We all head for the stairs and quietly make our way up to the top. Still, not a walker in sight. Maybe they've all gathered themselves into the herd. I hope so.

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You're at the front and come to the door. Strangely enough, it was padlocked.

y/n: "Is this some type of joke?" you say and look at Princess.

Princess: "What? I- why is this padlocked?!" she moves to the front and holds the chain and lock in her hands.

Maggie: "Did you do this Princess?"

Princess: "What?! No! I- no ones been here for a while. Who would padlock this?"

y/n: "So ... it wasn't you?" you ask with your arms crossed.

Princess: "No! I swear guys! You gotta believe me!" she exclaims.

Maggie: "Okay, okay. Keep your voice down. We can break it right?"

y/n: "It looks too tough. We'll need tools." you say and look at Maggie.

Maggie nods and heads downstairs to search for some.

Princess: "y/n, i swear i didn't do this!"

You look at her and look to the floor before heading downstairs after Maggie.

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y/n: "Maggie wait up!" you exclaim.

You hear her footsteps on the mental stairs but it suddenly stops.

You stop and say: "Maggs?" with a worried face.

You quietly travel up to Princess.

Princess: "Hey y/n! Are we cool no-"

You put your hand over ur mouth and hush her.

You steadily point to her gun and she quietly hands it over to you.

Quietly travelling down the stairs, Princess taps you on the shoulder to show that she has a weapon too. Thank god. I need to learn how to throw these knives i found asap.

I reach the bottom and stand against a wall. Anything could be there.

Princess: Maggie!" she shouts.

You give Princess a darting look before pointing your gun out.

Shots were fired on the other side. I quickly stand against the wall again for safety. Only a few shots fired. However after that, a voice suddenly spoke.

Man: "Hey. We don't want no trouble. I accidentally shot my gun. It ... it was a mistake. I thought you were someone else."

Princess: "Oh yeah because that happens doesn't it?" she exclaims back.

y/n: "How many are you?" you ask.

Man: " It's just me. One. Just one."

y/n: "Drop your weapon."

You hear the sound of the gun crashing to the floor. He was a dumbass to shoot.

y/n: "Where's my friend?"

Man: "Wh- what?"

y/n: "My FRIEND. Where is she?"

Man: "I- i don't have a clue!"

You step out to reveal yourself and see a man in a baseball cap standing with his hands beside his head.

Princess: "Ooh a newbie!"

You shoot Princess a look and bring your focus back to the man.

y/n: "Did you do that?" points up the stairs.

Man: "The chain and lock? Nope. It was here when i was here last. I went to go look for some pliers to cut it."

Princess: "Really? We were gonna do that too!"

Man: "For rea-"

y/n: "Listen. We're here for our friend. Where is she?" you point your gun to his throat and his sweat runs down his face.

Maggie: "Woah! Y/n! Be careful with that!"

y/n: "Maggie? I thought he-"

Princess: "Ah see! I knew she was alive!"

You go up to Maggie and hug her.

Princess: "So what's your name baseball cap?"

Man: "Glenn. Yours?"

Princess: "It's Princess." She smiles and shakes his hand.

You hug Maggie and whisper: "I thought he hurt you. Or ... even took you."

Maggie pulls away with her arms on your waist and says: "No one will hurt me. As long as i got you and that sub, we're good!" she laughs and hugs you back.

Glenn: "Hey sorry to inter-"

Maggie and Glenn's eyes meet. Both fixed upon each other. She bites her lip and looks away.

y/n: Do you have a camp, Glenn?"

He changes his focus and blushes.

Glenn: "Oh ... sorry. But to answer your question, i do."

Princess: "Great! We could go there! You wouldn't mind a few extras, would you?"

Glenn: "Ha the more the merrier."

Princess: "Great! Then let's go!"

Glenn: "Wait. There's something i need to do first." he points above to the roof.

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You all travel up the stairs to the rooftop.

Maggie: "So, Glenn. Why'd you need to go up here?"

Glenn: "It's a long story." he smiles.

Maggie: "I have time." she smiles and puts her hand on his shoulder.

The tension was unreal.

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You arrive and enter as Glenn cuts off the chains to the door. There were other tools spread across the floor. Glenn and Maggie begin to pick them up together as you and Princess explore.

Princess: "Oh my god!! A hand!!" she shouts.

Glenn hurries over and grabs a piece of cloth from his trouser pocket and wraps the hand up.

y/n: "You can't be serious." you say.

Glenn: "It's one of my camp mates brothers' hand. He was here a few days ago and wanted me to get his hand and some other things."

Maggie and Princess look at him in shock.

Glenn: "He had to cut it off because he got handcuffed here for a few days. But, he has a metal thingy attached." he shortly smiles.

Maggie: "Is this all you came for?"

Glenn: "And the tools. And some gas. And for any recruits."

Maggie: "Well ya found us!" she smiles at Glenn.

Glenn: "I'm glad i did."

Princess: "Wait ... is there anyone else with you? Because i can see a van driving crazy around the block up from here."

Glenn: "Shit! I forgot! Okay, so that's our escape car. My friend is driving it now but ... i think the biters have got their attention onto it." he says and sighs.

y/n: "Tell that asshole to stop driving like a cock then!"

Glenn pulls out a walkie talkie and radios: "Hey! Rick? Come in. Do you copy?!"

Rick. Cute name.

Radio: " ... Glenn what's taking so long? The herd are about to be up my ass!"

Glenn to the radio: "I found some new recruits. Can you not meet us at the back?"

Radio: " ... we need a distraction Glenn!"

Glenn sighs and puts his hands on his head.

You grab the walkie talkie and say: "What'd you want us to do?"

Maggie grabs your shoulder and you look at her.

Radio: "There's a red mustang not too far from here. Maybe one or two blocks away. Set off the alarm and drive away to steer the herd away from here."

You process what he says in your head as you look over the building for the red car.

Radio: "Can you do that?"

You radio back and say: "Yeah. I can."

Radio: "What's your name?"

You smile and say: "y/n."

You pass the radio back to Glenn and tap Maggies' shoulder.

y/n: "Glenn i have a map in my bag, can you pin point where your camp is?"

Glenn: "Yeah sure." he says as you hand him the map from your bag.

Glenn marks the map as to where the camp is. It wasn't far from the city luckily. I just hope Maggie and the others can escape safely.

y/n: "Alright. Thankyou. Maggs, i'll be okay."

Maggie looks at you with a worried face and hugs you.

Princess: "Keep the gun. You'll need it." she smiles.

Princess reassures Maggie and then hugs her as she watches you leave.

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You step out of the building and travel down the street. You see the car in the distance but come to a standstill as walkers block your way. I cant use my gun but i could use the knives i got.

Breathing quickly and slowly. You grab the knife from your pocket. The walker hadn't acknowledged you which gave me the upper hand. You slowly walk up behind the creature and stab it in the skull. It's lifeless body dropped to the ground as the adrenaline traveled through your body. If felt ... good. The relief extracted from my body.

Another hadn't acknowledged me yet. So i went for it. Again. Other people would think it was gruesome but ... i enjoyed it.

I made a clear pathway to the car and ran over to it. Hoping that it would be unlocked. But, of course it wasn't. I used my gun to smash the windows and open it. The walkers were after me this time. Slowly ... making their way to .

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