ORDER (sequel to Trouble) [TWD]

highs and lows

Blood.

There was so much blood.

Molly was the first person Sakiko ran into. She turned the corner and stabbed the stick into the woman's chest. Then, the woman reached for her gun and Sakiko kicked her knee so hard that it bent inwards and the elder fell to the ground. 

She stabbed and stabbed. Over and over. The older woman's blood coated her from her chest to her face. When she was certain that she was dead, Sakiko took her gun and knife.

She heard a gunshot from further down the building- then screams. Panicked, she takes off into a fast run until she sees Carol shooting Michelle.

Paula was on all fours, sneaking up behind Carol.

Sakiko could see a rip in Maggie's shirt- right over her belly.

Paula screams, darting at Maggie and Carol with a knife in hand.

Without thinking, Sakiko intercepts. She shoves Carol out of the way- shoulder bumping her against the wall. Her arms spread to cover Maggie and Paula's knife stabs into Sakiko's shoulder.

Sakiko screams in pain and without hesitating, she brings Molly's gun up from her waistband- shooting straight up into Paula's head.

Paula's head explodes within an inch of Sakiko's face- more blood to paint her red.

The gunshot, the sound so close to her face, the brutality.. Sakiko was light headed even before she felt her own blood seep out of her shoulder.

"Sakiko!" Maggie gasps as Sakiko and Paula fall to the floor.

Carol drags Paula's body off of Sakiko and Maggie tears Sakiko's jacket back to see the stab wound.

Sakiko, though weak, only reaches for Maggie's shirt. No blood. Maggie and the baby were okay.

"You with me, Kiko?" Maggie asks.

"Yes, ma'am," Sakiko answers, head lolling back as she passes out.

--

Sakiko woke up startled.

"Hey, easy.. Be careful."

Tears sprung to her eyes as she heard Ryan's voice.

"Babe, it's all right. Are you hurting?" he asks, moving to sit on the edge of the bed.

"No, no.. I'm okay," she breathes, reaching for him, "What.. What happened?"

"Daryl tracked your trail and we made it to that building. Maggie and Carol were taking care of the last few that showed up there and got you out. You're home now."

Her shoulder was on fire. But, she ignores the pain to sit up and hide in Ryan's arms.

"You've been out since last night. But, it's all good. Daryl gave some blood and Denise patched you up. You just needed some rest."

"Is it over?" she asks.

Ryan kisses her temple, "It's over.. We got 'em all."

Sakiko relaxes, snuggling into her husband's arms. It was over. They were safe.

Never again.

--

"How about that?" Abraham laughs, flicking the rolled up paper.

"And you know how to do this.. how?" Nanami asks.

"Back in the caravan days, we had to roll our own cigars and cigarettes. Figure it couldn't be that different."

He holds the joint out for Nanami and Nanami takes it- inspecting the rolled up weed between his fingers.

When they were combing through the Saviors compound, they found a room of plants. As Abraham called it- the herbal remedy plants.