Gareth's POV
Sadie and I are heading out back to see to taking care of this new group that's headed our way
Surely, by now, they've found their way to the gate, I figured, and it's my job to give them the same old spiel and put out in the train cars til we're ready for them.
"Hey, Alex!" I called to my brother as we arrived on the scene. "What's the status on those-"
But I stop, midsentence, when I realize that four armed strangers are standing right in front of us.
"Well, I bet Albert is on perimeter watch." I shrugged, mostly laughing it off.
Sadie was already suspicious, though.
"You here to rob us?!" She asked, abruptly.
"No." The first man, who I presumed to be the leader, answered. "We just wanted to see you before you saw us."
The rest of the guys and I just chuckled, while Sadie dropped her glare to eye the other man's crossbow.
"Makes sense." I shrugged. "Usually we do this where the tracks meet...Welcome to Terminus! I'm Gareth, and that's my wife, Sadie."
Sadie gave a brief wave to the group before shooting me a smirk.
"Well, we've got nothing to hide, but the front is a lot nicer." I explain. "...looks like you've been on the road for a good bit."
"We have." The leader answered. "Rick, that's Carl, Daryl, Michonne." he gestures to each member he introduced.
"You're nervous, I get it. We were all nervous." I chuckled, trying to reassure them. "We came here for sanctuary. That what you're here for?"
He nodded. "Yes."
"Good, you've found it." I lie. I called Alex over while gave them the rest of our little spiel.
"We've got nothin to hide, but the welcome wagon is a whole lot nicer. Alex'll take ya, ask you a few questions...but first, we need to see everyone's weapons, if you could just lay them down in front of you, I'm sure you understand."
"Yes I do." Rick said.
"Just so you know, we aren't those kind of people, buuut we aren't stupid." I explained. "And you shouldn't be stupid enough to try anything stupid...as long as we're clear on that, we shouldn't have any problems, just solutions."
Sadie patted each of them down before Alex handed each of their weapons back, except for The Archer, who beat him to picking his crossbow back up as soon as Sadie gave the okay.
Alex gestured his head. "Follow me."
Sadie eyed The Archer with a suspicious grin, as he followed Alex and the others out the door.
"Crossbow's miiine!" She declared, happily.
"Yes, Ma'am" I teased, to which she playfully hit me on the shoulder. "Oww."
We were just heading out on our rounds when we heard a commotion coming from outside.
Sadie charged ahead of me, yanking her knife off her belt, while I tried my best to keep up.
"I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU AGAIN, WHERE'D YOU GET THE WATCH?!" The Leader was shouting, with a gun to my brother's head, as we arrived on the scene.
"I PULLED IT OFF OF A DEAD ONE! I DIDN'T THINK HE'D NEED IT!" Alex panicked.
I had to pull back Sadie before she could strike with her knife, long enough for me to try and convince them that it wasn't what it looked like.
"YEAH? WHAT ABOUT THE RIOT GEAR AND THE PONCHO?" The Leader continued to demand.
"Pulled the riot gear off a dead cop" I answered. "Found the poncho on a clothesline."
Alex focused his pathetic, pleading eyes on me. "Gareth?!"
"Shut up, Alex." I ordered him, irritated.
Sadie tightened her grip on her knife, though not raising it yet, keeping her eyes sharp on the rest of the group.
"What do you want?" She demanded.
"WHERE ARE OUR PEOPLE?!" The Leader demanded back, raising his gun.
This caused Sadie to raise her knife again and rush at the kid, presumably The Leader's son, and hold it to his neck.
"DROP YOUR WEAPONS OR THE BOY GETS IT!" She shouted.
He slowly lowered his gun to the ground and the woman with the katana followed suit.
"YOU TOO ARCHER!"
The Leader shot him look and The Archer followed suit as well.
She released her grip on the kid, advancing towards the crossbow, and slinging it over her own shoulder. "I'll take this."
"NOW." I stated firmly, redirecting my attention to The Leader. "Go to your left! The train car! You do as we say, the boy goes with you, anything else, he dies and you end up in there anyway."
He hesitated, glaring at me, before finally going as directed.
"Now The Archer!" I ordered.
He followed The Leader to the train, slightly more cooperatively than The Leader himself.
"Now The Samurai"
The Samurai looked at me and then followed suit.
I decided to let the kid approach closer to the group, who were lined up behind The Leader, as promised, when he shouted again.
"Now, open the door and go in!" I ordered.
The Leader stood at the door, unmoving. "I'll go in with him!"
"Don't make us kill him now!"
He opened the door and headed in reluctantly, the rest of the group following shortly behind.