AN: Hey guys, I know it's been forever. I am truly sorry. I honestly forgot originally then IRL stuff got in the way. I was going to post this chapter in April but then I had a break in, and honestly wasn't in the mental space to get around to it. On a brighter note I'm 20 now, I turned 20 on the 21st of May. I have a lot more of this pre-written, so I will be doing regular updates again, but I can't promise more than one chapter of this a week. I will be beginning to post a few other stories I have a lot pre-written on so I'll be trading out on posting those. I also will be posting shorter stories and separate stories on my Tumblr account if anyone wants to check those out. I have two Star Trek Imagines posted already. My Tumblr is Creative Heart Gemini.

Disclaimer: All recognizable characters are property of AMC and Robert Kirkman. I am not making any money from this.
I do own Kat, and the Warriors (Characters that come in, in later chapters).

AN: Now with that out of the way; enjoy the show!

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The walkers had become less of a threat with the wall, although they still sent people out to deal with them every day, they wouldn't be able to knock down the wall, but they wanted their people safe as they came and went from runs. After the success of her wall, Katrina was invited to join the council, although she declined, telling them that if they needed her she'd step in, but otherwise… she was fine staying out of the politics of it.

It was decided she'd be put in charge of defense. She had implemented different things, such as anyone over 8 had to be taught how to deal with walkers, if their parents didn't want them using guns, then that was fine, they could learn that later, but knife training was a must. People didn't like it at first, but Carol backed her on it, using Sophia as an example why… The only two kids who were having issues with it where the sister's Lizzie and Mika. Lizzie was convinced the walkers had a right to live, and Mika didn't want to kill anything. Kat had assigned Carol to try and teach them otherwise, their dad helping as best he could.

Another month had passed since the wall was completed. Kat was eating dinner with Rick and Carl, anxiously waiting for Glenn to return from a run. Him, Daryl, and Sasha had headed out that morning… and should have been back hours ago.

"Calm down, I'm sure they're fine… they probably just took a different route back, or did some extra scavenging." Rick says placing a hand on her shoulder. She sighs.

"I know… I just don't like it when they're late… I can't help but worry." She looks over at him.

"They'll be okay, they always are… now who do you think would win in a fight, Iron Man, or Captain America?" Carl asks her. Kat laughs.

"What? Did Michonne bring you comics, from the marvel civil war storyline?" Kat asks raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, but I don't know how it ends…" She shakes her head.

"I honestly don't remember who wins… but it would depend on what caused the fight and who they each had on their side." She points out. He nods.

"I think Iron Man would win… unless Cap had more people."

"Depends on whether Iron Man's ready to kill Cap… if not Cap would win… Most of the weapons Iron Man has to take Cap out with would kill him."

"I guess." Carl shrugs. "I don't think Tony Stark would kill Cap…"

"No… not intentionally at least."

"So yeah, Cap would win… damn… I owe Michonne two candy bars…"

"This is why you shouldn't bet, especially against Michonne." Kat laughs.

"Hi Glenn." Carl says. Kat spins around sighing in relief when she sees him walking up.

"Hi Carl, I got some things for you." Glenn passes some comic books to Carl who grins. "Just let Kat read them if she wants." He nods and starts looking through them.

"Your late." Kat stands up.

"I know, we ran into a group of men… it took us a while to ask them all the questions without them interrupting each other…"

"They joining?" Rick asks.

"Yeah, Sasha is showing them around… although they keep hitting on her, so I don't know how long that's going to last." Glenn shakes his head.

"I'm sure…" Kat leans forward kissing his cheek. "It went okay otherwise?" Glenn nods.

"Yeah, I just need to put some supplies away, then I'll come eat." He says holding up a bag of stuff.

"Eat, I'll put it away for you." Kat says taking it. "Then when you're done, you can introduce us to the new guys." She says heading into the prison towards the store rooms.

She heads into the rooms and starts sorting the things Glenn brought back, into their proper places. She looks up when she hears multiple sets of footsteps coming down the hall.

"Hello Kat… long time no see." She backs away from the doorway hitting into the bins.

"What not happy to see us?" Fear fills her as she stares at the four men in front of her…

"No Eddie, she doesn't look to happy… in fact, I think she's afraid…"

"She should be…" Eddie responds, moving towards her.

"Hold up… I get first hit, she killed my brother." The biggest of the men says moving towards her.

"Right, of course Allen…" Allen reaches out grabbing her arm tightly. Kat struggles, too terrified to scream.

"Look Malcolm, she really is scared… hell… getting away made her soft." The first man says again.

"Yeah Jones… it has." He laughs. Malcolm comes forward grabbing her other arm. Jones pulls out a knife moving towards her…

"If you stay quiet, we won't kill you… if you scream, well you don't want to know what I can do with a knife." He sneers at her.

Eddie stands watch at the door as they gag her and take turns with her, Kat sobs as they do, fighting as best she can, but it's three against one and they have a knife. They finally let her go and start kicking at her. Eddie comes over dragging her up by the hair and removing the gag. Jones is standing behind the others… three people between her and him with his knife…

"HELP" She screams as loudly as she can. Eddie immediately try's to cover her mouth, she bites his hand, biting off his finger. He starts screaming throwing her away from him, she takes off scrambling to her feet and starting down the hall, screaming for help as she goes. Malcolm tackles her, he wraps his hands around her neck cutting of her cries.

"You fucking bitch… you will die for that." He continues squeezing her neck. She claws at his hands and face trying to breath. A gun shot rings out and he slumps on top of her. She shoves him off gasping for breath turning looking down the hallway… Rick, Carol, Carl, and Glenn stand there. Glenn is holding his gun in front of him. They rush forward to her, Rick kneeling next to her. Carol runs after the other men, her gun out and ready.

"I got her, Glenn, help Carol get the others." Rick tells him. Glenn looks between her and Rick before nodding and taking off after Carol. "Kat, look at me, can you breath?" She nods breathing heavily.

"Y… yeah…" She manages her voice hoarse.

"I'm gonna get Hershel and Dr. S" Carl says quietly before turning and sprinting off. Rick pushes Malcolm's body off her the rest of the way and pulls her into his arms. They both jump as they hear three more gunshots… after a moment a fourth sounds, then it's quiet. They sit there, Kat shaking in Rick's arms, until Carl gets back with Hershel and Dr. S. They move her to the infirmary. After a few minutes Carol and Glenn come in. Carol motions for the others to leave including Glenn.

"I need to check her over… and after what just happened… I don't think she needs an audience for this… If I need help I'll get you." She tells them. Kat sits on the bed refusing to look at any of them, her knees pulled up to her chest, arms wrapped around them. They leave and Carol sits on the bed next to her, she takes a wash cloth and gently starts washing her off, starting with her face, wiping away the blood covering her mouth from biting of Eddie's finger. Once she finishes as much of it as she can with her sitting like that she stops. "I need to see what type of damage they did sweetie… please let me help you?" Carol asks her softly. Kat shakily uncurls and lays down letting Carol see. Carol takes one look and pales. "Sweetheart… I know you don't want him too… but I need Hershel to have a look… okay?" Kat looks up at her confused, but nods when she sees Carol's frightened face. Carol goes out of the room, coming back in with Hershel following her.

"I'm just going to look, I won't touch unless I have too, and I'll warn you… okay?" He asks her. She nods, although she won't meet his eyes. Carol takes her hand giving it a comforting squeeze. Hershel looks her over a deep frown covering his face. "I'm going to have to move some flesh around so I can see better, alright?" He pulls on some latex gloves. Kat closes her eyes but nods. "It looks like you are going to need stiches… You have a lot of open gashes, and multiple abscesses, we need to give you some antibiotics, and treat these." He moves back, turning to Carol. "Tell Caleb what I need, and have him get them out of the locked cabinet…" She nods and goes off. Once she comes back with the items, Hershel gets to work. "I've done what I can, we need to wait and see how they heal… It's best if you stay in bed and move around as little as possible, alright Katrina? We don't want any of the abscesses to burst… I'm hoping they'll clear up on their own as we're out of antibiotics, alright?" She nods mutely… just staring at the wall. He sighs standing up.

"I'll sit with her, why don't you fill Glenn and Rick in… if that's okay of course, Kat?" Carol asks her. She just nods again. Hershel looks at her sadly before leaving the room to talk to Glenn and Rick.

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It had been two days since the attack. Kat had yet to speak again, just staring at the wall when people tried talking to her. She would eat when they told her too, and let them do what was needed, but wouldn't truly react, just nod or shake her head.

Carol walked up outside the room, sighing seeing Glenn asleep against the wall outside it, he hadn't wanted to leave her side, and had stayed as close as he could since they had taken care of the men. She shakes her head going into the room, finding Kat asleep half off the bed, half on. She shakes her head and moves her leg and arm back on to the bed rearranging the blankets, pausing when she see's red… she moves the blankets away seeing a small puddle of blood surrounding Kat.

"Shit. She rushes out of the room waking Glenn. "Get Hershel and Caleb, now" she tells him before running back in. He sits up looking confused but scrambles to his feet and goes. He runs into the eating area in Cell block C.

"Carol said to get you… she didn't say why… but I think something's wrong…" Glenn pants out looking at Hershel. Hershel gets up.

"Alright… Maggie come with me… Glenn sit down… Carl get Caleb, have him meet us in the infirmary." He orders them turning and heading off. Rick goes over to Glenn, taking his arm gently and leading him to a table, making him sit down. Beth brings him a glass of water. Hershel gets in there looking her over.

"The abscesses have burst, all of them… she has a horrible infection… we need antibiotics." He says looking at Carol and Maggie gravely.

"She survived months with those men, and escaped… she found us… she can't go through that… just to end up dying here… not like this… Not because of them!" Maggie says pointedly. Dr. S comes in and looks her over as well.

"We need to clean and stich the abscesses, to stop the bleeding. She already has a fever… she is likely going to have sepsis… meaning without antibiotics, she will go into Septic shock and die… she has hours… maybe a day or two… if we keep the fever down… we can intubate if needed, but it will only help for so long…" He tells them. "I'll start stitching her up… you guys figure out what we're doing next." He tells them. They all nod and head back to Cell Block C. A lot of people whom Kat has become friends with are in there waiting to hear some news… Rick, Carl, Glenn, Daryl, Beth, Michonne, Sasha, Tyreese, Karen, and multiple others.

"Katrina has a bad infection… it's turning into sepsis..." Hershel says looking at them all. "I'm not going to lie, this is very bad… if we don't get antibiotics for her, and soon… she will go into septic shock, and she will die." Glenn looks up at him horrified.

"We've been through every pharmacy nearby. And then some. There aren't any antibiotics." Daryl speaks up.

"That veterinary college at West Peachtree Tech, that's one place people may not have thought to raid for medication. The drugs for animals there are the same we need." Hershel suggests.

"That's 50 miles. Too big a risk before. Ain't now. I'm gonna take a group out. Best not waste any more time." Daryl declares. Everyone looks at each other.

"I'm in… I helped cause this… if we hadn't brought those men back here…" Sasha says standing up.

"I'm going too." Tyreese stands up. "Kat's my friend… I'm not going to sit around and watch her die."

"I'm going." Maggie steps forward.

"I'll go too." Glenn says.

"No you ain't." Daryl shakes his head.

"She's my wife…"

"Exactly… She needs you here." Daryl shakes his head at him.

"Glenn if they don't make it back in time… and your with them… If you're not here and she dies…" Hershel says.

"She won't die." Glenn snaps cutting Hershel off.

"No she won't, we're gonna get those meds, and get back here… And she's gonna be fine." Daryl says patting his shoulder. Those going start gearing up.

"Look, I don't be mean to be the bad guy here… but isn't it stupid, risking this many people for one girl?" A guy speaks up.

"Shut up." Daryl glares.

"I'm just saying, she got herself into this mess, got herself hurt, and now we're risking good people's lives… over some slut." Glenn turns socking the man in the face.

"Don't you dare call her that!" He yells, jumping at the man. Rick rushes forward pulling him off.

"Go back to your cell block, now" Daryl threatens the man. He grumbles and leaves.

"I'm going too…" Michonne steps forward. The group gets ready and heads off.

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AN: I know, I know, you all hate me now. I know it's a cliff hanger but it was where the chapter needed to cut off. I hope you all enjoyed. If you did please favorite. Follow to be notified when I update, and I'd love some reviews; just try to keep them civil and constructive please. Thanks everyone for reading.
Live Long and Prosper,

~Kat