A few days later. At the camp near the bridge.

I looked at Justin's dead body in front of me.

People were going crazy over it.

I didn't kill him though.

Jed "Guess they're gonna execute every last one of us! Just like Justin! "

Regina "Not if we have guns, too. "

Laura tried to hold some people back " Hey, hey, you guys! Come on! No, no, no, no! No! "

Rosita held a woman back "Back off! "

Alden got in between the saviors and my people " Hey! Hey! Stop this shit! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! "

Everyone calmed down.

Alden "We're gonna find out who did this, and we're gonna make sure it never happens to us again, - all right? "

Jed asked pissed off ""Us"? You're not one of us anymore. "

Alden ""Us" means all of us."

Jed punched Alden in the face " Go shovel that horse shit to whoever killed Justin! "

Carol put a hand on his chest and he eyed the gun on her belt.

Jed "I thought you were supposed to be our leader. "

Carol "Enough. Turn around, all of you. "

Jed"No can do, Cee. Why don't you go ahead and yank that Roscoe, pop me right here? It's better than worrying about getting it in the back."

Our people took their guns out.

Laura "We don't want this. Hey, we just need to protect ourselves. "

Daryl " No guns! "

We looked at Daryl who was standing on some wood.

Jed "That 'cause you're the one took out Justin? "

Mike "Nah. My money's on garbage lady. "

They looked at Jadis.

Regina "Revenge for Simon's play, sure. "

D.J " No. It's him. Finishing what he started. "

Then he grabbed an ax.

Arat rushed to him " Hey, stop. It's gonna go too far."

Daryl shook his head " Nah. It won't."

Then he aimed his crossbow at D.J and Mike.

D.J." Maybe it's both of them. Come on."

They stepped to us.

Suddenly Dad rushed through us with his horse "Everyone back off! Right now! "

Arat grabbed the ax from dad.

Laura " All right, we are not doing this. Let it go."

Alden " I'll talk to Rick. I'll try and find a way to make everybody feel safe, all right? "

no one said anything.

Jed scoffed and walked away.

Dad "Start the redirect. Pair off to work the grid. "

Then he got off the horse and turned to me "you go talk to Daryl"

I shook my head "it wasn't him"

Dad "you sure?"

I sighed.

--

I walked over to Daryl and sat down next to him.

Daryl "go ahead. ask"

I shook my head "i don't wanna ask"

Daryl "you're gonna do it anyway"

Me "That wound on Justin... ...looks like a puncture. I wondered if it could be from a knife, but it's small, round, and clean. Smaller and cleaner than a bullet hole. It kind of looks like an arrow hit him. Or a bolt. "

Daryl raised an eyebrow "You really think I did it? "

I shook my head "No. "

Daryl "Then why are you asking me?"

Me "Because others thinks you did it"

Daryl " If I'd have killed him, I'd have killed him in plain sight."

I nodded "i know that "

Daryl shook his head " I don't know who it is, but I know why, and so do you. Bringing all these people together, it was always gonna happen. "

I shook my head "No. It's the right thing to do. The future belongs to all of us now. "

Daryl asked confused "Why do they get this future? And Glenn don't? "

I shook my head, voice breaking "Daryl-"

Daryl "Or Abraham? Or Sasha? All the people the Kingdom lost... Hilltop... Oceanside? You ever think about what they want? What they'd do, if they could? What Carl would do "

I shook my head, gritting my teeth "do not bring my brother into this, Daryl, don't you dare"

He just looked at me.

I nodded "and i do. I have. For a long time, I wanted it, too, maybe more than anyone. But killing each other when the world already belongs to the dead? It's not the way, not anymore. "

Daryl stood up and grabbed his crossbow "We should go work that grid. "

I sighed, standing up "Daryl, I know you don't agree with everything we're doing here. All I ask is that you try. Do it. Let people see it. And maybe everyone moves past what's happened to what could happen and maybe, just maybe, it'd be one of the best decisions you ever made. Like not killing the girl who left your brother on a rooftop to die. "

Daryl nodded, clenching his jaw a little "you know, you sound like your old man. i don't like that. not at all"

Then he walked away.

---

I was on patrol with Cyndie.

Dad "Call it out. "

Jerry " Grid ... Clear so far. "

Daryl " Grid 's clear."

Dad " is clear. "

Me "Is clear"

Arat " Grid clear. "

Dad "Piper , anything up top? "

Dianne " We're good. Nothing moving our way. "

Dad "Stay sharp, eyes open. We still got missing people out here. "

I saw walkers on their way into the woods.

Me "Got activity nearby. Gonna go check it out. "

Dad "We're headed your way. Grid , do the same. "

The walkers moved into the

Cyndie " There's a house up ahead, off the road. Could be coming from there. We used to live near here. before Oceanside."

We walked to the house.

I looked the back of the house. Walkers were walking into the metal door. the noise was attracting more walkers.

Me "We got to take it out before it draws more. You good to follow my lead? "

Cyndie nodded "Yeah, already there. "

I handed her the shovel that was in the back of the truck You get the roof. I'll get them."

Then i took my blade out and walked over to the walkers while whistling.

I locked them away from the house while Cyndie walked closer to the house.

The walkers got closer to me and i slashed their heads through.

They all fell to the ground.

Then i walked up the front porch of the house. The front door was nailed shut with wood but walkers were trying to break through it.

Suddenly the wood underneath my leg gave in and i fell to the ground.

My leg got stuck in the hole.

Suddenly the walkers broke through the door.

I tried to kill as many as possible while standing up.

They cornered me against the railing.

My hand was so covered in blood which made me drop my blade.

I grabbed the walker by the throat and his skin slip off of him.

ugh.

Suddenly i fell through the railing with it on top of me.

I cried out.

Suddenly i saw an arrow get stuck in his eyes and breathed out relieved as pushed him off of me.

Then i took the arrow out and climbed onto the porch again.

Daryl looked at me "You all right?"

I nodded.

Dad, Maggie, Daryl and Rosita were here.

I nodded "yeah. "

Then i threw the metal piece down to stop it from making noise.

Rosita "hat happened to grid 5 ? Should've been here before us. "

Dad said into the radio "Grid 5 , what's your status? "

No answer.

--

Cyndie rushed over to the body on the ground "Bea. Bea, wake up. "

Bea sat up, groaning.

Dad "You okay?"

Bea nodded " Yeah. - Yeah, I think so. "

Dad " What happened? "

Bea "Arat called in the all clear, and we headed towards the road, and then... I don't know. I think something hit me from behind. "

dad "And Arat? "

Bea shook her head, standing up "I don't know."

Maggie " Whoever did this took her. "

She held up Arat's knife and the radio.

At the camp. in the tent.

Dad " We need to find her."

Cyndie " Do the Saviors know? "

Carol shook her head "Not yet. They think Arat's on watch through the night. Come morning, they will. "

Maggie "She could be dead already. "

Carol "If we don't figure out what happened, Sanctuary is gone. "

Dad "If that happens, we won't finish the work before the water rises. We'll lose the bridge. "

Jerry nodded "Yo. Say we nab the perp. Then what? Who decides what happens next? Is it... Is it gonna be a "Gregory" or... a "Negan"? "

Maggie and Dad looked at each other before looking down.

Cyndie "Well, whoever it is, when the time comes, they'll get what they deserve."

Dad "Pair up with someone you trust. We're out there till we find her. "

Next day. Morning.

They had found Arat. Dead. Great.