𝐒𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍, 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿

𝗜𝗩𝗬 𝗛𝗔𝗗 stayed by Sasha and Bobs side, per request. Ivy was very helpful and was great to have by your side in rough times, that's why the group was so lucky to have her.

Ivy had shared stories with Sasha and Bob to make them laugh. Ivy did everything in her willpower to make Bobs last hours worth something.

Ivy had missed the argument between Rick and Abraham. Though she didn't see it, she heard it. The two men were extremely loud.

"I finally started doing pointe and— pointe is the ballet that you're like on your toes." Ivy tried to explain as best as she could. Bob nodded and Sasha smiled.

Bobs eyes kept fluttering open and shut, indicating that he was on the verge of sleep. Ivy looked to Sasha.

"Well, it looks like he's falling asleep so I'll go out there. So you two can have some alone time." Ivy smiled sweetly. Ivy and Sasha both snapped their heads when they heard footsteps entering Gabriel's office.

"Hey, Ty." Ivy spoke. Tyreese smiled at the girl then looked to his sister.

"Um, Sasha..." Tyreese trailed off. "Can I speak with you?"

Sasha took a pause before nodding, standing up and following her brother out the door.

Ivy sighed and looked to Bob. He looked so peaceful, and it made Ivy smile. He was going to be peaceful forever soon, and it broke Ivy's heart.

"Ivy." Ivy looked behind her to see Rick standing at the door. Ivy turned her body to look at the man.

"Rick." Ivy crossed her arms and stood up. She stalked towards the man, looking up at him. The two stared at each other for a second.

Rick hugged the girl tightly. Ivy hesitated before hugging him back.

The hug seemed to have lasted forever. Ivy basically melted into Ricks touch. There was something about Ricks hugs that were almost therapeutic. Maybe it's because you don't expect the cold hearted Rick Grimes to give hugs, but either way, they are good enough to heal.

"I'm sorry, V. I was out of line. I can admit it." Rick let go of the girl and looked down at her. "You and Carl were just being kids, and I shouldn't have gotten mad at you for that."

"It's ok." Ivy smiled weakly. "It would be immature of me to hold a grudge. I mean, me making that joke about you was uncalled for too. I was just being bitchy. I'm sorry, too."

"Well, some of us are heading to the school. Gonna try and see if Gareth is there." Rick explained. Ivy smiled.

"Can I come?"

"Nope, not a chance." Rick laughed, placing a gun in his belt. Ivy looked up to Rick with puppy dog eyes.

"Please, Rick!" Ivy begged. Rick finally met her eyes, and almost let her go with them. "I can take care of myself and—"

"I know that. But, I need you to stay here and make sure Carl doesn't do anything stupid." Rick said, walking out Gabriel's office.

"C'mon, i'm not his babysitter!" Ivy complained. Suddenly, Ivy was picked up from behind and coddled into someone's arms, bridal style.

"Who's babysitter?" The familiar voice of Glenn asked. Ivy scoffed and squirmed, trying to get out of his grip.

"I'm not Carls babysitter!" Ivy stated.

"You kinda are." Ivy jumped out of Glenns arms and flipped both him and Rick off.

"I don't like either of you. I'm going." Ivy smiled like a know-it-all. "So.... suck my balls." Ivy smiled and walked away, going to retrieve her weapons.

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❝𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦𝗡'𝗧 fair." Ivy complained as she sat in the dark, small space of Father Gabriel's office. She in between Rosita and Eugene, and she had her head resting on Rositas shoulder.

Carl was standing anxiously. He guarded his little sister. He waited patiently for his fathers return. Carl didn't speak a word, and he barely moved.

Ivy had been twirling her knife around the whole time. She had abandoned Rositas switchblade and gave it back.

As everyone sat in silence, the group heard someone break the main door open.

Carl was the first one to grab his weapon. Ivy stood up next to him and held her knife close.

Out of the corner of Ivy's eye, she could see Gabriel begin to pray, pray beads in hand.

"Well, I guess you know we're here." Ivy almost threw up at the sound of Gareth's scratchy voice. "And we know you're here."

Does he want a trophy? Ivy thought.

"And we're armed. So there's really no point in hiding anymore." Ivy could tell their footsteps were moving closer. "We've been watching you."

"We know whose here." Gareth stated.

"There's Bob," Gareth started. "unless you put him out of his misery already." Ivy basically flinched when he said that.

"And Eugene. Rosita. Martins good friend Tyreese."

"Carl. Judith."

It took everything in Ivy to not go out there and kill Gareth and his bitches right then. Ivy controlled herself.

Ivy grew confused on why Gareth didn't say her name.

"Oh, don't think we forgot you Ivy." Ivy closed her eyes and took a deep breath in.

Carl felt pure rage. He didn't feel nothing else. He felt the need to kill, and so did everyone else in the room.

The way he said Ivy's name was..... unsettling.

"But, anyways. Rick and the rest walked out with a lot of your guns." Gareth stated. "Listen, we don't know where you all are but this isn't a big place. So let's just stop this now before things get more painful then they need to be."

Everyone positioned themselves when they headed and saw the doorknob rattling.

Carl pulled Ivy so close to him, so that no one could hear their interaction.

"You need a gun." Carl whispered oh-so quietly.

"The kill doesn't feel good enough. I need to stab them." Ivy stated. Carl stepped back, a bit scared of Ivy in the moment.

"Look, you're behind one of these two doors and we have more than enough firepower to take down both. Can't imagine that's what y'all want." Gareth explained. Ivy heard the sound of gun cocking.

"How about the priest?" Ivy looked to Gabriel who had started to cry. Ivy held her finger to her mouth, shushing Gabriel. "Father, you help us wrap this up, we'll let you walk away from this."

"Just open the door and you can go." Gareth said. "You can take the baby with you."

Ivy shook her head 'no' towards Gabriel.

"What do you say?" Gareth asked.

Judith had began to cry and Carl rushed to her side. Ivy's eyes widened, but quickly returned to her resting face.

"It's your last chance right now to tell us you're coming out." Gareth stated. Ivy heard Gareth and another man talking about hitting the hinges.

Then, Ivy heard silenced gunshots. Ivy knew it was her group.

"Put your guns on the floor." The familiar voice of Rick ordered. Ivy smiled to herself as she looked to the group in the office.

"Rick, we'll fire right into that office. So you lower your gun—" Gareth started, but was cut off, due to him being shot in the arm.

Rick knew Ivy wanted to kill Gareth, so he was going to spare him now that she has the opportunity to kill him.

To Gareth's men, Rick came out of the shadows, holding his gun high.

"Put your guns on the floor and kneel." Rick ordered. Gareth and his men dropped their weapons, falling to their knees.

Except one.

Martin stood their with pride. He wouldn't kneel, and the group was ready to blow his brains out. He stood their with a proud look on his face.

He finally dropped to his knees.

Each member of the group posted themselves right behind Gareth's group. Each group member had a gun against Gareth's people's heads.

Gareth went on a rant about how him and his people used to help. That they were good people. And Rick started to get bored.

"I know that you've been out there, but I can see it. You don't know what it is to be hungry." Gareth spoke to Rick.

"Are you kidding me?"

The group knew that voice.

Ivy Castillo.

The girl that can sneak into a room without making a sound. The girl that can kill a man without feeling remorse. The girl that was going to kill Gareth.

Ivy stalker closer to Rick and Gareth. The sound of her boots moving across the floor was the only sound anyone could hear.

Ivy was way ahead of her self, she thought she could do anything. She thought she was on top of the world, which she wasn't.

"Are you stupid or something? We've all been hungry, dumbass." Ivy spat. "Do you see a Costco anywhere? Hm?"

"I'm just saying, you guys don't have to do this. We can walk away. And we will never cross paths again. I promise you." Gareth pleaded. Ivy rolled her eyes, extremely unamused.

"But you'll cross someone's path. You'd do this to anyone." Rick stated. "Right?"

Ivy looked to Ricks waist, which had a machete in his belt. Ivy wondered if it was a good idea, but then again, does it matter if it's a good idea anymore?

"No. I promise. We'll never do it again—" Gareth begged before getting cut off.

"I'm bored." Ivy pulled the machete from Ricks belt and slashed Gareth's throat.

Ivy heard the sounds of blood splashing all around her, meaning the group had began to kill Gareth's people.

Ivy bent down to Gareth, who was holding onto his neck. Ivy ripped his hands away from his neck. Blood splattered onto her face.

Ivy wondered why she felt no emotion. She was only 14 and Gareth would've been the 7th person she had killed.

Ivy pushed Gareth onto the floor and she grabbed her knife from her pants. Ivy abandoned the machete and ran the knife down the side of Gareth's face.

"I didn't cut your throat deep enough, you're still kicking. But that's good, I didn't wanna kill you like that." Ivy smiled.

"I want to stab you to death."

Ivy began violently stabbing Gareth, almost like how Rick had stabbed the man that tried to fuck with Carl.

Ivy had began crying as she stabbed the man.

"You tried to kill my friends, you sick fuck!" Ivy screamed.

Ivy had been violent, but never this violent.

Everyone knew Ivy had been more stressed than anyone. Not knowing where Beth was and if she's even still alive was taking a toll on Ivy.

Ivy dropped the knife and looked up at Glenn.

The second she met his eyes, she stood up and fell into his arms. Ivy began to cry into his chest.

Maggie had came from behind the two, joining the hug.

Ivy felt safe in the two adults arms. She felt like she was allowed to show her emotions and be herself. Ivy knew they would protect her forever, and that they would love her no matter what.

𝗜𝗩𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗𝗡'𝗧 leave Glenn and Maggie's side that night. Ivy was scared to face Carl, she was scared he was going to look at her like a monster.

Everyone migrated to Gabriel's office, sharing their last words with Bob.

Except Ivy. She sat on the same bench she was on all night. Ivy didn't want Bob to see her with the blood on her hands and face. She didn't want him to die with that image.

Ivy was broken out of her thoughts by a voice.

"Ivy." Ivy looked up to see Maggie standing in front of her. "Come on. Bob wants to see you."

"Nah. He shouldn't see me like this." Ivy shook her head no. Maggie crossed her arms.

"He said it's urgent." Maggie stated. Ivy looked up to Maggie. "Let's go."

Ivy stood up and grabbed Maggie's hand. Maggie smiled to the girl and the began walking to Gabriel's office.

The two stepped in the room, and Ivy was met with sympathetic looks. Ivy met Carls eyes, and he gave her a soft smile.

Even through all the blood, all Carl saw was the girl who he fell in love with.

Ivy smiled back and Sasha came forward.

"He's been asking for you. Thank you." Sasha put her hand on Ivy's shoulder. Ivy flinched slightly and Sasha dropped her hand to her side. "Sorry."

"It's ok." Ivy nodded and walked towards Bob. Ivy sat down next to him.

He looked so weak, and it hurt Ivy so much.

"Hey, Ivy." Bob smiled weakly. Ivy felt a tear leave her eye. Suddenly, more started coming. "Don't cry."

"I can't help it." Ivy cried. Ivy tried to wipe her tears, but they just kept coming. "You didn't deserve this. You out of all people, you didn't deserve this."

"It's ok. Everything happens for a reason. I promise you." Bob rubbed her arm.

"You promise?" Ivy choked out.

"I promise." Bob held out his pinky. Ivy interlocked their pinkies. "Also, I have one dying wish."

"Mhm, anything you need." Ivy nodded. Bob signaled her to come closer.

"You and Carl are perfect for each other. Don't let him get away. Make a move sooner than later." Bob whispered. Ivy laughed.

"Of course. You got it." Ivy smiled. She had began to cry again. "I love you, Bob."

Ivy hugged him lightly, trying not to give him any pain.

"I love you too, kiddo." Bob rubbed her back. Ivy sat back up and wiped her tears. "You're gonna survive. You have all it takes to survive. I believe in you."

Ivy nodded and bit cheek. "Goodbye Ivy."

"Goodbye Bob."

𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘
Ivy will genuinely not be happy for a little bit, sorry guys😍