CHAPTER SIX: THE INMATES

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That next day they had set out to take the prison, though it was tough trying to get through the fully armored walkers, they had found a way to kill them.

Stepping inside the cell block, Eddie could tell this was the place.

"What do you think?" Rick called out, "home sweet home" Eddie said, "for the time being" Rick said, giving Eddie a small smile as the other male ruffled Alex's curl's, the boy swatting Eddie's hand away.

"Is it secure?" Lori asked, "this cell block is" Rick answered, "what about the rest of the prison?" Herschel questioned.

"In the morning we'll find the cafeteria and infirmary" Rick said, "we sleep in the cells?" Beth asked unsurely, "I found keys on some guards. Daryl has a set too" Rick said, "I ain't sleeping in no cage, I'll take the perch" Daryl clarified.

"Come on" Eddie said, patting Alex and Sophia on the back, everyone walking away to settle in, Daryl, who had sat at the perch, watched as Eddie helped Alex and Sophia settle in before taking the cell next to them.

{•°NEXT MORNING°•}

The next morning they had all suited up, Eddie smiled as he watched Carl try to put one of the helmets on.

"You won't need that, I need you to stay put" Rick said, "your kidding" Carl said, "we don't know what's in there, something goes wrong, you and Alex could be the last man standing, i need you two to handle things here" he said, Carl nodded with a small "sure."

"Great, let's go" Rick said, Eddie quickly kissed Alex and Sophia's foreheads, getting one of Carol's mamma hugs before following the others, Daryl walking beside him, accationly Brushing his fingers against the skin on his sides.

Walking in the dark hall's, only being unlimited by the flashlights, Eddie kept a tight grip on his nail-covered bat, glancing at Glenn as he spray painted an arrow on the wall.

As they turned a corner, Rick suddenly began whispering for them to go back, they scrambled to go in a different direction but walkers were everywhere, they had lost Glenn and Maggie in the process but found them.

Turning another corner, they stopped as they heard Hershels pained yells, quickly turning back, Eddie watched with wide eyes as a walker ripped its teeth into Hershel's leg, Rick shot the walker and quickly went to Hershel's aid.

"No!" Maggie yelled, helping them as they rushed to drag the elder man away, walkers coming at them from every direction until they broke the locks from a door and ran inside.

"Shut the door!" Rick yelled, Eddie and Daryl did so, both watching in disgust as Rick chopped off Hershel's leg.

"Daryl" Eddie whispered, jerking his head in the direction of a window, "dunk" Daryl said, Rick quickly did as asked, Daryl pointing his crossbow at a window and shining a light at it. Standing in the window were 5 inmate's.

"Holy shit" one said.

"Who the hell are you" Daryl said, "who the hell are you" an inmate fired back.

"He's bleeding out, we have to go back" Rick said, "come around here, put pressure on his knee, hard, hard, push push!" he ordered Maggie.

"Come on out of there, slow and steady" Daryl said, holding his crossbow up at the inmates, "what happened to him?" One who looked like a bad knock off version of Johnny Depp asked.

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