Safe haven, Rick Grimes

021. THE MOMENT SHE DREADED

Chapter twenty one

"The moment she dreaded."

The next day, the others were moving car's and cleaning up outside, which left Scarlett, Beth, Lori and Carl with Hershel, as they had made crutches, Beth and Scarlett came walking back into the cell block from the cafeteria, as Carl got up from the steps, Lori was standing in there, as Scarlett put the crutches close to the bed, Hershel began pulling himself "I know you like to take things fast but let's move a little slow, okay." Scarlett shared, as Hershel sat up, putting his legs on the side of the bed "daddy, don't push yourself." Beth told him.

As Hershel chuckled "what else am I going to do?" he asked, grabbing onto the crutches, Scarlett kept her arms around him just incase "can't stand looking at that bottom of that bunk anymore.." Hershel shared, almost falling over, Scarlett caught him "easy. It's gonna take some time to get used to it." Scarlett told him, as she steadied Hershel, Hershel tapped the crutches onto the ground and began walking, Scarlett kept her arms by him still, as Carl backed up, Beth and Lori walked behind them.

"You know, I think i'm pretty steady." Hershel told her, continuing to walk "good. You wanna take a test?" Scarlett asked him, having seen patients overdue themselves and then fall and be in bed for a few more days "rest?" Hershel asked, chuckling "let's go for a little stroll." he told her "alright. But if you fall on the concrete I am bringing you right back inside to that bottom bunk and you'll be there for more then just one day." Scarlett shared, as Hershel chuckled "yes, ma'am." he told her, as they all began heading out of the cell block.

Heading outside, Scarlett was walking in front of Hershel facing him as they headed down the steps to catch him if he fell forward, Lori, Beth and Carl were behind him "there's no rush, Hershel. Just take your time." Scarlett told him, as Hershel got stuck trying to go to the next step, Scarlett stepped forward "okay. Okay. You got it." she told him, as Hershel went to that step, they continued down, where they were walking fine once they made it to the bottom "you cleared all those bodies out? It's starting to look like a place we could really live in." Hershel told them.

"You just focus on walking, alright?" Scarlett asked him, as they continued walking "you're doing great, daddy." Beth told him "ready to race, Hershel?" Carl asked "you give me another day. I'll take you home." Hershel told him, as Carl chuckled, they all stopped looking out at the fence, where Rick, Daryl and Glenn were down below, Maggie, Carol and T Dog looked at them from the right.

But soon Carl heard a growl, as he turned around "walkers! Look out!" he voiced, getting out his gun, Scarlett stepped toward's Lori "what do we do?" Lori asked her "cell block." Scarlett told her "Carl!" Lori voiced, as Carl stopped shooting and turned to them, Scarlett moved Lori in front of her and began running toward's the cell block, as Carl followed after them, Scarlett made sure Lori and Carl got up the steps before as she shut the gate, she then turned running up the steps, they waited for her as she opened the door, the three of them headed inside, as Scarlett shut the door behind them.

They then headed down the stairs into the room, where Scarlett was leading them into the cell block, but walkers there as well "back. Back." Scarlett told them, leading them toward's the door, her and the others had been through yesterday as she shut it behind her, the walkers began banging on it.

Heading through the tunnels, an alarm started blaring, as Scarlett and Carl were walking ahead, Scarlett kept looking behind her at Lori, where as the three turned the corner, Lori put her hand on the wall and grunted, as Scarlett stepped toward's her "no, no, please tell me that's not a contraction." she told her "something's not right." Lori told her, as she turned to Scarlett "I think you're right." she told her, as Scarlett's eyes went wide "mom?" Carl asked, as walkers could be heard at the end of the hallway "don't shoot. Go back!" Scarlett voiced, as she put her arms around Lori and began walking them off, Carl lead the way.