Shadow (TWD Carl)

~Chapter 19~

I get up from the unfamiliar bed and try to stretch my body without breaking the stitches. My whole body hurts and I could barely stand up. I walk over to the previous cells where Karen and David were put into last night. We were the only three in the building because well, they were sick and I had to rest my wound. When I reached the cells I become worried, Karen and David weren't there and blood had been smudged across the floor.

I follow the trail to an outside area and find Tyreese standing over two burnt bodies, one I could make out to be Karen. Rick and Daryl entered the area too, Tyreese probably went to fetch them not too long ago.

"You found them like this?" I ask in shock.

"I came to see Karen... and I saw the blood on the floor. Then I smelled them. Somebody dragged them out here and set them on fire. They killed them and set them on fire!" Tyreese started to raise his voice, anger and sadness mixed within it. "You're a cop. You find out who did this and you bring 'em to me. You understand? You bring 'em to me!" He yelled at Rick.

This was starting to get out of hand and someone had to stop this. "We'll find out who--" I tried to say but he cut me off.

"I need to say it again?" He looked at all of us with an evil eye. I was slightly intimidated and wanted to go hide in a hole.

"No. No. I know what you're feeling. We've been there. You saw Rick there. It's dangerous."

"Karen didn't deserve this."

"No. David didn't deserve it. Nobody does."

"All right, man, let's--" Daryl tried to get everyone to leave but Tyreese grabbed him harshly and pushed him to the fence. I went to help but he put his hand out to us, telling us he has it under control.

"Man, I ain't going nowhere till I find out who did this!"

"We're on the same side, man."

"Hey, look, I know what you're going through. We've all lost someone. We know what you're going through right now, but you've got to calm down." I try to reason with him but even my patience was running low. Rick goes to put his hand on his shoulder but Tyreese pushed him back in anger.

"You need to step the hell back!"

"She wouldn't want you being like this." Rick says softly. What happened next was way out of our control and it actually freaked me out. Tyreese attacked Rick and started to punch the living shit out of him.

"Stop! Stop!"

"Stop!" I scream. Tyreese stops for a second to let Rick look at him before landing his fist on his face again. He continues and I could only do one thing out of my fight or flight response. I jumped on Tyreese's back and wrapped my arm around his neck as tight as I could. He stood up straight and was beginning to gasp for air.

"When I say stop, you stop! Alright, That's enough!" I shriek. Before I could react in time, he smashed his back, with me on it, into a wall. I cringed at the pain rising in my back and my waist.

Shit

I increase the pressure around his neck and he slowly walks away from the wall. He starts to listen and he kneels to the ground, still trying to breath. I slowly take my arm away from his neck but kept it in the same formation in case he became aggravated again. Rick stood up and fought back, punching Tyreese in the same place he did to him. I let go due to the force of Tyreese being hit. Rick kicks Tyreese and continues to abuse him.

"Rick! That's enough!" I yell but I couldn't get through to him.

"Rick." Daryl sternly says to the said man but Rick continues and he had to pull him off of Tyreese.