Surviving the Walking Dead (TWD FanFiction) Season 3

Episode 10

With our escape from the field and a second to regroup, we managed to get Rick inside. Rick also had Daryl and Merle with him, regardless of what everyone felt toward Merle we didn’t have the time to discuss what to do with him. We had much bigger problems now. 

“We’re not leaving” Rick told us all as he loaded up his gun with a fresh mag and put it over his shoulder

“We can’t stay here” Hershel told him 

“What if there’s another sniper? A wood pallet won’t stop one of those round” Maggie advised Rick

“We can’t even go outside” Beth added

“Not in the daylight” Carol told her, trying to calm her nerves. Everyone was on edge and needed some kind of reassurinse 

“Rick says we’re not running, we’re not running” Glenn spoke up, siding with Rick as he was looking to the ground

“No, better to live like rats” Merle chimed in from the other side of a locked cell door. 

“You got a better idea?” Rick asked him, almost sounding sarcastic

“Yeah, we should have slid out of here last night and lived to fight another day. but we lost that window didn’t we?” He said 

“That can’t just be it” I snapped at him “there’s got to be some way out of this” 

“oh no I’m sure he’s got scouts on every road out of this place by now” Merle told me, cutting off my way to give everyone hope.

“We ain’t scared of that prick” Daryl told him from the second floor. I ddidn’t look at him because I was still technically mad at him for leaving in the first place.

“Y’all should be” Merle told him and looked between everyone “that truck through the fence thing, that’s just him ringing the doorbell-we might have some thick walls to hide behind, but he’s got the guns and the numbers and if he takes the high ground around this place, shoot, he could just starve us out if he wanted to” Merle finished 

“Let’s put him in the other cell block” Maggie said, sounding upset by him. I didn’t blame her, I was ready to hit him again myself

“No. He’s got a point” Daryl spoke up, taking his side yet again. I ground my teeth together as I rub my eyes

“This is all you. You started this!” Maggie yelled at Merle

“What difference whose fault it is? what do we do?” Beth spoke up

“I said we should leave...now Axel’s dead. we can’t just sit here” Hershel tried to convince Rick as he looked him in the eyes. Rick, without another word, turned on his heel to leave. I couldn’t believe it! he’s just going to walk away?! 

“Rick Grimes!!” I yelled at him, anger in my voice and making my whole body shake. I shot daggers at Rick as he slowly came to a stop. “you can’t keep running away!” I yelled at him, then stormed up to him and stepped in front of him to make him look at me. “Your going through a lot. we all get that- but you have to pull yourself together and be the leader you told us you were!” I snapped and waved my hand around the room to everyone “You told us your word is final- that this wasn’t a democracy” I snapped “It’s about time you lived up to that!-we all are running around without a clue as to what to do!” I had my hands curled up into fists “we are trusting you with our lives!- your children! are here waiting for you to come back! so figure whatever it is, you need to” I snapped at him “and fast”

With that being my final word I stormed out of the area, feeling everyone’s eyes on me and went to my cell on the second floor and slammed the door shut just because it made me feel better to slam something. I wasn’t sure how long I had been in there by myself when I suddenly heard some talking down on the first floor.