The Ones We Lose ⏐ The Walking Dead

01. Michelle

"I'm back. Got a guest plus four geeks in the alley," Glenn's voice rang through the room as Michelle held onto the radio. She gestured towards Morales and T-Dog before breaking into a run. She unsheathed her knife right before stopping next to the door to one of the alleyways. She opened the door letting the two men in protective gear through before her.

The alley was filled with trash and various discarded items. Two walkers were slowly making their way towards Glenn and his guest. Michelle quickly scanned the man, noticing his police uniform and the gun strapped to his belt, before redirecting her attention to the task at hand. Morales quickly attacked one of the walkers as T-Dog pushed the other one to the ground. Michelle ran up and stabbed it right in the head before running back to the door and holding it open for the rest of the group.

"Morales, let's go," T-Dog called out to the other man before running through the door himself. Morales swung his bat one last time and followed the others. Michelle quickly closed the door behind them making sure that no walker could follow them inside.

"You good?" She put a hand on Glenn's shoulder looking him over for any possible injuries. Glenn just nodded his head as they walked into the room where the rest of the group was waiting.

Just as they came through the door Andrea grabbed the stranger and pushed him against one of the boxes in the room. Michelle rolled her eyes before walking through the room and grabbing a stray piece of cloth. She settled in the corner and started cleaning her knife as everything unfolded.

"Son of a bitch. We ought to kill you," Andrea grabbed the man by the collar pointing a gun at his head. Morales and Jacqui quickly stepped in trying to calm the blonde before she did anything stupid, "Ease up? You kidding me, right?" She looked at Jacqui before turning her attention back to the man in front of her. "We're dead because of this stupid asshole."

"We're not dead," Kit approached her trying to peacefully resolve the situation "Come on put the gun down," he put his hand on her shoulder but she brushed it off still focused on the stranger.

"Well, pull the trigger," Morales came up from behind her clearly not buying her threats. Michelle scoffed quietly. She had seen Andrea shoot before and knew that it would be a miracle if she even came close to hitting her target from a foot away. Kit turned his head towards Michelle and gave her a disapproving look. She lifted her hands in surrender before putting away her knife.

"We're dead," Andrea finally lowered her gun "All of us. Because of you," Kit put his hand on her shoulder reassuringly. Andrea didn't shrug it off this time she only lowered her head in defeat.

"I don't understand," It was the first time Michelle heard the strange man speak she took note of his southern accent. She looked him over one more time his police outfit was surprisingly clean and put together except for a few undone buttons in his shirt. He didn't look very dirty or malnourished, only his hair was messy and covered in sweat.

"Look, we came into the city to scavenge for supplies," Morales grabbed the man by his shoulder and started leading him through the building the rest of the group quickly following. Michelle stayed at the back of the group right behind Kit. She listened as Morales explained to the stranger how scavenging works and scolded him for making this much noise. "Get the picture now?"

The group stopped near one of the main entrances to the store. Michelle looked at all the dead who were pushing against the glass door. The glass was slowly cracking under their weight. She looked at the police guy and made note of his reaction. He didn't look scared he looked surprised and shocked like he had never seen something like this before. She looked back at the door as a loud crack rang through the room. The group slowly backed away behind one of the counters.