Daryl Dixon's Family

Chapter 57

Morgan in header

~~~Third person's view~~~

Morgan brews coffee in his camp when a man with a "W" written in his forehead approaches and holds him at gunpoint. He explains that he and his group, the Wolves, are hunting down other survivors and eliminating them. Morgan offers his supplies in exchange for being let go, but the Wolf refuses. Morgan evades another Wolf attempt to ambush him and knocks both of them out with his walking stick.

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In Alexandria, Rick regains consciousness after being knocked out by Michonne and is informed that Pete has been separated from Jessie and Deanna is holding a forum to decide whether Rick should be exiled. Maggie and Ava tries to talk Deanna out of it, but is unsuccessful.

Rick later admits to Michonne that he and Carol stole guns from the armory and tries to return the gun, but Michonne says she would not have stopped him, and that she knocked out Rick to protect him, not Alexandria.

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Carol visits Pete and asks him to check on Tara, who is still wounded. When he refuses, Carol pulls a knife and threatens him, saying that she can get away with claiming self-defense. Pete has a nervous breakdown. Abraham visits Tara and talks with Eugene and they apologize for things that happened on the road. Later, Tara wakes up while Rosita is watching her. Outside the walls, Sasha buries a group of walkers she had killed. However, still emotionally unstable, she goes into the grave and lies among the pile of corpses.

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Meanwhile, Daryl and Aaron find a survivor wearing a red poncho in the forest, but lose track of him, and decide to scavenge supplies from a food truck. However, they set off a trap that unleashes a horde of walkers and are forced to take shelter inside a car. Morgan arrives and Daryl and Aaron are able to escape. Aaron invites Morgan to Alexandria, but Morgan declines, asking instead for directions and shows them the map he picked up in the church. That night, the two Wolves Morgan previously encountered bring the survivor with the red poncho to the location, only to find their trap triggered, and they slit his throat. While resetting the trap, the Wolves find Aaron's dropped pack, containing evidence of Alexandria's existence.

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Glenn sees Nicholas climbing over the wall and follows him into the woods. While tracking him, Glenn is shot and wounded by Nicholas. Glenn escapes and tackles Nicholas when his attention is focused on a lone walker. A struggle ensues and Nicholas runs off, leaving Glenn to defend himself against the walkers they attracted. As Nicholas moves through the night, Glenn catches up and holds him at gunpoint. Nicholas begs for his life, and Glenn reluctantly spares him.

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Father Gabriel goes outside the walls, unarmed. He finds a walker eating a man and approaches, offering himself to the walker, but he ends up killing both the walker and the dying man. Upon returning to Alexandria, Gabriel leaves the front gate ajar. Sasha goes to the church and asks Gabriel for help, but he says he cannot help her. Sasha admits she wants to die, and Gabriel, in a fit of anger, blames Bob and Tyreese's deaths on her sins. A struggle ensues and Sasha holds Gabriel at gunpoint. Gabriel tells her to shoot him but Maggie arrives and stops her. Maggie hears Gabriel's confession over letting his congregation die, and helps him to his feet.

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Rick is on his way to the meeting when he notices the front gate open. He closes it and follows a trail of blood to find walkers amongst the houses. At the meeting, Michonne, Carol, Ava, Abraham and Maggie speak in Rick's defense, while Deanna reveals Gabriel's claims. Rick arrives with a walker corpse, saying the walls alone aren't enough to keep the residents safe. An inebriated Pete shows up wielding Michonne's katana, angrily proclaiming that Rick does not belong in Alexandria while attempting to kill him. Reg tries to stop Pete, but Pete shoves Reg away and accidentally slices open his throat with the katana, which Abraham pins him down afterwards. At Deanna's request, Rick executes Pete. He looks up to find that Daryl and Aaron have returned with Morgan, who all witnessed the execution.

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Michonne contemplates mounting her katana back on the wall, but decides to carry it. At the Wolves' trap, the red poncho survivor, now a walker, stumbles past the car in which Daryl and Aaron had taken shelter, upon which has been written "WOLVES NOT FAR!".

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Ava's P. O. V

I had caught Hunter and Crystal coming back into Alexandria, and I wasn't happy with them going out the gates "you two could have gotten hurt!, what on earth were you doing out there?" "MOM!, stop bloody babying me I can look after myself God I'm 15 not 5!" He yells at me while storming off and a shocked Crystal following him.

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