Safe haven, Rick Grimes

034. NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

Chapter thirty five

"Nothing lasts forever."

They spent two nights in isolation but by day three, they all were let out of isolation, seeing as Daryl, Michonne, Tyreese and Bob had all come back with the medicine that those who were still alive needed to survive, which meant Glenn was okay, which was a relief, as Scarlett walked her and Judith back into their cell, she was happy, as she put Judith down in her crib, she took the bag off of her and put it down, letting out a breath, she sat down on the bed, lying down on it, she closed her eyes for a second, just a second.

And an explosion came, as Scarlett quickly sat up, Judith was crying, as Scarlett got up, she ran out of her cell and as she did, Carl, Maggie and Beth ran after her, as they headed outside, Bob and Sasha were there by the fence, and as they ran up to it, down at the front gate was the governor with a tank and a whole new group of people "get back!" Rick voiced, as he, Daryl and Tyreese ran up behind them "Rick, come down here. We need to talk." the governor said "it's not up to me. There's a council now. They run this place." Rick told him.

"Is Hershel on the council?" the governor asked, as they opened a car door, a women dragged Hershel out, bringing him to his knees "what about Michonne?" the governor asked, as another door was open, a man dragged Michonne out "she on the council, too?" the governor asked, as Michonne was forced to her knees right beside Hershel "I don't make decisions anymore." Rick shared 'you're making the decisions today, Rick. Come down here. Let's..let's have that talk." the governor shared.

As Rick turned looking at Daryl, Daryl nodded, and as he did, Rick put his gun in his holster as he turned looking at Scarlett and Carl, he stepped toward's them, as he put his hand on the back of Carl's neck, Carl nodded, as Rick looked to Scarlett, he put his hands on her face "we can do this." he told her, as Scarlett put her arms around his neck, pulling him down to her and kissing him, Rick kissed her back, as the two pulled away, Rick turned walking to the gate, he opened it, and stepped out, as Daryl closed it behind him.

They all stood there watching as Rick headed down the hill, Daryl stepped back to Sasha and Tyreese "we can't take em all on. We'll go through the admin building, through the woods like we planned. We ain't got the number's no more. When's the last time someone checked the stash on the bus?" he asked "day before we hit the big spot. We were running low on rations then. We're lower now." Sasha shared "we'll, manage. Things go south, everyone heads for that bus. Let everybody know." Daryl shared, walking around them.

"What if everybody doesn't know when things go bad? How long do we wait?" Tyreese asked "as long as we can." Daryl told them, walking off, Scarlett let out a breath she was holding in, as Rick made it down there "let em go right now. I'll stay down here. Talk as long as you want. But you let em go. You got a tank. You don't need hostages." Rick shared "I do. This is just to show you I'm serious. Not to blast a hole in our new home. You and your people have till sundown to get out of here or they die." the governor shared.

"It doesn't have to go down this way." Rick told him "I've got more people. More firepower. We need this prison. There it is. It's not about the past. It's about right now." the governor shared "there are children here. Some of them are sick. They won't..they won't survive." Rick shared "I have a tank. And I'm letting you walk away from here. What else is there to talk about?" the governor asked, as Daryl moved the gun basket, pulling two out, he held one out to Bob "you good?" he asked "yeah." Bob told him, taking it, Daryl then grabbed two more, as he went up behind Maggie and Beth, handing them over, he turned to get more.

As they all had guns in their hands ready to shoot if need be "I can shoot you all. Ya'll shoot back. I know that. But we'll win and you'll be dead. All of you. Doesn't have to be like that. Like I said. It's your choice." the governor shared, as walkers began coming up, he turned shooting one then shot the second one once not to kill it and then shot it down "noise will only draw more of them over. The longer you wait, the harder it'll be for you to get out of here." the governor shared "we got to do something." Carl told them "your dad's got it." Daryl told him.