immune..? (TWD) BOOK 1

chapter 49

by the time we all woke up in the morning, the storm has passed,

"y/n...! get up! i want you to see this," carl said

he shook me until i opened my eyes, i didn't want to get up,

rick told carl to let me rest, that he would have another chance to show me,

carl didn't listen to his rick, ricks words went one ear and out the other.

once i was awake, carl took me outside, it was a mess. trees fallen, walkers split in half, limps torn off or barely attached to their own body's.

carl squeezed my hand to get my attention, he sat down under a big tree, i noticed maggie and sasha weren't to far.

i sat down next to him, i watched the sky,

it was a very pretty blend of purple, white and pink.

the sun rising,

the tree leaves moving ever so gently in the wind. i'm glad that he woke me up to see this..

"i- uh.." carl began to say

he cleared his throat, "i found this...and i'd like you to have it.." carl said

he has a small, ring in his hand.

i stared at him.

"alright.." i said

i took the ring out his hand, but he took it back from me.

he gently lifted my left hand, "carl..you can't do that." i said

he rolled his eyes, and preceded to put it on my ring finger, "i can do what i'd like." i carl in a non serious tone.

i sighed and looked over,

"hey! hi.." i heard a man say, i saw maggie and sasha get up in their feet immediately.

they both pulled their guns out on the man. he introduced himself, and even knew ricks name.

the music box started playing, which, was slightly creepy...

carl and i walked over, i stood behind maggie, peaking my head out from behind her back as if i was a child.

"your children?" the man asked

"the boys not," maggie said

sasha and maggie discussed if they really wanted to take this man back with us...

they agreed that maybe they should,

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"hey..!" maggie said, she pushed open the barn doors enough for everyone behind her to come in.

"everyone..this is arron.." maggie said

she walked to the side, arron followed her lead. sasha, I and carl followed in as well.

everyone stood up immediately, daryl got up, went outside the barn and looked around.

"we met him outside. he's by himself. we took his weapons and we took his gear." maggie said

daryl patted arron down, carl and i joined the others,

rick stared at arron, im not sure what he was thinking,

judith started crying, michonne took her from rick, she seemed to calm down after that.

arron stepped forwards, "it's nice to meet you." arron said

"you said he had a weapon?" rick asked,

maggie brought the gun to rick, he held it in his hands and looked at it for a few moments.

"there something you need.?" rick asked him

"he has a camp nearby. he wants us to audition for membership." sasha spoke up

"i wish there was another word. audition makes it sound like we're some kind of a dance troupe. that's only in Friday nights." arron said

everyone stared at him as if he was stupid. maybe he was stupid for coming here..

"um, and its not a camp. it's a community. i think you all would make valuable additions. but it's not my call. my job is to convince you all to follow me back home." arron said

rick gave him a head tilt and a confused expression.

"i know, if i were you, i wouldn't go either. not until i knew exactly what i was getting into. sasha, can you hand rick my pack?" arron said

she gave him a hard stare, then her eyes shifted towards rick. she made her way to rick,

"front pocket, there's an envelope." arron said

rick bent down and unzipped the front pocket,

"there's no way i could convince you to come with me. just by talking about our community. that's why i brought those." arron said

rick pulled out a yellow envelope, he stared at it for a little.

"i apologize in advance for the picture quality. we just found an old camera store last..." arron said, daryl cutting him off

"nobody gives a shit." daryl said, his voice a little rough

arron turned slightly to look at daryl, i'm sure she didn't appreciate getting told that. i'm not sure anyone would,

"you're absolutely 100% right." arron said

i couldn't tell if he was being a people pleaser or if he'd actually felt as if daryl was right.

arron turned back towards rick, rick took out the pictures and arron started talking again.

"that's the first picture i wanted to show you because nothing i say about our community will matter unless you know you'll be safe. if you join us, you will be. each panel in that wall is a...15 foot high 12 foot wide slab of solid steel framed by cold rolled steel beams and square tubing." arron said

rick looked up at him, and then rick stood up.

where the hell did they even get the steel..? actually, i feel like that's a stupid thing to ask.

"nothing alive or dead gets through that without our say-so. like i said, security is obviously important. in fact, there's only one resource more critical to our community's survival. the people. together we're strong. you can make us even stronger." arron said

he's got to be saying things that sound good to our ears, i can't imagine people actually talk like this, i mean.

there isn't anything wrong with him, just what's coming out of his mouth sounds so unreal.

rick looked at michonne, she looked back at him.

"the next picture, you'll see inside the gates. our community was first construc...-" arron said

rick had already been making his way to arron, so when he started talking again rick punched him rick in the face.

he fell to the ground with a thud, he was knocked out cold.

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