Surviving the Dead
"Henry I need you to calm down, we're trying to help" Hershel tells him as me and Glenn help get the air bag tool into his throat and Hershel started squeezing it to get air into Henry's lungs, I couldn't help but cough and Hershel looked at me, "Drink some of that. Both of you. Some council meeting, huh?"
"We're two members short." I told him then took a drink of my tea
"I think we should make some new rules before they get back. I hereby declare we have spaghetti Tuesdays every Wednesday," He says and I raised my eyebrow at him, "First we have to find some spaghetti." he adds and I couldn't help but give a small smile, "You okay to take over?" He asked me and I nodded, "Every five to six seconds, squeeze. You start feeling lightheaded, grab somebody else to take over. We'll take it in shifts. You want to help me go on my rounds?" He asked Glenn
"Yeah."
"Come on. Come on, Sasha. You know how to fight. Just hold on. Just hold on. Don't give up on me, now." I hear Heshel say and I slowly walk over to where he is kneeling next to her.
"How can I help?" I asked him and he turned to face me
"Get her on her side" He answered and I used the wall to brace myself and got down turning her on her side
After he worked on her I put a pillow under her head as she laid on the ground in her cell and she slowly started to open her eyes
"Welcome back." Hershel said to her
"I passed out?"
"You were dehydrated. Being a hero takes a lot out of you." He told her
"You should know. I thought you were an idiot to come in here. I mean, I was sure you were just gonna be a dead foolish man." She tells him and I gave a light chuckle
"I can't tell if that's a compliment."
"I don't know what I'm saying. I must have hit my head. I don't believe in magic or luck. I do the math and I don't gamble. But I don't know if I'd be here right now if you weren't so damn stupid." She says
"You know what? I'm gonna take that as a compliment."
I was laying down in my bed when I heard screaming then shortly after a gunshot, I got out of the bed as quickly as I could then made my way out and looked over the railing to see two walkers down below and one had Hershel to the ground. I headed to the stairs and made my way down with my body on autopilot, I grabbed the walker on Hershel and killed it, he slowly sat up and I went to the one that was attacking another guy and killed it as well. I looked at Hershel as he stood up and we both looked up to see Lizzie leading one away.
Hershel went up the stairs and I walked over to the guy that was just attacked and stabbed his head when I hear Lizzie scream. I made my way up the stairs to see Hershel throw Henry onto the wire net that was there.
"You okay?" He asked her and I walked over
"I called him nice. He didn't scratch Glenn. I thought maybe he listens."
"Lizzy, where is Glenn?" Hershel asked
"His cell." She replies and I move to Glenn's cell to see him on the floor then Hershel comes in
"Hold on Glenn, hold on." He tells him, "Samantha get him on his side." He tells me and walks away again
I hear shots go off then Glenn started gagging and wheezing, "Hershel!" I yelled and he came back in
"Hold on, Glenn. We have something. We still have it." He says and walks out after a few minutes Maggie rushes in and holds Glenn's head
"He's turning blue!" She yelled at Hershel
"Clear his airway. I'm on the way." He says then comes into the cell, "Roll him on his back." We do so and Glenn keeps gagging, "Hold his arms down." He tells us and Maggie holds one side while I hold the other, "Come on, son. Come on. You know how this works. Just relax. Stay with us. Stay with us..." He says to Glenn and inserts the tube into his throat and pumps the bag, "Stay with us." The gasping stops and Glenn relaxes, I sigh in relief and lean back against the bed
"You're gonna be okay. We're gonna be okay." Maggie tells him and smiles at me
"I didn't want you in here." Hershel said to her
"I know. I had to. Just like you. Daddy."
I see Lizzie walk over to the cell and Hershel looks at her, "I told you to stay put."
"Is it over?" She asked and I stood up moving over to her
"I hope so, honey." I say putting my hand on her shoulder
Daryl's POV...
We pull up to the prison and before Michonne stopped the van Tyresse opens the door and we see Rick standing there.
"Sasha? How's Sasha?" Tyresse asked him
"I don't know, I'm sorry."
"Get in there we got this" I tell him and he runs to the prison, "Sammie?" I asked Rick
"I-I'm not sure. Go." He tells me and I nod running after Tyresse.
I reached the block and saw Sammie shutting a cell door then she turned and saw me, "Well there's timing." She said with a weak smile and I went to move towards her wrapping her in my arms, "You could get sick."
"Don' care." I tell her and she hugs me back, "I love you baby sis" I tell her and she looks at me
"I love you too big brother."
"How's Glenn doing?" Tyresse asked Hershel as we got out of the truck hauling our dead
"He made it through the night. He's breathing on his own now. Maggie and Bob are with him. He seems stable enough for me to get some air."
"He's a tough son of a bitch." I tell him
"He is."
"You're a tough son of a bitch." I said as well
"I am, your sister is tough to, must be genetic." He tells me and I smile a little
"How about Carol? She up in A block with Lizzy?" I asked him
"No. Talk to Rick about her." He said and I look at him confused, "She's okay, just talk to him."
"Man, you couldn't have waited till we got back?" I asked Rick as I paced
"Until Tyreese got back?" He asked me
"I could've handled that." I tell him
"Hey. Hey. She killed two of our own. She couldn't be here. What if would have been Sam?" He asked me and I looked at him, that was a low blow, "She's gonna be all right. She has a car, supplies, weapons. She's a survivor."
"Stop saying that like you don't believe it."
"She did it. She said it was for us. That's how it was in her head. She wasn't sorry." He says
"Man, that's her, but that ain't her. What are we supposed to do about those two girls?" I asked him
"I told her we'd look after them. I haven't told Tyresse yet. I don't know how he's gonna take it."
"Let's go find out." I tell him
Samantha's POV...
I was feeling a whole lot better now that we got the medicine we needed and I walked into Glenn's cell, "How are you feelin'?" I asked sitting next to him
"Better, you?"
"Tons, Hershel said I should be able to leave here today." I tell him and he smiled
"Lucky you, must be the Dixon blood." He says and I smile
"Must be. You get some rest now that way you can get out of here too." I stand up and walk out of his cell as Maggie walks back with some water, I give her a smile putting my hand on her arm and walked out
I was in my cell and as I finished changing there was an explosion, I quickly made my way out of the prison and met up with the others at the fence looking out into the field to see the Governor there with a tank and some people.
"Rick! Come down here. We need to talk."
"It's not up to me. There's a council now. They run this place." Rick told him
"Is Hershel on the council?" He asked and I see Hershel get brought out and forced to kneel on the ground, I looked at Maggie and Beth as they started to panic and put my hand on Beth's shoulder, "What about Michonne? She on the council, too?" He asked again and I saw Michonne get brought out as well
"I don't make decisions anymore."
"You're making the decisions today, Rick. Come down here. Let's... Let's have that talk." The Governor tells him
I see Rick and Daryl exchange a look then Rick looks at Carl putting his hand on his head, "We can do this. All right?" He whispers to him and Carl nods his head, Rick heads towards the gate walking out and I put my hand on Carl's shoulder
"We can't take 'em all on. We'll go through the admin building, through the woods like we planned. We ain't got the numbers no more. When's the last time someone checked the stash on the bus?" Daryl asked
"Day before we hit the Big Spot. We were running low on rations then. We're lower now." Sasha tells him
"Yeah, we'll manage. Things go south, everyone heads for that bus. Let everybody know. " He says and looks at me.
"What if everybody doesn't know when things go bad? How long do we wait?" Tyresse asked him
"As long as we can." He moves over to me, "Go get everyone and tell them to prepare then get on the bus."
I shook my head, "No I'm staying here."
"Sammie-"
"No Daryl, we already lost Merle I ain't losing you too." I said and he hesitated then nodded
"Stay by me."
"Let 'em go right now. I'll stay down here. Talk as long as you want. But you let 'em go. You got a tank. You don't need hostages." I hear Rick say and I look down at them
"I do. This is just to show you I'm serious. Not to blast a hole in our new home. You and your people, you have till sundown to get out of here or they die."
"Doesn't have to go down this way." Rick says
"I got more people, more firepower. We need this prison. There it is."
"It's not about the past. It's about right now. There are children here. Some of them are sick. They won't survive." Rick pleaded
"I have a tank. And I'm letting you walk away from here. What else is there to talk about?" The Governor asked him and Daryl wheels the gun cart over to us handing them out then gives me one, I aim mine through the fence and wait.
"I could shoot you all. You'd all shoot back. I know that. But we'll win and you'll be dead. All of you."
"Doesn't have to be like that." Rick tells him
"Like I said, it's your choice." I see a walker get closer to them and the Governor shoots it, "Noise will only draw more of them over. The longer you wait, the harder it will be for you to get out of here."
"We got to do something." Carl said to Daryl from next to him
"Your dad's got it."
"They're talking, we could kill the Governor right now." Carl points out
"From 50 yards?" I asked him
"I'm a good shot. I could end this right now."
"Yeah, or you could start something else. You got to trust him." Daryl said
"You got maybe about an hour of sunlight left. I suggest you start packing. The longer you wait, the harder it's gonna be for you to get out of here." The Governor says to Rick and I focus my scope on him
"We can all- we can all live together. There's enough room for all of us." Rick pleaded
"More than enough. But I don't think my family would sleep well knowing that you were under the same roof."
"We'd live in different cell blocks. We'd never have to see each other till we're all ready." Rick adds
"It could work. You know it could." I hear Hershel say
"It could've. But it can't. Not after Woodbury. Not after Andrea." The Governor said and I tightened the grip on my gun, I was never really close to Andrea, but that doesn't mean I wasn't sad about her death
"Look, I'm not saying it's gonna be easy. Fact is, it's gonna be a hell of a lot harder than standing here shooting at each other. But I don't think we have a choice." Rick says to him
"We don't. You do."
"We're not leaving. You try and force us, we'll fight back. Like you said, the gunshots will just bring more of them out. They'll take down the fences. Without the fences, this place is worthless. Now, we can all live in the prison or none of us can." Rick tells him and the Governer gets off the take and grabs Michonne's sword from a guy moving over to Hershel holding it at his neck and I clenched my jaw
"You. You in the ponytails. Is this what you want? Is this what any of you want?" Rick asked the other people
"What we want is what you got. Period. Time for you to leave, asshole." The guy in the tank tells him
"Look, I fought him before. And after, we took in his old friends. They've become leaders in what we have here. Now you put down your weapons, walk through those gates... you're one of us. We let go of all of it, and nobody dies. Everyone who's alive right now. Everyone who's made it this far. We've all done the worst kinds of things just to stay alive. But we can still come back. We're not too far gone. We get to come back. I know... we all can change." Rick tells him and the Governor moves the sword away from Hershel's neck but then looks at Rick
"Liar." He says and swings the sword to Hershel's neck slicing it
"No!" Rick shouted and fired his gun
"Ah!" I screamed and fired mine along with Daryl and Carl and the others shot back
"Daddy!" I hear Beth yell and I continued shooting killing a couple of people then the tank started to move forward going through the fence, Daryl grabs my arm and we move over to a part of the fence that was boarded by wood and continue firing.
"Get to the bus!" Daryl tells me
"No! I'm staying!" I said and continued as the tank got into the yard, I killed a couple more people when it fired hitting more of the prison. As Daryl reloaded I covered him and suddenly a walker appears next to me, I stopped shooting and grabbed on of Daryl's bolts killing it, he takes the walker and moves forward.
"Stay here!" He says and I cover him, the other guys shoot his walker and he drops it, more walkers appear behind me and I fire at them as well then back at the others, "Sammie get to that bus now!" He ordered
"Not without you!" I tell him
"Damn it I don't have time to argue now go!"
I hesitated and looked at him, "You better be right behind me or I'm coming back here and dragging you out!" I tell him and make my way to the bus firing my gun at the same time, when I got to the spot where the bus was I saw that it had left and I felt my heart sink, I looked back and saw Daryl and Beth running, I went to move towards them but walkers blocked me and I went the other direction towards the field, I saw a truck there and a guy behind the door, I shot him and got in driving it away. I looked back at the prison and saw the flames and smoke, our home was gone and right now I needed to find my brother.