Shambles- The Walking Dead [Alden x Maggie] [1/2]

44- Wrong person

After Beta's attack on Alexandria a lot of them retreated to Hilltop to seek medical care since Siddiq got hurt himself. He was nearly choked to death by Dante, a planted whisperer spy, before Carl saved him just in time. Hilltop was the safest place to be currently, so Aaron hadn't wasted any time in getting there with Gracie and Jesus. There was another war in full force now. There was nothing any of them could do to stop it but to fight and persevere.

Alden blamed most of it on Carol because of how reckless she had been again and again. He knew how stupid it was to think about it that way. Beta hadn't been sent to Alexandria because of anything she did and neither had Dante. He'd been there since before the whisperers left, joining Alexandria just after the pyke massacre.

Laura had gotten seriously hurt during the attack. Beta had thrown her against a wall, leaving a nasty wound on the back of her head. She still hadn't woken up. Siddiq was conscious, but his windpipe was too damaged to speak properly. All that came out were coarse whispers. He was lucky his windpipe hadn't been crushed.

As if that wasn't enough to deal with already, they still had to deal with the aftermath of a cave collapse that happened a few days before the attack. Connie and Magna had never made it out of the rubble and we're still missing, presumed dead. Unlike the attack on Alexandria, this event was Carol's fault.

"Why'd you bring that here?" Alden hissed as he looked out of the office window to the whisperer walking around freely inside their walls. "We should either kill her or lock her up. She doesn't deserve to walk around freely. And it's dangerous."

"She's Adam's aunt and Aaron trusts her. Jesus vouched for her too. They said she's the only reason that Laura is still alive. And she helped to save Judith and RJ during the attack," Maggie replied, calmly.

"We don't even know if Laura's going to make it, if she'll wake up," he bit back. "We don't have the tools to help her here."

"Mary didn't do that. Just like with Lydia you're acting out your anger on the wrong person."

"Wrong person!?" he shrieked. He knew that people could hear him but he didn't care. "Lydia's a child. That Whisperer is an adult. They're too far gone. They're no longer human."

"Keep your anger in check," Maggie scolded. "She's not the enemy at the moment. She's helping. Without her Laura would be dead."

"I'm not going to let her see Adam. She's not entitled to that. How the hell can she even think that? They left him out there to die, to get ripped to shreds by walkers." He didn't even try to hide the disgust on his face. "That's horrendous."

"That's fair," she nodded. "But on the off chance you bump into her, be civil."

"I'm going to see Laura," he huffed and stormed out.

He walked to the medical trailer straight away and headed in. On the one hand he really wanted to see her because he was worried about her, but on the other hand he dreaded it. Seeing someone you care about hurt, close to death, hurt in an even worse way. There was only one other person besides himself inside the medical trailer. Siddiq sat on a bed next to Laura's and had his gaze solely fixed on her.

"Hey," Alden greeted him.

Siddiq couldn't really talk yet and big dark bruises covered his neck. He gave him a little wave as his own greeting. Alden stayed quiet and went to Laura. There were deep dark set bruises beneath her eyes, clearly signaling a head injury, and her skin was a ghostly white color. She looked closer to death than anything else. He sat down on the chair set up next to her bed and huffed. He hated that there wasn't anything they could do.

It made him mad. He knew she'd gotten injured trying to save Mary. He didn't believe Mary deserved to live more than Laura did. Siddiq read the pain off his face.