For You // R.G.

Chapter 52

I saw Andrea laying on the ground with blood all over her, she looked weak as her head slung to the side. I felt my heart sink when she turned to face me and I saw her neck open with a wound. I knew it was a walker bite, and that I couldn't do anything about it. I felt my eyes water, I walked inside and then saw Milton laying against the wall in the corner, dead. I opened my mouth to try and say something, but I couldn't speak. The guilt from leaving her and treating her like an outsider back at the prison made me feel even shittier. She gave a small smile, extending her hand out to me, I bursted out in tears.

"He did this to you..." I knew the governor did this. She nodded her head, tears streaming down her face. I went over to her and hugged her,

"I'm so sorry." I balled, she stroked my hair and looked into my eyes when I separated from her.

"I'm okay... I'm okay.." Her voice hoarse and weak. I cried even harder.

"I tried." She says after a minute or two. I look up, I see her looking at me.

"What?"

"I tried to keep everyone alive... I thought I could stop the killing."

I kept crying, she then says,

"He's going back to the prison... That's where he is now."

I feel my eyes tear up again, my heart racing and my hands shaking, knowing I left Rick back at the prison without me. I felt my breath catch when she asked for my gun,

"Andrea..." I cried

"Please..." She asks weakly. I give her the gun slowly. She smiles at me before shooting herself.

...

I wiped my tears away quickly as I ran down the street, trying to find the car. I figured out that the reason why no one was hear was because they all went to attack us. I then see Sena standing outside the car, she saw me and looked relieved I was okay.

"There's no one here-" I walked past her and went to Derek who was sitting in the driver's seat still. I opened the door and forced him on the ground, Sena yelled, confused with why I was angry at him.

"YOU KNEW? YOU KNEW ABOUT THE ATTACK?!" I yelled at him and I kicked him on the ground. He yelled in pain and tried to get away but I grabbed him and punched him in the face. He fell on the concrete, he laid there, coughing up blood.

"You piece of shit!" I screamed,

"What attack?" Sena asked nervously

"The governor- he took his men to attack the prison. They're there right now." I say, I get into the driver's seat

"I didn't- I didn't know about it- I swear! Please don't leave me here!" Derek begged by the car. I tried to ignore him by starting the car,

"Max, I don't think he knew." Sena says, I look at her. She was by him, outside the car. I close my eyes and try and hold it in the best I could,

"Where's Merle?" I asked

Sena didn't answer for a few moments, I looked at her. Her mouth was open to say something,

"Is he dead, sena?" My voice cracked. She shook her head,

"I-I don't know, he didn't come back."

I looked forward, I stared at the ghost town,

"Andrea's dead." I say.

"What?-"

"If you want to bring him, get him inside now. I'm leaving in five seconds." I stated. She hesitated but saw that I was about to lose it. She picked Derek up and put him in the back. She climbed in the back with him, I sped off to the prison.

...

"RICK!" I yelled once we pulled up to gates. The watch towers were on fire and walkers were roaming around outside the fences. It looked chaotic, the governor was long gone I figured.

"RICK!" I yelled again, walkers started to follow me. I shot them down as I waited for someone to open the gate. I then see Glenn run towards us, he opened it for us. I ran over to him,

"What happened? I- I know he came but did anyone...?" I was asking if anyone died. Glenn's face was straight,

"No, none of us."

I looked up at the prison, I saw Rick walking. I left Glenn and jogged to Rick.

"Rick." I called, he looked over in my direction and laid his eyes on me. He watched me as I walked over to him, I could tell he wasn't happy but a wave of relief washed over him once he saw that I was okay.

"Rick, I can explain-" I started to say, I knew he was pissed that I carried out my plan anyways.

"You did it anyways? After I told you specifically not to?" Rick says in a harsh tone. He looks away, trying to not yell at me,

"Rick, I did this for the prison-" I say in a desperate tone, trying to make him understand that I wasn't doing this to prove something or anything else.

"And look at it now!" Rick yelled. I crossed my arms on top of my chest, clenching my jaw and trying to not tick him off even more. Daryl then comes up from behind Rick,

"Did Merle go too?" He asks. I feel my chest contract, I couldn't just tell him that we left his brother behind.

"Yeah." I say, he kept his eyes on me, waiting for more information.

"And?" He asks impatiently,

"He's still at Woodbury. He's probably tracking the governor down right now." I say in a sheepish tone. Daryl's eyes narrowed, he came even closer to me,

"You kiddin' me?! You don't know where he is?!" Daryl yelled. I flinched, I started backing away. I wasn't scared of him, I could handle myself but I didn't want to get in a fight with daryl. Rick then started interfering,

"Daryl, calm down-" Rick starts to say while guiding me behind him,

"She just left him! What's up with you people leavin' my brother places? God!" Daryl storms off after that, he hops on his motorcycle. Rick rushes over to him, talking with him. I couldn't make out what they were saying but Daryl looked angry, he ended up leaving the prison. Rick turned around and walked towards the prison, he was passing by me,

"Where is he going?"

"Where do you think he's going, max?"

I sigh, I didn't like it when he was mad at me. I ran up to him,

"What did you even do there? You got there and no one was there, so what took you so long?" Rick asks

I stopped walking when the thought of Andrea crossed my mind. I felt my eyes tingle and my throat become sore, I tried not to cry in front of Rick. Rick noticed I had stopped walking with him, he turned to see me standing still,

"What?" He asked, obviously not understanding

"He killed Andrea. That's what I found there."

His face relaxed, his eyes softened. No longer angry at me when he saw how her death affected me. I started to cry, I couldn't hold it in any longer. He came up to me and wrapped me in his arms,

"I'm sorry, max." He says in a soft and considerate tone. He kisses my head and kept me in his embrace.

"I'm sorry I left, rick." I cried into his chest. He shushed me and pressed my head against him, trying to calm me down.

"Come on." He says in a soft voice, I look up at him and see him looking at me, he and I walked inside.