Safe haven, Rick Grimes

060. WAS NEGAN IN THAT BUILDING LAST NIGHT OR HERE

Chapter sixty

"Was Negan in that building last night or here."

Making it back home, Rick had stopped in front of their houses first, as Scarlett walked out of the RV first, Rick went to get up but as he did, Daryl held his hand out to him "you handle this. I got her." he shared, walking out along with the others, where he saw her going up the stairs as he ran after her "hey!" he voiced, but Scarlett didn't stop as she walked up the porch steps and went to open the front door, Daryl grabbed her hand turning her to look at him "you've gotta talk about it." he shared "what? Like you talked about it? You blew these guys up and act like nobody found the remains. There's now a whole other compound of those guys that we're gonna go fight. I'd like for all of us to stop pretending like it's gonna be easy." Scarlett shared.

And when she did, Daryl let go of her hand, as Scarlett turned opening the front door and stepping inside and as she did, Daryl followed her in "Carl!" Scarlett called out, and as she did, Carl came running down the stairs "mom!" he voiced, running up and hugging her, Scarlett hugged him back "where's dad?" Carl asked "he's fine. He went to give the food we brought back to Olivia. But.." Scarlett shared, pulling away "we're having a meeting in the church in an hour." she told him "why? What happened?" Carl asked "we made an impression." Scarlett shared.

In an hour, they all went to the church, as they sat down, Rick was standing in front of them all "we can work with the hilltop. Maggie hammered out a deal. We're getting food..eggs, butter, fresh vegetable's. But they're not just giving it away. These saviors, they almost killed Sasha, Daryl, and Abraham on the road. Now, sooner or later, they would've found us, just like those wolves did, just like Jesus did. They would've killed someone or some of us. And then they would try to own us. And we would try to stop them. But by then, in that kind of fight, low on food, we could lose. This is the only way to be sure, as sure as we can get, that we win. And we have to win. We do this for the hilltop, it's how we keep this place. It's how we feed this place. This needs to be a group decision. If anybody objects, here's your chance to say your piece." he shared.

And when he did, Carl turned and looked at Scarlett having not expected that, Scarlett nodded "I know." she whispered to him, as Rick watched them, as the sound of someone standing up could be heard, they all turned looking at Morgan "you sure we can do it? We can beat em?" Morgan asked "what this group has done. What we've learned, what we've become, all of us, yes, I'm sure." Rick shared "then all we have to do is just tell them that." Morgan said, as Scarlett stood up "no!" she voiced "Scarlett.." Rick told her, as Morgan turned to Scarlett "we can at least give them a choice. It's a way out, for them and for us." he shared.

"You don't get it. There is no choice. There is no way out." Scarlett shared "we have to come for them before they come for us. We can't leave them alive." Rick shared, as Morgan looked to him "when there's life. There's possibility." Morgan shared "for them to come and kill us!" Scarlett voiced, as Morgan looked to her "we're not trapped in this. None of you are trapped in this." he shared, looking at them all "Morgan.." Rick said, as Morgan looked to him "they always come back." Rick told him "come back, when they're dead, too." Morgan told him "yeah, we'll stop them. We have before." Rick shared.

"I'm not talking about the walkers." Morgan said "Morgan wants to talk to them first. I and Scarlett think that'll be a mistake but it's not just up to us. I'll talk to the people still at home. I'll discuss it with the people on guard now, too. But who else wants to approach the saviors, talk to them first?" Rick asked, as Aaron stood up "what happened here, we won't let that happen again." he shared, looking to Morgan "I won't." he shared, looking to Rick, he nodded as he sat down "looks like it's settled. We know exactly what this is. We don't shy from it, we live. We kill them all." Rick shared, as Morgan sat down.