I Love You So

Part 42

Rick inhaled deeply, kneeling down on the ground. He put his hands in the air, sighing deeply as gunfire went wildly around him.

Meanwhile, Amanda was on top of a balcony with one of Jadis people. Amanda gasped as the woman ran into her, attempting to push her off the balcony, "What the hell?" She asked angrily, wrestling with the filthy woman. Amanda landed on the floor of the balcony with a thump, groaning in pain as she pried the woman off her body with her knee. She rolled over, grabbing a broken piece of a potted plant, stabbing the woman in the eye with the sharp piece.
Amanda scrambled to her feet, grabbing the sniper. She cocked the gun, pulling down the hammer as she looked through the scope. Her eyes landed on Rick and Carl, who were on their knees. Behind them was Negan and one of his goons.

The man grabbed Lucille, leaning forward  to hand it to Negan. But he dropped the bat, falling to his knees, landing on top of Carl. There was a bullet between his eyes. Before Amanda could pull the hammer down to shoot again, another woman came behind her, grabbing her by her hair. They drove a knife into her chest, throwing her to the ground. Amanda let out a loud scream,  closing her eyes in pain.

Rick looked around in fear, unsure of where the bullet was coming from. He felt his heart sink when he heard Amanda's scream

"Someone important to you just died. How's that feel, Richard? Huh?" Negan laughed, breathing heavily. He looked around at all the gunfire going around him. He inhaled deeply when he saw a large tiger, "This is not real. What in the shit is that?" He asked in panic, backing away, "Fall out!" He shouted to his men, fanning his hands out to them

Rick stumbled to his feet, helping Carl up, "You alright?" He asked worriedly

"Amanda, we gotta find Amanda." Carl said, scrambling to his feet. He jogged down the streets of Alexandria, besides Rick, looking around

"Amanda! Amanda!" Rick called, looking around worriedly.

Amanda ran out from inside of a building, her face covered in scratches. She had the knife still lodged in her chest, "I saw a tiger. What the fuck?" She exclaimed, adrenaline running through her body, making her oblivious to the knife in her chest, near her shoulder

"Amanda, come on, we have to get you to the infirmary." Rick said quickly, leading her down the road

"No, no! I'm okay." Amanda argued, grabbing her rifle and providing cover as Rick dragged her down the street to the infirmary.

Rick opened the door, quickly helping Amanda inside. He sat her down on the geri chair, "What do I do?" He asked

Amanda swallowed hard, "Okay, just pull-pull the knife out. Easy. Pull it out fast. One swift motion. Then apply pressure."

Rick nodded, holding onto Amanda's shoulder to keep steady. He exhaled, yanking the knife out in a swift motion. His hand flew over the open wound, applying firm pressure

Amanda let out a loud gasp as she jolted away from Rick's grasp, "Grab something to wrap my shoulder."

Rick nodded, using one hand to keep pressure while his other searched for the gauze. He quickly wrapped her shoulder up, keeping firm pressure, "You might need stitches."

"I definitely will, but not right now." Amanda said, looking out the window at the gunfire outside

"Amanda, they're leaving." Rick said, watching as Negans men retreated

Amanda watched from the window, breathing out a sigh of relief, "Oh, Rick." She said, pulling him in for a tight hug.

Rick kissed her passionately, laughing happily against her lips, "This war is far from over." He said softly