The prison group were sat in the common room ready for a meeting to discuss their current low food supply. Rick stood on the table in the centre of the room ready to address everyone. Carol was sat with Tyreese and Sasha, Beth was sat with Hershel, Maggie, Glenn and Carl with Judith in Carl's arms feeding her and Michonne was stood against a wall on the edge of the room. Even though Michonne felt comfortable around these people she still didn't like to show it.
"Ok guys after the food we ate this morning we have next to nothing left. I should have been keeping better track and for that I'm sorry but we need to do a run today" Rick said getting everyone's attention.
"How much do we have left?" asked Hershel curiously.
"Only two cans" Rick answered in a low voice looking down. He really couldn't believe he hadn't been on top off this "I'm going on the run and based on what we need I will need another three people to come with me" he said and waited to see who would volunteer. It was times like this he wished Daryl was here, it would make runs a lot easier having him around.
Tyreese was the first to answer "I'll go, I haven't gone in awhile and I don't want to get rusty" he smirked
Rick responded with a smile of his own then Michonne spoke up "I'm in" she said in an even voice to which Rick simply nodded. He looked around the room and was shocked to see someone's hand in the air, it was Beth.
"I want to go too" Beth said trying to sound determined. After her conversation with Carol last night she had decided she wanted to do more for the group and she hoped it would give her a distraction from all the thinking she was doing lately. The group (except Michonne) looked shocked at the small blonde.
"Um Beth I'm not sure if that's such a good idea" Rick answered. Beth was a little disappointed with his answer but she was determined to go.
"But I really think it would do me good to get out of here for once, I will listen to your every word out there and Judith will start teething pretty soon so I can carry her stuff while the rest of you carry the food" she stated. Rick had to admit that she was putting up a good argument.
He sighed, there was no doubting that she really wanted to do this but there was also slight fear in her eyes "normally I would decide on this but seeing as your Hershel's youngest daughter, I will leave it to him to decide" he said now looking at the old man.
Beth's eyes shifted to her father who was looking at her with an expression that gave off many emotions but the most visible one was worry "Bethy this isn't something like a game, its life or death out there" he said in a calm voice.
"I know daddy but I really feel like I got to do this" she answered him looking dead in his eyes. When she wanted to be Beth can be really determined.
Hershel sighed and looked down "you do everything they tell you too, you hear me?" he answered and was immediately greeted with a hug by his youngest daughter "thank you daddy" she whispered in his ear then pulled away to listen to the rest of the plan.
"NO, she isn't going" this time it was the other Greene sister speaking out. Everyone looked at Maggie to see that she was very angry by what had just transpired. Glenn was holding her hand in an attempt to calm her down. "your not going Beth, its too dangerous" she said again now looking at her sister.
Beth was at a loss for words for the first time that morning, she honestly thought her biggest challenge would be getting her daddy to allow her to go. However it turned out she had someone else on her side as Michonne walked over to the table everyone was staring at and put a hand on Beth's shoulder and looked at Maggie "I will protect her" she stated. This took some people by surprised but Michonne was always one to protect and help someone.
Maggie thought to herself for a minute, she couldn't go with them because she had guard duty with Glenn today and they were non-negotiable. But she had to admit having Michonne look after her little sister did put her mind at ease a little, Michonne was probably the best walker killer they had but that still didn't fully put her mind at ease and it showed on her face.
She felt a hand on her knee to see that it was Hershel "I know how you feel Maggie but we got to accept Bethy is 18 now and she has the right to make up her own mind and with Michonne saying she will look out for her, I feel a lot better about it" he told his daughter hoping to ease her mind fully even if he wasn't fully at ease himself.
Maggie sighed in defeat and looked up at Michonne "please bring her back safe" it sounded almost as a plea. Beth knew how to shoot a gun but she wasn't a good shot nor was she a fighter so she knew she would need help out there and she was thankful Michonne offered "you have my word" Michonne replied walking back to her spot by the wall.
Now it was sorted which four people were going on the run, the others went off and did what ever needed doing. Maggie and Glenn went off on guard duty, Carol and Carl took Judith outside for some fresh air and Hershel was going out to work on a garden he had started which Sasha had offered to help with. Even though it would be awhile before anything grew they worked on it everyday.
Rick, Tyreese, Michonne and Beth was now sat around a table as Rick was explaining the plan. "The last place we went too still has food in there that would keep us going for at least 2 weeks, so I say we go there first" Rick informed the others who nodded accepting the information they were being told. Seeing they accepted it he moved on.
"Now Beth what will we need for Judith?" he felt weird asking someone else what is needed for his child but no one could deny that Beth had looked after her more than anyone but he was slowly forming a bond with his daughter.
"Well as usual we need more baby formula but seeing as she will be teething very soon we need possibly some toys that she can chew on and some gel that you can rub on the babies gums to help ease the pain" Beth said as she went through the imaginary list in her head.
"Is there any place around here that will have something like that?" asked Tyreese
"yeah, just opposite the place where we got the food from I'm sure that there's a baby store that should have everything we need" Rick replied, he looked around at the others to see if there was any more questions but everyone looked like they were ready to go "ok lets meet outside by the trucks in couples of minutes" Rick said as he left to go find Carl and Judith.
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Daryl had been driving for awhile, occasionally checking behind him in case someone saw him leave that town and decided to follow him but so far nothing.
His hands tightened on his handles. He was angry, probably the angriest he had been for awhile. He was even considering going back and try to take them out himself but he knew that was suicide.
As he drove a little more he started thinking about the place he was headed for, the prison. It had been months since he last seen anyone from there and truth be told he was wondering what everyone would think of him for leaving. Just then a thought crossed his mind, what if they weren't there any more.
He kept thinking of things that would keep them in the prison but how did he know if anything had happened. He then stumbled upon his biggest worry, what if the Governor had returned with a bigger, stronger army. The thought of everyone dead truly did terrify him, the people in the prison was his family.
As he thought a little more on the subject he was starting to regret leaving for so long. He couldn't stop this train of thought no matter how hard he tried, he only hoped that everyone was still at the prison and that they were safe.
Not much happening in this chapter I know but this is just setting up for a big one next time I promise.
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