The Replacement

Part Twenty-eight

Warning: swearing, mention of pregnancy

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You were still a nervous wreck after that nightmare, and nothing seemed to calm your thoughts that Negan was in grievous harm. To top it all off; a huge-ass lightning storm decided to rear its ugly head up.

A few of you, along with the kids were hauled up in Aaron's house to wait out the storm. The windows and doors were threatening to blowout at the rate they had been rattling, causing everyone to scramble to barricade them.

"Hey..." you crouch down in front of Judith and the other kids, that were seated against the wall; all clearly frightened.

"It's ok. The storm will blow over soon enough."

"You sure about that Aunt Y/N?" Judith softly murmurs.

"Promise" you wink at her, flashing a faint smirk.

"Besides, I'm here, along with the other adults to make sure you guys are safe. Now, I want you guys to stick together, and don't go wondering off where we can't see ya."

"Ok..." they all nod in agreement.

"What's with that door?!" you hear Rosita call out from behind.

"It's rotting out" Magna calls out as she checks it.

"The storm kicks up, it'll shake apart."

The younger children could be heard crying in the next room, Nabila rushes to go check on them and you follow to help.

You weren't even gone for two seconds when the sound of glass shattering was heard. Rushing back; you were greeted by the sight of a tree branch lodged through a now broken window, and then the door slammed open.

Rosita and you rushed to shut it back close, while the others attempted to cover the broken window.

And just as it seemed things couldn't get any worse; Judith notices that the windmill was on fire.

"That's even worse..." you hear Rosita comment as she looked out the window.

"What was that?" you hear Judith enquire as the sound of metal being dragged was heard.

"Piece of the wall" Rosita answers, causing you to rush to the window and look as well.

"Shit" you mutter in panic.

*****

Everyone was gathered in the kitchen as Aaron went over what was happening and how best to handle it.

"The storm blew down one of the panels of the wall by the gardens" Aaron informs everyone.

"Hopefully it's just the one. What's worse, is the fire in the windmill; it's drawing in Walkers in the surrounding areas."

"We have to get that panel back up, and the fire out" Carol comments.

"We need three teams" Aaron begins to strategize.

"I'll take one, to fight the fire."

"And I'll take a crew to repair the wall" Carol states.

"We're gonna need another team, to protect everyone here" Aaron comments.

"I can handle that" Rosita offers.

"Ok, good" Aaron nods in agreement.

"So, volunteers?"

Connie offers to go with the outside group, but Magna argues with her over it.

"If she's up for it, we could use her help" Aaron states.