Survive ( Maggie Greene x GP Yn)

Caught

The next morning we woke up and got out stuff ready. We walked to Rosita and them. " This town isn't in bad shape. This store wasn't even touched. We could make a good base here." Maggie told Abraham. " We can spend today doing a sweep for supplies." She added. " We'll sweep as we go." Rosita looked Abraham up and down. " We're not stopping now." Abraham nodded. " You heard the lady. We're taking it North." He said. " We tapped out the toilet. Broad rivers five miles west. Stock up then find wheels." Tara suggested. " We got a vehicle. It's got five gallons of water in it." He showed us a firetruck.

We got our stuff and made out way over. Abraham tried to start it, it started up and held for a few seconds before stopping. " We'll find another ride " I told him. " If there's a ride worth shit in this town we'd have found it already." He sighed. " It's air filter is filled with damn human remains." He tried opening a panel on the side untill Rosita corrected him. Before he could climb a tire came rolling out of the door then the walkers. " Tara, Maggie." I called and started killing the walkers.

We were outnumbered, falling back but then Eugene used the water hose on top to cut these bitches up. The pressure was strong enough to rip the rotten meat from their bones. " I've been to eight county fairs and one goat rodeo. I ain't seen anything like that." Abraham said as Eugene got off. " There's a goodwill over there by tje bookstore. There might be some supplies, some dry clothes maybe. " I offered. " Not necessary, I can clear that intake in two shakes." Abraham got on the truck. " You'll air dry." Was his solution. When he got up there he started laughing, on the floor was a written note. " What, shits screwed up." He laughed.

We got about halfway with the truck before it stopped again. I sighed, squatting on the road. Suddenly I caught a whiff of something making me pull my shirt to cover my nose. " What the hell is that." I called. " What?" Maggie asked. " You're about to smell it." I told her, watching her face turn to one of disgust. " Whatever it is, it ain't nothing nice." Abraham said getting out if the truck. " We're not stopping." He said for the hundredth time since I've met him. " Uhm, we're stopped." Tara sarcastically said but he ignored her and started walking. I groaned and followed him.

We walked for what seemed like forever in the heat untill Abraham suddenly stopped. The smell getting worse. I squinted to see a whole land full of walkers up ahead. " Nope." I turned and walked back, Abraham didn't follow. " Hold up." He said. " We gotta go." Maggie said but he shook his head. " They can't hear or see us from here. We're fine." He tried. " There's gotta be a detour." I said but he again denied. " Not doing it, we detoured and detoured from Houston to Georgia. I'm nit playing that game." I scoffed. " We are not going through this. No fucking way." I said walking up to him. " You got a shit storm behind door A and a storm full of shit behind door B. If you're lucky it's walkers or a shot up truck. But sooner or later you get cornered. We don't go back." He turned back. " I didn't say we go back. We just gotta find another way, south a few miles." He cut me off. I felt mt anger build up. " We'll hit them with the hose." He said. " The tank is empty." Rosita countered. " Then we floor it." He tried again. " No, if we hit them they'll still slow us down and then they stop us." I said. " I'm not saying we just go straight!" He yelled at me making me groan, running my hand through my short hair. " It's the way the road goes." Maggie told him obviously. " We can get through!" He yelled. " I know you're not yelling at my people like that." I stopped him. He ignored me, " I know it! That doesn't mean we go South, or around, or back!" He continued. " No." Rosita finally decided. " They're right, listen to Yn." She defended. Finally he turned and started walking back. He grabbed Eugene and pulled him. " What are you doing?" Maggie asked but he ignored her. " Abraham Stop!" Rosita yelled so I stepped in. Tara shoved him off of Eugene but he shoved her back.

I grabbed him and shoved him, " let him go!" I yelled at him but he shoved me, " do not! I told you you do not!" He yelled at me but I continued to shove him untill he shoved me into Rosita. She fell but I grabbed back at him, we were all yelling at one another untill Eugene started yelling at us to stop. " I'm not a scientist!" He yelled making us all stop. " I lied, I'm not a scientist. I dont know how to stop it." He said making me walk off, my head in my hands.

" You are a scientist. I've seen what you can do." Rosita said as I turned back. I was just about to end my own life right here. " I just know things." He said. " You just, know things?" I asked painfully. " I know I'm smarter than most people, I know I'm a very good liar and I know I needed to get to DC." He revealed. " Why?" Maggie asked. " Because I do believe that lookout hold the bigger possiblity for survival. I wanted to survive. If I could cheat some people in taking me there then, I just reasoned that I'd be doing them a solid too. Considering the perilous state of the city of Houston and the state of everything." I felt my heart drop out my ass. Abraham bent down and squatted on the ground. " People died trying to get you here." Rosita said. I had to keep my anger at bay so I didn't speak. " Im aware, Stephanie, Warren, Pam, Rex, Rodger, Jesaia, Derk and Josephine. And Bob. I lost my nerve as we grew closer, I'm a coward and the reality of getting to our destination and disclosing the truth became some truly frightening shit. I took it upon myself to slow our roll, make time to fines thing so that by the time we get there, but at this moment I realized that there's no longer any agreeable options. I was screwed either way." He started crying. " Again, I am smarter than you and you may wanna leave me he-" he got cut off by Abraham beating the shit out of him.

Me and Tara pulled him off of Eugene, watching as he fell face first into the asphalt. I would have left Abraham to best his ass but I knew he'd kill him. Maggie and Tara went to tend to Eugene as I stayed back. I can't believe I left my brother, my family behind for this coward. I groaned, looking down at Eugene's bloody face.

Fuck my life, I swear to God if anything happened to Rick or Carl or Judith I will rip this asshole'd head from his body. I hit my fist against the truck and walked some ways away from where Maggie was crouched. How do we come back from this? How do I go back to my family and tell them I just wasted my ass for some lying prick? How do I tell Rick I left his just for a little joyride.

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The way I would have let Abraham beat the shit out of him if it were me.

~S