⌜ chapter nineteen ⌟
Rick walks out of the house and down the few porch steps to where MJ's standing. "Is everything okay?" He asks, and she glances at him.
"Do you remember when I told you about Crowley?" She asks, and he nods.
"Crossroads demon, king of hell."
"The last time I saw him, he said that I'd thrive in this new world. That I was more monster than I realized." She tells him. "The bit of what Dale said about our old selves and the old world being dead made me think of that."
"You think what we're doing is monstrous?"
"No, I think what we're doing is the best thing for our people." She says. "But maybe thinking that makes me a monster."
"You're not." He says, and she looks at him.
"And how do you know that?"
"Because I know you." He says, and she takes a deep breath. "Shane and Daryl are getting Randall. We should go." He tells her, and she nods.
"Hold on. Hold on. Hold on." Randall's saying as they near the barn, but Daryl makes him keep walking.
The five of them head inside, and Shane ties a blindfold over his eyes. Randall's crying as he begs them not to kill him.
"Would you like to stand or kneel?" Rick asks, but he just keeps begging.
Daryl forces him onto his knees and then backs away from him. Rick looks at MJ, but her eyes are on the ground. He then looks at Shane, who nods.
"Do you have any final words?"
"No. Please." Randall cries. "Please don't. Don't."
Rick raises his gun and then clicks the safety off, unaware of the two kids who just snuck into the barn. He's hesitant, having a hard time forcing himself to pull the trigger.
"Do it, Dad." Carl says, gaining everyone's attention. "Do it."
MJ immediately turns toward the door to find her daughter standing beside Carl. "What the hell are you two doing in here?" She questions as she walks over to them. "Get out. Now." She ushers them both out of the building.
"We want to watch." Ellie says.
"Where's your dad?" She's pulling them both toward the house.
Shane storms past the three of them, and MJ turns to see Daryl taking Randall out of the barn, still alive. Rick didn't shoot him, there's no way he could do it after the kids walked in.
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