Shadows

6) Tell Them

Alicia sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose as she looked at the walkers chained together. "What the fuck?" She groaned.

Aaron looked at a particular walker, furrowing his brow. "That's Michonne's." He said.

Alicia and Rick both looked at a lock of hair tied to a walker. "That's Daryl's."

Alicia whipped her head around, looking at the arrow that was embedded into the walkers chest. She walked over, pulling it out quickly. He fist clenched around it as her jaw tightened.

Rick snatched the piece of hair off the walker and raised his axe. Before he could bring it down on the walkers head, bullets were raining down on top of them.

"Back to the RV! Go!" Rick ordered.

Alicia ignored him, raising her gun and firing at whoever she could see. A bullet whizzed passed her head just a Carl pulled her out of the way.

"Thanks." She breathed.

"I got your six." He said, firing at the saviors above them.

Rick broke the chain of walkers and soon they were all dead. Everyone rushed back into the RV, Abraham practically shoving Alicia and Sasha inside.

They sped off, putting as much distance between them and that group of saviors as they could.

Alicia groaned, flopping back onto the little couch. "Hasn't this been a fun little outing."

Carl chuckled. "Oh yeah, definitely."

Alicia looked over to Rick who was holding the lock of Michonne's hair. "Hey." She called to him. "We're gonna find them."

He nodded, giving her a weak smile. "Yeah. We are."

"What's that sound?" Sasha asked, drawing their attention.

"Under carriage could've caught a bullet, or it could be the transmission which would be nothing." Eugene informed them.

"They were firing at our feet." Rick said. "They blocked the road but they weren't trying to stop us, they want us in this direction."

Sasha nodded. "Barton road takes us North, but they gotta know we wanna go north."

"Meadows." Eugene said. "Take us east a piece but we can get back on track."

"We're down to a third of a tank of gas." Alicia added. "We could top off at the next stop but no refills after that."

Aaron looked over at Rick, glancing back at Maggie. "She's burning up."

Alicia sighed, watching as he pinched the bridge of his nose, not seeming to know what to do.

"Rick." Abraham called.

They gathered at the front, staring out at the huge road block. "Holy fucknuts." She breathed.

"Go back." Rick said as Abraham stopped the RV.

"Where?" He asked.
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The group had managed to circle back and now Alicia sat in the RV witch Maggie while the rest of them checked out another road block.

"Glenn... he's probably home by now don't you think?" Maggie asked weakly.

Alicia smiled, nodding. "Yeah. He's probably at home right now, worried sick." She laughed dryly. "Him and Daryl are probably sending out a search party for us right now."

Maggie smiled, holding her hand. "We got lucky didn't we?"

Alicia smiled. "We sure as hell did." She kissed Maggie's hand, squeezing it a little tighter. "It only took the end of the world to find our Mr. Rights."

"I think we would've found each other even if this hadn't happened." She responded. "We're all family, we just didn't know it yet."

Alicia nodded, sniffing slightly. "You're right." She looked out the small window on the side. "You're so right."

"Red!" Abraham's voice drew her from her thoughts.

"Yeah?" She called back.

"Get your ass up here! We're gonna need your help."

She sighed, kissing Maggie's cheek. "We'll be there before you know it." She walked into the front of the RV. "What?"

Abraham looked straight at her, sighing heavily. "You gotta tell em' about Negan."