shattered souls - rick grimes

Part 14

"Where's all your gear?" Dave asked "We're with a larger group, out scouting, thought we could use a drink." Hershel spoke, directing everyone's attention to him. "A drink? Hershel, I thought you quit." Dave said with a smile "Well, we were thinkin' of setting up around here. It it--is it safe?" Dave asked "It can be." Katherine replied "Although we've had to kill a couple walkers around here." she shrugged "Walkers? That's what you call 'em?" Dave asked "Yeah." she gave a light chuckle "I like that. I like that better than lame brains." Dave nodded. "More succinct." Tony spoke "Okay, Tony went to college." Dave said and both Katherine and Glenn chuckled "Two years." Tony spoke in an annoyed tone. It went silent for a few seconds before Dave spoke again. "So what--so what, you guys set up on the outskirts or somethin'?" he asked "That new development?" he pointed his thumb behind him "Trailer park or somethin'?" Tony asked as he got up off of the stool and started walking "A farm?" he asked and the four of them exchanged quick looks as Tony reached the other side of the bar. "Old McDonald had a farm..." Dave sang and Tony laughed "You got a farm?" Dave asked as they heard liquid pattering on the floor, they all looked over and saw Tony pissing in the corner. Katherine quietly groaned in disgust and looked away. "Is it safe? It's gotta be. You got food, water?" Dave asked "I see you got cooze, I haven't had a piece of ass in weeks." Tony said, looking back at Katherine "Listen, pardon my friend, city kids, they got no tact." Dave said as he rubbed his eyes in annoyance.

"No disrespect." he looked at Katherine who just had a disgusted look on her face. "So listen, Glenn--" Dave started "We've said enough." Rick said sternly "Well, hang on a second, This farm--it sounds pretty sweet. Don't it sound sweet, Tony?" Dave looked at his friend "Yeah, real sweet." Tony spoke "How about a little Southern hospitality?" Dave asked "We got some buddies back at camp, been havin' a real hard time." Dave tried to come up with excuses"I don't see why you can't make room for a few more. We can pool our resources, our manpower." Dave suggested "Look, I'm sorry, that's not an option." Rick spoke "Doesn't sound like it'd be a problem." Dave said, shrugging. "I'm sorry. We can't." Hershel spoke up. "We can't take in anymore." Rick continued and Dave chuckled "You guys are somethin' else." he spoke "I thought--y'know I thought we were friends. We got people we gotta look out for, too." Dave said "We don't know anything about you." Rick said "No, that's true. You don't know anything about us. You don't know what we've had to go through out there. The things we've had to do." Dave said while keeping eye contact with Rick before looking away "I bet you've had to do some of those same things yourself, am I right?" Dave asked and Rick just stared at him, silent

"'Cause ain't nobody's hands clean in what's left of this world. We're all the same." Dave continued talking "So, come on let's--" he looked at the ground "Let's take a nice friendly hayride to this uh farm and we'll get to know each other." Dave proposed with a smile. "That's not gonna happen." Katherine spoke up, looking at her glass "Sweetheart--" Dave began "Don't call me that." she looked up and spoke sternly "This is bullshit." Tony spoke "Calm down." Rick spoke, annoyed "Don't tell me to calm down. Don't ever tell me to calm down." Tony immediately got defensive and raised his voice "Whoa." Glenn spoke "I'll shoot you four assholes in the head and take your damn farm!" Tony yelled and Rick stood up, walking over to Tony "Woah woah woah woah woah, relax! Take it easy, nobody's killin' anybody." Dave said as he stood between Rick and Tony while Katherine put her hand on her pistol. "Nobody's shootin' anybody, right, Rick?" Dave asked as he hopped over the bar counter. As Rick turned to look at Dave, he could hear Tony put his hand on his gun and Rick froze before Dave put his pistol on the counter. "We're just friends havin' a drink...that's all." Dave said, putting his hands up.

"Now...where's the good stuff, huh?" Dave asked as he looked under the counter, as he bent down, Rick put his hand on his revolver "Don't move." Katherine whispered to Glenn as everyone in the room froze. "Hey, look at that, that'll work." Dave said as he pulled a bottle out and placed it on the counter. "You gotta understand--we can't stay out there." Dave said, pouring a few drinks. "You know what it's like." Dave continued "Yeah, I do. But the farm is too crowded as is, I'm sorry." Rick replied, nodding "You'll have to keep lookin'." Rick spoke "Keep lookin'. Where do you suggest we do that?" Dave asked Rick "I don't know...I hear Nebraska's nice." Rick spoke and Dave laughed. "Nebraska. This guy." Dave chuckled and raised his eyebrows. Dave quickly reached for his gun but Rick pulled his out quicker and shot Dave, in that time, Katherine pulled out her pistol and pushed Glenn behind her, and shot Tony in the chest twice and then once in the head. Glenn and Hershel looked at Katherine in shock as RIck just stormed toward's Tony's body.