Is This The End?

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In Atlanta back at the lab Rick interrogates the kid. Daryl impatiently paces around the room "Those men you were with, we need to know where they went" Rick said "I ain't telling you nothing" The kid said "Jesus, man. What the Hell happened back there?" T-Dog said "I told you, this little turd and his douchebag friends came out of nowhere and jumped me" Daryl said "Man, you're the one who jumped me, puto, screaming about trying to find his brother like it's my damn fault" The kid said "They took Glenn. Could have taken Merle too" Daryl said "Merle? What kind of hick name is that? I wouldn't name my dog Merle" The kid said Daryl tries to take a swing at the kid. Rick holds him off but Daryl still kicks out at him "Damn it, Daryl. Back off" Rick said Daryl goes to Glenn's backpack and pulls out Merle's bundled hand "Want to see what happened to the last guy that pissed me off?" Daryl unwraps Merle's hand, turns around and throws it in the kid's lap. Horrified, the kid jumps up. The hand drops to the floor and the kid screams Daryl grabs him by the shoulder and neck gets in the kid's face "Start with the feet this time" Daryl said Rick pulls him off "The men you were with took our friend. All we want to do is talk to them, see if we can work something out" Rick said they've brought the kid to the shell of a large brick building. Across what could be a wide alley Rick looks through a ruined window to a set of double wooden doors in a similar brick wall. He shakes a shotgun cartridge "You sure you're up for this?" Rick asked "Yeah" T-Dog said "Okay" Rick said.

T-Dog picks up the weapons bag and walks off. Rick loads a shotgun. Daryl has an arrow loaded; the kid sits on the grass beside Rick "One wrong move, you get an arrow in the ass. Just so you know" Daryl said "G's gonna take that arrow out of my ass and shove it up yours. Just so you know" The kid said "G?" Rick asked "Guillermo. He the man here" The kid said "Okay then let's go see Guillermo" Rick said They step through the window and into the alley and across to the shell of a large brick building with no interior and no roof. Rick pushes the kid into the lead and they walk through the building toward the double doors. Rick scans every opening. He's on the alert for any threat. Rick and Daryl stand several feet back from the kid with their guns aimed at him. He stops about fifteen feet in front of the doors. They open. Several figures stay inside, obscured by the shadows. One man, slight in build, walks forward. He's unarmed "You okay, little man?" G asked "They're gonna cut off my feet, Carnal" The kid said "Cops do that?" G said "Not him. This redneck puto here. He cut off some dude's hand, man. He showed it to me" The kid said "Shut up" Daryl said "Hey, that's that vato right there, homes. He shot me in the ass with an arrow. What's up, homes, huh?" One of the man said he points a gun at Daryl. G puts a hand on his arm "Chill, ese, Chill. Chill. This true? He wants Miguelito's feet? That's pretty sick, man" G said "We were hoping more for a calm discussion" Rick said "That hillbilly jumps Felipe's little cousin, beats on him, threatens to cut off his feet, Felipe gets an arrow in the ass and you want a calm discussion? You fascinate me" G said "Heat of the moment. Mistakes were made on both sides" Rick said "Who's that dud to you anyway? You don't look related" G asked "He's one of our group, more or less. I'm sure you have a few like him" Rick said "You got my brother in there?" Daryl asked "Sorry, we're fresh out of white boys. But I've got an Asian. You interested?" G asked "I have one of yours, you have one of mine. Sounds like an even trade" Rick said "Don't sound even to me" G said "G. Come on, man" The kid said

"My people got attacked. Where's the compensation for their pain and suffering? More to the point, where's my bag of guns?" G asked "Guns?" Rick said "The bag Miguel saw in the street. The bag Felipe and Jorge were going back to get. That bag of guns" G said "You're mistaken" Rick said "I don't think so" G said "About it being yours. It's my bag of guns" Rick said "The bag was in the street. Anybody could come around and say it was theirs. I'm supposed to take your word? What's to stop my people from unloading on you right here and now and I take what's mine?" G said "You could do that" Rick looks over to where T-Dog is aiming at Guillermo. He's looking down and in over the top of the building wall. He has Guillermo in his sights "Or not" Rick said Guillermo looks up "Come on, man. Make the trade. Please" T-Dog said "Oye" G yelled Rick looks up to the top of the building behind Guillermo. Two men lead a man with a bag over his head, hands behind his back, to the edge of the building. One of them removes the bag to show Glenn, his mouth duct taped "I see two options. You come back with Miguel and my bag of guns, everybody walks. Or you come back locked and loaded, we'll see which side spills more blood" G said, Guillermo and his men back into the building and the doors close. Rick Daryl and the kid back up the way they came.