Safe haven, Rick Grimes

069. SHE'S THE ONE YOU SHOULD FOLLOW

Chapter sixty nine

"She's the one you should follow."

"They have guns. A lot of them. I saw it." Tara shared "what?" Rick and Scarlett asked "that group. Um, the woman I met. They have an armory. They have guns." Tara shared "what stopped you from telling us before? Did they threaten you?" Scarlett asked her "I made a promise." Tara told her "are you ready if this goes south?" Rick asked her "it won't." Tara said "if it does. You don't need to feel bad." Rick told her "I do feel bad. I will." Tara shared "Tara, you don't have to." Scarlett told her

Where they all headed out there, bringing the RV, the van, Daryl was even riding with them on his motorcycle, as Jesus, Gabriel and Daryl collected some of the guns from the river, Aaron, Eric, Scarlett, Rick, Tobin and Scott were all on a boat as they all were heading across to what Tara called oceanside, they all had made it over there as they were following Tara through the woods.

Where Scarlett was standing by a tree, as she climbed up, having the shot gun around her, Rick helped give her an extra boost "once your up. Watch for the signal." Rick shared "once she get's in there it'll only be a matter of time. They don't exactly seem trusting." Scarlett shared "you good?" Rick asked her "I'm with you." Scarlett told him, smiling, as she continued to climb, Rick smiled back at her as he squeezed her ankle as she headed up.

Waiting up there, the explosions they were setting up could be heard in the distance, looking through the scope, Scarlett saw two of the women running out, as she shot in front of them down at their feet, the two stopped running, as she shot two more shots at the armory doors, Daryl, Jesus, Aaron and Eric walked up to them "on the ground now." Daryl told them, as the woman on the left did so, the other remained standing "those hands put em on your head." Daryl told them, as the one on the ground did so "please." Jesus told the other, as she then got down.

Jesus and Aaron went up to them, taking their weapons and tying their hands, Daryl pulled out his bandana and waved it around, Scarlett moved her shotgun to the right side of the tree, looking down to where the rest of them were gonna run, as another explosion soon went off, all the woman and little girls came running, Enid and Francene came out "everybody down!" Francene voiced "hands on your head." Tobin told them "everybody stay calm." Scott said, as they all got down on the ground with their hands up, Gabriel, Michonne and Carl were there "we don't want anyone to get hurt." Carl told them "stay down and listen to what we say." Michonne told them "we want this to go as simply and as peacefully as possible. All of you can make it that way." Gabriel shared.

As Daryl and Jesus walked up with the woman who went for the armory "get down over there. Keep quiet." Daryl said, as Rick walked behind them "we made a lot of noise. We want to wrap this up quick so you can send people to redirect anything coming this way. Tara said your forests are relatively clear, so we won't take any chances. No one needs to get hurt. This is just about what you have, what we need." Rick shared, as Scarlett noticed an older woman and a teenage girl walking up with Tara, where the older woman had a gun aimed at her back, as Scarlett aimed her's at the woman's head.

"Nobody's taking anything. You need to let everyone go right now and leave right now. Just walk away or this one dies." the older woman shared "yeah, we'll leave you alone. But we're taking your weapons with us. That's not gonna change." Rick shared "it's Natania, right?" Gabriel asked "put the gun down, let's talk about what we can change." Rick shared, as Natania now had the gun aimed at Tara's head "no. Leave right now." she said, as Tara looked up into the tree and at Scarlett "Scarlett, don't!" she called out "we just wanna be left alone." Natania said "yeah, we'll leave you alone. Just let go of her now. Or we'll kill you. None of us want that." Rick shared.