…Ivy's POV…

…Last Chapter…

"Dr. Jenner." Dale said, "I know this has been taxing for you and I hate to ask one more question, but...that clock," He pointed the giant digital clock on the wall, "it's counting down, what happens when it hits zero?"

"The basement generators...they run out of fuel." He looked down, feeling ashamed.

"And then?" Rick asks, "Vi, what happens when the power runs out?" Everyone froze. I tightened my grip on Ansley and Glenn.

"When power runs out, facility-wide decontamination will occur."

TO BE CONTINUED...

…Ivy's POV…

…Continued…

Almost everyone turned a shocked look at Jenner, I however glared daggers into his head. How could he bring us in knowing that was going to happen? It impossible for him to not know that was going to happen!

"Shane, T-dog, Glenn, and I are going to check the basement. Everyone else go back to your rooms." Rick ordered us. Glenn kissed my forehead and told me to pack our things. I nodded, hugging him tightly.

I ran down the hallway towards Glenn and I's room. I shoved everything that we had left out into our bags. I set the bags next to the door and grabbed two empty bags. I grabbed my lock picking kit and left the room.

I entered the stairwell quickly, trying to be quiet. I don't want anyone to follow me. I went down two floors to the nursing station and filled my empty pack with everything I could fit in it. Being a doctor, I know what we'll need to survive.

I move out of the nursing station and moved down the hall to the armory. No one knew there was an armory down here. I only knew, because I wandered off while getting a tour when I was an intern. I pulled the lock picking kit out of my pocket and popped the door open.

I entered quick, packing bullets and handguns into the bag. I grabbed some of the bigger guns and slipped them into a bag I found on the counter. I moved onto the knives and other miscellaneous things, collecting as many as I could. Once I had all that I could carry, I left and headed back to my room. I left the bags in a pile with our things. I slipped one of the handguns into my waistband.

I stood up and stretched, that is when the air kicked off. I groaned and headed towards the control room. The building is shutting itself down. I was halfway there when the light flickered, then shut off.

"Ah, hell." I mumble. The others were already in the control room when I got there.

"Why is the air off?" Carol asks, leaning on the rail.

'And the lights in our rooms?" Andrea butted in.

"What's going on?" Daryl asks, pulling my sister with him, "Why is everything turned off?" Jenner took the bottle in Daryl's hand. I figure it is an alcohol bottle.

"Energy usage is being prioritized." I said, pushing my way towards the group. Everyone turned to look at me.

"Air isn't a priority? And lights?" Dale asks, looking between Jenner and I. Jenner took a drink.

"It's not up to me. Zone 5 is shutting itself down." Jenner replies.

"Hey!" Daryl yells, pulling away from Isis, "Hey, what the hell does that mean?" Everyone leaned towards Jenner, "Hey, man, I'm talking to you. What do you mean it's shutting itself down? How are you not do anything?"

"You'd be surprised." Jenner said drunkenly. Rick and the others came running in from the basement.

"Rick?" Lori asks, leaning against the railing.

"Glenn." I whisper. He looks over at me and smiled. The look he gave Jenner was not as nice.

"Jenner, what's happening?" Rick asks, looking desperate.

"The system is dropping all of the nonessential uses of power. It's designed to keep the computers running to the last possible second. That started as we approached the one hour mark. Right on schedule." He looks up at the big screen. Daryl pulled away from Isis and snatched the liquor bottle away from Jenner, "It was the French."

"What?" Andrea asks.

"They were the last ones to hold out as far as I know. While our people were bolting out the doors and committing suicide in the hallways, they stayed in the labs, they thought they were close to a solution."

"What happened?" Jacqui asks. Glenn comes up next to me, only to wrap him arm around my shoulders.

"The same thing happened here. No power grid. They ran out of juice. The world runs on fossil fuel. I mean, how stupid is that?" He chuckled darkly.

"Let me tell you..." Shane stepped forward, but Rick pulled him back.

"To hell with it, Shane. I don't even care," Rick turned to the rest of us, "Lori, grab our things. Everybody get your stuff. We're getting out of here."

I looked at Glenn, "I already have our things, plus a little extra." He nodded, a little confused.

Everyone turned away from the platform, wanting to get to their room as quickly as possible. Just as we were heading up the ramp, a loud alarm started blaring through the control room.

"What's that?" Shane yells.

"What's that?" Carl echoes him.

"30 minutes to decontamination." Vi said as a countdown appeared on the screen.

"Yo doc, what's goin' on here?" Daryl asks, looking angry.

"Everybody, ya heard Rick." Shane yells.

"Get yar stuff and let's go! Go now! Go!" T-dog yells, "Let's go!"

"Come on!" Glenn yells, grabbing my hand and pulling me along with him. Just as we reached the door, it sealed itself. I turned around and glared at Jenner.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" I yell, pulling away from Glenn.

"No," Glenn mutters, "Did you lock us in? He just locked us in!" Glenn looked worried.

"We've hit a 30 minute window. I am recording." He mutters, looking at the computer.

"Carl!" Lori yells, as everyone ran back to the platform.

"Mom!" He runs to her.

"Ya son of a bitch!" Daryl yells, pulling away from Isis. He tried to go after Jenner, wanting to kill him.

"Shane!" Rick yells, trying to grab Daryl.

"You let us outa here!" Daryl shouts, pulling his weapon.

"No, stop. Don't!" Rick grabs Daryl.

I jumped onto the platform and grabbed the back of his shirt, "You can't do this, you can't take our choice away from us."

"It is the only way!" He yells.

"You're lying…" Carol whispers.

"No, no, no!" Rick yells.

"You don't get to decide! You can't kill me twice!" Everyone looked on in shock as smacked him. I could hear Daryl panting in anger, I could even feel it. He charged at us.

"Wait! No, no don't do it!" Everyone yelled.

"I will kill ya!" Daryl tried to jump onto the platform, but was held back by Shane and T-dog.

"Open the door," I whisper, "or I will kill you." He looked scared, but not truly afraid.

"No."

"Hey, Jenner. Open the door!" Rick yelled.

"There's no point. Everything topside is locked down." He mumbled, "The emergency exits are sealed."

"Well, open the damn thing." Dale said.

"He won't do it. He doesn't want to die alone and he is willing to take all of us with him." I hissed.

"That's not something I control. The computers do. I told you once that front door closes, it won't open again. You heard me say that. It is better this way." He sounded defeated.

"Bull Shit!" I yell, the timer continues to count down.

"What is?" Rick asks, "What happens in 28 minutes?" Jenner started to type away at the computer. "What happens-"

"Come on!" Daryl screams. Ansley attached herself to me. I wrapped my arms around her.

"-in 28 minutes?"

"You know what this place is?" Jenner yells, finally getting upset. He stood up and paced the platform, "We protected the public from very nasty stuff! Weaponized smallpox. Ebola strains that could wipe out half of the country, Stuff you don't want getting out! Ever!" He sighed, sitting down, "In the event of a catastrophic power failure…in a terrorist attack, for example…H.I.T.s are used to prevent any organisms from getting out."

"H.I.T.s?" Rick asks.

"Vi, define."

"H.I.T.s...High-impulse thermobaric fuel-air explosives consists of a two-stage aerosol ignition that produces a blast wave significantly greater power and duration that makes up every known explosive except nuclear." I recited as Vi defined.

"Oh god!" Carol cries holding onto Sophia.

"It is basically a vacuum-pressure that ignites the oxygen between 5,000 degrees and 6,000 degrees," I state. Rick, Lori, and Carl hug, "and it's used when the greatest loss of life and damage to the country isn't desired."

"It sets the air on fire." Isis says, stepping towards me.

"No pain. An end to sorrow, grief…Regret," He looked at me, "Everything," Daryl growled and threw the liquor bottle at the door.

"Don't you dare bring me into this," I pointed at him, only having one arm around Ansley, "I don't want to be a part of this, I've dealt with what you did to me."

"What did he do to you?" Isis asks.

"When I was an intern here, I got to go to a conference with him. I was young and naïve. On the last night, he invited me to his room to have a drink. I was underage, but I didn't care. He got me drunk and took advantage of me," A tear slid down my cheek, "He raped me, got me pregnant, then he made me abort it. He's already killed me." My sister looked like she was going to kill him.

"You open that goddamn door!" Daryl yells. Glenn comes up behind me and wrapped his arms around my shoulder.

"Out of my way!" Shane yells, taking a swing at the door with his axe. He grunted, not making a dent in the door.

Daryl!" T-dog threw him an axe. Glenn didn't move to do anything. My sister came and wrapped her arms around me and Ansley.

"You should've left well enough alone! It would've been so much easier." Jenner shouts.

"Easier for who?" Lori asks.

"All of you. You know what is out there… A short, brutal life and an agonizing death. Your…your sister…what was her name?" He asks Andrea.

"Jenner, don't you bring her into this!" I snap.

"Amy." She whispers.

"Amy," Jenner repeats, "You know this does. You've seen it. Is that really what you want for your wife and son?" He asks Rick.

"I don't want this!" Rick exclaims, waving his arms around. Shane and Daryl continued to take swings at the armored door.

"Can't make a dent." Shane grunted.

"Those doors are designed to withstand a rocket launcher." I said, resting my head on Ansley's head.

"Well, his head ain't!" Daryl yells, going after Jenner.

Ansley dug her head into my stomach, "I don't wanna be here anymore."

"I know, sweetie." I whisper back.

"Whoa! Whoa!" Rick, Shane, Dale, and T-Dog grabbed ahold of Daryl.

"Daryl! Daryl, stop it!" My sister yells.

"Just back up! Back up!" Rick shouts, pushing Daryl.

"You do want this." He stood up, "Last night, you said you knew it was just a matter of time before everybody you loved was dead."

"What the hell, Rick? You told us that we could make it, but then you go behind our backs and say we don't have a chance! You are a fucking hypocrite!" I yell, pushing Ansley behind me.

"What? You really said that?" Shane asks, "After all your big talk?"

"I had to keep hope alive, didn't I?" Rick asks us.

Jenner chuckled dryly, "There is no hope."

I laughed loudly, "There is no hope for you. You are a weak man, who is willing to hold innocent people hostage so he wouldn't die alone. Just because you don't have hope, doesn't mean that we don't."

"Like Ivy said, There's always hope." Rick said, "Maybe it won't be you, maybe not here, but somebody somewhere…"

"What part of 'everything is gone' do you not understand?" Andrea snaps.

Jenner looked at us, "Listen to your friend. She gets it. This is what takes us down. This is our extinction event."

"Andrea, shut the fuck up. You lost your sister, we know that. We lost her too. Stop acting like a fucking baby. We've all lost somebody, somebody we loved just as much as you loved your sister," I growl.

She glared at me, "You know nothing of lose or grief. You haven't lost anyone."

"I lost Amy too! She was my friend!" I shout, "And I have lost people. I lost my baby, my best friend, my mom, my dad. I've lost a lot, but I am still moving, still pushing forward. You can do it too."

"Enough guys!" Shane yells.

"This isn't right," Carol cries, "You can't just keep us here."

"One tiny moment…a millisecond. No pain." Jenner said softly.

"My daughter doesn't deserve to die like this." Carol whimpers.

"None of us deserve to die like this. Well, maybe Jenner." Isis hisses.

"Wouldn't it be kinder, more compassionate to just hold your loved ones and wait for the clock to run out?" Shane cocked the rifle in his hand.

"Shane, no!" Rick stepped forward, trying to stop Shane from doing something stupid.

"Out of the way Rick!" Shane pushed Rick out of the way, "Stay out of my way! Open that door or I'm gonna blow your head off. Do you hear me?"

"Just blow his brains out, I know his wives code." I state.

I was ignored, "Brother, brother, this is not the way you do this."

"We will never get out of here."

"Shane, you gotta listen to him." Lori pleads.

"It's too late. He dies, we all…"Shane started to shout as Rick tied to calm him down, "We all die, Shane!" Shane took his rife and aimed it at one of the computers. He cocked it and shot out the computer. Rick grabbed the gun and knocked Shane over.

"Are you done yet? Are you done?" Rick shouts. Ansley dug her head into my back and whimpered. Dale looked over at us and frowned.

"Yeah, I guess we all are." Shane sighs.

Rick turned to Jenner and rested his hands on his hips. "I think you're lying."

"What?" Jenner looked confused.

"You're lying about no hope. If that were true, you'd have bolted with the rest or taken the easy way out. You didn't. You chose the hard path. Why?"

"It doesn't matter."

"It does matter. It always matters. You stayed when the others ran. Why?"

"Not, because I wanted too. I made a promise…to her. My wife." Jenner pointed to the main screen.

"Test subject 19 was you wife?" Lori asks.

"She begged me to keep going as long as I could. How could I say no?" He looked upset.

"Did you tell her what you did?" I ask, he shook his head no.

"She was dying," Jenner continued, "It should've been me on that table. I wouldn't have mattered to anybody."

"True." I mutter.

"She was a loss to the world. Hell, she ran this place. I was a low level scientist here. In our field, she was an Einstein. Me? I was just Edwin Jenner. She could've done something about this. Not me." Daryl looked back at my sister, before going back to work on getting the door open.

"Your wife didn't have a choice. You do. That's…that's all we want…a choice, a chance." Rick tried to reason with Jenner.

"Let us keep trying as long as we can." Lori pleads.

"I told you topside's locked down. I can't open those." Jenner walked over the table and typed in his passcode into the keypad. The doors went up and we all raced to the door.

"Come on!" Daryl yells, pulling my sister with him.

I grabbed ahold of Ansley's hand and pulled her with me. I looked at Dale, who was watching Andrea. Glenn yelled for me to hurry. I sigh and grab Ansley hand, throwing a sad look over my shoulder at Dale.

"Let's go! Come on, let's go!" Glenn yells.

"Come on!"

"Move it! Move it! Come on, let's go."

"We're gonna get out of here, Sophia." Carol said, pulling Sophia with her.

Everyone was rushing around, trying to get to the door as quick as possible. I wanted to look back, but I couldn't bring myself to do that. I had to push Ansley in front of me, so I wasn't dragging her along. When we made it to our floor, Glenn pulled most of the bags onto himself. He only left a few bags for me, but I grabbed the guns. I had sent Ansley off to collect her and Dale's things. They didn't bring in much, so it didn't take her long to come back to me. I grabbed most of their things.

Once again, we all headed towards the stairs. We moved quickly, trying to not trip over each other. Rick was leading the pack threw the top floor door. Most of us were winded, but there were a few that weren't.

Glenn pushed to the front of the group, trying to get the door open, "It doesn't work!"

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" T yells, going over to the panel wall, "Try it! Try it! Try it now!"

Rick panicked, "Daryl!" He ran to the window. Daryl let go of my sisters hand and raised over to the window. He and Rick banged on the window, trying to break the glass.

"Come on! Come on!" Daryl chanted

I heard Carol whisper "Stay close, sweetheart" to Sophia.

"Nothing is going to work! Those windows were made to withstand a lot of damage!" I yell, pulling Ansley closer to me. She was in tears, crying for her grandfather.

"Don't say that, Ivy!" Lori yells at me.

"It's the truth!" Everyone ignored me.

"Daryl, look out!" T yells pointing at Shane, who was cocking his shotgun.

"Dog, get down! Get down!" Shane fired his gun right as T jumped out of the way.

"Why won't the glass break?" Sophia cries.

"I told you that it was made to withstand loads of damage. A shotgun blast won't work. It takes a stronger blast than that to break it." I yell.

Glenn looked at me, "You sure?"

I nod, "Yes."

Carol stepped forward, "Rick, I have something that might help." She reaches for her bag.

Shane scoffed, "Carol, I don't think a nail file's gonna do it."

"Hey, don't be an ass." I hiss, wanting to hit him.

"I found it your first morning at camp, when I was washing your uniform," Carol said, pulling something out of her bag, "I found this in your pocket." She pulls out a grenade.

"Everyone back up!" Rick yelled. I shielded Ansley, while Glenn shielded me. Rick pulled the pen and threw it at the window.

Some of us were thrown to the ground from the blast, but most of us stayed standing. The ones that landed on the ground, quickly got back to their feet.

"Come on!" Carol said to Sophia. Everyone raced to get through the broken window. Glenn helped Ansley and me through the window.

Once everyone was out of the building, we raced back the waiting cars. I threw open the back door and ushered Ansley in, "Put your blanket over your head and put your seat belt on. The blast will shake the car." She nods, doing what I said.

I slammed the door and pulled Glenn behind the Humvee, "I pray that Dale gets his ass out here. Ansley doesn't deserve to be an orphan." I whisper to him.

"Look!" Lori pointed out. Glenn and I look up to see Dale and Andrea jump through the broken window.

"Dale, Andrea get down!" I yell. They race to the sand bags, jumping over them. They had ducked down just in time. The CDC went up in flames, taking Jacqui and Jenner with it. I can honestly say that I will miss Jacqui, but I will not miss Jenner. I didn't know that I was crying until Glenn asked what was wrong.

I sighed, "I never thought that I'd get to see Jenner pay for what he did to me. Though this isn't the way I wanted it to happen, it still happened."

He didn't say anything, he just pulled me into him.

"Guys! There isn't the time for lovey-dovey crap! Get in your cars!" Shane yells.

"Walkers!" T yells, pointing the gang of walkers heading for us.

Glenn panicked and pushed me towards the driver's side door, "Come on! Come on. Get in, get in!" I pulled the door open and climbed in. I climbed into the passenger seat. Glenn climbed in after me, slamming the door shut.

We watched T usher Andrea and Dale into the RV. The others packed themselves into their rides. I had to look around to see my sister climb into Daryl's truck. I sighed in relief as she slammed the door and looked back at me. She nodded her head three times, signaling that she was alright. I copied her actions.

"Did he make it out?" Ansley asks, pulling her blanket off of her head.

I turned around to face her, "He did."

She nodded and bit her lip, "I'm glad."

"Me too, kid, me too." I agree with her, turning back to Glenn.

"I'm glad you made it out." He whispers, grabbing my hand.

I simply nod, tightening my grip on his hand. He starts the Humvee up and follows the others. I sigh and glance out the window. Walkers were starting to, in their own way, chase after us.

Where will we go now?

~A/N Hey there, Hi there, Ho there!

Sorry it took me so long to update, I've been dealing with school and work. I've been working on this chapter for like three weeks, writing when I could.

So, the first half of season 6 had me wanting to go to therapy and give up on the show. If you haven't watched it, then I suggest you do that. I need someone to talk to about it, because I have like no one to talk to. The one person I do talk to, never watched it on the right day.

I wanna thank everyone who followed this story and me! It means a lot that everyone loves this story so much. I do wish that I got more comments though. I also wanna thank the people who came from Quotev just to read this story! If you came from Quotev to read this story please leave me a comment or message telling me so. If you do, I might just dedicate a chapter to you. If you started reading this story from Fanfiction, leave a comment your favorite scene and I'll dedicate a chapter to you.

Thank you all so so much for reading!

G-V Princess

PS I finished this while having a few drinks… I did turn 21 last month, while I was procrastinating writing this chapter and the next chapter in my other story (which I still haven't started).

PSS I don't know when I will be updating this story again, because next semester I will be taking Chemistry and Biology along with my Capstone class. So, I might die…. Science really isn't my thing.