Cowboy

58) Stay With Us

Alicia was well enough to take a walk outside. She was getting better, slowly but she definitely felt better than yesterday. A gunshot drew her attention back to the prison.

She groaned, jogging back up the hill. It was definitely hard since she was short of breath. She had her gun drawn as she entered the cell block.

She looked up to see Lizzie leading a walker towards her. "Here Henry. Away from Glenn." She heard her say.

Alicia's heart rate picked up. What was wrong with Glenn? She ran up the stairs finding Glenn in his cell. He was laying on the floor.

Alicia kneeled down beside him, checking his pulse. It was weak. "Shit." She mumbled.

She heard Lizzie scream and a few minutes later Hershel was in the cell beside her. "What are you doing in here?" Hershel asked her.

"I heard a gunshot."

"You should have stayed outside." He reached down to check Glenn's pulse as well. "Hold on Glenn. Hold on." He breathed.

Alicia grabbed Hershel's arm. "What's happening?"

"Henry turned, as well as a few of the others. Stay here with him. I'll be back."

Alicia nodded, moving Glenn slightly so she could close the cell door. She watched Hershel limp away.

She kneeled back down beside Glenn. "Cmon." She breathed. "Don't do this."

She noticed the blood seeping out of his mouth and realized it was making it hard for him to breath. Quickly she rolled him over, holding his head up slightly so the blood ran from his mouth onto the floor.

The longer she held him there the more blood came out. She began to notice his breathing was slowing. "No no no." She said quickly. "Fuck."

His breathing had stopped completely. She reached up to his neck, checking his pulse. It wasn't there.

She rolled him back onto his back, placing her hands on his chest. "Thank fuck I took a class on this." She began to do chest compressions, breathing into his mouth after every three.

She did this for about five minutes before his chest began to rise and fall again. "Oh thank God." She breathed.

Suddenly Maggie was by Alicia's side. "What happened?" She asked.

Alicia looked down at more blood pooling in Glenn's mouth. "He stopped breathing and I did CPR. We've got to clear all this blood out."

He began choking. Maggie turned him to the side, trying to get more blood out. "He's turning blue!" She yelled to Hershel.

"Clear his airway!" He yelled back. "I'm on my way!"

Hershel ran into the cell with an intubation tube. "Dad." Maggie said hurriedly.

"Roll him into his back." Alicia helped her, watching as Hershel prepared the incubator. "Come on son. Come on. You know how this works."

Glenn continued to struggle, his body trying to reject the plastic tube. "Just relax." Hershel said.

He finally got it in, helping Glenn breathe. "Stay with us Glenn. Stay with us." She pleaded, sitting beside Maggie.

They watched as his gasping stopped. Alicia let out a sigh of relief. "You're gonna be ok." Maggie said. "We're gonna be ok."
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"I'm glad you're ok." Alicia said from a few feet away. Daryl and his team had gotten back and Hershel had immediately made her take a shit ton of medicine.

"How are you feeling?" He asked.

"Tired." She sighed. "I'm really fucking tired."

Daryl chuckled. "You'll be better soon. Don't worry."

She smiled, blowing him a kiss with her hand. "I'm gonna go back to Glenn. I love you."

"I love you too."

Alicia walked back into the quarantined cell block, trudging up the stairs to Glenn. Man was she tired of these damn stairs.