Chapter III: The Governor

A man walked into an empty warehouse and over towards another man and a woman, who were looking at a deactivated android, Aigis. He smiled and patted one of them on the shoulder.

'Nice work Tyreese.' He said.

'Thank you Governor, but it was Sasha here that spotted the pod come down.' He replied.

'What even is all this, I've never seen technology like this before.' Sasha spoke up.

'It's a weapon of some sorts, we just need to find a way to reactivate it.' The Governor looked at Aigis.

'You think we can do that?' Tyreese asked.

'Maybe, if we had a car battery or something, what's under this tie thing?' He replied.

Sasha removed the tie, revealing the one thing that made Aigis who she was, the one thing that gave her life, her Plume of Dusk. It shone brightly, so they shielded their eyes. The Governor looked in shock as he noticed what it was.

'No way, they actually came here.' He spoke up. 'I know exactly what this is now.'

'What is it?' Tyreese asked.

'Keep it under heavy guard around the clock and if it makes any sudden movements, aim for that bright spot there, that's basically its heart.' He ordered them.

'Y-yes Governor.' Sasha spoke.

The Governor walked back to his apartment and went to his private room, where he kept the heads of his victims. He opened a drawer and took out a gun, which had the letters SEES engraved on it.

'So you finally come to finish what you started, Kirijo.' He smiled.

Meanwhile, back at the prison camp, Mitsuru was stood with Fuuka in the courtyard alongside the other survivors.

'So, how do you plan on getting us this ticket out of here?' Daryl asked.

'You'll see.' Mitsuru answered. 'Don't distract her.'

Fuuka raised her evoker to her head. 'Persona.'

There was a blast of air as Fuuka summoned her persona and started scanning the area in order to make contact with the outside world.

'What the hell is this shit?' T-Dog asked, panicking.

'This is the power of persona, a power that few people awaken to.' Mitsuru explained.

'Persona?' Rick asked. 'Just what are you people?'

'Persona users, people with the potential, just like yourself Rick, Daryl, T-Dog, Beth, Glenn, Maggie, and even Carl.' She explained further. 'We've sensed it whilst we've been here with you all.'

'So we could summon one of those things?' Rick asked.

'Yeah, but chances are it'll be an attack type and you need to shoot yourself in the head with one of these, evokers.' Akihiko explained, showing them his own evoker.

'So that's why the cartridge didn't come out.' Rick came to a realisation.

'Hello, Narukami? Is that you?' She asked.

'Yeah, it's me Fuuka, you have no idea how relieved I was to hear your voice again, is everyone okay?' He asked, which everyone else could hear too.

'They're fine, we've just got established, but Aigis and Labrys are somewhere in the city.' She briefed him. 'What about your group?'

'Those things got Chie, Yukiko and Yosuke when we sent them out on a mission back to Inaba.' He explained.

'Walkers?' She asked.

'Whatever you call them, yeah.' He admitted. 'Rise and Kanji are defending the capital with me and I haven't seen anything of Teddie since this whole mess started. The rest are probably dead.'

'Sorry to hear that, we need two helicopters for evacuation through.' She requested.

'I can arrange that, but Fuuka?' He paused.

'What is it?' She asked.

'Things are getting worse, they don't stop coming, it's safe here but we don't know how long for.' He admitted to her.

'Alright, Mitsuru wants her helicopter too.' She added.

'Got it, they should be there by dawn on your end.' He informed her. 'I've got to go now though.'

Everyone went back inside and waited for dawn to arrive. However, they were awoken in the early hours by an explosion, which shook the prison, so they decided to have a look outside. Mitsuru, Yukari, Akihiko, Junpei and Fuuka led the walk to greet him, The Governor, who had just blasted the front gates open.

'Shit, now the walkers will get in!' T-Dog pointed out.

'Mitsuru Kirijo, a pleasure to finally meet you.' The Governor laughed. 'Come to put an end to things, save the world and all that fun stuff I imagine.'

'Who are you? Where did you get that evoker from?' She questioned him.

'I am but a mere pawn, The Governor.' He explained. 'The rest is none of your concern.'

'Stay back.' Akihiko told the survivors.

'Persona!' The Governor shouted.

'I summon thou!' Mitsuru shouted.

The two personas clashed in the air, kicking up the dust and dirt in the area. Rick looked around after the dust had cleared, to see that walkers were approaching the prison due to the sound of a persona being summoned and fighting.

The Governor laughed. 'This was just a warm up round. We have your little toy by the way, Aigis was it?'

'Get back here!' Yukari shouted.

'Let him go for now, we have to focus on the walkers!' Mitsuru ordered the group.

'He has Aigis, we have to give chase to him!' She protested.

'Keep your cool, Fuuka will locate them and we'll go after them once we get these people to safety.' Junpei tried to calm her down.

Walkers were pouring into the prison, so everyone took their positions and held their ground against them. They were running low on ammo and more and more just came coming, when a helicopter was heard approaching the area.

'Everyone down!' A soldier shouted.

Everyone hit the deck and mini-guns opened fire on the horde surrounding them, slaughtering every last one of them. The helicopters landed and soldiers poured out of them, gunning down the walkers and clearing a path for the survivors.

'They won't stop coming!' Rick shouted.

'You guys have to get out of here, now!' Mitsuru shouted to them.

Lori, Carol, Beth and Hershel entered one helicopter, which took off.

'What about you guys?' Rick asked.

'We'll be going after Aigis and then into the city!' She told him.

'You said some of us have the potential, right?' He asked.

'Is this really the time for that?' Yukari asked back.

'Yes, but you have to go, now!' She ordered them.

'I ain't bailing when I'm needed the most!' Daryl shouted.

'Get to the choppers and decide there!' Mitsuru ordered them.

They all backed into two choppers which took off and hovered in place whilst Fuuka tracked Aigis down to the warehouse where she was being kept.

'Are you serious about wanting to help us when you have a free ticket out of this hell?' Mitsuru asked the remaining survivors.

'If you can teach us how to use our personas, then yes.' Rick told her. 'But you need to go Carl.'

'I'm not leaving you here, I can fight.' He protested.

'I know you can, but I need you to keep an eye on your mother for me.' He told him.

'Not happening dad, if we're going to save the world, then that counts for us all, me included.' He replied.

Rick sighed. 'Fine, but any sign of danger and you're out.'

'Okay.' He agreed.

'Right, looks like we're all with you on this then.' T-Dog commented.

'I'm not calling you ma'am though.' Daryl added.

'So, how are we going to do this then?' Glenn asked.

'Our main priority is Aigis, she has an override switch which will allow her programming to be changed so she follows the command of the first person she sees, which The Governor will likely have seen by now.' Mitsuru explained.

'Why is that even a thing?' Maggie asked.

'Don't ask me, but there is a safety protocol, she will not harm her sister units, such as Labrys, and she will still recognise a Kirijo, such as myself, as a friendly presence.' Mitsuru explained further.

'So all we have to do is get you to her so you can flick the switch?' T-Dog confirmed.

'Yes, but she will likely attack you guys on sight, so you will have to stay back and work on taking down The Governor and his troops.' Mitsuru concluded.

'Right, let's do this then!' Rick shouted.