The Walking Dead (Carl Grimes x Jamie Dabbs)

Chapter 14: Terminus, Not a Sanctuary

Preview of Season 5 Part 1

Episode 1

We started making weapons in the train car. We were going to get out of this one way or another. Rick told us to go for the eyes then the throats of our captors. Then they dropped a smoke bomb in and everything went black. When I woke up, everything was blurry. As my vision cleared, I could see Carl above me, trying to wake me up. I finally sit up then we hugged and he kissed my cheek. Then I noticed that everyone was in the train car except for Bob, Rick, Daryl, and Glenn.

"Where are the others?" I asked.

"They took them inside," Carl answered.

I was speechless as he helped me up. We kept working on getting weapons prepared and trying to escape until we felt the earth shake. Carl assured us that the others would be back and Maggie agreed and urged us to keep doing so. As we did, I heard walkers throughout Terminus. I found a strip of metal that was loose. I was able to yank it off and the little jagged pieces made it look like a saw. Then Sasha asked what the cure was, and even though Eugene said it was classified, he gave us a little description of what he did for a living. Then Rick opened the doors and we ran for the fences, fighting our way through. We made it over the fence and ran where the guns were buried. Rick wanted to take out all the people, but everyone said there was no need to. Then Carol came up to us all dirty and with Daryl's crossbow. Daryl was the first to hug her then Rick. Turns out she was the one who blew the place up. She took us to Tyreese and Judith. Rick, Carl, and I ran up to them and hugged and kissed her. We also hugged Tyreese. We had to move on so we did. I approached Carl, who was holding Judith.

"You were right," he remarked.

"I do like hearing that, but can I ask why?" I smirked.

He chuckled and said, "You were right that Judith was alive. I should've listened to you."

"Well, she is a lil' ass kicker," I replied.

He laughed a little then we kissed again. We escaped a cannibalistic community and no one was going to stop us no matter what.

Episode 2

The group stopped to rest for a little while. Carl was feeding Judith and I smiled at the sight. Man I really love this guy. Then we walked more until nightfall. I sang "Once Upon a December" softly for Judith to fall asleep in my arms while Carl listened. As I sang, I saw Carl smiling at me and I smiled back. We fell asleep, even though everyone heard something in the woods.

The next morning, we kept moving until Carl told everyone to follow him. We ran to find this guy on a rock, trying to get away from three walkers. He looked like he was a preacher. When he got down, he threw up. His name was Father Gabriel.

'How did this guy make it through this apocalypse?' I thought.

Rick asked him the three famous questions and by the answers, this guy was an absolute marshmallow. He led us to his church. I held Judith as we walked there. When we made it, Rick and some others checked the place to make sure there weren't any traps. They came back and we went inside. I gave Judith to Carl. Then Rick needed to talk to him, so he gave me Judith and kissed me while I went to change her diapers. Tyreese gave me the bag and I changed her. I picked her up and held her in my arms, but I remembered my parents telling me how they did this to me, held me in their arms and swayed back and forth. I cried as I buried my head into Judith's neck.

"Are you okay?" I heard Carl say.

I sniffled and wiped my tears, replying, "Yeah. I just remembered something."

"What was it?" he asked.

"My parents told me how after they changed my diapers, they would hold me and sway back and forth, like we were dancing. Now I know how they felt when I did it to Judith just now," I explained.