Survive// Reader × Carl Grimes

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As we walked up to the gates the first thing I saw was a house, we all stopped and check out the place until we heard shuffling, we all put our guns toward it while Daryl shot it, he picked whatever he shot up and the gates opened wider to reveal a man and Aaron with houses behind them.

"I brought dinner" Daryl says making me slightly laugh, we stand outside for awhile until Aaron tells us it's okay, we walk in and the gate shuts behind us, I felt nervous all of a sudden as I take in this Alexandria place. I begin having flashback of Terminus.

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"Take the girl, I'll be having some fun with her" the fimiliar spins chilling voice said, I feel my body be picked up and the door closes, I try to open my eyes but I'm blinded by sunlight.

"Lay her down"
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"-Before we take this even further you all need too turn over your weapons" the guy who opened the gates said and I snickered.

"Yeah not gonna happen'' I say holding onto my knives and guns.

"You can't stay if you don't turn them over-"

"We don't know if we wanna stay" Rick says to him.

"It's alright, let them talk to Deanna first" Aaron tells him and I raise an eyebrow.

"Who's Deanna?" Abe asks him

"She knows everything you'd want to know about this place" Aaron tells us and he looks at Rick.

"Rick why don't you start?" He asks Rick and I felt my heart beat a little faster, Rick turns to us. "Sasha" and she turns around shooting the walker coming behind the trees, I couldn't help but smirk knowing that this was our warning towards them, they close the second gate and I look back at Aaron. "Good thing we're here" and he hands Judith to me. "Anything happens you run, don't stop, there's a gun in a blender near a house" he whispers in my ear and I nod then watch as he begins following Aaron.
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After awhile we see Rick walking back so we all get up and he nods telling us it's okay, I hand Judith back to her father than wipe the dust off my pants.

"Y/n" Aaron calls, I look around to see Daryl and everyone else worried but I turn around and follow him to a house. "Don't worry" and I give him a look.

"Last time I didn't worry I was probably raped and almost eaten by cannibals" I say and he looks at me with some unknown expression, I look up at the house we stopped at and I walk up the steps. As I entered I walk to the living room and sit down seeing a video camera in front of me, I crossed my legs and sank into the seat.

"Hi I'm Deanna Monroe" a lady who was a bit taller than I am with blonde hair said. I sat up and watched as she sits down on the sofa. "Do you mind if I record you?" And I shake my head.

"No" I say

"How long have you been out there?" She asks and I inhale followed by an exhale.

"Since the beginning" I say

"How did you find each other, did you know each other before?" She asks

"No, we found each other. It's kind of complicated" I say and she crosses her legs.

"Tell me, everything, your life" she says and I give her a look.

"I just met you, I'm not about to tell you my whole life story" I say and she smiled making me feel uncomfortable.

"I'll tell you mine, and you tell me yours how about that?" She asks and I shrug.

"I guess" I say

"I was a congress person for Ohio, my family and I where trying to get back to Ohio so I could help my district manage the crisis and uh, the Army stopped us on a back road and directed us here, they were supposed to come later but they didn't, we had supplies here and we made the best of it" she says and I just stare at her "my husband and son's put up the walls and more people began coming, soon we had a community" there's a pause "Aaron says I can trust you" and I scoff.

"Aaron doesn't even know me" I say leaning foward uncrossing my legs and she sits back. "You really wanna know my story well here it goes"