Safe haven, Rick Grimes

046. THAT CAN'T BE THE REASON WE DON'T GO

Chapter forty six

"That can't be the reason we don't go."

Having woken up, they all were sitting around, as Judith was playing with her wooden horse, Scarlett chuckled, Rick watched the two of them, as Carl grabbed one of the wood planks "hey." Maggie said, opening the door "everyone.." she said, as everyone looked to the door, Maggie walked in with a man behind her, Scarlett grabbed Judith and picked her up "this is Aaron." Maggie told them, as Sasha followed in behind aiming her gun at him.

Rick walked in front of Scarlett, as Carl stepped behind her, everyone brought their guns up, Daryl walked out of the barn, looking out to see if there was anyone else "we met him outside. He's by himself." Maggie shared, as Daryl began patting him down "we took his weapons and his gear." Maggie shared, as Tara checked outside, she came back in and closed the door "hi." Aaron told them, as Judith leaned into Scarlett, Scarlett held her close to her, Aaron stepped forward holding his hand "it's nice to meet you." he said, as Daryl stepped toward's him.

"You said he had a weapon?" Rick asked, as Maggie walked toward's him, Rick put his gun away, as he took the gun Maggie handed to him, he checked it out then put it in his pocket back pocket "there something you need?" he asked "he has a camp nearby. He want's us to audition for membership." Sasha shared "I wish there was another word. Audition makes it sound like we're some kind of a dance troupe. That's only on friday nights." Aaron shared, but nobody said anything "um, and it's not a camp. It's a community. I think you all would make valuable additions. But it's not my call. My job is to convince you all to follow me back home. I know..if I were you, I wouldn't go either. Not until I knew exactly what I was getting into. Sasha, can you hand Rick my pack?" Aaron asked.

As Sasha walked toward's Rick, taking the book bag off "front pocket, there's an envelope." Aaron shared, as Rick took the bag and put it down, opening it "there's no way I could convince you to come with me just by talking about our community. That's why I brought those." Aaron shared, as Rick looked at the envelope "I apologize in advance for the picture quality. Uh, we just found an old camera store last.." Aaron shared "nobody gives a shit." Daryl told him, as Aaron looked to him "you're absolutely a hundred percent right." he told him, looking back at Rick who took the pictures of the envelope.

"That's the first picture I wanted to show you because nothing I say about our community will matter unless you know you'll be safe. If you join us, you will be. Each panel in that wall is a fifteen foot high, twelve foot wide, slab of solid steel framed by cold rolled steel beams and square tubing." Aaron shared, as Rick stood up "nothing alive or dead gets through that without our say so." he said, as Scarlett looked at the pictures over Rick's shoulder "like I said, security is obviously important. In fact, there's only one resource more critical to our community's survival. The people." Aaron shared, as Rick turned looking at Scarlett.

"Together we're strong. You can make us even stronger." Aaron shared, as Rick looked back at the picture's "the next picture," Aaron said, as Rick stepped forward "you'll see inside the gates." Aaron said, as Rick walking toward's him now "our community was first constru.." Aaron said, as Rick punched him in the face, Aaron fell to the ground, Maggie and Daryl went over to him along with Carol and Glenn.

Rick then walked back to Scarlett "Rick, he's making jokes about how they have dance competitions on fridays and explaining a little too well about the manufacturing of a steel wall. What about made you think you needed to go up and punch him in the face. I mean he's a bit too jumpy around guns to be the kind of guy who kidnaps and kills people. Let alone hits someone." Scarlett shared "we gotta secure him." Rick told her, as he looked to Carl "dump his pack. Let's see what this guy really is." he shared "Rick." Scarlett told him.