pulse || c. grimes TWD

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I walked with the group in the forest, Rick and Daryl walked slightly ahead of us I walked behind everyone, Rick turns around and whistles "Keep close" He said to me, I walk closer to the group right beside Carl, Now that I thought of it I walked through similar woods when I was on supply runs with Jayce, We didn't know where we were walking same as now we were just walking for no purpose, Although right now we were trying to get far away from Terminus that was our only purpose, A voice from the distance yelled for help which alerted all of us, My head instantly shoots up at the noise "Help anybody help!" The man yelled again

Rick stops us, Carls's head shoots at Ricks's "Dad come on! Come on! Come on." Carl tried to pull Rick's arm, The man kept on yelling for help we all give in and run in the direction of the voice, Carl runs in front with his gun ready, The man sat on a large rock, about four walkers were surrounding it, Carl shoots one of the walkers, Rick Michonne and Carol take out the rest of them, a walker comes out from behind the rock Daryl gets that one. "We're clear. Keep watch" Rick told us, "Come on down" Rick says to the frightened man, He makes his way down 

Rick looks at the man "You okay?" He asked the man, The man put his finger up before vomiting all over the floor, I sighed he wipes the sick off his mouth "Sorry" The Man breathed, "Yes, thank you" He answered, "I'm Gabriel" He added, "Do you have any weapons on you?" Rick questioned Gabriel, Gabriel chuckled "Do I look like I would have any weapons?" Gabriel asked, Seriously. The last thing I would want to do is walk around without a weapon on me, "We don't give two short and curlies about what it looks like" Abraham spoke to Gabriel, "I have no weapons of any kind, the word of god is the only protection I need" He pleaded

"Sure ain't look like it" Daryl sneered, Gabriel stuttered for words for a moment "I called for help, help came." He looked around at all of us, "Do you have-- Do you have any food? whatever I had left just hit the ground" Gabriel stammered, "We've got some pecans" Carl offered, Gabriel takes them "Thank you" Gabriel thanked Carl, Judith cooed which caused Gabriel's attention "That's a beautiful child" He spoke, I glare at Gabriel, after a while of standing there awkwardly Gabriel asked us if we have a camp, "No, do you?" Rick asked him, "I have a church." Gabriel stated, I chuckled 

"Hold your hands above your head" Rick instructed Gabriel, Gabriel does that while Rick pats him  down, "How many walkers you killed?" Rick questioned, "Not any actually" He admitted, Rick turned him around, "How many people have you killed" Rick questioned, "None." Gabriel answered in shock, "Why?" Rick asked coldly, "Because the Lord abhors violence" Gabriel answered, "What have you done? We've all done something." Rick questioned him again, He kept putting questions on him

"I am a sinner, I sin almost every day, But those sins I confess them to god, not strangers." He admitted, I scoff and turn my head away from the man "You said you had a church?" Michonne brought up, He nods "Take us there." Rick said to the man, "Okay" He says unsure, We follow him to his church

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We arrive at his church it was white on the outside with a large brown door, the building was quite large with one story. Gabriel walks up to the door ready to unlock it "Hold up, can we take a look around first? We just want to hold onto our squirrels" Rick reaches his hand out for Gabriel to give him the keys, Gabriel hands the keys to Rick, A few of us go in the church, I stay outside with the rest of the group, I tap my foot as I lean against the stair railing, I wait for everyone to get out, Carl looks at me with a 'Do you think he's tricking us?' look, I shrug 

Everyone comes out shortly after looking like they found nothing, Rick hands the keys back "I spent months here without stepping out the front door if you found someone inside, well it would have been surprising" Gabriel told us, "Thanks for this." Carl thanked the man, "We found a bus outback, it doesn't run but I bet we could fix that in less than a day or two. Father here says he doesn't want it, Looks like we found ourselves some transport, You understand what's at stake here right?" Abraham talked to Rick, "Yes I do." 

"Now that we can take a breath" Michonne starts, "We take a breath we slow down, shit inevitably goes down." Abraham objected, "We need supplies no matter what we do next" Michonne argued, "Without supplies, we can't go nowhere." I told him, "That's right, water, food, ammunition," Rick said whilst walking up the steps to head inside, "Short bus ain't going nowhere, bring you back some baked beans" Daryl walked in the church,  I glared at Abraham before hesitantly heading inside

I place my bag on one of the pews, "How'd you survive here for so long? Where did your supplies come from?" Rick questioned Gabriel, "Luck, our annual canned food drive, things fell apart right after we finished it, It was just me. The food lasted a long time and then I started scavenging, I've cleaned out every place nearby except for one" Gabriel told us, I'm surprised that he could do that without any weapons even clear out one place those things, they're everywhere, "What kept you from it?" Rick asked, "It's overrun" Gabriel said

"How many?" Rick asked Gabriel, "A dozen or so, maybe more" Gabriel confirmed, "We can handle a dozen" Rick told him, Sasha stood forward "Bob and I will go with you, Tyreese should stay here, help keep Judith safe." Sasha offered, "That'll be okay?" Rick asked Tyreese, He nods "Sure you ever need me to watch her, need anything for her I'm right here." Tyreese assured Rick, "I'm grateful for it and everything else." Rick gave Tyreese a small smile, "I'll draw you a map" Gabriel offered

"You don't need to, you're coming with us" Rick told Gabriel, "I'm not gonna be of any help, you saw me, I'm no good around those things" Gabriel stumbled, "You're coming with us." Rick confirmed coldly, They leave shortly after getting their weapons, I sit on one of the pews reading a comic to pass time, Carl comes and sat next to me "What're you reading?" He asks, "Watchmen" I answered, "I've read that one before" He chuckled, "Yeah I think I remember you reading that in the car when your mom was dropping me back home" I recalled, He laughed 

"I don't trust that guy" I looked up from my book, "I don't know not all people are bad, right? I promised my Dad I would stay on alert in case he had any friends" Carl told me, I shrugged "What happened to you and Max?" Carl blurted out, I glare at the other side of the room, "Max  ran off I followed him, you know what happened" I gushed, "Yeah, but I was always thinking about what happened after that" He said, "I don't know what happened to you, I mean I thought you were either dead or would've forgotten about me by now" I told him, "I would never forget you" Carl promised

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