Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 68

Author's Note: Reviews make me feel loved. So I pulled up the clip where Rick kills old Tomas, and the stare down was 34 Mississippi's, if you were interested. I counted it twice. Yeah that's a LONG stare down. I wish Abraham Lincoln would stare at me for 34 seconds! Keep on reviewing! Back to our semi original scripted program!

Mar's POV:

Carol looked up from where Mar was sitting with Hershel. "Mar can I talk to you for a minute?" she asked.

"Sure, Lori you alright with him?" Mar asked as he stood up.

Lori nodded. "Maggie and Beth should be back soon," she told the other woman.

Mar stood up and walked out with Carol past Glenn. "What's going on Carol?"

Carol looked at the other woman. "You know how Hershel told us that Lori may need a c section again?"

Mar nodded. "Yes, Jewel you and I were prepared to help him out with it," she said as she looked back at the cell. "Which he can't do because he's unconscious. I've never done a c section before, I sure the hell know Jewel doesn't, and I'm sure you don't."

Carol nodded. "I don't that's why we need to practice."

"Practice? Exactly who do you plan to practice on?" Mar asked as she turned her body to face the other woman. "You aren't suggesting what I think you're suggesting."

Carol nodded. "We've got plenty of subjects."

Mar's face went white. "Carol…I understand the concept…." she told the other woman. "I have to say it's a brilliant, yet, morbid idea. Really morbid," Mar told her. "Alright, how do you want to do this?"

"We'll have to go down to the gates," Carol told the other woman.

"We'll need another person," Mar said as she turned her attention to Glenn as Maggie walked back to the cell. "Two people to distract the walkers', one to grab. I can't believe I'm agreeing with this. Let's do it before I change my mind," she told her as they walked back to Glenn.

"Glenn we need your help with something," Carol told him.

Glenn looked at them. "Now?" he asked.

"Yes now," Mar told him firmly.

"No way, I can't leave Hershel," Glenn told them.

"This is important," Carol assured him.

"No. Rick told me to stay," Glenn repeated.

"We wouldn't be askin' if it wasn't important," Mar said as she put her hand on Glenn's shoulder.

Lori looked at them. "Glenn go on we got this," she told her.

"We won't be long," Carol told him.

"We're fine, go," Maggie told him.

Glenn looked at the bed then at the two women. "Fine," he said reluctantly. He walked with them. "What is so important?"

Carol looked at Mar and Mar shook her head. "No this was your idea, you tell him."

Carol nodded. "Lori is over due, she had to deliver Carl by c section, we need practice. Hershel isn't going to be able to do it."

"Practice? How do you plan to practice?" Glenn asked as they went outside.

"No no way, she's not thinking what I think she is, is she Mariah?" Glenn asked.

"I had the same reaction and yes. We really don't have another choice," Mar told him. "We have to do this for Lori, for the baby," she told him.

"You two are crazy," Glenn told them as they walked down to the gates.

Summer's POV:

Summer went into Beth's cell and sat down beside her. "Can I help you with something?" she asked as she looked at Hershel's pants.

Beth shook her head. "Are you going to tell me I shouldn't be doing this? That I'm giving up?" she asked the other teen. "Maggie is sure he isn't going to make it."

Summer shook her head. "No, if it was mom or Uncle Daryl or anyone, I'd be doin' the same thing. I prayed…for Hershel. I haven't prayed…since I was like eight. Your dad believes, and that's the important thing," she told the other teen. "But Maggie needs you with her," Summer told the teen. "He'll like the pants, he'll be real grateful, that you thought of him."

Beth gave a small smile. "You're a good friend, Summer."

Summer smiled. "I'll go downstairs with you," she said as she stood up and went with her. "Lori how is he?" she asked as Beth went in and hugged Maggie and sat with him.

"Bleeding stopped," Lori said. "Mitch is napping."

Summer nodded as she turned and saw Carl approaching. "Where were you?" she asked.

Carl put down the bag of supplies. "Found the infirmary, wasn't much left but I cleared it out!"

Summer, Maggie and Lori looked at him. "You went by yourself?" Lori asked.

"Yeah," Carl answered.

"Are you insane? We don't do things alone anymore!" Summer told him.

Lori motioned to Hershel. "This was the whole group," she told her son.

"I killed two walkers! It was no big deal!" Carl told his mom. "We needed supplies, so I went and got them!"

"Carl, watch your tone," Summer hissed at him.

"I appreciate that but…." Lori told him.

"Then get off my back!" Carl yelled at her.

"Excuse us," Summer said as she grabbed his arm and pulled him away. "What the hell is your problem?"

Carl looked at her. "You don't get to tell me what to do, you aren't really my sister."

Summer crossed her arms. "You're right. But I am older, so guess what I still get to be your boss. What you did was reckless and it could have gotten you killed. I know that you want to be a help. I know you are mad at your mom. I get it. But what you did…." she said as she shook her head. "What do you think it would have done to your dad or your mom or me or any of us if we had to dig your grave too? You don't get to put yourself in danger recklessly Carl just because you are being some pre teenager that gets mad at the world? No, not here," she said as she took off his Sherriff's hat. "You get this back when you come and apologize to me and to your mom. I may have to accept that we all may die one day or not, but I WILL accept that you put yourself in danger and get killed!" the blond teen told him as she put on the hat. "You want it back, earn it," she said as she walked away. She turned and looked at him. "And if I was you I'd do it before dad asks me why I'm wearing it because I won't lie," she said as she stormed off to check on Mitch.

Daryl, Rick's, T and Jewel's POV:

The group arrived at a room with two doors and Daryl handed Tomas the keys.

"I aint opening that," Tomas told him. "Go ahead and do it if you want it open."

Jewel looked at him. "We aren't the ones who needs that cell block cleared, you are."

Rick nodded. "We can turn around right now let you do this. I'm not putting my family in danger for somewhere you are going to live. Now you want this cell block, you're going to use those keys and open ONE of those doors. Let me repeat that again, ONE."

T Dog watched them. "One as in not two. UNO. Since you seem to have trouble with understanding English."

"You people are messing with the wrong person, you just don't know," Tomas told them.

Jewel looked at him. "I think I'm lookin' at a dead man if you don't listen to us. You have no IDEA what we are capable of," she said as she walked closer to him. "I killed my husbands best friend because he was threatening his life and our group. He handcuffed my oldest brother to a roof and left him for dead because he was endangering the group," Jewel told him. He didn't have to know that Rick hadn't known her yet. "So, don't threaten me you little prick with we're messing with the wrong person. Because I may look sweet and innocent, but you put my family at risk, you're one dead walker snack," she told him. "And I'll be the one to do it," she hissed as she stepped back.

Daryl glanced at her. "You haven't been sweet since you were three."

"I said I may look it, big brother, not that I was," she teased him back.

Rick watched him hesitate. "T, Daryl, collect there weapons, see how they can do with out them."

"You wouldn't!" Tomas told them.

"That's a death sentence," Andrew told them.

"Don't look at us, look at him," T said as he walked up to them.

"Tomas, open the door!" Axel told him.

The walkers' can be heard behind the door. "I guess I riled them up. Good luck," she said as she turned.

Tomas picked up the keys. "You ready bitches?" he said as he struggled with the door. "I got this!" he said as he opened both doors.

"I said one door!" Rick yelled as he killed the walkers that were coming through the door.

"Shit happens," Tomas responded as they battle walkers, he stabbed one almost stabbing Rick. He pushed a walker on him.

"RICK!" Jewel yelled as she saw Rick fall to the ground. "Asshole!" Jewel yelled at Tomas as she threw a knife hitting the walker in the head.

Daryl pulled the walker off him and helped Rick up as he pulled the knife out of the walker's head and handed it back to Jewel.

"He was comin' right at me, bro," Tomas said as he stared at Rick.

"Yeah I get it, shit happens," Rick told him as he stared at him. "Jewel," he said softly. He knew that if he didn't let her handle it, the Dixon temper would be turned on him.

Jewel stood beside him and stared at Tomas. "Remember my promise you prick. Dixon's don't break promises!" she said simply as she brought up the ax she was holding and bringing it down in the middle of his skull.

"NO!" Andrew yelled as he raised his baseball bat to Jewel.

Rick brought up his leg and kicked him to the ground and kicked the baseball bat out of the way.

"Easy," Daryl told him as he raised the cross bow.

Andrew got up and started to run. "I got him!" Rick told him as he started to follow him.

"On your knees," Daryl told Oscar.

T held his gun on Axel. "Jewel you OK?"

"Fine," Jewel answered.

"We don't have any affiliation with what happened! Tell him man!" Axel begged.

"Stop talking man," Oscar told him.

Rick followed Andrew as he ran into a court yard as Rick closed the door.

"Let me back in! Open it back up!" Andrew told him.

"You better run!" Rick hissed as he turned around and went back into the room. "Jewel you alright?" he asked as he went over to her and caressed her face. "You alright?"

Jewel nodded. "I'm good…" she said as she kissed him.

"You two been together long before all this?" Axel asked.

Rick turned and looked at him. "We gave you a chance, and this is how you repay us?" he asked. "Daryl let's end this now!"

"We didn't have nothing to do with that!" Oscar told him.

"Sir please listen to me! It was them that was bad not us," Axel begged them.

Rick pointed his gun at Axel's face. "That's convenient," he told them.

Jewel looked between them. "Rick…I believe them."

Daryl looked at his sister. "You what?"

"How many times have we got bad raps because of Merle? Even at the quarry, because of him," Jewel asked.

"Plenty," Daryl admitted.

"You saw what he did to Tiny! He was my friend! Please! We aint like him! I like my pharmaceuticals, but I'm no killer. Oscar here, he's a B and E, but he aint no good at it either! We aint the violent type, they were! Please I swear to God! I want to live!" Axel begged.

Rick turned his gun on Oscar. "What about you?"

"I aint ever pleaded for my life, and I aint about to start now. So you do what you got to do," Oscar told him.

"They'll be in another cell block, away from us. And they haven't done anything violent toward us, otherwise I'd never suggest it," Jewel told Rick. "Tomas and Andrew, they were threats, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over them Rick. But these two, we kill them, it's going to be on my conscious," she told him.

"Mine too," T told him.

Rick looked at Daryl. "Alright the deal still stands, let's go," Rick told them.

"And you call me a teddy bear," Daryl whispered to her sister.