Chapter 88) Job

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It's been a few days since Rick and the group joined the Alexandrians.

Rick is still hesitant. Deanna has yet to give him, Daryl, Y/N, and Michonne their jobs.

Glenn, Tara, Noah, and Y/N are all walking down the street of the neighborhood when two men come out of a building.

One of the men, Y/N recognizes from when they first arrived. Nicholas.

The other man lists out their names. "Nice to meet you. I'm Aiden."

Glenn nods. "You're Deanna's son?"

"That's right. I hear you got experience making supply runs."

Glenn doesn't answer. "I saw your pantry. You guys seem to do pretty well."

"Yeah, well, had some training before this. ROTC. Was nearing lieutenant when this sh*t blew in."

Noah smiles a little. "My dad did ROTC."

"He didn't make it?" Aiden asks.

Noah's smile fades. He shakes his head. "Nah."

Y/N sighs, squeezing the boys shoulders, reassuringly. He glances at her, smiling coming back just slightly.

Aiden lowers his head. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry a lot these days." He starts walking. "Come on, I'll show you the ropes."

Y/N folds her arms over her chest. "We're doing a run today?"

"Just a dry run. Show you the terrain outside the walls, see how you do. Weigh each others sack a little, you know?"

Tara huffs. "No, I don't, but cool."

"What about weapons?" Glenn asks.

"Oh, yeah. We pulled out some sweet-ass biscuits for today." Aiden nods to Nicholas who hands each of them a gun.

The men start walking again and all three remaining turn to Y/N. "You should stay here." Glenn says.

"Like hell I will." Y/N says, shoving her pistol into her waistband.

Noah nods. "Y/N, you're pregnant."

"You need to get some rest." Tara agrees.

"No, i'm going. Cmon." She follows after the men and the other three do too, with a sigh.
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"We've been increasing our radius mile by mile, spreading in a semicircle around the town." Aiden says.

"We've made it 53 miles out so far." Nicholas says.

The group is outside the walls now. Aiden continues speaking. "We break into two groups when we step outside our vehicle. If shit hits, fire a flare. One group gets the other."

Noah nods. "Good system."

"It is. Still, you're standing here because we lost four people last month."

"What happened?" Glenn asks.

"We were on a run, roamers came out, they didn't follow the system." Aiden answers.

"They were good people." Nicholas states.

"They were. They were just scared." Aiden says. "Look, I can be a hard-ass, and I know i'm a douchebag. Someone's got to call the ball around here and that someone is me."

He turns to face them. "If you're on this crew, you do exactly as I say."

Tara, Noah, Glenn, and Y/N all glance at each other.

After a moment Tara speaks. "Sorry you lost your people."

"Yeah. We got ours."

The group keeps walking as Nicholas speaks. "Managed to snag one of the deadheads that took them down. Strung it up there."

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