All Out War

Chapter 45

"EZEKIEL!" a familiar voice shouted.

"Henry. They found Henry," I said jogging over to where his voice had come from.

He and Ezekiel were in a hug when I got there. Carol was right behind them. I made my way to her.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked seeing as she looked sad.

"Give me a minute," she said softly.

"Is she okay?" Daryl asked once he'd caught up.

"I'm not sure. I'll go and check on her in a bit. Or why don't you go and make sure she's okay. I want to see how Henry is doing," I said.

"All right. I'll be back," he said kissing my forehead.

I made my way closer to Henry and Ezekiel.

"Good to see you're all right, Henry," I said.

He turned and looked at me. He surprised me by giving me a hug. I knelt down to look at him when we parted.

"What you said stuck with me. I just...I knew Morgan wasn't telling me the truth about the one I killed being the guy that killed, Ben. I'm sorry," he said.

"No need to apologize. We're all just glad to have you back here," I said.

"Hey, little dude. Nice to have you back. You freaked a lot of us out," Jerry came over and said.

"Yeah. I'm real sorry about that," Henry said.

"No worries. Just never run off again. Deal?" Jerry said holding out his fist.

"Deal," Henry said pounding it.

Morgan then came and touched Henry's shoulder. It was as if he was making sure it really was him.

"I um...I killed the man that killed your brother. I did. I killed him," he said.

"I'm sorry," Henry said.

"No...no. Don't ever be sorry," Morgan retorted.

He then took off elsewhere. Michonne was close by.

"What happened while we were away?" I went up and asked her.

"Morgan and Rick found the prisoners that escaped," she said.

"And what happened?" I asked.

"They killed them...all of them. Rick came back, drenched in blood," she said.

"He...he seemed fine when I saw him earlier," I said.

"Ever since he came back from coming face-to-face with Negan, he hasn't been the same. I guess he feels guilty for being so close and not being able to get it done. He doesn't like that this is dragging on longer than it needs to," she said.

"Shit. But to go and kill all of them?" I retorted.

"I know. But I think he's doing better. He and Carl had a long conversation once he got cleaned up and before the three of you came back," she said.

"I heard part of what he said to him. How's he doing now?" I asked.

"From what I've seen, he seems a bit better. Whatever Carl told him must have really sunken in," she said.

"I hope so. And what about Morgan?" I asked.

"I'm not sure. I haven't gotten around to talking to him yet," she said.

"Well good thing I'm around. I'll see what's up," I said.

I walked around for a few minutes before I finally caught sight of Morgan. By this time, the sunlight was almost completely gone. He was sitting down and cleaning his staff.