The walking dead Fanfic: The Estate

TSH Part 4

Emily runs forward and her mother grips her hand whispering.

"Quietly, we need to leave."

The woman runs forward gripping her daughter's hand tightly as they both quietly walk away from the house but stop hearing a voice.

"in a hurry?"

Nate fixes his hat and walks towards them as he stares over the woman and Emily hides behind her mother as the woman shakes her head.

"you took enough from us-"

The woman pushes her daughter behind her and Nate fixes his hat again asking.

"did I?"

Nate leans down looking to Emily as he asks her.

"you really want to leave?"

Emily remains quiet as her mother comments.

"your murdered her father."

Nate leans his head back glancing over the woman and replies.

"he signed himself up to die. hell, he signed you both up to die but I was nice and spared you because a girl needs her mother. I thought you got it, I thought you both got it."

Emily's mother pushes her daughter behind her as she speaks firmly staring down the younger man.

"we, we just want to leave Nate."

He laughs asking.

"Nate?"

She corrects herself quickly.

"sir."

Nate fixes his baseball cap and asks outright.

"is that really what you want?"

He leans down smiling to Emily and she ducks further behind her mother as he yells.

"is it!"

Emily remains quiet and Nate shakes his head.

"don't do this to me. I found you all and gave you a safe place. people don't leave TSH we don't allow that here."

Nate watches the woman step back pushing her daughter back as she yells.

"you killed them our whole group."

She watches Nate shake his head disagreeing.

"I let you live and her."

Nate points to Emily as he demands the woman.

"don't force my hand here! I will do what I have to do for this society to remain strong."

The woman goes to step back but she flinches feeling Emily pulled away and eyes the woman in all black pull at her daughter and as she goes to step forward she feels a hand come to her hair pulling her back. she struggles under Nat's grip and Nate motons to the woman holding Emily.

"Tess keep her there."

the woman wearing a black leather jacket and baggy cargo pants nods her head at Nate keeping hold of Emily and Nate throws down Emily's mother pointing to her.

"You forced my hand."

he begins kicking her hard and Emily screams out.

"stop!"

Tess holds Emily still yelling to the kid.

"stop moving!"

Emily reaches up for Tess's braided hair and pulls it making Tess flinch letting go of her and Emily runs forward going to help her mom but a gunshot sounds and Emily stops looking down at the bullet hole in her chest and falls forward. Nate turns eyeing Emily on the ground and yells out staring the kid down.

"Emily!"

He crawls to her looking over the girl eyeing her bloody chest and glances up eyeing Presley holding the gun up in her shaking hands. She stares forward confused at what happened but slowly she lowers the gun and whispers.

"she, she ran in the way."

Nate looks down eyeing Emily and back up at Presley as he gets to his feet and yells to her.

"you shot her!"

He walks towards Presley then picks up running at her tackling the woman to the ground and gets her gun from her. he tosses it to the side and begins punching Presley in the face yelling.

"you fucking bitch!"

Presley cowers trying to block the punches and Nate rams his hand into her face. Tess looks on and eyes Nate over and glances to the woman resting her head on her daughter's chest. she ignores the woman and walks forward towards Nate as Nate continues to beat the woman under him with his fists screaming at her. Tess comes up behind him staring down Nathan and goes to speak but stops looking up at the house lights turning on. she screams out to Nathan getting his attention.

"the mother!"

He stops and Presley cowers under him as Nathan grabs the gun turns towards the woman and walks right up to her. he raises his gun and the woman looks up from Emily's body raising her hand as she pleads.

"Nate."

Nate raises the gun shooting the woman in the face and Tess stares on as the house lights continue to turn on. she motions to the gun and Nate tucks it away. Presley lays there feeling the blood flow down her face and Tess motions to the woman on the ground.

"she's one of Mason's we can't kill her."

Presley cowers on the ground trying to move but her body burns in pain from being beaten hard and Nathan stares her over as he motions to the barn.

"Tie her up."

Tess stares down Nate and asks unsure.

"Tie her up?"

Nate fixes his hat and stares his hands down eyeing the cracked knuckles and smiles to himself.

"Yeah, you heard me right. I'm not done."

Tess remains quiet as Nate walks by Presley. He spits in her direction as he passes by her and motions back yelling out his orders to Tess.

"clean this shit up!"

Presley lays on the ground and Tess stares down at her as she nods her head and comments.

"chica, you fucked up..."

Tess kicks Presley in the side and Presley screams out in pain as Tess smiles to herself at the woman's pain.

"you shouldn't fuck with Nathan. Do you see this shit?"

Tess motions to a large scar on the right side of her neck and comments to Presley.

"he sliced me good. I would have died too but he kept me alive because he thought I was fun."

Presley blinks through the blood and Tess nods her head as she smiles and stares over Presley.

"he's got ways of cracking you."

Tess kneels down next to Presley eyeing over the woman's bloody and swollen face as Tess comments giving the woman some advice.

"don't talk back to him, don't look him in the eyes, don't even smile because he will take his knife that he always sharpens and he will curve that shit off your face."

Presley eyes Tess and feels Tess run her hand over her bloody face and Tess licks her finger as she closes her eyes and comments. 

"they don't call it the slaughterhouse for nothing."