Chapter 34-Leaving
Virginia
A man walked up to a building inside a wall. The man was Paul Rovia or, as his friends called him, Jesus. Jesus stepped into Barrington house and up to the door of an office. He knocks on the door. Jesus had long brown hair and a beard. He waited for the door to open. The leader of Hilltop opens the door and looks at Jesus. "What can I do for you, Jesus?" Gregory asks.
"I want to talk about Negan," Jesus says.
"There is nothing to talk about," Gregory says.
"He killed Rory and half of our supplies," Jesus says. "You just want to do nothing and become their bitches," Jesus says.
"If you don't like it, you are free to leave," Gregory says.
"Maybe I will leave. I will not live like a slave," Jesus says before he leaves Berrington house and walks outside. He walks to his trailer and grabs his bag. He starts to put clothes in his bag when the door opens.
"Hey, Jesus," Dr. Carson says as he comes in and looks at Jesus. "You going on a run?" Carson asks.
"No, I'm leaving. Negan will eventually just kill us. I won't be here when that happens," Jesus says as he puts supplies in his bag.
"I'm sorry to hear that," Carson says.
"I'll be leaving early tomorrow," Jesus says. Carson nods as he leaves the trailer, and Jesus continues to pack his bag. Jesus grabs his gun and checks the ammo. "One damn clip," Jesus says as he grabs the sword from the table and sets it down by his bedside. Jesus lays his head down and goes to sleep.
Jesus wakes up early the next morning to a knock at his door. He grabs his bag and puts it on his back as well as his sword. He tucks his gun into the back of his pants. He walks to the door and opens it. Carson stood at the door with a bag on his bag. "What's up, Carson?" Jesus asks.
"I'm coming with you," Carson says. "Hilltop has my brother. There have to be people out there that need me more than these people," Carson says. Jesus nods as he sets out of the trailer and looks at Carson.
"Let's go," Jesus says as he walks towards the gate of Hilltop. He looked at Gregory, who was watching them from the stairs of the house as the gate opened, and they left Hilltop and headed for the woods. The gates closed behind them. Jesus and Carson walked through the woods towards the road. "Do you have a gun?" Jesus asks Carson, who shook his head.
"The Saviors took what guns we had," Carson says.
"I have one that I kept hidden, but it only has one clip. It's a Glock 17, so I have 17 bullets," Jesus says. "First part of the plan is to find a car," Jesus says. They walk for a few hours when they come into a town. Jesus pulls the sword off his back as Carson pulls out a knife. They walk through the streets when they hear screams. Jesus runs through the streets and stops when he sees a small group of people fighting walkers. He goes up to the first walker and stabs it through the mouth with his sword. One of the men screams as they are bit in the throat. Jesus kicks one and cuts another walker's head off. Carson stabs a walker in the head as a man rises from the other side of the car and shoots one of the walkers. Jesus stabs the last one in the head. Jesus and Carson look at the other man who has sweat on his head face and blood covering his face. Jesus looks at the bodies on the ground.
"Are you okay?" Carson asks the man who drops his gun and sits down. He puts his back against the car as Carson comes over to the man.
"I'm a doctor. You can call me Dr. Carson or Carson. That's Paul, but we call him Jesus," Carson says.
"Aiden Monroe," Aiden says.
"How did you get out of that?" Jesus asks.
"I crawled under the car," Aiden says as Carson lifts part of his shirt and sees a deep cut. Carson pulls his bag off his back and pulls out a bottle of water, and pours some of it on the wound. Aiden hisses in pain as Carson starts to clean the wound. He stitches the wound up and puts a bandage on it.
"Do you have somewhere to go?" Jesus asks. Aiden nods as Carson helps him.
"Yeah, I have a community I can go to," Aiden says.
"Can you get there by yourself?" Carson asks.
"What are you doing out here?" Jesus asks.
"We were supposed to be on a supply run. That didn't work very well as he can see," Aiden says.
"Can you get back there?" Jesus asks. Aiden looks at the bullet holes in the car beside him.
"No, not with this thing," Aiden says.
"We'll help you find another car so you can help back. How far is it from here?" Jesus asks.
"A few hours. We've been on the road for a few days," Aiden says.
"Well, let's get to work. We need to find a car," Jesus says as he starts to walk away.
"Wait, my people," Aiden says as he looks at the bodies. "They'll turn," Aiden says. Jesus nods as they start to stab them in the head after they start to walk back down the street. Aiden followed from behind them.
"He said he has a community. Maybe we should go back with him," Carson says to Jesus, who looks at him.
"Your community in Virginia?" Jesus asks.
"Yeah," Aiden says. Jesus looks at Carson.
"I want to get out of this state. As far away from the Saviors and Hilltop as possibly," Jesus says. "You can go back with him if you want. Because Negan will find them, and I won't be there when he does," Jesus says to Carson. Carson nods as they hear Aiden grunt behind them. Jesus looks at him and then looks around for a house. He sees a house and starts to walk towards it. The other two follow him as Jesus opens the door and walks in. He shuts the door and pushes a dresser in front of it. "Sleep on the couch. You need rest. We'll head out tomorrow," Jesus tells Aiden, who nods as he goes to lay down. Jesus lays his back against the dresser and closes his eyes.
Thanks for reading. These guys won't be in a ton of chapters, but I felt this was a good time. The chapter I'm planning I wanted to do next week, so I did this instead. I hope you guys like it. As always, suggestions, ideas, and feedback are welcomed. Until next time.