Safe haven, Rick Grimes

051. AND HERE WE ARE

Chapter fifty one

"And here we are." 

The next morning, Scarlett gasped awake, as she sat up, wincing, Carl sat up from his chair "mom?" he asked, as Scarlett looked at him "Carl.." she said, letting out a breath, Carl put her arms around her and hugged her and when he did, Scarlett hugged him back, as the door to the room opened, Carol and Glenn walked in and as they did, Scarlett pulled away from Carl and looked at them "thank god, your alive." Glenn said "how are you feeling?" Carol asked her "I've had worse. Pains bearable." Scarlett shared, looking around them "where's Rick?" she asked, and when she did, Glenn and Carol looked to each other "where's Rick!" Scarlett voiced.

In which Rick after what he had done was put into a holding cell, as his knocked out body was lying on a cot, he opened his eyes and sat up, looking around him confused, his hand was wrapped up, as he chuckled, groaning, he lied back down "what's so funny?" Michonne asked, as Rick looked at her sitting there "you were here the whole time?" he asked "all night. What's so funny?" Michonne asked him, as Rick sat up "it's..it's like the train car. After the whole thing. I'm still there." he shared.

"Deana wanted you in here, calm things down. Rosita patched you up. Carl's been by Scarlett's bedside waiting for her to wake up." Michonne shared, standing up and dragging the chair over "Rick." she said, sitting down closer to him "what are you doing?" she asked, as Rick sighed, putting the hand on the back of his head "we put Pete in another house. You could've told me what was happening." Michonne shared "it moved fast. And than Noah. I couldn't tell you about the gun." Rick shared.

"No, you couldn't." Michonne told him "oh, you wanted this place." Rick told her "we had to stop being out there." Michonne shared "well, we're here." Rick told her, as Michonne scoffed "well, you just said you weren't." Michonne told him "well my wife might've died again and I'm once again locked in here so yeah it's all the same." Rick shared, as the door opened, Glenn, Carol and Abraham walked in "where'd you get the gun?" Michonne asked Rick "you took it, right? From the armory? Just like Pete took his. That was stupid. Why did you do it?" Carol asked.

"Just in case." Rick told them "Deana's planning to have a meeting tonight. For anyone who wants to.." Glenn told them "to kick Rick out?" Abraham asked "to try." Carol said "we don't know that. Maggie's with Deana right now. She's gonna find out what it is." Glenn shared "at the meeting, you say you were worried about someone being abused and no one was doing anything about it. You say you took a gun just to be sure that Scarlett was safe from a man who wound up shooting her. You say you'll do whatever you want them to. Just tell them a story that they want to hear. It's what I've been doing since I got here." Carol shared.

"Why?" Michonne asked "because these people are children and children like stories." Carol shared "what happens after all the nice words and they still try to kick em out?" Abraham asked "they're guarding the armory now." Glenn shared "we still have knives. That's all we'll need against them." Carol shared "well, tonight at the meeting, if it looks like it's going bad, I whistle. Carol grabs Deana, I take Spencer, you grab Reg," Rick shared, pointing at Michonne "Glenn and Abraham cover us, watch the crowd." he shared "we can talk to them." Michonne said.

"Yeah, we will. If we can't get through, we take the three of them and say we'll slit their throats." Rick shared "like at terminus?" Glenn asked "no, we just tell em. They give us the armory and it's over." Rick told them "did you want this?" Glenn asked "no. But Scarlett was in danger and I wasn't gonna let him kill her. And here we are." Rick shared "Scarlett's alive." Glenn said, and when he did, Rick looked at him with wide eyes "she woke up a few minutes before we came here. I think she's playing off how hurt she actually is. But Deana want's her at the meeting and we told her not to go but she's not taking no for an answer." Glenn shared.