Walking Dead: Building Your Own Hope

Chapter 20 of my Walking Dead story, the final chapter of this season, enjoy.

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Season 3: Episode 20

"Dad, I'm telling, Jamie is gone. He was supposed to come around hours ago." Carl was saying frantically. "Now you're telling me this…"

Rick sighed and shook his head. "I was hoping you'd do what you usually do and warn your friends, but this…"

Carl quickly cut in. "Dad, that's...listen, what if Jamie-"

"Who, whoa, Carl...we need to think about this, consider all possibilities." Rick said quickly, but warily.

It was clear he was afraid of the same thing Carl was, Carl could see that but was trying to stay positive, if only to stave off the fear from consuming him. At that moment the doorbell rang and Lori, who had been watching the exchange between her husband and son worriedly, hurried to answer it.

"Dad...What if, I mean, where could Jamie be, if he is alright, I mean?" Carl asked at last.

Rick sighed and was honest. "I don't know, and that's what scares me…"

"Marissa?" Lori's voice suddenly sounded.

Father and son both turned to the door of the living where Lori was returning, looking rather startled as she led a frantic looking Marissa Garland inside, she had dust in her clothes and on her knees, her eyes were wide and fearful.

"Marissa, what-?" Rick began.

She burst out at once. "Mr. Grimes, it's Andrew, he's been kidnapped. Weird guys showed up and tried to grab us, he...he helped me hide but then he got caught, they took him away and said there were others, that they would get them and get revenge."

Rick tried to calm her down. "Whoa, whoa, Marissa, please. Calm down, focus, now...talk to me."

Marissa swallowed and began trying to explain, while Carl grew even more frantic due to his worries for Jamie.

Rick grimaced, this was not good, based on what Marissa had explained to them, Andrew had been kidnapped and given how nobody else had seen him, it seemed likely that Jamie had been kidnapped too. Michonne had come around and they shared everything they could with her.

"This is really bad." Michonne said darkly. "This sounds like the Saviours alright."

"What?" Rick burst out. "But this is-"

Michonne shook her head. "They're quick to act, we caught most of them but remember, six of them, including Negan are still out there...they've jumped in to get revenge for us dismantling their little group."

"God, god no…" Rick gasped. "Then, the phone call I just got...they got three."

"Three, Jamie McIntyre, Andrew Pierce and who, who is the third?" Michonne gasped in horror.

Rick swallowed. "I just had Hershel Greene on the phone, there were signs of a break-in and a struggle at his home...and Beth is missing."

"Beth Greene...God, this is not good." Michonne growled. "We…"

She stopped at that moment, startled by her phone suddenly ringing. Shaking her head she pulled it out and, confused for a minute, she quickly put it on speaker phone.

"Hello?"

"Well hello, Agent Hawthorne." The drawling voice of Negan came through the phone.

Everybody present shared shocked looks.

"What is this, you-?" Michonne began.

Negan cut her off and explained. "You'll all have discovered by now, you all destroyed my business, my hard work, keeping things secure, we only ever did what we had to but you still destroyed us, so now we have no choice. You took so much from me, so now I've taken some precious things for you. It's unfortunate, but still, business is business and justice is balance."

With that he hung up, before anyone could have said anything.

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Hanging up the phone, Negan shook his head and turned away, he nodded to the five remaining men he had with him. He then walked through the door into the next room of the safe house. There, still securely bound, hoods still over their heads, Jamie, Andrew and Beth squirmed against their bonds and were making no sounds behind heavy, frantic breathing. Negan shook his head.

"You can thank Officer Grimes and Agent Hawthorne for this, if they hadn't wrecked my family, I wouldn't be doing this to any of theirs or ones they care about." He remarked casually.

As he said this he pulled the cover off a nearby table, revealing the tools for torture that lay on it.

"Now, let's get started."

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.