The Dead World

Thirty Five ~ Three Little Piggies

Gabriel was banging on the church doors that he knew were boarded from the inside. He'd been naive to believe he could survive out here like they had, he'd pulled boards from the floor in his office hiding in there under the guise of getting 'rest' and he had made a run for it making it to the school.

The walkers there had been locked inside the school so he hadn't been worried, he'd completely forgotten about them actually as he cried and raged over seeing Bob's charred leg on the makeshift grill. This is not what god wanted! This is not how people should behave!

However, the doors to the school being entirely made of glass gave in to the walkers shocking Gabriel from his thoughts and having no where else to go he ran back to his church.

"Please! Carl! Michonne! They're close!" he yelled banging on the door while holding an organ pipe in his other hand to hold them back, luckily they were being held back mostly by the fortifications the group had made prior but he didn't know how long they'd last.

Michonne and Oscar from the other side of the doors both started to break the boards holding the doors shut, ripping them open Gabriel rushed inside but was followed by several walkers, Carl shoot a few Michonne taking over with her katana while Oscar used the axe he had but there were too many. Gabriel hadn't just lead the walkers from the school there he'd also picked up many from the woods, not on purpose anyway.

Big Tiny grabbed Sophia's hand and lifted the sleeping baby from her makeshift bed they rushed into the office blocking the door "Go! Crawl under, it lead to the back, it's how i got out. Take the little one and just go" Gabriel pressed his body against the door.

Carl grabbed the baby bag and jumped into the whole "Hey, you wait for me" Michonne warned him, Carl nodded once and started moving through the crawl space quickly followed by Sophia who grabbed onto his shirt from behind.

"Go" Michonne waved Big Tiny down just as Judith started to whine gently.

"I don't know if i'll fit" he shook his head handing the baby to Oscar.

"You will! We ain't leaving you, go!" Oscar shoved his friend into the hole watching as the man shimmied through the gap. Where the teens had been able to stay on their feet and walked hunched over Big Tiny had to army crawl through the whole, the building floors pressed against his back just as the dirty floor grazed his chest, it was a good thing he wasn't scared of small spaces.

He army crawled all the way out feeling Sophia grip his arm trying to help him to his feet seeing the sweat beading on his forehead dripping down into his scruffy beard.

"Go" Michonne nodded Oscar on who held Judith close to him, gently dropping down into the crawl space he frown wondering how he should crawl through it. Staying as low as he could without hitting the baby in his arms to the ground he had somehow managed to one arm crawl through, the kids definately should have taken the baby.

At the gap he saw their legs "Here" he gently passed the baby through knowing he wouldn't be able to make it throught with her in his arms, Carl grabbed Judith and craddled her close watching as Big Tiny pulled Oscar through the gap.

Back inside the church Michonne looked up at Gabriel "Go, it's worth it" he smiled gently "I'm not going anywhere until your gone"

She dropped into the hole and quickly crawled through, she heard Gabriel behind her, once they were both through Gabriel stood "I can't run anymore" he huffed out.

"We're not running" Michonne answered killing the walkers stuck on the pipes both she and Oscar walked forward closing the church doors. Carl rushed forward with a wooden board hammering both doors shut while Michonne wrapped a belt around the handles.