Jessica sat with Beth and Carl in the main cell area, looking up as Hershel came back into the room.
"I finally got Judith to sleep," Hershel spoke as he came back into the room and gave Carl a smile.
Carl looked over at Hershel curiously, "How are we with formula?"
"We have enough to last us another month," Hershel answered as he continued to walk to where the others sat.
Nodding at Herhsel's answer Carl hesitated a bit before answering, "I'll take Carol for some more at the end of the week."
"Your dad and the others will be back by then," Jessica spoke knowing or at least hoping that they wouldn't be gone that long.
"We don't know that," Carl said as he turned to look at Jessica. "Right now, Judith is the only family I got," he spoke and it was after he did that a scream came from somewhere in the prison.
"What was that?" Beth asked a bit frightened as she sat up a little straighter.
Hershel made a face at the sound, "That was from inside," he said knowing there was no way that was outside the prison.
"Was that Avery?" Carl asked knowing that he thought Glenn and Carol were asleep right now.
Hershel shook his head no at Carl's question, "She's out keeping watch in the guard tower with Axel."
"What if they came back in for something? What if they're in trouble?" Beth mused still feeling frightened as the sound happened again.
"Let's check the tower, see if she's there," Hershel spoke trying to reassure his daughter and calm her.
"How could anyone else get in?" Jessica asked not sure how any other humans could have gotten inside here.
"The tombs are filled with walkers that wandered in," Hershel told Jessica as he locked eyes with her. "Someone else could have done the same thing."
Carl who had listened to Hershel silently while getting his gun ready stood up from where he had been seated, "I'm going," he told the man before walking off to go and check what that was.
Putting his crutch in front of the boy, Hershel shook his head, "I can't let you go down there."
"My father would go," Carl argued as he looked up at Hershel which seemed to give the man pause and finally when he nodded Carl once again began to walk off as the screaming happened again.
As Carl walked off both Beth and Jessica just gave Hershel a look before shaking their heads. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Making it inside the tombs, Carl held his flashlight out as well as his gun as he slowly walked down the darkened corridors, the screams now sounding a bit louder from here and so he followed them until he came to the boiler room, the same room his mom had died in.
Pausing briefly Carl just stared at the sign though he didn't get to do that for long because soon a walker was approaching him and he turned fast, shooting the walker in the head.
After the walker was dead Carl finally turned and headed into the room a bit shocked at the scene in front of him. There was a group of six people dealing with walkers. Three were fighting them off while two men both huddled around a woman on the floor who looked like she had a bite on her shoulder.
Raising his gun Carl fired at the walker that one of the women, the one with a shovel was fighting off.
Sasha who watched as the walker she was fighting fell to the ground turned around to find a boy standing not far from her.
"Come on!" Carl called out when the others eventually turned to look at him as well. "Hurry! Hurry!" he called out as more walkers began to approach them.
When they started to follow behind them Carl finally began to lead this group of people back through the darkened corridors he had just came down, though the group came to a stop when the man carrying the bitten woman fell down.
"Go! Just go!" Allen yelled out wanting the others to leave him behind.
Running to Allen, Tyreese bent down, "Let me take her," he said before taking Donna out of Allen's arms.
"I'll cover you," Alice spoke before going to some of the oncoming walkers and sticking her knife through them quickly as not to get herself bitten.
"Look out!" Sasha called out as she turned her head in time to see a walker coming up behind the boy who had saved them and luckily after her words he turned and shot the walker down.
"You have to leave her!" Carl called out as he turned to look at the people knowing they'd have to leave the woman behind. She was bitten anyway and she was slowing them down.
Tyreese shook his head as he held Donna over his arms, "No way!" he said firmly refusing to leave her behind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kate who was sitting on the bed in her room, doing her best to ignore the heavy gunfire outside closed her eyes and started to count in her head. She wasn't sure what she was counting for or too but she just needed some distraction. She needed something to make her less scared because all that gunfire was kind of making her scared.
What if bad people had gotten in? What if they were going to kill everyone? She really didn't want to die and of course she didn't want to die without seeing Lucy one more time. She didn't want to die while on bad terms with the woman she loved.
Hearing the door to her room open Kate opened her eyes quickly and sat up about to look for anything she could use as a weapon but before she could she paused when she saw Lucy.
"Lucy?" she asked her voice coming out in a whisper as the redhead shut the door. "You came back?"
Lucy laughed as she turned to look at Kate, "And I brought friends," she said as she pointed outside. "Friends who are the reason for all the gunfire," she said as she walked to Kate before pulling her into a tight hug. "I missed you so fucking much," she muttered as she held the woman tighter.
Hugging Lucy back, Kate had to swallow a lump in her throat before speaking again, "How did you get back here? Why?" she questioned without even pulling away.
"Because it turns out the people here aren't so nice," Lucy explained as she finally pulled away to take in Kate's appearance. "The moment Michonne and I stepped outside we were hounded all night. Michonne has a gunshot wound to the leg and then Merle took two people captive and we found their group. They're the people who came back with us and we have to go Katie...we can talk about this later but I need you to come with me."
At Lucy's words Kate was just about to answer her when a frantic knock sounded on her door and she swallowed hard.
"Kate," Milton's voice came from the other side of the door and Kate turned to look at Lucy.
Freezing as she heard Milton's voice Lucy moved to hide behind the door so that once Kate opened it no one could see her.
Kate rolled her eyes at Lucy's hiding place but she walked to the door, opening it up just enough, "Milton?" she questioned not sure why the man was here.
"It's the Governor," Milton muttered out seeing Kate's expression turn from confusion to anger which surprised him. "He's been injured and..and I can't go see him alone," he explained to the woman feeling a bit hopeless and vulnerable right now. "Besides Mr. Coleman I think he's the only friend I got and if it's bad news I don't want to go alone."
"So you want me to go?" Kate asked trying to hide her anger when it came to the Governor. If she had disliked him before because of the fights she really hated him after learning about Lucy and Michonne because she had done the math. He had been the one to send his people after them and if they had succeeded Lucy could be dead right now.
Nodding Milton looked down before blushing, "Please."
Heaving a sigh Kate looked down too, "Okay," she agreed as she nodded her head. "Just give me a few seconds to freshen up," she said knowing she'd need time to explain her reasoning to Lucy. Maybe she could make Lucy see not everyone here was bad and right now Milton needed a friend much like she had needed Lucy.
Though her being there for Milton didn't change what her answer would be. Would have been before they were interrupted. She'd leave with Lucy if it was the last thing she did. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arriving to the main cell area with the group he had saved Carl ran through glad that everyone had at least made it safely out.
"Oh god!, Donna?" Allen called out as he watched Tyreese and Sasha laying Donna down on the floor. "Is she dead?" he asked as he felt tears coming to his eyes before he walked over to see her just laying there and he started to cry, not wanting to believe his wife was dead.
Carl who walked closer loaded his gun again, "I'll take care of it," he told them knowing he could put the woman down. He had put his own mother down.
"Whoa, kid," Tyreese muttered after the kid moved his gun out towards Donna's head. "Wait a minute."
"She doesn't have that long," Carl argued knowing the woman could turn at any time.
"Who the hell are you?" Alice asked as she moved a bit closer to the boy. "How did you get in here? Who are you with?"
Carl ignored the woman's question as he looked down at the dead woman on the floor, "Look we can help you," he explained to them. "But first things first."
"No, we take care of our own," Tyreese told him as he reached for his hammer.
Allen looked up at Tyreese as he shook his head, "No, Tyreese."
"I gotta do it," Tyreese explained as he looked down at Allen. "Look, just take Ben and lean against the wall," he said as he locked eyes with Donna's grieving husband. "It'll be quick."
Alice frowned slightly as she took in the scene and she herself had to look away especially because she kept replaying Viv's death in her head and how she hadn't been able to be the one to put her down so she knew what Ben and Allen were going through in a way, she could understand and she felt sympathy for them even if she hadn't known them long.
Though before Tyreese could even go through with the deed Alice looked up when she heard a gate close and she followed behind Sasha to find that the boy who had saved them had closed them away from the cell block area so they were essentially locked in to place.
"What are you doing?" Sasha asked feeling a bit angry at their current situation.
"Kid, did you just lock us in here?" Tyreese asked as he stood up.
"Open the door," Sasha insisted as she kept her eye on the boy who was now standing next to some blonde girl.
Carl looked at the group as he sighed, "This room is secure. You'll be safe. You have food and water."
Walking closer to the door Sasha gave the boy a glare, "Open this door," she insisted again.
"I can't," Carl told her as he remembered his dad's words.
"Come on, man we're not animals," Sasha argued as she shook her head. "Don't do this," she pleaded as the kid started to turn and walk away. "Hey! You can't just leave us in here! Open this door! Open it! Now!"
"Sasha!" Alice called out getting the woman's attention. "Back away from their door and give them a break," she spoke knowing they wouldn't get anywhere with anger.
Tyreese moved to stand beside Sasha as he shook his head, "Alice is right. Look around you, this is the best we've had it weeks. His house..we got other things to do," he said as he turned to look at Donna and then back at the cell block where he could now see an old man. "We don't want any trouble."
"Shouldn't we help them?" Beth asked as she turned back around to see the group walking off to take care of what they had to do.
"I did," Carl told her as he turned his head to look at her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"The glass has done a lot of damage," Doctor Stevens told the Governor as she examined his eye which was almost completely messed up.
Phillip sat up angrily as the doctor moved the gauze back over his eyes, "I need to get out of here," he muttered knowing he had to go and get Michonne, the woman who had put a shard of glass through his eyes, the woman who had killed Penny, the woman who Merle had told him was dead along with Lucy..though it wasn't Lucy he really cared about. It was more so Michonne.
Doctor Stevens shook her head no, "Not yet."
"Get out of my way!" Phillip yelled as he started to get off the bed but was stopped.
"Can you give us a minute?" Andrea asked the doctor watching as she turned to leave then once she had she trained her eyes on Phillip. "What the hell was that? Why was she here? Why were you fighting her?"
"She came back to kill me," Phillip answered honestly.
Andrea raised an eyebrow at that, "Why?"
"You tell me," Phillip spat out. "You knew her."
Ignoring his words Andrea just shook her head, "The fish tanks, the heads?""
"I made myself look at them," Phillip explained his anger subsiding slightly. "Prepared me for the horrors outside."
"And Penny?" Andrea asked though before he could answer she heard the door open and watched as Milton and Kate walked in.
"Oh, my god," Milton spoke as he felt relieved that nothing too bad was wrong with the Governor. "I just heard. Are you all right?"
Kate made a face as she walked a bit closer to the Governor, "You eye, is it...what happened to you?" she asked feeling a bit confused at what had happened to him though she wasn't sure she honestly cared anymore. But she was curious how it happened.
Though before he could answer her Kate watched as Merle barged into the room asking much the same question that she had. What had happened to the Governor.
"I was attacked," Phillip answered as he turned around and faced Merle knowing this was all Merle's fault in the end. Merle had, had one job. He was supposed to kill the women but he had let them live which had brought Michonne back and that bitch had ruined everything.
"They made it over the wall," Merle told the Governor knowing the people who had ambushed them had left. "I'll go after them in the morning." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rick who was with Maggie, Zac, and Taylor lead them over behind a few trees and farther away from the gates, "Get down," he told them knowing he didn't want them being seen in case anyone was close by. "Come on Daryl," he muttered out a bit angry that Daryl wasn't back yet.
Though it was after that, that he heard slight creaking and when he turned his head he saw the redhead and the injured woman coming back and he walked over to them, holding his gun on them, "Where in the hell were you two?" he asked as he watched them stand up, "Put your hands up," he told them watching as they obeyed him as Zac came over as well and held a gun on them.
"Turn around," Rick ordered both women to do and when they didn't do it the first time he said it again. "Turn around," he muttered watching them again obey and this time as they did he took the sword from the one woman, motioning for Zac to take the gun from the redhead.
Once they were disarmed Rick and Zac both lowered their weapons and he moved in closer to both women, "Get what you came for?!" he asked rather harshly.
"Where are the rest of your people?" Lucy asked quietly as she eyed Rick after seeing that two of them were gone.
"They got Oscar," Zac growled out as he inched a bit closer to her raising his gun up. "Daryl's is missing. You two didn't see him?"
Lucy and Michonne both shook their head no at that.
"If anything happens to him..." Rick threatened but was stopped when the injured woman spoke.
"We brought you here to save them," Michonne said knowing that was all they had promised.
Glaring Rick shook his head, "Thanks for the help."
"You'll need help to get them back to the prison," Lucy spoke feeling a bit crappy now for leaving the group like she had. "Or to go back in there for Daryl. Either way you need us."
Going silent at the redhead's words Rick just looked at them as he contemplated his next actions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kate looked over at Milton curiously as they both sat at the arena where the Governor had called everyone to meet up. It was a place Kate hated to be at and most of all she was antsy because being here right now was delaying her from getting to Lucy and leaving this place.
"Are you okay?" Milton asked as he looked over at Kate sensing from the way she kept looking around nervously that something was wrong.
Shrugging Kate faked a smile, "Not really. I'm not feeling well and I'd much rather be in my room in bed than here," she lied feeling a bit guilty because she did actually like Milton even if he considered the Governor one of his closest friends here though hopefully that could change one day. "Hopefully whatever we're here for won't be long," she said knowing this had been a surprise for everyone, not one of the usual walker fight nights she guessed.
Before Milton could reply back to her though Kate watched as the Governor came into the building, standing where everyone could see him.
"What can I say?" Phillip asked as he spoke loud enough so that everyone could hear him. "Hasn't been a night like this since the walls were completed...and I thought we were past it...past the days when we all sat, huddled, scared in front of the TV during the early days of the outbreak. The fear we all felt then, we felt it again tonight," he sighed as he shook his head before looking around at everyone the best he could with the gauze around his eye that was injured.
"I failed you," he continued knowing he had failed them. "I promised to keep you safe. Hell, look at me," Phillip said referring to his injured eye. "You know I..I should tell you that we'll be okay, that we're safe, that tomorrow we'll bury our dead and endure but I won't. I won't because I can't. Because I'm afraid," he admitted hearing gasps around him. "That's right. I'm afraid of terrorists who want what we have. Want to destroy us and worse...because one of those terrorists is one of our own," he admitted as he turned to look at Merle.
"Merle," Phillip revealed as he pointed to the man. "The man I counted on, the man I trusted. He led 'em here and he let 'em in," he said hearing the crowd now whispering amongst themselves. "It was you," he told Merle seeing the shocked look on his face. "You lied, you betrayed us all," he muttered as he saw some of his men bringing in one of the people from the other group that they had captured as Martinez and Shumpert took away the knife from Merle's stump
"This is one of the terrorists," Phillip spoke as the captured man was thrown into the middle of the fighting ring and as the man struggled Phillip reached for the cloth on his head, pulling off to reveal Daryl to Merle. "Merle's own brother," he admitted out loud to everyone hearing an even bigger gasp eruption.
Daryl who had, had the cloth taken off his head just paused as he stood there looking at his brother, a man he hadn't seen in months and a man he had thought he would never see again and then after that he scanned the crowd seeing two more familiar faces he had never though he'd see again either. Kate and Andrea were here too and it was apparent from the shock written on their faces that they hadn't expected to see him here.
"What should we do with them, huh?" Phillip asked the crowd hearing the people start to chant out for them to be killed.
Kate who stood beside Milton in shock, swallowed hard as she heard the crowd around her chanting for Merle and Daryl to be killed and she just stood their numbly for a bit as the reality of this all hit her, Lucy referencing bringing friends to help because of the friends people being taken...Daryl being among them and well she almost felt like she was going to faint but she didn't.
Instead she just watched in horror as the crowd kept chanting for death and the Governor mentioned to Merle how he had wanted Daryl and now he had him. It was all too much and Kate didn't want to watch either die even if Merle had been an asshole and Daryl..if Daryl was here then fuck...that meant Zac maybe could be too if he was still alive because of course his ass would agree to such a risky mission and well Kate wasn't ready for seeing Zac again not when Lucy...fucking hell there was a probability Zac and Lucy had met.
Shaking her head Kate just heaved a sigh wanting to wake up from this nightmare she was in.