Safe and sound, Carl Grimes

073. I SENTENCE YOU TO DEATH

Chapter seventy three

"I sentence you to death."  

It had been a year and a half since that day, and Carl had been spending his time going from alexandria and hilltop, where both had been doing extremley well since the war had ended, and he had started up a relationship with Enid not that long ago that was going pretty well, although at times he found himself thinking of Katniss, who nobody had heard from since that day in the field where Rick had saved Negan, and today a group of them were heading out into the city to check out a museum for some supplies, as others road on their horses, Carl was sitting in the wagon next to Maggie, as Enid and Cyndie sat in the back, Daryl road his motorcycle as they headed down the the road.

Making it to the museum, they tied up the horses and headed inside, where Rick and Michonne headed up the door that headed inside while the rest of them stayed down at the bottom by the entrance, Rick whistled and as he did, a walker that was inside came walking out, as Michonne chopped it's head off "we're good for now. Sweep protocol when we get in." she whispered, as Carl and the others began heading up.

Walking inside, Carl and Enid walked walked behind Daryl, as only one walker could be heard, Rick headed over to take care of it, they all continued walking through, to the point where the museum separated into different sections "ya'll got your lists. Circle back here when you're done. Be safe." Rick told them all, as he turned walking off to the left, Carl, Enid, Siddiq, Jadis, and Gabriel followed him, as they all ended up walking downstairs, it got darker as they were using their flashlights to see.

As they headed into a room, everything was covered by tarps, as Jadis was leading the way, Rick followed her followed by Gabriel, Carl, Enid and Siddiq was at the end, where as they all continued walking, they heard Siddiq screaming along with a walker growling, as Rick, Carl and Enid headed back, the walker stopped along with the screaming, as they found Siddiq with spiders all around him, Rick squashed them, as Carl helped Siddiq up "you okay?" he asked him, as Siddiq was breathing heavy as he checked himself over "yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. There were spiders. I don't like spiders." he shared.

They all then continued walking down another hallway, meeting up with Jadis and Gabriel, they made it to the room they wanted, as Rick and Carl broke the chain off the door, they opened it, and there didn't seem to be any walkers, as they walked in and began looking around "you were right, Anne." Rick told Jadis "how did you know to find seeds here?" Gabriel asked "brought my class back when I was teaching. Found out they cultivated heirloom lines for the gardens, and they kept seeds on hand so they could rotate the crops." Jadis shared "they made a doomsday vault without knowing it." Gabriel shared "we're grateful. The sanctuary will be, too. Let's take the lot, get back, see if the others need help." Rick shared, as they continued grabbing seeds, Carl and Enid kept watch.

And when it came to help, Gabriel, Carl, Jadis, Enid and Siddiq were all down at the bottom by the poles, pulling on the ropes along with the few others, as Rick and the rest were up top trying to get the wagon down the stairs "last step. Easy." Rick said, as the wagon came down, the metal clanked when it hit the bottom, they continued to pull "all right. All right. Hold. Hold." Rick told them, as the metal creaked "so far, so good." Rick told them, as he nodded, they continued to pull the ropes, Rick stepped forward on the glass "dad." Carl told him, as Rick stepped back and looked at him "I know." he told him, as he looked back down, he stepped onto the beam and began walking along it instead of the glass, as he soon stopped and turned around, pulling the rope "let's go." he told them.

As they moved it down "easy, slow, slow. Whoa, whoa, whoa." Rick said, as they continued to pull "watch your fingers." Carol said, as they continued to pull "hold, hold!" Rick voiced, as the glass creaked, they continued pulling on the wagon, they all were pretty much halfway to the rest of them now, as Maggie, Daryl and Cyndie were still over there with everything they had left, Cyndie and Maggie picked up a part of the plow and began walking across with it, as Daryl whistled, Rick walked toward's him, as they grabbed the boat, Ezekiel and Carol headed over "no sudden moves. Just keep going nice and slow." Rick told them.