The Scars On Our Hearts (Glenn Rhee) *Completed*

Chapter 24

*Glenn's POV*

"You have got to be kidding me, Rick!" I said frustrated.

"What's the matter?" Maggie asked as she walked over.

I ran my hands through my black hair and sighed. "Rick wants us to wait even longer till we go and get Harper, Judith, and Landon back."

"We need to wait till it is dark out so we can sneak in easier without being seen," Rick said. "I want them back just as much as you do, Glenn. We just have to wait a few more hours."

My hand gripped the bookshelf placed next to me so hard that my knuckles were completely white. "I swear, if my daughter is hurt because of you...." I stopped and clenched my teeth together.

"They'll be okay," Rick assured and went over to the window.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and I flinched. "Glenn, you need to calm down. It is only a few more hours." Maggie softly kissed my lips, but I didn't move or kiss back. "Come on. If you take a nap it will be dark sooner. Everything will-"

All of a sudden I snapped. I yanked my arm away from her grasp. "It is not going to be okay!" I yelled and everyone turned my way, but I didn't give a shit. "Everyone keeps saying that it will be okay but it never will be! People we know and love die all the time now and we are forced to watch. Don't give me that shit! We are all gonna suffer every day for the rest of our shortened lives whether we tell ourselves that or not!"

I looked around the room to see people's jaws dropped and faces of shock. This was a side of me that most of them have never seen. I was always the optimist and looked on the bright side of things. I was the funny guy who would crack a joke when we are in danger. I wasn't the person to yell out that we were all gonna die, but thats what I was doing. My eyes found their way to Emmie who was silently crying next to Dylan who was glaring at me. I must have just broke her heart. She is always telling me and everyone else that everything will be okay and will work out in the end. She has that hope that we will find a cure and live normally again, that we will find another safe zone like Alexandria. But the harsh reality is, we won't ever live normal lives again. I just killed that little bit of hope left in her.

"I-I....." I couldn't speak, I didn't want to speak. Emmie stood up and wiped her tear streaked face. "Em." I made my way to her but she backed away.

"No! Just shut up! Shut up!" She cried. I reached my hand out but she slapped it and shoved me away, quickly running out of the room.
"Glenn.....stop," Maggie started and stopped me from running after her. "I'll get her. You've done enough." Her voice was so flat, as if she was mad.

At that moment my heart shattered into a million pieces. Harper is kidnapped, Emmie hates me, Maggie is mad at me, Dylan is mad at me, everyone in the room is glaring at me. I sighed and held my face in my hands. I heard small giggles from next to me and there was Mia staring at me. I picked her up and sat down by the window.

"You don't hate me right?" I asked and she played with my jacket zipper. "That makes you the only one who is not mad at me right now. Mommy is mad at me. Emmie is mad at me Dylan is mad at me. Harper is......" I trailed off and leaned my head back.

*Emmie's POV*

I can't believe what I just heard my dad say. He said we were all gonna die and there is no hope for everything to be okay. He has always told me that it will be okay and I always tell him that. It was all a lie. Dad is right, there is no hope left.....for any of us.

I ran out into the courtyard and fell face first into the grass. I stayed there for a moment before letting out a small whimper and getting up. A picnic table sat on the left side of the field so I went and sat on the table. My jacket was inside with my bag so I hugged myself as I let a couple tears fall from my face.

No, stop crying.

A couple of minutes later I heard someone come outside.

"I don't wanna talk to you!" I said harshly and the person sat down next me.

"He's inside," mom said and I instantly felt bad for yelling at her.

"I'm sorry. I thought you were daddy," I told her.

She put an arm around me and I leaned into her side. "You should come inside. It is cold out here. You'll freeze."

"What's the point anyway? We are all just gonna die soon anyways. Right?" I said. "That is what daddy said."

She sighed. "Why did you lash out at him?"

I felt a bit shocked at the question. Was she on daddy's side?

"I was scared.....scared because of what he said." A gush of cold wind blew by causing me to snuggle closer. "In my mind he was saying that there is no safe place left, that we are all going to die soon, and that.....that scared me."

"Do you know why your dad was yelling?" Mom asked and I stayed silent. "He was yelling because those bad people have Harper, and he is scared that she will get hurt." I began to twiddle with my fingers a bit as she spoke. "See anything similar? You were both just afraid." I still did not say anything. "Em it is okay to be afraid of something and it is definitely okay to cry."

"I know....I just don't like to admit it," I said.

"Now come on, it is too cold to stay out here." See looked at my face and laughed. "You have dirt all over your face hun."

"I know, I fell." Mom took out a bandana from her pocket and wiped my face.

"You need a bath," she laughed.

"That would be nice." We got up and made our way to the door.

*Harper's POV*

I woke up with a horrible pain around my eye. I was on the metal table and Juditha and Landon were still chained to the wall. But one thing caught my eye. I was untied and free.

"Harper! You need to get out since you aren't chained up. Go out the window!" Judith whispered. They must have thought I would be knocked out longer or else they would have chained me up again. I got down from the table and went to the window. I reached up and unlocked it, sliding the window open afterwards. We are on the third floor and I had to climb out. To make it worse it was dark and raining so I could slip and fall at any moment.

That is a long way down.

"Go! Get us help!" Judith said with tears in her eye.

I slowly nodded and started to climb out. There was a small ledge I could walk on and gargoyles were everywhere. I took in a deep breath before hearing the door swing open and a man telling me to stop.

"Stop her! She is escaping!" He yelled and I quickly started to move when all of a sudden I felt someone grab the back of my shirt, causing me to scream and slip. I quickly grabbed onto one of the gargoyles and the man let go. "Well look who's gonna die." The rainwater made my fingers start to slip and the man let out an evil laugh before leaving me there to fall and die.

*Glenn's POV*

There was a familiar scream from outside as we were getting ready to leave to find the kids. Everyone went to look out the window but whatever it was was too far away to see clearly. Emmie grabbed binocular from my bag and looked through them. After a moment of waiting she dropped the binoculars and took off running towards the door. Confused, I picked them up from the ground and looked to see what was happening. There was Harper, hanging onto a gargoyle, dangling three stories in the air with nothing but concrete below her.

A/N
Glenn's getting feisty