"How'd it happen?" I asked Rick as I started to clean the stab wound on his shoulder.
"Did I ever tell you about my first few days after waking up from the coma?" He asked.
"No I think I went to bed before you told everyone." I said as I put a line of thread through a needle.
"Well I meet this man. Morgan and his boy. They helped me. Told me what was happening taught me how to kill the walkers." He said
"I was supposed to meet them in Atlanta once I found out if it was safe or not." He said. "But he never came. The walkie talkie we were communicating through was crap. Anyway we lost contact. I found him today. He's crazy didn't recognize me and tried to kill me."
"That's awful" I whispered as I started to stitch his wound.
"It is. He was a good man." Rick said wincing at the needle going through his skin.
"And his son?" I asked.
"Dead. He got bit." Rick said looking down.
I wrapped his shoulder again and started to clean up the supplies.
"Thank you" Rick said putting on his shirt.
"Your welcome" I said "it reminds me of the first time we met. Instead I was patching up a gun wound." I said with a laugh.
"Yeah well hopefully you won't have to patch up a gun wound on me again." He said standing up.
"Let's hope" I said back and he turned and left.
. . .
"Be careful Rick you don't know what the governor could be hiding." I said before the men led to meet with the governor.
"I will." He said.
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?" I asked rubbing my hands on my pants.
"I'm sure I need you and Glenn to keep this place under control." He said
"Ok" I said before he walked off.
Daryl was walking past me he gave me a nod which I returned.
"Hey" I called causing him to stop and look at me. I walked up to him and gave him a quick hug.
"Be safe ok?" I said. He gave me a nod and walked off.
. . .
"If anyone gets pinned down we need to make sure they have plenty of ammo." Glenn said as we were all loading the guns with the ammo and other weapons Rick, Michonne and Carl had found.
"I'm gonna go work on the cage outside" Glenn said before walking off but Merle's voice stopped him.
"What we should be doing is loading some of this firepower into a truck and paying a visit to the governor." Merle said gesturing to the table.
"You suggesting we just go in and kill him?" Glenn asked.
"Yeah I am" Merle said leaning on the door way.
"We told Rick and Daryl we'd stay put" Michonne said looking pissed.
"I changed my mind sweetheart" Merle said. " being on the sideline with my brother out there doesn't sit right with me."
"The three of them are right in the middle of it. They'd have no idea were coming they could get taken hostage or killed. A thousand things can go wrong." Glenn said
"And they will" Merle said.
"My dad can take care of himself." Carl said getting fed up with Merle.
"Sorry son but your dad's head can be on a pike real soon" Merle said.
"Merle." I said harshly at him
"Don't say that to him" Maggie said as she loaded a magazine.
"Its not the right move." Glenn said. "Its too much of risk. I'm not going to risk putting them in the crossfire. That my final decision on it."
"Well last I'd check you aren't the only in charge here." Merle called before Glenn could walk out.
"What?" Glenn said walking toward Merle.
"I know Rick left little doc here in charge with ya." Merle said pointing to me. "So I say she also has a choice in the matter in what we should do."
Glenn looked at me with shock and shook his head.
"She agrees with me." Glenn said
"Don't be to sure." Merle said smiling at me.
"You can't be serious Eva." Glenn said walking toward me.
I sighed and put down the magazine I was loading.
"I'm not going to lie it's a smart plan" I said Glenn quickly opened up his mouth but I put my hand up and he closed it. "But we did give Rick our word that we'd stay put. And even though he's not here he is still our leader and I won't go back on my word."
"Then its settled. We stay put." Glenn said looking at me. I nodded and he walked off.
. . .
"What the hell was the Merle.?" I said stepping into the dining area.
"What?" Merle said.
"Fighting with Glenn and then trying to go off on your own? Are you crazy?" I said.
"Look just because you stopped caring about Daryl don't me I did." He said getting up. He tried to walk past me but my hand shot out and I smacked him right in the middle of his chest causing him to step back.
"Don't you say I don't care about Daryl you know damn well I do." I said anger clear in my voice.
"Then why the hell would you let him go off like that?" Merle asked.
"Because I know he can take care of himself and he wouldn't want me babying him" I said.
"Pfft if you cared a lick about him you'd forgive him and get back with him." Merle said before walking off.
. . .
"Let's get inside!" Rick called to all of us that had ran out when we heard Daryl's bike.
We were all in the cellblock when Rick started talking.
"So I met this governor." Rick started. "Sat with him for quite a while."
"Just the two of you?" Merle asked to which Rick nodded.
"Should have gone while we had the chance bro." Merle said as he walked past Glenn.
"He wants the prison" Rick said and Daryl moved closer to me. "He wants us gone. Dead. He wants us dead. For what we did to Woodbury." Rick stopped and look at all of us. I don't know when it happened but my hand found Daryl's and he squeezed it tight.
"We're going to war."
. . .
*in Woodbury.*
"Andrea can I speak with you a moment?" Milton asked.
Andrea turned and looked at him.
"Yeah?" She said.
"I was speaking to the man with the one leg. Hershel." Milton said.
"Ok?" Andrea said.
"He told me of a young women who is immune to the virus. Said her name was Eva" Milton said.
"What? Is that even possible?" Andrea asked doubt filling her voice.
"I don't know but if what he said was true she could be the answer to this all." Milton said.
"So what do you want to do? She won't leave them. She's too loyal" Andrea said.
"We have to take her. Before the governor kills them" Milton said.
. . .
AN: hope y'all enjoyed!