FEARLESS ➳ TWD¹ [REWRITE/COMPLETED]

7 ➳ SAVIORS

AS soon as it was dark, Andy drove up to the Saviors' compound alone. When he pulled up, several red lights came on and shined upon Andy and his little vehicle. Two guys came out, armed and ready for anything at this point. They seemed to be in good spirits, considering the fact that the red lights and their loud voices could be heard by Walkers everywhere.

They seemed to be joking around with Andy until he took out Gregory's "head," which had seemed to make them stop talking for a second. It didn't take long, of course, until they had taken the Walker's head and started to play around with it. Predictable, I had thought to myself as I rolled myself.

Yet, I was nowhere near them to hear their teasing of the decapitated head. Tara wasn't anywhere near me, either, but she was safe back in the truck with my brother and Father Gabriel. As for myself, however, I was stuck between Glenn and Heath.

I could see Daryl, though. He wasn't far from the Sanctuary, ready to pounce on the two opening men like a cougar going after its prey. I was in the same boat as he was, even though, Rick had advised me to stay back with Glenn and Heath.

I heard a scuffle coming up behind me in the woods and bushes, so I spun around on my heel (while I was only using one knee to kneel) and held my gun up, ready to fire. However, it was only Abraham and Sasha, who was just trying to get a closer look just like we had.

I felt Glenn place his hand on my right shoulder and sigh. "It's alright, Tess," he tried telling me as he turned forward again to regain his focus. "You can go full-assassin when we get in there."

Even though this all was supposed to be serious and no fun at all (except for me, maybe), Abraham had let a small chuckle escape his lips as he smiled at me with Heath being in the middle of us. "I like you," he had said to me, which made me smile back at him. Even though, he couldn't see it because I was wearing a half-mask from my nose down. "I think that we're gonna get along just fine."

To that, I nodded and quickly glanced at Sasha, who had also broken her serious character by smiling and shaking her head at his last statement. So, then, I turned forward again and watched the scene in front of us. If the red lights weren't on, then we wouldn't be able to see at all.

Satisfied, one of the guards goes inside to get Craig, who had been taken hostage from the Hilltop. Just as one entered the Sanctuary, the other (who was thicker than his friend) stood there and began to whistle to avoid awkwardness, I'm sure.

Then, before anyone – including myself, specifically – realized it, Daryl had approached the big guard silently and slit his throat from behind him. Abe had given us the signal, so we began to move in from behind him as the rest of the group emerged from hiding.

We worked silently and smoothly, removing the body from the scene. Tara had came up beside me and I tried to smile at her through my half-mask, and she must had realized that I was trying, because she smiled back at me, too. I gave her right hand a tight squeeze and whispered, "Be careful."

Not only was her lips smiling, but her eyes were, too. Though, they were really sad-looking, too. "Always am. You do the same, though."

"I will," I promised her and quickly moved away, just in time for the other guard to come out with Craig. Andy was the only one in sight at the moment as we all hid and crouched down like striking tigers.

Again, I was back between Glenn and Heath, while Glenn was in front of me. "Well, well, well," the skinny guard had said as he made his way back out with Craig. "Look who it is."

Just as they had stopped, a blade rang out and the skinny guard groan, seeing as Michonne had taken her katana and stabbed him with it through the back. Craig began to freak out, so Andy had to shush him up immediately.