A few days later.

The band was back together.

Well, except Sasha and Rosita and Maggie.

We were on our way to a camp that Tara had crossed paths with.

Tara sighed "They-They have guns. a lot of them. i saw it"

Daryl "what?"

Tara "that group i saw. Um, the woman i met. They have an armory. They have guns. "

Dad "why didn't you tell us before now?"

Tara "i made a promise, Rick. "

Rick "are you ready if this goes south?"

Tara"it won't"

Dad"if it does, you don't need to feel bad"

Tara "i do feel bad. I will"

Dad shook his head "Tara, you don't have to"

--

Dad helped Michonne to climb up a tree "once you're up watch for the signal. "

Michonne nodded "what time does the clock start?"

Dad "as soon as she's in. "

Michonne sighed.

Dad "You good?"

Michonne nodded "i'm good enough"

Dad nodded and he and i walked back to the others.

We were preparing for war.

Daryl and Jesus were placing the bombs around the area.

-

Suddenly we an explosion and then another explosion. people were running around scared.

They ran straight in our direction.

Erin, Carl, Gabriel and i aimed our guns at them.

I yelled"Get down on your knees"

They all went down to there knees and put their hands behind their heads.

I yelled "we don't want anyone to get hurt. Stay down and listen to what we say. We want this to go as simply and as peacefully as possible"

Gabriel "all of you can make it that way"

Daryl and the others came with the rest of the women. The two women joined the group on the ground.

Dad "Now, we made a lot of noise. We want to wrap this up so you can send people to redirect anything coming this way. Tara said your forests are relatively clear, so we won't take any chances. No one needs to get hurt. This is just about what you have, what we need. "

Natania walked to us yelling "nobody's taking anything!."

She had a gun aimed at Tara who she held in front of her "you need to let everyone go and leave right now. Just walk away or this one dies. "

Dad "Yeah, we'll leave you alone. But we're taking your weapons with us. That's not gonna change. It's Natania, right? Put the gun down, and let's talk about what we can change."

Natania shook her head "no. leave. right now"

Tara looked up and yelled "Michonne, don't!"

Natania"we just wanna be left alone"

Dad nodded "Yeah, we'll leave you alone. Just let go of her. Now. Or we'll kill you. None of us want that"

The girl next to Natania "they want us to fight the Saviors. "

Natania "we tried that. We lost. too much. we're not gonna lose anymore..not our guns, not our safety, not after everything we've done to get here. "

Tara "we're gonna win. with your guns, with or without your help."

Dad "Natania, put the gun down"

Tara "you kill me, and you die. And my people take the guns and nothing changes"

I looked at the group on the ground.

A woman nodded "Maybe we should try"

The others started to nod.

The girl next to Natania "Grandma, stop. It's over. Just talk to them, okay?"

Natania yelled "It's not over. They've forgotten. "

She looked at her people "You've all forgotten. Some of you actually want to fight them? After everything? We can lose our guns. but us leaving this place to fight?After everything? i have to remind you? ! yes. I am gonna do this, and then i'm gonna die. But it's that important. This is your life, all of you. Remember what it looks like. Remember what they did to us! You need to see this"

Suddenly we heard Michonne yell "Rick! Walkers!"

The granddaughter punched Natania in the face. I looked surprised when Enid stood behind the Natania with a gun aimed at her.

Enid froze in place.

I looked around.

Walkers were coming near us.

I froze "Dad?"

Dad "everybody up! put the children behind us"

a woman "first shift join them in the line. line up! knives out. Dead only. Dead only!"

Dad yelled "everyone, shots within 10 feet of the line. That's it"

We all aimed the guns at the walkers.

I asked confused and disgusted "Why do they look like they crawled out of the ocean?"

Dad "now!"

We started to shoot at them.

One by one fell to the ground.

Then they all died, for good.

Beatrice offered dad her knife.

Dad grabbed it and nodded.

Then he offered her his hand and she shook it.

Natania stood up and glared at Dad "no. We're not fighting them with you. So take your damn guns and go"

then she walked away.

Back at the camp.

My people were transporting the weapons to the vehicles.

I helped Carl carrying a box to the RV.

Night. Home.

My jaw dropped when i saw Rosita opening the front gate for us.

We parked inside the walls.

I got off Daryl's bike and walked to Rosita "You okay?"

she nodded and hugged me.

Jesus looked around "where's Sasha?"

Her face fell.

I grabbed her hand.

Rosita "there's someone here"

She started to walk to our "prison".

We all looked at each other before following her.

She opened the cell and there stood Dwight.

I looked around saw Daryl looking at Dwight "Daryl, don't. Dary-"

Suddenly he came at Dwight but Dad and Jesus tried to hold him back as good as they could.

Dad "slow down"

Rosita "He wants to help us"

Daryl was breathing heavily.

I walked into the cell and grabbed Daryl's arm in case he wanted to rip Dwight's head off.

Dad turned to Dwight "that true? you want to hep?"

Dwight nodded "i do"

Dad "okay. "

He aimed his gun at Dwight's head "get on your knees"

I raised an eyebrow, smirking.