"This isn't right!" Lila jelled at Jenner, her voice cracking. "Y-you can't just keep us here!" She barked, tears running down her cheeks and burning her eyes.
"One tiny moment." Jenner assured her. "A millisecond." He reasoned with her, looking into her teary eyes. "No pain."
"I know!" Lila roared at him, beginning to sob. "The kids don't deserve to die like this! These people don't deserve to die like this!"
"Wouldn't it be kinder?" Jenner attempted to convince Lila that this was her fate, and not a bad one. "More compassionate to just hold your loved ones and just wait until the clock ticks down?" He reasoned with her.
"You have no right to choose that for us!" Lila roared in his face, Rick noticing that she was getting worked up opened his mouth but a cock of a gun caused him to spin around instead. Shane held a shotgun and aimed for Jenner.
"Get out of my way Rick!" Shane commanded as Rick pushed him back. "Get out of my way!" Shane shoved Rick backwards and pointed his weapon to Jenner's head. "Open that damn door or I'll blow your damn head off." ick skull.
He stated. "Do ya hear me?" He yelled trying to get through Jenner's thick skull.
"SHANE!" Lila shouted at him from across the room. "SHANE DON'T!" She screamed.
"This is not the way you do this, then we'll never get out of here." Rick tried to reason with him.
"If he dies, we all die."
"Please." Lori's voice cracked. She had stretched out an arm waiting for him to take it and sit down beside her. Looking into her eyes Shane saw fear which angered him further.
Out of rage, frustration and pure fear, Shane screamed at the top of his throat, Rick urged him to stop but instead he turned to the CDC's computers and began to shoot at them in rage. The bullets teared away at the work station and ripped the wires into shreds as everyone crouched down, not wanting to get in the man's way. But Lila was still screaming for Shane to stop. Managing to get the gun into his hands, Rick hit Shane with it causing him to fall to the floor. To ensure he did not shoot up again, Rick stood over Shane, ready to hit him again if necessary.
"You done now?" Rick questioned him in a raised voice. "You done?" He yelled.
"Yes." Rick walked over Shane allowing the man to stand up and calm down.
"I think you're lying." Rick stated towards Jenner.
"What?"
"You're lying." Rick continued his theory. "About no hope." He elaborated. "If that were true, you would have bolted with the rest and taken the easy way out." He stated. "You didn't. You chose the hard path. Why?"
"It doesn't matter."
"It doesn't matter?" Rick nearly chuckled despite the situation. "It always matters." He told him. "You stayed when others ran. Why?"
"Not because I wanted to!" Jenner vowed as he shot up from his chair once more, Lila braced herself for more shouting. "I made a promise." Jenner said in a whisper causing Lila to breathe out.
"To who?"
"To her." Lila spoke up causing Jenner to look at her with wide eyes. "Test subject nineteen, to his wife." She stated. Jenner looked at her out of shock as to how she knew this information. Lila noticed his confusion and explained further. "When you were showing us the test subject's scan, you had a certain look in your eyes. They were full of anger, guilt and sadness. She said, putting the pieces together. "There was also a slip of paper wedged behind some books in the rec room. An apology note. o her."
"She begged me to keep on going for as long as I could. How could I say no?" He asked Rick. "She was dying." He said. "It should have been me on that table. It wouldn't have mattered to anybody. Jenner pointed to himself, on the verge of tears. "She was a loss to the world!" He raised his voice. "Hell! She ran this place.I just worked here." He informed us all. "In our field she was an Einstein, me? I'm just Edwin Jenner. She could have done something about this, not me... her." He told them angrily.
"Your wife didn't have a choice." Rick told him, reminding him. "You do." He stated. " That's what we all want. A choice, a chance." Rick made his case. "Let us keep trying for as long as we can." Rick pleaded as Jenner headed over to his computer once more.
"I told you. Top side's locked down." He reminded Rick. "I can't open those." Jenner said causing everyone gave a sign of no hope. Tapping a number to the keypad, one of the doors slowly opened as a result and caused everyone to perk up.
"Come on!"
"Let's get out of here!"
"Let's go!"
"Everyone began to sprint towards the opened door and rushed out to the other side.
"There's your chance." Jenner pointed out to Rick. "Take it."
"I'm grateful. Rick told Jenner.
"The day will come when you won't be." Jenner held out his hand and Rick took it, only for Jenner to bring him in to whisper something in his ear instead.
"We've got four minutes left! Come on!" Glenn shouted at Rick.
Jenner released Rick and he started for the door but the group stopped yet again when T-Dog tried to grab Jacqui along with them causing everyone o freeze up when she didn't budge.
"No." Jacqui shrugged off T-Dog. "I'm staying." She vowed. "I'm staying here sweetie." She told him.
"But that's insane."
"No." Jacqui shook her head. "It's completely sane. For the first time in a long time." She stated. "I'm not ending up like Jim or Amy." She voiced. "There's no time to argue and no point, not if y'all want to get out." Her eyes traveled amongst the group and found Lila's. "Get out." SHe told her. Get out!" She shouted at them all.
"Come on." Rick said to them all as Lila stood motionless. "Let's go!" He grabbed her hand and pulled her along to the entrance before she could object.
When they reached the front doors, they were all stopped when Daryl attempted to force the doors open but failed. They were all locked. Lila helplessly joined in on banging at the door.
"Everyone get down!" Shane yelled cocking his gun causing everyone to follow his orders and back away from the window. To no avail, he shoots the glass.
"Rick!" Carol shouted grabbing Rick's attention. "I think I have something that might help." She stated, fumbling through her purse.
"I don't think a nail file's gonna do it." Shane cracked at her out of frustration.
"You first morning at camp." Carol said ignoring Shane. "When I washed your uniform. I found this in your pocket." She pulled out a hand grenade from her purse.
"Everyone Take cover." Rick yelled as he took the grenade from Carol's hands. Get back!" He roared at them. "Now!" Everyone took cover on the other side of the lobby.
Nervously, Rick pulled the pin and ran back for cover, successfully blasting out one of the windows with minutes to spare.
"COME ON!" Lila yelled from the top of her lungs. "LET'S GO! LET'S GO!" She urged as she began to run for the window. The group ran to the vehicles, shooting walkers along the way. They all piled into their cars with no time to spare. They all get ready to drive off when they see Andrea and Dale emerge from the building.
The CDC erupted into a fiery explosion and Dale and Andrea take cover behind one of the blockades. Andrea appeared to be numb but easily followed Glenn as he desperately beckoned them into the RV.
Shaken, Rick started the engine and the RV drives away from the rubble, black smoke rising from behind them.
Kind of a filler because I'm too tired to write a long chapter. If I'm not updating regularly it may be because I have exams on at the moment. But if you do want me to hurry up and update, just comment for me to do so. :)