Standing next to Andrea as they stood in the middle of some town get together or party later that afternoon out in the street, Kate did her best to force a smile as Milton headed their way with three drinks in his hand but it really was hard to smile when she was still arguing with Lucy.
"Thank you," Andrea spoke sincerely as she took one of the cups from Milton and she watched Kate tentatively take the other. "Cold drinks?"
"Been running the freezers all day," Milton responded to what Andrea had asked. "Not the most practical use of the generators to my mind."
Andrea smiled at Milton before pulling her hair up and letting the cup rest against her neck slightly, cooling her off, "It's kind of amazing."
"The Governor feels it's worth it," Milton said as he brought his cup to his lips and took a drink.
"Well, to a great party," Kate said breaking the silence she had created with the other two. "Now, if you would just drop us a hint about tonight," she smirked as she batted her eyelashes knowing the Governor had said they had something huge planned for that night.
"Mere words cannot adequately describe the festivities ahead," Milton answered as he made himself smile because really sometimes he did find what was going to happen tonight, pointless.
Kate just hmmed in response before taking a sip of her drink as she turned her head to see Michonne and Lucy standing off together in the distance and of course both women looked displeased about things which seemed to be their current state since arriving here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nikki smiled as she held a sleeping Leo in her arms and she turned her head to look at Jacey. "You sure you don't want to hold him?" she asked curiously knowing that Jacey hadn't held the baby since the day he was born.
Jacey shook her head no as she avoided Nikki's gaze, "I...I don't feel like it," she answered as she chewed on her lip. "He's asleep anyway and you know what happens whenever he changes whoever is holding him. He wakes up and starts crying and the last thing we need is him crying and drawing walkers here."
"Okay," Nikki nodded her head as she stood from the bed she had been sitting on and she left Jacey's room with Leo still in her arms. When she came out she stopped when she came face to face with Meredith.
"No change?" Meredith asked as she looked down at Leo who was still fast asleep in Nikki's arms.
Nikki shook her head sadly, "No change and it's been a week since she gave birth," she answered as she walked past Meredith and headed into the kitchen. "I'm afraid for her since she doesn't seem to be wanting to bond with her child."
"She's probably just experiencing a bit of postpartum depression," Meredith spoke as she followed behind Nikki. "I think most women suffer from it and I mean she could also be thinking of Miller every time she sees Leo which probably makes things worse."
"Yeah and some women who suffer from it only get better with the help of medicine Mer. Last I checked the use of medicine for anything is gone now because there is no way to get that stuff," Nikki sighed as she sat down in a seat at the table. "And Jacey needs to bond with Leo soon so she can breast feed him because we're running low on the formula Isaac found last week."
"Aren't Harry and Louis on a run though today, looking for formula?" Meredith asked as she locked eyes with Nikki as she leaned against a counter.
Nikki nodded her head, "But if they don't find anything we're screwed," she said as she looked down at Leo again. In all honesty she was also worried about Harry and Louis as well because they had left hours ago and still weren't back. Though then again Nikki now days found herself worrying over everyone in this group because over the last few months they had become her family. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avery stood in the middle of the prison's courtyards as the baby's cries got louder and Rick stayed standing in place now after having gotten up after falling to the ground. It was like Rick had fallen into some kind of trance or something, like he had clearly become unhinged or lost a bit of himself though Avery wasn't sure she could blame him, he had lost his wife.
And the thought of Lori still made her sad because Avery knew she could very well suffer that same fate now and she almost hated her predicament.
Seeing Maggie hand the baby over to Carl, Avery turned on her heels as Hershel asked to see the baby and she walked closer to hear what Hershel would say on the baby's condition.
"We're gonna feed it," Daryl said as he looked at Hershel as Carl brought the baby to the older man. "We got anything a baby can eat?"
When Carl got close enough to him, Hershel pushed down the shirt that was being used as a blanket, "The good news is she looks healthy," he stated as he smiled. "But she needs formula and soon or she won't survive."
Daryl shook his head refusing to even think of losing the little girl, "No. No way. Not her," he stated adamantly. "We ain't losing nobody else. I'm going for a run."
"I'll back you up," Maggie added in feeling like she needed to do this. She had brought the baby into this world.
"I'll go too," Taylor stated knowing if Maggie was going then so was he. He wanted too especially after Maggie had already been through so much.
Nodding after Taylor and Maggie volunteered themselves Daryl slung his crossbow over his arms, "Okay, think where we're going," he said hoping either of them could come up with somewhere. "Avery," he stated as he turned to face her once he had said her name and then he looked between her and Carl. "Kid just lost his mom, his dad ain't doing so hot."
"I'll look out for him," Avery told him as she did her best to offer him a smile.
"You two get the fence," Daryl ordered as he looked at Zac and Glenn. "Too many pile up and we got ourselves a problem," he hollered out as he started to walk towards the vehicles. "Taylor! Maggie! Vamanos!"
Maggie who was just about to follow after watched as Rick picked up a weapon before heading off inside the prison, "Rick!" she yelled out to no avail.
"Get the gate!" Daryl yelled back seeing neither Zac nor Glenn had moved but hell neither had anyone else. "Come on, we're gonna lose the light."
"There's a Piggly Wiggly on eighty-five," Taylor spoke as he ran with Maggie and Daryl to the vehicles as Zac and Glenn headed to the gates.
Maggie shook her head at Taylor's words, "No, the baby section's been cleared out. Lori asked me to keep an eye out. I haven't had much luck."
"Is there any place that hasn't been completely looted?" Daryl questioned as they made it to the vehicles.
"We saw signs for a shopping center just north of here," Taylor answered as he came to a stop in front of the car.
Maggie looked at him as she frowned sadly at his words, "Yeah, but there's too much debris on the road. The car will never get through there."
"I can take one of you," Daryl said as he took his crossbow off and moved just a bit to get to his bike.
"I'll go," Maggie volunteered without even a second thought.
Walking towards her, Taylor grabbed a hold of her hands as he shook his head, "No, Maggie, after everything that you've been through. Okay, I'll go."
"I want to go," Maggie told Taylor sincerely getting that he was just trying to look out for her but she needed to do this. "For Lori, I have to."
Taylor stood there looking at Maggie as he took in her decision and knowing she wouldn't back down. Going closer to the car he opened the back door and got out a weapon before turning to face her, "Be safe," he muttered almost afraid she may not come back to him and he couldn't take more losses today. "I love you."
Hearing Taylor say he loved her, Maggie took the gun and then leaned in to kiss Taylor briefly, "I will," she said after she pulled away.
Not saying anything else to Maggie, Taylor walked with her the short distance to Daryl's bike and he stood there helplessly as she got on the back and Daryl began to drive away. He could only hope she kept good on her word of being safe. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Walking through the prison like he was on a mission which well he was. He was on a mission to find his wife...her body at least. He had to do that, seeing that would maybe make this all real or make sense in his head, Rick wasn't sure. The only thing he was sure of was killing the walkers when he got close to them.
So with a strength even he didn't know he had he raised his weapon and went through walker after walker not even really sure how many he had taken down, but even taking them down didn't stop him in his quest because he kept on walking, going deeper into the prison.
Each step he took, taking him closer and closer to his wife. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Governor walked up onto the stairs of the main building as the rest of the town gathered around him, "All right!" he called out to get their attention and shush them. "Hey. First time we gathered, there was nine of us holed up in an apartment with spam and saltine crackers," he smiled as he thought about their early days as he looked now at the number before him.
"Well look at us now," he continued as he kept his smile. "We've built a place we can call home. May be held together with duct tape and string, but it works. It's ours. I'll take it," the Governor nodded as he caught the eyes of Kate and Andrea. "So today we celebrate how far we've come. We remember those we've lost. We raise a glass...to us," he finished as he held up the cup in his hand.
It was at his comment that Kate watched as everyone else raised their cups but as she raised hers she couldn't help but wonder where Lucy and Michonne were because she had noticed they both had disappeared and she had no clue where they had gone off too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lucy chewed on her lip harshly as she followed Michonne into the Governor's apartment. They were on a mission to get their weapons back and while the plan had been Michonne's idea she agreed with it, knowing she wanted her gun and she wanted out of here but now that they were actually in his apartment a bundle of nerves had grown in her stomach because while everyone else was out celebrating they very well could get caught in here in his apartment.
Following behind Michonne she watched intently as the woman opened the case where her katana was and after she had got it and moved away Lucy took her place, seeing her gun which she picked up and held in her hand. Turning around she froze for a bit as she saw Michonne eyeing a picture and when Michonne began to flip through a notebook that was on a table, Lucy walked where she was to get a better look.
It was when Michonne turned to a page that was clearly a list of all the people the community had lost or something like that, that she cocked an eyebrow up, her eyebrow staying raised as Michonne turned another page and stopped briefly. There was one name on the page that had a lot of dashes. It was the name Penny and Lucy seriously had no clue why this girl's name had a ton of dashes beside and below her name and now her curiosity had been piqued.
When Michonne flipped the page Lucy stood there in amazement seeing that there was now just a whole page of full of the dashes and that seemed to spurn Michonne on which revealed even more dashes on the rest of the pages.
Hearing a loud thud noise from somewhere in the apartment, Lucy jumped seeing Michonne do the same, "Did you...you just heard that?" she asked under her breath before following Michonne to where the noise had come from.
Not getting a response she watched as Michonne made it to the door and then paused briefly before turning back to grab a knife, a knife that she eventually put between the lock to try to pry open but paused midway as something had caught her eye and when Lucy turned to look and see she saw it looked like the bag of guns that Michonne and Andrea had, had in the woods.
It was when they were paused that they heard voices..voices that sounded a lot like the Governor and Milton. It was only when the voices got closer that Lucy took off running across the room, seeing Michonne follow her out of the corner of her eye and right as the door opened Lucy came to a halt behind a wall out of the eyesight of the men.
Swallowing hard she looked at Michonne, feeling faintly scared. Seeing Michonne eventually nod her head to a nearby window Lucy turned her body slightly and as the men talked she slowly made her way over once she confirmed the men weren't paying attention.
Opening the window she climbed through first and was soon followed by Michonne and once she was out she came to a stop realizing the window had lead to a set of stairs which she walked down, taking in her surroundings as she did so. It seemed like they were at the back or front of some old run down construction or industrial type building.
As Lucy continued to walk, she felt her heart beginning to beat a bit faster as she noticed cages, dirty cages that looked to have dried blood and flies buzzing about and as she was examining it she heard the moaning sound she associated with walkers which made her head snap up to another set of cages where she saw walkers in them.
Before she could react though she saw Michonne walk over to that cage and peer in before picking up a piece of metal from the ground. It was when she had the metal that Lucy watched as Michonne broke the lock and the walkers came out and as they came out it was as if Lucy's flight or fight syndrome kicked in because she ran to Michonne and the walkers Michonne couldn't get with her katana, Lucy raised her shoe and kicked their head in as they landed on the ground mainly because she knew she couldn't use her gun in case someone heard.
After they had both taken down the walkers they only had a slight victory and a moment to catch their breath because the back door to the building opened and some man carrying a bucket of something more than likely food for the walkers stepped out and the moment he saw Lucy and Michonne he froze, dropping the bucket.
It was then Lucy knew they were probably going to be in hot water. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zac looked out at the prison courtyard as he stood at the gates. Beth was inside taking care of the baby, while Taylor got what was left of T-Dog to bury him and then with the prisoners help or at least Zac assumed they were going to help, he was going to bury him and then also dig a hole for Carol and well Zac guessed they'd do whatever with Lori whenever Rick found her because Zac assumed that's what Rick was doing, going to find his dead wife.
If that had been Kate or even Beth in there dead he'd do the same out of grief and closure and it was that thought that fueled in him in wanting to get out, just get out from behind these gates and kill a few walkers and clear his mind. Clear his mind of Kate dead thoughts because he swore he had come to terms with them and clear his mind because they confused him because he knew he loved Beth now but yet in some ways he guessed he would love Kate and she had been pregnant with his child and maybe by some glimmer of hope they could both be safe out there even though Zac knew that wasn't likely.
Shaking his head he reached for the keys that he still had and reaching for his gun he began to unlock the gate, only stopping when he heard Taylor calling out for him right as he opened the gate and he stayed frozen as his brother walked over to him.
"What the hell Zac?" Taylor questioned as he raised an eyebrow. "You sneaking off without telling us?"
Zac huffed out as he looked away from Taylor, "I just need to clear my mind," he admitted as he locked eyes with Taylor when he finally did look at him. "I..I need this," he said wanting to make it clear that his mind was made. "Just take the keys in case I'm not back by the time Maggie and Daryl come back," he said as he handed the keys out to Taylor.
Looking down at the keys Taylor hesitated but eventually took them, "What if you don't come back?" he asked sounding scared.
"I'll be back," Zac reassured Taylor before turning on his heel and walking away from Taylor. If one thing was certain he would come back because he had no plans to die today. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lucy sat silently next to Michonne after they had been brought into the main building in Woodbury, the same they had been in when they first arrived. Merle was standing guard as they waited for the Governor to arrive and the moment she heard the door open and then close she knew he had though she didn't turn to face him.
"You get off on that?" the Governor asked as he looked at both women though they didn't turn to face him and he walked closer to them as he held both their weapons. "Poking around other people's things? Hmm?" he questioned as he laid the sword against the wall and the gun on a table he soon leaned against.
"We got nothing to hide here," he continued in their silence as he eyed both of them, wanting to come across as if he was in charge.
Lucy rolled her eyes at that comment, "People with nothing to hide don't usually feel the need to say so."
Nodding his head the Governor looked over at Lucy. "That's fair," he said at least acknowledging she had a point. "We all have our secrets, huh?"
"Like Penny?" Michonne asked as she finally looked up at the Governor.
"You know about Penny?" the Governor asked his voice going soft as he briefly let his guard down. "Then you know I loved her."
Michonne raised an eyebrow at that, a slight smirk on her lips, "Bet you say that about all the girls."
At Michonne's words the Governor slowly put his guard back up as he forced a smile and moved away from the table he was leaning against, going to a chair and sitting down in front of Lucy and Michonne. "You got the wrong idea about me. I'm just a guy trying to do right by the people I care about," he told them hoping he sounded sincere. "Now you two want to leave and Andrea and Kate want to stay. So you want me to take choice out of the equation. You want me to kick you out," he sighed as he shook his head before looking over at the weapons.
"Actually I was about to give you your weapons back," he lied as he looked at both women again. "Cause you fit in. We've enjoyed having you," he spoke before standing up and grabbing both weapons which he held in his hand. "This is a real problem for me. People follow the rules and whether or not it's true, they believe it's what keeps them alive. You've turned that upside down, you've broken the rules and if I don't do anything I invite anarchy. How about this? I keep a lid on your little outburst and you two join the research team. You both obviously have the skill and you're not afraid of biters. Merle will take care of you and then...."
Michonne who had, had enough of feeling like she was being taunted by the Governor stood up quickly and taking him by surprise she was able to steal her katana from him, holding it to his throat as she stared him down.
Lucy who had been surprised by Michonne's actions slowly stood from her chair and while Michonne held her weapon on the Governor she reached out and took her gun from his hands, "I'll take this now," she told him with all the fake kindness she could muster as she plastered on a smile and slowly moved away from him and Michonne.
When Michonne just kept holding her sword to his neck though Lucy was worried she was going to hurt or injure him and while she loved the idea she wasn't sure it was the right move yet and she was actually kind of glad when Michonne eventually started to back away and come towards her.
As Michonne put her sword back in it's case Lucy breathed a sigh of relief and when she opened the front door and walked out she let herself follow after, not wanting to stay behind with a man whom she hated.
Merle who watched both women leave, went back into the building feeling confused, "How'd it go?" he asked as he watched the Governor who was now looking out of one of the windows.
The Governor laughed as he turned to face Merle, "Their both all personality."
"Do we have a problem?" Merle asked wondering if he or someone else would have to take care of it.
"No, no," the Governor reassured as he shook his head. "Send Andrea and Kate over to me. You can take the research team to get more grist for the mill. I can handle this."
"All right," Merle spoke as he turned to leave the building. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Taylor who was busy digging graves looked up as Axel and Oscar approached him and when they got close he moved out of the hole he had been digging, putting the shovel in the ground as he leaned against it, "How's the perimeter look?"
"We got the walkers spread out," Axel answered as he pointed to show Taylor. "Need help?"
Not answering Axel, Taylor turned his back on him so he could get back to digging.
"Your friends, they..." Axel started trying to find the right words. "They were good folks."
"They were family," Taylor spoke maybe a bit too harsh but his words were true. Over the winter months the group had basically become a family.
"I think I had one friend like that my whole life," Oscar piped in knowing he sure didn't have as many as Taylor had. "You got a whole group. Sorry you lost 'em."
Taylor who stayed silent as Oscar talked, looked up and away from the prisoners as he saw Hershel heading to the fence on his crutches.
"I need two more," Taylor finally replied as he handed the shovel to Axel and headed up to where Hershel was. "Rick?" he asked warily as he grabbed onto the fence.
"Still inside," Hershel spoke as he locked eyes with Taylor.
Taylor chewed on his lip harshly, "Okay, I'll get him," he said knowing it usually would have been Zac or Daryl who would have went after Rick but they were gone.
After he said that though Taylor turned to look at the prisoners who were digging holes, "A third of our group in one day."
"Cause of one asshole," Hershel stated honestly.
"Part of me wishes that we killed all the prisoners on sight," Taylor admitted softly almost feeling guilty for that thought.
Hershel took a deep breath when he heard Taylor make that comment, "Axel and Oscar seem like good guys."
"When the evacuations started, T-Dog drove his church van to the homes of every senior he knew just in case they needed a ride," Taylor revealed knowing it was that reason Nikki and Jessica had been saved along with Glenn. "He saved my ass a thousand times. He wasn't just a good guy, he was the best."
"Got bit closing the gate," Hershel nodded knowing he had watched it when T-Dog got bit. "If he hadn't done that..."
"It could have been Maggie," Taylor spoke as he swallowed hard knowing it could have been Maggie and he again could have lost the woman he loved. "It's wrong but...I'd trade any number of people for one of ours any day."
Hearing Taylor, Hershel reached his hand up onto the fence where Taylor's was, doing the best he could to comfort him if only briefly. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"What's wrong?" Andrea asked as the Governor opened the door of his apartment for her and Kate. "Merle said it was urgent."
"I need your help," the Governor said as both women walked in and he closed the door. "It's Michonne and Lucy."
Andrea shrugged at the Governor's words, "What about them?"
"They broke in, stole their weapons," the Governor spoke as he walked in front of both women.
"They can't steal something that's theirs." Kate reasoned knowing that the weapons were Lucy and Michonne's.
"Then they went into a private place and slaughtered half a dozen captive biters," the Governor countered as he looked at Kate.
Kate paused at the Governor's words not sure if she liked the idea of captive biters. "Why would you have captive biters?" she asked as she crossed her arms.
"There's a good reason and I don't want to go into it right now," the Governor said dismissing Kate's concern. "Point is, I tried to talk to them about it and Michonne pulled her sword on me, held it to my throat," he said as he looked at Andrea. "Can't imagine that surprises you."
"She wouldn't do that unless she felt threatened," Andrea spoke as she shook her head feeling as if she knew Michonne well enough to know that.
The Governor sighed not liking how Andrea was sticking up for Michonne, "She makes people uncomfortable, they both do," he added in as he looked at Kate. "Some people want them to leave and I don't want that. It's ugly out there and it's getting worse every day but they put my back against the wall."
"What are you saying?" Kate questioned as she kept her arms crossed.
"I'm saying what works out there doesn't work in here," the Governor said as he looked away from both women. "You know we're not barbarians."
It was after that statement that things fell silent between them and eventually Kate turned to leave, not saying another word to the Governor as she did so. She just wanted to track Lucy down and talk to her, maybe try to make sense of what happened and see if they could come to an agreement for once on things since lately it felt like they couldn't. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Louis?" Harry asked his voice squeaking as he hid behind a tree as he looked around making sure no walkers were in sight but also looking for his boyfriend. They had been split up when they had got cornered by a group of walkers on their way to a daycare Louis had spotted while out on a run with Isaac yesterday.
Louis had said it might be the perfect place to loot, to look for formula and other things for Leo and so they had decided to do the run together today and of course as luck would have it, they had run into trouble.
"Louis?" Harry questioned again as he slowly moved from behind the tree and held his gun close just in case a walker was near by. "If you can hear me please let me know," he spoke as he kept moving in between trees, every so often stopping just in case a walker was near by to see him.
Biting his lip Harry ran a hand through his hair as he sighed. This was the first time since the herd last fall that they had been separated and just like then he was scared he'd never see Louis again. Just like then he was afraid Louis was dead. But Louis had came back to him then so Louis could definitely come back to him now, he had too.
When he heard a twig snap from not too far away and the familiar sound of a walker's moaning coming from behind him. Harry held his gun up and he turned around slowly, though he almost wished he hadn't turned around at all because the moment he had turned around he swallowed a lump that was forming in his throat as he came face to face with Louis who was now one of those things. A walker..a dead person.
The person he loved was gone and now a monster had taken their place. Feeling tears forming in his eyes Harry just stood there frozen, prepared to die at Louis' hands because he didn't want to live if Louis wasn't alive either but before Louis could bite him, a gunshot sounded and Harry watched in horror as Louis or what had been left of him fell to the ground.
"No!" he yelled out as he ran over to Louis' body and picked him up, cradling him as his hand ran over the huge bite mark on Louis' neck. "No, No No," Harry muttered over and over again as he rocked back and forth, holding Louis. He didn't care that he probably looked stupid, nor did he care that someone had obviously saved him from death. He had wanted to die.
"You know, I think the proper thing to do is thank the person who saved you," a gruff voice spoke and Harry looked away from Louis and up into the eyes of the man who had saved him. A man with brown eyes and who looked as distraught as Harry felt.
Harry just glared at him slightly, "But you didn't save me," he sighed as he shook his head. "I wanted to die."
Zac looked at the boy astonished by his words because yeah right now he felt like shit but he'd never want to die and especially not at the hands of a walker.
"You're being foolish kid," Zac muttered out as he watched the young boy finally stand up. "You don't want to die."
Going silent Harry again felt tears forming in his eyes and deep down he knew this man was right. He didn't want to die because even if he would miss Louis the thought of death scared him.
At the kid's silence Zac heaved a sigh and ran a hand through his hair as he slowly put his gun away, not hearing any sounds of walkers close by. "Do you have a camp nearby or a group?" he asked hoping the boy did.
Harry nodded his head as the tears that had formed in his eyes went down his cheeks but he still didn't talk.
"H..how about taking me to them?" Zac questioned as they boy remained silent though he had began to cry. "Just to make sure you get there safe."
Looking up at the man who had saved him, Harry felt hesitant but he also didn't want to go back alone, "O...okay," he answered his voice cracking slightly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lucy sat in the room she had been sharing with Kate. Kate was sitting beside her and they were both being silent though Kate kept looking at her every so often as if she wanted to say something.
"You can say whatever it is you want to say," Lucy said as she stood from the bed and looked down at Kate. "I won't bite you."
Kate couldn't help but chuckle at that last comment, "No but you'll get mad," she said honestly as she looked down and away from Lucy's gaze. "I know about what happened today. You and Michonne stealing your weapons and Michonne holding a gun on the Governor."
"She did," Lucy nodded as she looked at Kate skeptically wondering where Kate was going with this.
"H..he wants to throw you both out," Kate admitted her voice going softer. "He says you two scare people," she frowned as she finally looked back at her girlfriend. "You really need to stop hanging out with her Luce. I want to stay here..it's the safest we've had this whole time."
Lucy heaved a sigh as she shook her head as she crossed her arms, "This place isn't safe," she argued still not buying into it.
"You aren't giving it a chance," Kate said as she ran a hand through her hair. "And don't say you are because breaking into houses isn't trying."
"I thought this was just temporary?" Lucy questioned as she chewed her lip, only getting silence from Kate. "This place isn't what they say it is Katie and I wish you'd trust me on this...you used to trust me before."
Kate almost felt like Lucy had slapped her with that comment but she still didn't respond, instead she sat there as she watched Lucy turn away from her and grab a bag that was by the door, a bag Kate hadn't even noticed or realized that Lucy had packed.
"I'm going to find a way to leave whether you come with me or not," Lucy said after she had picked up her bag and Kate continued the silence. "I hope you choose to come though." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Taylor who was walking through the darkened tunnels of the prison, held a flashlight in one hand and a gun in the other as he searched for Rick. A task that was made a bit easier by the dead walker bodies on the ground, bodies that he followed as if they were a map leading him to a prize.
Turning a corner he came to a brief stop as he let his flashlight, create a light and he saw Rick standing there, bloody axe in his hand. "Rick?" he questioned as he walked a bit closer though he felt apprehensive. "Everybody's worried about you. You shouldn't be in here, come on out," Taylor said as he did his best to try and breakthrough to Rick who seemed a bit unhinged.
When Rick turned to look at him Taylor swallowed hard at the sight of the broken man all covered in blood, "Come on out," he said as he nodded his head and walked a bit closer. "Rick, you don't have to do this all by yourself," he said knowing Rick didn't have to carry this burden alone. "Okay? Our cell block is cleared. We'll just close off all the doors again," he nodded before biting his lip briefly.
"Why don't you just come with me, okay?" Taylor questioned still not getting any responses from Rick. "Rick?" he asked moving out to touch him and when he did he heard Rick grunt before the man pinned him against the wall and Taylor felt scared, having not expected or foreseen this predicament.
As Rick just held him there and looked at him Taylor felt his heart beating faster, seeing Rick try to find some sort of recognition of who he was. "Yeah...yeah.." Taylor whispered as he put his hand out. "It's me," he spoke right before Rick finally hurled him away from the wall, letting him go.
Once he was free and away from Rick, he just turned to look at him almost afraid of the man looking back at him because it wasn't the Rick he had known. It was like that Rick had checked out.
As Rick walked away from him and went farther down into the tunnels Taylor stayed glued in place knowing it was no use stopping him.