VILLAINESS [TWD]

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everyone was running around the house, yet they stayed quiet. it was a strange sight.

"ellie, honey, stay down," patricia urges.

i nod, leaning down so that only my eyes peered past the coffee table.

maggie was out there where the sick people were with glenn, andrea, and t-dog. some of the others were on the porch. 

"the barn's on fire," beth tells us.

"the barn?" i ask, tears in my eyes.

"it's okay, ellie," patricia tells me. "matt.. do something."

matt looks over at me, then back outside the door. with a troubled face, he sets the scary gun down and jogs over to me.

"ellie, it's all right. it's just.. some of the sick people are.. are angry."

"why are they angry? because those people killed our friends in the barn?"

"no, no, no.." he sighs, running a hand over his face. "because.. because, they.. they want to l-live here? yeah, they wanna live here. they don't want us here."

"why?"

"it's just how some people are, ellie. they.. they aren't always nice. okay?"

"guys, it's time to go!" the carol woman shouts, running inside.

"come on, ellie," matt picks me up. "don't look. just hold on."

the words reminded me of the barn. terrified, i hide my face in his shoulder, my arms around his neck as he runs through the house.

"hershel! hershel! it's time to go!" lori screams.

"daddy?" i ask, looking up.

"ellie, no!" matt gasps.

i blink, the scene in front of me too much to understand. the sick people were everywhere. the barn was on fire. daddy was shooting the sick people. everything was.. gone. 

matt grabs the back of my head, forcing my eyes away as he runs off the porch. i risk enough of a peek to see lori, beth, and patricia behind us. i tighten my grip on matt as one of his hands lets go of me. the banging sounds are closer as i realize matt was shooting with his free hand- shooting the sick people.

there's sudden screaming that sounds like beth and matt skids to a stop. i look up again, seeing the sick people biting patricia as beth screamed- holding her hand to not lose her.

"go! go! matt, go!" lori screams. "get her to safety! i got beth, just go!"

i could feel the resistance in matt's grip as he takes a step toward patricia. he says a bad word to himself, turning around to keep running.

"what are they doing? why are they biting patricia?" i cry, feeling tears run down my cheeks.

he doesn't answer. that's when i could tell things were bad. when matt didn't answer all of my questions i had for him.. i knew things were bad.

"maggie! maggie!" he screams loudly in my ear.

with his free hand, he waves. i hug onto him tighter, looking in the direction. maggie and that glenn man were in a car. i could almost see maggie's face through all the sick people. i hadn't seen her look so scared before. not even when we went to the henderson family's haunted corn maze for halloween.

"there's too many!" she screams out the window. "matt, hurry!"

matt takes another shot or two. then, the gun makes a funny clicking sound.

"shit. shit. shit!" he curses.

"matt! hurry!" maggie cries.

glenn sits on the passenger window, shooting people with a big gun to clear the way.

suddenly, matt pulls me off him and sets me onto my own two feet.

"stay behind me. just keep running to maggie's car, okay?"

i wrap my arms around myself and nod, flinching at the growls people were making around us.

"matthew!" maggie screams again.

matt pulls a knife from his side and begins stabbing the people. i try my best to ignore the sight, still making my way to maggie's car.

it was hard to keep sight on matt when i was trying not to look at the nasty scene. i kept my eyes on his shoes to not lose him.

a scream rips from my throat as one of the people suddenly grab me from behind.

"ellie!" maggie shrieks, banging on the car horn.

matt turns and wraps his arm around me. he shouts in pain as the man bites his arm that was around the back of my head. if not for him blocking it.. the man might have bitten me.

he shoves the man away, jerking me free from the grip. we tumble to the ground and i cry out in pain as my elbow hits the ground roughly. as i roll a few times, matt crawls to me before staying on all fours over me.

he hands me the gun. i hardly notice i was hugging it as he uses one arm to pull me into his chest. he starts to crawl again. past his shoulder, i could see the sick people up close as they bit into his neck, back, and legs.

"m-m-matt?" i whimper.

he doesn't say anything, groaning in pain as blood drips from his mouth. it pools onto my shoulder, my hair, and stomach. his blood.

it felt like forever. matt finally crawled his way to the passenger door and glenn shoots a few of the sick people until matt forces himself onto his knees.

"el.. ellie.." he chokes, lifting me up.

glenn grabs me and pulls me in through the window. i panic, seeing that matt wasn't following. instead, glenn rolls up the window.

"matt!" i sob, banging on the window.

matt places his hand on the window- a bloody handprint being marked on the glass.

"goodbye," he gasps. "i love you, eleanor."

"maggie, we gotta go," glenn tells her. "get off the farm, now!"

maggie was crying almost as hard as me. she slams on the gas and we speed backwards. then, she turns and goes forward.

"no! no! matt!" i wail, trying to fight out of glenn's grasp.

he holds me tighter and i slap his chest, face, and head to get him to stop.

matt was dying and we were leaving him behind. the farm was gone. everything.

my words turn to a blubbering mess until i collapse in glenn's lap. open mouthed sobs wreak through my chest and tears flood my face as my entire body trembles.

everything was gone.

everything.