Daryl and his group have been wandering in the woods for weeks by now, looking for shelter in many places, at least to not spend the night outside, and things have been hard lately. Food was running out, people were exhausted and wanted a roof above their head, a stable roof. They wanted safety, walls and protection.

After days of starving, Rick had finally spotted what looked like an old mall through the trees, a place that could've hidden supplies.

Supplies they really needed at the moment.

So they got in the mall and started looking for canned food, bottles of water, first aid kits, and just about whatever could've been useful in those circumstances, which could've been pretty much anything.

But they didn't know who was hiding in that mall the whole time..

Out of nowhere, Daryl and his group got attacked by bandits who were hiding in the mall and waiting for the perfect opportunity to take out the group and steal their few supplies.

The fight was a messy, bloody one.

Many people from Daryl's group didn't make it, many others got severely injuried, and the group separated in the chaos.

And Daryl ended up being alone.

Daryl

Goddamn it, this should've never happened. The innocent lives who were taken back there, none of them deserved it, but the goddamn bandits had to be the monsters they've always been.

Now i need to reunite with the rest of the group and leave this hell.

But where the fuck am i?

All around me it's just dust, abandoned stores and endless hallways, and i don't fucking know where the exit is.

im walking down a long hallway and keeping my eyes sharp and wandering everywhere.im on high alert, knowing that i could get attacked at every moment.

but, judging by the sound of a gun's safety taken off behind me, i wasn't careful enough.

thankfully, i hear it really soon and have the time to turn around and lift my crossbow at the woman who's currectly pointing a gun at me.

how the fuck did she sneak up on me so successfully without me even noticing it?