2. Never Tear Us Apart

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THIS SCENE WAS HARD TO WATCH, LET ALONE WRITE, SO TRIGGER WARNINGS ARE IN PLACE HERE

The next day, Rick and his family moved out with Michonne; not much was left in the small town they had come across, so they had no choice but to keep moving and hopefully come across something else, like a store or another city.

They were busy catching up and conversing when Saint barked three times, signalling danger. They all turned to see a herd of walkers—not enough to run from, but too many to fight simultaneously.

"Fass," Theo commanded, sending Saint to two of the walkers. Theo finished them off once they had been tackled to the ground.

"Ugh!" Theo yelled as he threw one of her knives at the walker's head, killing it.

"Retrieve!" Theo spoke, making Saint retrieve her knife.

"Good boy!" She smiled as the group continued to move.

A few more hours passed, and walkers were speared and were easy to avoid.

Michonne said, "I thought there would be something—a house, a store, anything with food."

"You know Saint and I could do a quick hunt. Could you find a rabbit or something?" Theo asked

"Guys", Carl spoke, noticing a car ahead.

Rick and Carl ran over to ensure safety while Michonne dealt with a walker to the side. While they were doing that, Theo had caught a rabbit.

"Give me an hour, you guys eat that," Theo said, throwing the rabbit on the car's hood.

"Alright, an hour," Rick repeated.

"Before nightfall," she smiled. Come on, boy." Theo began walking away before her father could argue even more.

She wondered for a few hours before it became dark, and nothing had come into sight, so her only choice now was to head back to that car.

As she approached, she realised something was wrong. Saint was growling, and his eyes were focused.

"Saint..." She stopped him from barking.

She moved forward and hid, looking at her dad with a gun to his head, a weapon to Michonnes, Carl with a knife to his neck and someone having their life beaten from them on the floor to the side of the car.

Theo panicked.

Admittedly, her next move was stupid.

She grabbed her gun and shot the one man on his own, doing nothing before hiding once again. 

"Now, who the hell just shot at my man?" The apparent leader yelled out. 

They all looked over to the forest in front of them.

"Whoever the hell you are, I suggest you make yourself known, or the kid gets it!" He yelled as Carl cried out, making Theo surrender.

"Let them go!" She yelled out, hidden behind the bushes

"Get out of there!" He yelled out, "And don't even think about shooting that gun again!" 

Theo held her hands up before revealing herself.

"Well, what do we have here, boys?" The leader smirked as she threw her weapon to the ground angrily. 

"Theo..." Rick warned, knowing they could do much worse than he wanted to admit.

Panic was setting in.

This was a dangerous situation.

"Let us go", She asked again, "This is your only chance", She warned.