We start off chapter eight with Liv finding out if she is or is not pregnant...
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CHAPTER 8: Debris Came Falling Down
Liv stood there holding her breath until the timer went off. Slowly she walked to the timer and stopped it from beeping. After stopping the timer, she turned to the pregnancy test and picked it up. She stood there for a moment looking at it before she realized she didn't know how to read one. All the years she had been a midwife in Afghanistan, yet she didn't know how to read a pregnancy test. She shrugged it off and gave herself a break because she did only deal with the labor part and not the whole finding out if someone was pregnant. She then grabbed the box and read the back.
"Two lines for 'pregnant' one line for 'not pregnant'... hmm, seems easy enough." She read aloud to herself before looking back at the test. "...I'm pregnant…" She confirmed to herself just as her eyes widened and slightly got watery.
"Liv? You here?" Suri asked walking into the lab.
Liv shot her head up. Quickly she disposed of the pregnancy test and its box, before opening the bathroom door holding the bag of trash. "Yeah… I'm here." She said with an innocent smile.
"Oh." Suri turned to face Liv and notice the bag. "Thank you for taking the trash out." She said with confusion, it was unusual for Liv to do those things.
"Yeah, I had to use the bathroom and seen it was full so I thought, 'well, I'm here so why not'." She spoke with eloquence.
"Right…" Suri added after watching Liv walk out the door.
With bag in hand, Liv made her way to the big dumpsters by the front wall before running into Tara. "Oh. Hey, you're Tara right?" Liv asked before tossing the bag into the dumpster.
"Yeah, I am." She assured nodding her head. Tara and Liv both stood there awkwardly for what seemed like the longest moment.
Liv looked around, nodding her head as well for no reason. "So, is there something you need?" Liv was unsure of what to say.
"No, no… why do you ask?" Tara questioned, trying to keep the conversation going.
Liv looked as to where they were standing, "Because you're standing near the dumpsters all alone." Liv pointed out.
"Oh! No, I'm waiting for Glenn... we're going out on a run." Tara said before she quickly added, "... and I'm not alone, I'm with you." She clarified.
Liv laughed at Tara's statement. "Oh… well, did you notify anyone that you two were going out?"
"I thought I just did?" Tara innocently asked.
Liv smiled and nodded her head "You two be careful. Here take this," Liv said handing Tara a walkie talkie. "I have the other one in the lab. You call for me and I'll answer."
"Got it. Thanks." Tara thanked holding up the walkie talkie, before watching Liv walk away, leaving her to wait for Glenn.
With that Liv went back to the lab and got the other walkie talkie then headed to her office to get some work done. She didn't want to keep thinking about being pregnant and working would take her mind off of that. She definitely knew Rick was the father, because he was the only one she had been with in years and that made her less worried. She wasn't planning to tell anyone about her pregnancy any time soon.
-~Debris Came Falling Down~-
Glenn finally showed up with Sasha and decided to head on out to just check out the area and to find a 'safe zone' they could have as back up if this place fell. The three headed to the front gate after talking to the 'gate keeper' who also gave them the okay for them to go. Tara, Sasha, and Glenn didn't tell anyone what they were doing, especially Liv, because they didn't want her to get offended.
"Come on, I say we go through the woods. It could be dangerous, but we don't want them tracking us." Tara said, making a good point that Sasha agreed with though Glenn was still a bit weary, but the majority ruled as he found himself walking through tall trees and stepping on little fallen branches.
"It's kinda hard to stay clear of walkers when you hear crunch crunch every few steps." Glenn complained.
Tara turned around and appeared to be a bit offended. "Are you talking about the tree branches or the fact that I'm eating this granola bar?"
Glenn looked at Sasha who seemed to be fed up over listening to the two, who had bickered back and forth the whole time. "Both." Glenn sharply stated.
"Stop it! The both of you! I am so tired of hearing you two argue! Glenn, no, we didn't go your way; we went Tara's way so get over it! And Tara, don't bring snacks if you didn't bring enough for others! Am I clear?" She gave both the evil eye till they agreed.
The two simultaneously agreed with a 'yes' and Sasha nodded her head once, then turned back around to continue to walk with rifle in hand. They walked till they reach a little wooden two story cottage. With no walkers in sight, they headed towards it.
"Keep low and I'll do the talking if there is someone is inside." Glenn ordered.
Sasha appeared to be shocked. "You'll do the talking?" She questioned, being doubtful.
"Lets face it; I can 'reason' with others more than you." Glenn said as Tara nodded in agreement.
They cautiously walked closer to the tiny two story cottage. Glenn told the two girls to stay back in a hushed voice as he walked up the two steps and on to the front porch. Step by step, he hesitantly made his way to the front door as he slowly raised his hand to the door knob. He looked back at the two and seen Sasha waiting impatiently. In a split second Glenn quickly twisted the knob and pushed open the door, bringing his gun up and ready to shoot. Sasha and Tara quickly ran up to cover him.
"It's clean… really clean." Sasha said pointing out what she was seeing.
"Yeah… guys, I think someone might live here." Tara agreed. She looked around the nicely decorated living room, and so did the other two.
Glenn looked through the doorway that lead to the dining room. "Um, I don't think just someone lives here." He stated.
Sasha turned to Glenn and made her way towards him to see what he was looking at. "What do you mean?" She questioned, before seeing what Glenn was talking about.
"I think multiple people live here." He clarified looking to Sasha who gave him the same confused face.
Tara didn't dare move. "What are you guys seeing?" She asked a bit weirded out by the place.
Sasha turned around to Tara. "A table with six plates set, with food on it." She answered.
"I think we should go now." Tara replied with a sick feeling in her stomach.
"No. Lets check the upstairs." Glenn stated as Tara gave him an 'are you serious!?' face.
Before Tara could argue against Glenn's idea Sasha agreed. "Yes we need to know if these people are a threat to us and by going up stairs we could get a better idea of who these people are."
The three again slowly one by one walked cautiously up the stairs having Glenn lead the way. Once up the stairs they noticed one door to the left, two doors to the right, and one door at the very end. As they come up to the first door on the right Glenn quickly opened it to reveal nothing but three beds. He glanced over to the girls then moved on to the next room, which was the only room on the left. Again he opened it quickly and pointed his gun.
"Nothing just three beds, again…" He whispered to Sasha and Tara. Now at the final door to the right. In the same position as the last time Glenn reached for the door handle.
Sasha squinted her eyes for a moment before grabbing Glenn's wrist, stopping him from opening the door.
"What?" He asked in a whisper at Sasha's strange behavior.
She nodded her head to the door at the end of the hall. Sasha quietly walked to the door that was about three feet away from them then turned back.
"At the same time." She ordered with a hand on the knob, her voice stayed soft but loud enough for the other two to hear.
"Now!" Tara gave the call and stood in the hallway as the two open their doors at the same time. She would run to who ever needed her help, but no one did.
"Bathroom's clear!" Sasha stated.
"Bedroom's clear too!" Glenn stated as well.
Tara and Sasha walked into the room Glenn stood in. "Oh, look a balcony." Tara pointed out. She walked towards it as Glenn and Sasha glanced at each other. Tara slide open the glass door and walked out feeling the warm evening breeze as Glenn and Sasha joined her.
"Look… a telescope." Glenn walked over to it. Without moving it from any direction, he put his eye to it and in an instant his heart dropped. Despite all the trees the telescope was fixated on the front gates of their base camp. Glenn knew immediately that this had to have been purposely set, as though someone was keeping watch on them.
"Great view ain't it." A man with a deep voice coming from behind the three of them said.
The three spun around quickly to reveal a tall man with a long beard and long hair that was slicked back holding a gun up to them. The three looked at each other knowing it was too late to pull up their weapons. They began to raise their hands and went on there knee's to surrender, Sasha being the last one to raise her hands and get on her knees.
"Good girl." The man directed to Sasha. "Now, Charlie! Get out here!" The man yelled. Another man with short black hair, who looked to be in his early thirties came out.
The man who went by Charlie was holding zip ties. "Oh boy do we have a treat for y'all waiting downstairs!" He said, showing excitement.
Tara... the girl never did have a censor on her mouth. "What is it?" She asked.
The two man looked shock and surprised at how relaxed she sounded. "It's not, what is it. It's who it is… am I right David!" The man Charlie laughed.
"Just tie them up!" David ordered.
Once the three were now fully tied up. Charlie took their weapons as he forcefully stood each of them up from their position on their knees. They got in a line and headed down stairs. Glenn as usual was in front follow by Tara with Sasha in the back. Once and a while the man Charlie would shove Sasha from the back with his gun ordering her to walk faster. As the three entered the living room Glenn's mouths hung open.
"Carl!" Glenn shouted seeing that Carl had a knife to his throat and was being held by a female, who looked to be in her early to mid-thirties. "How did you get him!" Glenn demanded.
"Let him go!" Sasha declared, once she seen him.
"Honey it's not gonna be that easy." The woman answer with a vicious smile. "And this little critter… " She said talking about Carl. "He followed y'all."
Sasha, Glenn, and Tara stood there helplessly watching Carl, and he stared back at them trying to not show fear. Two other men stood around them and aimed their weapons.
"Y'all think you can come in my house and look through it? Well you're wrong." The man David shouted.
One man who had yet to introduce himself walked behind them noticing the walkie talkie that Liv had given Tara. It was clipped on to her pants. "Oh good I was worried of how we were going to threaten your group that we had you." The man stated grabbing the walkie talkie forcefully from her pants braking the clip part.
"They'll kill you." Sasha threatened.
The man walked around to face Sasha. Inches away from her face he stated, "Not if we kill them first." He said slowly as he took a step backwards then slapped her across her face causing Glenn to jerk forward and step in from of Sasha to protect her.
"Stop!" The female yelled at Glenn. "I'll slice his throat right now!" She yelled tightening the knife on Carl's neck. Glenn took a step backwards feeling completely helpless at this point.
"Time to set off the alarms." The man yet to give his name said shaking his hand that he had slapped Sasha with. He pressed the button to speak. "Hello… Hello?" He said in a lighter tone of voice.
-~Debris Came Falling Down~-
Liv sat there alone in her office doing some paper work as she looked out the large open window to look at the lake that sparked from the sun hitting it in just the right spot.
"Hello… Hello?" She heard coming from the walkie talkie that sat on her table.
She turned and faced it not recognizing the voice. She slowly reached out for it with a confused face. Once she had it in hand she still was thinking of who it could be. "I'm here, do you copy?" She answered.
"Hey sugar?" The voice appeared to be in a beeper pitch than before.
"And who the hell are you?" Liv plainly asked.
"I am a man who has four of your people, that's who the hell I am." He stated adding, "Now who am I dealing with?"
Liv felt her stomach turn. "Sir." Liv laughed in the walkie talkie to make sure the man on the other side heard before before she added, "It is not who you are dealing with. It is what you are dealing with." She firmly stated, standing up from her seat.
The man looked at Glenn who seemed to smirk from Liv's remark. "Yeah, well your Asian friend here thinks you're sooo funny... but I don't. I caught them sneaking around my place." The man seemed even more frustrated.
Liv began to walk out of her office when she seen Daryl and Carol walking along the lake. "Can I ask for your name?" Liv more demanded than ask. When Daryl looked at Liv she waved to him to come over.
"My name is Chris." He began. "I have four of your people one is a boy with some nice pretty blue eyes. One is a stubborn negro woman and the other woman… well I don't seem to mind the other woman. Then this Asian man who has a lot of balls." He stated as Liv's fear grew more, Carol and Daryl had finally reached Liv, no one spoke a word as the three listened to the walkie talkie. "I want your leader to come and negotiate a deal with me and my group and in return I'll give you back your people. You got fifteen minutes to tell me who you are sending to come talk. Starting now!" He said as Liv looked to Carol.
"We need to move fast. We have a lot on the line." Carol said in a serious tone..
"I know. They have Glenn, Tara… and I think Carl and Sasha. They have our people and we are not going to risk anything." Liv said as she began to jog to the front with Carol and Daryl beside her. One hand kept hold on the walkie talkie.
"Carl! Sasha!" All three of them yelled to see if he or she was there. They continued to run to the front gates, but neither of the two replied, leaving them only to fear they were captured too.
"We need to tell Rick." Daryl stated.
"Yeah. Get Rick and the others. Carol you get Dr. Suri lord knows what kind of medical attention we're going to need after this. I'll get my men and we meet by the front in five minutes." Liv ordered, as Carol and Daryl scrambled to get everybody that was need. In less than one minute Liv could see that Daryl found Rick first. The two ran full speed towards her. Liv by this time had about ten soldiers with her.
"Where? Where is he?" Rick asked, worried as his face turned to a dark dangerous look. "I kill them. Liv, I'll kill them all!" Liv could tell that he didn't want to feel this way but there was nothing she could do to change how he felt... because she wanted to kill them too.
"Rick!" Liv yelled. "I need you to focus! Okay?!" Liv turned to her soldiers. "Were gonna need guns we don't know how many of them are out there." She directed. Soon, some of Liv's most trusted soldiers, Rick, Tyreese, Michonne, Carol, Daryl, Abraham, Rosita, and Marco were gathered around as Liv handed the walkie talkie to Marco.
"I'll talk." Rick offered as Tyreese put a hand on Rick's shoulder to calm him down.
"No I am the leader." Marco turned down Rick's offer. "What's his name?" Marco asked as Liv replied with 'Chris'. Marco nodded then pushed the button to speak. "Chris… Chris are you there?"
"Yeah, yeah. I'm here." He replied.
"You have our people… I want them alive you hear me?" Marco said in a very stern voice; that no one really ever heard before. "And if you fail me you fail your group because my men and women will be left to kill them." He in forced.
"Interesting." The man, Chris said in a bored tone. "You think you run this game, but I'm the one who has your people. I just want one of you to come to me!" He yelled like a child.
"Yes Chris, but where is it that you are?" Marco asked.
"No it's not going to be like that, just tell me who you're sending then I tell that person where I am." He explain.
"Hold up!" Marco said to Tyreese who kept asking for the walkie talkie, but didn't realize he still had his finger on the button.
"Hmm.. I don't know if my lady can wait any more. The knife around the boy's neck keeps getting tighter and tighter." He said as Rick felt his body tense.
Marco released the talking button. "I'll go then." He said wanting confirmation from the others.
"No. I will go. He has my son!" Rick stated, picking up a gun from the cart.
"No that's why you can't. You won't be thinking straight. Tyreese you won't go either." Liv ordered, as they looked at her with an 'yeah right and you're going to stop us?' face.
"Where's Glenn!" Maggie worriedly yelled after hearing what was going on.
"Maggs, we're going to get him back. You gotta trust me, we're going right now." Liv promised.
Macro was about to answer that he would go, because they did ask for the main leader of the community to go alone, which would be Marco. Liv and the others still stood by the walkie talkie. Liv looked to Marco as she pleaded with her eyes, to let her go.
"Your kids and wife are here safe. While one of mine has a knife to his throat." She explained.
"Hello." Marco spoke pressing the button.
"Put whoever you're sending on the walkie talkie." Chris sounded extremely bored at this point.
"You already had talked to her, but here she is again." Marco handed Liv the walkie talkie
"Chris… I am the woman from earlier… I am Sergeant L. Snow and I want to work with you… but I need to be assured the my people will be alive when I get there." She spoke.
"Yeah… Yeah. Just hurry up." He plainly stated.
Liv looked really pissed off and his attitude made Liv want to make him suffer for even putting a hand on any of them, especially Carl. "Don't you touch my people." Liv said turning away from the group, though they could still hear her talking into the walkie talkie.
"Oh, good! Now I know you are serious… I'm in the cottage less than a mile to the north east of your front gates. Come alone." He stated but didn't reply to any other questions.
"I'm ready!" Daryl said.
"He said I had to go alone…" Liv shrugged putting on her twin machete knives that she hadn't carried in a while.
"Your crazy as hell if you think I'm gonna let you go alone." Daryl testified as everyone agreed with him.
"Daryl, I didn't say you couldn't come. I'm sayin' they wanted me to come alone." Liv hinted though Daryl wasn't understanding.
"So, what do you mean?" Rick chimed in.
"I am a leader and I can't lead if there is no one following…" She answered.
"Lets go then!" Carol said grabbing a shotgun and a hand knife.
Seven people set off to go rescue their friends. The seven that went consisted of Liv, Rick, Daryl, Carol, Abraham, Rosita and Michonne. As the seven set off to the woods they were silent. Rick was ahead of all of them and Liv was to nervous to tell him to slow down.
"Alright!" Liv said as she stopped, making Rick turn around. "I'm gonna go first you guys hide behind the tree's and surround the cottage… be armed and ready." She added.
"I'm going with you." Rick voiced.
"I can't stop you," Liv said walking past him. She didn't want to admit it, but she would feel comfortable having someone near here. Liv and Rick headed to the front cottage as the others did what they were told. "Chris! Hello?" Liv called out standing about ten feet away from the front of the cottage with Rick at her side.
-~Debris Came Falling Down~-
"Where the hell is she?" Chris said getting irate just when he heard a voice call out to him from the outside. He turned to his people, there was a total of six with him. "Albert get behind the black one, Charlie get behind the Asian and David get behind Tara." Chris said. He took interest in Tara seeing that she was the only one he bothered to take the time and learn her name. The three men did as directed putting their snipers up against each one's back as they pushed them out the door to line up on the porch. Liv looked a bit relieved to see them alive. The next person to come out was the woman who walked behind Carl still holding the knife to his throat as Chris came out last. "So I see you disregarded what I had told you." He stated.
"Yeah? What was that?" Liv asked as though she forgot.
"I told you to come alone." He repeated what he had said earlier.
"Yeah, we'll I thought I told you I didn't want any one of my people hurt." She stated a bit pissed off.
"I follow your rules; they're all alive." He sounded a little confused.
"Yeah, but it looks like your bitch held the knife to tight around my boy's neck." Liv pointed out after seeing some blood fall down Carl's neck.
Chris slightly turned around. "Loosen up, Theresa!" He yelled at the woman holding the knife to Carl.
"Your lucky he is still alive." The woman cried out before adding, " I seen a man kill both of my children in a heartbeat… no hesitation. With his own bare hands!"
"I don't care for your sob stories, lady." Liv plainly shouted back showing no sad expression but she did feel bad for the other woman deep down inside.
Chris stood there till everyone was done talking "Can we get down to business now?" He asked as Rick nodded his head not taking his eye's off the people holding their weapons to his friends and son. He had his hand gripped tensely around his gun and so badly wanted to shot at them.
"I want to be in your community." He said and Liv widened her eyes in shock.
"No." She answered.
"What?" Chris heard, but was taken back by how quickly she replied.
"No." Liv huffed. "You take my people at gunpoint, then expect me to have you live with them!?"
"First off, I didn't take your people they were snooping around my house! And like you said, I do have them at gunpoint... so I wouldn't say 'no' so fast." He explained.
Liv glanced over to the right side of the house with her eyes and seen Carol sneaking up along side the house. In this moment Liv had foreseen what might happen. Carol would take out the three holding the snipers to Glenn, Sasha and Tara. Rick would kill Chris, Daryl or the other two would take out the man on the roof who had his gun pointed at her and Rick, and she would take out the woman holding the knife to Carl. Liv needed to time everything perfectly and hope everyone was prepared.
"No." She simply replied reaching for her gun as Carol pulled up her's putting a bullet in each of the three men's heads before they could react. Like Liv expected someone from behind her, shot down the man on the roof at the same time Carol shot. Less than a moment later Liv pulled up her gun swiftly and pointed it at the woman's head and took the shot. Liv was god with her aim and wasn't worried about hitting Carl when the woman, Theresa, fell down with a bullet in her skull.
"He's running!" Abraham yelled running out from the trees pointing at Chris who was running into the forest. Liv and the others began shooting but no seemed to hit him.
"He's gone!" Daryl yelled disappointed and Liv looked Liv sighed in disappointment as well.
"Thank you!" Tara yelled, changing the disappointed moment into a good one as Carol run up on the porch and untied the three.
"Dad!" Carl yelled embracing his father.
"We got to lock you up for now on." Rick joked squeezing his son and never wanted to let go.
Liv stood in a daze still staring at the direct in which Chris had ran. Immediately she began to think of the future. 'Would if he tries to kill them all. Would if he came when I'm nine months pregnant. Would if he comes when the baby is born and tries to ruin the community.' Liv thought to herself before realizing she had just killed someone. She had kill people before the apocalypse while in war, but never that close up. In that moment Liv feared herself, seeing how she didn't hesitate in killing that woman, to save Carl but she would do it again in a heart beat. "He needs to be killed." Liv spoke to no one in particular. "But there's only one way to send him a message." She muttered the last part. She walked over to Abraham and held out her hand.
Abraham looked at her in shock, knowing what she was asking for. "Hell. You have a point." He said, though Liv didn't speak one word to him on what she needed. He pulled out a hand grenade and placed it gently in Liv's hand.
"Y'all get going... I'll catch up." She ordered walking closer to the cottage.
"I'll throw it." Daryl offered.
"No I'm gonna throw it." Glenn protest.
"Neither of you are going to throw it. I will. I run faster than both of you anyways." She tease and gave a fake smile.
"Fine, but I want to race you when we get back." Glenn said before walking farther away from the cottage though Liv could tell he was serious.
Rick looked as though he didn't agree with any of this be he knew Liv knew what she was doing. "Run fast. Please." He stared into her eyes for one last moment, as she nodded. "Clear out!" Rick said backing away. "Let's move!"
As Liv watched the others disappear into the trees she took in a deep breath. Slowly she unhooked the pin from the hand grenade and quickly threw it through the front door of the cottage that was already opened. In an instant she sprinted to the forest and caught up the the others. They all felt a pressure pushing on them when the cottage blew up from the grenade, debris came falling down with small ashes of amber as they continued to make their way quickly to the community.
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