17 - dying fire 𝑰𝑰𝑰

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"You out?" I ask

"Running on fumes." Rick says

"We can't stay here." Maggie says

"We can't all fit in one car." Glenn says

"We'll have to make a run for some gas in the morning." Rick says

"Spend the night here?"  Carol asks

"I'm freezing." Carol says. I see Juniper give him her jacket leaving her in a short sleeve shirt

"We'll build a fire, yeah?"  Lori says

"Ima go out looking for firewood, stay close. Only got so many arrows." I says

" How you doing on aamo?" Juniper asks

"Not enough.-" Rick says

"We can't just sit here with our asses hanging out." Maggie says

"Watch your mouth. Everyone stop panicking and listen to Rick." Hershel says

"All right, we'll set up a perimeter. In the morning, we'll find gas and some supplies. We'll keep pushing on." Rick says

"Glenn and I can go make a run now, try and scrounge up some gas." Maggie says but it's shut down immediately

" No, we stay together. God forbid something happens and people get stranded without a car." Rick says getting frustrated

"Rick, we're stranded now." Glenn says carefully

"I know it looks bad, we've all been through hell and worse, but at least we found each other. I wasn't sure... I really wasn't... but we did. We're together.We keep it that way . We'll find shelter somewhere. There's gotta be a place." Rick says pacing

"Rick, look around. Okay? There's walkers everywhere. They're migrating or something." Glenn says

"There's gotta be a place not just where we hole up, but that we fortify, hunker down, pull ourselves together, build a life for each other. I know it's out there. We just have to find it." Rick says

"Even if we do find a place and we think it's safe, we can never be sure. For how long?" Maggie says

"Look what happened with the farm. We fooled ourselves into thinking that that was safe." Carol says

"We won't make that mistake again." Hershel says

"We'll make camp tonight over there, get on the road at the break of day." Rick says pointing to some walls in the distance

"Does this feel right to you?" Carol asks me but I ignore her

"What if walkers come through, or another group like Randall's?" Beth asks Rick

"You know I found Randall, right? He had turned, but he wasn't bit." I say

"How's that possible?" Beth asks

"Rick, what the hell happened?" Lori asks

"Shane killed Randall." I start but Juniper finishs what I say

"Just like he always wanted to." Juniper says

"And then the herd got him? " Lori asks

"we're all infected." Rick says

"What?" Everyone asks except Juniper which made me suspicious

"At the CDC, Jenner told me. Whatever it is, we all carry it." Rick says

"And you never said anything?" Carol ask

"Would it have made a difference?" Rick asks

"You knew this whole time?" Glenn asks

"How could I have known for sure?  You saw how crazy that mo..." Rick says

"That is not your call. Okay, when I found out about the walkers in the barn, I told, for the good of everyone." Glenn says

"Well, I thought it best that people didn't know." Rick says then walks away

I look at Juniper and I ask in front of everyone
" did you know cuz I didn't hear you say what"   she's surprised.

" I thought you knew in England they broadcasted it that everyone is infected " she says everyone looks at her
" what are you made at me to now" she says and everyone shakes their head

" good cus if I knew you didn't know I would have told you " she says walking away to the red car at the back were scar was

𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙥

I put some more wood on the fire and sit down next to Carol

"We're not safe with him...Keeping something like that from us.Why do you need him? He's just gonna pull you down." Carol says

"No. Rick's done all right by me." I say ignoring her and I can see Juniper got angry by what Carol said.

"You're his henchman and I'm a burden. You deserve better." She says to me

"What do you want carol? " Juniper says getting upset

"A man of honor." She says

"Rick has honor. Bloody hell you people can be so stubborn he did it to protect you he shouldn't of yes I agree but it would make everyone more scared" she says standing up and getting up and giving Maggie, Hershel, Glenn and beth a massive thermal blanket

"I think we should take our chances." Maggie says

"Don't be foolish." Hershel says

"There's no food, no fuel, no amo." Hershel says again. There was a twig snap and everyone gets scared

"What was that?" Beth asks

"Could be anything." Juniper says not scared

"Could be a raccoon, could be a possum." I say standing up

"Walker." Glenn says

"We need to leave. I mean what are we waiting for?" Carol says

"Which way?" Glenn asks

"It came from over there." Maggie says

"Back from where we came." Beth says

"The last thing we need is for everyone to be running off in the dark. We don't have the vehicles. No one's traveling on foot." Rick says

"Don't panic." Hershel says

"I'm not...I'm not sitting here, waiting for another herd to blow through. We need to move, now." Maggie says

"No one is going anywhere." Juniper says

"Do something." Carol says

"I am doing something! I'm keeping this group together, alive.
I've been doing that all along, no matter what.
I didn't ask for this.
I killed my best friend
for you people, for Christ's sake!
You saw what he was like, how he pushed me, how he compromised us, how he threatened us.
He staged the whole Randall thing, led me out to put a bullet in my back.
He gave me no choice.
He was my friend, but he came after me.
My hands are clean.
Maybe you people are better off without me.
Go ahead.
I say there's a place for us, but maybe... maybe it's just another pipe dream.
Maybe... maybe I'm fooling myself again.
Why don't you... Why don't you go and find out yourself?
Send me a postcard.
Go on, there's the door.
You can do better?
Let's see how far you get.......No takers? Fine. But get one thing straight... you're staying.This isn't a democracy anymore." Rick says angry carl crys hearing about Shane and stuff I see Juniper with a could stare she gets up and gives Lori and carl a blanket

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