𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊 ✔️- 𝑐. 𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠

6: CDC

   Rick was the first to walk in, everyone else slowly creeping in behind him. He walked slow and cautiously, his shot gun in hand in case there was any sort of danger ahead of them.

"Daryl, you cover the back." Shane quietly instructed, reluctantly, Daryl complied and remained in the back of the group, making sure there weren't any walkers getting too close.

"Hello?" Rick called out, hoping to the get a response from whoever it was who let them in. "Hello?" He repeated himself, his voice echoing as everyone piled inside the large, open space.

"Close the doors, watch for walkers." Dale said, anxiously looking around for the person as well. Just as Rick was about to call out again, the sound of someone cocking their gun echoed, the sound of everyone else doing the same following. There, a man stood. He wore jeans and a plain blue tee-shirt, pointing a semi-automatic at the group.

"Is anybody infected?" He asked loudly.

"One of our group was," Rick's breathing was heavy as his face was covered in a thin layer of sweat, still holding his gun up. "He didn't make it." The man began to walk closer to them.

"Why are you here, what do you want?" He got straight to the point.

"A chance." Rick answered, hoping the man would give them just that.

"That's asking an awful lot these days." The man thought out loud.

"I know." The man looked around, scanning the features of everybody who stood before him. All they could do was hope that he would offer them hospitality and not turn them away, especially since they know what's waiting for them on the other side of the doors.

"You all submit a blood test. That's the price of admission."

"We can do that." Rick reasoned, nodding his head. The man dropped his gun to his side, making everyone a little less anxious.

"If you got stuff to bring in, you do it now. Once this door closes, it stays closed." The man said. Nobody hesitated to grab the rest of their belongings from their vehicles while others stayed at the door, weapons in hand. When Rick had run back inside, Dale and TDog quickly shut the doors. The man then ran some sort of card through a scanner and the light turned green.

"VI, seal the main entrance. Kill the power up here." He spoke affirmatively. Elle jumped slightly at the sound of metal sheets falling in front of the doors, providing extra protection.

"Rick Grimes." Rick officially introduced himself.

"Doctor Edwin Jenner."

Everyone stood in the small, crowded elevator. The silence was awkward but there was not really too much to talk about. Elle stood between Glenn and Andrea, her eyes shut. She did not like elevators, they made her stomach queasy.

"Do doctors always go around packing heat like that?" Daryl broke the silence, mentioning the gun that Doctor Jenner held firmly to his side.

"Well, there were plenty left lying around, I familiarized myself." He paused, turning to look at the people who surrounded him in the small space. "But you look harmless enough. Except you." He tilted his head down towards Carl. "I'll have to keep my eye on you." A small smile formed on Carl's lips. When the elevator stopped moving, everyone slowly made their way out and followed Doctor Jenner down a series of hallways that all looked the same.

They all had plain white, brick walls, white doors, and boxy lights above each door. "Are we underground?" Carol asked.

"Definitely." Elle groaned, holding her stomach. An elevator ride going down on an empty stomach was enough to make her sick.