Destruction ||| Glenn Rhee (BEING REWRITTEN TO OC)

Chapter 85) Route

"This is ours now." Rick says holding up a can from the stack that Glenn's group brought back.

They found the car and RV that Aaron told them about, but not the person.

Everyone else is now back in the barn.

Aaron nods. "There's more than enough."

"It's ours whether or not we go to your camp."

Carl tilts his head. "What do you mean? Why wouldn't we go?"

Y/N crosses her arms. "If he were lying or if he wanted to hurt us. But he isn't, and he doesn't." She looks at Rick. "We need this. So we're going. All of us."

Several members nod.

After a moment Rick sighs. "Yeah. We're going."

He turns to face Aaron. "So where are we going? Where's your camp?"

"Well, every time I've done this, I've been behind the wheel driving recruits back. I believe you're good people. I've bet my life on it. I'm just not ready to bet my friends lives just yet."

Michonne shakes her head. "You're not driving. So if you want to get home, you'll have to tell us how."

Aaron sighs, glancing at Y/N. She nods at him. He takes a deep breath before looking at Rick, who has a map in his hand. "Go north on Route 16."

"And then?" Michonne asks.

"I'll tell you when we get there."

Rick looks at the map. "We'll take 23 north. You'll give us directions from there."

"That's- I don't know how else to say it, that's a bad idea. We've cleared 16. It'll be faster." Aaron says.

"We'll take 23. We leave at sundown."

"We're doing this at night?" Sasha asks.

"Look, I know it's dangerous. But it's better than riding up to the gates during the day. If it isn't safe, we need to get gone before they know we're there." Rick tells them.

Aaron shakes his head again. "No one is going to hurt you. You're trying to protect your group, but you're putting them in danger."

Rick ignores him. "It's gonna be a long night. Eat. Get some rest if you can." He tells them.
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It's dark now.

Glenn, Rick, Michonne and Y/N are in the car with Aaron.

The others are in the RV.

They're on Route 23.

Glenn is driving. Y/N sits in the passenger seat. Aaron sits in between Rick and Michonne.

Y/N opens the glove compartment and finds a stack of license plates. She furrows her brows and shows them to Glenn.

Aaron notices. "Oh. Um, i'm trying to collect all 50 states. Put them all on a wall in my house."

Michonne looks at him. "You have your own house?"

He nods. "See for yourself." She takes the pictures from earlier and looks through them.

After a moment she looks up. "Why don't you have any pictures of your people?"

"I took a picture with the whole group but I didn't get the exposure right. When I tried to develop it later, it just-"

She cuts him off and glances at Rick. "Did you ask him the questions?"

"No."

Michonne looks back at Aaron. "How many walkers have you killed?"

"I'm sorry, what?"

"How many?"

"I don't know. A lot."

"How many people?" She asks.

"Two."

"Why?"

"Because they tried to kill me."

Rick taps Y/N's shoulder. "Look around for anything else."

She nods and suddenly picks up something. A weird device with a plastic dish attached.

Glenn glances back at Aaron. "You were listening to us?"

The man stutters slightly. "I already said I was watching you. Yes, I was listening."

Rick groans. "It means his people could have one too. They could've heard our plan. This isn't safe."

"Shit! Glenn!" Y/N shouts.

He looks forward and sees dozens of roaming walkers on the street. He tries to avoid them but hits several anyways.

Blood and guts splash onto the windshield and windows.

Now they're driving blind. Y/N grips onto her seat as tight as she can, bracing herself against each thud on the car.

Finally, it stops and the car swerves to a complete pause. Rick is first out of the car. He glances back on the road. "I don't see them."

Y/N gets out of the car. "They got away." She says, referring to the RV with the rest of their people.

Glenn and Michonne get out of the car briefly. A massive hoard of walkers is on their tail.

Glenn wipes off the windshield as best as possible before hopping back in. Y/N grabs the map and looks at it. "All right, we can take a left a couple of miles up 23. Jefferson Avenue."

"Jefferson Avenue." Glenn repeats with a nod. He tries starting the car but it sputters.

Aarons face is pale. "We've gotta get out of here."

Michonne gets out of the car again, pulling bloody body parts out of the hood. The walkers are getting closer when suddenly Y/N sees something.

"Look!" She points and everyone does. A flare goes up into the sky, in the distance.

Aarons eyes widen. "Shit. I need to leave. This is over. Let me out. I need to get outta here. It's over."

Rick looks at him. "What's going on? Who did that?"

"Let me out!" He kicks the door open, knocking Michonne to the ground as he starts running into the woods.

Michonne tries to follow him but Rick shouts. "Leave him! We need to find our people."

"They saw that flare. They'll think we shot it. This is how we find them."

The four of them run into the woods, in the direction that Aaron fled, weapons ready.

Walkers come around from all angles. They shoot at them. Y/N and Michonne use their swords.

Suddenly Rick shouts. "Where's Glenn?"

Y/N looks around. He was just next to her. She hears distant gunfire and knows it's him.

Before the others can stop her, she takes off towards the sound.
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