The teens are sitting with the rest of their group, Daryl is in the shed. But the story of what the group of Randall did to the two teenage girls only pisses him off. He can't imagine his little girl going through that.
"So what you gonna do? We'd all feel better if we knew the plan," Lori says as she grabs herself some tea.
"Is there a plan?" Andrea asks.
"We gonna keep him here?" Glenn asks.
"We'll know soon enough," Rick says as Daryl walks towards the group.
"Boy there's got a gang, about 30 men. They got heavy artillary and they ain't looking to make friends. They roll through here, our boys are dead. Our women...they're gonna...they are gonna wish they were," Daryl says while he glances at his daugther who is standing next Ben.
Rick decides then and there that Randall is to dangerous and orders that no one can come close to the boy. The teens leave to go train with Daryl as they do most days now.
Just before sunset they all go back to the farm where they get send upstairs as the adults don't want them to be a part of the discussion. But the teens have different ideas and they all still listen in.
"They should just kill him and burn his body," James whispers making the others nod.
Yes, Randall is a 16 year old. But after hearing from Daryl what his group had done to the two girls and their father, they had made up their minds.
Oliver stands next James leaning on the bannister. The teens have now gotten used to his lingering presence. He is with them most days and they all have agreed in silence to let him into their tight group.
He has a bandage around his hand, he made the bloodpact with them. He swore to live by their vows and agreed to follow them whereever and whenever.
Rick walks into the hallway and looks at the teens for a few seconds before walking out the door. Ben lets out a deep breath before he walks to the stairs. He walks down it and follows his father.
"What are you gonna do?" he asks.
Rick sighs as he turns to his son. "Ben...i know what you think. But the boy...his group...they can be a real danger. 30 men, they...they raped 2 girls, no older than 16. Think about your mother, about your friends. If they come, we will all be dead. The girls...the women, they will wish they are. Imagine it...the pain...their suffering. We make no match for them," Rick says as the other teens walk over.
Ben looks at the teens before nodding. "Okay, we won't stand in your way," he says looking at his father.
Rick looks at the teens, as if something in him clicks. He realizes that they hold some power over him. They all, indivitually hold some power, they are each strong willed and smart. They can probably survive anything together.
He nods before he walks off to the tents, Iza walks over to Ben and puts her hand on his shoulder. "Come on," she says softly.
He nods before he walks over to them. It soon gets dark, almost nobody can get their food through their throat. Iza and Gwyn are sat while staring at James and Ben.
The two are eating like there's no tomorrow. Iza has her eyebrows raised in shock as she looks at Ben.
"They're disgusting..." Gwyn mumbles.
Iza sits up and pricks her finger in Bens face. "Did you just poke me?" He asks confused.
"That's not cool. We're eating," James says with his mouth full.
"They're both human," Iza says making Gwyn nod. After eating, or at least trying, Rick, Shane and Daryl go to execute Randall.
Not long after, they come back, with Carl who sneeked off to watch. Rick announces that they are going to keep the boy in custody for the time being. Andrea rushes off to tell Dale.
But just as she had left and the teens start to settle, a scream echoes through the farm. Everybody gets into action, Ben grabs his gun, Iza grabs her bow and arrows, James also grabs a gun and so does Gwyn. Oliver grabs a knife from his belt as he did not have any training with a gun, not a lot at least.
Everybody grabs their weapons and starts running towards the screaming. They find Dale in a field next to a dead cow, he has big wounds in his abdomen.
Andrea is sobbing, Lori is in shock, Carl hugs her crying while the others stand around not knowing what to do and crying. "He is sufffering," Andrea says.
Rick raises his gun, but he can't shoot him. Iza looks at her father as he takes it and gets on his knee. Holding the gun to Dale's head before he whispers. "I'm sorry brother." And then the fatal shot to the head, the shot meant for Randall.
Iza hides her face in Ben's chest who hugs her with tears in his eyes. Gwyn looks away while Oliver hugs her and James just closes his eyes. If only Rick had listened to Dale...
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