Save Me

10. The Storm

Whether or not Molly knew it, this would be the point where Molly would change forever. Everything she knew, or thought she knew would be dissolved and the man she saw something in would be estranged to her. But she would not know this until later.

The war had begun. Molly knew this, but she had no idea of the scale of it. Who she would lose.

At Alexandria, after Rick's meeting and subsequent letting go of Dwight on the premise that he would help us, Carol was starting to spiral again.

As much as Daryl tried to help her, she could only find comfort in Morgan who also wanted to stop killing.

Carol had made lists and lists of all the people she had killed and vowed she couldn't do it anymore, at least not at Alexandria.

As much as she wanted to say goodbye to Daryl, she knew that he would try and make her stay so she fled in the night with Morgan by her side.

They didn't know where they were going, but they both needed somewhere where they wouldn't be reminded so much of death and the desensitisation that came with it.

She had left a note so Rick and Daryl wouldn't worry or come after her, just to let them know that she was okay and would be so long as she took a break from the place.

They had taken a car and were on the road for a good few hours before being stopped at a small village by a blockage of cars in the road.

At least four men were inside. They jumped out of the car while the men demanded that they give over their weapons for Negan.

Saviours, of course.

Negan really was everywhere.

Carol had hidden a pistol in her coat sleeve while she gave over her knives and other gun.

Morgan passed over his stick.

They asked them to turn back and provide more goods for them just as Carol decided to shoot one of them.

He was dead instantly.

This started a shootout with both Carol and Morgan running behind their car while Carol slid out a gun that was hidden in the car and passed it to Morgan.

Both hesitant, not wanting to kill any one else, they took a moment before Morgan shot the next one.

With only two left, they crept round to see where they were.

But, while Carol's back was turned, Morgan was taken by one of the guys and held in a chokehold with a gun to his head.

'Listen you bitch! You're gonna regret that, give us your shit or your buddy here dies'.

Carol regretfully opened the boot where they had stuffed all the supplies they would need for their trip and as he was taking them out, there was a gun shot.

The man taking out the supplies was dead, when Carol and Morgan turned around they saw a woman wearing armour and a spike in one hand and a gun in the other.

She shot the other man shortly after saying he had to die even though he backed down.

Carol was sobbing into Morgan's arms before she came over and said 'your welcome, come, your friend needs to rest' she said speaking to Morgan.

'Who are you?' Carol asked.

She smiled saying 'I'm Dianne, please, let me escort you to the Kingdom'.

Carol and Morgan looked at each other suspiciously.

'The what?', she chuckled, 'we get that a lot, it's this way, you could follow me on horseback if you prefer? The Kingdom is our home, we're a community, we have farms and a school'.