We raid the dead guy's bags looking for weapons, ammunition and food. Michonne freezes while searching one of the bag and pulls out a hoodie, my hoodie. She looks at it then drops it with a cry of disgust.
"What's wrong?" I ask, looking between her and my hoodie.
"They kept your sweatshirt to…" She looks at Carl
"To masturbate with?" I ask
She looks at me wide eyed but nods. I baulk "Ew, that's is fucking disgusting, burn it!"
Daryl looks at the hoodie with anger "I didn't even realise they had that"
"Uh, let's just go before I start stabbing corpses again" I mutter angrily and storm off.
We head back to the tracks and towards Terminus. I stay in the back and hold Daryl's hand tightly. I smile. All I need now is my sister and Nephew and I'm complete. We come across another sign, this one is on the ground.
"We're getting close. Be there before sundown." Daryl says
"Now we head through the woods. We don't know who they are." Rick says
Daryl nods "All right."
I'm ready, all defences are up in my head. I'm ready for anything. We head through the woods until we come across fences. I peer through the gaps in the fence and it looks pretty quiet in there.
"We all spread out, watch for a while, see what we see, and get ready. We all stay close." Rick says.
"Cool. I'll go with Daryl" I say
Daryl scoffs "Like you had a choice"
When Daryl and I come back Rick as placed the duffle bag of weapons into a hole he dug. He places his pistol in it and looks up at us "Just in case" He says
"We're gonna climb the fence" Rick says once he's finished burying the duffle
"Oh great, ready for a laugh?" I ask
Rick shakes his head with a smile "You jumped off a roof, you can climb a fence"
"You caught me though" I mutter.
Rick climbs the fence first and Daryl gives me a boost and I manage to climb over the fence with a lot more ease than I thought I would. I pull my gun out as Daryl leads the way towards a half open door. He inspects the doorway before heading in and down a corridor.
I hear a female voice say "Terminus, those who arrive survive. Follow the tracks to the point where all lines intersect. There are maps at the crossings to help guide you with your journey. Sanctuary for all. Community for all. Those who arrive survive. Terminus, sanctuary for all. Community for all"
We walk right in "Hello" Rick says to the old woman speaking into the radio.
She looks up in fright as we enter and takes off her headphones. "Hello" Rick says to the bigger group of people next tables and stuff.
We stand in a straight line side by side. I don't think any of us realised we had done it. "Well, I bet Albert is on perimeter watch." A guy says with a sigh. He turns around and walks over to us "You here to rob us?"
Rick steps forward and puts his gun away, I lower mine to my side fully but don't holster it "No. We wanted to see you before you saw us." Rick says
"Makes sense. Usually we do this where the tracks meet. Ahem. Welcome to Terminus. I'm Gareth. Looks like you've been on the road for a good bit." The guy says smiling at us
"We have." I reply stepping forward "I'm Guinevere, this is Rick. That's Carl, Daryl, Michonne."
"You're nervous. I get it. We were all the same way. We came here for sanctuary. That what you're here for?" Gareth asks
"Yes." Rick replies
"Good. You found it." Gareth says, smile still in place "Hey, Alex. This isn't as pretty as the front. We got nothing to hide, but welcome wagon is a whole lot nicer." A smaller guy with a short beard rushes over and waves at us "Alex will take you, ask you a few questions. Uh, but first, we need to see everyone's weapons. If you could just lay them down in front of you. All right. I'm sure you understand."
I look from Rick to Carl, Michonne and Daryl feeling hesitant. Rick nudges my arm. I look at him and he nods.
Rick takes his gun out and lowers it "Yes, I do."
I place my gun on the ground and my knife and hold my arms out. I look over at Daryl as he's getting patted down.
"I'd hate to see the other guy." Alex says to Daryl who does not look happy
"You would." Rick says
Gareth moves to me and looks at me with a look of surprise "Oh, you're pretty." I look at him shocked, very uncomfortable with him patting me down "Sorry, that slipped out by accident" He says with a grin
I shrug "It's alright" I wince as he passes my stomach and bend a little.
He looks at me surprised "You okay?"
I nod "Fine"
"They deserve it?" Alex asks
"Yes." Carl replies
Gareth steps away from me "Just so you know, we aren't those kind of people, but we aren't stupid either. And you shouldn't be stupid enough to try anything stupid. As long as everyone's clear on that, we shouldn't have any problems. Just solutions."
The Alex guy hands our weapons back. I take mine surprised.
"Okay. Follow me." Alex says.
I look at Daryl with a shrug and follow the guy. He leads us out to a courtyard that reminds of the one we had at the prison. "So how long's this place been here?" Daryl asks him
"Since almost the start. When all the camps got overrun, people started finding this place. I think it was instinct, you know? Follow a path. Some folks were heading to the coast, others out west or up north, but they all wound up here." Alex explains leading us to an older, brown haired woman cooking on the barbeque. That smell, it's not like regular meat… I know that smell
"Hi. Heard you came in the back door. Smart. You'll fit right in here." The woman says. I stare at the meat
"Hey, Mary, would you fix each of these new folks a plate for me?" Alex asks
"Why do you do it? Why do you let people in?" Michonne asks
"The more people become a part of us, we get stronger." He hands a plate to Carl and I stare at the meat. That's not… "That's why we put up the signs, invite people in. It's how we survive"
My gun is out and pointed at the guy at the same time Rick jumps him and puts a gun to his head "Where the hell did you get this watch?" Rick asks angrily.
I look at the watch and gasp. That's Glenn's! "Rick, this meat, its human"