Chapter 18: Ch 18 The farm and the barn.
The next day at camp. Lori wakes up late and helps Carol with the clothes after apologizing. Carol wants to cook Hershel and his family a dinner and for all the help they've given them.
Rick puts up a patrol grid. Asssigns areas to everyone. While Glenn playing a guitar on the porch while talking to Maggie trying to put his game on her but fails epically.
Rick and Shane pair up to patrol an area. While having a heart to heart about the good ol' days. Then out of nowhere Shane turns it into a small argument. Talking about going to the ever famous Fort Ben. And crosses over into Andrea and T-Dog's patrol grid.
Daryl and Merle hunting while patrolling their own grid. Snagged a deer on a ridge and started coming back to camp with it. A nice ten point buck. (I don't have an idea what that means just heard people talking about hunting one at a bar before and they loved it. Apparently they used women's used tampons for bait because deers get horny too and want some action lol.)
Back at camp Lori tells Glenn to mind his own business as he walk up to her. Then Rick and Shane come into view. Lori comes up to him. Rick says he had a long talk with Shane about moving on from this place. Before Lori could answer Beth (Hershel's youngest daughter) comes up and says that Hershel wants to talk to Rick in private. So he goes with her to talk to the old man.
Rick and Hershel hash out some discrepancies calmly but firmly. No arguing just talking. Rick controls his folks and Hershel will control his.
Back to the Dixon bros.
"Hey little brother I like that soldier guy. You know. He doesn't bullshit. He's a straight shooter." Starts off Merle.
"Yeah me too but what about it?" He asks questionably.
"Well I don't like officer friendly much. Shane even less, he's unhinged if you haven't noticed. He's losing it fast. Him and Rick have this secret fight over that olive oil chick that ain't so secret. If shit goes south I say stay with the kid." He listed a couple facts.
"What you mean if shit goes south? We are stronger if we stay together Merle haven't you learned nothing?" He asks cautiously.
"Little brother you don't pay attention much do you?" He looks down a bit disappointed. "Look the kid is a leader. He's built for this world just like us. He trained his two little bad ass girls into trained killers. I see them training everyday even if he's not around and they never stop.
Always geared always aware of there surroundings like mini assassins." He says in admiration. Daryl thinking for a moment conceding that Merle is right but won't admit it. He likes Rick's honor.
"Look at everything that kid has givin us little brother. New high quality gear and asked nothing in return. I had a small heart to heart once awhile back." He says. "He told me that we can survive perfectly fine by ourselves. That he respects us needs us but we don't need him. That all he can do is make sure we get the toys we need to make sure he stays alive." He laughs at that making Daryl chuckle as well and agrees with that.
Back at the farm house.
Hershel walks in and catches the women inside his kitchen and asks Maggie what's going on and get into it silently but firmly.
At the RV.
Glenn and Dale start off with a light conversation and turned into a lecture about his actions.
The Dixon brothers comes back with the deer and everyone has a whooping party at the fresh caught deer. Especially the twins who go up with Amy to Merle and Daryl to prepare the deer. While Andrea is on watch.
Back in the house everyone has an awkward dinner. In silence. Maggie passes a note to Glenn he writes a response and gives it back just as quick with a stupid smile of getting some from the beautiful farm girl.
Carol brings back some food for the Dixon brothers with Sophia. Sophia gives a plate to Merle with a big smile and Carol gives one to Daryl along with a kiss. The two just chuckle at them and watch them leave back to the camp. Merle teases Daryl about smooching up on a widow and Daryl just brushes it off saying at least he had someone to shag up to. Making Merle go silent at that.
Glenn goes to the barn where he was supposed to meet up with Maggie for some action movie fun. But instead he finds a small herd of walkers that were rounded up inside and barred up good. Maggie tells him to keep it a secret after catching up to him panting and out of breath face pale and in a panic.
The next day Carl is up and about feeding the chickens telling his mom to just chill and stop worrying so much. Maggie gives Glenn some fresh fruits and other things.
Rick is planning another patrol while Carl recovers a bit more for the next couple days. And talks about doing a patrol after shooting practice. Glenn passes them some fruit and some binoculars. And takes off back to camp. Then was joined in by Patricia (Otis's wife.) and Beth. They asked to be trained with guns because Hershel and Otis were the protectors and now Otis is gone and there's no one that can teach them effeciently. Rick says he'll check with Hershel about what weapons to train them in.
Then they give Carl a lecture about the gun and have a discussion about him training in the weapons. Shane offers to train him and Rick agrees. And then relents after Carl speaks up and apologizes. Then gets everyone ready in a truck and takes off to the make shift range they set up.
Meanwhile Glenn tells Dale about the walkers in the barn and Lori's pregnancy.
Andrea impresses Shane and Rick with her tight grouping and give her a chance to take advanced courses. Shane looks over to Lori and Carl while everyone is distracted.
Dale talks to Hershel about the barn. Hershel tells him about them being sick people and to keep it to himself.
The group comes back except Andrea and Shane because she's taking the advanced courses. And Shane hounds her about walkers and she just looks at him in disgust and disbelief.
Rick and Lori have as silent discussion and argument about staying on the farm.
Shane finds Andrea and talks her into being his back up.
Dale has a heart to heart with Lori. She admits to being with Shane confirming his suspicions. But she's starting to freak out. Because the world turned to shit. And Lori asks Glenn to go back to town because he had offered earlier to get a few things. Maggie decided to go along with him. And start arguing with him.
Even after the whole water well incident. And still argues with him. She gets attacked by a walker Glenn saves her. They find the abortion pills. Glenn also get prenatal vitamins just in case Lori changes her mind about it without letting Maggie know.
They go back home. And Maggie goes off on Lori. And has another argument with Glenn then kiss him hard. And tells him the feelings she's had for him.
Andrea and Shane go to a small neighborhood for whatever reason. (I saved Sophia so let's go with supplies and ammo.) they go to a building and see a bunch of chaos and decide to pull out of town after Andrea starts practicing on the walkers until her pistol empties out. Only then did she hop back in the car and and take off back to camp.
Glenn has a heart to heart with Lori about her not making that decision alone.
Andrea bangs Shane just out of sheer stupidity.
Lori takes the abortion pills but gets overwhelmed with regret and anxiety so she runs from the camp and throws it up.
Shane and Andrea get back to camp. And Dale gets in his face to leave for the betterment of the group and Shane turns hostile towards Dale. Threatens him about wanting to kill his best friend and what he'd do to a man he doesn't even like let alone know. Just to save Carl and Lori.
Rick finds the abortion pills and hashes it out with Lori. And argue about bringing a baby into this world with no safe haven. And asks if there was anything else he needs to know about. And she admits about Shane and her. He said he knew but he forgives her. Because the world went to shit and she thought he was dead in the hospital because he was in a coma for two months. With me lol. They go to bed.
The next day everyone was eating breakfast together and Glenn tells everyone about the barn being full of walkers and they all check it out. Having a heated discussion. Shane getting pissed off.
Talks about going to Fort Ben again. And then the argument turned into a small skirmish between Shane and Rick and Daryl. Merle laughing at the situation. Amy has the twins locked up in the truck for the day.
The twins already knew about the walkers in the barn because I told them about it and told them to act normally like nothings wrong to be good girls for Amy. Till I get home. (They talk together all the time every second of the past couple days).
Duane, Sophia, and Carl are chilling out coloring with Lori.
Carol has a heart to heart with Daryl and her feelings.
Dale has a heart to heart with Andrea.
Jim, Morgan, T-Dog, and Merle just doing chores or going hunting.
Rick finds Hershel and has another hash out with each other. Talks about what happened on TV. About what he saw when he first came across those 'people' and what's going on. It gets heated and Rick walks out.
Shane just staring at the barn. Then Rick comes up to him. And starts talking to him about the situation. Wanting to leave already. Rick tells him Lori is pregnant and they can't move to just let him handle the negotiations and leaving Shane distracted and dumbfounded.
Hershel and Maggie have a discussion. She recites a verse from the Bible, and pours her feelings out to him. Then Jimmy comes in and tells Hershel about something then. Hershel finds Rick planning another patrol route with Andrea and asks his help with something.
Shane finds Lori and starts talking to Lori about Rick not being right for this world. And asks her how many times he saved her and Carl. Then talks about the baby being his. And Lori tells him that the baby will never be his even if it was. And he walks off.
Shane starts having a mental breakdown. Ransacking the RV. Breathing hard. Asking for Dale. So he takes off again by himself.
Hershel, Jimmy, and Rick start wrangling in three walkers.
Daryl and Carol out on a stroll. Shared another kiss. This time with more passion. They break the kiss and chuckle in each others arms and go back to camp.
Glenn meets up with Maggie. And pours his heart out to her. And they kiss and make up after him breaking the promise of not telling anyone.
Shane finds Dale in a swampy area hiding all the guns. He then confronts Shane about killing Otis. And have a hostile discussion with each other. Shane doesn't care anymore and Dale relents and gives him the bag of guns. Everyone shows back up to camp together.
And Shane just loses it. He starts handing out the guns. Shane already heated. Runs to Rick. Makes a speech about them being dead and we'll take everyone with them. Shoots his gun at one three in the chest.
Fires two more rounds one in the heart and lung. And then one more in the head breaking Hershel's mind and spirit. Then rips the chains and locks off the barn lets loose all the walkers inside while Amy takes the kids to the truck and loads them up and locks it down tightly.
While Shane and everyone shoots all the walkers that come out one by one. The noise deafening. Rounds just firing non stop. Beth and Maggie crying over Annette and shans bodies after she tries to hug her mother Andrea kills walker Annette with a farming scythe with perfect precision.
Hershel, Maggie, Jimmy, Beth and Patricia all go back to their house. Shane going off on Hershel. Hershel tells Shane to get off his land. Then Rick and Shane get into it again. Shane walks off. The group just gathers the bodies of the barn walkers and starts a burial service for everyone that was close to the Greene family.
Everyone trying to recenter themselves in the aftermath. Jimmy offers the truck keys.
"Bury the ones we love and burn the rest." States Andrea.
Lori tells Rick she's worried about all the gun fire attracting more walkers.
Shane goes off on Dale again back at the truck talking about saving Carl and Lori not Rick but him m. Dale see his mind fracturing more.
The group finishes up making the burials. Then holds a small service for them.
The rest put the bodies in the truck to put them on a pyre to burn them.
Bjorn checking in with the ones that had the ear buds making sure everyone was ok. The only one who wears the gear are Daryl, Merle, Amy, the twins, Morgan and Duane are the only ones wearing the gear. Ear buds included for some reason no one else is.
Beth goes into shock while in the kitchen. No one is able to find Hershel. So Rick and Glenn go into town to find Hershel at the bar. Patricia, Jimmy, and Maggie stay with Beth.
Dale talks to Lori about Shane. As he's trying to warn everyone one by one about Shane being off his game. About being a murderer. He gives his theory about how Otis died. About him shooting Otis to get away.
Glenn opens up to Rick about Maggie and how she loves him. How he didn't say it back. They get to the bar and he apologizes to Rick about getting the morning after pills. And Rick says it's ok. It was a call. The wrong call. But he thought it was a choice she had to make herself but doesn't blame him about it. Lori looks for help to go into town to get Rick and Hershel back.
AN: Fucking dumbass that's already being taken care of just sit down with you're kid or help out with Beth. Knit something I mean damn really.
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