MAKNAE [twd] *editing*

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"Maggie? Maggie!"

"Maggie?"

"Maggie!"

Her name was like a broken record for Ben, Taeyang, Beth, and I as we circled the walls and looked for anyway Maggie, Julie, and Aaron could have gotten out past the walkers outside.

"She's nowhere around here.. She's out," Ben pants as we meet back up outside the armory.

We'd been running around aimlessly four hours, the sky was turning golden as the sun was beginning to set. God knows when she left that note or how quick they were to get out.

Helplessly, I bend down to a squat, setting one knee on the ground with exhaustion and defeat. I run my hands through my hair, a burning ache in my chest as I felt so useless. Glenn was missing- almost everyone was convinced he was dead. Maggie had gone out searching for him and I promised Glenn and myself to keep an eye on her.

Taeyang sighs through his own tiredness, kneeling beside me and tugging me into his arms. I rest my head on his chest, closing my eyes as I felt my headache grow.

"She's not alone," Beth reminds, though I knew it was to keep hope for herself, "Aaron is good out there. And Julie will take care of her."

But, Aaron and Julie didn't know she was pregnant. They never would've agreed to go with her if they knew. That's why she must've asked them instead of me or Beth- there's no way we would've let her go. And she knew I would figure it out, that's why she left the note. The guys didn't know about her pregnancy either, but Maggie knew that they would say no anyway or at the very least tell Beth and I.

"I should get back to Daniel," Ben sighs, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"And I should check on Judith," Beth adds.

As they begin to walk their separate ways, I slide my hand to the radio and take it off my waistband. I hesitate for a second as I bring it to my mouth before getting a grip on myself and pushing the button for the channel Rick said Glenn was using.

"Oppa.. Can you hear me?" I ask, receiving silence.

My lip trembles as the reality tries to sink in, so I try again, "Oppa, are you there?"

This time, it's a shaky breath, "O-oppa..?"

When I'm met with pure silence again, I drop my hand to my lap, gasping as I try to hold the cries in. Immediately, Taeyang's arms grow tighter and his lips press a long kiss to my temple. I drop the radio to the ground, clinging to Taeyang's arm and hiding my face in his shoulder, though I refused to cry.

He was just hiding somewhere and couldn't use the radio. He dropped it when running away. There was a bad signal. Something.. Anything..

"Hana?" a voice questions, "Oh my god, Hana."

Their footsteps begin running to where Taeyang and I were on the ground, still calling my name, eventually Taeyang's as well.

Distantly, I could hear Beth, "Maggie!"

At once, Taeyang and I's heads snap up, seeing Maggie jogging our way. 

"Maggie.. Maggie!" Taeyang calls, pulling us off the ground.

From the other way, Ben was rapidly approaching as his footsteps pounded against the pavement. We all five met in the middle, Beth and I both clinging to Maggie as Maggie breaks into sobs that retch from her chest. As Maggie's legs go weak, we end up on the ground once more.

"I couldn't.. I tried.. We were almost out, but I- I couldn't.." Maggie cries.

"No! No, don't say sorry!" Beth demands, holding the back of Maggie's head to her shoulder.