RE: The Walking Dead [Zombie LitRPG]

With no other choice, Rick could only accept the Terminus people into the group.

This decision eventually forced Rick to either choose between a forceful takeover of the farm or occupying the prison.

And as a sane man who still hasn't lost something, he eventually decided to go for the more amiable option, occupying the prison.

With his decision, the group immediately started packing up while Rick instructed Daryl to lead a small group of people to the prison first to get rid of any stragglers that managed to sneak inside the prison while they were away.

Daryl took Andrea, including Gareth, Cole and Oscar with him and had Cole drive the boom truck to the prison.

An hour into packing up.

Glenn left the farmhouse and made his way towards the campground and towards Rick, who's helping things out beside the RV.

"Did you say goodbye to Maggie?" Rick turned around when he noticed Glenn while handing Carl a small stack of clothes.

Scratching the back of his head with some hesitation, Glenn responded with a; "Actually, No."

Rick squinted his eyes. "No? What do you mean?"

"I'm..I'm staying here Rick. I'm in love –or as close as I'm liable to get. I don't know if I'm able to find another woman like Maggie" His words made Rick turn towards Carol, the young single mom.

Glenn noticed that and immediately clicked his tongue. "Not her Rick. Anyway, Maggie talked it out with her father..and says he's okay with me staying. So, yeah, I guess I'm staying here."

Rick felt bumped out. He's really reluctant to let go of Glenn after he had saved him and had taken it to himself to look after him as a form of repayment. "Glenn..this.."

Glenn smiled and shook his head. "It's fine man. I think part of the reason why I never hesitated on saving you that day was because I didn't really care if I lived or died. I was scared, yes, but I didn't care. I think..I just wanted to get things over with. But I don't feel that way now, not with Maggie. So yeah, I guess this is where we part ways Rick."

Rick smiled and let out a soft chuckle. "I understand. I want you to be happy, Glenn."

Glenn smiled. "I am happy. Before, I didn't think it was possible for me, but I am now."

Carl, who overheard their discussion from the RV, came down with a saddened expression. "Are you really leaving us?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry little man. Be strong and look after Sophia for me, alright?" Glenn smiled and knelt on a knee to match his eye level.

Carl forced a smile and nodded his head. "Okay, but we'll still see each other, right?"

"Of course, the prison is just a short drive away from here."

Glenn slowly stood up and looked at Rick. "Goodluck out there, Rick."

"You too. You're always welcome at the prison." Rick moved towards him and placed his hand on Glenn's shoulder and smiled with a reluctant expression.

"Though I think you should also let the others know your decision."

Glenn shook his head with a chuckle. "No, I'm terrible with goodbyes. I'm already forcing myself to do this with you."

Soon, everyone boarded the bus and because of the lack of space due to the supplies and the additional people who joined them.

Most of the men and a couple of women went onto the roof and stayed there as the bus finally drove away.

The people inside the bus looked towards the farm with some reluctance on their faces. Some of them waved their hands goodbye towards Glenn while some had nostalgia painted on their faces while watching the passing scenery.

"Bye bye!" Sophia stuck half of her body out of the window and frantically waved her hand at Glenn with tears streaming down her face. The two were really close and after finding out that he is not coming with them, it made the little girl incredibly sad and tearful.

On the roof of the bus, Axel gazed at the farm that's getting smaller.

"Man, I didn't think we'd return to the prison this soon."

"Yeah, that place is depressing. I really don't want to go back there." Big Tiny agreed while tightly holding unto the bags beside him. Afraid that he'd fall down from the bus any second if he's not holding onto something.

"Well, as long as it has a place to sleep and a wall to protect us. I don't even mind sleeping in a graveyard, much less a prison." Alex couldn't help but butt in after overhearing their conversation beside him.

Axel looked at him with aversion. "Yeah, no. No graveyard for me."

"I don't like graveyards too." Big Tiny followed.

"Really? Even if it can protect you from anything?" Alex was a little surprised by their reaction since he thought that people like them might be more open to the idea.

"Yeaaah, I'm not really fond of ghosts."

Alex looked at the two and let out a laugh. "You two are more concerned about ghosts rather than those man-eating monsters out there? Seriously?"

Axel forced a smile and responded. "Yep~!"

Alex wasn't the only laughing, the others who had been quietly listening to them also let out chuckles of their own.

"What? Ghosts are scary." Big Tiny raised his voice out of embarrassment.

Alan looked at Big Tiny and shook his head. 'Such a big man and he's afraid of ghosts.'

Meanwhile.

Daryl and his group are already on their third block of their sweep and hadn't found any dangers so far.

They kept moving as a group and swept through all the corridors, rooms, or any space enough for people to hide.

"All clear."

Daryl nodded to Gareth before addressing the others. "Let's keep up the pace. Let's move on to the next block."

Soon, the group made their way inside E Block and were quickly met with several walkers in the kitchen where they first met the prisoners.

"It's only a few. Don't waste your bullets." Daryl instructed as he took down a walker with an arrow.

Andrea stepped forward and also took down a walker with the spear on her hands.

"That's a really neat weapon" Gareth couldn't help but give praise before splitting the head of another walker.

"Thanks!"

Everyone was already used to facing off against walkers and didn't have a hard time dispatching these bunch.

"Good work." Daryl gave them a compliment before giving them the following instructions; "Check your gears. Make sure everything is working well since we're heading to the last block where the wall has collapsed. That place is certainly the most dangerous block out of the others."

Following his words, everyone performed a last minute check on their weapons before resuming their operation.

"Everyone ready?"

Learning against the wall with a crossbow in hand ready, Daryl looked towards them. Who answered him with a nod. Daryl turned towards Gareth and gave him the go signal.

Gareth nodded and immediately pulled the door open leading to the last block.

Dang!

Daryl was the first one to charge ahead and saw the scene past the door that made him halt in his tracks!

"Hands up! Who are you people?!" Daryl was startled at the sight before him and immediately pointed his crossbow at the group of nine people, who had just descended down the rubble of the collapsed wall and was surrounding a scared family of three.

The others who followed behind him also did the same thing and pointed their guns at them.

Everyone wore tense faces as they knew shit is about to get nasty.

The intruders were also shocked at the sudden turn of events and quickly pointed their weapons at Daryl and crew.

Unfortunately, two of them were the only ones armed with a firearm and were quickly put on a disadvantage.

"Who are you?! Why are you people here in our prison?!" A bald man on a tank top and possibly the leader of the intruders pointed his shotgun at them after a moment of fright.

"Yeah, right. This place is clearly ours." While pointing a pistol against them, Oscar gestured for them to look how he's currently dressed.

"So what? We got here first."

They sneered as they didn't really care if he was a former resident of this place.

Andrea snorted with a chuckle. "I don't think you people actually understand. We outgun you."

Suddenly, Gareth spotted someone among the crowd and remembered his mother's words.

'If we encounter a woman with a butterfly tattoo below her left eye. Don't hesitate to take them down.'

Gareth took a deep breath and slightly moved beside Daryl and whispered. "That woman with a butterfly tattoo on her cheek. I think she's the one that Michael had specifically warned us about."

"You've seen her before?" Daryl responded in the same manner.

"No, he only warned my mother about someone with those characteristics. We've never really seen or met her before." Gareth responded. Though he wasn't sure if it was the same person or just someone with the same tattoo.

"Hmmm.." Daryl let out that sound as he started thinking on how to handle this matter.

"What are you two bastards whispering to each other over there? Are you gonna leave or not? We're gonna have trouble if you don't" Obviously, the bald man wasn't the least intimidated with what Andrea said and instead even threatened them back.

"Just say the word." Gareth whispered beside Daryl.

Daryl glanced at him in surprise as he wasn't expecting that this newcomer is also quite the pragmatic kind of guy.

"Are you a good shot?"

"I was the best during our police training." Gareth bragged a little.

Daryl finally made up his mind and gave the unwanted visitors their verdict. "I'll take the bald man. You, the other guy."

Twak!

Bang!

"Y-you bastards!"