The Walking Dead: Season 5: Episode 1: Sacrifice

Scene 2: Hostile Introductions

Morgan mutters under his breath as he watches Rick's group be escorted away. He then scratches his head, and begins speaking to nobody in particular. "What do you think Duane?" he asks the air. "Should we help them? What are you talking about boy?!? I don't know any of these people!" "Rick?" he scoffed, "You mean the man who took our guns? Well, where was he when needed him, huh? Ohhhh we saved him, and that automatically means he's trustworthy, does it? Let me tell you something son-"  a gun clicks and Morgan snaps out of his reverie, turning to his right, he sees Carol pointing a gun at him.Tyreese is right next to her, with Judith strapped on his back. Morgan laughs uncontrollably. "You see this son? These people here want to kill me when I have nothing else to lose..." Morgan laughs, "Ain't that funny Duane?" He laughs again, and Carol pulls back the safety on her gun and points it in Morgan's face.

"Who are you?" she asked. "Take it easy Carol, we don't even know if he's a threat or not." said Tyreese. "He has a gun, I'm not taking any chances." Carol replied. Morgan laughs again, this time manically. "Are you going to kill me?!?" he says, through laughter. He pulls Carol's gun towards him, and points it into his forehead. '"GO AHEAD! DO IT! WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?!? WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE ANYWAY!" "Not anytime, soon I promise you that." said Carol. Morgan chuckles. "You hear this Duane? This woman is full of hope!" he laughed, "Just like your hero Sheriff Rick!"

Tyreese and Carol exchange stunned looks, Carol grabs Morgan and throws him against a tree. "What did you say?!? Tell me what you said!" Carol demanded. Morgan laughs again. "Rick, the sheriff, always praying and hoping, he believes he can keep his son alive." Morgan scoffs. "Yeah right." "That sounds like Rick for sure." said Tyreese. Carol presses the gun harder into Morgan's forehead. "How do you know Rick?!?" Carol demands. Morgan than begins to laugh manically again, but Carol slaps him in the face.

This seems to snap Morgan out of it, as he focuses his gaze on Carol. "Rick? he came into my fort one day with his boy, and a dark-skinned woman with a sword." "That sounds like Michonne." said Carol. "Yeah, Michonne, that was her name. Anyway, he said he was in a prison..." Tyreese and Carol exchange sorrowful looks. "We were part of the group there, it got overrun." said Tyreese, sorrow creeping into his voice. "Uh-huh, what happened?" Morgan asked. "A man, who was our enemy, we had come into conflict with him before, he disappeared for a few months. Then all of a sudden, he stormed up to our gates with a tank, a fully-armed militia, and two of our own as leverage." said Tyreese. "Rick went down and tried talking to him. The man was ready to drop everything, and come in with us, but than he-he-he-." Tyreese than trails off, and sniffles. "Killed a very good friend of ours." finished Carol.

"Yeah, then Rick fired at him, he trampled through the fences with the tank, we got pulled into a battle, and everything was destroyed." said Tyreese. "We had to flee. They were all over the place snarling and coming for dinner." "I tried to warn Rick. There is no safe place in this world, not the way it is now." said Morgan. "Well this place sounds promising." said Tyreese. Morgan chuckles. "Oh you think this is a safe place?" Carol lowers her gun, "What are you talking about? she asked. "Oh these aren't good people." Morgan said. "Well, how do you know? You could be wrong." said Tyreese. "Tyreese, Andrea thought the same exact thing about the Governor, and look what happened to her." "Right, anyway, why do you say this?" Tyreese asked Morgan. "A few days ago, I saw them bringing this sweet-looking blonde girl, real young, looked like against her will. she kept screaming "Daryl! Daryl!" "That sounds like Beth." Said Carol. "DO you know where they took her?" Tyreese asked. "No, but I just saw them lead out Rick and some other people out of a boxcar a little while ago. Michonne, some guy with a crossbow, a little boy with a hat..." "What if all of them are trapped in there?" said Carol. "Well, whether they are or not, we need to save them." said Morgan. "Whoa,there, I still don't know if we can trust you," said Carol. "Lady, I may be insane, but I am not heartless." "Fine, but we need to make a plan, before we spring into action." said Carol. The three than begin discussing a plan.