Chapter 40-The phone
Sam and a few more of the Governor's men were walking through the woods. They walk into a clearing that had a walker's body part lined up.
"She did this," One of the men say
"It means something, the way it's all set up like that," Sam says as they all look at the body parts.
"The Governor was right to send us out," Tim says as Sam crouches down.
"Damn straight, Tim. We're doing a righteous public service," Sam says.
"Go back," Neil says. The other three men turn and look at him.
"What?" Tim asks.
"The arms are a G. The legs make an O., And that's a back. It says, "Go back," Neil says. Sam starts to laugh and clap.
"This is to good. Look at this. She sent us a biter-gram y'all," Sam says as he laughs.
"I don't believe this is happening," Neil says. Sam turns around.
"Hey, hey! You knock it off," Sam says as he grabs Neil's shirt. "What the hell's wrong with you? Now the Governor chose you 'cause he thought you was ready. I want you to succeed, I do. But if you keep announcing to the world that you're pissing your pants, I'm gonna have to smash your teeth in," Sam says to Neil before he lets go off his shirt and pats his chest. "Now, how do you say your last name?" Sam asks.
"Garguilo," Neil tells him.
"Well, I'm gonna keep calling you Neil. All right?" Sam asks. They then hear rustling in the forest. Everybody pulls out their handguns. "What's the deal, Michonne? Hmm? You gonna leap out of the woods one against four, all of us armed to the teeth and you with just your little pig-sticker? No, no, no, Michonne," Sam says. Michonne then falls out of the tree and cuts off Tim's head. She then stabs Crowley in the stomach. Sam shoots at her and hits Crowley's body. Michonne pulls him off her sword before she runs into the woods. Sam shoots in the lead, but she keeps running. Sam runs after her. Sam follows Michonne threw the woods. "We having fun yet?" Sam yells into the woods.
The Prison
Travis holds the phone to his ear. "Hello? Is someone there?" The woman asks.
"Yes. Yes. Who is-?" Travis starts to asks.
"Oh my god. I can't believe someone picked up. We've been calling since it all started," The woman says.
"Where are you?" Travis asks.
"I can't say," The woman says.
"You could be 1,000 miles away," Travis says.
"I'm not going to say where we are," The woman says.
"Are you someplace safe?" Travis asks.
"Yeah, and part of it is because we're careful. I can't tell you where we are, I'm sorry," The woman says.
"What makes your place so safe?" Travis asks.
"It's just away from them," The woman said.
"I'm part of a group. There are kids and a newborn baby. Would you be willing to? Could you take in others? We can pull our weight. We can help you," Travis says.
"I'd have to talk to the group," The woman says.
"Well put them on. Let me make a case," Travis says.
"Let me talk to them first," The woman says.
"Please, please don't go. Just please, we're good people here. We just need some help, and we can help you," Travis says on the verge of tears.
"I'll call back in two hours," The woman says.
"Please! You don't understand. You don't know. We're dying. We're dying here," Travis says before the line ends. Travis sets the phone down.
Lori was sitting with the baby when Glenn and Maggie came by. "You two are going on a run later, right?" Lori asks the couple who nods.
"Yeah, You need something?" Maggie asks.
"Can you see if you can find more formula. We don't know what could happen. I just want to be prepared," Lori tells them. Glenn smiles.
"Yeah, We'll find some," Glenn tells the mother who smiles. Shane and Hershel then walk into the resting room where Lori was sitting. "Ok, Momma time for you to get some rest," Shane says to Lori, who nods.
"Where's Amy?" Lori asks.
"She's outside with Jane T-dog Oscar and Daniel. She cleaning up the rest of the bodies," Hershel tells Lori, who nods. Lori hands the baby to Shane, who smiles.
"Hey, baby girl," Shane says to his daughter.
"And, Daryl?" Lori asks.
"He and Merle are fixing the bike. Everybody should be coming in to eat in about an hour. We'll wake you up," Hershel tells Lori, who nods before she heads to her cell to sleep.
Daryl and Merle were fixing the bike when Axel came over. "You guys need any help?" Axel asks.
"Yeah, here take over for me. I'm going to go check on the others," Daryl tells Axel, who nods. Daryl stands up and wipes off his hand. He walks down the hill over to Alicia Madison Nick and Beth, who were clearing the fence. Madison looks at him.
"Travis?" Madison asks.
"Nothing that I know of," Daryl tells her Madison nods.
"Spread the walkers out. We need the area around the gate to be clear," Daryl tells them. They nod as they spread out. Daryl walks into the watchtower. "Go help them move the bodies. I'll take over watch," Daryl tells Bobby, who nods. Daryl stays up in the tower for an hour. Alicia walks up there.
"Come on, it's time to eat," Alicia tells her boyfriend, who nods. Everybody was eating when the door to the tombs opens, and Travis walks in. "Everybody, ok?" Travis asks.
"Yeah, we are," Madison tells him.
"What about you?" Dale asks.
"I cleared out the boiler block," Travis tells them.
"How many were there?" Nick asks him.
"I don't know a dozen two dozen. I have to get back. I just wanted to check on Madison," Travis says.
"Travis, we can take out the bodies," Jim says.
"You don't have to," T-dog tells him.
"No, I do," Travis says.
"You have a gun and a knife?" Daryl asks him.
"Yeah," Travis tells him. Travis looks around.
"Where are Axel Carol and Ofelia?" Travis asks.
"We cleared the boiler room. Axel is trying to fix it in case of an emergency. Carol and Ofelia didn't make it out of the attack," Daryl tells him. Travis nods before he leaves.
"Daryl Me and Maggie were going to go on a run later for supplies we could use some more ammo. Lori asked us to look for formula," Glenn tells Daryl, who nods.
"Ok, We look for food and formula mainly. We have enough ammo. We could use food," Daryl tells Glenn, who nods.
"Some of us need to sweep the lower levels," Shane says.
"I can," Merle says.
"I'll come," Oscar says.
"Me to," Morgan says.
"Me to," Carl says.
"Ask your mom first," Merle says. Carl looks at Lori.
"Be safe and listen to Merle and Oscar," Lori tells her son, who nods.
"Ok, Let's finish eating," Daryl says.
The woods
Sam walks back to Niel and sees him on his knees, crying. "Let's go. She's hit. Slowed her down," Sam says as he reloads his gun.
"Tim and Crowley, they-," Niel starts to say.
"We're close to the red zone. Them shots just pulled every biter in this area our way. Let's go. Get up," Sam says to Neil, who was hyperventilating. "Neil!" Sam says as he kicks Neil on his back and puts his foot on his chest. "Now you're gonna rise to the occasion, son. Some serious shit's going down. I need you here you read me, amigo. I don't want you to die," Sam says to Neil with his foot still on Neil's chest.
"Yes. Yes," Neil says. Sam takes his foot off Neil's chest.
"Get up. Now you know we don't ever let our own turn. Never," Sam tells Neil before he stabs Crowley in the face with his hand knife.
"Come on. Just do it," Sam says to Neil, who pulls his knife out and stabs Tim's head with his knife. "Atta boy. Come on, let's get going. She ain't running. She's hunting. So are we," Sam says Neil stands up and starts to walk. "There we go," Sam says as they move forward.
Woodbury
Andrea was watching the people in Woodbury play games. "You know you can join in. They don't bite. That's kind of the whole idea of the place," The Governor tells her.
"Seems like you also encourage people to punch people in the face. The arena," Andre says to him.
"You didn't like that much, huh?" The Governor asks.
"No, not so much, but I get it. Listen, I want to ask you something," Andrea says to him.
"No," The Governor says.
Okay," Andrea says as she walks past him.
"Hold on. How do you get it?" The Governor asks as he walks behind her.
"I'm not gonna tell you how to run your town," Andrea says to him as she walks.
"This is our town. You stayed. You're part of this now, so tell me," The Governor says. Andrea stops turns around and sighs.
"If it's an escape, I don't think it's the right one. It's brutality for fun, and I think the world's brutal enough already," Andrea tells him.
"It really bothered you, huh?" The Governor asks.
"But I do want to be here," Andrea tells him.
"So, what were you saying before I made you condemn our sadistic way of life?" The Governor asks him with a smirk.
"I want to contribute. Everyone else does," Andrea tells him.
"Well, Robbie could use some help in the food distr-" The Governor was saying.
"I want to work the wall. I'm a good shot. I want to stay that way," Andrea interrupted him.
"Can you use a bow?" The Governor asks.
"I can learn," Andrea says.
"Well, I can get somebody to teach you," The Governor says. Andrea smiles.
The Prison
Travis was putting nuts on the phone. He picks up the phone and sighs. He sets the phone down. The phone rings right after Travis sets it down. Travis grabs the phone. "Hello?" Travis says.
"You, the guy she was talking to?" The man asks.
"Yes," Travis says.
"And you want to come where we are?" The man asks.
"She said it was safe," Travis says.
"It is. No attacks, no one's been bit, no one's died no one's turned, no one's gone crazy," The man says.
"Yes, we want to come where you are," Travis says.
"You could be dangerous. Have you killed anybody?" The man asks.
"Yes, people who threatened me or threatened my group," Travis tells him.
"How many people have you killed?" The man asks.
"A few. They attacked our farm," Travis tells him. "They killed one of us. We killed them," Travis tells him.
"How did you lose your son?" The man asks.
"How do you know I had a son?" Travis asks.
"You have a fiance and a soon to be step-son and step-daughter. Tell me how you have your son," The man says.
"I don't want to talk about it," Travis says. The line then ends, "Hello? No," Travis says before he moves back and kicks the bench. "No," Travis says as he kicks the bench again. Travis then puts the phone back down.
T-dog walks into Lori's cell with some water. Lori looks up at him. "Here's some water. Hershel asked me to bring this to you," T-dog says to Lori, who smiles and grabs the water.
"Thank you," Lori says.
"How are you feeling?" T-dog asks her.
"I'm ok. I hate that Hershel is keeping me on bed rest," Lori says.
"You have to regain your strength," T-dog tells her.
"How did the walkers get in?" Lori asks.
"Daryl left one of the prisoners to the walkers. Andrew lived and let the walkers out of the gate. Chris let them out and died. Ofelia got bit closing the gate. We found her and Chris's body. We never found Carol's," T-dog tells her.
"So that means she could still be alive," Lori says.
"I guess," T-dog says. Lori looks at him.
"What is it?" Lori asks.
"It could have been me closing that gate," T-dog says.
"It could have been any of us. It wasn't you, though, so now we keep living and make this place safe. We make this place safe to make sure Chris and Ofelia's death wasn't in vain," Lori says. "Can you find Carl and tell him to bring me the baby," Lori says to T-dog who nods. He pats his shoulder before he leaves. He finds Carl outside with the baby.
"Carl, you mom, wants her," T-dog tells Carl, who nods. Carl walks inside.
That's it for this chapter. Next time the rest of Hounded. I have been walking around the idea of T-dog and Lilly from the game. Tell me how you feel about that. Thanks for reading. Reviews and comments are always welcomed. New ideas to. Until next time.