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~Katherine's Pov~

We splashed gasoline all over the room, Carol's plan was to just burn them alive, like I said we didn't know how many were coming and she was right. 3 bullets weren't gonna help us. We were just hiding, waiting until the other people came. "I think i might have killed 18 people. 20. I should've killed Donnie too, in the woods. I had a clear shot. I didn't miss. None of this would've happened if i had just killed him." Carol said. I looked over to her, "Why didn't you Carol.?" I asked genuinely wanting to know. She's done worse, other things to help save us and she couldn't shoot a man.? Less take a knife from my hands. She just shook her head. "I couldn't- i don't know." She said. "Stop. We need to concentrate." Maggie said looking at me then over to Carol. "Don't think about it." She said looking back at the floor. "I can't stop." Carol said upset. "We're almost done." Maggie said.

We heard footsteps and we shut the door slightly, watching the shadows pass by us. "Careful, the floor's slick." We heard a man's voice. Carol pulled out a cigarette and lit it, "You sure this is it?" Another man asked. "She said kill floor. The first man said, "The hell?? This one's locked." He said. Carol went out of the room quickly and tossed the cigarette in, closing the slide door. The room caught up in flames and the people started screaming. I didn't know how many were in there but there were more than us.

They started screaming, trying to get out of the room. "Let's go." i said as they screamed, I can't believe we just did that ourselves.. We killed the walkers as we walked by and headed to the exit. I opened the door and saw people with guns, I raised the gun up quickly but stopped. It was Glenn, Rosita, Daryl, Garbiel and Rick. Daryl looked at us. He was about to come to me and I pointed at Carol a bit. She needed him right now more than me, I nodded a bit telling him I was okay. He turned to her after a second, "You okay.?" he asked. She nodded not speaking. "We got your trail." He said to her. "No- don't." I said grabbing Rositas arm before she walked any further. "Stop.!" I said grabbing Gabrie's arm too. "It's done, They're dead." i said looking at them. Rosita looked at me. "All of them.?" She asked. I nodded a bit, "Yes." i said softly. ".. we'll check-" I cut her off. "They're dead." I repeated looking at her. "They're all dead. The ones that took us. They're all dead." Maggie said to Glenn.

"Are you okay.?" Glenn asked Maggie. "I just- i can't anymore." She said. Glenn hugged her. I felt someone hug me too, I hugged the back slowly looking at Glenn. "Estas bien.?" Are you okay? Rosita asked holding me. Glenn looked at me as he held Maggie. "I'm okay.." I said to Rosita. We pulled away and looked at each other, She gave me a small nod. I returned it, "Your friends are dead." Rick said looking at the man. The man looked at us in shock. "No one's comin' for ya. So you might as well talk." Rick said. "Let him burn." Daryl said. I swallowed the lump in my throat looking at Daryl. I wanted to be with him but it wasn't really the time right now with Rick questioning the man, we needed answers from him. "I'm gonna ask you one last time. How'd you get the bike." Rick asked. "We found it." He said. "Like hell you did." Daryl said looking at him. "We found it." He repeated. "Was Negan in that building last night or was he here.?" Rick asked looking at the man. He looked over at Rick. "Both. I'm Negan shithead." he said looking at him. "There's a whole world of fun that we can talk about. So let's have a chat." He said.

Rick backed up a bit and pulled out his gun. "I'm sorry it had to come to this." He said and pointed the gun at his head. He pulled the trigger and fell. Rosita pulled me back before the body could hit me. His body fell right in front of me, at my feet. I swallowed the lump in my throat looking at his body, a puddle of blood started growing beneath him. "Let's get the hell out of here." Rick said looking at us. The blood reached my shoes, "Cmon." Rosita and pulled me out of the room. I stopped walking and dragged my shoes against the grass slightly, getting rid of the blood. I heard footsteps and I looked up to see Daryl walking up to me. "Cmon," he said stopping a few feet in front of me. I walked up to him and hugged him. He hugged me back without hesitation, I closed my eyes and rested my head on his shoulder. "We gotta go," he said rubbing my arm a bit. I kept hugging him, not wanting him to let me go. At least not yet, I just needed him to hold me for a little longrt. He put a hand on the back of my head, right under my ponytail and rested his chin on my shoulder.

"You hurt..?" he asked softly. "No.." i said after a second. He kissed my head, "You're alright." he said and put his hand on my back again, He hugged me again and held me tight, I felt safe now. Being in his arms now. "Let's get out of here, Cmon." he said. "Hold me, just- please.." I said burying my face in his shoulder. "Please.." I repeated. "Just for a little alright? We gotta get back to the rest.." He said holding me, He rubbed my arm a bit. "I love you.." I said not really thinking. He stopped rubbing my arm and I opened my eyes realizing I just said it out loud. My heart slowly started racing after he stayed silent. "You do..?" he asked. I giggled at his response, feeling tears well up in my eyes. I pulled away and sighed shakily as I looked at him. "I do." I said nodding a bit.

"Do you..?" I whispered. He just kept looking at me, not really saying anything. He just looked at me. I nodded a bit. "It came out.. Sorry.." I said and walked away from him, heading back to the rest. "You alright.?" Rick asked looking at me as I walked up to him. I nodded a bit, "I just- wanna take a shower.." I said. "Let's get you home then." he said and took a step closer to me. He pulled me in for a hug. I hugged him back and closed my eyes. "Glad you're alright." He said softly.

A/N: Finally 🥺🦋💓