The start

Carl

"If you need me still chained up I get it. I need to earn yall's trust back. I get it. Anyway I think that there's going to be some moments where I'm going to get triggered. Trigger to kill. And I don't want to do that. Certain things are going to set me off Daryl. You have to be cautious around me." I look at him. He shakes his head unlock the chains.

"You aint gonna hurt me. I know. But Im gonna have to take your weapons. You might go off but without a weapon should slow down." He grabs my hand pulling me away from Dwight as we sit with Judith. Last time I saw her she was itty bitty. She's growing so big.

"Wow. Youre such a big girl now." I look at her. The blonde curls reminded me of Jay birds curls. Started to get emotional as I bit my tongue trying not to cry in. Had enough emotions today. Daryl stands up holding Judith in his arms as I stood next to him. The ground still shaking. At this point the tunnel started to crumble. Still safe for us to be in.

"Make it stop. Make them stop." Michonne runs over to Dwight pressing him against the tunnel wall.

"I can't." Dwight told her honestly. It's true we have nothing. There's not much for us to do about it.

"You can. You're one of them. They'll listen to you and Harley. Please. Please." Michonne begged. Rosita stands up getting in between the two.

"You said that Hilltop's safe, right?" Rosita stands up.

"Yeah." Dwight answered her.

"We need to get everybody there. We can get Carl there." We look at Michonne.

"And they think all of you got away in the woods. They're out there, looking." Dwight said.

"They saw us go West, so we won't go West." Tara interrupts.

"Your best chance is to stay here until they're gone."

"No. They find us here, we're dead." Daryl replied.

"They're almost done. They gotta be. It wasn't about destroying the place. They don't have the ammo for that. After they let up, after they're gone, that's when we go." Dwight suggest.

"Its true. They're not going to stop until they see one of us as a walker. They're going to track the tires. So I don't know where you dropped the trucks off at but as long as we create some space and distance between us and them we should be fine. But Dwight is right. Once they're out either they are going to settle here with nothing because they've blown this place to pieces or they are going to go back to the sanctuary. They've been going at this for hours. They don't have much left. Negan is going to get bored soon." I tell them.

"Okay. We wait." Rosita tells us as Michonne walks away.

"You sure going to Hilltop's the best plan?" Dwight looked at us.

"You got a better one?" Rosita asked.

"All of you in one place, together," Dwight started.

"All of us together... We'll be their worst damn nightmare." Daryl carries Judith to me and grabs my hand.

"I can't let you go back." Daryl says.

"I know. It'll set me off. I'll turn against you guys or worse, I wont be able to escape." I tell him. We sit down and stayed silent. The bombs started to stop. Which means they were running out of ammo. So like I said earlier. They're either going to stay and settle or they're going to leave and go to the sanctuary. It's not like they can go anywhere else all the other Outpost are vacant.

"Sounds like they're letting up."

"Looks like you were right. They're leaving." Rosita tells Dwight.

"Maybe." Daryl said. He grabs my hand and takes me over to Carl. He was getting worse. Daryl told me that he got bit. I wanted to break down and cry but I couldn't. I need to stay strong.

"Harley." Carl uttered.

"Carl. I'm so sorry. I never wanted this to happen. I couldn't," I started to get emotional.

"Control. That wasn't you. Not the real you. Its ok. Not your fault." Carl says as I bit my lip.

"Want me to go take a look?" Daryl asked Rick as Rick takes Judith from him. Rick nods his head as He looks over at me. I nod my head at him.

"I'll go with you." I tell Daryl.

"Nah, you stay. Please. I can't let you go out and risk getting caught." Daryl said.

"He's right. Laura probably already told Negan about us betraying him. It's best we stay in the shadows." Dwight said as I nod my head. I stood next to Dwight as Daryl took a couple people up.

"I'm glad you remembered." Dwight spoke.

"No thanks to you. I wouldn't have remembered if you didn't hit me upside my head." I chuckled as Dwight did too.

"No, really. Thanks Dwight. I didn't realize it until now but you've been looking after me ever since I got to the sanctuary. I remember." I tell him. Dwight nods his head. Daryl came back.

"They're gone." He tells us. I sighed in relief.

"I'll take her. I'll get her there. I'll keep her safe. I got this." Daryl walks up to Rick and Michonne. I walk over and see Carl getting worse.

"Let me say goodbye." Carls voice grumbles.

"You be good, okay? For Michonne. For Dad. You gotta honor him. Listen when he tells you stuff. You don't have to always. Sometimes, kids got to show their parents the way. This was Dad's before it was mine. Now it's yours. I don't know... Just... Just having it and... It always kept Dad with me. It made me feel as strong as him. It helped me. Maybe it'll help you, too. Before Mom died... she told me that I was gonna beat this world. I didn't. But you will. I know you will." My eyes started to tear up as I stay strong. Judith starts crying as Daryl picked her up.

"Here we go." Daryl spoke to her as she calms down.

"These people. You saved them all. That's all you, man." Daryl tells Carl. Daryl grabs my hand and pulls me away.

"Whats the plan?" I asked.

"Sneak out head toward the hilltop. Best to stay in the woods out of the main road areas. You think they'll come in the woods?" Daryl says.

"We should be fine in the woods as long as we don't go west like you said. Away from the main roads cuz they do have cars and they will be driving up and down around this area." I tell him. He nods his head as we get out of the sewer and stick to the woods.