the others to open the gate before driving myself out of the community.

After driving for a solid ten minutes, constantly checking my map between the daycare and Deanna's runners — I was trying to find the best way to reach both destinations without wasting daylight.

Both the daycare and Deanna's runner were on opposite ends of the map. There was a possibility I could loop back around and make my way towards the runners after the daycare, which would take me in a circle. But the only passage way that was available and safe would take me longer.

I breathed in slightly through my teeth, annoyed I would be wasting gas. It's either make both stops and try to make it back before sundown, or grab the supplies for Judith and come back to Alexandria without meeting up with the others.

"There's got to be another way," I mumbled, reaching for the map frustrated, and propping it up against the wheel. "Judith needs her things no matter what," I spoke to myself.

I lifted my gaze back towards the road and quickly sucked in a nervous inhale when a random group of walkers were traveling across the road.

I switched back and forth between gas and break as I drove straight into the horde of walkers. They dragged their legs across the road, turning their attention onto my car now. I swallowed the lump in my throat, glancing through the mirror and seeing that they were now crowding around the back of the car as I drove through.

The medium sized horde stopped walking with their attention all drawing towards me, my foot slamming on the break the moment five of them jumped towards the hood of the car.

"Oh, shit." I muttered, swinging my arm across the passenger seat to try and guide myself in reverse. The body count grew bigger and I exhaled frustratedly. Where the hell are they coming from?!" I shouted to myself. "Just — move it!"

My voice echoed through the car but did nothing for the dead as their hands slammed against the glass. "Fuck," I panicked, turning my body back around and shifting gears to drive the car forward.

As my foot applied pressure to the gas pedal, I leaned forward in my seat and started running over the ones in front of the car.

It jumped and lifted me out of the seat several times from the bodies that were getting rolled over, but I was able to get myself towards the intersection.

The walkers only followed my path, not giving me a chance to speed down the road to get a clear way out of the disaster about to happen.

I quickly put on my seatbelt in a rush, looking up toward my window and saw an suv driving in my direction. I squinted my eyes at the car and raised my arm, hoping the person would give me a hand in clearing out the group of dead.

But before I could even get myself situated to clear them out, the suv picked up its speed down the road towards my car and accelerated into my side. The flash of their lights blinded me as my arms went upwards and my car was shot backwards before being turned over on the road.

All the windows in the car exploded from the impact of the car and it rolled several times before stopping completely upside down.

My head pounded heavily as my whole body was hanging upside down with the force of my seatbelt keeping me still. I glanced out my crushed door and noticed the few walkers that were squished from impact, being trampled on from the rest of their pack as the suv didn't move.

The front of the vehicle was severely damaged after making contact with my car. Blood slowly dripped down in front of my eyes, causing me to blink several times in an attempt to gain back my vision.

I weakly lifted my left arm and tried reaching out the window, waving for them to help me. They put the suv in reverse, whipping around smoothly and disappearing down the road.

With my head still pounding and blood leaking over my eyes from god knows which injury, I carefully unbuckled my seatbelt — expecting it to be stuck until my body collapsed onto the ceiling of the car.

I immediately stretched my hands out of the window, my skin scratching against the broken glass but the rattling in my skull was enough to numb the sharp pain. I dug my nails into the gravel and carefully pulled myself out of the vehicle.

I could sense my body beginning to slip in and out of consciousness before I could remove myself entirely.

The walkers left on the road started drifting towards my car from the smell of blood, a few banging on the back of the vehicle as two got down on the ground on the passenger side. I didn't know whether to scream or cry, or even accept my fate.

There wasn't any way I was going to get out of this position with my injury and no weapon in hand. There was no time.

As I closed my eyes briefly, trying to regain any strength left in me to possible stand up; I heard a car appear on the road before coming to a screeching stop.

I opened my eyes, expecting to see the suv that hit me but it was another car with a brunette girl jumping out.

She had a silencer in her grasp as she started taking down the few remaining walkers without much hesitation. From what I could process, the ones crowding my car all went towards her direction before getting put down.

The blood was now blurring my version and soaking my forehead as I tried to watch the woman take care of the walkers.

But as my head pounded and my injury taking its toll on my body, I started to slip into a sleeping state right before the girl reached in to pull the rest of my body out of the car.

Rick jogged towards the house, his gaze settling on Carl and Judith sitting on the front porch. His eyebrows furrowed, a nervous feeling settling in after spending the last five minutes searching the neighborhood for Sienna.

"Carl?" He jogged up the steps, gesturing towards the house. "Have you seen Sienna? Is she in there?"

The boy looked up at his father with a quick shake of his head. "I waiting for you to come home — Sienna went on a run for supplies."

Rick visibly paused. "She left with Glenn and the others? How long ago?"

Carl shook his head. "No, she — I think she went by herself."

The familiar panicked buzzing returned in his ears. "She went by herself?" He watched his son nod again and his heart nervously slammed against his chest. "Okay — stay here with Judith, don't leave this house until I get back."

Carl watched his father jump off the porch. "Where are you going?" His voice carried down the street but Rick was already racing towards the front gate where Deanna stood with children.

"Deanna!" He shouted before reaching her and skidding on his heels to stop. "Where's Sienna? She went on a run?"

The woman looked up from a stack of papers in her grasp, turning away from Spencer with a nod. "Yes, she said she needed to get things for Judith but Glenn already took a group out earlier. I made her meet up with two other runners, she'll be — Rick!"

He didn't let her finish. He began stalking towards one of the garages, slightly shaking his head anxiously. "No, no, no." He muttered to himself.

Deanna shoved the papers at her son and quickly followed after him. "Rick, wait just a second!" She reached for his arm and stepped back when he turned around abruptly. "She'll be back before sundown — knows the rules — "

The dream. His dream — Sienna dying.

"No!" He snapped, pointing a finger towards the ground before curling his hand into a fist. "No, no. Nobody told me this until now — she didn't speak to me before she left. I need to go after her and make sure she's alright. She shouldn't be out there alone — "

"She had a list of supplies to get Judith, said it was urgent." Deanna held up her hands with caution when Rick began to pace. "She left only fifteen minutes ago. It hasn't been long — she'll be back in the hour."

He quickly shook his head and brought his hand to his face. "No. I need a car, right now. I'm going after her and bringing her back."

"I can't spare another vehicle — "

He paused his movements abruptly and turned to the woman slowly. "I need a car, now." His voice hung low, anger slowly coursing through his veins now.

Deanna nodded nervously, "okay — alright. We'll get you one. I'll draw up a map where she's headed."

The moment Rick got a car and his gun, he sped off towards town in the direction Sienna was originally headed. Both hands gripping the wheel so tight that his knuckles were turning white. Sweat was already forming across his forehead with how strongly he was trying to keep it together — but only worried thoughts crossed his mind.

Upon turning on the road Sienna last took, one by one dead walkers appeared in his line of vision — bodies trailed along the road.

One body turned into two, which turned into five, then turned into fifteen — right before he saw a vehicle resting upside down and smoke pouring out of the engine.

He slammed on the breaks, along with his heart pounding against his chest before he hauled himself out of the vehicle after putting it in park.

"Sienna?!" He sprinted and jumped over the dead bodies. "Sienna!" His voice carried, but didn't reach a single soul as he dropped down to his knees and peered into the empty car.

His hands pressed firmly against the glass and his head tilted frantically in search of a body — anything that indicated what happened.

Tears slowly flooded his vision and before he could stand up, his hands grazed across a gold locket in the heap of broken glass.

He furrowed his eyebrows and leaned back on his heels, carefully lifting the jewelry up in the air. It swung delicately side to side before he opened the locket, his gaze flickering between both photos of him, Carl, and Judith.

"No." He croaked softly, getting up on his feet slowly.

He gripped the locket in his hand tightly. Twisting his head back and forth, eyes carefully wondering around the area to see if she might've crawled away. "Sienna?!" His voice boomed loud enough to cause a small flock of birds in a nearby tree to fly away.

More tears formed and he quickly jogged back towards his own vehicle — heading back for Alexandria.

dylan
i'm adding some new characters from here and future season! we have three new characters introduced/mentioned this chapter and we'll be seeing them again later on. season 8 is when I plan on bringing some more characters in, i'm pacing it properly so no one gets confused and forgets anyone! i'll have new characters always listed in the "ACTS" chapters when changing seasons so if you forget, you can look back :-)

Jennifer Landon and Denim Richard's are Lila & Drew Campbell, they're a married couple in Alexandria. They'll start off as background characters but turn into main characters soon. Madison is played by Caitlin Stasey!