The Shuffling Dead

by Hastseoltoi

Series of shorts based on Spotify prompts; will include all cast members at various times (even though we can only list 4 here). Some introspective, some action, canon compliant couples.

5. (Don't You) Forget About Me

(Don't You) Forget About Me – Simple Minds

Even as she walked away, Michonne kept expecting that she would hear Andrea call out to her again. She couldn't believe that the blonde would throw away the trust and friendship they had developed over the last several months for a man she hardly knew and the thin veneer of security behind Woodbury's walls. Was their time together worth so little to the other woman?

No voice called out to her though, and the only looks she got were from the wary residents, unused to seeing a strange woman with a weapon. She didn't even give them a second thought on her way to the wall. She had to focus on her own survival now, and part of her was sure that the Governor would send someone after her. For all their polite words about letting people come and go as they pleased, she hadn't seen any evidence of it yet. Something was wrong with this place, and that man, and Michonne was hurt that Andrea didn't seem to trust her instincts, and a little angry too. She had earned that trust; she had let Andrea see past her carefully constructed walls and it hurt to be abandoned so easily.

As soon as she was outside the walls she breathed a sigh of relief. Nothing was over yet, she had to be wary, and after she figured out where she was going, she had to find a plan to convince Andrea to come with her again. Maybe after being inside those walls the other woman would have a chance to see that Michonne's instincts were right about the small community. If that happened she had to be close-by to help her friend get out too.

First survive, then plan, and hopefully Andrea wouldn't forget about her or their time together. Michonne glanced back at the wall, unsheathing her katana with a flourish, and turned to walk into the woods. She could stand to be alone for a while, moving silently through the woods while she shored up her defenses. She might need allies against this place, and her time with Andrea showed her that she sometimes needed other people, but she wasn't going to let them in so easily the next time.