Apocalypse

Thirteen

When Rick and I go inside, Glen is beside us—says he'll get the supplies later—we see Hershel at the bar with a glass beside him. "You talk to him" I say to Rick.

"What are you going to do?" He asks me

"Raid" is my answer, why else do I have a bag with me. So I go behind the bar to grab all the bottles of liquor. Liquor can be used to clean wounds beside drink since it's alcohol.

As I'm cleaning, I grab glasses that can be cleaned. Going to the front, I grab the bottles under the counter as well as fruit that is still somehow still good.

"Son of a bitch" I hear an unknown male voice, getting up I see two men have appeared. Both have dark hair, one with blue eyes and the other brown. One is very heavy and both have guns on them "their alive"

"I'm Dave" the one who sits down and has brown eyes introduces himself "the scrawny looking douche bag there is Tony" Rick pours them some drinks.

Tony chuckles "Eat me, Dave"

He shakes his head "Maybe someday I will. We met on I-95 coming out of Philly" taking his drink to well drink "damn shit show that was"

"I'm Glen" Glen introduced himself "it's nice to meet some new people"

"Rick Grimes" Rick hands Glen some alcohol, I shake my head no needing a clear mind.

"I'm Phoenix" introducing myself

"Like the fire bird?" Dave asks, I nod my head "cool" looking over at Hershel "how about you, pal? Have one?"

"I just quit" Hershel says

"You've got a unique sense of timing" Dave says "my friend" I wonder if it's just those two or more? Cause if their is more then we could add more to Elysium.

"His name is Hershel" Rick says "he lost people today, a lot of them"

"I'm truly sorry to hear that" he means it, I have this orb pulled out. I never go out without it now, I recently created it to make sure if someone is telling the truth or not. He's truthful about what he says "to better days and new friends...and to our dead, may they be in a better place"

Rick is wary of these people, I however am not "Not bad, huh?" Showing the gun that he has "got it off a cop"

"I'm a cop" Rick says

"This in was already dead" assuring us

"You fellas" Rick says drinking "are a long way from Philadelphia"

"Feels like" leaning back "we're a long way from anywhere"

"Well, what drove you south?" I ask

"I can tell you it wasn't the weather" he says "I must've dropped thirty pounds in sweat alone down here. First I was DC" he starts to explain his journey "I heard there might be some sort of refugee camp, but the roads were so jammed we never got close. We decided to get off the highways and into the sticks keep hauling ass. Every group we came across had a new rumor about a new way out of this thing"

"One guy" Tony says "told us there was the coast guard sitting in the gulf, sending ferries to the islands"

"The latest was a rail yard" Dave says "in Montgomery, running trains to the middle of the country—Kansas, Nebraska"

"Nebraska?" Glen asks

"Low population" Tony explains "lots of guns"

"That's stupid" they look at me "better to use hatchets or make weapons that will kill those things through the brain. No need in using guns unless your a sniper"

"Smart" Dave nods his head "and there is a reason people call Nebraska fly over states" Tony laughs

"How many of there are you?" I ask, they look at me "in your group"

"A few" Dave says "why?"

"Phoenix" Rick lowly says

Holding my hand up "You guys good with weapons?" They nod their heads and I think about it "what about the rest of your group? I mean there has to be more of you"

"There is" Tony confirms

"Before we say anything more" Rick cuts me off "what do you know about Fort Benning?" To ease Shane's mind since he is dead set on going there.

"It's all gone to shit" Dave shakes his head "if you were planning on going there"

"Someone else from our group" Glen says "but Phoenix here has a plan, she plans on building a compound for us humans"

"Really?" He asks

"The more people" I say "the better and with everything, would you and your group be interested in joining us going north?"

"Why north?" Tony asks

"The four seasons" I say "I was thinking about Virginia or New York"

"Both are very populated places for lamebrains" Dave says

"With everything going on" I say "no where is safe and if we are to build this compound, then it needs to be someplace where many things can grow or survive and going north is best"

"Phoenix" Rick whispers "are you sure about this?"

"Yes" nodding my head "better to have more manpower than anything"

"We have three other people" Tony says

"Bring them here and I'll tell them what I'm offering" they nod their heads and Dave leaves to get them. When he comes back, I see three white men all with dark hair and dark eyes.

"This is Conner, Brady and Ash" Dave introduced them "guys this is Glen, Hershel, Rick and their leader Phoenix"

"Your planning on going creating a new what? Civilization?" Ash asks

"Yeah" nodding my head "but if we're going to add you then you need to contribute fully, okay?" They nod their heads "okay so this is the plan" I explain to them my plan.

"Magic?" Brady asks

Using my powers I levitate the glass and they stare in shock "Supernatural beings are completely real"

"I need a drink" Brady shakes his head