𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻

𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝑇𝐴𝑁𝐶𝐸

EVERYONE IS SCATTERED INSIDE BARN, THEY'RE GATHERING THEIR THINGS, MEL SMILES playing with Meredith, making the baby smile. The door open and Maggie walks in with a stranger "Hey. Everyone... This is Aaron." Everyone draws their weapons, Daryl takes a peek outside and pats Aaron down, "We met him outside. He's by himself. We took his weapons and we took his gear." Sasha stands behind him. Tara closes the door after them, and the chains rattle outside.

Aaron says, "Hi."

Judith begins crying. Carl says, "Shh."

Aaron says offering his hand to shake it, "It's nice to meet you."

Rick asks, "You said he had a weapon?" Maggie walks over to him, handing him Aaron's weapon. "There's something you need?"

Sasha says, "He has a camp, nearby. He wants us to audition for membership."

"Audition?" Anastasia asks him eyeing him up and down.

Aaron looks at her, something about her. He's seen her somewhere, "I wish there was another word. Audition makes it sound like we're some kind of a dance troupe. That's only on Friday nights." The group stays silence, "Um, and it's not a camp. It's a community. I think you all would make valuable additions. But it's not my call. My job is to convince you all to follow me back home. I know. If I were you, I wouldn't go either. Not until I knew exactly what I was getting into. Sasha, can you hand Rick my pack?" Aaron explains and Sasha hands him the bag, "Front pocket, there's an envelope. There's no way I could convince you to come with me just by talking about our community. That's why I brought those. I apologize in advance for the picture quality. We just found an old camera store last..."

Daryl speaks up, "Nobody gives a shit."

Aaron says, "You're absolutely 100% right. That's the first picture I wanted to show you because nothing I say about our community will matter unless you know you'll be safe. If you join us, you will be. Each panel in that wall is a 15-foot-high, 12-foot-wide slab of solid steel framed by cold-rolled steel beams and square tubing. Nothing alive or dead gets through that without our say-so. Like I said, security is obviously important. In fact, there's only one resource more critical to our community's survival. The people. Together we're strong. You can make us even stronger. The next picture, you'll see inside the gates. Our community was first construc..." Rick punches him, cutting him off and Aaron falls over knocking out

Michonne tells him "So we're clear, that look wasn't a "let's attack that man" look. It was a "he seems like an okay guy to me" look." Anastasia smiles loving it whenever Michonne puts anyone in their place.

Rick says, "We got to secure him. Dump his pack. Let's see what this guy really is."

"Rick." Anastasia says.

Rick looks at her and says, "Everybody else, we need eyes in every direction. They're coming for us. We might not know how or when, but they are."