Gone|TWD³

𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍-the tunnel

𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐍'𝐒 𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 eventually came across a dark tunnel that had a message from Maggie written on the side.

"We're gaining on 'em." Glenn said touching the red clay that was used to write the message. "Still wet."

"We sure as Shinola can't go up and over." Abraham said walking to the front of the group.

The sound of walkers snarling came from deep in the tunnel. Willow looked up at Glenn. "We're not going in there, right?" She asked a little nervous.

"Maggie went through so we go through. It'll take a day maybe more to go around." Glenn said with a determined look on his face.

"Shut up a second." Abraham said, shaking his head. "You hear that? That there is a long, dark tunnel full of reanimated corpses. I don't have full-on certainty that I can get Eugene through there alive."

Glenn looked back at him as he continued to speak. "My recommendation would be take the day, make the detour and play it safe, but I know you're not gonna do that. So this is where we've got to part ways. I'm sorry." He took his bag off and walked towards Glenn.

"You're on your own." He said before looking through his bag.

"No, you're not." Tara said walking over.

Dane nodded to himself. "We're in this together now." He said placing his hand on Willow's shoulder. The teen smiled happily up at him.

Abraham held out two cans for Glenn to take. The Rhee man shook his head. "No, no, no. Those are yours. You guys need them for your trip."

"You will, too." Abraham said before facing Dane and making him take the cans.

Dane gave them to Willow before walking over to Rosita. He smiled a little at the woman."I'm glad I met you, Rosita." he told her.

The woman nodded biting the inside of her cheeks. "I hope you find the rest of your kids." She said, shifting her weight over to her other leg.

Dane gave the woman a quick hug before going back over to the others.

Abraham placed his hand on Willow's shoulder. "Take care of your old man for me." He said with a big smile.

Willow nodded. "totally." She said, scrunching up her nose slightly.

Abraham chuckled, removing his hand and looking towards Dane. He held his hand out and Dane grabbed it, giving it a firm shake. Abraham scoffed before pulling Dane closer for a hug.

"If you change your mind you know where we're heading, come find us." The redhead said before pulling away.

Dane smiled a little. "we found each other once in all this shit. I'm sure we will again."

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"𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐃𝐎 𝐖𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍'𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐄𝐑? 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘'𝐑𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐍𝐊𝐘." Leo said, he was crouched down examining some footprints in the dirt. He and Kai were trying to track Devin but so far they had no clue what they were doing.

Kai walked out from behind the tree he was peeing behind, shrugging his shoulders. "After her car accident Dev has got this limp. It's gotten way better, hardly even know she's got it half the time." He scratched his eyebrow. "Walking for long periods of times makes it more noticeable. These are her prints."

Leo hummed standing back up straight. "Okay, well they go that way." He pointed.

Kai nodded, picking up Jackass' carrier. "Well, let's go find her."

The other boy waved his arm in front of him. "Lead the way, Romeo." He said, teasingly.

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𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐍, 𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐀, 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐍𝐃 Dane got to the top of the rubble that fell in the tunnel. They shined their flashlights down on the other side to reveal tons of walkers staggering around.

"Glenn. What are you doing?" Tara whisper-shouted.

"She's not one of them." Glenn said, his eyes trailing over all the walkers.

"What?"

"There's no bodies on the ground. That means Maggie made it through. She made it through. We have to get rid of them." Glenn said.

"We ain't got the ammo." Dane said, shaking his head.

Glenn glanced back at him. "Then we'll push through."

"We have to find another way." Tara softly told him.

The four placed a flashlight at one end of the rubble to get the walkers attention so they could climb over at the other end. Glenn went down first before turning and helping Willow down.

Tara started to slowly come down next. She slipped causing some rocks to fall around her ankle.

Dane quickly slid down as Glenn and Willow ran back to them. "Tara, are you okay?" Willow worriedly asked.

Glenn and Dane both started trying to get the big rock off of Tara's foot.

Tara winced in pain. "Go. Go." She told the three. "Find Maggie. Find Devin and Sam. Go find them." She nodded with tears in her eyes.

Willow shook her head. "We can't leave you." She says, her lip trembled a little.

"You guys can't save me." Tara said with a tired smile. "even if you got this off me, I can't run. And if you help me, they're gonna get all of us."

"There's got to be a way. There's got to be a different way." Glenn said feeling around the rock.

Dane looked Tara dead in the eyes. "We're gonna get you out of here. Nobody gets left behind."

"They're coming." Willow  said, glancing over to see that the walkers were heading their way.

"Go!" Tara exclaimed.

"I'm not leaving. We're not leaving you!" Glenn shouted, shaking his head.

"Get out of here! Go!" Tara screamed in his face.

Dane looked back to see that the walkers were getting closer. He pulled out his gun and looked at Willow. "Willow, run. Get out of here. Wait for us on the outside." He said as Glenn shot one of the walkers.

Willow's eyes widened and she shook her head. "I can't leave you!"

Dane gave her a stern look. "Willow, you get your ass out of here. Wait for us outside. If we don't make it out you gotta find your sister and brother. You gotta be brave, now go!"

Willow jumped slightly she glanced over at Glenn and he gave her an encouraging nod. "Okay." She softly said before she takes off running.

A walker almost grabbed her but Dane shots it. Soon Willow made it to the end of the tunnel and ran out. She leaned against the outside wall taking slow deep breaths trying to catch her breath. She could hear the echos of Glenn and Dane's guns going off. Soon tears begin to spill down her cheeks.

She heard a car approach and through blurry vision she could make out Abraham and Maggie hopping out of the van.

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𝐑𝐄𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍—9:59𝐏𝐌, 12.24.23