The C.D.C. is gone and along with it, a piece of the hope that they all clung to. Now, all they have left is each other. The group must stick together even as new challenges threaten to tear them apart. But sometimes surviving isn't worth it when th...
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"We couldn't just leave him behind." Rick's telling the group. "He would've bled out."
"If he lived that long." MJ adds.
"It's gotten bad in town." Glenn says.
"What do we do with him?" Andrea asks.
Hershel and Matt walk into the dining room then. "We repaired his calf muscle as best we can, but he'll probably have nerve damage. Won't be on his feet for at least a week."
"When he is, we give him a canteen, take him out to the main road, send him on his way." Rick tells them.
"Isn't that the same as leaving him for the walkers?" Andrea asks as Daryl walks into the house with Jack and Jessica.
"He'll have a fighting chance." MJ says.
"Just gonna let him go?" Shane asks, and she clenches her teeth. "He knows where we are."
"He was blindfolded the whole way here. He's not a threat." Rick tells him.
"Not a threat. How many of them were there?" He questions. "You killed three of their men, took one of them hostage, but they just ain't gonna come looking?"
"Shut the hell up, Shane." MJ says.
"Or what?" He looks at her. "You gonna pull your machete on me again? Give me another black eye?"
"Sounds good to me."
Rick places his hand on her shoulder, and her jaw tightens. "They left him for dead. No one is looking." He tells Shane.
"We should still post a guard." T-Dog says.
"He's out cold right now." Hershel tells them. "Will be for hours."
"You know what? I'm gonna go get him some flowers and candy." Shane scoffs and starts out of the room. "Look at this, folks — we back in Fantasyland."
"You know, we haven't even dealt with what you did at my barn yet." Hershel says as he walks a few steps after him. "Let me make this perfectly clear, once and for all — this is my farm. Now, I wanted you gone. Rick and MJ talked me out of it, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. So, do us both a favor — keep your mouth shut."
"I want some popcorn." MJ says with a smile, and Rick wraps his arm around the back of her head and puts his hand over her mouth, causing her to start laughing.
Dean looks over at his sister, glancing between her and Rick. She's got a light in her eyes that he hasn't seen in years.
Rick lets go of MJ after Shane leaves and then he walks over to Hershel. "We're not gonna do anything about it today. Let's just cool off." He says, and the group starts to disperse.
