A.N.: I could NOT stop think about this particular chapter for...reasons. I was thinking about it when I woke up in the morning, when I went to bed at night, in the shower. You'll get it. And I have plans, bitch. I don't like it though.

Two days had passed since Beth and Herschel's death. Maggie was doing better. Shane wouldn't shut up. It wasn't even about anything really. He just wouldn't shut up. Carol was trying to tthink of everything Herschel taught her. Carl had located the infirmary for them. Lori still hadn't gone into labor, which they just wanted to happen. They needed to just get it over with so they could stop worrying. Of course, the c-section was still on the table.

Rick was drifting further and further away from their thoughts. They knew he wouldn't be doing what Shane was doing, but it didn't matter. He was dead.

They were all outside. It was too grey inside. Too depressing. Everything was depressing as is. It was a tad windy. It was nice. Windy was nice.

The sound of an alarm went off.

Just out of the blue. There were walkers showing up. Everybody was in a panic. Lori was the only one not doing anything. She was just frozen. Her, Carl and Maggie ran inside. Shane went with Daryl and T-Dog to find the source of the alarm. He force Carol not to come. Glenn stayed with her. She started shooting and stabbing randomly. She went to one of the watch towers to avoid dying, but she still shot at walkers.

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Lori was going into labor. That's why they should've just done the c-section so that she wouldn't have the baby at a bad time. "Hey!" Carl said opening a room to the boiler room. It was worse than the grey. It was rusty, dusty, small, disgusting.

"Ok, umm. Let's get your pants off," Maggie said. She didn't seem to like the words that came out of her mouth. Lori was huffing and puffing. The pain was unbearable. She forgot how much she complained about period cramps. She almost missed them. She grabbed hold of a bunch of chains. Maggie's hand was covered in blood. Carl was disturbed by how much of his mother he was seeing.

The blood was coming out in mass quantities. It had been Lord knew how long and Lori wasn't going to be fully dilated anytime soon.

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"Didn't I tell you to get out?!" Shane screamed at the inmate. "Don't you get it? We were here first!" The inmate said, "You should've left!"

"NO! IT WAS YOU. YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT BEFORE-" Shane yelled. It was much more than yelling, he was slobbering. Saliva flew out of his mouth with each word he spoke. "Before what?" Shane just shot the man. This wasn't exactly a new sight for Daryl or T, but it gave them a shiver.

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Lori still wasn't dilating. They were going to have to resort to the cesarean. "Maggie," she said, "you're going to have to cut me open,"

"No,"

"Mag- you have to"

"I can't,"

"There's a knife over there,"

She was sweating and tired. She lifted her shirt yo expose her swollen stomach. "My old c-section scar," Maggie's eyes shot open. "Why didn't you tell us?" She asked. "I don't-"

"Don't you know?" Lori didn't get it. "You can't! You already had one and you thought"- she was angry. -"that you could just be fine?"

Jesus, she was stupid. The chances of her being able to have a vaginal birth was very slim after already having a c-section.

"Just do it," Lori said. "Carl, baby, get over here," she told her son. He did as told. She told him some things about being strong and everything. They were crying together. Maggie had the knife, ready to cut her open. Carl moved out of the way. He didn't know what to think. His mother was going to die.

Maggie had started to cut into Lori. Her scream was piercing. Maggie pulled some organs out onto the ground in order to get to the uterus. She pulled the baby out. It wasn't breathing. She rubbed its back and patted it lightly until the cry was heard. She cut the umbilical cord, separating the child from its mother. Carl removed his flannel for Maggie to wrap the baby in. She got up and walked towards the door.

"Wait! We can't just leave her!" Carl exclaimed. Maggie stopped and sighed. "We have to go," she said. He was sobbing. She opened the door of the boiler room to see how many walkers were there. She closed it.

BANG!

He walked towards the same door Maggie was at. His face lacked any emotion. He opened the door and began to put down walkers.

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Shane, T and Daryl joined Carol and Glenn back outside. She had come down from the watch tower. Shane desperately wanted to go on some great search to find Lori. A baby's cry was heard not too far away. They all looked over and saw Maggie and Carl...No Lori. And Maggie was indeed, holding a baby.

"Where's Lori?" Shane asked. He was a little choked up. Maggie let out a sob. He looked at Carl. The boy just looked down at his feet, refusing to make eye contact. "She-she-sh," Maggie tried to talk, but no legitimate words came out. Glenn rose and walked over to his partner. "Hey, shh," He put his arm around her. Carol power-walked over to her and the baby. Maggie passed the infant to her. "She needs food. Formula," she stated. "I'll go," Maggie said. "Maybe you should just stay here," Glenn told her. "It's fine, c'mon," Daryl said. He walked over to his bike and she followed. "Be careful," Glenn told her. He planted a kiss on her lips. She rode away with Daryl. He almost didn't want to leave. He was nervous about leaving Shane, who was sobbing and punching the concrete, alone with everybody else. Including the baby.

A.N.: Ok, so as you can tell I let T-Dog live. He will be beneficial to the story in the future. I have plans. I also really liked him so of course I kept him alive. I don't know much about childbirthing, but I'm positive that if you have a c-section once that you can't have a vaginal birth after that. I mean, I think you can. The chances are slim. But hey, I know what a mucus plug is. And I'm not saying "please" anymore. Just review. I really like reviews. I get a bit of a high off of them. Just do it. Leave some thoughts and opinions and even some constructive criticism. I don't really care. Whatever. I'll update soon!