Nessa's P.O.V.
"We need to stop to patch up Bob's arm!" Sasha shouts as Maggie and I power ahead, we need to find that bus, it was the last place I saw Andy or Glenn.
Maggie and I look at each other before nodding "Do it quickly" I say impatiently.
I crouch down next to Maggie "We gotta find that bus, my sister might be dead but that bus with my nephew and your husband got out. We need to find them"
Maggie nods as she scrapes her knife across the stone below her "Yeah, that's exactly what we're going to do"
I lift my head as Sasha approaches "How's he doing?" Maggie asks
"Bleeding stopped. He'll be all right. Got the water to our backs. Decent vantage points from the bank. I'm thinking we camp here for the night." Sasha says and a frown creases my features
"That's good." Maggie says and stands "You should both be safe here. The bus got out. Glenn and Andy got out. We're gonna find them." She says indicating between the two of us
"Maggie, Ness. With any luck, the bus is gone." Sasha says sympathetically
"It was heading east down the main road. If we follow in that direction, we might be able to pick up its tracks." Maggie says
"Just the two of you? With just your knives as protection?" Sasha asks
"I'm out of ammo, so, yeah. I couldn't find Beth. I know Glenn got out and I know which way he went. I'm gonna go get him and I'm gonna come back for you. We all are." Maggie says
I nod in agreement "I lost my sister, I'm not losing my nephew"
"You don't know that Gwen is dead" Sasha says
I frown "Maybe not but I don't have a fucking clue where she is, we know which way th2 bus was going so we're going." I reply
"We cannot split up. Not now." Sasha protests
"We're going." Maggie says and with that we head back towards the woods.
I look back and see Sasha and Bob are following us. I shake my head, they didn't have too. On the road, Maggie and I pick up our pace. My stomach drops as we turn a corner. The bus. It's just sitting there in the middle of the road, no one around, no voices.
"Maggie…" I say
She stops next to me when she sees it. She takes off at a run. I follow close behind.
"Maggie! Nessa!" Bob yells after us before chasing us.
Silence is all I hear as we approach the bus. My heart beats hard against my chest, please no… not my nephew too. A walker pounds against the window of the bus, another tries to get at us through the window. My fear turns to anger. No!
Maggie is already heading back around the bus. "Maggie, stop."
"I have to know if he's in there!" She cries.
I come around the bus and look at her. "We need to know" I say quietly.
Bob looks between us "Fine, but we do it together. Smart. We'll let them out one at a time."
Sasha sigh and takes of her rifle "Two of us should be at the door... in case they stack up against it."
Maggie grabs my wrist and pulls me to stand next to her, facing the door "We have to stand here, we have to see their faces" she says
Sasha lets them out one, by one. Maggie and I take them out. Old guy, girl, old woman.
"I can't hold it!" Sasha gasps and falls from the door.
I take in every face as the walkers fall out of the bus. We take them out until there is nothing left. Nothing left but to check the bus.
"But they got away." Sasha says in disbelief
"They were good people. All of them." Bob says.
"All that's left is to check the bus" I say.
Maggie runs at it before I even get the chance. I follow her slowly, a little scared to know what's, or who, is still in there.
Maggie climbs in and moves slowly down the bus. I climb in after her and stay up the back as she makes her way down the front. She moves a body and takes down the last walker. She collapses into a seat and starts crying.
"Maggie?" I call down nervously.
She looks back at me "No" She sobs "Neither of them are here"
I have mixed feelings about this. Where is he then? I kick the wall of the bus in frustration before jumping out. Where the hell is my damn family?