The walking dead Fanfic: The Estate

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Mason stands at the burnt up camp eyeing the dead bodies piled together. He stands still eyeing the pile of burning bodies and stares it down as he keeps a cloth over his nose and mouth covering the smell. He keeps staring at the pile of bodies and thinking to himself as he hears a voice.

"Everyone died."

Mason turns eyeing Miya standing behind him as she smiles at him and he stares back at her unsure. She repeats herself staring him over.

"Everyone died."

Miya walks up beside him and stares down the pile as well but remains quiet not speaking to him as he asks unsure of the answer.

"what happened, here?"

Miya remains quiet again but she turns to him and answers him back.

"you know what happened, mason. it's the same thing that always happens, people died."

Mason remains quiet and Miya stands next to him staring at the pile of bodies and thinks to herself about all the death. She stares down her husband and asks himself unsure.

"Why did you come here?"

Miya walks up next to him staring down Mason as she smiles at him and asks.

"mason, why did you come here?"

The pile of bodies shifts and Mason comments staring it down.

"I, couldn't just leave you."

Miya laughs as she asks unsure.

"couldn't you have? We aren't exactly on the best of terms, after what I did to you."

Mason laughs as he stares at the moving pile and reaches for his knife as Miya stares him down asking.

"So why, why would you come all the way here, for me?"

The pile moves again and Mason stares it down as he comments and turns staring down his wife.

"you're my wife."

Miya shakes her head disagreeing.

"no, I'm not, I was just some girl you had enough interest in. Not many options with the apocalypse."

"is that what you think?" Mason looks to Miya and she nods her head sure of her answer.

"that's what I know. I know you. I was a good strategy for you. Alpha's daughter, and Konnor's sister. I was a well-placed piece. just like everyone else."

Mason closes his eyes and hears Miya ask.

"tell me, I am wrong."

Miya remains quiet staring down Mason as the pile shifts again and he grips his knife plunging it into a walker's skull. He remains quiet as Miya begins talking.

"you know I remember the story you told me about before all of this.you would just go through the motions every day, but you always had a feeling something bad would happen. you said to me you were always prepared, but then when it happened you weren't prepared at all."

Mason slowly removes the knife from the walker's skull and eyes the body over as he hears Miya.

"You were a coward before everything. you ran away from being a leader and you told me all of that so I'd follow you. We were always planned pieces, weren't we? You knew we existed, you sought us out just so we would die."

Miya nods her head sure of what she is saying and asks.

"that's why lewis is with the patriots because so are you."

the pile shifts again and Miya continues staring down her husband as she yells at him.

"you're a murderer."

Mason shifts his eyes staring down Miya as he comments.

"I came back for you"

Miya grips a knife staring down Mason as she whispers.

"but not to save me to tie up loose ends. you knew I didn't die."

Mason holds his knife at his side and Miya stares him down feeling the walker skin mask hug her face as she smiles.

"I took on two men with machine guns Mason. you're smart, a survivor, but your not as good as me."

The pile moves again and Miya lunges grabbing a walker and jabbing knife into its skull. Mason looks on smiling to himself as he comments.

"I taught you how to survive, Miya"

Miya shakes her head disagreeing as she stares down her husband and eyes over his all-black uniform. She eyes his dark blue eyes, and black hair and feels her grip on her knife loosen as she feels her heart pound. Miya grips her knife again as she yells at him.

"You were setting me up to die!"

She runs at him but he tosses her on the ground and gets on top of her holding her hand above her head as he smiles.

"If I wanted you to die I would have left you in those woods!"

Miya loosens her hand on the knife and stares up at Mason as she whispers to him staring him in the eyes.

"you have to do it, now."

Mason jumps awake feeling his backache as he pushes himself against the tree again. He blinks hearing some groaning noise and shifts on the hard ground. He turns eyeing Miya tied to a tree and eyes her walker form. Mason sits there quietly staring her down and she turns to him staring him down as he hears her voice in his head.

"do it."

He slowly takes his knife placed in his lap and sits still staring down his wife. Mason places his head back against the tree and stares down Miya as he comments.

"You were so strong and one fucking bite, just one bite."

Mason stares down his knife as he keeps talking.

"I promised Konnor if this ever happened, I wouldn't let you turn and I failed."

Miya as a walker reaches out towards Mason as he slowly gets to his feet. He stares her down as he walks closer to her and whispers.

"I love you."

He stares down his knife and looks up at his dead wife and his eyes meet with her's one last time.

"and, I always will"

Mason moves his hand gripping it around Miya's neck and speaks firmly.

"go in peace"

He pushes the knife into Miya's skull and she stops moving and Mason sits there still looking her over as he remains quiet. After some time he reaches forward untying the ties around her and releasing her body from the tree. Mason closes her eyes and gives her one last hug as he whispers to her.

"The future you wanted will happen, I promise."

He leans forward kissing her forehead and whisper to her.

"Just rest."