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A/N: I thought this song would be good for this scene. Also, since I have Gabriel in the story and that the Priest name is Gabriel too I thought their would confusing so I'm just gonna call the priest guy Priest Gabriel or just priest.
When they were close Alice heard Rick's and Angelina's had gone through in their thoughts. She growled as she knew the place sounded too good to be true. After ditching the railroads and went through the woods they found one of their men that was gonna launched a firecracker next to a shed. He was talking to someone about a woman with a sword and kid with a large hat. Knowing that he was talking about their own people Gabriel grabbed him behind and they took to the shed. He tried telling them that Terminus was a safe place and that they were good people but Alice and Ian knew he was lying. Having enough of his talking Alice just knocked him out and went to check the place for any weak spots. From the looks of it they were heavy on gun power. She could easily get them out but what the rats and the crows told her these people don't deserve to live.
"Cannibals?" Eileen gasped
"Yeah. I can get in but can't take them out alone. I'm gonna need your help. But with their guns I don't want to lose any more of our people." Alice said "It's your choice."
Gabriel and Jesse looked at each other and nodded.
"We know the risk and if its to save them we'll take it." Jesse said
Alice nodded and looked at Eileen.
"Eileen, you can stay here with Kimmy, Judith and D.J if you want." Alice said
Eileen nodded yes as she wasn't ready to leave her daughter alone.
"Sophia, Ian, Dwayne, and Chris; I believe it's time to prove yourselves." Alice said "Mica, you're still a little rusty so I want you to stay with Eileen and the babies. The puppies will be here to protect you guys."
Mica nodded.
"Jesse, Gabriel you guys are gonna distract them from the front. Bring a lot of attention." Alice said before passing a cup with her blood in it to them. "From what I saw they took their weapons and stuff and stored them somewhere else. If I had to guess it's their trophies. Chris and I will go with Lucifer to get them back." Then she turned to the teens. "You three are gonna go with Midnight and free Rick and the others. When you do bring; them back here. Got it?"
"Got it." They all said
Jesse looked at the man that captured car and an idea popped in his head.
"I got a brilliant way to distract them." Jesse smirked
When Jesse and Gabriel were turned they took the mans' car with the guy in the trunk and headed off in the middle of the road. Gabriel was in the driving seat honking the horn to attract the Walkers. They knew that they were far from them so they waited. When they finally saw them Jesse got out of the passenger seat and opened the trunk.
"You don't have to this…" The guy said
"Quiet your whinnying. We already know your lying and what you guys do." Jesse said as he chained the guys hands attach the chain to the trunk. "Besides, if I was you right now I would worry about them."
He nudged his head to the woods and the guy saw the Walkers.
"What are you guys gonna do?" The guy asked
"We need live bite, since they can't smell us anymore." Jesse smiled and hopped on top of the car. "COME ON GUYS FREE MEAL! COME ONE, WE GOT A LIVE ONE HERE. NICE AND FREASH MEAT! COME IN GET!"
Gabriel laughed as he started driving the car. The guy started running when car moved and screaming for them let him in. As they kept going more and more Walkers appeared. Alice watched from afar and couldn't stop herself from laughing. Seeing that the guy and horn wasn't loud enough Jesse handed Gabriel a CD for them to play.
"Play tracked 2 buddy." Jesse smirked as he watched the guy running from the hoard.
Gabriel placed the CD in the radio and turned it up loud. The moment he heard the guitar playing he couldn't help but smirk and sped up a little.
'Living easy, living free
Asking nothing, leave me be
Taking everything in my stride
Don't need reason, don't need rhyme'
"Are you fucking crazy?! What the hell is the matter with you people?!" The guy screamed
'Ani't nothing I would rather do
Going down, party time
My friends are gonna be there too'
"COME ON EVERYONE SING IT WITH ME!" Jesse shouted and he air guitar with his rifle
"I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell'
The music seemed to help as more Walkers kept appearing and followed after them.
'No stop signs, speed limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel, gonna spin it
Nobody gonna mess me around
Hey Satan, paid my dues
Playing in a rocking band
Hey mama, look at me
I'm on my way to the promised land, whoo!'
They made it to the gates the Terminus people started shooting at them till they saw the huge hoard behind them. When they were getting closer they started run away. Gabriel sped up some more and now they were just dragging the guy.
"I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell'
They rammed the front gate down and Jesse started firing as Gabriel kept driving.
"I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to…
Highway to hell
(I'm on the highway to hell)
Highway to hell
(Highway to hell)
Highway to hell
(I'm on)
Highway to hell
And I'm going down
All the way…
I'm on the highway to hell!"
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"I think that's the signal." Ian said grabbed ahold of Dwayne and Sophia. "Take a breath you guys."
Within seconds they appeared in front of the box carts. If it wasn't for the smell of the hellhounds and werewolf he wouldn't have found them that fast. He opened the door saw that they halted from attacking them.
"Someone here order a rescue?" Sophia smirked
Dwayne tossed them the bag that found in the woods.
"We brought your stuff. Come on let's get going. Jesse and Gab brought a lot of distraction for this people." He said
They heard the firing and moaning and knew what they were talking about. So they grabbed the weapons that were in the bag and fought their way out of there.
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Alice was able to make it in with Chris and Lucifer and went to find their weapon. It wasn't long till they found the room. They found Michonne's sword and Daryl's crossbow. Alice even found Rick's watch. They placed them in the bag; along with some others weapons and clothes that they found. Once they were done they left. As they searched the place they came across a room that looked like some kind cult gathering. They were about to leave till she and Lucifer sense someone inside with them and heard a click of a gun.
"Drop your weapons and turn around." A woman said "I want to see your faces. Now!"
Before the woman could see Chris quickly took one of his darts out threw it at the ladies hand. The woman screamed from the pain and dropped the gun. She tried to reach for it but Lucifer quickly turned into his hellhound form and ponce on her. His large paw made her stay in one place and he snarled down at her. Alice walked over to the woman and the lady sighed.
"The signs…they were real. It was a sanctuary." The woman cried "People came and took this place."
"If you're expecting me to feel sorry for you it won't happen." Alice said with coldness
"And they raped and they killed and they laughed over weeks." The woman went on. "But we got out and we fought and we got it back. And we heard the message! You're the butcher…or you're the cattle. Now kill me." Then she laughed. "You two could've been one of us. You could have listened to what the world is telling you."
"You lead people here and you take what they have and you kill them? Even the children?" Alice said "Is that what this place is?"
"No. Not at first. It's what it had to be." The woman said "And we're still here."
We had a place. We took people in and we made sure they aren't lost like you people or those that took yours before. We made them strong but we never just kill. We're nothing alike." Alice said and took Chris's hand. "Like husband had taught us, those that lost their humanity don't deserve to live. Lucifer."
The Hellhound pressed his other paw on the woman's leg and crushed it. The woman cried from the pain the Lucifer got off of her before turning back to normal. Alice picked Chris up and opened the door; letting a few Walkers in. The woman screamed as the Walker started eating her and they left. They were able to find Gabriel and Jesse who was having a fun time fighting both living and dead and told them to head back. She already sensed the kids already got Rick and the others out of the place so they didn't have to stay. The Walkers would deal with the rest. They made it to the woods and headed to the shed where everyone was. Alice smiled as she saw Rick and Carl hugging Judith and Daryl holding D.J. Then Daryl looked over towards them and quickly hugged both Alice and Chris.
"I thought I lost you two again." He whispered
"Never in a million year, Daryl." She smiled
She looked over his shoulder and Rick waking over towards them with a smile.
"Sophia said this was your idea." Rick said
"Yeah, I had to think…what Vlad would have done. " Alice said
"He would've of been proud of you." Rick smiled and hugged her. "Thank you. Thank you for keeping her safe."
"We should get going." Alice said after she was done hugging him. "We can't stay here any longer."
"Agreed." Rick said
After giving everyone the weapons that she brought they grabbed their things and started leaving with Alice in the lead. Rick had stayed behind with Gambit a little when he saw the sign and went to fix it. He smudged over it with mud and just left Sanctuary before writing No over it.
No
Sanctuary
With that done he whipped his hands clean and followed the rest.
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The group had continued on walking for three days as they wanted to get as far away from Terminus as possible. Now that the group was back it felt like old times now. Alice, who was holding D.J, was up front with Rick, Lucifer and Midnight. Michonne, Eileen (who was holding Kimmy), Carl (who was holding Judith in his arms), Chris and Mica were walking behind them. Daryl and Angelina were behind them as they stood side by side and behind them were Maggie, Glenn, Beth and Hershel. Sasha, Bob, Tyreese followed behind them with Sophia, Ian and Dwayne. Lilly, Tara and Meghan with Eugene who linger speak to them or the teens. Abraham, Rosita, Jesse and Gabriel were behind the group with Logan, Gambit and Nightwing. The two had drank blood from the Terminus people so it was too late for them but Alice, Rick and Angelina were able to help them control their vampire side. So they took the back to be the look out.
Alice had accepted the new arrivals in their family and vice versa. After seeing that Alice, Rick, Angelina, Jesse, Gabriel and Lilly mean no harm they were meaning to accept them. So far there wasn't an issue. The only debate they had was the location. Abraham told them about Eugene and his cure so he had asked Alice and Rick to go with them. They both had looked at Eugene and could smell the lie and guilt that was licking inside him. They knew it was a lie but didn't know how to tell them.
They had stopped for the night and moved on in the morning. Daryl and Chris had left to find food and checking to see any sign of someone watching them last night. They've all sensed it but couldn't find them. The two Dixon managed to find some squirrels and two rabbits. Daryl patted Chris back in pride as he was the one that caught the rabbits with his new combat bow that found in Terminus. Alice couldn't be any more proud for her little boy.
"Anything?" Rick asked Daryl after they returned.
"No tracks. No nothin', should have taken dogs to sniff out the scent." Daryl said
"So whatever you guys heard last night?" Rick asked Alice
"It's more of what we felt." Alice told them.
Rick nodded before turning to the others and told them to keep close. The group continued on walking as Sash and Bob were playing their usual game.
"Wet socks." Sasha challenged
"Cool feet." Bob countered
"Mosquito bites." She tried again
"Itching reminds you that you're alive." Bob said with a shrugged
"Danger around every corner." She tried again
"Never a dull moment." Bob simply said
Ian and Dwayne laughed at his comment.
"The hot sun beating down on you." Sasha said with confident
"Come, on, a glorious tan." Bob snort
"No privacy." She challenged
"Captive audience." Bob smiled and kissed her.
"He's right. It's like watching free porn back here." Jesse joked
That everyone laughing, expect for Alice, Lilly and Eileen when Mica, Meghan and Chris asked what porn was.
"Jesse, remember that there are kids present. Watch what you say. That goes for you too Abraham." Alice glared before continued on walking.
"Sorry warden." Jesse apologized
They continued on walking till someone was calling out for help. Alice halted the group as the screaming continued. She looked where the sound was coming from and saw a man that was surrounded by the four Walkers. Carl, Ian, Sophia, Dwayne and Chris quickly ran to help the guy. The adult followed after them to make sure they don't do something stupid. When they reached the area they found a priest on top of a giant rock surrounded by the dead. One grabbed ahold of the priest ankle and tried to drag him down. Carl quickly shot the Walker that grabbed him by the foot. Dwayne grabbed his staff and bashed one in the head with it. Sophia and Chris shot the last two with their arrows. Alice and the others looked around saw that it was clear. The priest slid off the rock and looked like he was going to be sick. Which he did. Everyone had to look away from the scene. It was clear that this guy wasn't use to this like they were.
"I'm Gabriel." He introduced himself
"Whoa, Gabriel meet Gabriel." Jesse joked as pointed his friend
"Shut up, fool." Gabriel glared and slapped him upside his head.
After making sure that he didn't have any weapons on him they asked him their questions before letting him take them to his church. When they reached the places Alice had the priest wait outside with the others while she and a few others check inside to make sure it was safe. Seeing that it was clear they went back outside.
"I spent months inside here without stepping out the front door." Priest Gabriel said "If you found someone else here it would have been surprising."
"We can't let our guard down. We lost too many of our family already." Sophia said
Abraham walked over to Rick.
"Found a short bus out back. It don't run, but I bet we could fix that in less than a day or two. Looks like we found ourselves a transport." He said "You understand what's at stake here, right?"
"Yes, I do. But like I said before its not me that you have to asked." Rick said as he just looked at his daughter. "With Vlad still gone Alice is in charge of our pack."
"Agreed. Plus, now that we can take a breath…" Michonne said
"We take a breath, we slow down, shit inevitably goes down." Abraham cut her off.
"We don't even have enough supplies, food, water or ammo to go on this trip, Abraham." Alice said with a sharp tone. "If we just run out there you'll be sloppy and sloppy can get you killed. I agree with Michonne. We'll take a breather here first, rest up a bit, get some supplies and then decides where to go on from here. Besides, Abraham, even with yours and Jesse knowledge on mechanics I doubt that bus will be ready today. So just shut up and think about the group first. Not just your so called cure boy over there. Got it."
With that said she went inside with Rick, Daryl and everyone else following after her.
"One way or another, we're doing what Alice and Rick does." Glenn said to Abraham. "We're not slitting up again."
"What he said." Tara said as she followed after him.
Then Sasha and Bob stopped by him.
"We want to roll with you but…what she said." Bob said and they both went inside.
Abraham couldn't believe how outnumbered he was but as much as he hates to admit Alice was right. There was no way in hell he was going to her that and just went inside.
After settling down a little Alice had the priest and a few others to scavenge the only place that might have food. She and Rick knew that the guy was hiding something so they didn't want them near the kids till they find out. Alice had left Eileen and Lilly in charge of keeping watch of the group while they were out. While they were gone Angelina and Daryl had left to get water.
When they were out Bob was trying to convince Alice to go with Abraham's so the world could be cured. Alice wanted to tell them that Eugene was lying but she didn't want to shatter their hopes. She kept asking herself what Vlad would do and that would be telling them the truth. So she deiced to talk to Eugene later and have him confess about his lie.
So far the scavenging wasn't bad. Glenn was able to find three silencers while Alice and the others were able to gather enough food and other supplies. But when they got back Alice got more suspicious with the priest. There was a Walker that tried to kill him and he had this regret on his face. Which made her and Rick hunches right. Then Carl and Chris showed them the scratches that they found on back side of the church and the sign that someone wrote with a knife that said.
'YOU'LL BURN FOR THIS'
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That night everyone dined with a full stomach with the stuff that they found. Everything seemed find till they noticed that Bob had went missing; along with Daryl and Angelina. Sasha had tried looking for Bob but Rick and Tyreese were able to bring her back. When they came back they started questioning the priest.
"Are you working with someone?" Rick asked
"I'm alone. I'm alone." Priest Gabriel said "I was always alone."
"What about the woman in the food bank?" Alice asked "What did you do to her? You'll burn for this. That was for you. Why? What are you gonna burn for? You better confess your sins now."
As she got closer to him Lucifer and Midnight where by her sides growling; waiting to attack. The priest eyes widen in fear when he saw their eyes turning red and teeth turn to fangs. Then he looked back at Alice and saw her eyes turn red too which made him believe that the woman in front of him was a demon. Fearing for his soul he confessed.
"I lock the doors at night. I always lock the doors at night. I always…" He said as he tried to hold back from crying. "They started coming, my congregation. Atlanta was bombed the night before and they were scared. There were…they were looking for a safe place, a place where they felt safe. And it was so early. It was so early. And the doors were still locked. You see…it was my choice. But there were so many of them and they were trying to pry the shutters and banging on the sidings, screaming at me. And so the dead came for them. Women…children. Entire families calling my name as they were torn apart, begging me for mercy. Begging me for mercy." He started to cry. "Damning me to hell. I buried their bones. I buried it all." Then he fell to his knees in front of Alice and looked at her with tears in his eyes. "The Lord sent the devil to finally punish me. I'm damned. I was damned before. I always lock the doors. I always lock the doors."
Before anything could be said Glenn had heard a noise outside. When they came out they found Bob lying on ground and was missing half his left leg. Lilly sniffed around and growled as she smelled a few familiar scents from Terminus.
"I was in the graveyard. Somebody knocked me out." Bob said when he woke up. "I woke up outside this place. It looked like a school. It was that guy, Gareth. And five other ones. They were eating my leg right in front of me, like it was nothing, all proud like they had it all figured out."
"Did they have Daryl and Angelina?" Rick asked
"Gareth said they drove off." Bob said
This made everyone question that but what made things worst was that Bob was bitten. Sasha had begged Alice to turn him but he was infected for too long that she didn't know if it will work or if it will regenerate his leg. It didn't matter anyway as Bob didn't want to become a vampire, he wanted to die as a human being. So they quickly placed him on the couch and tried to think of a plan. Abraham was being his stubborn self again and try to have them leave for DC right now. Having enough of this Alice disarmed him and pinned him to the ground. Rosita took out her gun to shoot her but the hellhounds circled around her and growled.
"Listen here, Asshole. I know you're worried about Eugene's safety but you keep forgetting about everyone else's safety. Now I can snap off your neck right now before your girlfriend can pull the trigger. Even before the Lucifer and the other hellhounds pounce on her. Understand this once and for all." She growled "Until my husband comes back I'm in charge. Unlike you I actually care about our group. And since two of our other members are missing we're not going anywhere until they come back. We don't leave one of our own behind, unless you forgot about that solider boy. Now shut up, and just listen to what I say till we get rid of these bastards."
Abraham glared at her but nodded as he knew what she could do. She let him go and they both stood up.
"Okay, everyone, this is the plan." Alice said
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The Terminus people watched from the woods as they saw Alice, Rick, Michonne, Abraham, Glenn, Maggie, Jesse, Gabriel and Sasha walking out of the church with three of their hellhounds. So that meant that Lilly, Eileen, Rosita, Tara, Tyreese, Bob, Beth, Hershel, Priest Gabriel and the kids along with the Midnight and the pups. Once Alice and her team disappeared in the woods Gareth and his people hurried to the church. They were able to unlock the door and walked inside.
"We'll I guess you know we're here. And we know you're here. And we're armed. So there's really no point in hiding anymore. We've been watching you. We know who's here. There's Bob, unless you've put him out of his misery already. And Eugene. Rosita. Tyreese. Hershel. Beth. Lilly. Tara. Carl. Judith. Chris. Sophia. D.J. Ian. Dwayne. And Meghan." Gareth said as they all walked inside. "Rick and the rest walked out with a lot of your guns. Listen, we don't know where you all are, but this isn't a big place. So let's just stop this now before things get more painful than they need to be."
Unknown to him as he was talking his men were taken from above silently. Before he could say anything else he felt cold sharp blade pressed against his neck.
"I couldn't have said it better myself." Alice said
Rick, Jesse and Gabriel dropped down from the ceiling with his men tied up. The doors opened and Michonne, Abraham, Glenn, Maggie and Sasha came in and aimed their guns at them.
"You guys were really stupid to hunt us down when you didn't even know what we are. Drop it and kneel." Alice said
Seeing that he was out match he dropped his gun and kneeled slowly to the ground.
"No point in begging, right?" He asked
"No." She said
"Still, you could have killed us when you came in. There had to be a reason for that." He said
"Simple, we didn't want to waste the bullets. And I had to see the man that nearly killed my family face before we kill you." She said
"We used to help people. We saved people. Things changed. They came in and…" He said "After that…I know that you've been out there, but I can see it. You don't know what it is to be hungry. You don't have to do this. We can walk away, and we will never cross paths again. I promise you."
"But you'll cross someone's path. You'd do this to anyone, right?" Alice said "Sorry, but I can't allow that. And according to our laws…" She looked at Rick, Jesse and Gabriel and they nodded. "Those that loses their humanity…'We'…feed upon them."
Her eyes glowed red and showed off her fangs before piercing them into his neck. Rick, Jesse and Gabriel did the same with three of Gareth's men as the other two screamed as they watched. When Rick and Jesse were done they crushed the other two's skulls and slashed their necks so they could place their blood in the plastic milk jugs. Once they were done Tyreese had let everyone out. The priest looked around in horror at what they have done.
"This is the Lord's house." He said
"No. It's just four walls and a roof." Maggie simply said as she lost her faith a long time ago.
The next day after getting rid of the Terminus people bodies they placed Bob out of his misery and gave him a funeral. Seeing that Terminus people were no more Abraham had agreed to stay one more day to wait for Daryl and Angelina to come back. When night came Alice and Michonne were outside keeping watch. The doors opened and they saw that it was the priest. After telling him what Alice, Rick, Jesse and Gabriel are they were surprise that he was still with them.
"Can't sleep." He said and sat down on the steps. "And now, sitting in there… Quiet." There was a few minute of silences between them before he started talking again. "It isn't just what happened last night. Saying what happened before…out loud. I see it all again. I hear them."
"Yeah." Michonne agreed "That won't stop."
"But it won't be all the time." Alice said
When they heard rustling in the woods Alice and Michonne took out their swords. That was until Alice saw who it was and sheathed her twin blades with a smile as Daryl and Angelina appeared from the shadows.
"Daryl, you dick-head, you had me worried." Alice smiled and him before hugging Angelina. "Where were you guys?"
"Come on out." Daryl said as he looked to the woods with a smile
Seven hooded people appeared out of the shadows. One took off his hood and Alice gasped.
"Hello love."