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season one, episode six
CHARLOTTE WOULD BE LYING if she said she wasn't afraid as to what was on the other side of the door and as a direct response to that, the girl keeps herself hidden behind Rick. If anybody is going to be able to protect her from any oncoming attack it'll be one of the ones with a gun, and she has a little more trust in Rick than with Shane.
The teenager feels a light tug on her arm and looks down at Sophia, forcing a smile on her face as if to help portray that everything is okay. It's a small gesture but it seems to help, the girl relaxing slightly and watching the events unfold from around Charlotte's arm.
A man appears before them, cocking his gun and running his eyes over the group almost suspiciously. The girl takes a step back when he moves forward, unconsciously taking Sophia with her so that the both of them are out of harm's way. He doesn't aim the gun at any of them per se, the end of it more so pointing at the floor but it's hard to trust anybody with a weapon these days.
"Anybody infected?" The man holding the gun asks, asking the question that they probably should've expected.
"One of our group was. He didn't make it," Rick responds, referring to Jim who they'd left behind hours earlier. Charlotte can't help but think about him, surely by now he is roaming amongst the trees as a walker — the thought makes her shudder.
"Why are you here? What do you want?"
"A chance,"
"That's asking an awful lot these days,"
"I know,"
The stranger looks around at all of them once again, his mind obviously running at a million kilometres an hour. Trust is a two way street, as is safety and harmony in this instance, if he doesn't trust them then there is going to be some issues. Eventually he seems to give into whatever he is thinking about, nodding his head once.
"You all submit to a blood test. That's the price of admission," He says finally, his eyes back on Rick as if he's deduced that he is their 'leader'. Charlotte supposes he is in a way, somebody has to make the hard decisions.
"We can do that," Rick replies assuredly.
The man finally lowers the weapon entirely, gesturing for them to grab their stuff before following him to the elevator. It's rather cramped, Charlotte happy to retreat into the far corner to form her own pocket of safety in case anything goes wrong.
"VI, seal the main entrance. Kill the power up here," The man speaks.
Charlotte looks up as the elevator begins to start up, other loud clangs also echoing around them. A beeping noise follows quickly after and they're left in quiet until Rick decides to break the silence that had begun to occur amongst them.
