world's end ━ the walking dead

( ??? ) escaping terminus

Zoe gave the woman a small nod as to say thankyou, taking the makeshift weapon in her hands thankfully, when they both heard Sasha finally speak up from behind them both, "What's the cure, Eugene?" The woman asked, asking the question that everyone wanted the answer to — Zoe just couldn't come to terms with the fact that there may be a cure out there; this disease had plagued the entire world, and nothing would change what had already happened, and how many people had died because of it.

Eugene didn't look up from his hands as he spoke up, "It's classified." Is all he replied, making Zoe roll her eyes at his words, knowing that if she had the cure and knew how to make it, she would tell as many people as she possibly could in case anything happened to her.

"We don't know what's going to happen." Michonne pointed out, as Zoe moved to stand next to her.

She just couldn't understand why this man was so secretive about the cure, and what it was all about, since they had met Eugene, he hadn't told them a single thing other than the fact that he had to get to Washington; throughout their time of being stuck in this train car, Zoe truly knew nothing about him, just the fact that he knew of a cure, one that he wouldn't tell anyone about. "I don't understand why you're so secretive about it, I would want everyone possible to know about it." She ended up saying, Michonne nodding besides her at her words, agreeing.

"You leave him be." Abraham told the three women, acting as Eugene's personal bodyguard, for reasons that no one truly understood, obviously the man wanted the cure, but Zoe just sensed something wrong about the scientist, and she couldn't put her finger on it.

"We need to keep working." Maggie said, not wanting to stop preparing for when Glenn and the others came back, she wanted to make sure they they all had the upper hand also, when the people of Terminus may come back.

"Yeah, but we need to hear it, 'cause we don't know what's coming next." Sasha said, knowing that they could all die soon, especially since something seemed to be happening outside of the train car they were all trapped in.

"What's next is we get out of this." Tara then said, not liking all of the talk about dying here, because that was the last thing she planned on doing today.

"Even if I told you all, even if I provided step-by-step instructions complete with illustrations and a well-composed FAQ and I went red wing, the fire would still die with me." Eugene explained, looking up at Zoe especially after the comment she made, but the girl merely raising a brow at him, still not believing him like the others did. When Abraham claimed that Eugene dying would never happen, Eugene spoke up again, "The best case scenario, we step out into a hellstorm of bullets, fire and walkers. I'm not fleet of foot. I sure as hell can't take a dead one down with sharp buttons and hella confidence." He told everyone, doubting their abilities.

"Yeah, but we can, and we will." Michonne stated, also not liking the scientists doubt of them all, but he didn't know them, and he didn't know what they were capable of.

Sasha stood up, "You don't owe us anything. Not yet. But we just want to hear it." She said, knowing that she didn't want to take no for an answer.

"You don't have to." Rosita told Eugene, causing Zoe to roll her eyes yet again at the new people to the group and their whole cure business, something she just couldn't understand.

But when Eugene finally stood up, Zoe moved a little closer to hear what he had to say, "I was part of a ten person team at the Human Genome Project to weaponise diseases to fight weaponised diseases. Pathogenic microorganisms with pathogenic microorganisms. Fire with fire. Interdepartmental drinks were had, relationships made, information shared. I am keenly aware of all the details behind fail-safe delivery systems to kill every living person on this planet. I believe with a little tweaking on the terminals in DC, we can flip the script. Take out every last dead one of them. Fire with fire." Eugene explained, Zoe not exactly knowing much about what he just said, but looking around at everyone that was focused on Eugene, "All things being equal, it does sound pretty badass." The man added, nodding with a smirk on his face as more gunshots were heard outside of the train car.