pulse || c. grimes TWD

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okay so ive decided to carry on with this book sorry for not posting i haven't had motivation

I knew Mark was mad, Ever since the train car he had been mad at me he's also mad at the others for making him go to Washington as well, Night fell pretty fast Michonne was outside, I sit on the pews whilst everyone was trying to sleep, I look at the spot right in front of me where Gareth got killed, The blood was mopped though there still was a slight stain, The door bursts open I flinch the sound reminded me of when Gareth broke in, It was Daryl. I immediately get up "Daryl!" I whisper yelled because people were sleeping, I smiled, "This is Noah" Daryl said throwing his arm gesturing at the boy

"Where's Carol?" I asked, Rick stood up and walked to Daryl he slightly nods at him, "Whos this?" Rick asked looking at Noah, "Noah" Daryl answered, "What about Carol?" Rick asked, Daryl sighs "The same people that took Beth took Carol" Daryl answered, Rick stops for a moment "How?" Rick questioned "After Dinner, We went outside and the same car that took Beth drove past, I went after it then Carol came along, We followed them into Atlanta, They're keeping her at Grady" Daryl told us all, Everyone was awake by now since how loud we were being

"Where's that?" Sasha asked, "Grady Memorial Hospital" Rick answered, "Noah, He said he escaped with Beth's help" Daryl added, "Why would they take Carol and Beth there?" I asked, "I don't know, But they're gonna be back looking for Noah" Daryl declared, almost certain, "We have to get them back now." Daryl said, "No, It's too late to go out" Rick stopped him, "Where're the others?" Daryl questioned, Rick looks down to the ground "The others, Well Bob died this morning, He got bit in the food bank, And the others are making their way to DC" Rick told

"What the hell happened?"

"Gareth kidnapped Bob and uh, Look, they left him in front of the church after, Bob told us he was bit" Rick explained, "They dead?" Daryl asked, Rick nodded, "We'll leave for Grady tomorrow, We have food plenty of it, I can get you something to eat." Rick stated, "I ain't leaving em' there!" Daryl argued, "Tomorrow! Okay, It's too late, and anyway, they're going to be okay!" Rick assured Daryl, Daryl grunts before heading over to Gabriel

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The next day Daryl woke everyone up by stomping around the room, I wipe the sleep out of my eyes, I get up my head pounding "Jeez can you be any louder?" I scoff, "I could If I wanted to," Daryl said, I glare at him then got up off the pew, We have breakfast and then we broke pews, pipes, etc to protect the outside of the church, The others were leaving to go and find Beth at the Grady, "We'll be back soon" Rick told Carl after hugging him, "I know"

Rick closed the doors immediately after Judith started to cry at the sight of her father leaving her alone with us, it made me realize what if this was permanent and they don't come back? What if they are like Beth and Noah? Michonne placed Judith in her basket, Carl grabs a wooden plank and placed it on the door, I hold the plank against the door he then places the needle onto the plank and starts to hammer, I was fixated on his hands as he was focused on getting the needle through with 'the hammer' "Don't let go!" He exclaimed, I quickly press it again snapping back into reality

After we finished with the planks I turn around to see Gabriel scrubbing the floor I furrowed my eyebrows until I realized why he was scrubbing the floor, Gareth's blood was still stained on the floor I hadn't thought about it much but it would still be stuck with me, "Pick one" Carl told Gabriel after placing a gun down "You need to learn how to defend yourself, We can teach you" Carl stated

"Defend myself? They said they'd go" Gabriel remarked, "They were liars and murderers" Carl preached, "Just like us." Gabriel sighed, I scratched the back of my neck "We protected ourselves they wanted us dead, You're lucky your church has lasted this long, You cant stay in one place anymore, not for long...not for too long, and once you're out there you're gonna find trouble you can't hide from you need to know how to fight"

Gabriel slowly grabbed one of the weapons that were laid in front of him "Good choice but you're not holding it right you've gotta be able to drive it down cause sometimes the skulls aren't as soft and you need to be able t-" Carl informed him, "I'm sorry, no I need to lie down" Gabriel walked away from us, I sighed "Gabriels weak he clearly doesn't get it" I turned to Carl, "He will, someday" Carl nodded, I sighed "Well, better be soon" I said and then sat down on one of the pews

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sorry for the short chapter, might be active again