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The next morning Delilah and Shane slept in. Shane would usually help around the fences and keep watch at night, he'd always come to bed late when the next person takes over their shift. Overall the day wasn't a busy day.

Delilah stretched her legs out and opened her eyes looking beside her to see Shane sprawled out taking up the whole bed. Delilah got up, leaving Shane to sleep longer.  She put fresh clothes on and grabbed her tomahawk and gun before leaving. Delilah went outside and spotted Carl and Rick down by the crops. 

Delilah went on a little stroll around the outside of the prison. She examined all the work they did to make the prison a home. After a couple laps gunshots came from one of the cell blocks. Delilah sprinted towards the shots and met with Rick at the entrance of the cell block. Rick opened the door, revealing chaos. Walkers were everywhere attaching everyone. 

Delilah started shooting walkers, helping as many people as she could. Daryl and Shane joined the madness shortly after Delilah and Rick arrived. When the gunshots stopped and all the walkers were gone, everyone was in high alert. 

"Are we clear down here? Are we safe?" Rick asked frantically. Delilah confirmed with Sasha that they were clear.

"Up here." Someone got their attention from the upper level of cells. Delilah followed Rick, Daryl, and Shane up the stairs. Daryl helped Glenn with a walker and Rick looked inside one of the cells.

"Oh, it's Patrick." Daryl said, looking down at the walker he just killed with an arrow. 

"That's all of them." Shane shrugged, examining the lower floor.

The group went around the prison looking at all the bodies, trying to figure out what caused all this while putting down their fallen people. Clearing the bodies of of the cell block. Everything they found all led back to Patrick. Dr. S and Hershel looked at the body.

"No bites. No wounds. I think he just died." Rick told the two doctors, dazed in shock. Delilah and Shane listened outside the cell they were in.

"Horribly, too. Pleurisy aspiration. " Dr. S pointed out.

"Chocked on his own blood. Caused those trails down his face." Hershel explained, feeling sympathy for the young boy.

"I've seen them before on a walker outside the fences." Rick told them, linking it together.

"Yeah, me too. Saw a couple last night on my watch shift." Shane confirmed.

"They're from the internal ling pressure building up--like if you shake a a soda and pop the top. Only imagine your eyes, ears, nose, and throat are the top." Dr. S explained giving an example. Delilah's nose scrunched up thinking about what he went through.

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