Greetings Fellow Readers and Writers,

As you all probably could tell this is one of my favorite stories to update and I do apologize for not updating my other stories. I have started working on the next chapter of One Night of Passion so be on the lookout for that. We are picking up where we left off with Rick, Michonne, Daryl and Oscar heading to Woodbury to rescue Glenn and Maggie. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter.

Michonne tried to remain calm while sitting beside Rick in the car but the farther she got away from Andre the more anxious she became. She dreaded being away from Andre but she knew she had to leave him behind in order to stay in his life. She had to show Rick and his people that she was valuable to them even if it meant going back to Woodbury. She hoped they would be in and out of that place without any obstacles. She knew if the governor was able to get his hands on her again, he would never let her out of his sight. She knew from the moment she meet Philip, that something wasn't right with him and she blame herself for not trying to leave the first night. She didn't understand why but the moment the governor laid his eyes on her, she had become his obsession. Everywhere she went she would found herself being watched by him. She felt her body shudder with disgust thinking about the horror she had to endure by his hands. She took a deep breath as she tried to push those horrid memories out of her mind.

She felt Rick shift nervously beside her and quickly threw a glance his way. She knew from the way he looked at her that he was conflicted with her being near him so she tried to put as much distance between them as possible. Whenever she caught him looking at her she didn't squirm beneath his gaze like she did with Phillip. He made her nervous but at the same time she had this content feeling that she would be safe around him. She could tell by the way he interacted with her son and the others back at the prison that he would be nothing like the governor. There were many horrible people out there but the possibility of finding another man cruel like Phillip so soon had to be small. She breathed a heavy sigh and wondered why she was so quick to trust this man she knew nothing about. She look at the window and realize this was the farthest they should go with the car, they would need to walk the rest of the way in order to prevent themselves from being seen by the governors men.

"We should walk from here." She told them as she stared down at her wounded leg. She sighed as she realized how difficult it's going to be to walk the rest of the way but this should be a breeze compared to what she been through this past year.

"Why?" Rick asked with a raised of his left eyebrow.

"They have patrols, we better off on foot" she replied as she opened her door. Daryl had already stopped the car on the side of the road and waited for Rick to give him the signal to continue driving or to follow Michonne out of the car.

"Alright, let's get going" Rick said as he watched Michonne finished exiting the car while being cautious of her injured leg.

"How far is this place?" Rick asked while taking in his surroundings.

"It's about a mile or two." She replied as she placed her sword behind her back.

"You're good to walk it?" He asked as he watched her limp down the road. He shouldn't have brought her out here, he was feeling guilty and he knew Hershel was right. He should have left her back at the prison. She was a liability and if anything happened to her it would devastate Andre.

"Yes, am good" She replied with a hint of frustration. She didn't want him pitying her, she was just as strong as any of them and she would help rescue his friends without any problems on her side. She was a warrior and she would always go down fighting.

Daryl stopped abruptly in his tracks. "Did ya hear that?"

"Sounds like a heard of walkers, we need to stay low and keep formation." Rick told the group as he pulled out his knife. "Michonne stay behind me, Oscar and Daryl get ready. No gun fire. We don't want to attract anymore."

"Shit" Oscar whispered as he saw the herd of walkers approaching them. He quickly took one down with his knife as Daryl took a few down with his arrows.

Michonne, not listening to Rick orders, took her sword off her back and move ahead to cut down a few walkers.

Rick watched in fascination as Michonne quickly and easily took down a few more walkers. "We need to keep moving." Rick yelled as he made his way into the woods with the rest of the group a few steps behind him.

"Take cover in the cabin" Rick shouted as he ran towards the cabin and pushed the door open. He waited for Michonne, Daryl and Oscar to enter the cabin before he pushed the door closed and locked it. The cabin was now surrounded by walkers and it was looking like there would be no way out. Michonne felt a movement behind her but before she could turn around to investigate she was pulled roughly against someone chests and a hand was clamp over her mouth.

"What are you guys doing in my home?" The man holding Michonne demanded in a loud voice.

Rick quickly turned around and felt his heart dropped into his stomach. A strong, filthy looking white man with dark hair had Michonne back pinned to his chest with a knife pointed at her head. Rick, Daryl and Oscar simultaneously pointed their weapons at the man.

"Let her go" Daryl demanded as he tried to get a better aim at the man's head. One clean shot and he can have the man on the floor without injuring Michonne. He just needed to wait for an opening.

"Why should I? You guys entered my home without an invitation. You all better leave now if you know what's good for you" He said as he held tightly onto Michonne.

"Okay but we're surrounded by walkers. We'll leave as soon as it's clear." Oscar said as he took a quick glance at the window beside him. He could see many walkers crawling at the window and he knew they wouldn't be able to fight them off. Their best chance was to wait till it was clear.

"That's not my problems, leave now or I slit her pretty little throat." He said as he slides his blade down her neck.

"Okay, we'll leave. Just let her go." Rick pleaded. He had no intention of leaving, the moment that brute let go of Michonne, he would kill him.

"No, it's rather lonely in here. She stays you guys go" He said with a chuckle. "I'll take real good care of her."

Michonne felt a shiver ran through her body when she heard those words. It was almost the same words the governor whispered to her the first time she entered Woodbury. "I'll take real good care of you Michonne" He promised her as he showed her around his community. She felt so stupid for not going with her first instinct to leave but her loyalty to Andrea stop her from going. A decision she will always regret. She spends months in the woods living with Andrea. They had developed a strong friendship, never leaving each other side and protecting one another from harm. They finally found a danger they couldn't protect each other from, a danger in the form of a man. Andrea chose to believe in a leader she knew nothing about because of the comfort he dangled before her eyes instead of believing a friend that had been loyal to her and given her no reason to doubt her.

She wondered what happen to Andrea after Phillip locked Michonne up in his special room. She wondered if Andrea looked for her or what excuse Philip gave Andrea when she was no longer seen in the community. If it wasn't for two of Phillip men that took pity on her, she would have never escaped that hell hole. She knew what it was like to be held a prisoner by Philip and she hope it wouldn't be the same for Glenn and Maggie. She didn't want anyone else to have to suffer the way she did. She promised herself that when the time was right she would be the one to end the governor life and it's a promise she meant to keep.

"No, we not leaving here without her" Rick's voice brought her back to reality. She couldn't help but feel relieve when she heard those words. Her instinct about was right about Rick, she would always be safe by his side as long as she didn't give him a reason to hurt her.

Before she knew what was happening, she felt herself being knocked off balance as the man behind her was taken down by one of Daryl arrow. She struggled to free herself from the dead weight that pinned her down. She felt the weight being lifted off of her and in one quick movement she was pulled up from the floor. She found herself in the arms of the man that had her heart racing. She found herself speechless, staring into the deep blue eyes that stared back at her. "Are you hurt?" Rick asked as he gently touched her face. For one moment Rick forgot himself and acted on his impulse to touch her. She flinched away from the intimate contact. "I'm sorry" Rick told her as he took a step back away from her. He didn't understand why he felt such a strong connection to a woman he just met. He felt like he was losing his self-control being near her.

"I'm fine" Michonne whispered as she looked down at the dead man that had her life in his hands. "We need to figure out a way out of here."

"There's a back door, we can leave through there" Daryl told them while pulling his arrow out of the dead man head.

"Yeah, we can use his body as a distraction." Rick said as he gestured toward the dead man body.

"Help me lift him up" Rick said as Oscar bend down to help him lift the dead weight.

"Ready on three" Oscar told Daryl. Oscar counted to three and Daryl quickly opened the door for them to throw the body to the walkers.

As the walkers feast on the dead man, the group quickly made their way out of the back door safely away from the herd.

They reached Woodbury safely without any other incident. They hid behind a truck watching the men that were guarding the front entrance. They needed to find a way in without bringing any attention to themselves.

"Is there another way in?" Oscar asked Michonne.

"Yeah they usually post one person in the side entrance. We can make our way in from there." Michonne told them as she quietly and quickly made her way to the side of the wall. Rick and the others followed closed behind. Oscar quickly knocked the guard out with the butt of his gun. They dragged his body inside and left him beside a tree, hidden from sight.

"Where do you think they are holding Glenn and Maggie at?" Oscar asked

"Probably the same place he held me" Michonne replied avoiding any eye contact with Rick. "Follow me"

They made their way to the house that the governor held Michonne at. They were no guards there so they had no trouble accessing the place. They slowly open the door to find a table with handcuffs attached to it and a tool box on top. Next to the table was an empty bucket and twin size bed. There was also chains with handcuffs attach to the ceiling, Rick took in a sharp breath when he saw the room where Michonne was held. Michonne had her back turn to the room pretending to keep watch outside. She wasn't ready to relive the humiliation and horror she suffered in that room. She was going to kill that man the moment she had the chance. Rick was having the same thoughts as Michonne. He wanted that man dead.

Rick exited the room as he told Michonne that Glenn and Maggie weren't there. "Where else could he be holding them?"

"They might be in the shed next to his apartment" She said

"Don't tell me this is the blind leading the blind" Daryl mumbled

"Let's make this quick" Rick replied. "Show us to the shed"

As the group made their way to the shed Rick noticed a few men pulling a woman and a man with bags over their head out of building nearby. "I think that's them."

Daryl ran up to the side of the building and threw a tear gas grenade distracting the men while Oscar and Rick grab and led Maggie and Glenn away from the chaos.

As they were running down the road, Rick realized Michonne was nowhere near them. "Where is Michonne?"

"I don't see her, maybe she was spotted. I can go back and look for her." Oscar said

"No, it's too late. We got to keep moving and by the looks of her I think she had a score to settle. We'll come back for her when we can" Daryl told them as they duck into an empty building.

Rick started pacing the floor thinking of Michonne. He wanted to go back for her but he knew it wasn't in the group's best interests. He couldn't risk their lives. He was angry at himself for letting her out of his sight. He would go back for her once he got Glenn and Maggie safely away from here.

"Daryl, your brother is here." Glenn informed them while holding on to his sides. He was covered in bruises and cuts and it was difficult for him to continue to stand. He slowly let his body slide against the wall until he gently hit the floor.

"Merle's here?" Daryl asked with a look of surprise.

"Yes he's the one that did this to me. He was going to execute us." Glenn said

"Does he know I'm with you?"

"Yes and he knows about the prison, I'm sorry Rick we couldn't hold out any longer." Maggie replied as she helped Glenn get back on his feet.

"No need to apologies, you did what you had to do." Rick assured her.

"If Merle's around I need to see him, maybe I can talk to him and work something out." Daryl said as he made his way to the front door.

Rick grabbed his arm, stopping him in his tracks. "You're not thinking straight Daryl. Glenn can barely walk. What if the governor catches up to us or we get overrun by walkers? I can't make it out of here without you. I need you. Are you with me?"

"Yeah, let's get going. Weapons up, we shoot to kill." Daryl told them as he led the group out of the building.

Michonne was seated on the chair inside of the governor's home waiting for his arrival. She wanted to kill this man so desperately that she did not realize the risk she was taking. What if she didn't make it back home to Andre? Was this man death more important than being with her son? What about Rick and the others, they would need her help to get back to the prison in one piece. When she realize how thoughtless she was being, she stood up and made her way to the front door but before she could turn the doorknob the governor entered the room.

She quickly unsheathes her sword and pointed it toward the governor. He smiled in return and took the seat that she had vacant. "Oh look who we have here. That bastard Merle told me that you got overrun by walkers. I mourned for you, I actually cried for you and here you are standing right in front of me. Wow, a miracle, I'm going to have to deal with that fucking son of a bitch later."

"Just let me leave"

"Now why would I do that? I'm thrilled to have you back .You know your place is always going to be by my side. Isn't that why you showed up here tonight?"

"No, I came here to kill you." Michonne told him mercilessly.

"Silly girl, you know better than talk to your husband like that" He stood up and pointed his gun at her. "Drop the sword"

"I rather die" Michonne told him as she took a step forward and lunged towards him.

He swiftly dodged her attack and tackled her to the floor "I won't kill you, you already know that. You are mines. You need to realize you will always belong to me."

She slammed her forehead against his head making him scream in pain. "You fucking bitch!" He yelled as he punched her in the gut. She groaned as she reached besides her searching for her sword but Phillip quickly pushed the sword away from her. She elbows him in the nose and shoved him off of her. She quickly grabs the knife that was concealed in her boot and tried to crawl her way to the exit. She groaned in pain as she felt him grab her injured leg and dragged her back into the middle of the room. "You are never leaving me!"

He turned her onto her back and straddled her lap as he lifted his hand up to strike her. Michonne quickly raised her knife and stab him in his right eye. While the governor fell to his side screaming in anguish, Michonne jumps up and grabs her sword to finish him off but before she could make the final swing, Andrea enters the room pointing a gun in her direction. "Michonne, don't"

Michonne stop midway and slowly turned to look at Andrea in disbelief.

"Look what you done to him" Andrea said in disgust.

Michonne couldn't believe her eyes, Andrea stood in front of her defending that monster. How could she not know what this man did to her? Could she truly be that blind or maybe she cares more about her safety than she cared about Michonne.

"Why would you do this to him after everything he did for us? How could you be so cruel?" Andrea asked as she continued to hold the gun towards her. Andrea waited for answer, seeing that she wasn't going to get one she shook her gun at the direction of the door. "Just leave Michonne, please, just go" She pleaded as tears begin to fall from her eyes.

Michonne shook her head in disappointment as she hurried off to find Rick and the others. What Michonne didn't realize was that Andrea wasn't crying for Philip she was crying for the hurt she saw reflected in Michonne eyes. She was crying for the pain she felt when she learned that Michonne had abandoned her in Woodbury.