The walking dead Fanfic: The Estate

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Presley lets her hands run under the water eyeing the dirt roll off and down the drain as she hears a voice.

"are you worried about Konnor?"

The man behind her stands in the doorway and Presley looks down at the water and eyes the mix of mud and blood run down the drain as she remains quiet and hears the guy again.

"I said are you worried about Konnor?"

Presley leans over grabbing a towel and the guy goes to repeat himself but Presley comments.

"i hope he is dead, I do. I knew it, the day i met him something was off about him. He was so calm all the time, so use to it, but he always pretended to be dumb, but just smart enough to always make the right choice."

The guy looks over Presley and turns his head as he asks.

"is that really a bad thing?"

Presley stares down eyeing her still dirty hands and hears the guy clear his throat as she comments.

"he made them all sing when we killed them what type of psychopath does that?"

The guy walks over to her and stares her down questioning.

"did you ever think he was trying to clam the kids down?"

Presley rolls her eyes back as she asks.

"why are you defending him? you were at the community. you saw what he did."

The man shakes his head as he looks down to the floor.

"so was a bunch of us but we survived Presley.  it was a tough lesson but it made sense i trust Konnor"

Presley remains quiet and the guy comes up next to her as he states.

"the community needs a leader. a lot of people have been talking and if Konnor is alive they think he should lead again."

Presley shakes her head and turns to the man angry.

"what?"

The man nods his head and motions outside as he shrugs his shoulders.

"look Presley your a good person but a lot is going on. that attack, yeah, Konnor planned it. yeah a lot of people died but it made us stronger. He showed us what we needed and we owe him for that. Your his wife I am sure you understand that he may be cold but his way works. The community stands with Konnor whatever he decides we will back him."

Presley remains quiet and the man looks her over eyeing her dirty and bloodied clothes.

"look its been two days why not change and take a shower you know your welcome here this is home Presley"

Presley steps out of the building eyeing the large crowds of people and eyes the mix of patriots, and people from the community. She stops eyeing some whisperers standing in a group and questions as she stares into the group.

"what are they doing here?"

The man stands next to her and eyes the group as he speaks.

"they are called the renegades a group of whisperers that alpha doesn't control. they say the best way to know the enemy is to eat with them"

Presley steps down and walks by the whisperers but one steps in front of her eyeing her over. He turns to the guy next to Presley.

"who's this Boom?"

He motions to Presley and back to the man.

"Gus, this is Presley. Presley, this is Gus he's an old friend of Konnor and part of the renegeades"

Gus turns his head sideways.

"we actually call ourselves the yowlers"

Boom looks over Gus and he steps up eyeing Presley.

"so tell me something are you Konnor's wife?"

Presley remains quiet and Gus laughs to himself as he leans towards her.

"well fuck me this is gonna be some shit show. tell me something Presley did Konnor tell you about his past you know the shit he did before all this."

Presley stares down Gus eyeing his camouflage attire and blood soaked face and nods her head.

"i know he is a whisperer, alpha is his mother and he did some fucked up things to people"

Gus smiles revealing his poorly kept teeth as he steps forward.

"me and Kon we grew up together, went to the same high school and i really thought he'd probably end up in jail."

Gus shrugs and slowly sits down in the dirt and looks up to Presley.

"but would you believe that asshole, he built a company it was some revolutionary shit with AI. By 20 he had a wife, a kid and a business and before 21 Konnor being the smart asshole he was he made a deal with some big people to sell that shit fuck i think he made millions off the deal"

Gus nods his head and Presley remains quiet as Gus laughs to himself shaking his head.

"and of course on all the days he sold his company would you believe what happened?"

Presley remains quiet waiting and Boom interrupts

"the apocalypse!"

Gus laughs pointing at Boom.

"yep this story never gets old I mean he was poor his whole life, his whole life and then once again life fucked him over. He lost everything in one day his wife Amy, his son charlie, his company and his money all in one day."

Gus remains quiet and stares up at Presley as he comments.

"so if your wondering why Konnor is such an asshole its simple he survived and he has a right to be-"

Presley stares down at the floor and looks over Gus as she asks.

"what happened to Amy and Charlie?"

Gus looks forward and Presley asks.

"did his wife die that day?"

Gus shakes his head unsure and looks up to Presley.

"Konnor he was in a meeting and shit went bad. they recommended everyone evacuate via helicopter and he went with the other rich assholes"

Gus breaths in and looks up to Presley.

"he didn't abandoned them they promised him they would send a team in to get them"

Presley remains quiet and Gus laughs as he looks up to Presley.

"there never was a team everyone just abandoned their jobs and looked for their own. Eventually Konnor got a small group together and we tried to get back into DC but their was so many walkers we thought they were dead, we didn't know."

Presley stares down Gus who shrugs his shoulders and she asks.

"didn't know what?"

Gus shakes his head as he comments

"the bitch was alive and so was charlie they fucking survived and fuck is she pissed"