Chapter 17-Fighting

No one's P.O.V

The moon shined down on Daryl and Glenn as they walked alongside the wall towards the front of the school yard. In the field Sasha slowly moved. Doing her best to follow the two men with her rifle. Daryl and Glenn stop of the side of the building and see a guard by the cage. He looks at one of the men and spits on him. A second later a bullet goes through the back of his head and he falls to the ground. Daryl and Glenn look at the gate and see the two men on watch staring at the road. They slowly creep over to the cage. "Are you here to help us?" One asks.

"Yes, how many of them are on patrol?" Daryl asks.

"One more, he's on the other side of the building. He took one of the women."

"Where are the keys?" Glenn asks.

"He has them," The man answers.

"You wait here. Move this body so it isn't seen as easily. Wait for Sasha to take the two men on watch out," Daryl tells Glenn who nods. Daryl slowly moves by the building. He creeps his head over the side.

"Stop fighting me you bitch," The guard growls as he tears the woman's shirt. Daryl comes out and raises his crossbow as the man sees him. "What the-"

He is cut off by Daryl shooting him in the eye with his crossbow. The woman looks at Daryl who holds his finger to his lips as he walks over to them. "You okay?"

"Yes," She says. Daryl nods as he removes the bolt from the man's eye and reloads his crossbow. Daryl grabs the keys from the man's body.

"Come on, stay close," Daryl tells her and she nods as she follows him as they move back towards the cage. They get there and Daryl hands Glenn the keys. "Get these open, I'm going to take one of those guards out and Sasha should be able to hit the other."

"Alright," Glenn says. Daryl nods as he moves in front of the cages and gets about 15 feet from the men. He raises his crossbow and fires hitting one of them in the throat. The other looks at him but is quickly shot in the head falling to the ground as Daryl walks up to the gate and pulls stabs the one he shot in the neck. He grabs the keys and unlocks the gate. He pulls it open and looks at Rick as he comes out of the darkness.

"Good job," Rick says as they enter the school and walk up to Glenn as he hands out the guns. "We're here to help you, you're going to stay out here with Tyreese, Kenny, and Jane, if any of them run out, you kill them."

"We got it," One of the men say and Rick nods. "Thank you."

Rick nods as they enter the school. They go to the first door and push it opens. Oliver opens his eyes and looks at them. He sighs. "Took you guys long enough."

"Sorry," Clarke says as she walks up to him and hugs him. Followed by Octavia, Theo and Shane.

"Spread out, kill them all. I'll find Colt," Rick says.

"I'm coming with you. I made a promise, Rick. I intend on keeping it," Oliver tells Rick who nods.

"Let's end this," Rick says and they all nod as they start to split up.

Maggie, Glenn, Abraham, and Rosita enter a room and see two sleeping men and a woman. Maggie holds her hand to Glenn who slowly nods as Rosita, Abraham, and Maggie remove their knives and move towards the body. They raise their knives and stab the three people in the head. "I could have done it," Glenn whispers as Maggie removes her knife.

"I know, but if you don't have too. I don't want you too," Maggie tells Glenn who nods as they leave the room.

Tyreese pushes a door open with Sasha, Theo, and Mike behind him. Sasha and Theo walk up to the man and woman sleeping in bed and stab them in the head.

Daryl pushes a door opens and looks at Beth, Clarke, and Lee. They walk up to the bed and looks at Lucas, beside him laid Ruby. Daryl removes his knife as Lucas shoots up and pushes him in the face. "People are inside!" Lucas shouts as he grabs a gun from under his pillow and raises it at Daryl. He is shot in the shoulder by Lee as Ruby shoots up. Beth grabs her before she can grab her knife and stabs her in the stomach. Daryl grabs Lucas's shirt and stabs his knife into his chest. Lucas lets out a shaky breath as the life leaves his eyes and Beth throws Ruby to the ground. They then hear gunfire.

"They know we are here. Let's go."

Rick shoots a man in the chest. Beside him Shane raises his shotgun and shoots a man through the chest. Behind them, Oliver shoots a woman in the throat as Octavia shoots one in the heart. They push until they reach a room in the back of the school. Rick pushes the door open and they enter the room. Colt looks at them as he stands by the window holding a bag. "You're running," Oliver says.

"I have to be smart," Colt says as he goes to jump out the window. Oliver runs up to him and tackles him before he can jump. Oliver pushes him in the face three times and stands up. Colt smirks as he spits blood out. "I guess you're keeping your promise Oliver,"

"Yeah, I am," Oliver says as he raises his gun but stops. He kicks Colt in the face and pulls out a knife. He grabs Colt by his neck. "This is for everybody you killed. Who's weak now, Colt?" Oliver asks before he slits his throat. Colt chokes on his own blood as Oliver lets him go and his body falls against the floor. He stops breathing as Oliver raises his gun and shoots him in the head. "Come on."

Rick's P.O.V

The sun started to rise as Rick stepped outside of the school. Ten bodies laid on the ground. "Is everybody okay?" Rick asks.

"We're fine," Kenny says as the others start to exit the school. "We lose anybody."

"No, they didn't stand a chance," Lee says.

"Now what?" One of the men asks.

"We have a place, you can all come, start to build a life there," Daryl says. "We have to ask you all some questions. But as long as it checks out. You'll be able to come. How many of you are left?"

"25," The man says.

"Alright, let's get started."

Oliver's P.O.V

Oliver sat against the school. He looked at Sasha as she walked up to him. "How you doing?"

"I'm okay," Oliver says. "Missing a finger isn't too bad."

"You still have nine more," Sasha says with a smile as she sits down beside him.

"I forgot how bad people could be. The stories he told me, they were horrible, what he did to people. He didn't sound human but he was, he didn't care, he didn't feel remorse, he was happy to have killed the people he did."

"The world brings out the worse in people."

"That's the thing, Colt was a terrible person before the world ended, this world just allowed him to let that person out. But there are probably people worse than him."

"Probably," Sasha says. "If we cross them, we'll deal with them," Oliver nods as they sit in silence.

Daryl's P.O.V

Daryl, Rick, Glenn, Shane, and Abraham stood together after they finished talking to the prisoners. The others were gathering the supplies that Colt had. "What do you think?" Glenn asks.

"They all seem to be good people," Rick says. "If they cause problems, we'll deal with them."

"It's going to start to get cramp if we keep brining people in," Abraham says.

"We can expand, we still have a lot of houses, we can fence more in," Rick says. "This is what we do, we help people. It's who we are. We have to keep doing in for as long as we can."

"Alright, we'll load up the supplies and take them home. Tomorrow we'll start working up plans to expand," Daryl says. "He's right though, this is what we do."

"Alirght, let's get this done, I don't want to stay here any longer than we have too," Shane says as they split up.

Carl's P.O.V

Carl stood on the wall watching the roads. "You know they'll come back," Morgan says as he climbs up the ladder and stands beside the teenager.

"I know," Carl says. "I don't like being here while they are all fighting out there."

"You already remind me of your father," Morgan says. "You know, when we found him, me and my son…Daune. He was looking for you and your mother. It was all that mattered to him. When he saw Daune. He said your name, he had just woken up in a nightmare and all he cared about was finding you."

"I'm glad you found him, someone like Colt could have and who knows what would have happened," Carl says. "Thank you, Morgan. For showing him how to survive."

"Your welcome," Morgan says. "Being honest, I considered killing him after Daune hit him with that shovel. I'm glad I didn't."

"Me too," Carl says as they stare at the road in silence.

Rick's P.O.V

Rick stood in front of the prisoners after they had finished loading all the supplies. "We're ready to go but I need to say something first. We're giving you a chance here. A chance at a real life in this world. Don't be stupid, cause you won't get a second chance, you do something to hurt us, to destroy our home. I promise you I will kill you. Does everybody understand?" They nod. "All right then, let's go home."

Joan's P.O.V

That night Joan sat in her office inside of Richmond. She stared out of the windows and onto the streets. She looks at the door as she hears a knock. "Come in," She says. The door opens and her lieutenant Badger walkers in. "What did you find?"

"They are all dead," Badger says. "I sent a squad there, they just got there. They were walkers. Colt was dead in his room. His throat slashed and a bullet in his head."

"It seems like this group was too much for him," Joan says as she turns and looks at Badger. "Find them, find out who they are and where they live. They have all his supplies and they must be strong, they will either join us or they will die."

Badger nods as he leaves the room.

Thanks for reading. That is the end of the Colt saga. There are going to be a few chapters before we go into the next one. But I am pretty excited for it and we're going to be starting the flashbacks up and soon we'll also be introducing another side story. As always suggestions, ideas, and feedback are welcomed. Until next time.