"Rick, why are you treating me like this? I'm on your side" I hear an all too familiar voice ask, it takes me a minute to process who's voice that is. I get up and walk down the steps, "Andrea!" I shout and run up to hug her, "Jade!" she screams tears pouring down both of our faces, "I thought I'd never see you again!" she says, I stand there silently, I have no words. I'm in shock, "I feel like I'm dreaming" I say to Andrea, people laugh around me, I hadn't noticed they were there until just now, "I'm really here" she says, "Oh, Blondie lives" Merle says, I turn around, "Oh, dear God. Help me" I tease and turn around to hug him. Daryl looks at me and smiles, squinting his eyes. I go back to Andrea and hug her again, Beth walks in with the baby, "Is that Lori's baby?" Andrea asks, Beth nods, "Where's Lori?" she asks looking at me, I shake my head and drop my gaze to the floor. "Oh, Rick. I'm so sorry" she says, he nods.
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"Andrea, you're always welcome here. I don't care what Rick says, if you're not welcome I'm not welcome and you know too many people here like me and they won't let him make me leave. You have Daryl, Merle, me, and half of this group behind you" I say as we sit on the bed in a cell talking, "Jade, I want to come back but I think I love Phillip" she says, "Andrea, we need him dead. He is posing a huge threat on all of us. And I'm not stupid he doesn't just want Michonne, he wants to take our home and we've worked far too hard to just give this up" I say. "He said you guys pose a threat to him, you took a bunch of his people and he wants to make arrangements with Rick to talk this out" she says, "Then you'd better go talk to Rick but be careful" I say. She stands up and leaves the cell to go talk to Rick. I stare at the floor processing my thoughts. "Are ya ok?" Daryl asks leaning against the wall. "Yeah" I say averting my eyes from the floor to look up at him. "Is this real?" I ask, he smirks and sits beside me, "Yeah. I believe it is" he says, "Have you and Merle caught up?" I ask, "Yeah. He says this governor guy isn't a nice guy, and that he's planning to take Michone and take this prison. He says your sister doesn't see it or doesn't want to but she needs to. Jade, you could talk her into killing Phillip and endin all of this" he says. I look at the wall, "I'll try" I say, he stands up and walks out of the cell.
Andrea catches up to me in the garden, "How did it go?" I ask putting tomatoes in the basket. "Good, Rick is gonna meet up with him in 2 days" she says happily, "Ok" I say blankly, "What's wrong Jade?" she asks, "I just got a lot on my mind" I half lie, "Like what?" she asks, "It doesn't matter" I say and start heading back to the prison.
"Yes it does Jade. What's going on with you? You've changed" she says, "That's what this world does, Andrea. It changes people and your still living in a fairytale, this world ain't what it seems, Not anymore" I say, she looks hurt but shakes it off, "What do you mean by that?" she asks, "Tell me something Andrea. Have you ever killed someone? How do you feel when you kill a Walker? I bet you have no remorse, but you fail to realize they were once people too" I say, we're now in the kitchen of the prison. "Yeah. But it's life or death. You kill them or they kill you" she counters, "No, not always" I say, she looks at me confused. "Oh. Never mind. Just let it go" I say, "No. I want to know what's wrong with you" she says, "Andrea, please don't" I plead. "Jade, I need to know" she presses. "No, you don't. I'm fine" I say, "Clearly you're not. I know you, Jade and I know you're not ok. Tell me what's wrong" she says, "Fine! If you need to know, I'm the one who killed Lori. She begged me to. She said she needed her baby to live, for Rick and for the group. And that we needed something good to hold on to. And Carl, that poor boy had to shoot his own mother in the head so she didn't turn. That is why I'm so fucked up in the head right now. I killed an innocent women because she begged me too. I've killed hundreds of people who are trying to eat my flesh, but I feel no remorse and it scares the hell out of me, Andrea" I say, she looks at me completely bewildered. "Jade. I-I didn't know" she shudders. "Save it, Andrea. I told you not to push me and you did" I say and storm off.
I go to the garage and start working on my broke down jeep. I've already stripped the car of everything and now I'm on the process of putting it all back together again. I've replaced the essentials in hopes that I'll replace whatever is broke so it works again. Rick walks in, "Not right now, Rick" I say picking up the ratchet. "Jade, we sent Andrea back to Woodbury until I meet with the governor and negotiate the terms" he says. I lift my head out from under the hood and glare at him, "You didn't my sister anywhere" I question in denial in a very threatening way, "She wanted to" he says, "Bullshit! You guys just want her to solve all your problems!" I shout and throw the ratchet that's in my hand at my jeep. It dents the driver's door. Motherfu- "What else am I supposed to do?!" he exclaims, "Not send my little fucking sister on a death mission. Rick, she's convinced she loves him, she's not gonna kill him!" I counter, "Rick. Merle's gone, and he took Michonne, I'm going to look for them" Daryl says running into the garage, "I'm going with you" I say to Daryl, he goes to shoot me down but I cut him short, "Either I go with you or I go alone. There is no staying here" I say and storm past him, I grab my bow and head out to Daryls truck. I sit there and wait for him to show up, then we leave.
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Never Wake The Dead (TWD Fanfic)
Fanfic"What did you see?" he asks, "Nothing" I say, "Tell me!" he shouts, I spit in his face, he wipes it off, "You are a beauty, you know that? It would suck to dispose of such a beautiful, spiteful, badass young lady, wouldn't it?" he says and grabs the...
