Safe haven, Rick Grimes

071. GOING TO GET RICK

Chapter seventy one

"Going to get Rick."

They were preparing for war which meant many of them were spending days at the hilltop preparing for what was to come, and those who were going along with it were out taking care of the spots that needed to for it to work, as Scarlett was with Judith in the kitchen holding her in her arms, the bruises on her neck had healed and her hand was no longer wrapped up, as she was eating a cookie, she gave a piece of it to Judith, as the front door slammed open, she jumped, as Carl came in upset "what happened?" Scarlett asked him.

"I met this man on the road. He seemed like he wanted help. Dad shot at him." Carl shared "what?" Scarlett asked, as Rick walked in the house "I shot over his head. I just wanted him gone. He could've been one of them." he shared, as Scarlett looked to Carl "he's not wrong. We can't trust anyone other then the people we know right.." she shared, as Carl huffed, walking off and heading upstairs, Scarlett sighed as Judith reached for another cookie, Scarlett chuckled, handing it to her as she walked off, Rick watched her go

The next morning, Scarlett was sitting outside with Judith playing with the chalk, as Rick walked down the steps, he crouched down, kissing Judith on the head, Scarlett looked at him "I wish I was coming with you." she told him "we talked about this. It's better if you stay here." Rick shared "yes with the teenage boy who's getting into his teenage angst phase. Which he seems to be taking out on us." Scarlett shared, as Rick chuckled "yeah." he told her, leaning over and kissing her, Scarlett kissed him back "I'm coming back." Rick told her "I know." Scarlett told him, as Rick stood up, walking off.

And as Scarlett was sitting there, drawing with Judith "I know you wanted to go with them. I did too." Carl shared, as Scarlett turned looking at him "well if I went who would help you defend this place." she shared "help me?" Carl asked "every other man's out there fighting. It's all up to you in here. I'm just the pregnant lady." Scarlett shared "your not just the pregnant lady." Carl shared, as Scarlett turned grabbing her glass of lemonade, she patted down on the ground, Carl walked over and sat down next to her and Judith.

Where unknowing to her Rick had been having this dream lately of what it was gonna be like once this was all over

Waking up in there bed, the sound of music could be heard, as he turned to the left, Scarlett wasn't there, as he heard three sets of footsteps running in the hallway and down the stairs "will you slow down, please! Your gonna wake your father!" Scarlett voiced, and as she did, Rick chuckled, as he got out of bed, grabbing his robe, he got his cane as he headed downstairs and into the kitchen, Scarlett looked at him "I told them not to wake you bunch of monsters." she shared, as Rick kissed her on the lips.

Screams could be heard, followed by four sets of footsteps "Carl!" Scarlett voiced, as Carl came walking in, Judith was on his back while he was holding one blonde headed girl in one arm and a brunette boy in the other "you said you wanted them to stop." he shared "put them down and all of you come eat your breakfast." Scarlett shared, as Carl put the twins down, they ran to the table, as he took Judith off his back and she ran after them, as Carl followed, the four of them sat at the table, as Scarlett began walking off to join them, Rick followed her, as the two sat the heads of the table, passing out breakfast.

Sitting in her house with Judith, Carl came walking in and as he did, he came up to Scarlett on the couch handing her a letter, he took Judith from her, and sat down next to her as Scarlett opened it

The plan is working. We're doing this. We're winning.

We had a hard fight. We lost people, brave people who gave their lives to make sure we won. By the time it was over, there weren't any saviors left standing.