It's been 2 weeks since Terminus, the group has been on foot ever since.
But then they heard cries of help.
"Did ya'll hear that?" Abraham asked.
They looked over to the right side of the road and saw a black man looking like a priest stuck on a high rock surrounded by walkers.
"I'll take care of that." Mike said and pulled his Machete out and stabbed the walkers quietly to the back of the head.
When the man came down he was immediately held at gunpoint by Rick.
"Who the hell are you?" Rick asked.
"I...I'm Gabriel, Father Gabriel Stokes." The man said.
Rick searched him and found nothing but a bible.
"Who the actual fuck are you? Are with someone?" Rick asked.
"I'm...I'm alone, I survived in my church with the canned food there a..a...and now I have run out." Gabriel said.
"Uhm...How do I say that now? We don't believe any fucking word you just said." Mike said.
"I...I..I can bring you there..I mean to my church." Gabriel said.
After 20 minutes of walking they arrived at the church.
"Nice nice, I see how you survived." Rick said.
"Where exactly are Daryl and Carol right now?" Mike asked.
"Searching for Beth, we will come after and help getting her back.
They want to come to us after a while.
They made themself comfortable in the church and planned their next step.
"What are they talking about?" Carl asked.
"Man I don't know, guess we are too young to know." Mike said lying on his sleeping bag while reading a comic.
"What are you reading?" Carl asked.
"Uh...Iron man or something." Mike said.
"Nice nice." Carl said.
"Hey Mike, Carl could you do something for me?" Rick said to both.
"Yeah what is it, dad?" Carl asked.
"Could you both go hunting? We have no food left and Mike, Daryl taught you how to hunt, right?" Rick said.
"Yeah, no problem." Mike said.
Both of them went out into the forest.
Mike had his Bow and Carl had a suppressed rifle.
"Man you got that bad feeling too?" Carl asked.
"Yeah, I'm kinda scared. Do you think we're being watched?" Mike asked.
"There's a deer!" Carl said.
"Deer god." Mike joked.
"Oh shut up." Carl said as he got the joke.
Mike shot the deer with his Bow, instantly killing the animal.
They both pulled the animal back to the church.
"Wow, I didn't expect you 2 to be this quick." Rick said.
"Alright, Carl take a old pair of clothes this is gonna be dirty as fuck." Mike said.
Both boys slowly skinned and gutted the animal.
After 2 hours both were satisfied with amount of meat they've secured.
"Looks good boys." Michonne said.
"Dinner is prepared!" Carl shouted.
"Hey man sorry for your clothes." Mike said.
"It's alright, you have no idea how often my clothes were ruined by blood. I'm just glad my hat is ok." Carl said.
"I got a question, how did you get your hat?" Mike asked.
"I got shot when I was 12 or 11 I don't really remember my age back then. So, I was shot when this shit started, it was a hunting accident, that's also how we met Maggie, Beth and Hershel." Carl explained.
"Damn dude that's crazy. That's why you said that I tried to copy you." Mike said.
"Well I mean, you got shot more serious and in a cooler way." Carl said.
"Do you have any idea how it feels when you think you've won and then your stomach literally explodes?" Mike asked.
"Well kinda, I saw a deer and then boom!" Carl said.
"That's rough man." Mike said.
Both continued to talk for hours until it was evening.
"Oh shit man, it's already dark outside." Carl said.
"Alright guys it's been a hard day. Let us sleep." Rick said to the group.
Gabriel went in a backroom and the rest pushed the church benches to the side and put their sleeping bags on the ground.
"Hey Mike." Elly said shyly.
"Hi Elly what's up?" Mike asked.
"Could I put my sleeping bag next to your's?" She asked.
"Of course you can, come on." Mike said.
She put her sleeping back next to his, just a few inches away.
Carl gave him some looks but Mike just responded with a middle finger (jokingly).
"Hey Carl, good night fuckhead." Mike said jokingly.
"You too man." Carl said.
3 Hours later
"Mike...You're awake?" He heard a female voice.
"Uh...Yeah why?" Mike asked half asleep.
"I don't know, I guess I just wanted to talk to you." Elly said.
He was now looking at her, "Ok? What do you want to talk about?"
"Did it hurt? I mean getting shot." Elly said.
"Yeah it did. I didn't notice the pain at first just the blood pouring out of my stomach, I was out before I knew it. I saw my life flash before my eyes, I saw my family, I saw Carl, Rick, the group and you." Mike explained.
"Oh god, I'm so sorry. Did you dream anything while in coma?" Elly said.
"Uhm..Nothing particular and if I did I don't remember anymore." Mike said.
"That's crazy." Elly commented.
"Listen, what do you really want?" Mike asked.
"Hehe...You got me, I wanted to tell you something." Elly started.
"And that would be?" He asked.
"I wanted to say...That I noticed after you got shot, that I really love you..." She said.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yeah...Sorry it's...it's." Before she could finish Mike kissed her.
That was what he was missing, he loved her and kissing her. She gasped in suprise but she didn't mind.
She was soon on top of him, she wanted him, but she knew she couldn't not with everyone around. She just had to wait.