The Sound of Thunder (ON HOLD)

Chapter 9 ~ Terminus

Lightnings POV

It's been five days. We've finally arrived outside of Terminus. We all just decided to walk in the front door but Rick being smart buried a bag of guns just in case and we also had Adam, Thunder, Abraham, Eugene, Rosita, Bob, Sasha and Tara stay behind. Didn't want them going in and if something were to go wrong they had our backs.

"Ready?" Rick asked. Everyone nodded or said yes and we started walking towards the gate guns raised.

We walked around a building and finally saw a woman at a barbecue with her head down. She hadn't noticed us yet.

When we were close enough the lady finally looked up and smiled.

"Hi. Welcome to Terminus. You all look like you've been on the road a while." She said glancing back down at the meat she was cooking.

It didn't look like animal meat. I would know. Uncle Daryl was eyeing it too. The meat was too pale.

Everyone had put their guns down but hands were still on handles.

"What are your names." The lady asked. I noticed another guy walking towards us. I grilled the handle of my gun. I don't trust these people.

"I'm Rick Grimes. My son Carl. Daryl. Michonne. Maggie. Glenn. Lightning." Rick said said pointing to all of us.

"Lightning. That's a very unique and pretty name. Anyway, welcome. You can all relax here. Your safe now." The lady was about to hand us some of the food. She gave a plate to Michonne, Maggie and was about to give some to Carl when Rick knocked the plate out of the lady's hand before she could give it to him.

I immediately raised my gun along with everyone else. Michonne had her katana and uncle Daryl had his crossbow.

"Ain't no way that's animal meat. It's to pale." I growled to Rick and uncle Daryl nodded in agreement. Rick just stared at the lady gun raised.

"Yeah. I knew there was something off by the look on your faces." Rick said not taking his eyes off the lady. All of a sudden there was a shot next to us.

The person had purposely missed. Rick didn't notice and we all started running. I shot at the guy on the roof and didn't miss. It was a shot right in the heart. He was going to turn.

I ran in the back of the group with Maggie. Carl was with his father. Glenn was in front of us. Rick and Daryl were in the front. Carl glanced at me and when I nodded he turned back to the front.

The people on the rooftops kept shooting at us and purposely missing. I knew this was strange but we didn't exactly have time to stop and talk about it. We were led into and building and Rick ran for the open door but someone closed and locked it before we got there.

"Rick." I said. He hadn't heard me. "RICK!" I screamed. He turned to me. His face had panic written all over it.

"They led us here. The rooftop shooters, they're missing on purpose. This isn't right. We're being herded somewhere." I said looking at all the lit candles and all the words on the walls.

"COME ON!" Rick shouted heading for a door and opening it completely ignoring what I had said.

We started running again. We ran outside and the rooftop shooters started shooting again. Soon we came into a big open area and the fence was in front of us. We had been caught.

People pointed their guns at us from behind the fence and the rooftop shooters appeared. Some guy started talking to us and told us what to do. We all had to drop our weapons and walk into a box car in a specific order.

It was Rick, than Daryl, than Michonne, than Glenn, than Maggie and me. I looked at Carl. I didn't wanna leave him.

"Carl." I whispered.

"It's fine. Go. I love y-" I didn't hear the rest of his sentence as a gun had been fired.

It had hit just beside Carl. My breath caught in my throat.

"GO! NOW!" The guy giving orders yelled at me.

"I love you." I said to Carl as I turned and walked slowly towards the box car.

"RING LEADER! OPEN THE BOXCAR DOOR!" The man yelled. I couldn't see him but u knew he was there.

"MY SON!" Rick yelled back.

"Go kid." The guy said is sort of a quieter tone.

Carl walked over and Rick opened the door and walked in. Daryl followed. Michonne. Glenn. Maggie. Me. Carl.

When we were in someone closed the door and only the tiniest bit of light came from the edges of the door.

I hugged Carl immediately. I was so scared something might've happened to him.

"It's alright." He whispered.

"What the hell are we going to do now?!" I asked furiously after letting go off Carl. I kicked the door letting out a little bit of my anger.

Rick was peaking out of the tight opening of the door studying whatever was outside.

"There gonna feel real stupid when they find out." Rick said mumbling a little bit.

"Find out what?" I asked curiously.

Rick hesitated before answering.

"Their screwing with the wrong people"