THE REASON ━ glenn rhee ²

𝟐𝟓. training sessions

THE REASON

chapter twenty-five ; training sessions
[ season five – episode fifteen ]

      IT HAD ONLY been fifteen minutes since Kloe, Rosita, Michonne, and Sasha returned to Alexandria. Only fifteen minutes and something more went wrong. Not everyone had even been fully awake yet since it was only around seven a.m.

Kloe and Rosita had taken a walk to have some casual talk about normal things. Who was she kidding? Nothing was normal anymore. The thing that cut their conversation short was the sound of glass shattering nearby. Kloe's natural instinct from being out on the road for just over a month kicked in, resulting in her sprinting toward the source of the sound. Rosita followed swiftly.

The moment she sharply turned a corner, she practically skidded across the pavement to come to an immediate stop. There he was — Rick. The man who is intrinsically their leader while on the road. The man who had understood the concept of how the world worked before they ever could. He was stiffly set atop of their one and only professional surgeon, Pete.

Rick's fingers were wrapped tightly around the Anderson man's neck, the skin on his face going a bright pink from the lack of oxygen and blood flow. More people made an appearance. Kloe's head snapped to the side, spotting her brother and sister. She glanced back ahead.

Pete's face consisted of blood — oozing out of small fresh wounds directly caused by Rick. The cuts were made on the bridge of his nose and on his left cheekbone. Kloe jolted back from surprise when Pete managed to clench his fist and strike it across Rick's face, knocking him to the side. The Grimes man, however, managed to not let the punch have any effect on him as he didn't hesitate to punch him back. The man's face sounded a vehement crunch, causing Kloe to grimace as if she could feel the pain.

Jessie let out a sob as she watched the two men fight, her hand going up to her mouth as she desperately prayed for the commotion to end abruptly. The men panted heavily as Rick snaked his hands up to Pete's face and eyes, a snarl escaping his mouth as Pete gravely attempted to strangle Rick.

To Rick's misfortune, Pete had found new strength and vigorously pushed the man off of him. His back bashed against the concrete with a harsh thud as Pete climbed on top of him, copying Rick's actions as he tightened his fingers around his throat.

Having enough, Jessie sobbed one last time before lunging forward. Kloe straightened her stance as she watched the woman set her hands on her husband's shoulders and attempted to pull him off of Rick. She yelled until her throat went raw for him to stop, except it only resulted in Pete backhanding her across the face.