Chapter 13: A Midnight horror...

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Shane wakes up to what seems to be the sound of Thunder. He lazily looks over at his clock. 1:00 A.M. it reads. He gets up, and gets his Shot-gun, just in case, and sneaks out. But before he got the door open, a much louder, "Boom... KA-CRACK!" kicks up dirt, and dust, almost directly outside the house. Shane, a now fully awake Jake, and practically the whole community are outside, weapons ready at the herd of walkers that are now infesting and Hording Alexandria. Rick is shouting commands and barking off orders to a couple of folks of near the vehicles. "Kid? Wher- ah.. okay, stay close." Shane says. He pumps his gun quick, and dispenses a 12 Gauge shell into a small group shambling for them. Shane looks back, and sees Jake, quickly, silently, and effectively dispensing of another group of walkers.

Suddenly, a Loud Speaker comes on, with a familiar voice comes on. "Ohhh PRIIIICK!!!!! I've come for my SUPPLIES." Negan says. Nathan, Kaliall, Phoebe, Waffle and the rest all come out guns blazing, killing walker after walker.

As soon as most of the walkers have been dispatched, Alexandria's raid from the Savior's has been done, and Negan has left, Nathan & The Gang all crowd Rick with questions. "Who the bloody hell was that?" "Are they the bad guys?" Etc. Etc. "Calm down, calm dow- HEY!!!! CALM DOWN!" He exclaims. "We need to calm down. I'll talk to you all about it later okay? Come to my house later. And I'll explain to y'all about Negan, and his jolly band of THIEVES." He says almost in a darkly manner. "But for now... Go back to sleep. I'll explain everything in the morning. And we can also deal with this shit in the morning. Go to sleep. We'll talk tomorrow."

      ~~ Now Morning time ~~

Rick awakens to a knock at his door. He looks over lazily at his clock. It reads "9:45 AM". He turns back over, and looks at Michonne. "Still asleep" he thinks to himself. "*Sigh* alright... I'm coming."

He goes out of the room, and creeps down the stairs. Careful to not wake Michonne or the kids up. He opens the door to see the group from the Hospital, all standing outside with a concerned look on their faces. "Hey guys... Come on in. Be quiet.... And, I'll explain everything." They all nod, and follow Rick to the Kitchen. "Y'all want anything, make yourselves at home. Drinks in the fridge. Now, allow me to indulge you on our... Midnight Horror we had." He begins.

"That group, with all of those walkers, and people... Those were the Savior's. We've.... Lost some good people to them. We've been at War with them, for... Awhile. And, Not just us. We've got Kingdom to the North, Hilltop to the East... And yet he still is a force to not be reckoned with. Not right now."

"... So, Rick, right? Are... These the same folks that Daryl tried to tell us about? ... We wanna help. We aren't much of an addition, but we've got alot of strategies and Trick up our sleeves." Alana says. Everyone agrees with her. Even Waffle, barks in agreement.  Wich to their surprise, Rick responds with "well. I'm glad that you folks decided to stay. We're gonna need all the tactics, all the fire/manpower, and all the helpful hands we can get. To be honest, I didn't think that y'all would stay. Especially after what happened your FIRST NIGHT here... But, I'm glad you folks have decided to. I have a feeling that the kids, too, will be a great help. Jake, and Phoebe both, they seem... Like, maybe they have something dormant. In a sense. Oh... Nevermind. I guess if I'm right, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it." Rick says. "But, do y'all get why I was surprised, earlier? Him... Negan, he's strong, formidable.

Not now, no. We can't mess with him yet, but I have a plan, I think we'll get him. Just, wait a bit, folks. As the saying goes, "big things, come in small packages." As Rick says letting out a soft Chuckle. A silence then befalls the group for a half a minute. Broken suddenly, by Phoebe's sudden request for Milk, bacon & Eggs. Everyone laughs at the random request,  and then realizes that they, too, are pretty hungry.

Already having been up for a couple of hours, plus however long Rick took to talk, and they still haven't eaten anything. Rick gets to cooking, and sooner or later, the kids, & Michonne are down stairs too. Rick cooks all the food, and everyone eats & Laughs about silly things. Another Silence... This time, Rick breaks it, exclaiming that this is the most human, that he's felt in awhile. "It feels good, he says. To laugh, and not have to worry about surviving."

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