Lone Wolf

Chapter Twenty-Nine

As we got out of the cars, I went towards Magnus.

"Magnus, do you know how to open a rift?" I asked him.

"Not fully. I can only open small ones." He told me.

"That will work. Athena, Isabelle, come here." I called.

They each came to me, and we stood in a circle.

"Magnus, I want you to open a rift, and put each of our guns in there. Once we get inside, we'll keep them hidden from the others." I said.

They all nodded, and he opened a rift. He put our guns inside and I went towards the others. I took Judith from Rick, with Athena next to me and Carl next to Rick. The other three were behind us.

We watched as the gates opened. We walked inside and I heard a noise. I took my sword out and prepared for anything. It was only a racoon though. Daryl shot it. We continued walking and saw a person on the other side.

"We brought dinner." Daryl told him.

"Uncle Daryl." Athena said.

He smiled at her, rubbing her head.

"Come on in, guys." Aaron told us.

We walked inside and watched the gates closed.

"Before we take this any further, I need you all to turn your weapons over. To stay, you hand them over." The guy told us.

"We don't know if we want to stay." Rick said as he stood next to me.

"It's fine Nicholas." Aaron told the guy now known as Nicholas.

"If we wanted to use them, we would have started already." Rick continued.

"Let them talk to Deanna first." Aaron said.

I remember that name. She's the leader of this community.

"Who's Deanna?" Abraham asked.

"She knows everything you'd want to know about this place. Rick, why don't you start?" Aaron asked.

He turned around and saw a walker.

"Sasha." He said.

Sasha turned around and killed it.

"It's a good thing we're here." He told them as they closed the last gate.

We walked further in and got ourselves ready to meet this Deanna person.

"I'll take her." Carl told me.

I nodded, passing Judith to him. I grabbed my bags from Tyresse, thanking him.

After Rick went, I was next. I went in by myself. I saw a cushion and sat down.

"May I film this?" She asked me.

"Sure." I told her.

"I'm Deanna Monroe. What's your name?" She asked me.

"Stella Hale-Cortez." I introduced.

"Family?" She asked me.

"I have my oldest son, Alexander, and two daughters, Isabelle and Athena." I told her. "You?" I asked.

"Two sons." She told me.

"Married?" She asked.

"Widowed." I told her.

"Did you know anyone before this?" She asked.

"Met them when this all started." I said.

"What did you do before this? I was a congress woman." She told me.