Hope//C.G *Finished*

Clear

Rick woke us up bright and early to accompany him and Michonne on a run. We sat in the back of the car while Michonne was driving and Rick was in the front seat. We pulled up to what looks like a car accident. Michonne slowed down but went to slow as we got stuck in the mud. The tires squirreled as suddenly, we were surrounded by walkers. None of us flinched as the undead was pounding on our windows. "Cover your ears" Rick told us. All three of us covered out ears, as Rick rolled his window down and shot the walkers. After all the walkers were gone we got out to inspect the stuff that was in the cars. "This'll work" Rick said grabbing a scarf from the next car. "Tell me when" Michonne said and I followed her to the car. I sighed as we herd their conversation from inside the car. "I swear they do NOT know how to whisper" I said and Michonne chuckled. When we got unstuck from the mud, we made it to a neighboring city. Rick guided us the police station I stood watch as they went inside. They came back out and I followed them down the street. I looked down to see that a line of arrows. This doesn't seem right. I caught up with Rick, Michonne, and Carl as they were hiding behind the wall. "Rick something is up" I tried to reason with him why he shouldn't go but he ignored me.

We walked around the corner to see a bunch of wooden sticks spiked and pointed in different directions. I looked down to see 'TURN AROUND AND LIVE' While they went one way I stayed behind and went another way. "Keep up Chlo" Carl called out and I was walking the buildings as I was looking for more graffiti. Suddenly I was brought from my daydream by a gunshot. I then turned to Carl and Rick, as we herd, "Hands!" After we all raised our hands he stranger then yelled, "Now you drop what you got, and you go. Your guns, your shoes, and that sword. All of it. 10 seconds.10......nine, eight......seven, six..." Suddenly Rick shot at the stranger, as Carl ran my way and pulled me to the ground. We scaled the car in front of us before I pulled him into the Alley. When the stranger got close Carl jumped out and shit him. I walked out after him, and Rick looked at him. "You okay?" I nodded as Carl said "Yeah."

"I told you to run for the car. I didn't want you to have to do that." I took a deep breath as Carl said, "I had to." Rick looked from him to me and then down to the guy in front of us on the ground. He bent down and knocked on his chest, "He's wearing body armor. He's alive." Rick ripped his shirt open as Michonne asked, "Do we care?" I chuckled as Carl held his gun at the stranger. Rick ripped the helmet off and slightly gasped, "Yeah." Carl and I stood around to babysit the stranger He held his gun to him as I looked around. When they came back Rick and Michonne took the strange man and carried him to this guarded door. "Carl Chlo, watch the wire." We went up the stairs and gawked at the bloody axe that was strung up. Carl took the big step and then turned towards me with a smile. I nodded at myself as I took the giant step and he helped me step up.

"I showed him that weapons locker last year." Rick told us and Michonne asked, "And it had all of this in it?" I went to look around as Rick said "No, not even half. He's been busy. The cot." They dragged him over to the cot on the ground. I then looked up at the walls and the letters that spelt out CLEAR, Higher ground, Ransacked, and even names, then the biggest DUANE TURNED. I sighed to myself as I turned and said "No. We're gonna wait for him to wake up. Make sure he's okay." Michonne and Carl both gave me a look. "He tried to kill us." Rick then spoke up, "Chloe is right, He told us to go. He didn't know who we were." Michonne still didn't agree, "He tried to kill us, and we didn't leave him for the walkers. He's had a good day. He doesn't need half of these guns. We do." Rick then looked at the wall then at Carl and I, "We're waiting for him to wake up. That's it."

"Have you looked around this place? The axe, the spikes, the walls." Michonne called out and Rick asked, "You think he's crazy?" Michonne shook her head, "No. I think he's dangerous." I sighed silently, and Rick said, "I know him." Michonne shook her head, "He wasn't like this then." Carl and I were locked eyes as Rick called out, "We're gonna wait for him to wake up." Rick then zip tied the guys wrists together. While I'm in my own little world I turned back to Rick as Carl called out, "Chloe and I going on a run." Rick looked up and asked, "Where?" He turned to me, but I held my hands up. He then turned to Carl who said "I thought maybe the one thing people didn't loot was cribs and there's that baby place that Mom's friend Sara ran. It's just around the corner." Rick tried to cut him off, "- Carl." Carl just says "Dad, it's just around the corner. And there's all those walker traps. And Chloe is gonna go with me" I nodded as Michonne said "You're gonna need some help carrying the box." Carl turned to her and asked, "What?" Michonne who was eating a bag of chips turned to us, "If you're gonna get a crib, you have to get the box. It's big and heavy. You're gonna need help carrying the box. You are getting a crib, right?" Carl nodded, "That's what I said." Michonne then nodded, "Then I'll go with them." Rick hesitated for a second before standing, "Right there, that's the deal. You get into trouble, you holler, okay? I'll hear it from here." I smiled and stood from the metal bin I was sitting on as Carl and me highfived. "- Okay."

Carl and I walked down the street as he turns to see Michonne following. "You don't have to come with us. we can handle it." I rolled my eyes at Carl's stubbornness. "I told your dad I'd help you." Carl nodded "Yeah, okay." We then saw a walker. "Guess we should take care of that." Suddenly as Michonne went after the walker Carl grabbed my hand and pulled me with him. Us being alone didn't last long, because she caught up with us." What the hell was that?" Carl just answers for us, "I want us to do this on our own." Suddenly I looked up as Michonne called out, "You just passed the baby place." Carl nodded, "I'm getting Judith something else first, okay?"

Carl took us to a Café, and I stayed back while he went to open the door but Michonne stopped him. "You think I was gonna let you go in there?" She asked, yet Carl just gets angry, "I just think it's none of your business. You don't know me. You don't know my dad. "Michonne just fires back, "I came out here to help." I sighed as Carl turned back to her, "You came out here for common interests. We have the same enemy and the same problem. And that's why you're here. That's it. This is important. I'm going to do this. And I know how I can. You can't stop me." Michonne scoffed, "Psst. I can't stop you. But you can't stop me from helping you."

While Carl and Michonne went inside I volunteered to stay outside and keep watch. When they came running out and slamming the door behind them Carl called out "No! I've got to go back in. Where is it? We must go back. We must. I must. I think it's the only one left! "Carl tried to go back in but, I called out "Wait Carl its suicide!" I called out, but he ignored me. "Fine. Not like this. I don't know you. I get that. But can you do something for me? Wait here." Michonne ordered but he called out "I can help." Michonne just says "No. And no more bullshit. You wait here." As Carl and I waited Not even five minutes later Michonne came out with a picture frame. "Hey." She said and handed it to Carl.

"I just ... I just thought Judith should ... should know what her mom looked like. Thank you." Carl told her, and I smiled slightly. "I was gonna go back in anyway. I just couldn't leave this behind. It's just too damn gorgeous. "I chuckled as we walked away from the café. We then hit up the baby store, "Welcome to running 101" I told Carl as I took my bag from my back. "In and Out only take what you can carry and what you came for" Carl nodded and went looking for a crib while I grabbed little things like a couple teething rings, pacifiers, some toys. "Michonne I found it" Carl called out. While they grabbed a pack, and play We added a few other things that didn't fit in my bag. We then walked it back towards where Rick was waiting for us. "Hey. I was just about to look for you." Rick called out as he saw us coming. "Sorry." Carl and I both called out. "It's all right. You're here now." Rick had fresh blood and cut in his shirt, he noticed us staring and said "Oh, it's nothing."

"Thank you." Rick told Michonne as she grabbed the bag of guns. "He's okay?" She asked about the man. "No, he's not." Rick told us. "Wait." Carl called out and we stopped, "Hey." He called out towards the man. "Carl." Rick called out, but he ignored him. "Morgan. I had to shoot you. You know I had to, right? I'm sorry." It took a second, but Morgan answered back, "Hey, son. Don't ever be sorry." I sighed and rolled my eyes as we then walked to the car. After lifting what I could into the trunk I climbed in the back. Carl climbed in next to me and placed a hand on mine, we smiled at each other, but turned when Rick and Michonne got in.