world's end ━ the walking dead

( ??? ) escaping terminus

"So, let's get back to work." Maggie said again, when they heard the door to their car rattle, everyone jumping in shock when it sounded like someone was trying to get in.

Zoe instantly rushed to Carl's side, ready to protect him if the people of Terminus came to take even more of them; she would die before letting them take Carl away, if the others were truly gone, they would be next, and she would fight to the death.. But when the door finally opened up, the girl saw her father, "Come on! Fight to the fence!" He shouted at everyone, revealing the mayhem behind him with the countless amounts of walkers, each of their people fighting them off and waiting for the rest of them to get out of the train car, ready to escape.
Zoe didn't think twice before grabbing Carl and rushing out of the train car, their father instantly rushing to their side before everyone began fighting, the girl shoving her makeshift weapon into a walkers skull closest to him, kicking another back, until she felt a hand wrap around hers, the girl instantly knowing that it was Nate and feeling a small smile reach her face, squeezing his hand right as the couple fought side by side as they moved along together to the back fence.

Zoe kicked a walker back, allowing Nate to shove his machete into its head, killing it instantly as it dropped down to the ground, before rushing along again, repeating their process with two more walkers, working together to take down the dead around them all. The whole group carried on killing the walkers as they rushed towards the fence, Rick covering them as he shot at a few Terminus people on the roof — Daryl propped Zoe up on his hands to help her climb over after doing the same with Carl, before helping his brother over and following behind, all of the group eventually making it over and escaping into the woods, away from the burning sanctuary. Zoe and Nate just couldn't feel sorry for any of the people living there, knowing what they knew and what they did to people, so rushing away from the dying people didn't mean a single thing to them all.

Whilst Zoe, Nate, Rick, Daryl, Michonne and Carl knew that they were still in the woods by the sanctuary to dig up the guns that Rick had buried before heading in there, the others had no idea. Once they reached the area as to where Rick had buried the duffel bag, Abraham couldn't help but roll his eyes from the back of the group, "The hell are we still around here for?" He asked them all, unsure as to why they weren't getting as far away from this group as possible.

"Guns. Some supplies." Rick answered, as Zoe kept a firm grip around Nate's hand, the man stroking the back of her hand with his thumb to keep her calm. He was suffering without Zoe by his side when he had been taken away from her, the only thing he was able to think clearly about, was getting back to her, and now they were together again, he didn't ever want to be away from her. "Go along the fences, use the rifles. Take out the rest of 'em." He added, as Zoe couldn't help but snap her head towards her father, unsure as to why he wanted them to murder everyone in there, when the people were already dying from the walkers and the huge fire. "They don't get to live." Rick said, when Bob had asked him what he was talking about, unsure as to if he heard the man correctly.

"Rick, we got out. It's over." Glenn spoke up next, knowing that he wasn't comfortable at all with going back and killing them all. Zoe couldn't help but agree with him, even if these people were evil, she didn't want even more trauma by killing even more people, she just couldn't do it, and knew that she may not be able to get past it again.

"It's not over till they're all dead." Rick said, not wanting to listen to anything anyone said, Zoe and Nate exchanging a look as he said this.

"The hell it isn't. That place is on fire." Rosita spoke up next, wanting to get her word in that this wasn't okay, and that they didn't need to go back and kill them all, that wasn't something she was comfortable with. "Full of walkers." She added, knowing that this was crazy.

"I'm not dicking around with this crap. We just made it out." Abraham said, agreeing with Rosita and Glenn.

Zoe knew that her father wanted to make sure these people couldn't hurt anyone else, and she almost agreed with it, she wanted these people to be punished, but it was dangerous for them, it wasn't the best decision they could do right now, and could endanger them all. When Rick seemed to be considering what everyone was saying, Zoe saw movement from the corner of her eye, seeing Carol standing across from them, holding both Daryl and Nate's crossbows after taking them back in Terminus; she had to hold back the tears when Daryl sprinted towards the older woman, pulling her into his arms and hugging her tightly, having missed her incredibly every single day.
Everyone was smiling at the sight of Carol, edging towards the two hugging as they all wanted to greet the woman; Nate squeezed Zoe's hand again comfortingly, he himself, feeling emotional at the woman in front of them.

Rick was next to hug Carol, finding out that she was the one that had set the place on fire, helping them all get out alive, because through it all, they were family, and family helped each other.
 
 


Not shortly after meeting Carol again, she told them all to follow her, that she had something they would want to see, specifically looking at Rick, Zoe and Carl with a knowing look, which they all couldn't read, following after Carol without any more questions. Zoe and Nate still walked hand in hand down the road as everyone followed Carol, half running as they needed to see what Carol had for them; it wasn't until Tyreese walked out of the door of a small cabin with Judith in his arms, did Zoe cry out in relief, letting her hand drop from Nate's as she ran behind her brother and father towards the baby they thought was dead. The girl cried as she looked at her baby sister, kissing her forehead as Rick hugged his three children, the Grimes family incredibly lucky that Judith was still alive and well; Zoe leaned into her fathers hold as Carl also hugged his father and two sisters, all of them leaning into each others holds, each the happiest they had been in weeks.

Everyone smiled at the small baby in her fathers arms, glad that she was safe, when Rick had silently thanked Tyreese for keeping his baby girl safe, for keeping her alive, and after that, they all hugged again, never wanting the moment to end.

And just ten minutes later, they were on the road yet again, looking for yet another sanctuary to find their home.