Lone Wolf

Chapter Thirteen

As the sun rose, we got ready to get inside the prison. We would leave Hershel, Carol, Carl, Lori, the kids, and Beth behind, while the rest of us went in. We formed a circle, only using our blades and killed the walkers as they got near us.

We saw walkers come out in a guard suit, but we couldn't kill them due to the suit. I lifted the helmet and stabbed them.

"Just like that." I told the others.

As Rick shut the fence shut, we finished the last of the walkers off. I was going towards the kids, until Rick yelled.

"Stop." He said.

"Well, it looks secure." Glenn said.

"Not from the look of that courtyard over there. And that's a civilian." Daryl said.

"So the interior could be overrun with walkers from outside the prison." T-dog added.

"Well, if there's walls down, what are we gonna do? We can't rebuild this whole place." Glenn stated.

"We need to find out where the wall is down. If it's just a portion, we can seal it off. Securing the inside will be harder." I told them.

"We can't risk a blind spot. We have to push in." Rick told us.

Daryl opened the door and together we walked through the prison.

"Stella. Anything?" He asked me.

"I smell a small number of walkers in the cell, but nothing else. Maybe 2 or three walkers, but that's it." I told him.

"Alright, let's go." He said as he went up the stairs to the guard room. He got the keys, and we looked through the cells. I searched the top with Daryl and Rick. We found two walkers, but that was it.

I went outside with Glenn and brought the others in.

"What do you think?" Rick asked everyone.

"Home sweet home." Glenn said.

I walked past the others, finding the office. 

"Okay, we have options. We can all lay in the office. I will clean it up and make it for all of us or we can grab two cells and sleep in them." I told the kids.

"Mommy, I want to be with you." Athena told me.

"I want to stay with you, mom." Isabelle said.

"Same." Alexander said.

"Alright, then place your stuff on the floor, while I get the room cleaned." I told them.

As they placed their stuff in a corner, I began picking up all the papers. I placed them all in the drawers. After all the papers were gone, I lifted the dresser up, while Athena held the door open. I walked through and placed it outside the room.

I went back in and picked up all the dirty towels and other rags I found. Finally, the floor was completely clean.

"Okay. We can use the air mattresses that we use when we are in our tents, or we can use the mattresses from the cells." I told them.

"Do we still have our sheets?" Alexander asked.

"Yes. I have all our blankets in my bag." I told them.

"We want a mattress, mom." He told me.

"Okay." I told them and I went through all the cells, finding the cleanest four mattresses I could.

"Everything good?" Rick asked as I passed him.

"Yeah. I'm just getting the room ready for the kids." I told him.