The start

Missing People

After enjoying a nice meal it was getting late in the night. Rick and Tyreese walk out the door and noticing Sasha ran out before them.

"Stay here." Jay nods her sleepy head. Before I even leave the church she slumped down in a pew. She'll be asleep by the time I get back.

I take my machete out of my bag and walk right behind Tyrese and Rick. They nod their heads knowing I'm with them as we walk into the woods. We could hear some Walkers and Sasha taking them out.

"He's getting away." Sasha says nervously.

"Who?" Rick ask.

"Somebody was watching us." She breaths heavily.

"If we go in there now, some of us aren't coming back." Tyreese says.

"Bob is out there somewhere. Scared, alone." We look around the area but it was dark. Not much to see. All we could hear were the nocturnal animals and walkers snarling in the distance.

"Maybe not alone. Daryl and Carol are missing, too."

"Daryl's missing?" I look around in the dark. Its no use to go looking for him in the dark but I need him here. I can't loss anyone else. Not him.

"Y'all still trust that Father Gabriel guy?" I mumble.

"That's it." Sasha mutters as she turns around and charges into the church. We follow closely behind.

"Stop. What are you doing? What are you doing? This is all connected.
You show up, we're being watched, and now three of us are gone." Sasha studies him as the room was silent.

"I-- I don't I don't have anything to do with this." Sasha pulls out a knife. Everyone started freaking out.

"Don't!" Rosita goes for Sasha as Abraham grabs her.

"Sasha, put it away." Tyreese says.

"Who's out there?" Sasha asked.

"I-- I don't have anything - to do with this." Gabriel stutters over his words.

"Where are our people?"

"I don't have anything to--"

"Where are our people?!" Sasha yells.

"Please, I don't have anything to do with this." He repeats.

"Why'd you bring us here? You working with someone?" Rick pulls Sasha back.

"I'm alone. I'm alone. I was always alone." Something isn't adding up.

"What about the woman in the food bank, Gabriel? What did you do to her? "You'll burn for this." That was for you. Why? What are you gonna burn for, Gabriel? What? What did you do? What did you do?!" Rick grabs Gabriel holding him then drops him.

"I lock the doors at night. I always lock the doors at night. I always lock the doors at night. I always-- They started coming, my congregation. Atlanta was bombed the night before and they were scared. They were-- they were looking for a safe place, a place where they felt safe. And it was so early. It was so early. And the doors were still locked. You see it was my choice. There were so many of them and they were trying to pry the shutters and banging on the sidings, screaming at me. And so the dead came for them. Women, children. Entire families calling my name as they were torn apart, begging me for mercy. Begging me for mercy. Damning me to hell. I buried their bones. I buried it all. The Lord sent you here to finally punish me. I'm damned. I was damned before. I always lock the doors. I always lock the doors." The father cries lying on the floor.

"He's lost his rocker." Jay whispers. Everyone gets quiet as we all try to take in the information Gabriel has told us. Then whistling happened.

"There's something-- there's someone outside lying in the grass." Glenn shouts.

"Sasha." Rick calls after her as she runs out the church. We all run out and see Bob laying on the ground. I survey the area for Daryl. Only walkers came stumbling toward us. Jay pulls out her knife and stabs one.

"Oh! Bob! Bob." Sasha exclaims.

"His leg." Maggie steps back.

"Get Bob inside." Glenn says.

"Can you help me, please? Help me.
Help me." Sasha says. Then there were gun shots. Not coming from us but shooting at us.

"Get inside! Go!" Rick calls out. Jay, Rick and I start shooting toward the woods. We knew something was out there.

"Harley we have to get inside!" Jay shakes me out of my thoughts. I push her to the church.

"Rick, come on!" I yell after him as we walk back inside the church. They laid Bob down on the floor.

"I was in the graveyard. Somebody knocked me out. I woke up outside this place. It looked like a school. It was that guy, Gareth. And five other ones. They were eating my leg right in front of me. Like it was nothing. All proud like they had it all figured out." So Gareth is alive with a few others. Probably the ones that have been watching us. Jay and I stand up guns ready just in case someone started shooting again.

"Did they have Daryl and Carol?" Rick ask.

"Gareth said they drove off." Bob groans in pain. Why? Why would they drive off without us? Daryl left me?

"He's in pain. Do we have anything?"

"I think there are pill packets in the first aid kit." Rosita says.

"I'll go get them." Jay stands up.

"Save 'em." Grits his teeth.

"No." Sasha utters.

"Really." Bob sits up and pulls down his shirt revealing a bite mark.

"It happened at the food bank." I look at Jay who shrugged her shoulders.

"It's okay. Bob?" Sasha looks at Bob carefully as he leans back onto the ground.

"Passed out." I say. I figured someone had to say something before they all thought he died then.

"There's a sofa in my office. I know it's not much." Gabriel says. Looks like he's trying to be the good guy now. I still don't trust him.

"Thank you."

"I got him." Tyreese picks up up and walking into the bedroom area.

"Do you know the place Bob was talking about?" Rick stands up.

"It's an elementary school. It's close." Seems like Gabriel is calm now.

"How close? How close, Gabriel?" Rick ask.

"It's just a 10-minute walk through the woods from here, due south of the graveyard."

"Wanna take them out?" I ask.

"Let's talk about it first." Rick says.

"Alright, I'm game if you are." I shove the gun into my pocket.