Her Own Walker • TWD

[ 𝟐𝟑 ] : 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧

a few hours after ruby woke up she and carl were sitting outside at the bridge that connected the cell blocks. they were keeping watch and shared the binoculars.

"psst! something weird there." carl whispered. ruby aggressively took the binoculars from him and focused on what he was looking at.

a blonde woman with a walker tied up. ruby focused even more , if it was even possible and watched intently.

she knew that face. andrea? but she had died. or so she thought.

"it's andrea!" ruby whisper yelled over to maggie and glenn. once the adults were told about her coming in rick and daryl came out with large guns.

they opened the gate for her to enter and so she did. almost instantly rick pushed her to the gate. her cheek pressed against it as he searched her for any weapons.

he was doing it quite aggressively actually. then he made her kneel and said words to hers. no idea what he said but carl and ruby watched as andrea was led to the cafeteria.

they followed as they were literally the nosiest kids on earth. andrea hugged carol tightly. ruby didn't know what to think about her anymore. she had almost forgotten about her.

ruby sighed and the whole group gathered around. for some reason in rick's messed up head he had allowed merle to hold a machine gun. ruby rested her head on the table and so did carl.

"i can't believe it." she gasped out taking a good look around at everyone. "where's shane? and lori..?" she asked curiously not spotting them.

"lori had a baby girl. she didn't survive." hershel spoke , confirming her suspicions. "neither did t-dog." maggie said sadly.

andrea had a saddening look on her face. "carl.. rick.." she trialed off not knowing what to say. ruby looked up a little. she watched as she turned to look at everyone.

"you all live here?" she asked after a moment of silence.

"in the cell block." glenn spoke up from behind her , she turned and nodded. "there?" she said pointing to the cell block they lived in.

"well can i go in?" she asked not waiting for an answer she began to make her way forward. rick quickly stepped infront of her. "i won't allow that." rick said firmly. his grip on his gun tightened.

"im not an enemy rick." she spoke almost dramatically, she obviously was. she could be faking her innocent act.

"we had that field and courtyard , until you're boyfriend tore down the fence with a truck and shot us up." rick said , explaining the previous day.

"he said you fired first." andrea said , raising an eyebrow in confusion.

"take a wild guess." ruby muttered , carl snickered beside her.

"well he's lying. he killed an inmate who survived in here." hershel said , speaking up.

"we liked him. he was one of us." daryl said , his crossbow on his back making him look a bit scary. and ruby was sure if she didn't know daryl she'd be scared as hell.

"i didn't know anything about that. as soon as i heard i came. i didn't even know you were in woodbury until after the shoot out!" she half shouted.

"that was days ago." glenn said annoyed.

"i told you , i came as soon as i could." she then turned to michonne. "what have you told them?" she asked furiously.

"nothing." michonne said calmly.

"i don't get it , i left atlanta with you people and now im the odd man out?" she asked , the anger and annoyance radiating off her.

"he almost killed michonne. and he would've killed us." glenn said , he was obviously annoyed.

"with his finger on the trigger!" andrea continued and pointed at merle. "isn't he the one who kidnapped you! who beat you!"

she sighed. she covered her head with her hands for a second. "look. i cannot excuse or explain what philip has done. but i am here trying to bring us together." she said.

she sighed and continued. "rick we have the work this out!" she said exasperatedly.

"there's nothing work out. we're gonna kill him. i don't know how or when but we are." rick said stepping up.

andrea had a dumbfounded look on her face. "we can settle this. there is room in woodbury for-for all of you!" she pleaded.

merle from the corner scoffed. "you'd know better then that."

hershel sighed. "what makes you think this man wants to negotiate?" hershel asked from beside beth. "did he say that?"

"no." rick scoffed and stepped closer. "then why did you come here?"

"because he's gearing up for war. the people are terrified, they see you as killers! there training to attack." andrea exclaimsed. at the mention of war ruby's eyes slightly widened. so did carls.

"tell you what , next time you see philip you tell him ima take his other eye." daryl spoke up from the corner. ruby smiled a little at his intimidation.

"we've taken too much shit for too long. he wants a war , he's got one." glenn said firmly.

andrea sighed. "rick , if you don't sit down and try to work this out , i don't know what's gonna happen. he has a whole town!" she sighed and looked at everyone.

"look at you. you've lost so much already. you can't stand alone anymore." she exasperated.

rick stepped face to face with her. almost toe to toe. "you wanna fix this , get us inside." andrea immediately shook her head. when rick saw this he began to walk away.

"there are innocent people!" she yelled after him but he still walked out.

a while later and now andrea was in the cellblock. let in by who , ruby didn't know and she really didn't care , as long as andrea didn't go into her cell.

and finally andrea then left.

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authors note :

helloooo

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