Dead or alive, I love you

6.9 no way out

The group stops by the water where they decide that Gabriel will take Judith and go to his church. Genny hands Judith over and grabs Rick's hand. They continue walking until Sam suddenly stops walking letting go of Genny's hand.

The group starts begging him to continue walking while Genny looks around them with an arrow on her bow. Suddenly Sam starts screaming behind her making her turn just in time to see Jessie also go down. "No," Rick mumbles as tears fall down his cheek.

Ron pulls out a gun and points it at Rick, "you did this. You killed them, now, I'm gonna kill you." He says as his finger moves to the trigger.

Genny shoots her arrow into him but the shot still fires. She lowers her bow with shaking hand and stares at the body as walkers start eating it. "Dad, Gen," Carl says turning to Rick and Genny.

His eye is missing and he has blood running down his face. If adrenaline didn't fill her body Genny would have thrown up or even fainted. Rick picks Carl up as he almost hits the ground.

They run to the infirmary with genny and michonne killing walkers that get to close. "Open the door!" Rick yells.

They go inside and Genny stands by the door while Denise starts working on Carl's eye. Rick seems to be in shock as he walks back to Genny. "Get out of my way," he says through his teeth.

"No, you're not thinking straight," she says.

He grabs his ax making her look at it, "move, now." He says getting closer to her.

Genny steps aside letting him go out. She looks at him and takes off the bedsheet. "Aaron! Stop her!" Michonne yells still by Carl's side.

"Rick is out there on his own taking on a thousand walkers. He is our leader and he is leading. We need to help him, you can't lock me in here! I'm helping him!" Genny yells back before throwing open the door and immediately shooting an arrow into a walker that walks up the steps.

Aaron and Heath follow her but stay close to her both feeling responsible for her and her baby's safety. Soon every living and able person of Alexandria is fighting against the walkers. Carol stays by Genny's side stabbing walkers that come to close.

The group gets backed up against the wall making it easier for everybody to end the walkers. Genny shoots walkers from the back where Carol keeps her safe from walkers that make it through.

Suddely the pond lights up making the group stop for a minute. Daryl, Abraham, Sasha, Glenn, Maggie and Enid join the group by the wall. Genny fights with Daryl by her side until all the walkers are gone.

She runs up to glenn and hugs him tightly. "You're okay, you're okay," she breaths out in his neck.

"I am. I'm sorry for scaring you," he says closing his eyes with his head on her shoulder.

Daryl hugs Maggie and then pulls Genny in for a kiss. He smiles hugging her as she burries her face in his chest. They go to the infirmary where Genny sits with Rick by Carl's side.

"I was wrong," Rick admits looking up at Genny who holds Carl's other hand, "I thought after living behind these walls for so long that maybe they couldn't learn. But today, i was what they could do, what we could do, if we work together. We'll rebuilt the walls. We'll expand the walls. There'll be more. There's got to be more. Everything Deanna was talking about...It's possible. It's all possible. I see that now. When i was out there, with them. When it was over, when i knew we had this place again. I had this feeling. It took me a while to remember what it was. Because i haven't felt it since before i woke up in that hospital bed. I want to show you the world, Carl. Please, Carl. Let me show you the new world." He says as both him and Genny cry.

Carl grabs their hands and Genny gets up. "Thank, god," she whispers kissing his forehead.