philophobia → the walking dead ³

five.

CHAPTER FIVE,
beth greene.

The group was literally tearing apart the church to make it safer for Michonne, Nathaniel, Macy, Carl, and Gabriel who were staying behind.

Daryl had told the group that Beth was still alive and the same people who had taken her had taken Carol as well. Aiden refused to stay behind so Rick finally caved in and allowed her to come.

Aiden hugged Carl and Michonne and kissed Judith's head before grabbing her bag, "stay safe." She told them.

Aiden, Daryl, Rick, Tyreese, Sasha, Noah, and Payton were all part of the group going to retrieve the two.

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The group of seven made it to Atlanta where they knew Beth and Carol were being held. In Grady Memorial Hospital.

Aiden felt a sense of... home being back in Atlanta. This was where their first ever camp was, where she formed her first little family.

The seven stood in a circle around Rick inside a building, "at sundown we fire a shot into the air. Get two of them put on patrol. Then once it's dark enough that the rooftop spotter won't see us, we go. We cut the locks on one of the stairways, take it to the fifth floor. I open the door, Daryl takes the guard out."

"How?" Tyreese asked.

"He slits his throat. This is all about us doing this quiet, keeping the upper hand. They're not expecting us. From there, we run out. Knives and silenced weapons. We need to be fast. Tyreese, Sasha, and Payton, take them. Daryl and Aiden, you take care of whoever is in the kitchen. I got Dawn. If they're smart, the rest of them will give up. Then it'll be seven on three. Eight on three once we get a weapon to Beth." Rick said.

"Twelve on three. The wards will help." Noah stated.

"That's the best case? What's the worst case?" Tyreese questioned, "all it takes is one of those cops going down the hall at the wrong time. Then it's not quiet. All hands on deck. We're talking about a lot of bullets flying around. Around Aiden."

"If that's what it takes." Sasha said.

"It's not. If we get a couple of her cops alive out here, we do an even trade. Theirs for ours. Everybody gets home." Tyreese tried to reason.

"Yeah, I get it. And it might work. This will work." Rick said to Tyreese.

"Nah, that'll work, too. I don't want Aiden gettin' hurt, too risky, man. You say this Dawn, she's just trying to keep it together, right?" Daryl said to Noah.

"Trying and doing are two different things." Noah replied.

"You take two of her cops away, what choices does she have?" Daryl piped.

"Everybody goes home. Like he says." Aiden spoke after having not said a word in a couple hours, "no one dies. No one gets hurt. We all leave like we never planned to kill a soul."

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Aiden heard Noah shoot the gun. She saw the younger boy, she already felt a sense of protection for, run their way. A cop car pulled up and hit him but not hard enough to do any serious damage.