Apocalypse Orphans

13

The two had just finished digging the first grave when the prisoners came over to them. 

"How's the perimeter look?" Glenn asked them.

"The walkers are spread out." Axel told him, then asked if they needed any help.

Glenn didn't say anything and moved to start the next grave, Nick moving with him.

"Your friends, they were good folks." Axel commented.

"They were family." Glenn corrected turning around.

"I think I had one friend like that my whole life. You got a whole group. Sorry you lost them." Oscar appologised.

Glenn looked down, but Nick nudged him and pointed towards Jay and Hershel who walked up to the fence at the top of the courtyard. Glenn gave his shovel to Axel and Nick gave his pickaxe to Oscar and told them that they needed two more and walked up to the fence.

"Rick?" Glenn asked hoping that he had come out.

"Still inside." Hershel answered,

"Okay, I'll get him." Glenn said, then looked at NIck seeing if he would come.

"Yeah. I'll come with." Nick answered.

"Third of our group in one day." Glenn noted.

"Because of one asshole." Hershel cursed.

Those two continued talking and Jay and Nick had a different convosation.

"How's your leg?" Jay asked.

"It's alright. Still got a bit of life in it." Nick answered.

"Don't push yourself too hard Nick." 

"Jay, I told you, it's okay. It's getting better, I can do more and more on it each day. Won't be long and it'll probaby be strong enough for me to scale the side of the building."

"Nick." Jay sighed.

"I'm good Jay, really." Nick assured him and Glenn tapped his shoulder getting him to go with him.

Nick followed Glenn into the tombs, bow at the ready and they folled the trail of fresh dead walkers, until Glenn stopped flashlight raised as he looked upon Rick. Rick stood back facing them, walker blood all over him.

"Everybodies worried about you." Glenn said stepping closer to the man, and Nick kept his distance.

"You shouldn't be in here." Glenn said softly. "Come on out."

Rick turned around, a murderous look in his eyes. Glenn took a few steps closer to Rick until he was right infront of the man, and Rick's eyes didn't leave Glenn.

"Rick, you don't have to do this all by yourself. Okay." 

Rick wasn't hearing Glenn and looked around and saw Nick standing by the corner, bow in his hand making sure none of the dead come by.

"Our cell blocks cleard." Glenn said and Ricks attention went back on him, "We'll just close off all the doors again. Rick, why don't you come on out with us." 

Glenn, placed a hand on Rick's shoulder and Rick pinned Glenn to the wall, Nick rushed forward to help Glenn, but the man stuck his hand out telling him to stop. Rick through Glenn away, and before the man could fall the to floor, Nick caught him, his leg buckling.

Rick walked off and the two watched before walking back to the cell block and Nick went to rest his leg, and Glenn to the watch tower, waiting for Daryl and Maggie to get back, the prisoners still on fence duty.

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It was dark when they got back and Maggie called Beth over to an empty table and dumped out all the supplies and immediatly started to make a bottle for her, and Daryl took the baby from Carl asking how she was doing.

Beth handed Daryl the bottle and she immediatly started drinking and he asked if she had a name yet and Carl sprouted of some names of the fallen that he thought she could have.

Daryl called her Little Ass Kicker, then asked if that was a good name, which got a few chuckles. After she finished her bottle she started fussing and none of the adults were able to shush her to sleep and so Nick offered to try.

Maggie and Daryl looked at the boy confused, but didn't say anything as he got passed the fussy baby and started whistling a tune none of them had ever heard of, then started to sing in a different language.



Just like that the baby was asleep and everyone, but Jay stared at him. 

"What?" He asked, noticing everyone was staring.

"That was beautiful." Beth said quietly, as to not wake the now sleeping baby.

"Thanks." Nick blushed.

"Where did you learn it?" Maggie asked.

Nick hesitated before answering. "My mother used to sing it to me before she died. It sounds better with a flute than it does me whistling though."

"Don't suppose we got a make shift bassenette or something for her?" Jay asked.

They sorted something out and Nick gently placed the sleeping baby in, before going up to his mattress on the perch and going to sleep.