Chapter 50-Going home
The prison
Shane shuts the door to the cellblock. Most of the goods was with Rick's group beside Lori, Amy, and Judith, who were up in their cell, and Travis and Merle were on watch. Hershel was patching up Allen. "You can take those stitches out yourself in a week or so," Hershel tells the man.
"Thank you," Allen says.
"Pretty nice having medical training," Tyreese says.
"It'll only get you so far," Hershel says. Carley looks at Dale.
"You were bit?" Carley asks. Dale nods. Shane opens the gate, and Lori walks in. She stops when she sees Rick.
"I didn't know if they were serious," Lori says to her ex-husband as Amy walks in. Lori had Judith in her arms. Sasha looks at Judith.
"How old is the baby?" Lilly asks.
"Barely a week," Nick says.
"To be honest, we never thought we'd see another baby," Sasha says.
"How are you feeling?" Sasha asks Lori.
"Good. Almost didn't make it. Madison and Hershel did a good job," Lori says.
"From what Rick told us and seeing all this, you people have been through the mill," Tom says.
"Haven't we all," Victor says.
"It's only getting worse out there. Dead are everywhere, and it's only making the living less like the living," Tyreese says.
"Besides Rick, Tom, Kenny, Lilly, and Carley, you're the only decent folks we've come across," Sasha says.
"You've been out there all this time?" Morgan asks.
"Our neighbor Jerry, he was one of those survivalist nuts. Everybody on the block though he was crazy. Always preparing for the end of the world," Tyreese says.
"Who knew?" Adam asks.
"Jerry knew. He had a bunker under his shed in the backyard. Sasha and I stayed there until we ran out of supplies. Allen and Ben were the first people we ran into when we finally crawled up out of that hole around Jacksonville. Then we found Rick. Used to be a bunch of us, 25 at one point," Tyreese says.
"Our camp was overrun six, seven weeks ago. Then we found Lilly, Carley, and Kenny. We found Tom a few days ago.
"And Donna, she didn't make it," Rick says.
"We'll make sure she has a proper burial," Dale says.
"We appreciate you taking care of us. For a while, we didn't know who we were dealing with," Tyreese says.
"Neither did we. We've had our problems with people," Shane says.
"I must be the first brother in history to break into prison," Tyreese says.
"Makes me the first while boy that didn't want to break out," Axel says as he hands them food.
"Tyreese. Like I said, we have a much larger group. A close-knit group. I wouldn't get too comfortable here," Hershel says.
"We wouldn't be a problem," Sasha says.
"It's not up to me," Hershel says.
"Then, who?" Tom asks. Hershel looks at Shane.
"It's up to Daryl and I. I like you, people, I do. I have known Rick for years, and Clem clearly trusts those three, and I trust her and Lee. I don't know you guys, though. Daryl and I will talk when he gets back. I'm not making any promises, but there is a chance," Shane says. Tyreese says.
"All we want is a chance," Tyreese says.
"You may get one," Shane says before he leaves. Tyreese looks at Rick.
"Daryl and Shane are good men. I'm sure they will let us stay. We will just have to earn our place," Rick says. The others nod.
The car
"It won't work," Daryl says as he, Dean, Glenn, Maggie, Oscar, Jim, Lee, and T-dog talk while Luciana and Sam wait by the trees and Michonne by the car.
"It's gotta," Dean says.
"It'll stir things up," Lee says.
"Look, the Governor is probably on the way to the prison right now. Sam knows how he thinks, and we could use that," Dean says.
I'm not having him at the prison," Maggie says.
"Do you really want him sleeping in the cell block as Carol or Beth?" Glenn asks.
"He ain't a rapist," Dean says.
"Well, his buddy is," Glenn says. Maggie looks at him.
"They ain't buddies no more. Not after last night," Dean says.
"There's no way Sam's gonna live there without putting everyone at each other's throats," T-dog says.
"So you're gonna cut Sam and Luciana loose and bring the last samurai home with us?" Dean asks.
"She's not coming back," Daryl says.
"She's not in a state to be on her own," Jim says.
"She did bring you guys to us," Glenn says.
"And then ditched us," Oscar says.
"At least let my dad stitch her up," Maggie says.
"She's too unpredictable," Daryl says.
"That's right. We don't know who she is. But Sam. Sam's blood," Dean says.
"No, Merle is your blood. My blood, my family, is standing right here and waiting for us back at the prison," Glenn says.
"And you are. So was he, and I owe Luciana. So my deal is that Sam gives up his weapons and stays in a cell. I'll let him come back," Daryl says. Glenn looks ready to argue, but Daryl glares at him. Dean smiles before he goes over and talks to Dean. After a moment, Dean comes over with a frown on his face.
"He won't do it," Dean says.
"Then now what?" Glenn asks.
"How about I go with him and Luciana for a few days. See if I can convince him. I'll be back at the prison in a few days," Dean says. Daryl nods as Daryl and Dean walk back to the car.
"We started something last night. We need you, Dean. Good luck," Daryl tells Dean, who nods.
"I'll see you soon," Dean says before he walks into the woods. Dean, Sam, and Luciana walk into the woods.
"You sure about this?" Glenn asks.
"Yeah," Daryl says. Daryl looks at Michonne. "We patch you up, and then you are gone," Daryl says. Michonne nods as they all get in the van and start to drive back.
They had to stop the car to clear a roadblock down the road. Glenn, Daryl, and Maggie get out while Jim and T-dog keep watch. "Get the breaks," Daryl tells Glenn, who nods. Glenn walks to the door and opens it. A walker comes out, and Glenn pulls it out and stomps its head in. Daryl walks in front of him.
"You didn't kill him," Glenn says.
"That's not why we went back," T-dog says.
"No. That's right. You went back for Dean, and now he's gone again, and the Governor is still alive," Glenn says.
"Dean was the priority," Daryl says.
"I should have been there with you," Glenn says.
"You were in no condition," Daryl says.
"But, my girlfriend was?" Glenn asks.
"Glenn, this isn't about us," Maggie says.
"I should have been there," Glenn says.
"Hey, hey, you didn't come back with us 'cause you could barely walk," Daryl says.
"What about her?" Glenn asks.
"What about me?" Maggie asks.
"Do you know what he did to her!?" Glenn shouts.
"Leave it alone!" Maggie shouts back.
"Do you know?" Glenn asks.
"Let's go," Maggie says.
"After all that effort, all the risk we took. Dean just takes off with Sam?" Glenn asks.
"He'll be back," Daryl says.
"You keep telling yourself that Daryl," Glenn says. "Doesn't change the fact that we're up to our necks in shit," Glenn says.
"You want me to turn the car around, beg him to come back? Throw down a welcome mat for Sam with his gun? This is the hand we've been dealt with!" Daryl snarls at Glenn
"Let's just get this out of here and get back," Maggie says. "Get some rest. We can talk it out there," Maggie says.
"Daryl and Shane can do all the talking you want. I'm done," Glenn says before he walks away. Lee gets out, and T-dog comes over and helps. Soon, they are back on the road.
Woodbury
Maggie closes the door to the doctor. "How many injured?" Milton asks.
"Nine. Stevens has it covered. So, where is he?" Andrea asks.
"In his apartment," Milton tells her.
"And?" Andrea asks.
"He wouldn't open the door. Said he was in the middle of something. It's all going to hell," Milton says. A horn goes off as cars with suitcases go down the road towards the gate where they were already a car and many people.
Open the gate!" One of them shouts.
"Calm down people. Back away," Martinez says.
"It's not safe here. We want to leave," One of the women named Karen said.
"There's biters out here, lady," Martinez says.
"Let us out," One of the men says. One of them tries to climb up but is kicked down. Andrea and Milton come over.
"Everybody calm down," Andrea says.
"We can't stay here anymore. This place is crazy. Please, you have to let us go," Karen says.
"Karen, you don't want to go out there. It's too dangerous," Andrea says.
"Yeah, well, we'll take our chances," One of the men says.
"Please," Karen says. A man honks his horn. They aim their guns at the car.
"Hey, knock off the horn. Knock off that horn," Martinez says as he comes down. "Get out of the car," Martinez says.
"Put the gun down," Andrea says. Martinez comes over and pulls the man out.
"Hey. Don't hurt him," Andrea says.
"Hey, I don't take orders from you," Martinez says to Andrea.
"These people are scared. Shoving a gun in their face won't help," Andrea says.
"Where's the Governor?" Martinez asks.
He's-," Milton starts to say
"There's a riot out here, come on," Martinez says.
"You're making things worse," Andrea says.
"I am?" Martinez asks. They then hear a scream, Andrea and Martinez start to move through the streets. Andrea pulls out her gun. They see three walkers. Two biting into a man while a woman runs away and a walker coming towards them. Andrea shoots one of the walkers eating the man. She tries to shoot again, but her gun is empty. She kicks the walker as Martinez kills the one by itself. Andrea reloads her gun and shoots the walker. Everybody was watching them as the man groaned in pain.
"Oh my god. Help him. Somebody, please. Do something," Karen says. The Governor comes out and shoots the man in the head before he walks away as nothing happened.
There is the chapter. The next one should finish this episode. I don't have much to say. We just hit fifty chapters. Thank you to everybody who has supported this story so far, and I hope to see new people. I think next time I will release the new pairings. As always, suggestions are welcomed.