The Walking Dead: Safety Behind Bars

by JackWriting

What if the likes of T-Dog, Merle and Axel never died? What if the Governor never tried to redeem himself, but went down another road entirely? What happens when Carl becomes increasingly violent? The Prison full of Woodbury refugees, Rick and the council try to hold onto to what they've built. But with a new threat around every corner, is there even safety behind bars?

1. Prolouge

Hey everyone! Jack here, just a simple run down for this story:)

Characters!

Merle - Went to kill the Governor, however failed and only killed a few Woodbury soldiers. Managed to get back the prison unharmed. Looks to redeem himself, but with half of the prison still not trusting him, what can he do?

T-Dog- Never died saving Carol. With the increasing numbers and the lack of leadership during Rick's down time, T-Dog rose to become a very important man in the prison. Seen as the handy man, many come to T-dog for help with anything from walkers to dealing with people. T-Dog even managed to make amends with Merle.

Axel - Only being shot in the arm when The Governor attacked, Axel lived to see past the Prison VS Woodbury war. However now apart of a bigger community how will Axel cope? He may good with electronics and keeping the water running, but Axel has only be outside the prison a few times, and still feels like an outsider. What comes next for Axel?

Allen - Tyreese's old friend and now right hand man to the Governor. With Martinez and Shumpert, Allen will follow the Governor wherever he may go, hoping one day he can get revenge on Tyreese. But who'll get revenge first?

Sasha & Bob - When you bring back four characters, the cast becomes over crowded. With a list of around twenty characters, I need to cut some out:( Sadly, this is Sasha and Bob. This is mainly due to the fact I can develop Tyreese with Sasha's death in later chapters, (She died in the Woodbury/Prison war.) and also Bob, although I loved him as a character, has no place in my stories. At the moment. Maybe one day down the line I can introduce him:)

Storyline

Basically, the story is going to take the same sorta route from Season 4. The Infection storyline will take place (However it will be shortened.) and the Governor will return, just not in the way you think. After this, the story will go down it's own route, taking small parts of the TV show if I want to, but mainly being it's own story. I do love the comics however, so expect me to jump back into the comics every so often. Overall this storyline is more like the comics than the show it some aspects. Simply, a remixed S4, which turns into it's own story:)

As I have stated from above, there are a LOT of characters. Which means I cannot develop them all fairly. Because of this, this story is predominately, Rick's story. How he copes with Leadership, Carl and the never ending threat of walkers and people. Don't expect others Characters to disappear though, they will all still play important parts, however some more so than others. (Maggie, Merle and Tyreese for example.)

Due to the large array of characters, there will be some deaths on the way. I won't spoil who, but the numbers right now are at about 17 main characters. Expect this to drop to around 10-12 :O

Anyway, since that's all out the way now, I hope you enjoy the first chapter!