Chapter 114-Warnings

One week later

Daryl's P.O.V

Daryl walked outside of his cabin and headed over to the firing range they had made for the kids. He crossed his arms and watches as John shows the kids how to aim their guns, giving kind but firm instructions on the danger of them.

"They'll be better than us by the end of the week," Dwight says with a smirk as he walks up to him, looking at this sight.

"They're old enough to learn," Daryl replied. "Judith already knows how to shoot, hell she's a better shot than most adults. They are getting better each day, I mean hell They're already carrying knives."

"I'm surprised you aren't teaching them how to track and shoot a bow." Dwight snorted.

"I have," Daryl says with a smirk making Dwight chuckle. "I just did it away from you, so you didn't take the crossbows."

"Are you ever going to let that go?" Dwight asks Daryl tiredly, who shakes his head before changing the subject

"You still going on the run with Troy, Dorie, Alden, Charlie, and Rachel?"

"Yeah, Laura was going to go, but Troy stopped her. She's four months along. You would think she could still go out." Dwight says.

"I don't blame him. Alicia almost killed me when she was pregnant, but that reminds me. I needed to talk to Eugene, I think these places are starting to run dry." Daryl says.

"I'll go get ready and tell him," Dwight says.

Daryl nods as he walks away saying "He said something about fixing a radio to see if there are areas outside Virginia. Need to check to see how that's goin'."

Jesus's P.O.V

Jesus walked with Arya along the walls of Alexandria, Arya balancing herself on the edge. "Do you miss it?" Arya asks Jesus, who looks at her. "Hilltop? Doing runs?"

"I still do runs!" Jesus says defensively.

"Not as many, don't know how you could cope. it's boring" Arya pouted, easily keeping her balance.

"I have a family now, Arya. A husband and a daughter, I need to stay alive for them. When you get married and have kids, you'll understand." Jesus tried to explain to the still often rambunctious teen.

"My Dad said I'm not allowed to date until I'm thirty," Arya says with a smirk.

Jesus laughs as they see a walker coming toward them. "Yours," Jesus says.

Arya smiles as she pulls her knife out and throws it into the walker's head, landing between it's eyes with ease "AHA! YES!" She pumped her fist excitedly.

"Good job," He laughed again as she pulls her knife out. "One more circle?" He asks Arya, who nods and followed him.

Arat P.O.V

Arat walked through the Sanctuary and looked at Reilly as he watched Brandon talk with another savior. "You still worried about him? He hasn't done anything since Negan talked with him." Arat says.

"I know, but if he's just holding it back or trying to get more people to his cause. We could have another Jed situation on our hands." Reilly says.

"They know who their leader is. You are the leader of the Saviors, and anybody who tries to stop us is going to lose." Arat says as she lays her hand on his cheek. "Okay?"

"Okay," Reilly says as he kisses his wife. "I love you."

"I love you too."

Nick's P.O.V

Nick walked through the Kingdom and looked at Ezekiel. "The repairs going good?" He asks Ezekiel.

Ezekiel thanked the Heavens that the pipes were able to be caught in time and with the amount of resources from Hilltop and the other communities, Earl was able to weld a great amount of steel to the areas. For now it seemed to be holding and Ezekiel couldn't thank him and Carl enough for it.

"They are going great. The Kingdom still has many years. Where's Mo?" Ezekiel asks, looking around.

"He is with Sherry and Jerry." Nick says. "Where is Carol?"

"I don't know or wish to ask," Ezekiel says with a smirk. "She scares me, man. I let her do what she wants and doesn't need an old man like me hovering around her."

"I get it. My wife scares the hell out of me as well." Nick says. The two men share a look and start to laugh. "At least we know we'll be safe if anybody tries to kill us. Our wives will protect us."

The two men continue to laugh.

Carol's P.O.V

Carol watched Nick and Ezekiel with a smile as she lounged on the porch looking over the Kingdom, having done another round of the pipes to ensure the welds were holding and the boiler was holding up. "What are they laughing about?" Henry asks as he walks up to her.

"I don't know." Carol says. "But it's nice to see people laugh. We better enjoy this day, the fair is soon, and that is going to take a lot of preparation."

Henry beamed "Oh yeah, you said it's also to celebrate Christmas right?"

Carol grinned at him, ruffing his head "That's right, last week was Thanksgiving and this one is Christmas. The Fair is supposed to commemorate that."

"Awesome!" Henry grinned then suddenly looked a bit nervous. "Uh, Mom. Can we go to Alexandria before we start?"

"Why?" Carol asks as she raised a brow at him.

"I'm thinking about becoming a blacksmith after what almost happened, and I know Carl has one over there." Henry says.

"Wouldn't it make more sense for Earl? He was the one who taught Carl, " Carol blinked, confused.

"I know. I just like Alexandria more." Henry says before he walks away.

Carol smirks as Jerry came up "My Queen the Boiler seems to be holding up- What's with the smirk?"

"That boy has a crush on the wrong girl. Either she'll tear her apart, or Negan will." Carol says gesturing to her retreating son.

Jerry beamed "Awwwww young love."

"Your saying I'm not young?"

Looking at her wide-eyed, he sputtered "Oh uh no My Queen Just uh...your as young as you feel?"

"Good answer."

Troy's P.O.V

Troy stops the truck outside of a warehouse on the outskirts of one of the DC Suburbs He looks at the others as they climb out. "If Eugene is right, there should be a stockpile of fuel here, and we need it." Troy says as he looks at Dorie and Dwight. "We'll take the front. Alden, Charlie, and Rachel take the back," Troy tells the three of them, who nod as they walk away. Troy walks up to the front door and hits it, waiting to see if Walkers come.

Grimacing, Dorie said to them "Better hope this works, these places I think are getting scarce."

Dwight said "Relax, Eugene planned for this. He says he has an idea for trying to get areas outside Virginia."

"Hope so." Troy shook his head and shouldered his gun nervously.

"Laura is going to kill you before she has the baby, ya know" Dorie says with a smirk.

"She needs to be safe!" Troy argued "I mean I got support!"

Dorie rolled his eyes "Support from Negan doesn't mean anything since your still intimidated by the man."

"You and Amanda ever going to try, Dwight?" Troy asked, clearly trying to change the subject.

"We haven't really talked about it, I mean we're happy as we are don't need to get kids to do that." Dwight says. "Maybe we will soon if things stay as they are."

Troy nods as a walker hits the door. "Sounds like a few of them." Troy says as he pulls out his knife, Dorie pulls out his as well, and Dwight withdraws his machete. Troy pulls the door open and stabs the first walker in the head, and takes a step back as three more come out. Dorie stabs one in the eye as Dwight cuts the head off of another, and Troy stabs the last one in the head. Troy pulls outside his flashlight and heads into the warehouse, with the other two following him. They walk through the warehouse in silence until they hear footsteps. Troy pulls out his gun as Alden, Charlie, and Rachel walk around the corner.

"We found them," Alden says with a smirk as he leads them to the back of the ware, where they were a couple of drums of fuel. "Probably more around here."

"Then let's keep looking, this is a godsend," Troy says.

Laura's P.O.V

Laura looks at Negan as he walks up to her with a grin as she was sitting on her porch with a scowl. "I'll punch you," She tells him.

Stopping, he looked at her with a chuckle "Aait what the fuck did I do?"

"Did you scare him to leave me here?"

"He's just trying to protect you, that's all. And no I didn't." Negan explained as he sat in front of her.

"Of course, you don't have a problem with it. You would keep me in here forever if you could. Regardless of if I am pregnant." Laura said aggravated, making him chuckle.

"You aren't wrong." Negan admitted, causing her to draw back in surprise. "I promised on your Dad's grave to protect you. That would be the best way to do it. If he found out I was putting his grand kid in danger he'd come from the dead and woop my ass from here to Texas."

"I don't think that means keeping me prisoner," Laura replies, then her face fell and clutched her stomach. "I wish he could see this. And meet them."

"I wish he could see he too, but he would be proud of what we have built." Negan says as he lays his hand on her shoulder. "How about you come to help me clear out the trench?"

"Fine, but this isn't over." Laura mumbles as she follows him out.

Earl's P.O.V

Earl drives a car into Alexandria with Tammy and Kenneth in it. He stops by the church and climbs out. "Hey, the museum is in Washington!" Carl says as he walks up to him with a grin.

"That's pretty far. The graveyard, on the other hand, is only about a minute's walk from here. Do you want me to show it to you?" Earl asks with a smile.

"Been there enough. I can show it to you. All fossils end up in the dirt anyways."

"Come here, you asshole." Earl says to Carl, who laughs as he hugs him, but then He smacks Carl on the head.

"Ow!" Carl yelped, looking at him.

"Treat your elders with respect."

"What are you guys doing here?" Carl asks as he lets the older man go.

"Tammy wanted to check on Enid," Earl says as his wife walks away from them in a hurry. "I need the break, she won't stop talking about how she is going to spoil the hell out of that kid."

"You two wanna come with us?" Carl asks. "A few of us are heading into the woods. We're going to clear the traps near Alexandria."

"Sounds good! Kenneth make sure your mother doesn't suffocate Carl's lady." Earl says as he looks at Kenneth.

Kenneth looked at his Dad agape "Wait that's the more dangerous job why do I-"

Earl gave him a stern look "Cause I'm your Father and I said so."

Kenneth frowned and hurried after his mother.

Enid's P.O.V

Enid sat on the couch inside their house. She looked at Tammy as she walked inside. "Hey, sweetheart." Tammy says with a warm smile. "How are you feeling?"

"Like I might kill Carl for doing this to me, and finally a moment of peace without Arya bouncing all over the place. She's already coming up with a list of stuff for her 'little brother' to do" Enid says with a groan.

"Oh! It's a Boy?"

Enid rubbed her stomach "According to Lily and Siddiq."

"Well you wanted it." Tammy says with a smile. "I promise you, the ending is worse. Think about Arya you did say she's excited yes?"

"Doesn't help." Enid says. "If this child is like her wild sister, I'm moving to the woods."

Tammy chuckles as she walks into the kitchen and fills up a glass of water that she takes to Enid. "Don't worry. I'm here to take care of you, sweetheart."

"You're going to have to fight Michonne for that. She's been, my caretaker."

"I guess I'll have to make sure my grandchild likes me more than," Tammy says with a smile, making Enid chuckle. "Let's get you some pillows."

Kenneth soon entered the house "Mom-"

"OH dear there you are can you get some pillows from the other room?"

Enid gave the younger man a look that it was better to do what she said, causing him to sigh "Yes Mom."

Carl's P.O.V

Carl, Jesus, Arya, Judith, Rick, Gabriel, Eugene, and Earl walked through the woods on one of their usual patrol routes. "You sure we should have brought her out here?" Carl asks as he looks at his sister ahead of them with obvious concern.

Judith currently talking to Eugene, the awkward older man pointing out areas on the map and seemed to have his face scrunched in thought.

"She'll be fine, Carl," Rick says with a smirk as he looks at his son. "She's a good shot, and she knows how to kill a walker."

"I know." Carl says. "I just see the baby that I would carry around at the prison."

"Daryl sees the same thing, don't worry. He still calls her little ass-kicker." Rick says with a grin.

"He can call her whatever he wants. He saved her that day. He got that formula," Carl Smiled.

"I don't have a problem with it. It's Michonne who does. She says that he shouldn't cuss in front of the girls." Rick says with a chuckle.

Jesus added "He'll listen. I think Arya's the worse of it."

Then he stopped as he held a hand up, causing them to stop, causing Gabriel to look worried "Paul? What is it?"

After a moment, they heard it. Shouting in the distance.

"Daddy come on!" Judith says as she motions them forward. Rick looks at Carl, who nods as they run through the woods. They enter a clearing a see a group of people being surrounded by the walkers. They withdraw their guns and start to shoot at the walkers making a path out. "This way!" Judith shouts. The group runs through the clearing and looks at the group. The woman in the front looks at Carl, who is at the front of the group.

"Who are you?"

"Carl. Carl Grimes."

Troy's P.O.V

Troy grins as he drives the truck down the road. "We did good today, guys. This should give us enough fool for another few months!"

Charlie took the map out and marked it down, the map filled to the brim with X's "Shit This lasted us a while but I think we scavenged everything we can."

Hearing this, Rachel held her hand "Hey we'll survive. We always do."

Looking over the window, Troy saw a lone figure walking. Shrugging he was about to pass it by when he heard a shout.

"Troy, stop!"

Almost coming to a complete stop, he looked at Dwight bewildered "What? D what's-"

Dwight pointed. "That's not a walker."

Troy blinked, then looked over as he stops the car behind the woman who he saw was covered head to toe in blood and seemed to be just wandering in a daze down the road now. "You two stay in the car." He tells Charlie and Rachel as the other four get out.

Rachel looked out the window as she gasped "Holy s***!"

"We are the end," The woman was mumbling over and over as the group cautiously approached her, guns were drawn.

"Ma'am?" Alden says as he walks in front of the woman covered in blood. Then he froze in horror as he was able to recognize the mumbling terrified woman through the blood "Kathy?"

They came around to look at the Oceanside leader, who stares at them with eyes filled with fear, Troy looking her up and down "Kathy, what happened? Why aren't you at Oceanside?"

Dwight looked at Troy agape "Never mind Oceanside she looks like she's been through hell!"

"They're all dead. They came, they spoke."

"Who came? Who spoke?" Dorie asks, a clear sense of unease on his face

"The end came. The walkers were talking. We're all going to die. The New World is gone, they're coming, they're coming." She just babbled.

Then just put a finger to her lips in a hushing gesture.

Thanks for reading. The war has officially started. The next chapter will show what happened to Oceanside. I focused on a lot of different characters in this chapter and it was really fun. As always, suggestions, ideas, and feedback are welcomed. Until next time.