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Abby Poured some cold water onto the young boys face making him jump up knocking her over as her nose scrunched up at him, before he looked at her, And offering a hand out which she took before pulling him towards to ground making him groan as she stood up grinning,

"Whoops" she shrugged as Mateo shook his head at her before standing up him self, they was about the same height as she looks at eachother before Carman rushed over with a smlie,

"Hello, Mateo" she grins as the young boy nodded before he looked away from Abby whose Nose is still scrunched up knowing that her Baggy dark
Blue bootcut jeans are dirty,

"Hello, carman" before anyone could say anything Lori shouted form Abby as she rushes over,

"I need your help doing the washing" she Smlies as Abby nodded and Begins to Places things onto the Make shift line, as she looks at Shane and Carl as they laugh and talk about something Abby didn't know about, Lori Soflty Smiles as a voice comes through from the radio,

"Hello, base camp!" T-dog spoke voice cracking as thunder grumbled "Can anybodyout there here me?"

"Base camp, this is T-dog. Anybody hear me?" He spoke as Lori Rushed up Carl and Abby following as Abby puts her hands on her hips just like her mother

"Hello? Hello, reception's badon this end" dale spoke "Repeat repeat"

"Shane is that you?"

"Is that them?" Lori asked Panting as Abby looked up at dale,

"We're in some deep shit. We're trapped inthe department store" t-dig crackly voice says as dale keeps turning a button

"He says they're trapped?" Shane asked rubbing his hands over his head and face,

"There are geeks all over the place, hundreds of 'em. We're surrounded"

"T-dig. Repeat that last. Repeat" dale spoke getting met by static as the clouds came closer together and thunder rumbled

"He said the department store"

"I heard it, too"

"Shane?" Lori asked clearly wanting to go after them,

"No way, we do not go after then. We do not risk the rest of the group, y'all know that"

"So we're just gonna leave her there?" Amy asked Anger showing in her face,

"Look. Amy. I know that this is not easy..."

"She volunteered to go" Amy spoke nose scrunching up at Shane "to held the rest of us"

"I know and she knew the risks. Right?" shane asked head tilting "see, if she's trapped, she's gone, so we just have to deal with that, there's nothing we can do"

"She's my sisters you son of a bitch" Amy spoke as she walked away as Shane looked at Lori panting before Lori follows quickly as Shane walked over to Abby and Carl,

"Come on. It's all right buddies"

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Abby Smlies as she watches Carl get his hair cut, She Brushed hers knowing it's gonna be her turn after to get her hair cut, she liked the long hair but it was hard to handle, her mother alway said her hair was the best,

"If you think this is bad, wait till you start shaving" Shane spoke up chuckling as Carl keeps moving as Lori slowly cuts "that's stings, that day comes, you'll be wishing for one of your mama's haircuts"

"I'll believe that when I see it" Shane chuckles at Carl words As Abby Looks at her nails nose scrunching

"Mom? Do you have any nail polish?" She asked Soflty as Lori looked up Carl's hair,

"Just in the tent sweetie" Abby nodded as she stood up and walked over to there tent and quickly entered A she looked around the small tent for some nail polish, She flicked through her mother things Before sighing as she walked over to her bag and looked in there when a loud ringing noise could be heard as it echos around the cliffs, She looked around ignoring the noise,

"Why are you on the floor, cuddie?" She asked as she picked up the light brown bear that has a small Princess dress and crown on, that her father got her for her Seventh birthday a weeks ago before he died,

Abby Hugged the bear tightly as she Sats down on her bed, squeezing the bear when carls voice could be heard shouting, Abby Looked up as she Walked out of the tent slowly her eyes scanning the Surrounding, when a man walks in to the light, Her mouth drops as dose the bear her eyes spilled with tears as she ran,

"Daddy!" She shouted as Rick picked the young girl up Before Lori joined in on the hug, Abby sobbed into her fathers shoulder As he kept her and her brother close, She looked up threw watery eyes as Carman nodded with a small Smlie at the small Smlie, she she gets picked up by a teenage boy,

"Luca!" She shouted as Jules pulled the two kids into a hug tears spilling from there eyes, Abby clung on to Rick as he nodded at Shane while Lori looked hurt,

"Don't leave us ever" Abby whispers as Rick Smlies

"I won't again, sweetheart" he whispered as He placed Carl onto the ground As he fully hugged Abby, Abby clung close to him her hands tightening around his uniform, she was happy that she got her father back, her family was back together, but something lingers in her stomach, as she looked up at Shane who was trying to sort out the car

"How's mom and carl been?" He asked softly as Abby Took a deep breath "they been fine, but better since your back"

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Everyone sat around the fire, the orange light flickering onto there faced as they wait for someone to talk, or speak up, Abby messed around with her mother necklace as Carl leaned against there father, Rick coughed as he spoke up

"Disoriented,I guess that comes closest" Rick spoke softly before stopping "disoriented"

"Fear, confusion... all those things but..." Rick spoke as the crickets chirp and the thunder rumbled as Abby rubbed her nose "Disoriented comes closest"

"Words can be meager things, sometimes they fall short" dale spoke as he places his cup down

"I felt like I'd been ripped out of my life and out somewhere else, for a while I thought I was trapped in som coma dream, something I might not wake up from ever"

"Mom said you died" Carl spoke as Abby lifted her head off her mothers chest and looked towards her brother yawning, "she had every reason to believe that, don't you ever doubt it"

"When things stared to get really bad. They told me at the hospital that they were gonna medevac you and the other patients to Atlanta and it never happened"

"Well. I'm not surprised after Atlanta fell" Rick Soflty said as Abby closed her eyes as Lori pulled the cover up over the young girl keeping her warm as she Runs her fingers though her brown hair smoothing the young girl,

"And from thr look of that hospital it got overrun,"shane suddenly buts it "yeah looks don't deceive I barely got them out, you know?"

"I can't tell you how greatful I am to you, Shane, I can't begin to express it."

"There go those words falling short again" Dale chuckles

"Rick, she's asleep" Lori whisper as she and Rick both look down at the young girl who was snuggled up toward Lori, "paltry things"

"I'm gonna. Go put her to bed, be right back" Lori whispers as she stood up as she kicked the young sleeping girl up as everyone watched as she walked away,

Lori places Abby onto the small camp bed and pulled the Sleeping bag up covering the young girl full,

"Where's cuddie?" She Aksed voice groggy as she opens one eyes looking at her mother,

"She's here" she Smlies as she held up the light brown princess bear, as Abby's small hands gripped around it as she pulled it closer to her as she Sleoly fell back asleep,

"Good night hunny" Lori whispers as she kissed the young girl on the head before slowly walking off and back over to where everyone else was sitting around in silence,