Dead Or Alive, TWD¹ {UNDER MAJOR EDITING}

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         "I THOUGHT THIS WAS TEMPORARY," "AND I THINK WE NEED THIS." Daphne has walked in the room and saw Andrea and Michonne arguing. "What's going on?" Daphne asked.

"Michonne broke into the Governor's place, snooping." Andrea told. Daphne looked at Michonne. "Did you find anything?" She asked, making Andrea give her a look.

"You're on her side?" She asked. "Well, I don't really trust this 'Governor' either. There's something off about him." Daphne told.

"You too?" Andrea questioned and Daphne just shrugs. She didn't want to be in the middle of their argument. "Look, I want to give this place a real shot."

"I tried." Michonne told. "Breaking into houses?" Andrea guesses. "That is not trying. That is sabotaging."

Michonne looks at Daphne and Andrea both.  "This place is not what they say it is." She tells and Daphne wasn't gonna stay in a place that lied about what had been going behind the curtains.

The women decided to pack their bags and head for the gates of Woodbury. They were distracted when Merle had stopped them with his voice. "Hey, hey, hey, girls. Where y'all off to in such a hurry?"

Before Daphne could call out, Michonne had persuaded her and Andrea to just ignore him and keep going. "Huh? Hey, come on, now. Come on. Hey, hey, hey." He had caught up to the women.

"Y'all are breaking my heart running away like that." Daphne decided to speak up. "We're leaving, Uncle Merle." She told, gripping onto the strap of her backpack.

"It's almost curfew. I'd have to arrange an escort. I mean, the party's still going on." Daphne glanced over at Michonne, who had just glared at Merle, who then gave in.

"Alright. Wait here a second. Brownie. Come here. Listen up, bro." Merle had approached the gates and to the man that was on his watch.

Andrea had questioned why they were stopped once more and walked over to Merle to hash this out. "The Governor told us we were free to come and go whenever we liked." She said and Merle looked at her. "Sweetheart, nothing personal here, but you're gonna have to step back."

Andrea grew annoyed and walked back to the two. "See? There's always a reason why we can't leave yet." Michonne told. "Clear." They heard from outside of the gates.

"Now if I was y'all, I'd find some shelter before nightfall." Merle told, opening the gates and waiting for them to walk out.

"They knew we were coming," Michonne said. "This was all for show." Andrea looks at Michonne in disbelief. "Do you hear yourself? How can you know that? And why would they bother?"

"Ladies?" Merle asks and Andrea looks at him and says: "Close the gates." But Michonne beats her to it and says, "No."

"I practically begged The Governor to let you stay." Andrea told. "I didn't ask for that." Michonne argues back. "You didn't have to. That's what friends do for each other."

"It goes both ways."

"So you want to run around out there with walkers on chains eating twigs? Is that right?" Daphne sighs as the two start to argue about this again. Normally, she would try and change the subject but there was no turning back. "We held our own." Michonne told.

"Eight months," Andrea said. "Eight months on the road moving place to place, scavenging, living in a meat locker. That was no life."

Daphne could hear Andrea's voice starting to break. "I'm tired. I'm tired. I don't have another eight months in me. Not like that. And Daphne, I mean, she's..." Andrea looks over at the girl. "She's just a kid. You think he going out is just gonna fix everything for her? And you, I..."

"What about me?" Michonne asks. "I'm afraid you're gonna disappear," Andrea admitted. "We always talked about this place, didn't we? A refuge. That idea is what kept us going."

"Are you coming or not?" Michonne asked and Daphne sighed, knowing this wasn't going to end well. "Don't do this. Don't give me an ultimatum. Not after everything."

Michonne repeated: "Are you coming or not?" Andrea looked ahead and that gave Michonne enough of an answer. She walked past her. "You'd just slow me down anyway."

Michonne walked towards the gates and then looked over at Daphne, who was still standing next to Andrea. "Are you coming?" She asked her.
      Daphne looked back to Andrea and then to Michonne once more. "In a minute," She said and turned over to Andrea. "You can't be serious." Andrea told the young girl.

"Andrea, I have to find my dad," Daphne informs the woman. "And I can't do that if I'm staying in this place. My uncle understands. I hope you do, too. And Michonne, I can try. And if all else fails, I'll come back. I promise." Before Daphne could walk away, she hugged Andrea. She thanked her for getting her this far.

She walked towards the gates and then to her Uncle Merle. "I'll see ya, Uncle Merle." She said, bumping knuckles with him. "See ya, Daphy." He said.

With that, Daphne and Michonne headed off. Daphne didn't know what was gonna happen after this. All she had to do was hope.