A/N: Omg you guys so this chapter is a culmination of the season finale for season 2! I can't believe I'm actually still writing this story and I have you guys to thank for that! This chapter is a little shorter than the others but that's just because I'm starting season 3 in a new chapter, the next one. You'll definitely see the direction this story is going in and it has somewhat of a little reunion. for those of you who have watched past season 2, you'll understand what Pol's doing as it will nicely flow on to season 3, which I'm super excited to write xx
Thanks to everyone that reads and supports my story! Particularly my reviewers:
FnafAnimeGirl109: Thank you! Yeah a straightforward dealing of the kidnappers was a way to go with it because it seemed like the logical thing to do and she's tired of putting up with people's shit at this point.
Ryane: Aww I'm glad your day got better though! Oh I've seen the last Jedi. I saw it on the premiere at midnight lol :3, I thought it was a brilliant story. Yeah, that's how I feel about getting reviews on this story, I get so happy when I get an email and a read a review from one of you lovely people! It's a great support and motivation to write another chapter! Haha as much as I love Richonne in TWD, I think my coupling will be awesome. But there's a lot to get through...
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- Angels and Douchebags
"Thanks for this Michonne." I said as she pulled out a needle and thread from her pack.
"This is going to hurt." She said lifting my shirt gently.
"I know the drill by now." I winced as the needle pierced my skin. I kept my eyes closed as I felt her going in and out with the needle, she seemed to do as good of a job as Beth as she tied it off and then wrapped the linen around it.
"There," She said as I pushed the shirt back down.
"You should be good now." She stayed adding more sticks to the fire.
"You can rest. Sleep. What's your name?" She gestured.
"Polaris." I said and she nodded.
"I'll keep watch." She stated looking around in the darkness.
"Don't you want to sleep?" I asked her.
"It's you who needs rest right now." She stated.
"I won't argue with that." I yawned feeling like I could sleep easy with her around. I settled down on the ground and eyed her going through her pack. I checked my knife and gun were with me just in case, before closing my eyes and falling into a deep sleep.
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I opened my eyes to the sun hanging low in the sky. I rubbed my eyes and sat up being careful of my stomach. Michonne's two Walkers were chained to a tree nearby and she had set up a perimeter using rope and cans. She came back holding a deer over her back.
"You're awake." She said putting the deer down.
"Yeah, how long was I out for?" I said looking around.
"It's mid-afternoon I think." She states pushing her dreadlocks back.
"Wow okay, I'm sorry I didn't help." I said pointed to the deer.
"It's fine, I work better alone." She said shrugging.
"Do you know how to skin that and everything?" I asked as she took out her knife. She said nothing and began skinning the deer, removing the entrails and dividing the meat up in two sections.
"Half for you, half for me." She said putting it over the fire she started.
"I would cook it soon, wouldn't want it to smell and get bad. Attract Walkers." She said. She cooked the deer as we ate lunch in relative silence.
"Where are you heading?" She asked.
"North, towards DC heard there's a refugee camp there." I said tearing off pieces of meat.
"That's a hell of a long way away." She raised her eyebrows.
"What about you?" I asked her.
"Wherever," she shrugged.
"Do you want to travel with me? For a while?" I asked tentatively. A woman of her skills could be really useful and the fact she selflessly saved my life from those monsters. She looked shocked for a moment before nodding.
The two Walkers which were chained began getting restless and raised their arms.
"What is it?" I asked Michonne who looked panicked.
"Get up." She ordered and stamped her feet to put out the fire.
I quickly gathered my belongings in a pack and put the jacket on that was in there. I took my knife out as she unchained the Walkers and kept a hand on her back holding the katana. With one hand she held the rope with the Walkers as I stood close by her.
A Walker stumbled out of the forest and reached out a hand with it's inside dripping out onto the floor. It seemed to come forwards towards us and I was about to knife it when Michonne held an arm in front of me.
She signalled me to look around as the Walker shrugged past us. There was an entire horde of them invading the forest. And they were heading back South. Towards the farm.
My eyes widened. Rick. Carl. Lori. The others. I swore I wouldn't go back but I have to warn them. They'll die otherwise. We stood still for about half an hour as the herd finally passed out.
"Holy shit what was that?" I whispered scared out of my mind.
"That was a herd." She said.
"We should continue north quickly." She stated glancing around.
"I can't." I said simply making her look at me.
"I have to go South." She looked at me incredulously.
"I-I have people there. A group I used to know, they're good people I have to warn them." I explained as she understood.
"Then this is where we part ways." She said putting her sword back in the scabbard. She held out her hand to me as I shook it.
"Thank you, Maybe we'll meet again one day." I said.
"Maybe," she nodded before disappearing into the woods and I was left on my own. I had to get past the horde somehow. I walked East out of the forest until I was on the highway and I saw the whole scale of Walkers.
How am I going to get through that? Then I remembered Atlanta.
"Oh gross," I groaned thinking to myself. I stayed a good deal behind the herd hiding just in the forest clearing when I thought I was danger. But they were moving slowly.
Way too slowly for me. around and spotte
The sun was hanging low in the sky. I looked around and spotted a car shoved in the side of the road. Hiding behind it I heard moaning coming from inside the car. I went around the side of it I looked through the window when suddenly a decomposed hand banged against the glass making me jump back. I pulled out my knife in my right hand and quietly opened the car door as half of the Walker fell out. Stabbing it in the head it stopped moving.
I had no hatchet or axe so I would have to do it with the knife. Holding my breath I dragged the knife into the walker down the middle as all the internal organs could be seen. I took parts of the Walker and began rubbing the blood on my face and body trying not to throw up. I put strings of intestine and lungs around my shoulders making me gag. Hopefully this would be enough.
I jogged forward silently until I was behind a few straggler Walkers at the back of the horde. Walking past them, they began turning their heads but paid no attention. Okay. I can do this. I disappeared into the forest that I knew would come up to the back of the farm and began walking a bit faster. There were Walkers around me but they paid no notice thinking I was one of them.
"Please don't rain." I muttered. I tried to break out into a light jog but there were so many of them I had to cut a few down. I looked up at the sky where it was getting darker and darker. I started recognising the trees and clearings we broke out into as we were getting closer and closer to the farm.
Despite the fact I was surrounded by hundreds of walkers I was actually completely nervous to see the rest of them again. Especially since how I left things with them. But I was looking forward to see Rick, I wondered how he managed to deal with Shane, how Lori was handling her pregnancy.
They were going to have to leave the farm, I had to make them see that.
I slowed down feeling out of breath. I saw the field we came out to which was lined by a fence. We were nearly there. All the walkers had crowded up by the fence and were trying to knock it over.
There was no way I could get past that undetected. Walkers converged around me trying to move forward and I was pushed down to the ground. I tried to get up but there were too many of them. So I laid there covering my face and trying to protect my body the best I could. Most of the Walkers passed over me as they knocked down the wooden fence and I was near the back of the herd again.
This time I didn't care and mustered all the energy I could to sprint. I came out of a small woodland area into the far end of Hershel's field where the barn was, to see the Walkers invading the farm. It didn't look like anybody was outside which meant they could all be inside the house. I had to warn them somehow get their attention. I pulled out the rifle and checked how many rounds I had. A lot. Good. This was a really stupid idea.
I came out from behind the barn and began shooting into the field, attracting the Walkers towards me. I knifed a few that came my way as they fell to the floor. I glanced over to the house as the door open and then they ran inside. Good. Shit. How am I going to get out of this.
I kept shooting retreating back behind the barn and climbing up towards the top of it.
I heard banging inside the barn and took my gun out. I slowly walked around the top of the inside the floorboards creaking below me. I looked towards the barn door seeing Walker hands coming through, breaking the wood apart. There must've been a good 50 of them leaning against it and eventually their weight would force it open and I would be surrounded. I heard scuffling on the level below me and pointed the rifle towards it. Liquid was being thrown across the barn floor. That doesn't sound like a Walker. I walked down the stairs slowly and came down seeing a Rick Grimes pouring oil over the ground.
"Rick!" I called out. He looked shocked and his head shot up to meet my gaze. He put the bottle of oil down and walked towards me.
"Pol? Wh-what are you doing back?" He asked within arms distance.
"I came to-"
"Pol!" Carl ran towards me tackling me and wrapping his arms around me.
"Hey," I laughed.
"It's good to see you too!" I returned his hug ruffling his hair. I looked at Rick smiling.
"So burning the barn down, that's a pretty stupid plan Mr Grimes." I stated as Carl let go of me.
"Shooting a rifle into a horde of Walkers was pretty stupid." He mirrored me eyebrows raised.
"Touche." I said grinning. Oh I missed him. It had only been 5 days since I last saw him and here he was, standing in front of me, growing a beard. He walked up to me and put his hand on my cheek seeing the bruises and split lip.
"Who did this to you?" He rubbed his finger over my scars.
"As much as I would love to dive into this story. We have more pressing issues." I said pointing to the door which was about to give way.
"Right." He jumped back and picked up the bottle of oil to continue spreading over the barn floor. I took the one from Carl and began mimicking his actions. A few more of the wooden panels in the door broke and the Walker's faces were visible.
"Oh Shit." Rick said worriedly.
"Alright, okay. Hurry. Up there." Rick pointed up the ladder to me and Carl.
"What about you?" I asked him.
"I'll be down here, I need you to drop the lighter when I say," He leaned down putting a hand on my shoulder.
"We'll stop some of them from reaching the house and distract the others." He said and I nodded. Carl was looking away before Rick put his hand on his cheek.
"Hey, hey, hey, look at me. Stay with Pol. Carl I love you." They held eye contact for a few moments before he looked at me.
"You can do this." He nodded. I presses myself against him wrapping my arms around his neck to hug him briefly, he hugged back and squeezed my waist.
"Sorry I smell of Walker," I winced realising I had hugged him with the entrails of Walkers around my shoulders. But looking at Rick his face was bloody and his hair was greasy. He gave me a smirk.
"Alright, go, go!" He said as we scrambled up the ladder to the top layer of the barn. Rick began kicking the barn door and shouting at the Walkers. I pulled out my rifle and pointed it to the barn door, just in case.
"You want some? Come and get it!" Rick shouted opening the barn door. He ran back towards us and climbed up the ladder.
"You want some of this?" He turned back and shouted to them as Carl helped him up.
"Pol, now!" He shouted. I opened the lighter and dropped it down on the barn floor engulfing it in flames. Carl and Rick both had their pistols out and kept them trained on the Walkers.
"You can shoot now?" I looked incredulously at Carl who nodded eagerly training his weapon on the Walkers.
"Is everyone okay?" I asked Rick who looked down.
"Rick?"
"Hey," I pulled his arm gently forcing him to look at me.
"Who did we lose?"
"Dale. Shane." Rick said. I nodded numbly feeling myself get teary, not Dale. Please not Dale. He was so strong and the only other person who saw through Shane. And Shane? I was honestly relieved to hear he was dead, he was too dangerous to be around. But judging by Rick's face, it hurt him a lot, he was his best friend.
"How?" I asked my voice shaky.
"Dale got bit."
"And I-" Rick got choked up and I squeezed his hand.
"Don't worry about it." I let go of his hand reloading the rounds into the rifle shooting any Walkers who were making their way out of the flames.
I heard the sound of car engines and gun shots coming from outside the barn as Walkers fell to the floor inside. We backed up against the opening of the barn window at the upper level ready to get out. We stood on the edge looking out on the field seeing the Walkers head towards.
"Hey! Here! Get in here!" Rick shouted to Jimmy who was driving the RV.
Carl and I shot the Walkers to stop them from getting towards the house. The cars outside seemed to be circling around shooting them to defend the house. Jimmy parked the RV in front of where we were standing and Rick put his arm around Carl.
We got on the corrugated roof of the barn then climbed to the top of the RV. Rick climbed down the ladder shooting as I stood at the top to give him clear space. He reached the ground followed by Carl then me as we ran around the RV, keeping Carl in between us. I swapped the rifle for my pistol and fired that keeping our path clear. We came around to the entrance and heard the screams of Jimmy as he was devoured by a Walker. The blood splattered up to the window as we followed Rick.
"This way!" He shouted. I saw a jeep come circling around with Glenn shooting his shotgun out into the field. Well that's one way to do it. T-Dog was driving another car with Andrea sticking her head out to the shoot the Walkers behind the fence.
We ran across the field keeping low as Carl began letting out sounds of panic.
"It's okay Carl, nearly there." I kept my hand on his shoulder as I ran behind him.
"Come on now. Into the woods!" Rick said firmly as we reached for tree cover. We went a short ways into the forest as I heard more gunshots coming from the farm. I stopped running looking back at the farm.
"What are you doing?" Rick asked hurriedly his eyes darting around in the dark.
"I can't." I said to him.
"What do you mean you can't? We gotta go now." He said firmly grabbing my wrist.
"I owe it to them, to help." I said.
"You are helpin' you helped me and Carl." He said frowning.
"I have to help them. Its on my conscious, I have to do this. You know you can't stop me." I said searching his blue eyes with my own.
"If it's too much, you come right back. You hear me?" He said as we were face to face.
"Come right back." He pressed his hand to my cheek gently and pressed his forehead to mine.
"I promise." I said.
"I'll be back." I reassured Carl smiling at him.
I began running back through the woods until i was at the field again. I pulled out my gun and began shooting down any Walkers that came across me. I saw Carol and Andrea backed up against the barn trying to defend themselves and pulled out the rifle shooting from a distance. I cut down a few Walkers and reached them both of them looking at me in surprise.
"Room for one more?" I grinned at them as Carol smiled and Andrew shook her head.
"You're crazy." She said as we kept Carol behind us and kept shooting into the horde which were descending on us.
The blue truck waiting about 30 ft away suddenly drove off. Without us.
"They left us." Andrea slowly lowered her gun as a Walker came at her from the side. I shot it just missing Andrea as she jumped back in shock.
"They must've had a good reason." I said shooting the Walkers.
"You believe that?" A scared Andrea asked from beside me.
"I have to." I said my voice wavering.
"You look like shit." Andrea glanced at my bruised and bloody face.
"Yeah, well." I started shooting down the Walkers seeing I had limited ammo.
"I've had a shitty few days." I looked behind me but Carol was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Carol?" I panicked. We had no time to look for her before a crowd of Walkers surrounded us. We used all the energy we had shooting left and right to keep them away.
The Walkers began following the direction of the cars which drove off. There was one more red truck waiting there, we just needed to clear a path. Rick ran out of a clearing with Carl and Hershel and got in the cars.
"Rick wait!" Andrea shouted as we began running towards the car.
"Rick!" I screamed, but they drove off, not even seeing us. Andrea picked up the duffle bag on the floor as we stood there.
"Let's go!" I said to Andrea as we ran off into the woods. My rifle was out of rounds as I dropped it there, it was useless, I only had my colt which had limited bullets and my knife now.
We watched from the woods as the barn collapsed on itself, the entire place engulfed in flames with the smoke rising high.
"Come on." I pulled her arm away from the farm as we disappeared into the forest. We kept running until the morning constantly followed my Walkers and running dangerously low on ammunition for our guns.
We were both out of breath and exhausted as we pulled one another along trying to survive. But I didn't know how long we could keep going like this for. We ran faster until we were clear of them for a while and bent down behind the trunk of a tree. Andrea opened the magazine to check how many rounds she had left and put it back in her holster. She opened the duffle bag which had a few rounds.
We grinned at each other and began loading up our guns with the few bullets remaining, ready for the next horde of zombies. A walker came out from behind the tree trunk and Andrea pushed me away, standing up and smashing it's head against the tree. It fell to the ground growling as she kicked it's head in, until the brains were splattered and it stopped moving.
She wiped her forehead and pulled the duffle bag over her shoulder.
"Hey thanks." I said and she nodded breathing deeply.
"I want to say I'm sorry about everything." I said sheepishly looking at her.
"Looks like I'm stuck with you and there's no point hating you the entire time. We're in this shit show together so we just gotta deal with it." She shrugged patting my shoulder. I smiled walking off after her.
We reached another part of the woods and were surrounded by Walkers which began converging on us. We stood back to back firing on them as they kept stumbling towards us.
"Bastards are persistent." I said checking the bullets as Andrea scoffed. After a while we were both out of bullets and I pulled my knife out and Andrea took out her pen knife. We were outnumbered, outmanned, exhausted and running on fumes. We had no energy left to fight.
Andrea tripped and fell on the floor twisting her ankle. I bent down and threw her arm around my shoulder trying to back away from the Walker snarling towards us. But I didn't have the strength to carry her and carry myself. The knife was knocked out of my hand as we continued backing away. The Walker came closer and closer until I heard a clash and the head rolled to the ground.
Stood in front of us was a hooded figure with two chained Walkers missing their jaws and a samurai sword out in front of them. I looked at Andrea and smiled whilst she looked confused. The hooded figure walked towards us and lowered their sword.
"Michonne?"
A/N: As satisfying as it would've been for you guys to see her shoot Shane, I didn't want to change that fundamental aspect of the show. it was Rick who stabbed him and Carl who shot him when he was reanimated as a Walker and that is what shapes is character and meant he grew up so fast in the show. So I thought it was best to leave that, and anyways remember Shane is not the important part of this story, it's about Pol.