Kate still stood there horrified as the crowd kept yelling for Daryl and Merle to be killed and she shook her head not believing this was actually happening but it was and this well it only cemented her wanting to leave even if it meant she'd maybe more than likely come into contact with her husband again.
Turning her head Kate watched as Andrea struggled with a few of the guards as she tried to get to the Governor and obviously unsuccessfully tried to change the outcome of what was happening.
Phillip who had rebuffed Andrea's attempts at trying to stop this because like he had told her, it wasn't up to him anymore, the town had spoken. Turned to look at Merle. "I asked you where your loyalties lie. You said here," he reminded the man. "Well prove it. Prove it to us all. Brother against brother. Winner goes free, fight to the death."
"Phillip, please," Andrea pleaded as she tried again to change his mind. "Don't do this. Don't do this."
Merle stood there looking at Daryl in Phillip's silence at Andrea's words. He knew damn well that Phillip wouldn't change his mind. "Ya'll know me," Merle spoke as he looked at the crowd. "I'm gonna do whatever I got to do to prove that my loyalty is to this town," he said before getting a punch into Daryl's stomach watching as his brother bent over before falling to the ground.
Watching as Merle began to kick on Daryl after he had fallen Kate shook her head again wishing she could wake up from this nightmare. A nightmare that got worse when she saw some of the guards start to bring walkers into the arena and set them up around the fighting brothers.
"You really think this asshole's gonna let you go?" Daryl asked as he was held down by Merle though his own hands were now around his brother's throat.
"Just follow my lead little brother," Merle said as he locked eyes with Daryl. "We're getting out of this right now," he stated before moving out of Daryl's grasp and standing up and once Daryl had stood up they stood back to back, ready to fight together.
Kate sighed a bit in relief as the brothers stopped fighting each other and went after the walkers that had been brought in and again she turned her head as she heard Andrea yelling for the Governor to stop things and it was during Andrea's pleading and the brother's fighting that gunfire sounded in the arena, taking down a few of the walkers as well as Haley and when a smoke bomb was released, Kate crouched down doing her best to avoid gunfire as she looked around frantically for a way out and somehow through the smoke she was able to spot Daryl and Merle making a run for it so she stood up slightly doing her best to follow them out of the arena and dodge gunfire and walkers in the process.
As she caught up with the brothers finally it was when they reached a trash can where she found Rick who after acknowledging Daryl just looked at her as if he was seeing a ghost.
Rick who had just seen Daryl and Merle run past him stopped slightly as he saw Kate running behind them and he raised an eyebrow knowing he had already seen one ghost tonight, "K..Kate?" he asked wanting to make sure she was real and not just his imagination.
"Yeah," Kate nodded as she gave Rick a bit of a smile before moving off again knowing they couldn't stay still for long. They had to keep moving and get out of this frantic crowd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"They're all at the arena, this way," Merle spoke as the group ran past the gate at Woodbury.
Rick who slowed down slightly looked over at Merle, "You're not going anywhere with us," he told the man knowing he really had no intentions of bringing Merle along anywhere, not after what the man had done.
"You really want to do this now?" Merle asked Rick not believing Rick really wanted to have this conversation right now.
Not getting anything from Rick, Merle then proceeded to make a hole into the gate so they could all get out.
Kate who was about to go through the gate watched as Rick just stood there, "Rick, come on. We've got to go," she told him knowing they didn't have all day. They had to get going before they got caught or even worse killed.
"A little help would be nice," Merle spoke through gritted teeth as he referred to the oncoming walkers who were headed right at them, one already on the ground that he was taking care of.
Raising her gun, Kate shot at an oncoming walker at the same time as Rick and Maggie.
Standing up Merle shook his head as he saw more walkers coming, "We ain't got time for this," he sighed knowing they really didn't have much time.
"Let's go," Daryl told Kate, Maggie, and Rick as he watched Merle run off and soon he followed after not really wanting to die right now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zac sighed softly as he sat outside the car they brought on this mission, Taylor seated beside him while the two women were in the car. He would have liked to stay in Woodbury and helped get Daryl back but there was no way that he was going to let his injured brother make the trek alone and there was no way he trusted the two women with his brother alone, not after they had just abandoned the group last night in the middle of the mission.
Looking up at the sky he couldn't help but be a little worried because it was morning out now, though the sun had just come up so it wasn't that long into morning but he had hoped the others would be back by now and he wanted to vent to Taylor but he wasn't because it was apparent Taylor already had enough on his plate as it was.
"Zac!" Rick called out.
Hearing his name being called Zac stood up, helping Taylor up slightly, "Rick," he said back as he watched the two women climb out of the car too. "Rick," he spoke again as he advanced into the woods seeing the oncoming group. "Oh thank..." he muttered but stopped at the sight when he saw the redhead rushing past him to a brunette woman who was well she was like a ghost to him because he was sure that his wife was following behind Merle and why the hell was his wife hugging the redhead and why the hell was Merle even with them?
"Now we get a problem here," Rick spoke at the advancing group seeing Zac stop in his track as the injured woman with her sword got it out and trained it on Merle, Taylor doing the same with his gun.
"What the hell is he doing here?" Taylor asked roughly not liking the sight of Merle in the group that was coming back. A group that it seemed now involved his sister-in-law who was hugging the redhead and as he noticed that he turned to look at Zac briefly noticing his brother was just stopped in his tracks.
"Hey, hey, hey," Rick yelled trying to get some peace as he stood in front of the woman with the sword, "Put it down," he muttered as he looked at her and then he turned to see the redhead who had been hugging Zac's wife also had her gun trained on Merle.
"He tried to kill us," Lucy spat out as she shook her head.
"If it wasn't for him..." Taylor muttered through clenched teeth.
Daryl looked at everyone holding a gun on his brother and he shook his head, "He helped us get out of there."
"Yeah, after he beat the shit out of you," Rick muttered as he took out his gun and held it on the woman with a sword.
Coming out of his daze at Rick's words Zac moved closer to the group and he pulled out his gun keeping it trained on the redhead as he eyed his wife, still not believing that Kate was here or that she had hugged the redhead, because why would she?
"Hey, we both took our licks, man," Merle defended at Rick's words
"Jackass," Daryl countered as he turned to look at Merle.
"Enough!" Rick told Merle as he turned to look at him which gave the woman with a sword time to advance on Merle. "Put that down," he demanded as he turned to look at her again, a bit glad that Zac had the redhead covered now that he had came out of his daze and moved.
Daryl who was starting to get mad at Taylor, holding a gun on him since he was between Taylor and Merle, spoke up, "Get that thing out of my face!"
"Man, looks like you've gone native, brother," Merle chuckled as he watched Daryl.
"No more than you hanging out with that psycho back there," Daryl muttered as he turned to looked at Merle.
Merle nodded at Daryl's words, "Oh, yeah, man. He is a charmer I got to tell you that," he admitted as he eyed Michonne. "Been putting the wood to your girlfriend Andrea," he muttered knowing he was getting under her skin. "Big time, baby," he smirked before turning to Lucy. "But don't worry ole' red he left your girlfriend alone," he said as he caught eyes with Zac seeing a shocked look pass his face.
"That's your girlfriend?" Zac asked as he looked at the redhead. "The woman you wanted to go back and save?"
Lucy nodded as she turned to look at Zac, "Yeah, I figured you would have realized when we hugged," she spoke as she lowered her gun slightly. "Why do you even care?"
"Because that's my wife," Zac spat out as he turned to look at Kate who just looked away from him and as he eyed her it was only then that he realized she was no longer pregnant but there was no baby.
At the man's words Lucy shook her head, "You've got to be kidding me. Kate, tell me he is lying."
"But he isn't lying Lucy," Merle chimed in. "That's Kate's dear old man Zac."
"Shut up," Kate finally spoke as she fixed Merle with a glare knowing right now wasn't the time to get into things, not in the middle of the woods.
Taylor who waited until after Zac's little argument with the redhead named Lucy ended turned to look at Merle in disbelief, "Andrea's in Woodbury?"
"Right next to the Governor," Daryl added in after Taylor's question as his mind went back to Andrea pleading for him to stop the fights.
It was after Daryl's words that Rick watched as Michonne tried to lunge forward with her sword, "I told you to drop that," he told her a bit angry. "You know Andrea?" he asked getting nothing but silence. "Hey, do you know Andrea?" he asked again when the woman dropped her sword and he moved a bit closer.
"Yep, she does," Merle admitted with a smirk on his face. "Her and blondie spent all winter cuddling up in the forest," he revealed. "Mhmm...yeah. My Nubian queen here had two pet walkers. No arms, cut off the jaws, kept them in chains. Kind of ironic now that I think about it..."
"Shut up Merle," Daryl growled out as his brother kept making the situation worse.
"Hey man, we snagged them out of the woods along with Kate and her girlfriend," Merle kept talking even after Daryl told him to shut up. "Andrea was close to dying."
"Is that why she's with him?" Maggie asked as she looked between the woman with a sword and Kate and Lucy.
"Yeah," Merle nodded in response to Maggie's words. "Snug as two little bugs. So what you gonna do now, Sheriff, huh?" he questioned as he looked at Rick. "Surrounded by a bunch of liars, thugs, and cowards."
Getting angry at Merle's antagonizing Rick turned to him briefly, "Shut up!"
Chuckling Merle shook his head at Rick's words, "Oh, man, look at this," he stated. "Pathetic! All these guns and no bullets in them."
"Merle, shut up!" Daryl growled again as he turned to face his brother.
"Shut up yourself!" Merle told him as he advanced towards him. "Bunch of pussies you roll.."
Zac who had been watching Merle move towards him as he advanced on Daryl and before he could even finish his sentence he knocked Merle over the head with his gun watching as the older Dixon fell down unconscious.
It was after he fell that Zac exchanged a silent look with Daryl before looking down at Merle, "Asshole," he gritted through his teeth knowing Merle indeed was one and he had been tired of Merle talking or maybe he was just tired of this whole situation and what Merle had revealed about Kate and the redhead whose name he now knew.
Lucy was Kate's girlfriend and he was pissed..pissed and confused because if Kate was here with Lucy then where was their baby?
And well he also felt slightly hypocritical because he had no reason to be pissed when he was keeping company with Beth and Kate had no clue on that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avery made a face to herself as she stood in the main cell block a bit later that morning. She was holding Judith as she stood beside Beth who was getting a bottle ready as well as fixing her own breakfast and she moved up and down slightly to keep the baby from crying so she wouldn't disturb everyone or bother the new people that Carl had saved.
"You can take those stitches out yourself in a week," Hershel spoke as he looked at the man who he had finished stitching up.
Allen smiled at the man, "Thank you," he said being a bit genuine. "Pretty nice having medical training."
Hershel chuckled a bit at that, "It'll only get you so far," he said before looking down at his stump.
"You were bit?" Tyreese asked as he sat on a table eating some food. It was after his question that he watched the old man nod his head.
"How old is the baby?" Sasha asked as she stood up after finishing her food and she walked towards the woman who was holding the baby.
Hershel looked from Avery to Sasha as he gave a bittersweet smile, "Barely a week."
"To be honest, we never thought we'd see another baby," Sasha spoke honestly as she finally reached where the woman was and she smiled down at the baby in her arms. "Beautiful."
"Thanks," Avery answered as she smiled politely at the woman.
"How are you feeling?" Sasha asked knowing the woman had to be feeling a bit rough if she had given birth barely a week ago.
Avery gave Sasha a confused look as she shook her head, "She's not mine," she said realizing that she had been mistaken for Judith's mother and she was a bit unsettled mainly because Lori had died given birth and here she was with a baby inside of her that only two besides herself knew about.
"Where's the mother?" Sasha asked curiously though after she did she saw the woman's face fall and it was then that she knew. The mother had died. "I'm sorry."
Alice who had remained silent looked away after the baby and mother talk, her mind going to Kate and Kate's stillbirth. At least Kate had been lucky in one aspect even if she had lost her baby. She had made it through delivery okay.
"Man you people have been through the mill," Tyreese spoke after a few minutes of silence enveloped everyone.
"Haven't we all?" Hershel asked Tyreese as he raised an eyebrow. He knew by now everyone who was still alive had probably been through a lot.
"It's only getting worse out there," Tyreese mused as he shook his head. "Dead are everywhere and it's only making the living less like the living. You're the only decent folks we've come across."
Hershel kept his eyebrow's raised at the man's words and he stood up, using his crutches to walk a bit closer to him, "You've been out there all this time?"
"Our neighbor Jerry, he was one of those survivalist nuts," Tyreese admitted as he laughed a bit. "Everybody on the block thought he was crazy, always preparing for the end of the world."
"Who knew?" Hershel questioned as he shook his head a smirk playing on his lips.
"Jerry knew," Tyreese continued as he went on with his story. "He had a bunker under his shed in the backyard. Sasha and I stayed there until we ran out of supplies. Allen and Ben were the first two people we ran into when we finally crawled up out of that hole around Jacksonville. Used to be a bunch of us, twenty-five at one point. Our camp was overrun six, seven weeks ago and then we met Alice a week or so ago on the road..she got lost from the people she was with," he sighed before looking over at Donna's body. "And...and Donna," he started wanting to say she she was Allen's wife and Ben's mom. "She, uh..."
Glenn looked down as he too stood from where he sat and he came to a stop beside Hershel, "We'll see that she has a proper burial," he said knowing they'd make sure Donna was buried properly.
"I appreciate you taking care of us," Tyreese smiled to both men. "For a while, we didn't know who we were dealing with."
"Neither did we," Glenn muttered a bit sarcastically. "We've had our problems with people."
"I must be the first brother in history to break into prison," Tyreese teased.
Axel who had heard that couldn't help but laugh, "Makes me the first white boy that didn't want to break out."
"Tyreese," Hershel spoke after things had fallen silent again. "Like I said, we have a much larger group. A close knit group, I wouldn't get too comfortable here."
"We wouldn't be a problem," Tyreese told the man honestly as he locked eyes with him.
Hershel shook his head as he broke eye contact with the man, "It's not up to me."
"Then who?" Tyreese asked wanting to know who would decide his group's fate.
At Tyreese's question Hershel went silent before turning his back and walking off.
"Please," Tyreese pleaded to the retreating man. "You can see what kind of people we are." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"It won't work," Rick told Daryl as he had a meeting with his group about Merle. It was a meeting that excluded Michonne, Lucy, and Kate mainly because they hadn't been with them that long so they had no say regardless of current events.
"It's gotta," Daryl spoke determined that things had to work out with Merle going to the prison with them.
Zac sighed as he shook his head, "It'll stir things up."
"Look, the Governor is probably on the way to the prison right now," Daryl spoke as he shook his head. "Merle knows how he thinks and we could use the muscle."
"I'm not having him at the prison," Maggie spoke keeping her voice soft.
"Do you really want him sleeping in the same cell block as Avery and Beth?" Taylor questioned as he raised an eyebrow curiously.
Daryl made a face at Taylor's question, "He ain't a rapist," he muttered out feeling angry that he'd imply such a thing.
"Well, his buddy is," Taylor replied refusing to back down on his stance.
"They ain't buddies no more," Daryl told him feeling sure in that. "Not after last night."
"There's no way Merle's gonna live there without putting everyone at each others throat," Rick stated as he shook his head not seeing how any good could come from Merle being at the prison.
Daryl felt a bit of anger at Rick's words, "So you're gonna cut Merle loose and bring the last samurai and big red home with us?" he asked his tone harsh.
Rick went silent at Daryl's words, "Lucy...she's with Kate," he said as he looked at Zac. "We can't turn her or Kate away but Michonne, she's not coming back."
"She's not in a state to be on her own," Maggie defended knowing Michonne was still injured. "She did bring you guys to us."
"And then ditched us," Zac growled out angrily knowing Lucy had done the same but like Rick had made clear she was with Kate and he feared Kate wouldn't come back if she didn't and he wanted Kate to come back even if right now they hadn't even really spoken to each other.
He just wanted his wife back..or well whatever she was to him right now.
"At least let my dad stitch her up," Maggie spoke as she tried to get them to see reason in at least taking care of Michonne before setting her free to fend for herself.
"She's too unpredictable," Rick said knowing he couldn't trust Michonne.
"That's right," Daryl added in as he turned to look at Michonne briefly. "We don't know who she is but Merle, Merle's blood," he said as if that counted for something and to him it did.
Taylor shook his head no at that, "No, Merle is your blood," he corrected Daryl. "My blood, my family is standing right here," he said referring to Maggie, Zac, and Kate. "And waiting for us back at the prison and you're part of that family too," he admitted honestly.
"But he's not," Taylor reiterated as he turned to look at Merle. "He's not."
Daryl took in Taylor's words before shaking his head, "Man, ya'll don't know," he spoke before sighing. "Fine, we'll fend for yourselves," he said his tone going harsh again when things went silent.
"That's not what I was saying," Taylor spoke up knowing he didn't want Daryl to leave.
"No him, no me," Daryl told Taylor knowing things were as simple as that even if he did have Avery back at the prison. Merle was his blood and Avery was...she was someone he cared a lot for, someone who was his but she still wasn't blood and blood came first to him.
"Daryl, you don't have to do that," Maggie told the man honestly.
"It was always Merle and I before this," Daryl shrugged not seeing what the difference would be now.
"Don't," Maggie said trying to dissuade him not to leave.
"You serious?" Taylor asked not believing it was coming to this. "You're just gonna leave like that?"
Locking eyes with Taylor, Daryl glared slightly, "You'd do the same thing," he argued knowing if it was any of Taylor's siblings he'd do the same, he'd leave with them instead of stay with the group.
Zac who had been silent couldn't help but heave a sigh, "What do you want us to tell Avery?" he asked a bit bitterly as he brought up his sister, the woman who loved Daryl even if he was oblivious to it.
"She'll understand," Daryl told Zac though deep down he had a bit of doubt that she would. "Say goodbye to your pop for me," he nodded to Maggie before starting to walk off.
"Daryl, are you serious?!" Taylor called out as he watched helplessly as he left with Zac trailing behind him.
"There's got to be another way," Zac muttered when he caught up with Daryl.
Looking over at Zac, Daryl shook his head, "Don't ask me to leave him. I already did that once," he told the man as he kept walking.
"We started something last night," Rick called out from where he stood. "You realize that, huh?"
"No him, no me," Daryl still argued not changing his mind. "That's all I can say," he muttered before stopping briefly to look at Zac who was still walking beside him. "Take care of yourself Pippin," he nodded using the nickname he started calling Zac during the winter when Avery had told him about Zac's obsession with Lord of the Rings. "Take care of lil ass-kicker," he said as he turned to look back at Rick. "Carl, he's one tough kid," he told him before turning away and walking towards where Merle was in the woods.
"Daryl!" Zac called out as he just stood there watching Daryl walk away with Merle who seemed particularly giddy with this turn of events.
Rick shook his head slightly before walking to the car where Michonne was standing against it, "We patch you up and then you are gone." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Where'd they say we could bury her?" Tyreese asked as he helped Allen carry out Donna's dead body.
"Back of the field near the other graves," Alice answered as she walked beside Sasha, Ben following not too far behind.
Tyreese listened to Alice's words and the more he walked he felt Donna begin to drop, "Wait a minute, wait a minute," he spoke getting Allen's attention. "Losing my grip here," he stated as he bent down so he could lay the body down and pick her up again.
"Golden opportunity," Allen stated as he bent down beside Tyreese.
"For what?" Tyreese asked not knowing what Allen meant.
"Little kid and a woman," Allen spoke as he looked at the others before looking straight ahead at the gate where the woman who Sasha had thought was the baby's mom stood keeping watch with the kid who had found them. "Ask them for a hand, get a hold of those weapons," he continued seeing the glare Tyreese shot him. "What?! We do it quick, they'll never know what hit them."
"No," Tyreese muttered as he stood up and turned to look at Alice and Sasha who seemed just as shocked as he was. "Whoa, whoa," he spoke as he looked at Allen. "We're out here to bury Donna."
"And we will, after," Ben stated seeing where his dad was coming from.
Sasha shook her head as she looked away from Ben and Allen, "Shut up," she muttered under her breath.
"Look at this place," Allen argued as he stood up as well and looked around. "It's secure."
"These are good people," Alice told him as she crossed her arms over her chest.
Allen seemed to ignore the others as he kept talking, "This will be easy. A little kid, three women, a girl, a Korean man, and a one-legged old man."
"Don't forget about the convict," Ben reminded his dad.
"You gonna smash the baby's head with a rock?" Tyreese asked sarcastically feeling shocked at Ben and Allen's words.
"What is your problem?" Allen asked not sure why Tyreese was trying to argue with him over this.
"How about a little common decency?" Tyreese asked as if that should explain things. "This isn't what we do."
Allen rolled his eyes at Tyreese's words, "You're living in the past, Ty," he said before looking at Alice and Sasha. "So are you two. This is survival of the fittest, plain and simple. In here we live, out there we die and I am not waiting around for the rest of their group to roll in here and throw us out on our asses, not a chance."
"How do you know that's gonna happen?" Alice mused as she pursed her lips but before Allen could answer she watched as the blonde teenager and the convict brought out some shovels.
"Got some tools for you," Beth said as she came to a stop where the group who had came out here to bury their own stood.
"Yeah, we'll take it from here," Tyreese smiled as both he and Sasha moved to get the shovels and stuff the people had brought out. He knew neither of them trusted Allen or Ben right now.
Axel raised an eyebrow as he looked down at the dead body, "You don't need no help with the body?"
"No, we'll manage," Sasha told him quickly as she shot a look to Ben and Allen.
"Let us know if you need anything else," Beth told them as she gave them a smile before turning to walk away with Axel and as they walked off she could hear one of the people call out a thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zac chewed on his lip as he sat in the back hatch of the car, choosing to stay in it as Rick, Maggie, and Taylor went to move the truck and tree branch that was blocking their path and he almost wished he was outside instead of inside because being inside he had to watch as Kate held onto Lucy's hand as if Lucy was her anchor, much like she had once done him.
"W..where's the baby?" Zac asked softly watching as Kate turned her head to look at him.
Chewing her lip Kate heaved a sigh at Zac's question, "Do we really have to do this now?" she asked him not wanting to have such private conversations with him in front of so many ears even if Lucy did know. Michonne didn't know.
"Why not?" Zac questioned as he shook his head. "Merle had no issue airing your and Lucy's relationship publicly."
"Yeah and I would have rather told you in private," Kate blushed knowing that wasn't how she had wanted Zac or Lucy to find out her connection to both of them but then again a part of her still found this whole situation so surreal. Being near the man she had thought dead for months, a man who she was sure in some ways she had moved on from, yet seeing him she had known she still loved him she just didn't know if she was in love with him.
"But you didn't get that chance," Zac stated as he locked eyes with his wife. "Just tell me where our baby is Katie," he pleaded feeling almost desperate. "Please."
Swallowing a lump in her throat Kate looked away from Zac and down to where her fingers where interlaced with Lucy's. "Our son...he was...he was stillborn," she admitted as she looked back up at Zac. "I named him Lennon. Lennon Zachary and he died before he was born," she whispered not wanting to tell him that their baby had turned in her arms or that Lucy had put the baby down.
Zac went silent at Kate's words not sure what to say right now, what did one say when they learned their baby died? It was a baby he hadn't ever known or held but he had loved that baby from the moment he had known it...the baby boy Kate had named Lennon was on the way and yet now it was gone.
It was like part of his nightmare was true when it came to all his fears about Kate and birth and somehow he was the reverse of Rick. Kate was here but their baby was gone and he had to process that, something Kate had more than likely had awhile to do.
"I'm sorry," Kate told him sadly after he went silent and she could see on his face that he was hurting even if he hadn't spoken the words. Maybe he would in time or maybe he'd set with them for awhile. "I'm so sorry Zac." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Get the brakes," Rick told Taylor as they walked to the red truck blocking their car's path and as he started to lift the hood of the truck he watched as Taylor opened the door and a walker lunged at him. "I got it," he called out as he pulled his gun out but before he could shot Taylor had the walker on the ground where he kept bashing the walker's skull in with his shoe until it was nothing but a pulp.
After he had killed the walker Taylor moved away from it slightly, feeling tears wanting to come out and as he heard footsteps, he looked up to see Rick standing beside him. "You didn't kill him," he stated referring to the Governor still being alive.
"That's not why we went back," Rick said as he looked at Taylor almost confused at his words.
"No, that's right," Taylor muttered a bit sarcastically. "You went back for Daryl and now he's gone again and the Governor is still alive."
Rick still felt confused by Taylor's words and so he shook his head, "Daryl was the priority."
"I should have been there with you," Taylor sighed as he looked away from Rick.
"You were in no condition," Rick stated knowing Taylor would have more than likely died had he been with them.
"But my girlfriend was?!" Taylor yelled out as he turned to face Rick again.
Maggie stepped a bit closer to Taylor, "Taylor, this isn't about us," she said trying to calm him down.
"I should have been there," Taylor stated feeling angry at the situation.
"Hey, hey, you didn't come back with us 'cause you could barely walk," Rick told him not sure if he could get Taylor to see reason right now.
"What about her?" Taylor asked as he looked over at Maggie.
"What about me?" Maggie muttered feeling a bit offended at Taylor's words. "I'm standing right here!"
"Do you know what he did to her?!" Taylor yelled a bit louder, getting angry at what Maggie had been put through.
Maggie made a face at Taylor's words, "Leave it alone!" she yelled out not wanting to bring up that issue again and now Rick kept looking at her and she didn't like that. "Let's go," she spoke just wanting to get back to the prison.
"After all that effort, all that risk we took, Daryl just takes off with Merle?" Taylor questioned still feeling angry and now he was just going to bring up everything if he had too.
"Well, he had his reasons," Rick spoke as he looked away from Taylor.
Taylor rolled his eyes at that, "Yeah, you keep telling yourself that, Rick," he sighed softly. "Doesn't change the fact that we're up to our necks in shit."
"You went me to turn the car around, beg him to come back?" Rick asked as he eyed Taylor. "Throw down a welcome mat for Merle? This is the hand we've been dealt!" he told Taylor knowing he didn't like it much more than Taylor did.
Maggie who had stayed quiet, leaned her hands on the back hatch of the truck, "Let's just get this out of here and get back. Get some rest. We can talk it out there."
"No, you guys do all the talking you want. I'm done," Taylor stated as he walked back to the open door of the truck so he could mess with the brakes and move the vehicle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Milton who was standing outside the main building in Woodbury looked over when Andrea came out, "How many injured?" he asked her.
"Nine," Andrea answered as she walked over to Milton. "Stevens has it covered," she said thankful for the doctor. "So where is he?" she questioned referring to Phillip who it seemed was hiding away somewhere
"In his apartment," Milton told her as they both started to walk away from the building.
"And?" Andrea asked as she raised an eyebrow.
Milton shrugged his shoulders slightly, "He wouldn't open the door. Said he was in the middle of something," he explained as he lead Andrea to the main street where the citizens were all gathered around trying to get out and generally causing chaos. "It's all going to hell."
Andrea just stood beside Milton as she watched the chaos at the gates as people tried to escape but Martinez and Shumpert wouldn't let them out.
Running towards the crowd as the men took down some approaching biters Andrea was going to try her best to calm the situation, "Everybody stay calm."
"We can't stay here anymore," Karen argued as she looked at Andrea. "This place is crazy. Please, you have to let us go."
Andrea grabbed a hold of Karen's shoulder, "Karen, you don't want to go out there. It's too dangerous," she told the woman hearing someone say they'd take their chances.
As the chaos continued Andrea just walked amongst the people not understanding how everything could fall apart so fast or quick.
It was when Martinez came down from the gate and grabbed a man who had been honking his horn out of his car that Andrea once again stepped in.
"Don't hurt him," Andrea spoke as she got between Martinez and the man.
"I don't take orders from you," Martinez told Andrea as he shook his head.
"These people are scared. Shoving a gun in their face won't help," Andrea told Martinez not backing down from her argument.
"Where's the Governor?" Martinez asked Andrea watching as Milton came over and tried to say something but he int interrupted. "There's a riot out here."
"You're making things worse," Andrea told him honestly.
"I am?" Martinez asked at Andrea's accusations but before she could reply a scream was heard and both he and Andrea took off seeing a woman running from some walkers who had taken down a man and were biting him.
Reaching the walkers Andrea pulled her gun out as she and Martinez both fired, taking down two and one still feasted on the man and as she tried to fire and get it she realized she was out of bullets. Reloading the gun Andrea watched as the walker turned around and the moment it had she fired into it's head watching as it fell to the ground and then she just stood there looking at the bitten man who was still alive.
"Oh, my god," Karen exclaimed as she and the rest of the crowd finally made it up to where the man was at. "Help him," she muttered as she looked at Andrea. "Somebody, please?" she asked as she looked around at the people gathered behind her. "Help, do something."
Andrea still just stood there and as she turned back to the dying man she looked over briefly hearing footsteps and seeing Phillip coming out of his apartment though it was just long enough to put a bullet into the man's brain and walk away and Andrea heaved a sigh, still finding it hard to believe what Woodbury was coming too.