TWD-Vivian Grimes

WHAT IT ALWAYS IS

HILLTOP

Brian and Daryl rides their bikes inside the gate with Siddiq riding behind them on horseback. Brian notices Daryl smiling as he waves to Connie

Daryl: Ah shut up

Brian: I didn't say anything, bro.

Ezekiel: Any sign of Negan?

Daryl: Searched all day and night, but no sign of him.

Ezekiel: Keep thinking about what he took from us, what didn't take from him.

He coughs weakly.

Ezekiel: Alexandria deserved better.

Siddiq: Hey you've had your own trouble too.

Ezekiel: Actually we could use a hand in the infirmary. Much of the Kingdom's still in recovery from the treefall.

Siddiq: We were planning on leaving tomorrow but uh, yeah. Of course. Whatever you need

He clasps his hand against Ezekiel and walks away.

Brian: You ask about Carol?

Ezekiel sadly shakes his head.

Ezekiel: Nah.

Brian and Daryl watches him walk away, exchanging looks with each other.

WOODS

Raj is twirling his machete around in the air standing on a bridge in the woods. He stops when he hears faint sounds of walkers growling. He walks closer to the side looking over the side into the woods.

He runs across heading off the trail gripping his machete tightly. Down in the creek, Gamma is leading a walker through the water before killing the walker letting the body fall down into the creek.

She slices the walker's chest open, turning it onto its side letting the blood ooze into the water.

Raj ducks behind a bush. Gamma looks around carefully

Raj: What the hell she doing?

WHISPERER CAMP

Alpha: Careful, now

Alpha is watching a Whisperer cut off a walker's face with her hands clasped behind her back.

Alpha: Ears are the trickiest.

Gamma enters the camp making her way past Beta who follows her, Alpha looks at her

Alpha: You have something for me?

Gamma: I've been damning up the creek, like you wanted. I've just come back for one more guardian.

Beta: A guardian taken is another lost.

Alpha: Patience. Shifts in strategy take time. The creek, the water, the tree, it will crush Vivian and her people.

Whisperer: Or we could release an army of thousands.

Beta lunges towards him making him flinch but Alpha places her hand on his chest stopping him.

Alpha: Go ahead. Say your piece

Whisperer: Instead of these little nicks, getting our guardians killed at their walls, why don't we......cut the enemy down all at once? End the fake Alpha's reign in one fell swoop?

Alpha: Let us vote. Anyone agree?

Not a single other whisperer speaks up in favor of the one's plan. Gamma moves her eyes around the camp.

Alpha: That's democracy for you.

She smiles before slicing him across the leg sending him down to his knees.

Alpha: The human body is fragile. All it takes for it to collapse is a few nicks in the right spots.

He lunges for her as she cuts him across the arm knocking his own knife to the ground.

Alpha: Just like the enemy. When their world collapses, the smart ones will know where to come to stay safe. We'll be waiting.

She holds out the knife and Beta reaches out taking the knife. He walks up ramming the knife through the man's neck throwing his body to the ground

Alpha: You said you wanted another guardian.

ELSEWHERE

Gamma is leading the walker behind her slowly through the woods. The walker stalks down into the creek, Gamma brings her knife down killing it, it's body falling down into the water.

She stabs the walker over and over again as images of her sister being swarmed by walkers flashes through her mind.

She nicks her hand with the blade making it splash into the water.

Gamma: Shit.

She holds her bloody hand, groaning. She looks up seeing Raj standing on the bank, waving at her

Raj: Hey

He tosses her a roll of bandages.

Raj: It's okay. That's for you. I had it in my bag. My girlfriend's is kind of a worried wort. Take it. It's okay. I'm Raj.

Gamma reaches for the bandages.

Raj: You guys don't do names anymore. But you're from somewhere, right? I'm from LA. Where......

Gamma stands up and runs away running up the other side of the bank

Raj: Could've said thank you but whatever!

WHISPERER CAMP

Gamma makes her way inside Alpha's makeshift tent where she's sitting on the ground, she looks up at her.

Gamma rolls up her sleeves showing her hand wrapped up in the bandage.

Gamma: The Sniper gave it to me. I don't know what that.....

Alpha: Shush. Sit

Gamma sits down in front of her.

Alpha reaches up pulling Gamma's mask over her head revealing her face.

Alpha: We've all had to wear different masks at different times. Call it a kinda sacrifice. Like your sister.

Gamma: Your sacrifice was......much greater.

Alpha: The Sniper.......could prove useful. You might just have to wear a new mask.