Chapter 10

They left without managing to secure, what Rick called 'a deal'. Janis couldn't think of anything but Glenn, in her opinion if they wanted the guns they were more than welcome to them, as long as they handed over her best friend.

"Them guns are worth more than gold." Daryl mumbled, not looking at Janis. "Gold won't protect your family or put food on the table."

"No, but Glenn will." Janis bit back. "He's don't more runs into the City than anyone back on camp put together."

"You think that vato across the way is just gonna hand him over?" He asked, raising his eyebrows as he finally looked at Janis.

"You calling G a liar?" Miguel piped up now, wriggling against his binds.

"Are you a part of this? You want to hold onto your teeth?" Daryl growled at the boy "Question is, do you trust that man's word? No, question is what are you willing to bet on it? Could be more than them guns. Could be your life."

"Glenn worth that to you?" Daryl pushed when he didn't get a reaction.

"What life I have I owe to him. "

"Rick..." Janis started, the man turned on her, obviously lost in the thought that she pulled him out of. "You don't have to do this. I mean, what's the point in both of us risking our lives."

"I was nobody to Glenn, just some idiot stuck in a tank. He could have walked away, but he didn't. Neither will I."

Janis smiled at the man, suddenly realising how alike him and Glenn were, selfless...honorable.

"So you're gonna hand the guns over?" Daryl broke the moment.

"I didn't say that." Rick bit back "There's nothing keeping you two here, you should get out, head back to camp. Me and Janis have got this."

"And tell your family what? Come on, this is nuts."

"Tell his family that he stayed behind to save the guy that saved his fucking ass in the first place." Janis said, fed up of how heartless Daryl was. Sure this was the end of the world, and she wasn't going to let her best friend live through it without her.

Daryl glared at her, shifting his weight from one foot to the other, not having a smart answer for once.

"Just do like G says." The younger boy piped up.

"Shut up!" Both Daryl and Janis said at the same time, earning them both a disapproving look from Rick.

They stood, in a twisted re-creation of what had happened this morning, crouched behind the fence outside 'G's warehouse.

This time, there was no need for T-Dog and Janis to act as snipers, they knew Guillermo wasn't trigger happy, all they wanted was a deal.

"I see my guns but they're not all in the bag." G was waiting for them at the doors, his arms crossed across his chest.

"That's because they're not yours...I thought I mentioned that."

"Let's just shoot these fools right now, ese." The man who Janis had shot was once again, waving his gun around. "All right? Unload on their asses, ese." He aimed this at Janis, eyeing her up and down.

"I don't think you fully appreciate the gravity of the situation."

"No, I'm pretty clear." Rick sounded more confident than Janis ever felt, "You have your man. I want mine."

"I'm gonna chop up your boy." Janis felt herself tense, not releasing she had moved forward until she felt Daryl's hand tugging at her jacket, pulling her back instep with him.

"I'm gonna feed him to my dogs. They're the evilest, nastiest man-eating bitches you ever saw. I picked them up from Satan at a yard sale." His head flicked upwards, Janis almost laughed. To her it was a mock portrayal of confidence, it looked even more ridiculous against Rick.

"I told you how it has to be." He said, his hands now on his hips, not even inching towards his gun.

"Are you woefully deaf?"

"No, my hearing's fine." Their words shooting fast meaning they didn't need the guns "You said

come locked and loaded. Okay then, we're here." Janis, Daryl and T-Dog, in un-spoken synchronization, aimed their weapons, Janis cocking the shotgun she was holding.

"Felipe! Felipe!" Shouts came from inside the warehouse, a look of terror came on the young mans face as G looked back past the doors as an older lady walked out of them, squinting in the sunshine.

Janis looked around at her group, all of them looking completely shocked, Daryl had even lowered his crossbow, if only by an inch.

"Abuela, go back with the others now." His voice had change, as had his stance, the young man shuffled under the gaze of the older lady.

"Get that old lady out of the line of fire!" Daryl called, his crossbow raised back into position.

"Abuela, listen to your mijo, okay?" The guy who was normally so trigger happy stepped in, his calm tone shocking Janis further "This is the not the place for you right now."

Janis continued to watch on in awe, her finger unwittingly sliding from the trigger of the gun as the men continued to talk calmly and lovingly to the old woman. As she told them how someone was having trouble breathing, mentioning medicine, Guillermo told Felipe to take care of it, trying to usher them away. The older lady however, had a different idea.

"Who are those men?" She asked, pointing towards Rick, her face faltering as her eyes finally found Janis .

"Por favor, ven conmigo." Felipe had his hand on her wrist, begging her to come inside as she pulled away.

"Don't you take him." Her eyes were firmly on Rick now, taking in his uniform.

"Ma'am?" Rick held his hands up, unsure of where this was going.

"Felipe's a good boy. He have his trouble but he pull himself together. We need him here." Janis could practically feel the tension changing, as she felt herself lowering her weapon, she looked to T-Dog who was doing the same.

"Ma'am, I'm not here to arrest your grandson."

"Then what do you want him for?" She was still wagging her finger at him, as if he was telling her off.

If the situation wasn't so genuinely terrifying, Janis may have laughed.

"He's Helping us find a missing person. Fella named Glenn." Janis silently thanked Rick for bringing it back to Glenn.

"The Asian boy?" The lady asked, her finger finally dropping to her side. "He's with Mr. Gilbert. Come...Come, I show you."

Janis didn't blink, she ran towards the older woman, her shoulder almost colliding with Felipe, following her into the warehouse, not even checking to make sure the rest of the group were with her.

"He needs his medicine." She continued, still talking about , not taking in the gravity of the situation she'd just walked out of.

"Let 'em pass." She heard from behind her, as G allowed Rick, Daryl and T to follow her into the warehouse.

"Take me to him." Janis was joined now by the men, as wondered through the rooms, she couldn't concentrate on anything but the older lady in front of her.

"All right, All right, Nice and easy. Just breathe, just breathe, just let it out...Just breathe."

"Glenn!" Janis ran towards him, his face turning towards her, she could see he was unharmed before crashing into him, enveloping him in a hug as he struggled to get free.

"What the hell is this?" Daryl came up behind them, giving Janis and Glenn a harsh look before focussing his attention on the group to Glenns side.

"An asthma attack." Glenn replied, Janis still firmly attatched to his side. "Couldn't get his breath all of a sudden."

"I thought you were being eaten by dogs, man." T-Dog called, laughing at the chiuauas in the room.

"I thought I'd lost you."

"Don't be so dramatic."

Janis watched as Rick pulled Guillermo to one side, whispering so they couldn't hear.

"No Glenn...seriously. No more heroics. If you wanna run into the middle of Atlanta to get a bag of guns, you can, but I'm going with you."

"It was a good plan..."

"It was a good plan, until you got kidnapped."

She could see Daryl and T-Dog watching their argument, not caring one bit.

"Yeah and what happens when we get attacked by some real bad-ass Mexicans?" Glenn's voice was raised now "Who do you think they're gonna take? Some scrawny ass Korean kid? Or the cute

blonde girl?"

Glenn looked smug as Janis struggled to answer.

"There's only room in the back of the El Camino for one." He'd finished his argument, as he went back, tending to Mr. Gilbert.

"Kids right," Daryl was squinting at Janis, the smug smile he saved just for her tugging at his lips "I know who I'd take."

"Yeah." T-Dog was nodding along "You can't argue with that logic Jay."

"Like I asked you guys."

They stood, watching as Glenn helped in anyway he could, finally locating his medicine was calming down.

When they finally left the warehouse, Glenn stuck to Janis like glue, obviously his stint away from her had worried him as much as her. Rick fell into step with them, continuously checking behind them, his mind on the decision he'd just made for everyone.

"Admit it," Glenn said, pulling Rick out of his thoughts "you only came back to Atlanta for the hat."

"Don't tell anybody." A smile played across Ricks mouth as Janis and Glenn both laughed.

"You've given away half our guns and ammo." Daryl came up behind them.

"Not nearly half."

"For what? Bunch of old farts who are gonna die off momentarily anyhow? Seriously, how long you think they got?" He was angry, but Janis had seen worse from him. Daryl was just saying it for effect, so he could be right down the line, when they eventually ran out of bullets.

"How long do any of us?" Janis asked, it coming out more serious than she intended, the rest of the group carried on as Daryl looked at her, his face unreadable as sighed heavily.

"Oh my God." Rick was way ahead of them now, his hand on his head.

"Where the hell's our van? We left it right there."

"Who would take it?" T asked, thought Janis already knew the answer, she looked again to the hunter who had a small smile playing across his lips.

"Merle. He's gonna be taking some vengeance back to camp." She watched as Daryl's pace increased, not even checking to see if his group was following him he headed towards the car park that was once a highway, his crossbow held high, the smile still on his face.