Solitude -> The Walking Dead

19

"So how do we do this? Just take a vote?" Glenn asked.

It seems to be the most democratic way of deciding. Though I don't see why we're even bothering with all of this. We kill the kid, all of our problems end. Nothing more needs to be said.

"Does it have to be annonymous?" Andrea asked.

I rolled my eyes and I saw Daryl smirk at me from across the room. He's amused by my dislike of Andrea.

But her sister did sleep with my brother and then died breaking his heart. What a bitch. Like she couldn't have survived a few more weeks so Ryan would get over her?

"How about majority rules?" Lori suggested.

Well duh. That's what voting is about. The bigger number of votes wins. You don't have to have a fancy degree in math to know that. Sometimes I wonder how any of them are still alive.

"Let's just see where everyone stands then we can talk through the options." Rick said.

Here we go again with the morality act. The kid is a problem. We get rid of the problem and continue our lives as if nothing happened. That's not too hard. We can survive without a bit of our humanity.

"The way I see it, there's only one way to go forward." Shane retorted.

I glanced at him and he looked back at me. It's difficult to believe we're in agreement over anything. We haven't spoken in a while which made my life so much better.

Though I suppose he was busy with processing the fact that Lori is pregnant.

"Killing him? Right? Why even bother to take a vote? It's clear which way the wind's blowing." Dale grumbled.

A hint of bitterness was shown in his voice. Look, I like the guy but that heart of his will get him killed. We can't be good guys all the time. If we want to live, we have to make difficult choices.

"Great. Let's kill the guy and wrap this up then." I said.

That got a few eye rolls from the group but I didn't care. It's the best way to go forward and everyone knows it. Their guilt is the only thing keeping them from making that call.

"If people believe we should spare him, I wanna know." Rick said.

A huff left my lips at his statement. If he continues being this moral, our conversations at Sunday lunches won't be any fun. And I won't be able to make my mass murder jokes.

"I can tell you it's a small group. Maybe just me and Glenn." Dale stated.

Glenn slowly looked up at Dale. His eyes were filled with guilt and hesitation. He swallowed a lump in his throat not knowing how to tell Dale what I already knew. He wasn't on his side

"Look, I-I think you're pretty much right about everything all the time but this-"

A look of disbelief crossed Dale's face. He wasn't expecting Glenn to be the one to back down from this fight. They're both alike so I guess he hoped they would be on the same side.

"They've got you scared." Dale protested.

It's called being smart. This guy presents a threat that we should eliminate, not debate about. I'm not going to put my family at risk because of Dale's efforts to cling on to a world that's gone.