"Lower your voice." Glenn told him "we can't just sweep this under the rug." Andrea told them "ain't right. Not remotely." T Dog told them "we either gotta go in there, we gotta make things right or we just gotta go. Now we've been talking about fort benning for a long time." Shane shared "we can't go." Rick told him "why, Rick? Why?" Shane asked "cause my daughter's still out there." Carol told him "okay." Shane said, putting his hands on his face "okay, I think it's time that we all start to just consider the other possibility." he shared "Shane we're not leaving Sophia behind." Rick told him.
"I'm close to finding this girl. I just found her damn doll two days ago." Daryl shared, as Shane chuckled "you found her doll, Daryl. That's what you did. You found a doll." he told him, as Daryl stepped toward's him "you don't know what the hell you're talking about." he told him, as Rick held his arm out between the two "I'm just saying what needs to be said here. Now you get a good lead within the first forty eight hours." Shane shared "Shane, stop." Rick told him "let me tell you something else, man. If she was alive out there and saw you coming all methed out with your buck knife and geek ears around your neck she would run in the other direction, man." Shane shared, pointing behind him.
Daryl stepped toward's him, as him and Shane began shouting at each other, you could barely understand them as Rick held them back, Andrea, Glenn and Lori stepped forward to help them, Carl stepped closer to Scarlett "it's okay." Scarlett told him, putting her arm around him "back off!" Rick then yelled at Shane, as Shane looked at Lori "keep your hands off me." he told her, as he began walking off "just let me talk to Hershel. Let me figure it out." Rick told him, as Shane turned to him "what are you gonna figure out!" he yelled, as Lori stepped toward's him "enough!" she voiced.
"If we're gonna stay, if we're gonna clear this barn, I have to talk him into it. This is his land." Rick told them "Hershel see's those things in there as people..sick people. His wife, his stepson." Dale shared "you knew?" Rick asked "yesterday I talked to Hershel." Dale shared "and you waited the night?" Shane asked "I thought we could survive one more night. We did. I was waiting till this morning to say something. But Glenn wanted to be the one." Dale shared "that man is crazy, Rick. If Hershel thinks those things are alive..." Shane was yelling, as the walkers in the barn began banging on the door, Carl grabbed onto Scarlett, as Scarlett moved him behind her, Lori stepped toward's them as they all stared at the barn.
Where they all then went back to doing what they would've that day, although Scarlett had gone with Rick to talk with Hershel "what exactly are we going to say to him?" Scarlett asked "well I was hoping you would have an idea." Rick shared, as the two walked up the steps, Scarlett opened the screen door, as Rick held it open, Scarlett knocked on the front door "come on in." Hershel called out, as Scarlett opened the door, she walked in, as Rick followed in behind her, shutting the door behind them.
Hershel was in the dining room eating and reading as the two walked up to him "a little light reading for lunch?" Rick asked "been working so hard lately I get my studying where I can." Hershel shared "which is why we came to talk to you. To let you know we can help with your work." Scarlett shared "it's my field to tend." Hershel told them "we found the barn." Rick told him "leave it be." Hershel told her "well, we'd like to talk about it, but either way..your barn, your farm, your say." Rick told him.
"I don't want to talk about the barn. I don't want to debate." Hershel told them "nobody's debating. We wanna have a discussion." Scarlett told him, as Hershel turned to them, wiping his mouth with the napkin "I need you two and your group gone by the end of the week." he told them, as he drank from the glass "Dale told us that you think the walkers or people, are sick? So what you locked them in the barn waiting for a cure?" Scarlett asked, as Hershel looked at her "because there is no cure. no way to stop it. You get bit, you get a fever and you die, but I'm sure you know that seeing as your wife and your step son are in there. Shells of human beings." Scarlett shared.
As Hershel stood up "Scarlett.." Rick told her "I got this." Scarlett told him, as Hershel grabbed his plate and glass walking to the kitchen, Scarlett followed him along with Rick "Dale also mentioned that the only knowledge you have is what's from the news. Well I can tell you that it doesn't even live up to what I've seen. People I worked with, patients, the military came in and shot every single one of them. Tried to even kill me and Rick. All because they thought we were sick. But once you turn into one of them, everything that makes you who you are goes away. Where the only thing that get's restarted is your motor function. That's how they can move their jaw, their arms, their legs. Everything else is gone." Scarlet shared.
As Hershel put his plate into the sink "and if you don't turn into one of them? Then there's the people, because this world, how it is now, it changes you, so please do not send us back out there." Scarlett shared, and as she did, Hershel didn't say anything "my wife's pregnant." Rick said, and when he did, both Scarlett and Hershel turned to him with wide eyes "that's either a gift here or a death sentence out there. If we were to stay we could help you with the work, with securing this place. We can survive together." Rick shared "Rick, I'm telling you we can't." Hershel told him.
As Scarlett turned back to him "yes you can! You just have to see what it's like!" she voiced "I've thought about it." Hershel told her "no, you haven't cause your scared!" Scarlett voiced "I've thought about it!" Hershel voiced "think about it again, we can't go out there." Rick told him, as he turned around walking out, Scarlett followed him, where as the two headed through the dining room, past the living room and out the front door, walking down the steps "well that went exactly as expected." Scarlett said, chuckling "oh wait, no, no it didn't because I get a bomb dropped on me that the whole point of staying here is because Lori's pregnant. Which is honestly burying the lead seeing as you told me to take point, when that is the literal point!" she voiced.
As Rick stopped walking and turned to her "Scar.." he told her "no, don't Scar me. Because if he kicks us out of here who's gonna have to deliver that baby, hmm? Me! That's who! And like you said, it's a death sentence. To where when she dies because of it your gonna blame and hate me for it!" Scarlett voiced, shaking her head "and after you being the only person I've cared about in a long time, going the rest of my life with you hating me is something I can't and won't do." she told him, her voice breaking, as she stepped around him and began walking off, Rick turned watching her go.
Scarlett had gone back to their camp, she was wondering where Carol was wanting to check in on her, as she saw Glenn standing up on the RV "have you seen Carol?" she asked, as Glenn looked down at her "I think she went somewhere with Daryl." he shared "seriously?" Scarlett asked "I know it sounds weird but yeah." Glenn shared, as Scarlett nodded, turning to walk off "you okay?" Glenn asked her, as Scarlett turned looking at him "seeing as your wearing Dale's hat I can see your not." she shared, raising her brows, she turned around walking off.
Where as time had gone by, Scarlett was sitting on the porch next to Carl as him, Beth and Patricia played checkers, Maggie and Glenn were sitting on the steps "you look like you should be on line for the early bird special. Go get your cap I'll wash it for you, okay?" Maggie asked Glenn, taking Dale's hat, Glenn stood up to leave as T Dog and Andrea walked up "do you know what's going on?" T Dog asked "where is everyone?" Andrea asked "you haven't seen Rick?" Glenn asked "he went off with Hershel. We were supposed to leave a couple hours ago." Andrea told him.
"Yeah you were. What the hell?" Daryl asked as him and Carol walked up "Rick told us he was going out." Carol shared "damn it, isn't anybody taking this seriously? We got us a damn trail." Daryl shared, as Carl looked at Scarlett worried "your dad's just fine." Scarlett told him "time to grow up." Shane said, as he handed Daryl a gun "you already got yours?" Shane asked Andrea "yeah, where's Dale?" Andrea asked him "he's on his way." Shane told her, handing T Dog a gun "thought we couldn't carry." T Dog shared "we can and we have to." Shane shared, as Scarlett got up, walking toward's the steps, Carl followed behind her along with Patricia and Beth.
"Look it was one thing sitting around here picking daisies. When we thought this place was supposed to be safe. But now we know it ain't." Shane shared, pulling out another gun, he stepped toward's Glenn "how about you, man? You gonna protect yours?" he asked, as Glenn took it "that's it. Can you shoot?" Shane asked Maggie "can you stop? You do this, you hand out these guns, my dad will make you leave tonight." Maggie shared, as Carl walked around Scarlett going down the steps "we have to stay, Shane." he told him "Carl." Scarlett said, going down the steps "what is this?" Lori asked, as she walked up from the balcony.
"We ain't going anywhere, okay? Now look, Hershel, he's just gotta understand. Okay, well he..he's gonna have to. Now we need to find Sophia, am I right?" Shane asked, walking toward's Carl with a gun, Scarlett quickly moved Carl behind her "you don't get to drag him into this." she told him "then you take it." Shane told her "no." Scarlett told him, as Lori then ran in front of her "Rick said no guns. This is not your call. This is not your decision to make." she shared "oh shit." T Dog said, as they all turned to him, they saw Jimmy leading walkers out of the woods and Rick and Hershel holding two of them on snare poles.
Shane stood up "what is that?" he asked, as he started running, everyone began running after him except for Scarlett, Lori and Carl as they walked after them "what the hell are you doing?" Shane asked "Shane, just back off!" Rick voiced "why do your people have guns?" Hershel asked "are you kidding me? You see? You see what they're holding onto?" Shane asked, as Scarlett, Carl and Lori arrived "I see who I'm holding onto." Hershel told him "nah, man, you don't." Shane said "Shane, just let us do this then we can talk." Rick shared.
"What you want to talk about, Rick? These things ain't sick. They're not people. They're dead. Ain't gonna feel nothing for em because all they do, they kill! These things right here, they're the things that killed Amy. They killed Otis. They're gonna kill all of us unless we do something." Shane shared "Shane, shut up!" Rick voiced "hey, Hershel, man, let me ask you something. Could a living breathing person? Could they walk away from this?" Shane asked, pulling out his gun, Scarlett turned grabbing Carl and ducking down, as the gunshots went off "stop it!" Rick voiced "that's three rounds in the chest. Could someone who's alive, could they take that! Why is it still coming!" Shane voiced, shooting it again.
"It's heart, it's lungs, why is it still coming?" Shane asked, shooting it again "Shane, enough!" Rick voiced "yeah, you're right, man. That is enough." Shane said, walking up and shooting the female walker in the head, Hershel then fell to his knees with the snare pole "enough risking our lives for a little who's gone! Enough living next to a barn full of things that are trying to kill us. Enough. Rick it ain't like it was before! Now if ya'll wanna live, if you want to survive, you got to fight for it! I'm talking about fighting right here, right now." Shane told them, running toward's the barn.
"Rick!" Lori voiced "take the snare pole. Hershel, take the snare pole. Hershel, listen to me, man, please. Take it now. Hershel! Take it!" Rick voiced, as Shane began breaking open the barn, Carl grabbed onto Scarlett "it's gonna be okay." Scarlett told him "Rick!" Lori voiced "no, Shane. Do not do this, brother. Please." Rick told him "don't do it!" Glenn voiced "Rick!" Lori voiced, turning and looking at Scarlett and Carl "please!" Rick voiced, as Shane took the piece of wood that was keeping the doors shut off, he then banged on them and backed up "this is not the way! Please!" Rick voiced.
"Lori.." Scarlett told her, Lori looked to her "stay down." she told her, as the walkers began coming out of the barn, Andrea and T Dog ran up shooting them with Shane, Daryl ran up as well, followed by Glenn, where Shane then turned shooting the walker Rick was still holding onto, Carl was crying as he leaned his head onto Scarlett's chest, Scarlett had her head on top of his, as Lori crouched down to them, Rick turned and looked at them "stay back!" he voiced, as he looked back at the others shooting the walkers.
Where soon the gunfire stopped, as Scarlett leaned away from Carl, she turned and looked at them all and when she did so did Carl, as Dale walked up, a walker came out of the barn and as it did, they all quickly recognized it, it was Sophia, as Carol went running up "oh god. Sophia? Sophia!" she voiced, as Daryl dropped his gun and grabbed her, Carol fell to her knees, Lori's eyes went wide, as Scarlett turned Carl back to her, he was crying again, Lori looked to them "don't watch." she said, glad that Scarlett already was making him not look, as Rick then began walking toward's her, he brought his gun up and aimed it at her, pulling the trigger, Sophia's body fell to the ground, Carol's sobs could be heard.
