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Abby was heading towards the door, to go upstairs. Sarah had said to go upstairs. This was all too much. What was happening? The baby was dead. Would her baby die? Would she die?
She saw them, the door was left open. Max and Sarah were fighting, yelling at each other. Sarah told him to stop, he yelled some more, then... Max hit her. Abby gasped as she saw Sarah take that blow. He had slapped her so hard her head had snapped to the right. She couldn't see Sarah's face. She couldn't see how bad it was. She yelled and stormed out on the porch,"SARAH!" Abby watched Thad come up and grab him, tossing him down. Thad was yelling , telling Max to get out!this had gone insane!
She yelled," what did you do!?" At Max as she came around Sarah and saw her face. Oh god, he had hit her, Max had hit her! Abby looked down at Max," what's wrong with you? It's Sarah, Max, why? She didn't do anything wrong?" She was crying now, trying to figure this all out.
She stared at Thad," he can't leave, he...please, let him cool down."
Max was out of control, he was yelling at her. What had she done? She couldn't do anything! Her eyes grew wide as she saw it the rage in him," Max! Calm down!" She was still trying to reason with him, until the slap. He hit her so fast and so hard she could t stop it. Her face burned from the contact and her lip was cut on her tooth. She was stunned. Her whole body trembled. She stood, staring, hair in her face.
Then he was away from her. She saw a body before her. A deep male voice. He hit me! He actually hit me! Sarah heard Abby's voice. Abby! What would he do to Abby if he lost control? Sarah knew fear, and was fighting it . This was Max, Max was her friend. Wasn't he?
Abby was talking, the man told him to get out. Max was a leader, Sarah got herself together. His hand print still on her face, lip bleeding, she spoke up," He's scared, Brian and Deab just lost one of the girls and the baby, he's just scared."
She pushed back her hair and looked st Paul," would you take her inside? Help Brian and Dean, please?" Slowly Sarah went down the last few steps, she glanced at Thad, then held her hand out to Max," don't ever do that again,I am forgiving you once, for Abby, not you."
Paul placed a hand on Abby's shoulder. "Come on, let's get you inside," he said calmly. He guided her toward the door, away from Max and Thadd. He guided her to the stairs, past the med-bay doors. "Go, get some rest," he said calmly, placing a hand on her back. "Max will be fine. They won't make him leave. He's just angry, scared."
Paul let her go, watching, making sure Abby moved up the steps. He looked back at the door,melas the conflict was settled, for now. Once Abby had gone up stairs. He made his way to the med bay. Brian was cleaning up the spilt supplies, picking back up anything that had fallen. Dean was a mess, still crying, besting himself up.
"Let's move the body," Paul said entering the room, "if we wrap it we can hide it, they don't need to see it."'he looked at Dean. "And it's not your fault. It was an accident. You can practice, we'll find some totters for you to practice on. Same insides right, we can do this."
He looked at Brian. "Help me with her." Paul grabbed a sheet off the wall used as a barrier. He wrapped the body and looked down. "I've seen so much death lately, yet i wouldn't want to be alone, not again." He tied up the sheet. "We can wheel the bed outside, burn it behind the barn."
Jack appeared at the door. "You help me, Brian, help Dean."
Max Rivers
Daryl Dixon Kind Of Badass Who's Probably Related To Him Overall Badass
Death and destruction follow me everywhere I go, so you best back the fuck up.
Post by Max Rivers on Feb 16, 2016 19:49:02 GMT -5
Max felt Thad throw him. The man was strong, and Max was over his head like he was nothing. He deserved it, he saw that. Max laid on the ground, defeated. He didn't move, didn't react tomThadd screaming at him. Abby came out,mhe didn't even notice. Then she was gone. Paul escorted her away and Max still didn't react, didn't move.
When Sarah came to help him up he just looked up at her. All hope was dreamed from his eye. He had none, not anymore. Smacking her hand away he picked himself up. He didn't deserve her help. He should leave, they should make him. He was reckless, it was his fault. He forced to much on Brian and Dean. He just couldn't loose anyone, not again.
He pushed past Thadd, knocking his shoulder against the big man. As he made his way up stairs he past the med bay. He didn't say anything, even when he reached the top. Opening the door he sat down. He knew Abby was in there, but didn't speak to her. He just rested his head in his hands, closing his eyes.
He was breathing slowly, the only sound filling the room.
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Feb 16, 2016 21:51:28 GMT -5
Thaddeus stood, watching over Max, making sure he wouldn't hurt anyone else. His body was tense, hands clenched, and eyes glaring. Abby came out, begged not to send a Max away. Thadd looked at her. "He's self destructive. He is going to hurt everyone and bring down these walls." He turned back to Max. "He needs to go."
Paul helped Abby away and Sarah approached Max. The man pushed away and stormed off upstairs. Thadd took a sigh of relief. "Jack go help Paul," he said calmly, coming to Sarah's side.
"You're bleeding," he said bringing his thumb up to while away the blood from her lip. "Let's get some ice on that. I'll grab some from the kitchen, and we can ice it."' He stepped back from her. "Plus I was told you needed to check me for bites and wounds."
He paused, "what happened here? What the hell went wrong?"
Sarah felt her heart sink for Abby as Max smacked her hand away. God help him, was all she knew to think. She watched him storm away, heard Thad tell Jack to go help Paul.
His hand came up to her face, thumbed wiped blood as she pulled away," it's alright, I've had worse." Her eyes glance over at him as she backed up a step. She didn't want him to touch her, she didn't want anyone to touch her right now. She was mad, angry at herself and the whole mess that had just happened. She was doing her best to try to keep her values, but this world and these people tested her at every turn. What more did God want from her?
He mentioned checking him for bites," right, yeah, new rule. Tyler was bitten and didn't tell anyone. He died, took some people with him too, before we got him put down. " she sighed and shook her head, looking at the front door," one of the girls, she couldn't get the baby out normally, Brian and Dean had to try to help her, c section, she was bleeding, a lot , they couldn't stop it, they both died." She looked at Thad, and sighed," he's scared, Abby is pregnant. He's afraid the same could happen with her if we don't find a real doc." She wrapped her waist with her arms," come on, we can use my room, so no one has to watch." Sarah headed inside , up the stairs to her room. She stopped at the bathroom and wet a cloth to clean her face, before going to her room.
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Feb 17, 2016 1:31:51 GMT -5
"Jack was trying to explain. Corey was one of them," Thaddeus said calmly, looking away. Over the course of those eight months Corey had been like a brother to him. He would miss him. "How did they let that happen? He didn't say anything, we were all here when they got back, did no one see that he had blood on him. I just can't believe it."
He put his hands behind his head. "They couldn't deliver naturally? I know it was past the date, but they should have done something different. I don't blame them, they weren't trained, tried their best." He could feel how the panicked. "We'll find a doctor, or the right supplies. Maybe we relocate to a hospital when the time gets closer. We can use everything they have there, not a dining room table and whiskey to sterilize. We need better supplies. Maybe we can get on a radio. The Humvee and Knight both have one. We send messages out, get a doctor here."
He watched her. "Lead the way," he said calmly. He followed behind, up the stairs. He had only been up a few times, and never into Sarah's room. He didn't know what to expect upon entering. He looked at her. "Are you sure you're okay, looks like you're bleeding pretty bad?"
Sarah stood there in the doorway as he spoke. She held the towel in her hand and dabbed her lip. She went further in and turned on the light. The room was empty. It was clear she wasn't sleeping much. Or at least not in the bed. It was made, who would have taken time to make their bed, during a medical emergency. A blanket was draped over the chair next to the window.
Sarah glanced at him," I'm alright, it's not that bad." She glanced around the room for a moment before sinking down in the chair. " I guess I need to see your arms and legs, make sure your not hiding any marks." Sarah highly doubted Thad would come back here if he had been bitten. Sarah was trying her best to put up a good front, but as she ran her hands up over her face and up through her hair, it was obvious she was just waiting to break down. She was keeping it together to get through this, but as she looked at him there was a hint of tears in her eyes." Ready?"
Lloyd watched it all unfold from the fire pit. There were strangers and it was far enough away that he couldn't make any of the faces out, but he saw the scuffle and he could hear the yelling, even if he couldn't make out a word of what they were saying. "Looks like I picked the best time to show up then." He muttered to himself as he put some more wood on the fire and kept watching. He figured it was in his best interests to stay as far away from that as possible, especially with how new he was to the farm. "It's only a matter of time before this place goes to shit I guess."
Abby was there, sitting up near the head of the bed, holding a pillow , when Max came in. God help her, she was so confused. She'd never seen him like this. She was actually afraid of him right now.
She watched him sit down, back to her. She could hear his breathing. She wanted to ask him questions, talk to him, but she didn't want to upset him again.
Slowly, she moved, crawled towards him, reached her hand out to touch him, but drew it back. She saw that her hand was shaking. She slowly moved, and got off the bed. She was watching the door, then him, as she crept past the bed.
Abby thought maybe she should go downstairs and give him some time. His body seemed so rigid, she was afraid he would snap again. He had struck Sarah, would he do the same to her? She got to the door, hand on the knob and glanced back at him.
Max Rivers
Daryl Dixon Kind Of Badass Who's Probably Related To Him Overall Badass
Death and destruction follow me everywhere I go, so you best back the fuck up.
Abby moved off the bed and towards the door. When she stopped and glanced back Max looked up. He didn't say anything, just looked at her, there was no anger in his eyes, not anymore. It was replaced, replaced with fear, hopelessness, and guilt. There were tears in his eyes, yet they didn't fall. He just sat there, arms gripping the edge of the bed. He breathe dheavily still,mc leafy distressed.
"Theyre gone Abby. Over a year and they are just gone. I loved her, the two kids. They were gone,mi couldn't stop them. He was gone too, the park ranger. I thought a Brian was gone," Max spoke softly. He swallowed a lump in his throat, it wasn't clear he was having trouble saying all this. "I trusted the man, let him stay. He betrayed us, killing them all. I killed him, then held the body of the woman I loved while she was drained before my eyes. When she turned, I couldn't put her down. The kids turned too, faster, quicker. I killed them, again, but I couldn't kill her. She came back. I knew it wasn't her, but I couldn't do it. She tried to bite me. I just kept pushing her away. Then it was enough. I worked up the nerve, killed her. I used my bare hands, a paperweight from the desk before us. I just kept smashing, again and again. Every time I close my eyes I see her going from what she was, to the life draining out, to her coming back, to the pulp I smashed it in to. I almost killed myself after, but I couldn't do it. I'm not religious, but I thought is if killed Myself I could go back to them. Yet I couldn't do it. I don't want to have to do that I again. I won't loose you. I won't let anything happen to you. No one will fuck up, take you from me. You won't die, I'll force them to keep you alive. I can't loose you Abby. I can't loose someone I love again. Seeing the mother, her undead child. It brought back memories. I'm not strong enough. I can't do it. I can't protect you. You'll die, I'll die, we all will."
Max looked away, putting his head in his hands again. He wasn't going to say anymore, couldn't.
Abby stood there , shocked, a bit overwhelmed emotionally. She didn't know what to say, or do. He was falling apart, spilling all his thoughts and feelings in one fell swoop.Her eyes brimmed with tears, and he looked so defeated.
She moved over to him and dropped to her knees. She rested there, and gripped his hands.She did her best to see his face, "Max..." she spoke softly, her voice quivered a little bit. "Max ,we will figure something out." She was try to reassure him. He had never spoken about a woman, or kids before, not like that. She leaned up against him, kissed his neck an his cheek. She took his hand and rested on her belly. She could feel the baby moving, and hoped he did too. "We will be fine, baby, we can do this, I can do this, you gotta have faith in me, in us."
Max Rivers
Daryl Dixon Kind Of Badass Who's Probably Related To Him Overall Badass
Death and destruction follow me everywhere I go, so you best back the fuck up.
Post by Max Rivers on Feb 19, 2016 23:04:40 GMT -5
Max hesrd Abby but didn't speak. He had nothing to add. He didn't know what to say.mhe was breaking down.mthe farm was falling apart. It all happened to fast. To many lives depended on him, yet he only gave a shit about two of them. Abby, and his unborn child were all that mattered. He didn't want to get close, not again, but it happened. He was closer than he ever was before. He couldn't loose them, not again. He couldn't go through all that.
If that meant finding a doctor,mthst said what he would do. He knew there had to be someone out there. He could get on the radios, figure a way to cast a broadcast all over the country. If Abby delivered the baby naturally it would be fine, but they couldn't have a repeat of what happened today. Had that been Abby and his child Dean had killed, the paramedic trainer, barely out of school himself, would be dead. Brian would be dead, anyone who was I that room, and watched Abby die would be dead. Then he would leave, fuck them all.
He felt his hands clench and relaxed them, looking up softly to Abby he exhaled. It was deep, yet soft. He felt her place his hand on her belly. The baby moved, he could feel it. It made him smile,my tears, falling. They weren't the tears of sadness though, instead replaced by happiness. This was his child in their, a part of him, a part of Abby. He looked up at her.
"You freaked out, I freaked out from that. We'll find a doctor, someone who knows what they are doing. We have to. I'm not going to loose you, or him, I can't." He smiled at her, "I have faith in you. But you have to be strong too. If you break down, I will." He kissed her, first her neck, and then her lips. "I love you, we can do this."
Taking her hands in his he stood up, pressing his forehead against hers. He kissed her again, softly, lovingly. "We have to."
Post by Matthew Ackles on Feb 21, 2016 18:56:50 GMT -5
Matt waited as he suddenly heard gunshots, He immediately wanted to grab his gun, but no one reacted, so he could only figure it was ok, before he knew it an angry guy was marching past them, black hair, well build. He was new, so asking questions would come off as noisy, he decided to wait and ask Thadd later, who he was.
He looked down at his cat MT to notice he was sleeping. Just as he was about to let it rest in the truck, he watched how Thad reacted. Thad was angry and told the man it was enough and to get out. Again Matt didn’t know the situation, so he didn’t know how to react, for now he was a bit in shock. He walked over to the truck opened the door and softly laid down the cat. He would come back for him later.
As he walked back he heard how Jack said he picked a bad time to show up. “No kidding.” He said softly. He smiled as the guy said he was still glad to meet him and his cat. “Thanks, yeah just put him to bed.” He joked. He nodded as Jack told him to follow. “See you in a bit Thad, careful, by the way." he added before leaving.
It was all a bit chaotic, Jack brought him to a girl that had to check him for wounds or bites, but left pretty fast. “Bye Jack, I guess.” He said giving him a small wave. He looked the girl, she was shaking, sort of scared.
She told him to follow and again Matt nodded. He took a seat next to her, she seemed very upset. He gathered all his courage and decided to ask this time. “Are you ok?” he asked softly. “My name is Matt btw.” He said with a smile offering her his hand.
Becky looked up from her seat. "Uh...yeah, I'm fine. Just was intense in their. I'm trying to learn, to help with medical needs. This morning, one of the pregnant girls, there's only two now, well one. She went into labour. It went bad, really bad. There was blood. So much." She felt tears falling. "She didn't make it. The doctors, well paramedic, and fired doctor, they tried to save her. But it didn't work. I was in there, ran out here just after. I couldn't stand it. I feel sick from it."
She brought a hand to wipe away the tears. "I'm Becky by the way. Sorry, think I'm still in shock from what happened. She just died, we couldn't do anything. The baby didn't live either. It's a spiral of hell lately here. Chaos and destruction, making me feel sick."
She smiled at him,methought tears still were present on her cheeks. "Nice to meet you Matt. I can't believe you a cutely said B.T.W. I haven't heard that since before all this, with my girlfriends. I didn't know people used text speak any more."
She moved back. "Okay usually this would be done inside, but it's crowded there now. I doubt we could find space there. I may be able to find some space in the store room, if you didn't want to be outside to do this. I will need you to remove some of your clothes. As much as intake your word for it, I need to physically see you have no bites on your legs, arms, and torso."
The winter morning breeze was cool and she shivered, only in a light sweater herself. "I think we should probably go inside. The storage room would be empty, warmer."
Post by Matthew Ackles on Feb 23, 2016 15:58:36 GMT -5
Matt listened to the story Becky told him. It was pretty heave story, a pregnant girl went into labor and didn’t survive, Matt saw how she cried and felt sorry for her. “If I wasn’t a complete stranger to you, I would offer you a hug, but I can imagine if I would do it now, I would come off as a creep.” He said with a little smile, trying to lighten up the mood.
He then learned her name was Becky and heard how she told him she was still in shock, cause neither of them survived, the woman died and the baby. “I can imagine you feel shocked and devastated, but you said it yourself, you all tried to safe her.” He spoke softly trying to cheer her up.
He was glad his btw, made her laugh. He raised his hand and wiped off a tear with a finger. “You look a lot better when smiling.” He said with a smile.
Then she went back to the task she had to do, check him for wounds ad bites, Matt was sure he didn’t have either of them, but he agreed to the rules. He listened as she explained it was normally done inside, but it was to crowded there. He nodded as she spoke about the storage room. “Yeah if I have to lose all those clothes, I rather be inside.” He replied with a smile. “I don’t like to strip in public.” He added jokingly. “Well maybe if the right music was playing.” He said laughing.
Becky almost went to hug him but stopped. He was right, he was a stranger. And sfter the scene yesterday, she was sure she was already being labeled as slut. Best not fondle the new guy. Even if he was kind of good looking. She could already hear the rumours.
Standing up she smiled, "alright, let's go inside." She made her way inside. Across they're,mum the front steps of the porch. She saw the bike, Thadd was back, explained why this guy was here. If he knew Thaddeous, she wondered what he told him. She came into the house. Paul and Jack were moving around, taking out a sheet and going into the medbay. She shuttered at the thought of what they were doing in there,
Cutting through the kitchen she smiled at Louis and Kira. "I'm to use the store room to examine Matt. If you need anything can you get it now." She said with a smile, though a fake one.
The two cooks nodded but didn't grab anything. Becky just shredded and kept moving. "Follow me Matt."
She climbed the stairs down to the storage room, a cellar lined with food and supplies. There was two cots down here. Louis slept here, Amber often would too if she wasn't with Tyler.
"Alright, so start with your jacket and shirt off I guess."
She smiled at him, again a fake one. She was putting up a front, trying not to cry. "Worse part of all of this, my boyfriend broke up with me yesterday, I know it seems trivial, but it mattered, he mattered. I fucked up. I blame myself for setting all of this in to motion."
Abby rubbed her stomach , he was blaming her? He freaked out cause freaked out. She didn't say anything at first. She was processing his words." Are saying its my fault you lost control?" She asked quietly, a little hesitant. She was hormonal and very sensitive about things.
He had kissed her, agreed they would get through this, but that was what she heard, kept running over in her mind." Max, I was scared, he'll, still am. I think I had every right to freak out a little bit." She pulled back from him, hands resting on her belly." This is all new to me, and that," she pointed downstairs," was some fucked up scary shit for me to see!" Her voice raised a little bit," and you, you went completely out of control! I love you, but I didn't need to have you react that way, I don't blame you, bit I need you to be strong, for me, for us." She just stood there and then shook her head," I'm not myself, I'm way too emotional to handle all this."
Max Rivers
Daryl Dixon Kind Of Badass Who's Probably Related To Him Overall Badass
Death and destruction follow me everywhere I go, so you best back the fuck up.
"I entered protection mode. I was aiming to protect you, not matter what the cost," Max said calmly, looking up at her. "I know you are hormonal, but you were right. They shouldn't operate on you, they can't. They aren't ready, are to nervous. I had to get them in line, for you. They had to know not to fuck. Your death means theirs, now they no that."
It was how Max thought. You had to strike fear hard and fast or it would never work. So he had, to everyone. "You think I've done, all this,before. I have no clue what to do. They can't do it, I can't do it, I don't know what to do. That down their,mthsts proof they can't. We need someone else. I reacted perfectly normal. They know now, not To go against me, and not to fuck up. I doubt it will happen again."
He stopped touching her, moved his hands away. They were clenched in fists. "I had to protect you. I can't loose you." He avoided her eyes. "We'll find someone, find a hospital, or clinic."
He still didn't get it, he was hung up on protecting her, that he needed them to be afraid of him. She sighed and moved closer to him, her belly pressed against his side, "You struck Sarah, Max. That can't happen. She is a leader, she is one of us, you can't lose it like that in front of these people and expect them to follow you, to trust you."Abby was afraid people were going to turn on him if he kept this up.
"You can't rule by fear, Max, it doesn't work, Jesus, look at Hitler. You are turning this into a dictatorship, and it's supposed to be a democracy." She gripped his arm, "Please, try to understand what I am saying, you slapped Sarah, in front of alot of men, that makes you look like a complete asshole in their eyes, Thad was ready to kick you out, Sarah was the one defending you, even after what you had just done." She shook her head, it was time to give him something he would understand, 'You ever hit Sarah again, or any other woman on this farm and I am gone, you hear me? I will leave." Maybe he would understand that?
Shauna Kelly: That helped, thank you
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Ayita Hunt: dang, January was my last post.. Jeez it's been a hot minute. o7 guys, sorry for the complete disappearance, life got.. a little interesting this year.
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