The walking dead Fanfic: The Estate

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Rick and his group arrive at the estate eyeing the walkers as they overlook the property. The walkers are piled together covering the courtyard to the large estate and Rick and his group stare on as he hears Daryl.

"what do you want us to do Rick?"

Rick stares on thinking to himself and hears Carol as she stares over the walkers.

"clear it, we are going right in, aren't we?"

Carol looks to Rick and he turns back eyeing Michonne who grips the hilt of her katana as she nods to Rick and he motions forward.

"we stay tightly together, the estate has tons of supplies as Lewis said. they have months worth of food, water. We just make it inside and then we work on clearing the outside."

Rick nods back to Michonne who grips her katana and pulls it out as she whispers.

"I'm ready..."

The group slowly advances forward into the courtyard and Rick yells out.

"just move forward, slowly to the front door. we get inside then we plan how to clear the outside after."

They push forward and Rick yells out.

"slowly."

They walk forward eyeing the walkers around them and slowly the walkers part moving to the side and Michonne whispers.

"what is this?"

They slowly advance eyeing the walkers around them as the walkers raise their hands pointing to the doors. Daryl eyes the walkers and whispers.

"they aren't walkers..."

The group continues walking down the now open path and keep their weapons clutched in their hands eyeing the walkers open up before them and one jumps out towards Rick but he quickly reacts hitting it in the head with his ax. The walker falls forward and he and his group make their way to the front doors. They stop at the front doors and slowly Rick opens it but stops eyeing the words written in blood on the door. He eyes it over and whispers.

"salvation?"

Michonne feels her arm pulled and turns eyeing the walker and steps back watching the arrow fly and hit it in its skull. She stands there eyeing the figure at the end of the path and feels pulled by Daryl inside the estate. The doors close behind them and Rick breaths out and Daryl comments looking around.

"Nah this ain't right, it's way too quiet here and how those walkers, they just parted, this ain't right rick..."

Rick turns back nodding his head as he comments.

"this is a setup."

A door slams and Rick stands still eyeing the large group come out of the upstairs rooms and stand lining the upper floor looking out into the main lobby. One boy comes out and slowly makes his way to the foot of the main stairs and stares down at rick.

"so you've come Rick of Alexandria, Daryl, Carol and..."

The boy lowers his eyes as he grins wide.

"Michonne, is it?

The boy shakes his head.

"I'm not very impressed for the first test you just walked right in didn't even question why we let you. No thinking, just action and very sloppy action at that."

The group of boys around the main boy start laughing and the older boy walks down a few steps and stares down rick.

"the trials, they are a sacred tradition of the estate. only the strong can know the secrets because only the strong can endure it, all of it but I'm not impressed."