𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗬 𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱

𝗜𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗘 a few days since Enids disappearance. Ivy was on edge as she awaited Glenn's return, her and Carl had been getting into arguments more than less, and everyone was losing their minds.

Carl had found out about Ivy smoking weed with Ron and he went ballistic. He told Ivy that it was reckless of her and stupid. She laughed in his face.

Ivy bounced Judith on her leg as she got a bottle ready. Ivy hummed along to the chorus of a song by the Bees Gees. On one of the runs, Glenn had found an old record player and a bunch of older records.

"You ready for your nap?" Ivy asked Judith. Judith just babbled something in baby language and Ivy took it as a yes.

As Ivy made her way upstairs, she heard a huge crash from outside. Judith was obviously startled by the noise and started cry.

Ivy rushed to the window and saw walkers flooding into Alexandria.

"Shit, shit shit!" Ivy panicked. Carol came sprinting down the stairs. Ivy could see from the window that Maggie was surrounded by a bunch of walkers. "Carol, take Judith! Take her!"

"Ivy—"

"No! Take her! Ma— Maggie!" Ivy yelled as she handed Judith over to Carol. "Maggie needs me." Carol handed Ivy a gun before Ivy spirited out the door.

"Maggie! Maggie!" Ivy screamed. Maggie's cries were all Ivy could focus on. Maggie climbed up the ladder of the watch tower, but it came undone. Ivy shot at the walkers that were near Maggie.

"Maggie!" Ivy started shooting at walkers that were closest to Maggie. The latter fell to the ground and walkers started surrounding Ivy as well. "Maggie, I'm running low on ammo!"

"Go!" Was the only thing Maggie could yell to Ivy. Ivy ran out of ammo. She threw the gun on the ground and pulled her knife from thigh holster.

Ivy stabbed walkers all around her. She ran through the herd, trying to find the sign of anyone that wasn't seeking human flesh.

Ivy caught sight of Rick, Deanna, Gabriel, Jessie, Don, Carl, and Michonne. Ivy ran towards them quickly.

"Good! You're safe!" Rick yelled. "Let's keep moving!"

Rick held onto Deanna tightly as the rest of the group killed walkers along the way. Another string of walkers cut in front of the group, leaving them no where to go.

Suddenly, all the walkers fell as bullets met their head. Ivy smirked slightly when she saw Jessie holding a gun.

"Come on! I have Judith!" Jessie yelled before running back into her house. The group followed. I just gave Judith to Carol..? Ivy thought.

Ivy ran behind Carl. For some reason, Carl hoped as he ran. Ivy would be lying if she said it wasn't the most adorable thing she had ever seen. Michonne closed the door behind the group and panic really set in.

𝗜𝗩𝗬 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 to wrap her head around the fact that Deanna was bit. She wasn't heartbroken or distraught over it, she just felt slightly guilty that she couldn't protect the woman that gave her a home.

Ivy was worried she was going to lose someone else, so she knew she needed to talk to Carl.

Ivy approached Carl who was standing with his sister. Carl looked up at his girlfriend and straightened his posture. Ivy sat down at the table and motioned for Carl to sit as well.

"Carl." Ivy sighed.

"I'm sorry for getting mad at you for the whole weed thing. It was just risky. And I don't want to see you lose yourself."

Ivy nodded. "People are dying all around us. I needed to take my mind off of it. I probably should've just told Ron that I couldn't hang out with him— I'm sorry." Ivy sighed. "I'm so worried about Enid and Glenn, too."

"They're ok. We're ok. Everyone's gonna be ok." Carl grabbed Ivy's hand.

"I know. I just have a bad feeling...." Ivy trialed off. Carl scooted closer to his girlfriend. "I feel like somethings gonna go wrong."

𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗚𝗨𝗧𝗦 were officially in, and any normal clothes a sane person would wear was out. Walker guts were rubbed onto the sheet that was wrapped around Ivy's body.

Ivy's goal was to get to the infirmary. She had to be there just in case anything was to happen to her family.

She went ahead of the group, giving Carl a kiss and some of her friends hugs. Ivy told them to be safe and went her separate way.

Glenn and Enid looked down at Alexandria. They could see Maggie, alive and well, which was a huge relief to Glenn— and Enid.

Enid was the first to notice Ivy. Enid was hoping to be close friends with Ivy. Enid thought she might've had romantic feelings for Ivy, but turns out she wasn't in the right mindset. Same for Ivy. But, in Ivys defense, being a flirt is in her blood. And, flirting with women was quite easy.

"Glenn." Enid pointed to the middle of the herd. Ivy groaned like a walker, rolled her eyes in the back of her head. Glenn smiled slightly.

"Like father like daughter." Glenn laughed slightly.

"I told you that you would get back to them." Enid smiled at Glenn. "Besides, your a badass. You would've found your way back anyways."

Ivy forcefully limped over to the infirmary. Ivy stopped groaning the second she stepped inside. She ripped off the sheet and tossed it on the ground.

She made sure everything was set up properly incase someone needed help.

Ivy tied her hair up in a ponytail and rolled the sleeves of her (glenns) shirt up. She took a deep breath and put on a proud smile.

"Ivy, you have no clue what your doing!" Ivy knew talking to herself made her look unhinged, but she was just talking out loud.

𝗜𝗩𝗬 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗥 than later join by most of the group. Denise was back so Ivy didn't have to worry about doing anything surgical or having to even clean wound.

Rosita filled Ivy in on everything that was happening. There was still one of the wolves there, and he smelt like shit. Ivy didn't know why he was still alive, but not her business.

It was getting late and there was still no sign of the rest of Ivy's people.

"V, calm down. Its gonna be ok." Rosita comforted the pacing girl.

"No, I had this gut feeling that something was gonna go wrong and none of them are back. Why are none of them back!" Ivy yelled the last part. She was losing her mind, she knew it. And everyone else around her knew it too.

"Oh my god." Aaron said lowly. Ivy snapped her head and looked in his direction.

"What?" Ivy stormed up to the window and pushed Aaron out of the way. Her heart dropped when she saw Rick and Michonne running. But Rick was carrying someone. There was no sign of Jessie or anybody else. Not even Carl.

"Oh my...." Ivy brought a hand up to her mouth.

"How about we go upstairs—" Spencer grabbed onto Ivy's shoulder but she quickly smacked his hand away.

"No!"

Ivy felt everything go blank as Rick bursted through the door. He held a shot Carl. Shot right in the head. Ivy heard ringing in her ears, and everything become louder and over barring.

"Carl!" Ivy ran over to him. Michonne kept Ivy away from the boy. "Let go of me! Let go!" Michonne let go of the girl, but Ivy couldn't move.

Ivy tried to open her mouth to speak, but she couldn't.

"Is- Is- is he dead?" Ivy managed to say. Ivy got no answer. "Is he fucking dead?" Ivy yelled.

"No!" Denise answered, her voice laced with panic. "I'm gonna save him."

"Please...." Ivy trailed off. Ivy began sobbing into Michonnes arms. Michonne comforted the girl as best as she could.

It was almost like Ivy's hearing was lost. She couldn't hear or see anything. Everything was dizzy and she felt lightheaded.

"This isn't fair."

𝗜𝗩𝗬 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 from Carls side that night. He wasn't responsive or moving yet, but he was alive and that was all that mattered. She waited for Carl to interlock their fingers once he woke up.

Rick held onto Ivy's free hand tightly. Ivy and Rick didn't know what to do with themselves.

"A— a fathers one job is to protect his son. I failed him, Ivy." Rick cried. Ivy began to cry as well.

"No you didn't. He's gonna wake up and he's going to be fine. He's going to be the same boy we all know and love. Ok? You protected him, that's why he's still here." Ivy assured Rick. Rick nodded and let his tears fall. Ivy laid her head onto Ricks shoulder.

"Have you seen Glenn or Maggie yet?" Rick asked.

"No. I've been here with you. Denise isn't letting anyone up here, either. I heard her tell them away." Ivy stated. Rick sighed.

"You need to go see them. I'll stay here with him." Rick let go of Ivy's hand.

"No. I need to be here for when he wakes up."

It was almost immediately after Ivy said that, she felt fingers interlock with hers. She looked down at her hand and saw Carl holding onto it. Ivy gasped in Joy and laughed slightly.

"Rick." Ivy showed Rick their hands. Rick sighed and ran his hand over his mouth. "He's so beautiful."

"Thank you, Rick." Ivy spoke. "Thank you for everything. You saved my life so many times. I love you."

"I love you too, kiddo."

𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘
why am I crying over Rick and Ivy's relationship. Sobbing actually. BUT OMG YALL WE JUST ENTERED THE CYBORG CARL ERAAA YASSS