𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍, rick grimes (ON HOLD)

SEVENTY-EIGHT

JOSIE HELPED RICK AND MICHONNE CARRY DEANNA UPSTAIRS INTO one of the rooms. The brunette quickly grabbed a few bandages on the night stand, walking over to the bed and sitting down on it next to Deanna as she began to soak up the blood from her wound.

Josie continued to work before Rick appeared in the doorway. "How're we doing in here?"

The brunette looked at her husband. "Fine, I think. I'm almost done with her wound, but there's still some more blood..."

Josie trailed off when she moved Deanna to the side, revealing a bite mark. The brunette swallowed the lump in her throat, sharing a look with Rick.

Deanna looked at the bite. "Well... shit."

Josie took a deep breath and finished wrapping up her wound. She then got to her feet, heading downstairs and leaving Deanna alone with Michonne. The brunette saw Gabriel, who was tending to Judith.

A sudden crash sounded from the garage and Josie looked at Gabriel, who nodded and picked Judith up, taking her upstairs into the spare room.

Josie rushed to the garage door, trying to open it, only to find out it was locked. "Carl? Carl, open the door!"

The brunette could hear groaning coming from inside, presumably from Ron. It almost sounded like they were fighting and soon enough, Rick and Jessie joined her side.

"What's going on?" Rick asked.

"Carl and Ron are in there," Josie replied.

"Carl?" Rick shouted for his son.

"Ron!" Jessie yelled, banging on the door.

"Open the door, guys!" Josie shouted. "Come on!"

"Back up," Rick ordered.

The two women backed away as Rick hit the lock with an ax, opening the door. As soon as the door opened, both Ron and Carl dashed in, slamming the door shut as the horde of walkers tried getting in.

Josie, Jessie, Ron, and Carl all kept the door shut as Gabriel, Parker, and Rick approached with a couch, propping it up against the door.

"We need more and we need to be quiet," Rick told everyone.

"I'll see what I can find," Michonne offered.

"Me too," Gabriel added, running off upstairs with Michonne.

Rick looked at Carl. "What happened in there?"

"We were looking for tools and knocked over a shelf," Carl replied.

"We heard yelling," Jessie added.

"Yeah, Ron saw them break through the gates," Carl explained. "We had to move. That's what happened."

"Hey, it sounded like you were fighting," Josie said.

"Yeah, but we were fighting them," Ron replied, heading upstairs to find more things.

"Carl, it's okay?" Rick asked.

"It's okay," Carl confirmed, following after Ron as Parker ran after the two boys.

Judith began to cry from upstairs and Rick ran off to tend to her, leaving Josie and Jessie alone. Gabriel joined to help them, but the walkers were stronger and started pushing against them, moving the couch out of the way.

Rick appeared from the stairs. "Get upstairs! Now!"

Gabriel and the two women backed off, letting the walkers through. The others joined them and they dragged the couch over, blocking the stairs as Rick killed a walker.