﹙season three, episode seven﹚ when the dead come knocking
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SCOUT ALMOST GROANED WHEN abiter next to him growled in his ear, while Michonne grimaced and reached down to apply pressure to her bleeding wound on her thigh.
They had been standing in front of that prison fence for what felt like ages as the man inspected them. A few people came out from the prison, and Scout was shocked to see children and an elderly man. A littler boy wearing a sheriff's hat, maybe reaching his early teenage years, an older man with a long beard, and a blonde girl maybe Scout's age. He stared at the blonde girl for a few seconds longer than the rest, her blonde hair reminding him of his mother.
The younger boy ran down the gravel road that was inside of the prison fence, racing to the gate to watch them. The biters around Michonne and Scout were getting too suspicious of the former, making Michonne stumble back and take out her sword. Which, in turn, caused Scout to do the same, instead taking out his gun and guarding Michonne, but not firing a shot.
"Should we help them?" the boy shouted to the man, who started walking away. Michonne dropped her bag as the biters started ganging up on them. Michonne waved her katana around, the actions becoming too much, until she slipped and fell. Scout, having no choice but to probably later receive a lecture from Michonne, grabbed her sword and stuck in through the body of another biter. He glanced down at Michonne, worry consuming his body when she slipped out of consciousness.
"Carl!" the man shouted, and the little boy, Carl, threw him a pair of keys. The man used the keys to open the gate, and Scout's shoulders finally fell with relief.
The man stepped out from the fence, using his gun to shoot down biters nearby that Scout failed to notice. Carl ran over to the basket of formula that Scout dropped, while the man waltzed up to the latter and Michonne's unconscious body. He snatched Michonne's katana from his hands, along with the gun Scout had. Normally, Scout would make one of his quips that everyone seemed to hate and simultaneously ignore, but this man honestly intimidated him. The man held a gun to Scout's head momentarily before directing it elsewhere, letting him know that he wouldn't hesitate to shoot if he tried anything funny. eAnd, in times like these made Scout thankful he was as young as he was, because he didn't pose as too much of a threat.
Scout held his hands up in surrender, knowing damn well that Michonne would be cursing him to hell for his submissive actions if she was awake right now. But, they needed this. These people more than likely had the medical equipment for Michonne's bullet wound, and he wanted to abuse that. After all, the two of them had successfully delivered their baby formula, right? That had to reward them something.
