"What the fuck?" Y/N mumbles as the car slowly pulls up to the damage.
There's two military trucks abandoned on the side of the road. Bodies litter the street. Some walkers are munching on the dead.
They exit their car quietly, weapons in hand. Daryl gets off his bike.
Rick looks at his people before giving a singular nod. Y/N and Michonne immediately take down two walkers each, with their swords.
Daryl shoots another in the head with an arrow.
Rick stabs one with a knife.
He walks by one of the cars when suddenly a woman pops up from the driver seat, hands on the window.
Rick immediately aims his gun at her. Y/N and Daryl are right behind him now, their own weapons held up.
Michonne opens the door to the truck, sword in hand.
The woman is the only one in the truck. She looks around at the bodies. "He killed everyone..."
They learn that her name is Karen.
They go with her all the way back to woodbury. It's dark outside now.
As they approach, gunfire erupts.
Rick grabs Y/Ns hand and yanks her down behind a car. Karen ducks down with them. Daryl and Michonne hide behind another one.
They shoot back at the fence line where more woodbury soldiers try to hit them.
The gunfire goes quiet and Karen jumps up, hands raised. "Dax! It's me! Don't shoot!"
Rick tries to pull her back down but Y/N touches his shoulder and he stops.
The man on watch squints his eyes, trying to make out the voice. "Karen? Karen are you okay?"
"I'm fine." She says.
"Where's the governor?" Dax shouts.
"He fired on everyone. He killed them all." Her voice cracks slightly.
The man is silent for a moment. "Why are you with them?"
"They saved me!" Karen says.
Rick looks at the others briefly. "We're coming out!"
He stands, hands raised.
Y/N sheaths her sword and follows suit. Michonne and Daryl do the same with their weapons, hesitantly.
Dax opens the gate, meeting them in front of it. "What are you doing here?"
"We were coming to finish this. Until we saw what the governor did." Rick says.
"He- he killed them?"
Y/N nods sadly. "Yeah."
Rick continues. "Karen told us Andrea hopped the wall going for the prison. She never made it. She might be here."
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Rick and Daryl lead the way to the building where their people were held hostage.
"This is where he had Glenn and Maggie." Rick whispers to them.
Dax shivers. "The governor held people here?"
"He did more than hold them." Daryl says.
They come across a metal door. There is a pool of blood on the floor. It looks fresh. There's a latch on the outside.
Michonne looks at Y/N, heart sinking to her chest. "Will you open it?"
Y/N nods. She quietly counts to herself before snapping open the latch, throwing the door open.
Inside the dim lit room is a singular chair. There is a zombified man on the ground, motionless. A screwdriver is next to him.
Right next to the doorway, a woman leans against the wall.
Michonne drops her sword. "Andrea."
Rick crouches in front of her.
"I tried to stop them." She mumbles.
"You're burning up." Michonne says, feeling her head.
Andrea grunts as she gently moves the collar of her jacket, revealing a large bite near her neck.
Y/N looks away, grabbing onto Daryl's arm.
Yes, they had their problems, but she's known Andrea since the camp in Atlanta. Nobody deserves this.
Michonne, who spent the whole winter with Andrea, looks away, tears in her eyes.
Andrea sits up slightly. "Judith, Carl, the rest of them..."
Rick shakes his head. "Us. The rest of us."
"Are they alive?"
Y/N speaks for the first time. "Yeah, they're alive."
Andrea smiles a little. She looks at Michonne. "It's good you found them. No one can make it alone now."
Daryl nods. "I never could."
"I just didn't want anyone to die." Andrea says. She sits up a little more. "I can do it myself."
"No." Michonne says.
"I have to. While I still can. Please?"
Everyone is silent. Then she glances at Y/N with a small smile. "At least I know how the safety works."
Y/N chuckles, tears now forming in her own eyes.
Rick hands Andrea a gun.
She looks at everyone. "I tried."
"You did." Rick says, standing. Everyone leaves the room but Michonne. She doesn't want to leave her alone.
A gunshot rings out.
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The group pulls back up to the prison.
The others come outside, confused when they see a school bus following behind Daryl's bike and the car.
Everyone gathers around Rick. They watch as Karen and Dax escort woodbury people off of the bus.
Carl grabs Y/Ns hand and pulls her away. "What is this?"
"They're gonna join us, Carl."
He shakes his head, walking away.
Hershel and Beth lead the people of woodbury into the cell blocks.
Rick walks over to Y/N, his hand slipping into hers.
She takes a deep breath.
"This was the right call." She says.
He nods. "Yeah. It is."
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Sheriff's Lover ||| Rick Grimes x Reader (TWD x Reader)
Fanfiction32 year-old Y/N was all alone on the streets of Atlanta when a man in a sheriffs uniform trots down the road on top of a horse. She decides to join him on his journey to find his family because she doesn't want to be left behind. The two run into a...
