(Anne Marshall belongs to AquaDestinysEmbrace. Kudos to Aqua for letting me use Anne!)
(I DO NOT own The Walking Dead, or any names or brands that appear in this story. But I do own all of my OC's)
/Dylan poured two glasses of scotch. He then walked to Dave, and offered one. Dave had a curious look/
"Aren't you a little young, to be drinking?" asked Dave
"Well, I don't care. Right now, I'm fucking thirsty" said Dylan
/Dave smiled. He took a glass, he and Dylan clinked them together, and they both took a long drink. Dave looked at the group/
"I'm Dave" said Dave
/Dave pointed at Tony/
"That scrawny-looking douche bag there, is Tony" said Dave
"Eat me, Dave" said Tony
"Hey, maybe someday I will" said Dave
/Everyone chuckled. Dave sighed/
"We met on I-95, coming out of Philly. Damn shit-show that was..." said Dave
"It's nice to meet someone who isn't trying to eat me. I'm Anne Marshall" said Anne
"Rick Grimes" said Rick
"I'm Chase Enheart. And the kid who gave you the scotch, is my brother, Dylan" said Chase
"I'm Rebecca Townley... And before you say anything, yes, I'm British" said Rebecca
"Patrick Hartnell" said Patrick
"Verity Clinton" said Verity
"And I'm Aelita Schaeffer, and the guy with the glasses, is my boyfriend, Jeremie Belpois" said Aelita
/Dave smiled. He then looked at Hershel, and saw he wasn't drinking/
"How about you, pal? Have one?" asked Dave
"I just quit" said Hershel
/Dave chuckled/
"You got a unique sense of timing, my friend" said Dave
"His name's Hershel. He lost people today, a lot of them" said Rick
/Dave sighed/
"I'm truly sorry to hear that." said Dave
/Dave poured some more scotch, into his glass. He then raised it/
"To better days, and new friends" said Dave
/Dave looked at Hershel/
"And to our dead...May they be in a better place" said Hershel
"Heh, amen to that" said Verity
/Dave, Tony, and Dylan all took a long drink of scotch. Finally, Aelita and Chase, both sighed/
"Screw it, we might as well" said Aelita
/Jeremie had a wide eyed look, as Aelita poured herself a glass of whiskey, and also poured Chase a glass. They clunked their glasses together, and drunk it. Aelita sighed, and looked at Jeremie. She then grinned/
"What?" asked Aelita
"Nothing... it's just that I never took you to be a drinker" said Jeremie
/Aelita smiled, and scoffed/
"Whatever you say, Einstein" said Aelita
/Dave looked at Rebecca, and noticed she was looking at his pistol. He smiled, and took it out/
"Not bad, huh? I got it off a cop" said Dave
"I'm a cop" said Rick
"This one was already dead." said Dave
/Patrick looked at Dave/
"You two are a long way from Philadelphia..." said Patrick
"It feels like we're a long way from anywhere" said Tony
"What made you come to the deep south?" asked Verity
/Tony and Dave, smiled, as they looked at Verity/
"Well, I can tell you it wasn't for the weather. I must've dropped 30 pounds in sweat, alone, down here..." said Dave
"Heh, I wish" said Tony
/Dave looked at Rick
"No, first it was DC. I heard there might be some refugee camp, but the roads were so jammed, we never even got close. We decided to get off the highways, into the sticks, keep hauling ass..." said Dave
"Heh, I like this guy" said Dylan
/The group chuckled, all except for Chase, who had a thoughtful look/
"Every group we came across had a new rumor about a way out of this thing." said Dave
"One guy told us, there was a Coast Guard center, in the Gulf, sending ferries to the islands." said Tony
"The latest, was a rail yard, in Montgomery, running trains to the middle of the country. Kansas, Nebraska..." said Dave
"Nebraska?" asked Glenn, with surprise
"Think about it. Low population, and lots of guns." said Chase
"Kinda makes sense..." said Aelita
/Dave looked at Glenn/
"You ever been to Nebraska, kid? The reason they call 'em 'flyover states'" said Dave
/Tony laughed, softly. Dylan, Aelita, and Chase each took another drink, of whatever they were drinking. Dave sighed/
"How about you guys?" asked Dave
"Fort Benning, eventually..." said Rick
"I hate to piss in your cornflakes, officer, but... we ran across a grunt, who was stationed at Benning. He said the place was overrun by lamebrains" said Dave
/Dylan, Patrick, Verity, Rebecca, Jeremie, and Anne went wide eyed, with shock. Dylan, Chase, and Aelita all actually went wide eyed, and spit the contents of their mouths, onto the ground, with shock. Glenn looked at Dave/
"Wait, Fort Benning is gone? Are you for real?" asked Glenn
"Sadly, I am. Ugly truth, is there is no way out of this mess... Just keep going from one pipe dream, to the next, praying one of these mindless freaks doesn't grab ahold of you, when you sleep." said Dave
"If you sleep..." said Tony
/Dave nodded, and looked at the group, with realization/
"Yeah, it doesn't look like you guys are hanging your hats, here. You holed up, somewhere else?" asked Dave
/Rick sighed/
"Not really." lied Rick
/Dave pointed at the front doors/
"Those your cars, out front?" asked Dave
"Yeah, why?" asked Jeremie
"We're living in ours. Those look kinda empty, clean. Where's all your gear?" asked Dave
"We're with a larger group... Out scouting, thought we could use a drink" said Hershel
"A drink? Hershel, I thought you quit!" said Dave
/The group remained silent. Dave then smiled/
"Well, we were thinking of setting up, around here. Is it safe?" asked Dave
"It could be. Although, we have killed a lot of walkers, around here..." said Anne
/Dave and Tony, had surprised looks/
"Walkers? That what you call them?" asked Dave
"Yeah" said Rebecca
"That's good... I like that. I like that better than 'lamebrains'." said Dave
"More succinct" said Tony
/Dave sighed, and pointed at Tony/
"Okay, Tony went to college" said Dave
"Two years" said Tony
/Dave and Tony, continued smiling, as the group had curious looks. Finally, Dave looked at Aelita/
"So what... so what, you guys set up on the outskirts, or something? That new development? Trailer park, or something?" asked Dave
/Chase frowned, and stepped in front of Aelita/
"Don't talk to my sister... You're giving off a creepy rape vibe..." said Chase
/Aelita smiled, and looked at Chase/
"Thanks" whispered Aelita
/Dave chuckled, and looked at Rick. Rick sighed/
"A farm?" asked Dave
/Rick remained silent. Dave continued smiling/
"Old McDonald had a farm..." sang Dave
/Tony walked to a corner of a room, unzipped his pants, and began urinating on the floor. Verity, Anne, Jeremie, Rebecca, and Aelita all had disgusted looks/
"You on a farm?" asked Dave
/Tony chuckled, as he kept urinating/
"E-I-E-I-O" sang Tony
/Dave looked at Rick/
"Is it safe? It's gotta be. You got food, water?" asked Dave
"You got cooze? Ain't had a piece of ass, in weeks..." said Tony
/Aelita, and Anne groaned, at Tony's statement. Dave sighed/
"Listen, pardon my friend. City kids... they got no tact..." said Dave
"Me and Chase are city kids... And we got tact..." said Dylan
/Dave chuckled/
"No disrespect..." said Dave
/Dave looked at Glenn/
"So, listen, Glenn-" said Dave
"We've said enough." interrupted Rick
"Well, hand on a second. This farm, it sounds pretty sweet. Don't it sound sweet, Tony?" asked Dave
"Yeah, real sweet..." said Tony
/Tony finished urinating. He zipped up his fly, and walked to a table. Dave looked at the group/
"How about a little southern hospitality?" asked Dave
"Most of us aren't even from the south" stated Anne, with a frown
/Dave looked at Rick/
"We got some buddies back at camp, been having a real hard time... I don't see why you can't make room for a few more. We could pool our resources, our manpower." said Dave
"Look, I'm sorry. That's not an option..." said Rick
/Dave and Tony, both frowned, but kept smiling/
"Doesn't sound like it'd be a problem..." said Dave
"Look, I'm sorry, but we can't. We can't take in anymore... You'll have to find someplace else" said Anne
/Dave chuckled/
"You guys are something else... I thought- I thought we were friends. We got people we gotta look out for, too." said Dave
"We don't know anything about you..." said Rick
/Dave sighed, and looked at Rick/
"No, that's true... You don't know anything about us... You don't know what we've had to go through, out there... the things we've had to do... I bet you all had t do some of the same things, yourselves... Am I right?" asked Dave
/The group continued to look at Dave, as he looked at Rick/
"'Cause, ain't nobody's hands clean in what's left of this world... We're all the same... So come on, lets- let's take a nice friendly hayride to this farm, and we'll get to know each other." said Dave
/Chase sighed/
"That isn't gonna happen. We're just trying to protect the people that we care about... We can't take the risk" said Chase, bluntly
"Rick..." said Dave
"This is bullshit!" said Tony, with anger
/Chase and Dylan looked at Tony, and had their hands on their pistols.../
"Calm down-" said Dave
"Don't tell me to calm down! Don't ever tell me to calm down! I'll shoot all of you assholes in the head, and take your damn farm!" said Tony
/Chase had a look of fury/
"Is that a threat to kill my brother and sister?!" asked Chase
/Dave walked in between Chase, and Tony. He held his arms out, with a 'peaceful' stance/
"Woah, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Relax..." said Dave, quickly and calmly
/Dave smiled/
"Take it east... Nobody's killing anybody" said Dave
/Dave climbed onto the bar, and slid across, to be behind the counter/
"Nobody's shooting anybody. Right Chase?" asked Dave
/Chase, Rick, and Dylan had frowns, as they heard Tony, reaching behind him, and touching something metallic. Dylan and Chase, immediately put their hands on their guns. Dave then took out his pistol, and put it on the counter/
"See...? We're all just friends, having a drink... That's all..." said Dave
/Dave sighed, and was still smiling/
"Now, where's the good stuff, huh?" asked Dave
/Rick put his hand on his revolver, as he, Chase, and Dylan, saw Dave, reaching for something behind the counter. Dave chuckled, as he pulled out a bottle of bourbon./
"Hey, look at that. That'll work" said Dave
/Dave took out several glasses, and began pouring bourbon in them. Dave sighed, as he was pouring/
"You gotta understand... we can't stay out there... You all know what it's like" said Dave
"Yeah... we do" said Rick
"We're sorry... but the farm is too crowded as it is... We can't let you come in..." said Dylan
"You'll have to keep looking..." said Chase
/Dave frowned/
"Keep looking...? Where do you suggest we do that?" asked Dave
"I don't know... I hear Nebraska's nice" said Rick
/Dave and Tony, both began laughing. Chase looked at Anne, and Aelita, and signaled them to hide. Aelita nodded. Anne, Aelita, Rebecca, Verity, Patrick, and Jeremie all walked to a corner of the room. Dave smiled, and looked at Rick/
"Nebraska... This guy..." said Dave, with a smile
/Suddenly, the group saw Dave, take out a pistol. Dylan shot Dave, in the head, killing him. Everyone then saw Tony, grabbing his shotgun. Chase shot Tony, twice in the stomach. Rick then walked to Tony, aimed his revolver at Tony's head, and pulled the trigger. Everyone else, had shocked looks/
"Oh my god..." whispered Aelita
/Everyone else had horrified looks, as they saw Tony's body, slump from where it was lying.../
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