Heartless ➳ TWD² [COMPLETED]

Chapter XVI ➳ Signals

"WE need to find her," Rick whispered, very quiet about the situation. Arat was missing, which wasn't good whatsoever. Rick and them found Beatrice knocked out in the woods and Arat gone.

"Do the Saviors know?" Cyndie asked, shrugging.

"Not yet," Carol replied, shaking her head with her arms folded. "They think Arat's on watch through the night. Come morning, they will."

Maggie sighed and responded, "She could be dead already." I didn't care much for the Saviors, but Arat was okay. I mean, she killed Olivia back at Alexandria, but she's come a long way to prove herself. She wasn't ever very fussy and whiny, either.

"If we don't figure out what happened, Sanctuary is gone," Carol claimed, very serious about this claim. She wasn't wrong.

"If that happens, we won't finish the work before the water rises," Rick grunted out, shaking his head. "We'll lose the bridge."

Suddenly, Jerry slid his hand up and peeped out, "Yo. Say we nab the perp. Then, what? Who decides what happens next? Is it... Is it gonna be a Gregory or a Negan?"

Nobody knew what to say about this, but it was a good question from him. Who even knew at this point? Still, I couldn't get what Maggie said out of my head right before Gregory died. The punishment fits the crime. If this person is killing the Saviors, should they even be punished?

"Well, whoever it is, when the time comes, they'll get what they deserve," Cyndie claimed, nodding to reassure everyone. I nodded, too.

"Pair up with someone you trust," Rick claimed, now trying to pair us up to go out and find Arat. "We're out there till we find her."

With that said, we left the tent and started to head out. I came up to Daryl and asked, "What 'bout me and you go out together to find her? We should talk."

He appeared to be very unsure as he quickly shook his head and grunted out, "Nah, I'm gonna go with Maggie."

When he walked off to regroup with her, I felt the hurt in my heart as I hadn't ever felt so rejected before. He was avoiding me — and our chat — altogether, as he has been putting it off for so long. "Take Brie out there with you, if you can trust her."

With that said, he turned his back and walked with Maggie, choosing her over me. Just like Glenn used to do all the time.

I did decide to take Brie with me than leave her behind to deal with the rest of the Saviors. Sometimes, I tend to forget that she was once one of them, right there with Negan since the beginning almost till the end.