A/N: Hello everyone! Well here is the latest update and I hope you enjoy it. I wanna say thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed or favorited this story. I really appreciate it. Also to all who just pass through I want to thank you as well.

Carl took the stairs two at a time till he reached the top landing. Once he was there, he saw Ila finishing up her last knot. "Hey baby boy," she said once she saw him.

"Ila .. What are you doing?" She took one final look at her handy work before standing up.

"I'm just trying to say hello."

"You have him hogtied" He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Ila had Shane Hogtied and gagged, but you could clearly see that he was passed out and he had a sizeable knot on the side of his head.

"He is knocked out. I might as well have some fun especially after the bullshit he pulled on us the other day" Ila used the heel of her boot to nudge Shanes side to see if he would respond.

"Where is my dad?"

"He's in there with Chonne" She nodded her head towards the end of the hall where his father's room was located.

"Is he still alive?"

"Yeah for now."

"I'm gonna go talk to them before this gets worst."

"Kinda late for that. Chonne is out for blood, and you dad may have to pay with a couple pints."

"Shit."

"Language!" Carl rolled his eyes at Ila trying to check him about his language like this was the right time to worry about it.

"Ila you owe me a BigKat bar," said Luna as she finally made it up the stairs.

"Yeah right…. Not a single magazine" Ila look at Luna in disbelief. Luna hunched her shoulder and shook her head "Nope... just comic books."

"Damn..."

Carl quickly walked down to his father's room and opened the door. Once inside the darkened room, he looked around trying to find his father and Michonne. As he glanced to his right toward the bathroom, he saw them. Michonne had Rick pinned in a corner up against the wall with the blade of her sword pressed against his neck.

"You lied to us. We trusted you. I trusted you, and you tried to take our boy away from us." Michonne was seething with rage as she continued to pin Rick against the wall with her blade.

"I am sorry. I made the wrong decision. I'm so sorry" Rick was trying desperately to speak, but every time he did, it seemed the blade pressed harder into his neck.

"Sorry doesn't fix this" Michonne pushed her sword harder into Ricks' neck almost breaking the skin along his neck. He hissed at the pain. Rick tried not to move because he knew if he did he was a goner. He looked at Michonne, and he could see the anger and hurt in her eyes. At that moment Rick fully understood what Carl meant to her and her sisters. They risked their lives by breaking into Alexandria and his home to save Carl.

"Chonne" She continued to press her sword into Ricks' neck "Please Chonne don't do this. My dad was only doing what he thought was best for me." Carl slowly approached Michonne not wanting to make any sudden moves

"He lied to us and then those assholes at the gate tried to lie again."

"He was only trying to protect me the only way he knew how. Yeah, it was messed up, but it was the same thing you would have done if you were in his shoes. Carl moved closer toward Michonne and placed his hand on her shoulder forcing her to look at him. "See I'm fine. Nothing happened to me" he smiled at her.

Michonne lips began to tremble as the first sign of tears began to shows she slowly removed her sword from Ricks' neck and turned to face Carl. She placed her hand on his cheek then pulled him in for a tight hug. "See I'm fine. No need to worry."

"There always a need to worry about you. Look at your hair it's even longer" Michonne mussed up Carls hair as she pulled him in for another hug.

Rick was grateful that the there was no longer a blade pressed against his throat "Michonne" he croaked out as he tried to get his voice back.

"I am truly sorry, but you have to understand. I did what I thought was right for Carl. Please, you have to know I didn't mean for things to go like this.

"Well too damn late. Let's go, Carl."

"Hey, you can't take my so..." Michonne turned and glared at him

"You lost the right to tell me what I can and can't do with Carl" Michonne began pushing Carl out of the bedroom.

Anger began to build in Rick as he saw her leading Carl out of the room "Hey I said wait a goddamn minute" Rick was approaching Michonne from behind when Michonne turned and swiftly delivered a blow to Ricks jaw causing him to stumble and fall to the floor in a daze.

"Don't! It is only because of Carl that you are still breathing" Michonne hissed at him and she continued to walk out the door. Carl hesitated at the door. He turned to try and convince Michonne to just hear him out. "Michonne wait we can work something out with this, so it works for everyone."

"Move it, Carl. We will talk about this later."

They enter the hallway to find Ila crouched in front of Shane who was slowly coming too. While Luna was sitting on the top step just waiting "What... what happened" said Shane groggily.

"Well hello, there handsome it seems that you picked the wrong time to come over for a visit" Shane tried to raise his head, but his head was screaming for him to stop moving. He began to shake the grogginess, and that was when he realized that he was hogtied. "What the fuck?"

"Hey watch your language now" Shane raised his head and saw Ila staring at him. "Well hello, beautiful. Did you do all of this to me?"

"Yes I did but don't worry I didn't take advantage of you."

"Well, I have to say I am highly disappointed." Shane began to struggle in his restraints trying to escape, but they seemed to only tighten more.

"Oh, that won't work honey. You will have to be cut out of those restraints." Ila chuckled as she raised up and face Michonne and Carl. "So are you ready to go" Michonne nodded her head. Carl began to protest again. "Hey wait …just wait. I know we can work this out." They were descending the stairs and heading toward the front door. Ila and Luna were nudging Carl down the stair as he continued to try and delay their departure.

"Carl come on. Let go." Michonne said as she grabbed the door handle. They were all out the front door and walking down the porch steps when they heard Rick begin his descent down the stairs.

"Carl! Carl!"

Rick came barreling out of the house and down the porch steps just as the group enters the dark street Shane following close behind him still untangling himself from the rope.

"STOP!" Rick bellowed. The group turned to look at him. "Take one more fucking step, and I will kill you."

He had his Colt Python pointed directly at Michonne chest with the hammer pulled back. Her forehead creased as she stared at the weapon pointed at her; she looked at the weapon and then at Rick and scoffed at his nerve to point his gun at her.

"I don't think you want to do that sheriff because right now it looks like you are outnumbered," Luna said. Shane scoffed "Maybe you don't realize, but we have the guns sweetheart, so that means you do what the fuck we say." Shane had his .45 aimed at Ila. "Aww and just when I was starting to like you," Ila said sarcastically. Shane raised his eyebrow at the statement while keeping his gun trained on Ila.

"No, this time you do what the fuck we say" Luna gave a quick whistle, and three masked figures emerged from a different hiding spot in and around Ricks house. Noah approached Shane from behind and pressed his rifle into the back of Shanes' head. "Drop your gun." Shane cursed under his breath as he felt the barrel of the gun press into his skull. He dropped his weapon and raised his hands as Noah kicked the pistol out of his reach

Sierra and Colton both approached Rick from either side with their weapons raised pointing directly at his head. Rick took a moment to look around at the precarious situation he was in. He glanced at the 3 women standing in front of him each standing at the ready to take him down if need be. Rick still had his gun pointed at Michonne. He was determined to keep his son here in Alexandria with him. "I believe you were told to drop your weapon" stated Sierra as she cocked her shotgun. Ricks jaw twitched, but reluctantly he slowly placed his pistol on the ground and raised his hands as well.

"Like I was saying. It looks like you are outnumbered" said Luna. Carl continued to watch the events unfold in front of him and every second that went by he knew he had to do something to them to listen to him.

"Just stop it! Stop it right now. This is bullshit, and there is no reason for all of this."

Everyone turned their attention toward Carl who was standing with his head down and his hand pinching the bridge of his nose. As he raised his head, he placed his hand against his forehead and slowly slid his hand through his hair.

"You both are so damn wrong about all of this that it is fucking crazy. I'm sorry for cursing, but neither one of you is listening to anything I have to say." Rick with his hands still raised watched his son intently as he began to pace in front of everyone. He managed to look in Michonnes direction, and he could also see that she was focusing on what Carl was trying to say.

Carl continued to talk as he sought to reign in his emotions. He was so sick of all of this, and he just wanted everyone to be happy.

"Chonne this could be a good place for us all to live. If we lived here, then I wouldn't have to choose between you and my dad. You both are stubborn as hell and once you have your mind set on something that's it but that can't happen with this because I won't choose." He began pacing again in place as he spoke.

"You both are trying to make this decision for me and not even ask me what I want to do and I am sick of it. I want us all to be together. "Carl turned and faced his father "Dad. There is so much that this place could learn from us we could help prepare these people for the real world that exists outside those walls" He quickly turned to face Michonne.

"Michonne this could be the fresh new start that we have been wanting. Doing our own thing the way we want." Carl looked back and forth between Rick and Michonne as he spoke trying to make sure that they both were understanding what he was saying. "You both want to protect me and keep me safe well you can't do that if you both are fighting with each other. I love you both, and I want to be with both of yall, but I'm not going to be forced to make a decision on something that is so easy to solve. So if you both can't get your shit together, then I will just leave on my own."

Rick cleared his throat as he lowered his arms "Look… Michonne I know I can't say it enough, but I am sorry for what I did. You have to understand. I was scared of losing my son again. I've missed 3 years of his life and to hear him talk about you and your sisters. It was just hard for me to face that reality that someone else took care of my son when I couldn't." Rick began to move towards Michonne with his left hand extended cautiously. He didn't want to agitate the situation even further. "I could never say thank you enough, but Carl is right. We can sit down and discuss this to come up with a plan that is best for Carl both of us together. So I would like to extend an offer for you, your sisters and your friends to live here in Alexandria." Rick was now standing in front of Michonne his cerulean eyes looking deep into her brown ones so she could see the sincerity in his eyes.

Michonne was carefully studying Rick as he spoke. She was doubtful regarding the sincerity of his words. She didn't want to place her or her sisters in a predicament that they wouldn't be able to get out of. They trusted him once to keep his word, and he failed what If he does it again. Michonne glanced back at her sisters who both were waiting for her to make a decision but this was one decision she was faltering on. "Please Michonne" she turned her gaze toward Carl who was looking at her with hell bent puppy dog eyes intensity to get her to say yes. She was drowning in doubt, she closed her eyes and lowered her head as if praying for some type of guidance and it was at that moment Ila approached Michonne from the side and placed a hand on her shoulder. Michonne looked at her sister, and she nodded her approval, and she steps forward.

"Fine, we will give it a try but only for Carl." Carl let out a breath that he didn't realize he was holding. "Thanks, Ila." Rick nodded his thanks also.

"We are only doing this for Carl" Ila signaled for Noah, Sierra, and Colton to lower their weapons. Carl ran over to Michonne and gave her a big bear hug lifting her off the ground a bit causing her to laugh. "Thank you ...thank you ... thank you."

"Ok ... Ok, Carl put me down" Michonne said as she tried to wiggle out of his grasp, she was thankful that her sister stepped in and made the decision.

"So we are just going to ignore the fact that they knocked me out and had me hogtied a few minutes ago," said Shane. He was still frustrated at the situation and

"Stop being a baby I lightly tapped you" Ila uttered

"Ila turned her attention to Rick who was hugging Carl and smiling that this situation didn't end differently "Look, I understand where you are coming from, and Carl is right you both are stubborn as hell. Believe me, the same worry you had about losing him was the same worry that my sister had when we found you." Rick nodded his understanding "Thank you."

Ila eyes flickered darkly as she sized him up "No, don't thank me yet. This is just a short moratorium till something can be worked out. But, my one iota of advice to you is you better get to work on getting on my sister's good natured side if you want anything good to come of this." Rick looked in the direction where he could see Michonne speaking to the 3 people that ambushed him and Shane. Her demeanor was a little more relaxed, but he could see by the expression on her face that she was still fighting with the decision that was made to stay in Alexandria.

With that, Carl took his cue to act and break up the tension. "Ila come one let me show you the house. I guess yall will be staying with us for right now."

Rick cleared his throat before speaking "Uhm no Carl we still have the empty house that is only about 4 house down from here that they can stay in. It has 4 bedrooms which will be plenty of room for everyone."

Carl nodded his head at his father's statement and returned his attention to Ila "Ok well since we got that taken care of." He lowered his voice as he spoke to Ila "Did you really have to bring Sierra along?" Ila turned around and spotted Sierra still talking to Michonne and Luna, but she noticed the young girl glancing in Carl direction. Ila's mouth twisted into a small smile "You know she damn near broke her neck trying to volunteer to come along. I have absolutely no idea why she would do that." Carl's mouth snapped shut as he glanced at Sierra who was once again staring at him. Ila gave a small chuckle, and Carl turned a pale crimson color as he looked away. "Yeah right Ila."

"Well. Well, what do we have here? Looks like we gots ourselves a little family reunion. Carl and Ila turned in the direction of the voice and saw Merle approaching with Daryl, and Abraham close by. "We just finished with a real nice and cozy dinner, and now we run into this Ebony and Ivory Reunion" Ila glared at the man with the one hand wishing she could take his other one right then. Daryl moved in front of his brother as he could see the dark expression beginning to appear on Ila's face. He didn't want things to become hostile because of his brother.

"Rick is everything cool?" Daryl asked his expression fixed as he looked at his friend.

"Yeah, it's cool. Michonne and her friends are going to be staying in the empty house down the way till they can speak to Deanna in the morning" Daryl nodded and turned his attention to Ila and Carl "Well com'on let me show ya where it's at"

"Thanks," said Ila. By this time Michonne and the others joined her and Carl as they began to head in the direction of the house.

Carl stops for a brief moment before turning around and jogging back to his father to give him a hug. "Thanks, dad. I will see you in the morning. Ok?" Rick could see the happiness in his son's eyes and the way he was now smiling at him. He knew the right choice was made. He just now had to convince others in the community of that as well.

"Ok son. I love you. "

"I love you too and don't worry everything is going to ok." with that final statement Carl took off to catch up with Michonne and everyone.

Rick continued to watch the group walk away soon his eyes meet Michonnes once again as she turned and glanced back. He took this opportunity to wave in her direction which she responded by turning away completely ignoring him. He let out an exasperated sign because he knew he had a long road ahead of him if he wished to make amends with her. With one final glance, Rick began heading towards Deanna's house to let her know what happened. "I can't believe you are letting them stay" Shane murmured as Rick walked past. Rick glared at Shane, "and I can't believe you thought it wasn't important enough to let me know that they were here this morning. What were you doing that was so important that you couldn't tell me this? Were you pouring the Bisquick somewhere?" Rick heard Abraham snort "Oh yeah you know he was probably that cute blonde widow. She does look mighty tasty" said Merle.

Rick just shook his head and continued heading towards Deanna's home, and he silently prayed that his son would still be here in the morning.

A/N: Phew! OK, so crisis averted. Next chapter we will see how the ladies adjust to life in Alexandria. Let's hope Rick is able to make amends with Michonne soon. Next chapter I promise will be filled with family fluff and good times. Also, an unusual friendship will begin to develop. Stay tuned. Remember reviews, follow, and favorites are all welcomed.