Don't Dream It's Over // Glenn Rhee

Chapter 43

"You really wanna dive into my sex life?"

Kira

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Rick, Daryl, T and I bring the remaining prisoners to their new cell block. Oscar and Axel. I wasn't entirely kicked off of being the leader of the decisions, but after the shit Tomas and Andrew pulled, Rick decided Oscar and Axel's fate. I on the other hand, felt that maybe they were fine. I feel their completely harmless. But Rick doesn't seem to believe it. 

Rick unlocks the door and shoves the two men inside. We stop near the door, looking around and seeing how filthy the cell block was. Axel's body seemed to bunch together, as if a little boy was cowering into himself as he looked at all the bodies lying outside of the cells.

"Oh, man." Axel exhales. "I knew these guys. These were good men." I cock an eyebrow, wondering how he could compare these men to being good, yet they somehow manage behind these bars. It's not like jail. It's a prison. A prison for people who've made serious crimes like murder, fraud, attempted murder. Although, I guess most of these men could be proven innocent until guilty. I honestly shouldn't say anything as I don't know any of these men and their backstories, their reasonings of being locked up. Maybe most of them are innocent. Maybe most of them are doing time before seeing a judge. 

"Let's go." Rick orders.

"So you're just gonna leave us in here?" Oscar lightly argues. "Man, this is sick."

"We're locking down this cell block." Rick says. "From now on, this part of the prison is yours. Take it or leave it. That was the deal." Without another word, Rick walks away.

"You think this is sick?" Daryl asks. "You don't wanna know what's outside."

"Consider yourselves the lucky ones." Rick calls from outside the door. I inhale deeply.

"People are worse than the dead. Even then, everything in here can't be compared to out there." I add.

"Sorry about your friends, man." Daryl says softly. He taps my elbow and we walk towards the door.

"Word of advice- take those bodies outside and burn them." T says. He pulls away and the four of us walk off back to our cell block together. 

We enter through the door and walk further into the prison. We see Glenn and Carl standing outside the cell where Hershel remained unconscious. We stop at the door, looking inside. Lori and Carol stood behind Beth and Maggie who sat right next to Hershel, holding his hand tightly. 

"Hershel stopped breathing." Carl informs us. "Mom saved him."

"It's true." Glenn lightly smiles at Carl, turning to us an nodding his head. Rick hands Carl the set of rings and he enters into the cell.

"Still no fever." Lori says softly. He stands beside Maggie, all of us staring down at Herhsel. We soon see his lips move, as if he was trying to speak. Maggie quickly drops down, picking up Hershel's hand and holding it tight.

"Daddy?" She softly calls. No response. Maggie inhales deeply and turns to Rick. He gives her a small head nod, and turns back to him. The weight in the room lifts when we all see Hershel's eyes flutter open. Maggie and Beth smile as Hershel takes a moment to look around and looks at his daughters. He doesn't smile, but he acknowledges them. He shifts his eyes over to Rick and he weakly lifts his hand up. Rick reaches down and grabs Hershel's hand, holding it tightly. He smiles happily, patting his hand before handing him off to Maggie and Beth. The girls sit by his side, immediately talking to him with excitement in their voices.