Solitary {2} : The Walking Dead

Chapter Eighty-five.

Something ain't right.

Iris grips onto her gun as they walk through the dark tunnels, she climbs up the ladder, turning back and watching Judith climbing up after her, Daryl right behind the girl. The woman looks around as the group gathers, "what's wrong?" Judith questions, noticing something wrong with the redhead, "something aint right" Iris mumbles, looking at the chains and padlocks on the doors.

"Come on, guys! We're almost there!" Tyler shouts, "Get down!" Daryl shouts, Iris grabs Judith, pulling her behind the wall as bullets start to fly, taking out some of the group, she peers around the corner, shooting up at the people standing on the balcony.

Glass shatters around them as they try to fight back, Iris watches Pamela shoot at them, "judith dont!" Iris shouts seeing the girl run to Maggie, a bullet hits the girl, "no!" Iris screams, the world around her going quiet as the girl hits the floor.

Iris's hands shake as she steps out from behind the wall, standing in front of Daryl and Judith, raising her gun and shooting, tears fall down her face as her body fills with anger, she grits her teeth shooting the men, killing some of them.

Suddenly everything around her catches up, she ignores the pain in her arm as she turns back to Daryl and Judith, "We gotta go!" Daryl shouts, Iris drops to her knees, she looks down at the unconscious girl, "Jude wake up" she begs, resting her hand on Judith's cheek, Iris looks up and watches Ezekiel throw the fire extinguisher, Daryl grabs Judith's gun, raising it and shooting the fire extinguisher, making it explode in the air.

Smoke fills the air and Daryl grabs Judith, lifting her up, Iris stands, gripping her gun in her shaky hands and leading the way out, Iris looks back at the girl laying loosely in Daryl's arms as they run through the streets. "The clinic's not far now!" Ezekiel yells, "shit" Iris mumbles as one of the trucks drives out in front of them.

"This way! This way!" Ezekiel shouts, waving the group down another road, everyone follows him, they watch two cars drive past the end of the road, another truck turns into their road, stopping and blocking the exit. "Fall back." Ezekiel orders, Iris turns back and watches the block of the other exit, she looks at Daryl, the man looking back at her.

"They're not following us!" Carol says, Iris looks around at the guards putting up wooden walls, "Wait! What is that?" Magna questions, Iris listens closely, "it's a horde" she says, she looks over as a guard lets off three shots into the sky as they walk backwards, the walkers stumbling towards them. "They're penning us in!" Ezekiel says from next to Iris.

Her eyes widen when she sees one of the walkers climbing things, "What the fuck?" Negan questions, taking the words out of Iris's mouth, Luke and Jules run over to them, wide smiles on their faces, "Move! Move!" Daryl shouts, Iris stays next to him as they run.

"Cut 'em off! We got that alley. Clear a path!" Carol shouts, leading them away, Iris raises her gun, shooting at the walkers, clearing a path with the others, "come on!" she shouts to Daryl, running ahead of him down the alley.

Iris kicks the clinic doors open, "Help me! Help!" Daryl shouts, walking through the door, Iris shuts the doors before running to a bed, "put her down here" she says, dropping her gun onto the floor, Daryl lays Judith down. Guards run through the doors, Iris raises her fists, punching one of the men across the face.

The guard grabs her arm, punching her across the face, Iris stumbles back slightly, another guard grabs her, holding her arms back as the other man smacks her across the face with the back of his gun, Iris drops to the floor as everything goes black.