2. Never Tear Us Apart

-can't be helped-

Everyone rushed to the gate due to the screams; Maggie and Theo's conversation was cut off quickly, not even hesitating to run towards the cry for help.

"What happened!" Theo asked, noticing them carrying for Herschel; she was unconscious, barely even alive

"He was a bit", Daryl began, looking at Theo quickly before looking up at Maggie; he, Glenn and Rick carried him into one of the cells to lay him down.

"Bit!?" Theo asked, panicking, trying to stay out of their way.

"Daddy!" Maggie and Beth fell beside his bed, crying to one another.

"I had to amputate it," Rick explained as Theo noticed that Herschel was missing a leg.

"Holy shit", Theo sighed; the amputation was clean enough for a rush job; it looked as though they had managed to slow a lot of the bleeding. 

It was just a waiting game now.

"I need three of you on guard," Rick said, looking at Theo, Daryl, and T-Dog. 

Theo looked confused; where are there more walkers?

They walked out beyond the gate that locked off their cell block.

"Why are we on guard?" Theo asked Daryl, but a group of men coming through the door answered her question.

"Who the hell are you?" Theo asked, grabbing her bat, Daryl standing closely beside her. 

"We want no issues, " one said, touching their hair. 

They all wore prison jumpsuits, light blue. They were stained and dirty. Looks like they hadn't changed in months.

"You better walk back to where you were", Daryl warned, having his crossbow readied, looking straight down the scope and the one who had a step forward compared to the others.

"Evening doll, you wanna lower your weapon?" The apparent leader of the group smirked at Theo.

"No, not really" She held her bat extremely tightly, her knuckles turning white. "In fact, why don't you take another step forwards, and I'll lower it onto your fucking skull", Theo snapped.

Daryl gave her a side eye of worry. Not hearing her speak like that before, he was slightly off guard; nonetheless, he continued to stand close by.

"Enough!" Rick yelled, coming in the door, but Theo never left her sight of the man.

"How long have you been there?" Rick asked the prisoners after finding out that they were perplexed about how the group had gotten into the prison

"10 months" The leader answered, looking confused. 

"You have no idea then", Theo said, sitting on one of the benches

"No, so do any of you wanna explain what the hell is going on here?!" Another asked aggressively 

"Oo, no need for the tone, my friend." Theo sarcastically smirked as they looked at her, annoyed. 

"The world has gone to shit; as far as we know, billions are dead; we could even be the last alive", Rick explained.

"But our families?" Another of the prisoners asked, his voice laced with fear and sadness.

"Gone" Daryl answered sharply.

"How many people do you have?" the leader asked, trying to look behind them into their block of cells. 

"None of your concern", Theo answered, her eyes thin, moving to block his view. 

"Come on now, princess, no need to be rude" The leader asked.

She smirked to herself, resisting all urges to lunge at the man; instead, she remained silent.