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~Katherine's pov~

There were new people here. Four of them, 3 men and a woman. We were all out here to make this decision as a group. Rick walked straight to the man with the beanie. "I'm Tyreese." The man said holding his hand out towards Rick. He didn't shake his hand, "Sasha, Allen, Ben." Hershel said. "How'd you get in.?" Rick asked. "Fire damage to the administrative part of the prison. Wall's down." Tyreese said. "That side's completely overrun with walkers. How'd you get this far?" Rick asked. "We didn't, We lost our friend Donna." he said. "They were lost in the gyms." Carl said. "You brought them here.?" Rick asked, his head snapping back at Carl. "He had no choice." Hershel said.

Rick looked back at them. "I'm sorry about your friend. We know what that's like." Rick said. "Hershel said you could use some extra hands. We're no stranger to hard work. We'll go out and get our own food, stay out of your hair. You got a problem with another group, we'll help with that too. Anything to contribute." Tyreese said. "No." Rick said after a small pause. "Please. It's like 10 little Indians out there. It's just us now." Sasha said. "Rick what did you just say to Daryl before he left.? We can use the help." i said. He looked at me, "..Cmon." i said softly. We needed people in case the people from Woodbury decided to come after us. He shook his head and looked down at the floor. "No." he said. "Let's talk about this. We can't just keep-" "We've been through this." Rick said looking over to Hershel.

"With Thomas, Andrew. Look what happened." He said. "Axel and Oscar weren't like them." Carol said. "And where's Oscar now.?" Rick asked looking back at her. He looked back at Tyreese. "I can't be responsible." he said. "You turn us out, you are responsible." Tyreese said. "Rick," Hershel said. He pulled him aside, "You've done so much for us. I appreciate that. We all do. We owe you our lives. We've done everything you've asked without question. And i'm telling you, you're wrong on this." Hershel said. I walked over to them. "You've got to start giving people a chance." Hershel said. "Power in numbers, We need people in case shit goes down." i whispered. He looked down then back at Hershel, our group then me sighing.

"Yeah." he said patting Hershel's chest. I put a hand on Rick's arm for a second too. He looked up then back down. "No," he said softly and shook his bead, bringing his hand to his head shakily. "No, no." he said and pinched the bridge of his nose. "No. No." he repeated. I looked at him confused. "No, no, no," he repeated and walked towards the back. "Why're you here.? What do you want from me.?" he asked and looked up to the second floor. I looked up too, there was nothing there. "Rick." i said. "Dad?" Carl asked. "Why're you- no." he said looking down, backing up. He looked back up scared. "I can't help you! Get out!" he said walking over to them. "Get out.!" RIck said again. "Whoa whoa- It's all good. " "What are you doing?" Tyreese and Sasha asked. Rick walked away from them.

"Easy Rick, there's no need-" "You don't belong here!" He snapped at Maggie. She backed away from him and pulled Carl back as well. "Get out! Please!" he said pulling out his gun and walking back to the back, "Rick!" i said walking to him. "Relax, brother. Relax." Tyreese said. "Get out! Get out!" he cried a bit. "We'll leave- we're going." Tyreese said. "Rick." i said going up to him. "Ain't no body gotta get shot here. We're going." Tyreese said. "What are you doing here!?!" He yelled as loud as he could. "Jesus- Rick." i said as he walked around me. He held his gun in his hands. "Go- just go. Go." Glenn said.

"You too- you guys go." i said looking at everyone. Carl opened the Cell block and they went inside. "Rick." i said. He backed up a bit, still holding his gun. "Hey." i said walking up to him. He looked back up to the second floor then back down. I held his hand and he looked at our hands. "They're gone.." I said. He started mumbling words i didn't understand. I let go of his hand and reached out for his other hand, the one he was holding the gun with. "No." he said trying to move away. "Hey- hey." I said putting my hand on top of his again. I looked at him, "Look at me." i said. He slowly looked up at me. "You're good," I said softly and slowly took the gun away from his hand. "Sit." i said putting my hands on his shoulders. I pushed him back and sat him down on the table. I tucked his gun away in my jeans and grabbed him some water. I handed it to him. "Drink," i said putting it in his hands. He slowly brought the cup up to his lips and drank some. "You wanna get some rest..? Yeah?" I asked taking the cup from his hands and placed it on the table. I held his hand and gave it a small squeeze, "Cmon," I said softly and stood up holding his hand. He got up slowly, i stopped holding his hand and placed it on his back. I took him over to the cell block, leading him to his own cell.

"Alright," i said as i helped him lay down. He laid down and i put my hand on his arm. "Get some rest." i said and moved my thumb a bit against his arm. I walked back out and saw Carl looking at Rick. "He's okay," i said putting a hand on his shoulder, "He's just tired." I said rubbing his back a bit as we walked. "Are you okay?" he asked as we walked. "Yeah, why?" I asked. "Daryl left," he said looking at me. He stopped walking, i did too and looked at him, "I'm okay," i said softly. Giving him a small nod. He kept looking at me and shook his head. "No you're not." he said.

"No?" i asked. "He was your friend, it's okay if you aren't okay." He said. I sighed a bit and took off his hat. I messed up his hair and put his hat back on. "I'm alright." i said. He took off his hat and shook his head a few times then fixed his hair. He put his hat back on and looked at me. "Come here," he said and walked. I followed him and he went up to Beth holding his arms out towards the baby. She stood up and handed her to Carl. "You can go, we're gonna be with her for a while." Carl said. I put a hand on Beth's shoulder and she walked out. "I named her Judith," He said holding her. I smiled at him, "That's a beautiful name." I said. "Here," he said walking a bit closer to me. "Wh-" I said looking at him. "You haven't held her, Hold her." he said and handed her to me.

I took her hesitantly and held her in my arms. I looked down at the baby and she looked back up at me. I smiled a bit holding her, I started remembering the first time i held Luna at the hospital.. I sat down and just looked at her. Carl looked at me, my smile faded a bit. "What?" he asked. I shook my head a bit looking at Judith. "Nothing.." i whispered and looked at him. "You're gonna be an amazing brother.." I said, He smiled at me.