the great war (r.g)

thirty

again, cora didn't know how long she was banished to her room for. whether it was a day, a week, or a month she didn't know. negan didn't want cora out and about in the sanctury. she guessed he didn't want cora running her mouth like she does so frequently.

the only thing that gave cora any sense of time was that fact that her leg had almost healed. sure it hurt to move it in odd directions but she could walk on it. that's all that mattered.

there was commotion outside of the door. cora could hear running and yelling and screaming. she walked over to the barrier and pressed her ear to try to make out any semblance of conversation on the other side. there was none. there was, however, a gun shot. a few gun shots. cora jumped back from the door and fell back on her bed. there were more gunshots and a lot more running before someone was trying to get into the room.

cora expected to see one of negan's wives walk in. she didn't expect to see dan. "what are you doing here?" cora asked. dan didn't say a word, just grabbed her arm and pulled her out the door. "dan! let go of me!" still no response. cora yanked her hand out of his grip and shoved him away. despite his height, dan stumbled back.

"negan needs you out of here. let's go," dan grumbled. cora didn't move. "now. we are leaving. let's go."

"what are the gunshots from?" cora asked, still unmoving.

"your friends are attacking. they are killing innocent people. negan wants you out of here," dan said. cora still wasn't moving. if her friends and family were here, cora had to try to get to them and out of here.

"i'm not going with you," cora told dan. she turned away but before she could run away, dan grabbed her arm and pulled her back. cora lost her balance and fell to the ground. dan stood over her and bent down to help her up. "get off of me."

once she was back on her feet, cora started toward the gunshots again. to her friends. again, dan grabbed cora but before he could pull her again, she punched his face. dan, obviously caught off guard, stood in shock. cora took this time to run.

the one problem was that she didn't know her way around. and her leg was throbbing. maybe it wasn't healed. cora turned down another corridor but somehow dan was standing right there. he must've known a shortcut. "you can't run," dan growled. cora looked around at her surroundings to try to find a way to escape. she saw a knife in dans hand. "you can't run." dan started toward her.

once he had gotten close enough, he lunged forward with the blade. cora narrowly dodged it. her leg was throbbing almost as hard as her heart was pounding. dan swiped again, this time coming in contact with cora's arm. she yelped out of pain, but the wound only made her angrier. with her strong leg, cora kicked dan's knee. with the time cora and dan spent together, she learned dan had a bum knee. he was now on his knee but this was the perfect opportunity for him to plunge his knife into cora's thigh.

cora yelled out in pain, hut she knew dan wasn't going to kill her. negan wanted her around for some reason.

with all her strength cora punched him in the middle of his face. the blow knocked dan back, making him drop the knife. quickly, cora kicked the knife out of his reach and attempted to pin dan to the ground. she landed one more punch before he threw her off him. cora hit her head on the wall, causing it to start bleeding.

cora knew she couldn't fight for much longer. there was only one thing that she needed to do. cora crawled back to where she kicked the knife. dan was starting to get up but cora was there with the knife. "cora," dan warned. she stood over him with the knife. there was a brief moment of hesitation where cora didn't think she could kill him. dan took this time to land a blow to her stomach. this didn't work in dans favor, as cora fell forward onto him. she had made up her mind. she plunged the knife into dan's neck.

there was a lot of blood. it pooled and sprayed and quickly cora had it all over her hands. some sprayed onto her face as she left the knife and got up.

now that the adrenaline had gone away, cora felt all the pain. her stomach had a dull ache from the punch. there was blood coming from her head, though it was slowing down. her bum leg was deeply throbbing but it still worked. unlike her other leg that had been stabbed and was rapidly loosing blood. cora took her jacket off and ripped one sleeve off. she wrapped it around the wound on her leg, tying it off with a tight knot.

the gunshots were louder where she was now than where she was at before. there was a corridor to her right that was echoing gunshots. after taking a few more hallways she saw two big door with sunlight coming from the windows.

outside, cora didn't see anyone. the gunshots had died down but she knew the general direction they were coming from. cora was loosing energy and strength fast. rounding the corner if the building, cora saw the commotion. there were some bodies strewn around but not many, that was good.

rick was standing on the outskirts of the lot, looking around at everyone. his back was to her hut someone must've seen her limping around and pointed her out because rick quickly turned around. they locked eyes and rick immediately started running for her with a few people in tow.

once the two rejoiced with a hug, cora gave out. her energy had basically completely depleted and she started crying. "i killed him," cora whispered between sobs. "i killed dan."

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guys i was gone forever wtf