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As they walked towards Terminus, the group kept a steady pace.

Rick glanced over at Vanessa, noting the pensive look on her face. He could see the exhaustion in her eyes and the faint bruises that marred her skin. He slowed his pace to walk beside her, his concern evident.

"How are you holding up?" Rick asked, his voice gentle but filled with genuine worry.

Vanessa looked up at him, her expression tired but resolute. "I'll be okay," she said, her voice steady despite the fatigue. She paused for a moment, gathering her thoughts. She could tell the weight of the brutality of his actions was weighing heavy on him. "If someone was trying to hurt you...I would've done the same thing."

"Not like that" he argued.

"Yeah," she agreed. "I probably would've done something worse."

They walked in companionable silence for a while, the sound of their footsteps blending with the ambient noise of the wilderness. Eventually, they came across another sign, this one knocked over and the writing faded.

"We're getting close. Be there before sundown" Daryl said.

Rick nodded in agreement. "Now we head through the woods. We don't know who they are."

Everyone agreed, knowing they needed to be safe. Michonne turned to Vanessa, noticing that she didn't seem as hurried to get to Terminus as before. Now she walked as if she couldn't care less if they got there or not.

"You okay? Thought you'd be excited to get there" Michonne told her.

Vanessa shrugged. "I already got what I wanted," she said, knowing she only wanted to go to see if Daryl was there. But now he was with them. Seeing the look on Michonne's face, Vanessa shook her head. "Don't."

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Eventually, they made it to the outer fence of Terminus. They followed Rick as quietly as they looked in. It was quiet, and they didn't spot anyone. The place seemed to be an abandoned factory, the word Terminus painted in big block letters on the windows. Even Vanessa had to admit that the emptiness of it either meant the place was long gone or was bad news.

"We all spread out, watch for a while, see what we see, and get ready," Rick told me. "We all stay close."

They all spread out, keeping an eye on the place but didn't see anything worth noting. Rick buried a bag of weapons outside, in case they needed to come back for it. Following Rick they decided to sneak inside, going in the back door so to speak.

They crept in through a back building, hearing a woman's voice. She was repeating the same message that Daryl and Michonne heard when they went out looking for medicine. They kept going until they found the room where the woman's voice was coming from. She sat at a desk, preparing the message.