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Chapter 9:
Killer Within III
"Walkers! Look out!" Carl yelled as everyone turned around in surprise. Rick and the rest of his group paused to see what happened and gaped in surprise "No!" Rick shouted took off running back down the walkway towards the entrance. Glenn slid to a stop as he realized that they'd forgotten about the hole in the fence, and he went back to close it while the other two continued on.
"Get out!" Rick continued to shout up to the others. "Get outta there! Now! Lori!"
They ran as fast as they could towards the entrance. "Go! Come in here!"
"T!" Rosalyn called out and motioned towards the opened gate, Carol joined her to shot walkers along with Nicole. T-Dog quickly nodded and went to resealing the courtyard gate and as he finished a walker came up behind him bit him on the shoulder. Rosalyn, Nicole and Carol stared in horror "No!" they shouted fearfully
T-Dog punched it on the face as it fell and turned around to grab his gun before shooting it repeatedly
"Hurry!" Carol called out to him before they flee to safety inside the prison cell block. He shut it quickly and Rosalyn quickly scanned the hallway they had entered. It was dim, everything was black and it was quiet. They definitely have never been into this part of the Prison.
Now long after they entered the hall, a siren started to blare. Ignoring the sound, T-Dog pulled himself along the dark hallway while holding his bleeding shoulder "There's a set of double doors that will lead to a corridor that will get you back to our cell block." he informed
"No, you should stop." Carol sobbed as she tried to stop T-Dog from moving. Nicole had held Rosalyn's hand and gripped onto it as she felt the blonde girl's shoulder to shake, trying to held back her sobs, she bit her lip and wiped the tears that threaten to fall from her eyes.
"I'm getting all of you there!" He insisted
"Stop!" Carol demanded as he stopped and leaned onto the wall while huffing in pain
"Why? Sit here and wait to die?" He asked before continued to push himself
"I'll do what I have to" Carol insisted "You're not becoming one of those things."
"I can't ask that." he pointed out
"It's the pact, remember?" Carol tried to convince him
"This is God's plan." he mumbled painfully "He'll take care of me. Always has. He's gonna help me lead you three out of these tunnels."
After a long walk, T-Dog finally got supported by Carol "We're almost there" he said as they reach the laundry room doors, but their path is blocked by two walkers. Pulling out her gun Carol was not trying to shoot the walkers, but she was out of ammo, just like Rosalyn and Nicole.
"Oh, shit." Carol cursed "Go back!"
"No" T-Dog refused as he prepared to launched himself at the walkers. Carol and Rosalyn quickly tried to pull him back, but he was too strong
"We're close." he yelled as he pushed the walkers to the wall and turned around to face the rest. He quickly urged them to go "We're close! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! I'm dead!"
Carol hesitate, but she quickly grabbed Rosalyn and Nicole's hand as they ran towards the door. they looked back at T-Dog once more as he looked at them sadly "Sorry to see you leave." he mumbled as the walkers bit his body. His scream rippled through the room as the walker ripped the skin on his throat apart. Rosalyn stood there, freezing in place as her eyes started water.
"Rosalyn!" Nicole and Carol quickly pulled her and ran through the door.
Earlier:
Daryl pulled the gate open, and the rest hurried went through into the courtyard with Daryl followed close behind. Rick took two shots and killed two walkers while Glenn put his machete to a walkers' head. Once the threat was done, Rick turned to where Beth, and Hershel were in a gated area at the top of some stairs while Daryl, Nathaniel and Christopher worked to get rid of the remaining walkers.
"What the hell happened?" Rick demanded.
"The gate was open!" Beth explained
"Where's Lori, Carl- everyone else?"
"Maggie led Lori and Carl into C block." Hershel pointed towards the cell block
"And T was bit!" Beth added.
"Rosalyn?!" Daryl shouted from where he was - stabbing one of the walkers
"She went with Carol and T, I think" Beth said
"H-How about Nicole?" Christopher asked with worry.
"She is with them" Hershel explained
"Anyone else?" Rick asked.
"I couldn't tell." Beth shook her head
Rick nodded anxiously. "Stay put," he instructed before he turned and ran to shot at the remaining walkers
Glenn hurried over to where Rick while Daryl put in a new bolt in his crossbow "Those chains didn't break on their own," Glenn informed "Someone took an axe or cutters to 'em."
Rick turned immediately to look accusingly at Axel and Oscar, who were just passing through the gate leading into the main courtyard, looking around confusedly.
"You think they did it?" Glenn asked.
"Who else?" Rick growled.
An alarm suddenly started going off from the prison - it sounded like the alarm that will turned on when a prisoner escaped. The only way someone would be able to activate that alarm was by pulling the lever. There was no way to put a timer on it.
"What is that?" Glenn shouted over the alarm.
"Oh- you gotta be kidding me!" Daryl growled, staring around the yard. He had spotted walkers coming up towards the fence, probably attracted by the alarm sound.
"Daryl!" Rick called out as he turned towards Daryl and tossed the keys to him so that he could close the gate leading to the courtyard, in case any walkers somehow managed to get into the field. While he did that, Rick turned and shot at one of the speakers.
"Kill it!" he ordered as he continue shooting at another set of speakers. Rick turned and run to where Hershel and Beth stood. There was another speaker next to fenced area where the two stood in "Back up!" he yelled
Hershel and Beth walked back immediately as Rick shoot the speaker. Thankfully, it decreased the noise, only that the siren could still be heard from inside of the prison. Rick turned his revolver at the two prisoners standing with them in the courtyard and Daryl had trained it crossbow on them already
"How the hell can this be happening?" Rick demanded.
Oscar raised his hands in surrender, his eyes widen in surprise "Whoa, whoa, whoa! It has to be the backup generator!"
"Well, how do you turn those on?"
"There's three that's connected to a diesel tank, okay?" Oscar explained "Each one controls certain part of the prison. The hacks shut 'em all off when the prison was overrun."
"Can someone open up the main gates electronically with full power?" Rick asked.
"I-I only went in a few days. I-I guess it might be possible."Oscar stuttered as he explained
"Chris and Nathaniel, you two stay here, in case anything happen again" Rick ordered to the two as they nodded before he grabbed Oscar by the collar of his jumper suit, urging him to follow them. "Come with us! Let's go!" He turned and ran into C Block, the rest of his group and the two prisoners right behind him.
Rick fired a shot into the last walker that had made its way into their cell block. As soon as it was down, he started searching the cells for his family. "Lori! Carl!" he shouted as the others came into the cell block.
"We just took down five of 'em in there," Daryl informed Rick.
"There were four in here, but no sign of Lori or anyone," Rick added.
"They must've been pushed back into the prison," Glenn concludes
Rick paced in a circle. "Somebody is playin' games!" he shouted in an angry tone. He turned around to the others and motioned them with his revolver "We'll split up and look for the others. Whoever gets to the generators first, shut 'em down"
Rick quickly took off with the other following close behind him "Let's go!"
They hurried through the empty halls, Rick, Daryl, and Oscar with two flashlights to lead the way. It was hard to pin point where they were with only two flashlight. Since their prison had been messed up, walkers were everywhere and they'd ran into walkers almost in every corner. It seems like the sirens had woken up every walker and led them straight to their group.
They finally managed to reach the generator room's door, Oscar was the one who lead them. Rick paused to fire a shot at one of the walkers following them before going in through the door to the generator room, followed by the others "Daryl, get the door!" Rick ordered.
Daryl closed the door before any walkers could get through. Some of their hands poked through the door, but they pulled back when the door was slammed shut. He two struggled to keep the doors closed as the walkers pushed on them and Oscar hurried to help him while Rick scoped the room, searching for anymore walkers
He went to the breaker box that operated the generators. " How do you shut these down?!" he asked hurriedly
Oscar looked down at Daryl, waiting for his permission to leave. "Go help him. I got it!" Daryl said as he pressed himself more onto the door to keep it closed while Oscar rushed off to help Rick with the generators. "Right here," Oscar said. He motioned to a hose that connected one of the generators to a tank. Rick pulled the screw, and the generator started shutting down. As he went to make sure, he froze when he heard a voice
"Don't move"
Rick turned around to see Andrew coming out from his hiding, his eyes widen when he see the sight of Rosalyn in one of his arms while the other was holding an axe. A gag was placed on her mouth and her hand was tied in front of her, but her expression didn't show any sight of being afraid, she was unsurprisingly calm - like when she was captured by the vatos (?).
"Rosalyn!" Rick exclaimed in worry
"I said don't move!" Andrew threaten "Or I'll bash her head with this axe"
Hearing the sound of Rosalyn's name being called, Daryl lost his concentration and almost lost his footing, but luckily he was able to get back. He was worried, but he can't leave his place, so he could only rely Rick on this. If anything happen to her, who knows what he will do to the person who hurt her.
"Easy now..." Rick tried to calm him down.
"Drop your weapons" he ordered. Rick hesitate as he looked into Rosalyn eyes "I said, drop your weapons!"
Rosalyn slowly nodded her head, silently telling him to trust her. Rick slowly bent down and placed his gun on the ground "Now, pass it to me" he added. Rick took a deep breath and slides his gun towards their direction.
As soon as it reached them, Rosalyn's stopped the gun with her feet and slammed her head back, crashing the back of her head onto Andrew's head. Andrew released her and stepped back while shouting painfully. Rosalyn quickly bent down to pick the gun, but he manage to shove her towards one of the generators with a loud thud. He raised his axe to strike, but Rick grabbed the handle of the axe, and he and Andrew struggled to overpower each other. Andrew ended up pushing Rick into the other generators.
After a moment of struggling, Rick managed to use the end of the axe to hit Andrew in the ribs, causing him to lean over in pain and allowing Rick to push Andrew into the breaker box behind him before tossing him into some lockers.
Andrew threw the end of the axe into Rick's face, and Rick was forced to let his grip off. He stumbled back while Andrew lost the axe himself, and Rick bent down to pick his gun and pointed it at him. Before he could aim it properly, Andrew knocked the gun from his hand and tackled Rick to the floor to prevent him from getting it back.
Daryl could no longer keep the doors closed and pulled himself away from the doors and walked to where he had dropped his crossbow. He picked it up and shot one of his bolts into the first walker that came in through the door. He dropped his crossbow before he took out his hunting knife and stabbed it into one walker. When the walker fell down, he quickly shut the door again
Andrew rolled off from Rick and grabbed his axe before Rick could get on to his feet himself. He was about to swing down at him, but he was hit by a barrel, which knocked him down and his grip on the axe was released. Rick got back to his feet at the same time when Oscar grabbed his revolver and aimed it in his direction.
Rick immediately raised his hand and were going to try and talk him down. Andrew got to his feet and pointed at Rick's back. "Shoot him!" he encouraged him, panting hard from his fight with Rick. "We can take back this prison."
Oscar didn't move an inch. He just continued to stare at the two as if he were considering it.
"What're you waitin' for?" Andrew finally snapped. "Do it! It's our house! Shoot him!"
Oscar shifted the aim of the gun slightly to the left and fired. Rick flinched and waited for the impact, but instead of feeling the bullet hit him, he heard a thump behind him. He lowered his hand to look at Oscar. Daryl had been creeping up on Oscar's side, his knife raised in case he needed to take Oscar out
Oscar released his finger from the trigger and flipped the gun in his hand so that he was holding it facing down. Rick relaxed and took the revolver from him with a nod of thanks. Daryl's eyes quickly caught Rosalyn who's sitting on the ground while leaning onto the generator for support.
Rick turned around to look at Rosalyn before he nodded, knowing that Daryl beat him into it when he see Daryl quickly bent down next to her. Rick went over to the breaker and turned two large handles. As soon he did, they heard the generators whirring down, and the alarm finally stopped.
"You okay?" Daryl asked worriedly
"Yeah, just peachy. I think my bone just cracked" Rosalyn smiled slightly. Daryl frowned at her word as she let out a small laugh "I was just kidding!"
Rosalyn continue to laugh at Daryl's expression as Rick walked towards them. Daryl looked up and nodded at him almost gratefully which receive a nod from Rick. Daryl stood up and gave a hand for Rosalyn to take as he pulled her up.
Wincing in pain slightly as Daryl placed her hand around his shoulder for support. Rick patted on her shoulder slightly and smiled "Let's go back," Rick muttered.
They started to make their way back towards the courtyard. Rick had turned on his flashlight and was on lead while Oscar held up the back, Daryl and Rosalyn both in the middle with Daryl slightly supporting her with worry and he was trying to keep as close to her side as possible- although she had scolded him for doing it. She was flattered, she really are, but it just weird when he does that.
They paused at a corner and pressed their backs to either wall. He nodded to the others and was about to step out when Glenn, and Axel sudden came from the corner that they had just passed. Rick nodded to them before slowly moving to the next corner. They could hear walkers growling at the end of the hall. He jumped out, gun raised, while the others followed behind him
The walkers were eating some one and when they saw them, the walkers got on to their feet. The group made their way towards them, and Rick took the walkers out.
They stood over T-Dog's half-eaten body silently. Rick kept opening and closing his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something but not being able to. Glenn turned to step from the area, unable to look at the body anymore. Rosalyn almost choked on her sobs as she took a deep breath befre she let it out. She looked up to see Daryl looking at her and she knew that he was worried about her, so she sent him a smile to reassure him.
Rick ran out into the main courtyard, the rest of their group right behind him. "Hershel!" Glenn called out. Hershel and Beth were already standing outside of the caged area, but they hadn't left the steps. Carol, Christopher, Nathaniel and Nicole was just right below them. Nicole ran towards Rosalyn and pulled her into a tight hug "I'm so glad that you're safe" she mumbled happily
"You're so reckless, you know that?"Christopher went to hug both of them in his hand, he then turned his head around to face his brother "Hey, little brother come here... let's do a group hug"
"No" Nathaniel frowned
"You're no fun" Christopher rolled his eyes as both Nicole and Rosalyn laughed at him. They soon pulled away from each other and turned to see the rest of the group.
"You didn't find them?" Hershel asked.
"We thought maybe they came back out here." he replied
The two shook their heads.
"What about T? " Hershel wondered. Rosalyn could see Carol looking down sadly when he asked that.
"He didn't make it," Daryl replied.
"That doesn't mean the others didn't," Rick pointed out. "We're goin' back. Daryl, Rosalyn, Glenn, You come with-"
He stop himself as they heard the sound of a baby crying. Everyone turned to the noise to find Maggie, and Carl coming out of C-Block, Maggie was holding a newborn baby wrapped in an old jean jacket in her arms. Maggie were shaking, and Carl looked like he was in shock.
Rick stared at them for a moment before starting to approach, dropping the axe and running a hand over his face. He shook his head slowly in denial as he seems to know what had happened inside. There was Maggie holding his wife's newborn infant, and his wife was nowhere to be seen and he could see the guilt and grief in her eyes as she stared back at Rick.
Maggie tried to speak, but she just ended up sobbing. Her lips were shaking and she tried to hide her uncontrollable sobs.
Rick started pacing. "Where- where is she? Where is she?" he asked her
When Maggie didn't say anything, Rick turned started to walk to the entrance to C block. Maggie held the baby close to her chest as she tried to reach out for Rick's arm. "No. Rick, no!"
Rick looked back at her before turning to Carl, who hadn't looked up from the ground. He wasn't even crying. He looked broken, no longer a child, like he had just had to do something so horrible, so wrong, for a child. Rick's gun fell to the ground as he gave a sob, and he covered his eyes with his hand "Oh, no. No..." He started pacing in his grief.
Glenn walked over to Maggie, who was sobbing at this point. He grabbed her face gently, forcing her to look at him. She just sobbed harder, and Glenn held her against him as much as he dared with the baby in her arms, muttering in her ear.
Rick paced a few feet more before dropping on to the ground on his back and turned on to his side so that he could curl up into ball, letting the sobs rack through his body.
Daryl stared at the ground for a moment, showing no emotion and he doesn't want to face anyone, but then he realized that he should probably be comforting Rosalyn, since she had been pretty close with Lori. He turned to where she had been standing on his side, he could see her looking down at the ground like he had done, but he could see a tears mark on the ground, her shoulder was shaking and he could hear her faint noise of sobs.
Without saying a word - like always, he pulled her onto him and let her to sob into his chest while wrapping his hand around her and caress her hair softly to soothe her. The rest of them could only stare at Rick who's bawling his eyes out on the ground.
Author's Note:
R.I.P Lori Grimes & Theodore Douglas TT_TT I wanted to save them, but I couldn't
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