A New Beginning

March To War

Next Day

As time was approaching noon, AJ and Tyler were on their way to a campsite to meet Michonne and discuss how to attack the Commonwealth. Tyler and AJ place themselves in the truck and AJ begins driving to the campsite. "Where's the location on the map?" AJ asks Tyler. Tyler brings the map out and places it on the dashboard. "Here, just south of route 22." Tyler replies. AJ nods in response.

Thirty Minutes Into The Drive

As they were slowly approaching the wreck up ahead, AJ slowly puts pressure on the brake and they come to a stop. Tyler looks at him confused. "Why are we stopping?" He asks. AJ puts the truck in park and takes the keys out of the ignition. "We could siphon some fuel for these cars, search 'em too and get something if we're lucky." AJ responds. Tyler sighs and rolls his eyes to AJ's response. AJ notices and glares at Tyler. "There a problem?" He questions with annoyance. "Oh, nothing." Tyler sarcastically comments. "All I want to do is kill the assholes that murdered my wife and blow that community to hell!" Tyler replies with aggression. AJ places his hand on Tyler's shoulder and Tyler looks at him. "I want the same thing too, but we have to get this out of the way first. We have to move these cars since they're blocking our path and we need supplies on our drive. We're almost on empty." AJ replies. Tyler nods. "You're right." He responds. Tyler opens the passenger door and exits the truck. AJ opens the driver side door and exits the truck. He approaches the cars and stares at them. "I'll drive, you push." AJ says. Tyler nods and they begin doing their tasks. Once they get the cars out of their way, they begin siphoning gas. "I'll search the cars." Tyler calls out. AJ nods and waits for gas to shoot up and land in the can. Tyler walks off and begins searching cars. They come across some clothes and a pack of Cuban cigars. Tyler chuckles and places one in his mouth. After searching all of the cars, Tyler approaches AJ and AJ glances over at him. He chuckles as he notices the cigar in his mouth. "Smoked back in the day?" AJ asks. "I missed these. They were good when I needed to calm down or feel badass." Tyler responds with a chuckle afterwards. Enough gas has entered the can. "We have enough?" Tyler asks. "From this vehicle. Wouldn't hurt to check on another vehicle or two." AJ replies. Tyler nods and draws his Colt 1911 from his holster. "I'll take watch." He calls out. AJ nods and begins siphoning.

Back on the Road

"How long do you think it'll take us to get there?" Tyler asks. AJ knows the campsites location. "Not very long. In about five minutes or so." He answers. Tyler nods and begins cutting the cigar and lights it up. He rows down his window and blows the smoke out into the wind. He continues to smoke until they arrive at their location.

At the Campsite

Michonne stands at the entrance and watches as they arrive and park in the parking lot. Tyler and AJ leave the truck and approach Michonne. "Why here?" AJ questions. "It's secluded. Nobody's here, I already checked. We have privacy here and can regroup once this war with the Commonwealth is over." Michonne answers. Tyler nods and they begin walking to a table to figure their plan out. The three sit down as Tyler places the map on the table and spreads it out. Michonne grabs rocks and places them on the corners. "Our best chance is to sneak in from there." Michonne points to a location. "We hit it during the night time, they won't have much patrols out. Sneak in, kill Pamela and Officer Mercer and anyone else." Tyler suggests. "That would be stupid. They would know who attacked. Best if we placed bombs on certain areas." AJ suggests. They both look at him. "Bombs?" Michonne questions. "Yeah, bombs. We have C-4 from an army truck we looted not too long ago and we can make homemade bombs." AJ replies. "Look, we can place them here and here." They look to where AJ's finger is. "The front gate and the back gate. We blow those off, the explosion will alarm the walkers and they flood in, killing as much as they can. That's when we sneak in and remove Pamela from power and place you as their new leader." AJ says confidently. They smile at his plan. "I like that." Tyler responds. "Who's going to be in control of the bombs?" Michonne asks. "You." AJ points at her. "I'll have the remote that's signaled to the C-4's and Tyler will have the lighter to the homemade ones. The homemade bombs can either be like pipe bombs or C-4's. Whatever is best to end this." AJ responds. "And you have the man to make homemade bombs?" Michonne questions. "Yeah we do, his name is Matthew. When he was a kid, he would make bombs and cause trouble in the neighborhood. Before this world went to hell, he was a scientist and figured out how to make proper bombs for the military." AJ answers. "Okay. Think this'll work?" Tyler asks. "It will. All we have to do is give Michonne two or more C-4's and she can hide them in her pocket. She can place them on the locations we marked and set them off. That'll cause the Commonwealth to get distracted and try to figure out who caused the attack. They won't question her since they think she's one of them." AJ responds. "Murderous assholes won't know what hit 'em." Tyler says. "We end this war tomorrow. We'll take you to Alexandria to pick up the bombs and you can drive back to the Commonwealth in your car, since they would immediately question where you got a new car." AJ points out. "Let's start heading back." Michonne suggests. Tyler removes the rocks from the corners and rolls the map up and places it in his back pocket and they proceed to head to their vehicles.

On the Road

"Dammit!" AJ yells hitting the steering wheel. Tyler glances at him. "Relax man, it's just a flat tire. We can get another one from one of these cars." Tyler replies. "Think they'll work with this truck?" "Doesn't matter if they work, they just have to hold on until we reach home so you can replace that tire with a proper truck tire." Tyler responds. AJ nods and puts the truck in park and exits the truck along with Tyler. They approach a car. Michonne appears behind them. "Problem?" She asks. "Flat tire." AJ answers while trying to remove the tire. Tyler and AJ finally remove the tire and they place it on the ground. They hear footsteps behind them and Michonne draws her gun. "Stop right where you are!" She yells. The footsteps stop. "Thieves." Tyler whispers. A gun is placed behind AJ's head and AJ raises his hands. "We'll be taking that now." The voice replies. A man grabs Michonne from behind and holds her hostage with a gun pointed at Tyler. "We can make a deal." AJ begins. "No deals here. Just business." The man calls from behind AJ. The man whacks AJ in the back of the head with his pistol as the man behind Tyler throws him on the ground and smashes his nose with the handle of the gun. Michonne watches as she desperately begins squirming, trying to help AJ and Tyler. The two men drag Tyler to their car. "Come on, let's go!" The man yells to the man holding Michonne. "Alright, I'm comin'!" He yells to the men in the car. Michonne head butts the man in the jaw and gut punches him, causing him to drop the gun and fall to his knees. The two men with Tyler in the car take off as soon as they notice Michonne is free. Michonne tried chasing after them but they were too quick. She walks over to AJ and shakes him a little bit. AJ regains his consciousness and slowly approaches the man on the ground, staring at him with burning hatred. "Where are they taking him?" He questions with a dark tone. The man doesn't answer. AJ hits the man with a hard right. "Where?!" He yells. The man looks up and spits in AJ's face. AJ wipes the saliva off of his cheek and smiles. He places his fingers on the mans eye and begins digging into the eye, trying to remove it from the socket. The man screams in pain as he feels the nails getting in deeper. "Please stop!" He pleads. AJ feels blood moving down on his fingers and steps back as the mans eye is dangling. The man stares at AJ. The man pants as he cannot see from his right eye. "They're taking him to the Commonwealth." He breathes heavily and scared. "Pamela hired us to track you and to capture him." The man finishes. AJ begins walking to the truck, passing the man behind him and Michonne walks to her car. "Please! Don't leave me here!" The man yells as he is terrified. AJ stops and turns around, staring at the scared man as he was defenseless. "AJ!" Michonne calls out. AJ turns around and looks at her. "No." He answers. He approaches the man from behind and draws his Python, firing a round into the back of the mans head as the bullet exits from the mans forehead. Blood begins spitting out from his forehead. The mans lifeless body drops to the concrete. AJ holsters his gun and enters the truck and puts it in drive, running over the mans body in the process as he begins driving back to Alexandria.

At Alexandria

AJ and Michonne enter the armory and he grabs six C-4's. "I thought you said two or more." Michonne calls out. He places the C-4's in her hands. "We're killing all of those fuckers." He replies with hatred. He walks past her as she stands there with the C-4's in her hands.

At the Commonwealth

Michonne pulls into the Commonwealth with the C-4's in her jacket pocket and begins walking to the building where she lives. "Ah, Michonne!" Pamela falls out with wide open arms. Michonne puts a smile on her face. "Pamela." She replies. "The run go okay?" Pamela asks. "Fine. Didn't come across anything new though." Michonne answers. "What about Alvin and the others?" Pamela questions. "No sign of them." Michonne replies. Pamela nods and moves out of her way. Michonne continues walking to her building. "Fucking evil bitch." She whispers to herself. She enters her room and sets the C-4's in a drawer next to her bed. She undresses herself and throws herself in bed. Holding onto the pillow as tomorrow was going to be a scary day for her and the others.