SOS/Book 2/The Prison

Chapter 25

Nobody's point of view
"Come on dad," Maggie said, helping her father into the back of the car and laying his walking stick by his side.
"What would I do without you, " Hershel smiled up at her.

"Got everything we need?" Glenn asked,
"Yep, I don't think we have to worry too much though because it's only a small cottage-type house," Maggie answered.

Hershel looked through the bags,
"Yeah this is way more than we need, we'll be fine."
"Rick we're gonna head to our location now, " Glenn spoke through the walkie talkie. Rick had already left about ten minutes ago.
"That's good Glenn, make sure you notify the rest of us when you get there, " Rick answered back,
"Will do, over and out."

When everyone was in the car they decided to head towards their location. This was a short drive of only about half an hour.
They stopped at a cute little house in the middle of nowhere- a bit like Hershel's farm was.

"It's pretty, " Maggie said, "It's like the apocalypse never hit here."
"And your sure it has an armoury in the basement?" Glenn laughed.
"Yes I'm sure, I'm old but I'm not losing my memory any time soon, " Hershel rolled his eyes.

Maggie helped her father out of the car and handed him his walking stick. The three made their way down the drive and to the front door of the little house.
Glenn tapped three times on the wood and waited.
No growling.
"Lucky, " Maggie said.

Glenn kicked down the pretty door and they all entered inside. The inside was just as beautiful, it was very old-fashioned and rustic-looking.
It reminded Maggie of home.
"I know, " Hershel said as if he was reading her mind, "It feels like we're back at the farm."

Glenn walked around trying to find the stairs leading down.
"Found the basement, " he said urging them to come over.
Light flooded down the stairs and it wasn't creepy at all, it was welcoming. The house had so many windows that they didn't need their torches.

Glenn walked down first, followed by Maggie followed by Hershel. They were all expecting to see a room full of guns as soon as they reached the bottom, but instead, they were met with an ordinary basement with cleaning supplies and household items.
"Dad, " Maggie moaned at him, "Are you sure you're not losing your memory?"
"Patience Maggie, patience, " He answered walking to the other side of the room.
He tossed his walking stick to the side, sitting on a small office chair next to a desk.

Then he shoved the drawer away from the wall, revealing a small door.

And I think you can guess what they then found behind the door.
A whole armoury hidden away.

Carols point of view/The time of the explosion
"Shit," I cursed as Judith cried away in my arms. There were only five people in the prison at the moment including me and Judy, so I knew exactly who had started the explosion.

I laid Judith in her cot and locked her cell door tight, then I started sprinting out of cell block one and down the corridors.
I followed the trail of thick black smoke that was snaking across the walls- and it lead me to a large red door.

'Do not enter without authorisation

The door was wide open, and the back was somewhat shattered. Splinters of wood and debris covered the floor around it.

"Katelyn!" I called down the steps into the darkness,
"Tom?! Pedro?!"

I got no answer, so I unbuckled the knife and torch from my belt and made my way down the steps.
"Jesus," I said as I wafted away the dust that was falling around me,
The room was completely wrecked.

"Kids!!!!!" my yells echoed off of the walls.
I peered around trying to look under all the bricks and rubble.

There was blood, a lot of it. But I didn't know who's it was.
Just as I turned to pull out my walkie talkie there was movement behind me.
"Hello? Who is it?" I said walking over.
From all the dust and dirt a hand poked out from underneath.

"Oh my god!" I quickly rushed to throw off the bricks around the person and heave them out of the space.
As I finally laid their worn-out body on the floor I realised it was Katelyn.

She was breathing, but she was almost passed out.

Fleur's point of view
Once we looted the armoury at the army base we made our way back to the prison. We had three big duffle bags of weapons from explosives to snipers.
"I wonder if any groups found as much as we did," Isla asked,
"I don't know, I feel like Rick, Michonne and Daryl probably found more. Their location was a whole store," Andy stated, "Unless their plan didn't work."

"Well let's ask them," Carl said pulling out the walkie talkie, "This is Carl Grimes does anyone copy?"
There was a short period of silence before someone finally answered.

"This is Carol, I need immediate help,"
"What's wrong?" Carl asked,
"There's been an accident here at the prison, an explosion. I've found Katelyn- she's okay, but she's passed out and I can't find Tom or Pedro."
Everyone in the car looked at each other worryingly.

"Okay well we're heading back to the prison now anyway, " Carl said, "We're about half an hour away, do your best to search for them and when we get there we will help."

Just then Rick picked up his walkie talkie and joined the line,
"An explosion?" he asked, "How big? Are walkers getting in? Is Judith safe?"
"Judith is safe and it wasn't big enough to let walkers in, it completely destroyed an underground room though- one that I didn't know anything about."
"What room?" Rick asked,
"It has a red door, then steps leading down into quite a large space."

"I've never seen that before, " Rick sighed, "We're on our way back now too- hang in there."
"Will do, " Carol replied, "Over and out."

Carl put the walkie talkie back in his pocket,
"God I hope they are okay, " Fleur said, "At least she hasn't found Pedro though."
Everyone looked at Fleur with narrow eyes,
"What?" she laughed,
"No, I agree, " Isla giggled too, "I bet he started the explosion."

"I don't want to agree... but I do." Carl laughed and Andy nodded.
"He was a bit useless, " Andy said, "Never helped with anything."
"Using past tense already?" Isla smirked at him,
"Guilty, " Andy laughed.