Life at the prison was tough; significant losses were sustained despite the fortification. Rick lost his wife Lori as well as T Dog, a beloved member of the group. Carol also was presumed dead, but no body was ever found. Hershel was bit on the ankle and had to be amputated. Even with the addition of the convicts Axel and Oscar, the group was at its weakest. The only ray of hope seemed to be Rick's new baby girl Lori died birthing.

On top of all that had happened: Ed was still around. Having lost the only person left in his life, Ed did nothing all day but lash out at people and generally just put everyone in a bad mood when he entered the room. Needless to say, everyone's displeasure of Ed had reached it's peak.

"I'm calling this emergency meeting because... I have to make a choice." Rick said softly to the remaining group. Everyone sat around, eagerly awaiting Rick's words.

"I'm sure you've all seen it... what an asshole he's become. Even his own wife didn't want to put up with him anymore. But aside from that, let's face facts here... he's contributing nothing to this group."

"That's an understatement." Glenn said in agreement. "All he does all day is eat and be a jerkoff to everybody."

"I say it's bout time we do sometin bout it." Daryl chimed in. "Ed needs to be cut loose."

"That's exactly what I had in mind." Rick said. "So... any ideas how we go about this?"

"Go bout what?" a voice echoed from behind. The group turned around and saw Ed, who was munching on the very scarce supply of potato chips.

"Whut the hell yall havin a meetin fer without me?" Ed said in an obnoxious tone.

"Actually, we were just about to call you in here." Rick replied. "Come have a seat," he said and motioned to the table. Ed threw the bag of chips on the ground and plopped down at the table. Rick got closer to him.

"Look, it's not easy to say this-"

"Yes it is," Hershel interrupted. Rick looked at him and put his hand up as if to say 'just let me talk'. He turned back to Ed.

"Ed, I'm just gonna be blunt. We put up with your shit in Atlanta, we put up with your shit at the farm, and we've put up with it here as well. But we are surviving day to day here, and I don't have time to deal with your ass anymore. All you're good for is being an ass to people and consuming our resources. Let's face it, you're dead weight. This ends now."

Ed quickly rose from his seat and slammed his hands on the table.

"Whut the hell you sayin?! You kickin me out, you pig?"

Rick shot to his feet as well and got inches from his face.

"That's exactly what I'm saying. Now we can do this the easy way, or you can get your ass beat and thrown over the fence."

Ed swung at Rick, but Rick ducked underneath the punch and delivered a devastating punch to Ed's gut. As Ed hunched over from the pain with a wheeze, Rick grabbed his shirt and threw him on the table. After punching him in the face a few times, Rick slung him off the table and onto the cold hard concrete.

"Let's give this bastard what he deserves." Rick said to everybody as they all circled Ed and started beating the shit out of him. Rick and Daryl kicked him in the face, Glenn and Maggie kicked him in the stomach, Beth stomped on his kneecap while Carl kicked him in the nuts. Hershel whacked him with a crutch while Axel and Oscar took baseball bats to his shins. The beatdown lasted an hour.

"Alright, he's had enough. Axel, Oscar, Daryl, help me pick him up." Rick commanded. The four of them scooped him up and carried him to the fence. At the count of 3, they carried his limp body up a ladder and dumped him over the high fence. Walkers immediately started swarming him, but Rick and the others decided to be human beings and give Ed a fighting chance. They took out all of the walkers that lunged at him.

"There. Now stay the hell away from our prison." Rick said to him before turning around and heading back inside. Ed coughed and wheezed for a few seconds before getting to his feet. He turned around and flipped off the prison.

"Fine! I don't need y'all's worthless asses anyway! I can do fine on muh own!" he shouted before walking away from the facility, not looking back.