VILLAINESS [TWD]

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Glenn and Nicholas were on the same team.

Ellie found this out because she, Josh, and Anna snuck out of Alexandria when the adults were working on redirect the next day.

It wasn't hard to sneak out. They didn't even climb the walls like Carl and Enid always did. Gabriel was on guard and they simply walked out of the gates as he waved farewell to them with a call to be safe.

"So, you're definitely not Korean," Anna notes. "Is Glenn yojr stepdad from before or after?"

"After," Ellie answers. "They met early on. I hated Glenn at first because he was too nice."

"You said he's too important now, though. Something changed."

"That was the .. Now, I'm convinced thag him and my mom are like.. soulmates."

"Soulmates?" Josh repeats, a few feet ahead as he kept watch for the three of them.

"It's like they are two of the same person sometimes. They just.. make sense."

"What changed?" Anna wonders.

Ellie pulls at the strings of her backpack. "I stopped being a bitch to him."

"So, what? You just didn't want to admit he's a good person?"

Ellie wished there was another way. A way that would make her seem like a better person. But, Anna was correct.

"Exactly," Ellie admits.

Anna laughs, playfully nudging Ellie's arm.

"Your dad sounded like a good man."

"The best," Anna states with a smile. "Life wasn't perfect before.. But, he did everything in his power to make it better than okay."

"He was the kinda guy to embarrass himself to make others laugh," Josh adds. "The kind to give someone the clothes off his back."

The woods open up and the quarry is in sight. The three teens pause, though.

"Isn't this the place?" Anna asks.

Ellie steps closer to the edge of the cliff. It was empty.

"So much for thousands of walkers," Josh mutters.

"Hey!"

Ellie draws her gun on instinct. Tobin was further down the hill, waving to get their attention.

"What are y'all doing out here?"

Anna grabs Ellie's arm. She was ready to bolt back to Alexandria before getting caugbt.

"We came to help," Ellie says, lowering her gun. She tries not to dwell on how easy the lie came to her.

"Dry run becqme the real thing.. They broke out," Tobin informs, heading up to them.

"It's happening now?" Josh clarifies.

Tobin rests a hand on the radio on his side. Ellie watches carefully, poking Josh's back to make sure he saw the motion, too.

"Rick, Michonne, and Morgan went to the first point. Daryl, Sasha, and Abraham are working on leading them away-"

"Glenn?" Ellie pushes.

Tobin takes the radio off his side. He was going to sell them out. He was going to tell Rick they were out here.

Tobin squints at her, tilting his head in confusion. "With Nicholas and Heath.. They're supposed to be at a tractor place taking-"

"Go," Josh whispers.

Ellie grabs Anna's hand, jerking the other girl into the woods.

"Hey!" Tobin shouts after them. Josh intervenes, blocking the older man from following the girls.