The start

Blow your head off

"You'll always be with us. Part of us." Maggie sits next to Bob. We all gather around him knowing that he's getting weaker and weaker by the second. It was soon time for us to put him out of his misery. I never knew the guy but he seemed like a sweet person. He kept Sasha happy and that's all that matters.

We all said our goodbyes as we head out the door. Giving Rick and him a few minutes. I sat on the front step of the porch with Jay. I could never put her out of her misery. And I'll see how much I could. To see that one person you care about, thier life draining through their eyes that you knew you had to end it for them. For they were to weak to do it themselves. Later on they carry Bob's body out as they bury him. Sasha created a cross for his burial.

Abraham and his group walking out of the church along with Rick Michonne. We stand there together in front of the bus.

"This is our route to DC. We'll stick to it as long as we're able. If not, well, you got our destination. Once Eugene gets to the big brains left up there, things are gonna bounce back. This group should be there for it. You should be there for it." Abraham hands a map to Rick as I stand by his side.

"They will be." Maggie says.

"We will." Michonne agrees.

"We will." Rick smiles at us.

"Let's go." Abraham starts the bus up. We watch the bus drive away as Rick walks over to Tyreese who was digging up graves for the Terminus people and Bob. Everyone gets settled in the church for sleep. Again I could never sleep. I sat on the porch with Michonne as Gabriel comes out.

"I can't sleep. And now, sitting in there quiet. It isn't just what happened last night. Saying what happened before out loud I see it all again. I hear them." Gabriel says.

"Yeah. That won't stop. But it won't be all the time." Michonne says.

"You'll get used to it." I sighed. We heard some rustling sounds coming from a bush. I take out my gun and cock it back.

"Harley, get back here." Michonne stands up as I walk toward the sound. Michonne follows behind me as she pulls out her sword. Twigs were being broken as they were coming closer. A person revealed them self. It was Daryl.

"You dummy, I was about to blow your head off." I shove the gun in my back pocket. I walk up and hug him.

"Didn't think you miss me that much." His voice grumbled but I could feel him smiling.

"Where's Carol?" Michonne asked. I looked around and didn't see her. Did Gareth get her?

"Come on out." Daryl calls over his shoulder. A figure reveals himself from the bushes. It wasn't Carol.

"Who's that?" I look at the person. A young man that looked confused but was calm at the same time.

"Someone who is going to help us." Daryl says as we head to the church.

"Your back." Rick looks at Daryl but no Carol.

"We saw the car that took Beth. We followed it. They got Carol. He came from them." Daryl says. Rick pulls out his gun but the young man hold his hands up.

"Woah, I'm not with them. They got me the same way they got Beth." His eyes went wide.

"He knows where they are at." Daryl says.

"We gotta go get them." I cross my arms.

"We will. Lets secure this place first. Grab our gear and head on." Rick says.

Once morning hit, Sasha started pulling apart and breaking the pews into pieces as they go around the outside windows and board them up. They took pipes from the front of the church. Daryl took the pipes and created a fence. Jay and I load up all the guns. Check them and clean them.

"Looks good. Lets pack them up." Rick walks by with Judith. We turn back to the truck and start shoving the guns in there.

"You wanna go or stay?" Jay asked me.

"I'll go. You stay here and watch over things. Help with Judith since Tyreese is coming. Carl and Michonne will need you." I shut the truck door.

"Alright. Just be careful and come back." Jay wraps her arms around me. I hug her back and kiss her forehead.

"Always will." I smile as she giggles lightly. I reach in my bag and hand her a silencer.

"I won't need this." She shakes her head trying to give it back.

"You'll need it if the dead are around. And they are coming." I look at her sternly.

"Let's go. Be careful Jay." Rick walks by.

"Will do. Love you Harls."

"Love you too Jaybird." I let go of her and get in the truck. Daryl holds the door open about to get in. He noticed I was in his seat.

"You should stay here. Watch over the church."

"No. Jay is staying with Michonne and Carl. Besides, where you go I go." I smile. He looks down at the ground trying to hide a smile.

"You sit in the back?" He asked.

"Nah, not the back. Sasha and Tyreese need brother and sister time. Either you sit there or I'll sit on your lap. Or Noah can sit in your lap." I kick my feet up on the dash board.

"Fine. Move over." Daryl sighs as I scoot over. He sits in the seat I was in I get up and sit in his lap. Not so bad.

"You're comfortable." I smirk.

"Yeah, yeah." He looks out the window. Trying to act like he didn't care.

Everybody gets into the truck as we drive into the city. We get out of the truck and walk into an abandoned building. Noah maps out the place. Telling us every detail there is about it. I'm not sure if we should trust him or not.

"At sundown we fire a shot into the air. Get two of them out on patrol. Then once it's dark enough that the rooftop spotter won't see us, we go. We cut the locks on one of the stairways, take it to the fifth floor. I open the door, Daryl takes the guard out."

"How?" Tyreese ask.

"He slits their throat. This is all about us doing this quiet, keeping the upper hand. They're not expecting us. From there, we fan out. Knives and silenced weapons. We need to be fast. Tyreese, Sasha, take them. Daryl, you take care of whoever is in the kitchen. Harley, you guard the outside." I nod my head. This could work.

"I got Dawn. If they're smart, the rest of them will give up. Then it'll be five on three. Six on three once we get a weapon to Beth." Rick says.

"The wards will help." Noah says.

"That's best case. What's worst case? All it takes is one of those cops going down the hall at the wrong time. Then it's not quiet. All hands on deck. We're talking about a lot of bullets flying around." Tyreese says.

"If that's what it takes." Sasha says.

"It's not. If we get a couple of her cops alive out here, we do an even trade.
Theirs for ours. Everybody goes home." Tyreese tries a different angle.

"Lets say the deal works out. Then we would have to worry about them turning their backs against us. While we walk away they stick a bullet to the back of our heads." I say.

"We have to look at it different ways. Yeah, I get it. And it might work. This will work."

"Nah, that'll work, too. You say this Dawn, she's just trying to keep it together, right?" Daryl ask.

"Trying and doing are two different things." Noah shakes his head.

"You take two of her cops away, what choices does she have? Everybody goes home. Like he says." Daryl nods his head.

Rick thought about it and said that that's what we'll do it. I'm not sure if it'll work but as long as we get out alive. I don't care about the cops they could die but this group, we gotta live.