I'll be right back. Those were the last words Maggie had said to Glenn before running off the bus to search for Beth. The last words she might have ever gotten the chance to say to him. She knew it was a bad idea to leave his side, but she needed to find Beth. But her sister was nowhere to be found. Instead, she found Bob and Sasha, who she took cover with until it was safe. Then she heard the sound of the bus's engine come to life, and before she knew it, the bus was off-with Glenn still in it.
Once the coast was clear, Maggie stood up and a wave of dizziness instantly washed over her. She was still in shock from watching her father's throat being slit by The Governor, and now that everyone else had deserted the prison, she really didn't know what to do.
"We have to find the others," Maggie said, her voice sounding distant.
"Where are you going?" Sasha shouted at Bob, who was running inside the prison. "Are you crazy?"
"I'm getting my stuff, and anything else we can salvage," Bob yelled back. "Who knows where we're headed."
Sasha and Maggie reluctantly followed Bob inside the prison to gather what was left of their belongings. Maggie grabbed her bag and just as she was about to leave, she spotted Glenn's camera lying on the floor. She picked it up and tears immediately welled up in her eyes. Maggie didn't know when the next time she would see him. If they were to be apart for a long while, Maggie wanted to have a piece of him. Something to remember him by. If something was to happen-no. Maggie shook those toxic thoughts out of her head. They were going to find each other, Maggie was sure of it. They all were going to find each other. Maggie held Glenn's camera up to her chest, hugging it tightly, as if her life depended on it. "I love you," she whispered.
"We need to go back!" Glenn shouted at the bus driver, a former Woodbury member.
"No can do, son, it's too dangerous," the driver said.
"But there were people we left behind," Glenn said, his mind immediately flashing to Maggie, who had gone off in search for Beth.
The driver took his eyes off the road for a second to give Glenn a sorrowful look. "It's too late. We'll just have to have hope that they're okay."
Glenn frustratingly trudged back to his seat. They had left behind so many people. Glenn didn't even know what was going on until he felt the walls of the prison rattle, and next thing he knew, Maggie was dragging him onto the bus.
"Where are we going?" A little boy asked from the seat next to Glenn.
Glenn let out a long, deep sigh. "I don't know. But hopefully to find everyone else."
"My brother was with Lizzie and Mika," the boy said. "Do you know where they are?"
Glenn shook his head. "I don't know." After a few seconds of silence, Glenn spoke up again. "We will find them. Everybody," he assured.
"Is your family missing too?" the boy asked.
Glenn felt tears rush to his eyes. He could have stopped Maggie from leaving the bus. He should of tried harder. "Yeah," he said after another moment of hesitation.
The little boy nodded. "Like you said, we'll find them."
Glenn smiled sadly and sank back into his seat, gazing longfully out the window. Miles and miles of dense forest passed by. Then an obvious thought came to Glenn. Well, more like it him like a ton of bricks. He mentally kicked himself for not thinking of it sooner. He ran back up to the front of the bus.
"The highway, go to the highway," he said to the driver.
"The highway?" the former Woodbury resident remarked. "What's there?"
"Before the prison, my group stayed at Hershel's farm. It got overrun, and we all had to escape. We got split up, but somehow we all knew to meet by the highway a couple miles away from here. Rick will be there. Daryl too. I'm sure of it," Glenn said, all in one breath.
"I hope you're right," the driver said, and turned the bus around.
Glenn smiled confidently and returned to his seat. Now all he could do was hope everyone else knew to go there too. He got comfortable in his seat-well, as comfortable as he could get on a cold, metal seat. Out of sheer boredom, Glenn emptied out all his pockets. He had left all his belongings back at the prison, so he basically had nothing now. He reached into his shirt pocket, and pulled out a slightly-tattered photograph. Glenn grinned to himself and felt tears in his eyes once again. It was the picture he had taken of Maggie what seemed like forever ago. When everything seemed like it was going to be okay. Glenn held the picture up to his chest, not wanting to ever let it go. He didn't care if all his personal things were gone. This picture was the only thing he needed. Glenn looked down at the picture of a sleeping Maggie, smoothing out the edges. He wanted more than anything for her to be with him right now. "I love you," he said softly.
This will probably be just a drabble for now, but maybe I'll add another chapter to this if you want. Anyways, hope you all liked it!