rag doll | TWD

[52] not tomorrow yet

kickstart my heart --- motley crue

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The group got back to Alexandria and immediately set up a meeting to be held at the church. Rick spoke to his people, ready to convince them, "We can work with the Hilltop. Maggie hammered out a deal. We're getting food - eggs, butter, fresh vegetables. But they're not just giving it away. These saviors, they almost killed Sasha, Daryl and Abraham on the road. Now sooner or later, they would've found us, just like those Wolves did. Just like Jesus did. They would've killed someone or some of us. And then they would try to own us. And we would try to stop them. But by then, in that kind of fight, low on food, we could lose. This is the only way to be sure, as sure as we can get, that we win. And we have to win. We do this for the Hilltop, it's how we keep this place. It's how we feed this place. This needs to be a group decision. If anybody objects, here's your chance to say your piece."

Everyone remained quiet once Rick finished his speech. It was clear that the room was filled with mixed emotions, but Morgan was the only one to say anything. 

"You're sure we can do it? We can beat 'em."

"What this group has done, what we've learned, what we've become- all of us, yes, I'm sure."

"Then all we have to do is just tell them that."

"Well, they don't compromise."

"This isn't a compromise. It's a choice you give them. It's a way out, for them and for us."

"We try and talk to the saviors, we give up our advantage, our safety. No, we have to come for them before they come for us. We can't leave them alive."

"Where there's life, there's possibility."

"Of them hitting us." Rick argued.

"See, we're not trapped in this. None of you are trapped in this."

"Morgan... they always come back."

Morgan stood strong in his belief, "They come back when they're dead too."

"Yeah, we'll stop them. We have before."

"I'm not talking about the walkers." Morgan's eyes went to the floor. 

Rick looked around the room, proposing the idea. "Morgan wants to talk to them first. I think that would be a mistake, but it's not up to me. I'll talk to the people still at home. I'll discuss it with the people on guard now too, but who else wants to approach the saviors, talk to them first?"

Aaron quickly stood up, making the people think he might be agreeing with Morgan. "What happened here, we won't let that happen again. I won't." Then, he sat back down. 

"Looks like it's settled. We know exactly what this is. We don't shy from it, we live. We kill them all." Rick concluded. "We don't all have to kill. But if people are gonna stay here, they do have to accept it."

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"Describe it." Rick told Andy, the Hilltopper who was there to help execute the plan. 

Andy drew a sketch of the compound. "Rectangular building, big satellites on it."

"Any windows?" 

"I don't remember any. I think they made it so there's only one way in."

"Guards outside?"

"Yeah," Andy sighed, "two of 'em, at least."

"And you don't know how many people they have?" Michonne quizzed.