CosmicArmor-Lee did not think those guards were incredibly awesome haha.

Smeake-Thanks as always man, and hope you like the CarLee in this chapter.

Guest-To be honest I'm not focusing too much on the end of the prison arch just yet so I can't confirm either way if Judith will make it or not.

Thedarkpokemaster-Yeah, I wanted to give a little sense that Lee isn't so far on the outside anymore. He's been starting to prove himself to Rick along with most of the others, at the very least Rick has a sense of trust in Lee now.

Worker72-Glad you enjoy the peaceful calm chapters, I personally enjoy them myself. As for some of the changes you were mentioning, they probably won't happen as I do intend to have push on towards DC instead of sticking to the prison for longer than canon. However, I do appreciate the love for the novels, as I do like that storyline and am working on having that involved in a story eventually.

Whitetiger789-Sorry for the wait, glad to hear that you are eager for more of these chapters.

Enjoy

Chapter 12: Settling In

Seven days past since Dexter and Andrew attempted to lead a revolt against everyone and Thomas was executed by Duck. In the fallout of that aftermath, Patricia was being treated as a stranger by all and Duck had yet to speak to anyone truly. Down by the fence entrance more and more walkers continued to pile up against the fences, trying to break in and feed on the survivors inside. One such walker, with its intestines hanging out, wandered towards the fence and hooked onto the gnawed bones of Thomas, pulling it to the ground. As it fell to the ground Glenn's voice was heard just on the other side of the fence.

Inside, Glenn and Doug had gathered Lee, Carly, Molly, Ben, and Julie to show them their new little invention. Early that week Glenn, Dale, and Doug had come down and attempted to use their knives to kill the walkers safely, but they just weren't long enough to use them safely. Doug and Glenn, however, came up with a little workaround, "Alright, everyone listen up." Glenn called out with a little smile on his face,

Carly let out a little sigh, "Glenn, why are we down here?"

"Well as you can all see, we've been attracting a little bit of a following," Glenn said while looking towards the worker horde,

"Yeah, kinda hard to miss them." Molly retorted with a little sarcasm,

"We've come up with a tool to help us clear them out," Doug added on with a chipper voice while handing Glenn a knife that had a piece of wood stuck between the handle and blade, "Show them, Glenn."

Glenn let out a nod and walked over to the fence, "Step one, find a nice close walker." He said placing the knife at the skull of a walker, "Step two, hit the handle with a hammer." Glenn continued smacking the handle quickly with a ball peen hammer, driving the blade into the walkers' skull. "And lastly...step three," Glenn said while watching the walker slide off the blade, "Let the walker fall off the blade. That simple."

The others slowly looked at each other before looking back to Doug and Glenn, "So you brought us down here for that?" Lee asked with a raised brow,

"Partly." Doug replied with a nod, "The second part is to employ you few. We've made a couple more prototypes that you can all use. With all of us doing this, we can get this fence cleared in no time." Doug said while picking up a small bucket full of knives, "So everyone grab one."

"Are you guys serious?" Julie asked with a little frown,

"Look I know this seems stupid, but these fences aren't invincible," Glenn explained, "Eventually if enough walkers push on them, they could fall."

"I don't think she meant that man," Ben said while picking up his knife, "This just kinda seems...dumb. Isn't there an easier way?"

"Not that we thought of," Doug replied,

At that moment they heard some footsteps coming towards them, they looked back and saw Chuck approaching. "Oh, hey Chuck. Come down to check out what we got?" Glenn asked with a slightly smug smile,

The old man looked at him for a moment before slowly shaking his head, "Naw, I got something to show y'all actually." Everyone watched as he lifted up a wooden cane, which had the bottom sharpened like a spear. He walked over to the fence and quickly jammed the point into one of the walkers before ripping it back out. "You boys so focused on the knives, you forget we got a bunch of stuff to kill these things." Chuck explained before turning back to the others, "I fixed a few more of these if any of ya want one."

"Yeah, I'll take one," Lee said dropping his knife back into the bucket,

"Sign me up pops," Molly added as she did the same,

Ben and Julie both let out a nod and returned their knives as well, and lastly, Carly looked to Doug and Glenn a bit sympathetically, "Sorry guys, it was a good try though."

Glenn and Doug let out a small sigh before picking up their tools and following the others back up towards the prison. "Maybe they'll change their minds after we're back from Andrea's meeting," Doug said with a bit of optimism,

"Doubt it," Glenn replied with a little bittersweet smirk, "Do you know why Andrea's gathering everyone up?"

"No, she didn't-oh, uh Glenn…" Doug began to explain only to stop as Maggie slowly came walking down from the cell block,

"You mind giving me a minute?" Glenn asked while handing the bucket of knives over to Doug,

"Sure, I'll just, uh, see you two inside," Doug replied somewhat awkwardly before quickly walking away.

Glenn stopped and waited for a minute, allowing some distance to grow between the group and for Maggie to reach him. As she approached him, her head lowered slightly, and she took a slow breath, "Glenn."

"Yeah, what's going on?" Glenn doing his best to give her a reassuring smile,

"I kinda wanted to talk with you...we haven't really had a chance ever since Duck...shot Thomas. You up for that?" Maggie asked while she rubbed her forearm dejectedly,

"Totally, of course." Glenn immediately replied, "But, could we just wait until after Andrea's meeting, she really wanted everyone to show up."

Maggie gave him a small smile and nodded, "Sure."

"Sweet," Glenn said letting out a relieved sigh, "Let's go see what was so important." Maggie turned, and the two walked back towards the main cell block.

Within a few minutes, everyone was gathered in the cafeteria, well almost everyone. Tyreese quickly noticed that Lori seemed to be absent, curious, he walked over to Rick, "Lori coming?"

Rick shook his head slightly, "No, I think her morning sickness turned into all day sickness. She's doing fine otherwise, but I think she doesn't want to be around others while she's like this." Rick explained, "I'll be sure to give her the rundown though." Rick then scanned the room before looking back to Tyreese, "Kenny?"

"He isn't making this meeting," Tyreese said while leaning against one of the cafeteria tables, "He's finally talking with Duck today."

"Oh?" Rick said with a slightly concerned look, "He's really up for that?"

"I don't think so, but what choice does he really have? Duck has basically shut down; he knows he has to do something." Tyreese replied with a shrug,

Just then Andrea and Axel came walking through the doors both sporting a new prison jumpsuit, and pushing a laundry cart as well. "Sorry to keep you all waiting. We had a little trouble getting the cart up the stairs. I'll try to make this worth the wait." Andrea announced, "As you can see, I've ditched my normal clothes in favor of the orange jumpsuits that make Axel here, look so friendly."

"Don't you guys have other outfits you could be wearing?" Lee asked looking towards the other, "Let's be real, these things aren't the nicest to wear."

"Actually no," Carly replied, "We never hit a clothing store, we only have what we're wearing and maybe another set."

"Exactly, now most of our outfits are still holding up but let's face it, some of you are starting to stink even after our clothes go through the wash. These garments have been through a lot." Andrea pointed out bringing the conversation back towards her. Carl reached down and sniffed his shirt causing both Sophia and Clementine to giggle softly, "Some of you may have wondered why I took your measurements earlier this week. Since everyone has taken a job or at least been looking for one, I volunteer as a seamstress, it'll be a lot of work but I enjoy it, and it is important."

"Andrea," Julie called out. "If you need help I can work with you; I took a sewing class back in school."

"Thank you, Julie, that'd help a lot." Andrea replied while she turned around and reached into the laundry cart, "So I was able to find clean suits that should come close to fitting you all, at least until Julie and I can start making new clothes from these." Andrea handed a stack of jumpsuits to Axel before grabbing another stack for herself, "Alright, I tagged each jumpsuit with your names, just pass them around until you get yours."

Julie let out a small smile and walked up towards Andrea, "So what exactly are we going to be making?"

"Well I was thinking about getting the suits separated into pants and shirts, then we could make some shorts and T-shirts for the warmer weather that's coming," Andrea replied as she picked up another stack of suits and handed it off to Axel,

"For the winter, maybe we could make some jackets, using pillows as the stuffing," Julie said with a wide smile,

Andrea raised her brow before a small smirk rose, "You know, that's not too bad of an idea Julie. I'm sure we could figure that out."

"Awesome," Julie replied before glancing back into the cart and grimacing slightly, "Hope people like orange and white."

"Lucky for us, it's not a fashion show." Andrea pointed out before stepping back towards the front of the group, "Okay, so once you got your jumpsuit, you can go. That was all I had. Also, if you have any requests for something to be made let either Julie or I know and please if you want more just ask we have hundreds of them." The group looked down to the jumpsuits, some in indifference and others clearly conflicted before slowly filling out the room.

Meanwhile, back at the cell block, Kenny stood outside his room where Duck sat. The whole week Kenny had been trying to figure out how to talk with his son, Duck was pretty resilient in the past, always bounced back from the terror he saw but what he did to Thomas was with him and wasn't going away. Kenny knew that he wasn't going to be able just to ignore this, his son needed him, yet he didn't know what to say.

Kenny took in a slow breath before stepping into the cell, Duck sat up in his bunk and silently looked at his father. "Ken, it's...it's time for us to have a talk." Kenny said easily while walking over and sitting at the end of the bed, "This past week, I know that-well I know it hasn't been easy for you." Duck slowly lowered his head and stared down at his lap as Kenny continued, "With what happened to your mother...you...I need you to know, that I am here for you son. That you can talk to me about what you're thinking."

"Okay." Duck murmured out,

Kenny waited a moment hoping he'd continue but he, unfortunately, went silent again. Kenny raised his hand and began to rub his brow, "Are you scared of me, son?" Kenny asked, Duck raised his head and looked at him before shaking his head, "Good because I am not mad at what you did."

"But…" Duck said before pursuing his lips,

"No, go on, say what your thinking." Kenny quickly said pressing him slightly,

"Dad, you said that people who kill others are bad. They're monsters who deserve to die...that means I-" Duck said in a shaky breath,

"No!" Kenny exclaimed immediately, "No, you don't deserve to die." Kenny quickly slid up the bed, closer to Duck before putting his hand on his shoulder, "Son you look at me and listen close." Duck raised his eyes that were slightly puffy and let a few tears fall, "What you did is nowhere that same thing what that fucker did to your mom. You did the right thing, you saved Patricia and stopped him from hurting anyone ever again. You protected the people you care about, and that's what you're supposed to do."

"I don't-I don't regret it dad, and that scares me, I don't want to hurt people." Duck whimpered out,

"You don't have to," Kenny said while pulling his son into a hug, "You don't have to hurt others, you just need to protect yourself. You just leave the rest to me, okay?" Kenny said steadying himself for crying, "And don't you even think for a minute that not regretting what you did to that man is bad because he doesn't deserve your regret."

"Okay," Duck whispered out while keeping a tight hold on Kenny's chest. A few minutes past before Kenny heard Duck speak up once again, "Dad, can we go see mom?"

"Yeah, of course." Kenny replied, "But first we're gonna need to get some food in you, you can't see her on an empty stomach. Think you can handle that?"

"Yes, I-I can do it." Duck said while wiping his eyes,

"Good, now you go on to the cafeteria, I'll be right behind you." Duck let out a small nod before getting out of the bed and walking out of the cell. Kenny let out an exasperated sigh and slowly rubbed his forehead; he hoped that Duck understood what he was trying to say because he had no clue how else to phrase it. Just then he heard a few footsteps and turned to see Lee entering his cell, "Lee? What are you doing?"

"Heard you and Duck missed the meeting Andrea called, wanted to bring these up for you." Lee said handing two jumpsuits to him, "One for you and one for Duck, Andrea says they should fit."

"Jumpsuits...about time I got a change of clothes." Kenny muttered out before placing them on the bed next to him, "Appreciate it, pal."

"No problem," Lee said before going silent, after a moment he asked, "How is he?"

"Duck?" Kenny asked back, seeing Lee nod he let out a short sigh, "Better, I hope. I talked with him, he's confused and scared, but I think he'll be okay. He's a tough kid."

"I'll bet, I wish I could help, but I wouldn't have a clue on what to say," Lee admitted causing Kenny to let out a small smirk,

"Well, that makes two of us." Kenny returned with,

Lee nodded and thought things over; he decided just to stay away from the topic of Duck, "So, heard you and Rick put together a team to go through A-block, clean it out."

"Yeah, got a few volunteers already but gonna have to grab a few more." Kenny replied while getting up from the bunk, "Speaking of which I should get Duck some food so I can get back to that."

"Right, I'd join, but I kinda got recruited to clean off the fences," Lee replied as the two walked out of the cell,

Kenny let out a scoff, "Good luck with that shit." He said almost jokingly,

"Yeah, thanks." Lee replied a bit sarcastically while heading down the stairs, "Talk to you later man." Kenny let out a firm head nod and headed off to catch up with Duck.

Nearby Rick returned to his cell, where Lori was sitting, hugging her knees. "Lori...are you feeling better?" Rick asked softly while walking towards her,

"No." Lori replied in a shallow tone, after a moment she looked up with an almost fearful expression on her face, "I don't know how I can be. I can't get it out of my head Rick; I can't stop dwelling on it. Those monsters outside are one thing, but any of the people in her with us could cause us just as much harm."

Rick quickly moved over to the bed and put his arm around her, "Thomas, Andrew, and Dexter are all dead, Lori. We are keeping a close eye on both Michonne and Molly, we lock them up every night, and they aren't allowed to carry any weapons. We all are watching them at every moment. We're being more careful now...I'm being more careful. Nothing is gonna happen again."

Lori jumped away from him, "But what about Axel and Chuck, not to mention Lee! They're still criminals, and we saw what the others did, and what about Patricia who knows what she'll do next!"

Rick reached up putting both his hands on her shoulders, "Axel and Chuck are harmless, Lee has done nothing but help, but we are not ignoring them by any means. And Patricia, she's just...naive or stupid, but I don't think she'd...Lori, you're shaking." Rick said going wide-eyed,

"I know Rick," Lori whispered out while pulling him into an embrace, "I know."

Nearly an hour passed while everyone took a small lunch break from their routine work tasks before they slowly started to ease back into everything. Chuck headed up the group that would work on clearing the fences of walkers, now armed with better tools they figured the job would be easy enough. Kenny and Rick were getting ready to lead a team into A-Block, they were waiting on Tyreese, but this did give them the chance to work on getting a decent size group. While Julie and Ben watched over the children, Patricia sat alone in the yard, Otis was the only one in days to finally approach her and talk to her.

"Ain't no one talking to you," Otis muttered out to her while moving to her side,

"Just leave me alone. Please, just leave me alone." Patricia replied back while staring off into the distance,

"Don't talk to me like that. You shut yer fucking mouth an' listen up. You wanna dump me fine; I don't even give a shit no more. But the shit they're telling me you did isn't right. You've lost it, girl." Otis shot back to her, "You let the killer out, and he almost killed you. Then you was gonna side with them; you were gonna let them kick us outta here. You sided against US with-with a couple niggers." Otis hissed out causing a disgusted look to overcome Patricia. Otis quickly stood up and stormed away from her, "I just want you to know that I ain't talking to ya neither. Yer dead to me." He added on without looking back causing Patricia to break into tears.

Meanwhile, in the gymnasium, Tyreese and Carol were messing around, and it ended as expected with Carol straddling Tyreese, ready to finish what they started last time they were in the gym. "So I'm helping Lori in the kitchen, Hershel's and Billy are plowing the fields, then Andrea and Julie will be making our clothes, so what are you doing?" Carol asked with a little smile as Michonne silently slipped through the gym doors,

"A little basketball...maybe a nap, I'll probably practice with my gun if I can find some ammo so that I'm not so bad. All in all, not a whole hell of a lot, actually." Tyreese let out a little smirk, "I don't see why I can't consider these my retirement years, odds are these are the latter years of my life."

"Don't talk like that!" Carol exclaimed while slapping his chest, Tyreese reached out and took hold of her wrist grinning widely, "Besides, there is something that you need to be doing lazy bones." She whispered out a little sultry,

"Hey, I gotta keep rested up incase walkers show up or maybe another crazy. What would you do if I was too tired to help?" Tyreese replied playfully causing Carol to giggle. The two stopped at a shadow came over them, "Oh, hey."

"We didn't see you there," Carol replied while slowly sitting up,

"Yeah, I was told you had some weights in here. I wanted to get a few reps in." Michonne asked simply,

"Yeah, right back there. Can't-miss it." Tyreese said pointing towards the back of the gym, where a small cage room sat,

"Thanks," Michonne said dryly while walking away.

Tyreese and Carol both looked at each other before silently nodding and getting up. They headed towards the weight room to try and make her feel welcome, "So you and Molly liking it here so far?" Tyreese asked as they entered,

"Huh?" Michonne said as she took off her sweatshirt, she peered back before sitting down, "I'm out of the rain, I have plenty of people to talk to and I haven't had to decapitate a dead person in a whole week. Yeah, I like it here. You want to know if Molly likes it here, you should ask." Michonne replied while picking up a few weights,

Tyreese, let out a short nod, "Yeah well I suppose it isn't hard to dislike anything here. At least for this week, last week though…" Tyreese said lightheartedly,

"Wait, I do recognize you." Michonne suddenly said to him, "You played a season for the Falcons, didn't you? Back in two thousand or ninety-nine?"

"Oh god, yeah I did, it was ninety-eight though. You followed football. Huh?" Tyreese said with a grin while sitting down next to her,

"I followed the Falcons, they were my second passion, behind weightlifting," Michonne said with an easy smile,

"I can see that," Tyreese said with a smile,

"You weren't that good if I remember," Michonne said with a smug grin,

"That's one way of putting it," Tyreese said with a short chuckle,

"C'mon Tyreese, let's leave Michonne alone to do her exercises," Carol said while slightly tugging his collar,

"Yeah, one second Carol." Tyreese waved her off causing her face to drop into a mixture of hurt and worry,

Back in the cell block, Glenn headed over to his and Maggie's cell to talk, Maggie had changed into her jumpsuit and gave herself a once over. She peered over and saw Glenn walking in and looked down at the suit again, "Not very flattering, huh?"

"I don't know; I think you look cute. It's like your wearing pajamas or something." Glenn reassured her,

"You're sick," Maggie said with a short scoff,

"Look, if you were going ask me to take my stuff and move to another cell you don't have to. I was kind of planning on already doing that, so if that's what you wanted to talk about no need. I'd rather not hear it if that makes sense." Glenn said while hanging his head,

"Actually that's the exact opposite of what I was thinking. I wanted to say sorry for how I was; I was just upset and full of shit. I couldn't sleep in here alone, and I really like you, Glenn." Maggie said giving him an easy smile,

Glenn's eyes went wide, "Really?" He asked in some shock,

"Everything around us is uncertain these days. I might as well have one constant thing in my life. A guy who loves me, it would be stupid to push you away." Glenn smiled at her and walked forward, "And besides, I really need to get laid." She joked causing them both to break out in laughter.

A floor below them Dale and Andrea were in the midst of redressing, "You know, you were right about this, it isn't so bad. It really cuts down on the, what will I wear today, thoughts." Dale said while putting on his jumpsuit,

"See I told you," Andrea said while running her fingers through her hair while stretching, "And doesn't it feel good to be out of those old clothes?"

"Absolutely," Dale said while picking up his hat and putting it on, "In another month I'd have to chase those clothes down to wear them." He joked to her,

"Now if only we could get rid of that hat," Andrea said clearly with tongue and cheek,

"That ain't happening young lady," Dale replied with a smirk,

"A girl can hope can't she?" Andrea said with a little sigh. She paused for a moment then asked, "So Dale, are we staying or do you still want to leave?"

"I don't know." Dale said while picking up his belt and putting it on, "Yes. At least for now. I don't see the problem with staying for the time being but keep an eye out for trouble." Dale walked up to her and leaned down, giving a soft kiss on her forehead, "Now I gotta get going, Rick and Kenny asked me to help them clear out A-Block, so I'll be gone for a few hours." Andrea gave a small nod and watched as he walked out.

Back outside Kenny and Duck stood at Katjaa's grave, Kenny stood a few feet behind Duck while he sat on the ground. He was murmuring softly, speaking with her but he couldn't tell exactly what he was saying. After another few minutes Duck got his feet and looked over at him, "You feel better now bud?" Kenny asked while walking over to him,

"Yeah, thanks, dad." Duck said finally smiling at him,

"Good, now why don't you go on and hang out with Clem or Carl. I'm sure they've missed you this week." Kenny said as they began to walk away,

"Where are you going?" Duck said in a dejected tone,

"I didn't say I was going anywhere." Kenny replied but stopped himself, "No you're right, I am going somewhere. I'm heading to A-Block with a few others today; I'll be gone for a little while."

Duck nodded his head, "Okay."

"But when I get back me and you can hang out tonight, sound good?" Kenny said giving him a reassuring smile,

"Okay, thanks, dad." Duck replied smiling before running towards the others, Kenny let out a relieved sigh, happy to see his son finally bouncing back.

As Duck ran towards the other kids he past Hershel and Billy who were just starting to plow the fields so they could begin planting. Billy, however, wasn't interested in working the fields, he was far more interested in clearing off the fences. He had been harassing him for the last few hours, but Hershel was still reluctant, "Dad, C'mon, please!" Billy exclaimed,

"Billy-" Hershel replied with an annoyed sigh, "Why would you rather be killing those things than working these fields. Those things were people once and you wanting to kill them so badly doesn't make me feel very reassured in your judgment."

"Dad, I know that they were people." Billy replied, "I just want to help out."

"This is helping, providing food for everyone is important." Hershel simply replied,

Billy let out a sigh and shook his head, "You're the farmer dad, I don't know what I'm doing here but over there at least I know. Besides I'm eighteen now and you said when I turn eighteen that makes me a man, and a man makes his own choices." Billy pointed out,

Hershel looked at him and narrowed his eyes, "Fine, you want to go and kill then you do it, but don't expect my blessing."

Billy paused for a moment and lowered his head; he sighed thinking things over. He looked over to the group heading over to the outer fence; he quickly spotted Molly causing him to pursue his lips. "I'll be back soon dad." Billy promptly said before taking off towards the group.

Hershel watched him run off causing him to let out a slow sigh before he wiped his brow. Just then he heard a voice from behind him, "Hurry up there, will you?" He turned back and saw Axel staring at him; he immediately narrowed his eyes giving him a cold glare, "Whoa, whoa, calm down buddy. I'm just looking forward to some fresh produce, you follow me? After eating all the canned stuff and all." Hershel continued to glare at him, "Look you can not like me, Lee or Chuck, as much as you want but we didn't like those guys and we sure as shit didn't agree with them." Axel moved up to him, "The thing is we were never friends with those guys, we were just stuck in the cafeteria with them. Nobody liked Thomas, we all thought something was wrong with him. Now I ain't stupid, I know I'm an outsider here. And I know my fellow inmates haven't exactly helped make me look good, but you need to know I'm just a man who made a mistake. I paid for it, and I'm sure I'll pay for it some more before I'm dead and gone but I'm not a monster, and I'd appreciate it if you didn't treat me like one." Hershel's continued to look at him albeit a bit softer, "Right, well fuck you too then." Axel said while tossing his hand up and walking away.

Axel headed down towards the fences but stopped as he heard Tyreese call out to him, "Yo Axel, think you could help us with something?"

"Sure, what's up?" Axel simply replied while looking back,

"Rick, Doug, Kenny, Mark and I are making a pass through A-Block, and we could use another set of eyes," Tyreese replied,

"Alright, fine with me," Axel replied while heading over to him,

Rick walked over to him with both Dale and Otis in tow, "Oh good you got Axel too, I think with all of us we should be safe."

"Uh, Rick?" Ben asked as he approached the group,

"Ben? Yeah, what's going on?" Rick asked with a slightly surprised look,

"I heard what you guys were doing, and I was kinda hoping that I could help out," Ben said a bit timidly,

"Well I mean, I think we have enough people already Ben, and since Julie is helping Andrea we need someone to watch the kids," Rick explained,

"Rick let the kid go; I'll take over watching the kids." Dale quickly interjected,

"Really Dale?" Tyreese said with a little smirk, "Taking it easy huh?"

"More like taking it easy on my knees," Dale replied with a chuckle, "Go on with 'em Ben, I'll watch the kids."

"Thanks, man," Ben said with a nod,

"Don't mention it," Dale said while heading over towards a lawn chair,

"Right, well let's get a move on. I want to be done before nighttime." Rick said while turning around,

"Where's Kenny and the others?" Tyreese asked as he followed him,

"He's already waiting with Mark and Doug at the entrance." Rick replied, "He's ready to get this over with too."

Meanwhile, Billy caught up with the clearing group, just as they got to the outer fence. "Hey, guys, I came-I came to help out," Billy said taking some heavy breaths,

"About time some muscle showed up," Molly said with a smirk,

Billy gave her a smile before snapping back and looking to Chuck, "So, uh, do I need anything or…"

Chuck let out a sigh, "Here why don't you take my shift son, I'll switch in when anyone needs a break." Chuck said while passing him his sharped cane,

"Let's just get this started," Molly said while walking up to the fence and jamming rebar into a walkers skull.

After a few minutes of cleaning off the fence, Lee looked over to Carly who now was sporting a fresh prison jumpsuit, "So, how's the suit?" Lee asked with a smirk,

"Don't Lee, just don't," Carly said with a smile while she stabbed another walker,

"Oh come on, is it really that bad? I've been wearing one for months; they grow on you trust me." Lee replied while holding in a laugh,

Carly shook her head, "You know I'd appreciate if we talked about something else besides my clothes." Carly quickly said,

"Fine, fine," Lee said before taking a little sigh and thinking, "Alright, how about this. I've heard from nearly everyone that you and Andrea are the top shots in the group. Where'd you learn how to do that?"

"Shoot?" Carly asked with a smile,

"Yeah, were you a cop before a reporter or something?" Lee asked back,

Carly let out a short laugh, "No, nothing like that. Honestly, it's not a very interesting story."

"Well unless you'd rather I go back to the jumpsuits, I'd tell it," Lee replied,

"Okay, okay," Carly quickly said before pushing her hair out of her face and taking a breath, "So, when I first started reporting they were sending me into some pretty bad areas. I mean, it was basically like sending me out there with a sign that said, please rob me." Carly explained, "After the first few times I decided I didn't want to risk anything, so I got myself a gun and went to a shooting range to learn how to use it." Carly then lets out a smile and shook her head, "Funny thing is, in the end, I only ended up going twice, I guess I was just a naturally good shot."

"That so?" Lee asked with a little brow raise,

Carly looked back at him and narrowed her eyes slightly, "Yeah Lee, any day I could shoot better and quicker than you."

Lee turned towards her entirely and let his cane rest on the ground, "Oh, okay, that right there is fighting words."

"No, that right there was fact." Carly retorted with a smug smile,

"You want to put your money where your gun is?" Lee asked competitively,

Carly let her crowbar drop to the ground and crossed her arms, "Name the time and place."

"Tomorrow morning, right after breakfast. Five shots each, whoever kills the most walkers wins, simple as that. Winner gets bragging rights." Lee replied immediately,

"Oh, you are so on Lee." Carly firmly replied while holding out her hand, Lee reached out and took hold of it giving a handshake. The two of them returned to work, but Lee continued to peer over to Carly from the corner of his eye with a smirk stuck on his face.

Meanwhile, Rick and the others made their way into A-Block, "Okay, hopefully, most of the roamers flooded out when Dexter and Andrew let them loose. If that's the case, then this should be as easy as C-Block was." Rick explained,

"Here's one," Ben said looking over to a walker slumped on the ground, "I got it." He said while raising gun,

"Whoa, Ben hold on!" Tyreese exclaimed,

"Huh? What? Why?" Ben said while lowering his gun in confusion,

"You and Doug are just here for backup, in case we get overwhelmed. You start shooting, and you could bring down another horde that could be hiding in here. So keep it quiet unless we have no other choice." Rick explained while Kenny walked over and slammed a machete blade into the walkers' skull,

"R-right, sorry," Ben replied while putting his gun back into his holster,

"Don't worry about Ben; it's fine," Tyreese said while giving him a little slap on the back,

"Let's just get this over with; this place gives me the fucking creeps," Otis said while taking a few steps forward,

"Right, just make sure we keep a clear path back here and keep an eye out for that fucking stash Dexter mentioned. We're dangerously low on ammo." Kenny pointed out,

"Right, nearly forgot about that," Rick said with a nod,

"Dexter was?" Mark asked with a raised brow,

"A prisoner who tried to kick us out," Doug whispered back,

"Ah, right. Kinda glad I missed that." Mark whispered in return.

"Cut the chatter." Kenny shot back to them before leading the group into the first hallway.

A few minutes past as the seven of them walked down the dark hallways, that was only illuminated by the occasional window and their own flashlights. As the minutes past, they killed a few walkers but luckily never found any significant groups. Suddenly Doug stopped them, "Hey, guys check it out." Doug said while shining his flashlight on a simple wooden door with a sign next to it that said Library.

Rick peered back and raised his brow, "Okay pit stop, Lori would kill me if I didn't check this out right away." Rick moved to the front of the door and quickly kicked it in,

Doug and Mark shined their lights in while everyone else gathered around and looked inside. They were silent while they scanned the area until the silence was broken by Ben, "Sweet."

"Carol is going to flip when she finds out. She loved the books back at the farm so she'll go crazy once she sees all this." Tyreese said while scratching his head,

"Lori, too." Rick agreed,

"Oh right, kinda forgot about this place. Never had much use for it myself." Axel added on,

They slowly filled the room and began to look around, after a moment Ben spoke up, "Uh guys?"

The others looked over and saw Ben looking down at a rotting corpse, "Is that fucking thing moving?" Otis asked as he slowly walked over,

Ben took a small step towards the body and knelt down, "No, it's not. It's just like dead, like dead, dead, is that even possible?" Ben asked while reaching his hand out and waving it in front of the bodies head, "Can they just be dead?"

"Ben, you really shouldn't get that close. It's quite dangerous." Doug nervously said,

Suddenly the body seemed to spring to life and launched it's head forward, right at Ben. "FUCK!" Ben screamed out while jumping back and toppling a shelf. Before the others could react, he pulled out his gun and fired two rounds into the walkers' skull killing it instantly.

"Jesus fucking Christ." Kenny muttered out while walking over to Ben, "Put that fucking gun down, before you get us all killed!"

"Take it easy Kenny." Tyreese interjected, "He was just protecting himself."

"Everyone just be quiet," Rick said while walking towards the door and looking out to the halls. A few minutes past while everyone stood silently before Rick turned back, "Okay I don't hear any echoes or footsteps. Guess the ones we killed the other week were really almost all of them. So let's just do this quick, Kenny why don't you Mark Axel and Doug head that way, I'll keep Ben, Otis, Tyreese and head this way."

"Sounds like a plan to me." Kenny said while stepping out of the room, "Just give a holler if you need help. "

"You do the same," Rick said before the two groups split up. As Rick lead the others on, he looked back to them, "Now stay alert, there may not be many of them, but it's getting dark up here."

Ben who was still trembling stopped for a moment, taking some deep breaths, "Can we just take a second, I'm still a little freaked."

Just behind him, a walker, missing its legs slowly began to drag it's out of the library right towards Ben. Right as the walker reached him, Otis called out and sprinted directly to Ben, "Look out boy!"

Ben turned back and saw the walker but quickly felt Otis's hand on his shoulder; he tossed Ben to the ground further up the hallway. The walker reached out and took hold of Otis's leg and tore right into his Achilles heel. "AGH, FUCK!" Otis screamed out while falling to the ground,

"Jesus, Fuck!" Rick exclaimed while both he and Tyreese turned around and ran towards Otis. Ben pulled out his gun and shot the walker while Rick and Tyreese looked down at Otis, "Otis. Dear god."

Meanwhile, Kenny's group all stopped as they heard the shots, "You guys heard that right?" Doug asked while looking at them,

"Sounded like yelling and then some shots." Mark agreed, "Maybe we should head back."

"Nah, I don't hear any more screaming. The kid probably saw another walker and got the piss scared out of him." Kenny replied, "Honestly never should have fucking brought him along." Kenny muttered under his breath.

"Guess you're right, still though…" Axel said a bit reluctantly,

"If we hear anything else, we'll turn back alright?" Kenny irritably replied,

The others silently agreed and continued down their hallway. After a minute Doug called out, "Hang on, we should check this room out." Doug said while shining his light on a metal door that had electrical warning signs.

"What do you think it is Doug?" Mark asked while he walked over to him,

"It may be the power systems to the prison," Doug replied as Kenny walked over to them,

"Okay, stand back, I'm gonna open this up, but there's no telling what's inside so be ready," Kenny said while pulling out his pistol,

"Let's hope we aren't walking into a horde, you follow me?" Axel added on while he pulled out his own pistol.

Kenny quickly opened the door and held his gun up. The four of them peered inside, but instead of seeing walkers they saw a large room with a massive metal object in the center, "Holy Moly!" Doug exclaimed while he walked inside,

"What the fuck is it Doug?" Kenny asked with a raised brow,

"It's the generator to the prison!" Doug excitedly replied.

Alright so there we go another chapter down, I hope you all enjoyed it. I enjoyed having a lot of smaller scenes this chapter as well as the bigger ending that happened. I'd probably call this a very nice setup chapter, and I honestly hope you'll look forward to the next one. Anyway, let me know what you thought by leaving a review, and I'll catch you in the next one!