"𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥."
-𝘙𝘶𝘥𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘒𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨

The sound of a fetus crying rang through Jesse's ears. Rick had lost it

"Let me see the baby" Hershel said. Maggie handed Carl his little sister

"What are we gonna feed it?" Daryl asked as Carl walked over to Hershel. "We got anything a baby can eat?"

"The good news is she looks healthy. But she needs formula. And soon or she won't survive" Hershel explained

"Nope. No way. Not her. We ain't losing nobody else. I'm going for a run" Daryl said

"I'll back you up" Maggie said

"I'll go, too" Glenn said

"Okay, think where we're going. Beth" Daryl said calling her over to talk to her. Glenn was trying to avoid the fact that Camila was dead, while Jesse was still processing it

Jesse and Glenn were currently digging. Sweat dripping down their faces. Jesse could see that Glenn was struggling

"We should talk about it" Jesse said

"Talk about what? There's nothing to talk about" Glenn replied

"Don't be like that" Jesse said. Glenn turned to Jesse angrily

"Be like what?! There's nothing wrong! I'm fine!" Glenn yelled

"She's dead.. Cami is dead" Jesse told him which resulted in Glenn punching Jesse. So Jesse punched him back. The two got into a fight, which Jesse won. Like, Glenn literally got his ass beat. Jesse was ontop of Glenn as he restrained him. Jesse could see the tears roll down Glenn's face

"It's not fair.." He cried out. Jesse nodded and closed his eyes sadly

"I know" He said

Daryl and Maggie had returned with formula and other baby supplies. The fetus was crying until Daryl began feeding her. Maggie stood over beside Jesse, and he wrapped an arm around her. Her head resting on his chest. It was weird to see Daryl all soft like that. He really looked like a dad. He seemed so proud of himself too

"She got a name yet?" Daryl asked Carl

"Not yet. But I was thinking maybe Sophia. Then there's Carol, too. Or Cami.. and Andrea. Amy. Jacqui. Patricia. Or.. Lori. I don't know" Carl said sadly

"You like that, little ass-kicker?" Daryl asked the fetus. Everyone smiled at the name. "Right? That's a good name, right? Little ass-kicker. You like that, huh? You like that, sweetheart?

Everyone was eating breakfast. Rick had finally returned

"Everybody okay?" He asked

"Yeah, we are" Maggie said. Axel and Oscar were allowed to join the group. Rick walked over to everyone else

"What about you?" Hershel asked

"I cleared out the boiler block" Rick said

"How many were there?" Daryl asked

"I don't know. A dozen, two dozen. I have to get back. Just wanted to check on Carl" Rick said

"Rick, we can handle taking out the bodies. You don't have to" Glenn said

"No, I do" Rick replied

"No, you don't man" Jesse said but Rick ignored it

"Everyone have a gun and a knife?" Rick asked

"Yeah. We're running low on ammo, though" Daryl said

"Me and Maggie were planning to make a run this afternoon. Glenn found a phone book with some places we could hit, look for bullets, baby supplies" Jesse explained

"We cleared out the generator room. Axel's there trying to fix it in case of emergency. We're gonna sweep the lower levels as well" Daryl informed Rick

"Good. Good" Rick said before leaving

Maggie and Jesse had made it to one of those addresses in the phone book. The lovers had gotten out of the car

"You haven't said much about Cami. I know you two were close. It's okay to cry" Maggie said

"There isn't much to say. I miss Cami dearly. She was my best friend. I'm of course sad about what happened, but crying won't change what happened. I just got to keep living for her. It's what she would've wanted" Jesse said making Maggie smile

"She would've wanted to have a grand funeral" Maggie said

"Fucking loud ass music and dancing. She would've wanted it to be a party" Jesse said chuckling. The duo walked inside the building but not before a tender kiss was shared between the two. Maggie had seen a toy duck

"Grab that" She said. Jesse chuckled and grabbed it

"I'm sure little ass kicker will love this" He told her. Eventually the duo finished scavenging

"Okay, so what do we got?" Maggie asked

"Lots of powdered formula. Beans, batteries, cocktail wieners, mustard. This will be great" Jesse said

"Good thing the prison is a straight shot back from here. We can probably make it there for dinner" Maggie said

"And where is it y'all good people are calling home?" A familiar voice asked. Jesse immediately got out his gun and aimed it at the voice. It was Merle

"Son of a bitch" Jesse said

"You know him?" Maggie asked as she also held up a gun. Merle laughed as he lowered his weapon

"Wow!" Merle said overjoyed to see Jesse. He tried to approach

"Hey, back the hell up!" Maggie commanded

"Okay, okay, honey. Jesus" Merle said

"You're alive" Jesse said

"Is my brother still alive?" Merle asked

"Yeah, he's fine" Jesse said

"Hey, you take me to him and I'll call it even on everything that happened up there in Atlanta. No hard feelings. Huh?" Merle asked

"I'm not taking you anywhere. Let's not forget how you treated me back at camp" Jesse spat out

"That was the past. Forgive and forget. You know, where's the little psycho you hang around?" Merle asked

"She's not with us anymore" Jesse said

"What a shame.. She was a bitch, but still was quite the looker" Merle said, which pissed off Jesse

"We'll tell Daryl you're here. He can come out to meet you" Jesse said

"Hold on. Just hold up" Merle said trying to get closer

"Back up!" Jesse said

"Hold up here. Hold up. Hey, the fact that we found each other is a miracle. Come on, now. You can trust me" Merle said

"How about you trust us? You stay the fuck here" Jesse said. Merle chuckled before he pulled out another gun and shot at them. The duo quickly moved to take cover. Of course, Maggie got caught, so when Jesse ran over, he couldn't do anything

"Hey, hey, Hold up, buddy, hold up" Merle said

"Let her go, right now!" Jesse yelled

"Put that gun in the car right now. Put it in the car, son" Merle commanded. Jesse did as told, worried that Merle would hurt Maggie

"There you go. Now we're gonna go for a little drive" Merle said

"I'm not taking you to our camp" Jesse said

"No, we're going somewhere else. Get in the car, Jesse! You're driving! Move!" Merle yelled. Jesse got in the driver's seat. Merle forced Maggie into the car and then he got in. Jesse was forced to drive off, leaving their supplies

Camila was laying against Carol as she made no noise. Her entire body was in pain. She was hungry, thirsty and she was bleeding. Fuck periods. Carol kept pushing against the door, but something was in the way. Both of them were too weak to do anything about it. Camila truly believe she would die here. Suddenly the door opened and revealed Daryl and Glenn

"Our fucking heroes" Camila said weakly

"Holy shit" Glenn said, not believing what he was seeing. The two men picked up the women

"There's blood all over your pants. Did you get bit?" Glenn asked

"No, I'm on my period" Camila explained as she was carried away. They were brought back to the cell block. Both of them given food and water. Camila was given a change of clothes. Glenn wouldn't let go of Camila, worried he'd lose her again. Camila thought it was cute. Everybody was overjoyed to see the duo alive

"Where's Jesse?" Camila asked

"He's on a run with Maggie" Glenn explained. She nodded. The two of them also got to meet the little fetus which was great. Of course it wasn't really great because it turned out Jesse and Maggie had been kidnapped by some governor bitch or whatever. Camila wasn't allowed to go since she's was 'recovering' or some bullshit. All the others got to go, but no, she had to stay at the prison and sit on her ass. Which was boring as fuck

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01/03/24

Idk if yall can tell but s3 is so fucking boring and I'm trying to speedrun this shit