Love In Hell (D.D.)

1.16 "Better Than You"

I stopped and turned around.

Rendall "i went to church. i was on the bench in baseball"

We started walked to him.

Dad "You went to school with Maggie?"

Shane "You went to school with Meg?"

Me "Just answer the damn question"

Shane "Did you go to school with Maggie?"

Rendall looked at us surprised "i-i- she didn't know me. didn't even know i existed. I mean i knew her. I knew her dad. There is no way i would do anything to hurt her or her family"

Shane breathed out annoyed "jesus"

Rendall "or you or your people! i'm not like the guys i was with!"

I looked to Dad "We won't be alone for long if he keeps yelling"

Dad nodded.

Shane "he knows where the farm is, Rick. Where we are..he knows. Let's say he finds his way back to his people. "

He took his gun out and aimed it at Rendall. 

Dad pushed the gun out of Shane's hand but Shane managed to hit the trigger and shot at nothing. 

I looked around for walkers before putting my foot over the gun. 

Dad yelled at Shane ""not now! not now! "

Shane leaned against a police car, angry "Well, when, Rick? when?!"

Dad "when we had the chance to think about it"

I took the gun and put it in the back of my pants.

Rendall begged "don't let him kill me. Please, don't"

Dad hissed "shut up! We're going back. It's a man's life. I need a night to think it through"

Shane "you gonna bring this piece of garbage.....he shot at you, Rick. We gonna bring him back to were Lori sleeps?! To where Carl and Kendall sleep?!"

Me "We lock him into the barn."

Shane shook his head "No"

Dad "i'm taking this night. "

Shane shook his head  "oh no you are not, Rick. You will struggle with it. Man, it ain't hard, man. The hard choices are those who keep us alive. It's always the same with you."

Shane stood up and i got in between them.

Me "knock it off!! if you don't keep your fucking voices down we're gonna have a dead problem. Dad, take the damn night .Shane, you have no idea what you are talking about"

They looked at me with wide eyes.

Me "World has gone to shit. There may be no rules out there anymore but if we kill him here and now then what makes us better then those walkers! hm? Let's bring him back to the farm, lock him in the barn and then ALL of us are going to make this decision, alright?"

Shane's jaw dropped and he looked pissed off "and you think you can keep them safe?"

Me "Better then you"

I know he meant Dad but hey..

Then he lost it. 

He raised his hand at me but Dad blocked him and pushed him against the car.

Dad yelled  "don't you dare!"

Then Shane headbutte dad and dad fell back. Shane grabbed Dad's gun but Dad grabbed Shane and punched him over and over and over in his face. 

They kept fighting each other. 

Me "shit!"

I looked around looking for walkers but saw Rendall rolling to the knife.

Suddenly i saw Shane aiming a gun at Rendall but dad threw himself at Shane. 

 i saw a walker coming out of the building.

I yelled "walkers!"

The walker threw himself at Dad. 

I ran to him and took my blade out but dad had already killed it. The next walkers came out of the building.

Dad rolled himself under the walker so that they wouldn't smell him.

Shane and i ran. I ran to the next car and rolled underneath it. 

Dad suddenly fell down next to me. 3 walkers over him but dad shot them in the heads. I rolled out and saw Rendall running away. 

I ran after him and pushed him against a car. 

Dad helped me.

 I looked around, all walkers were trying to get into the bus to Shane.

Dad looked at the bus.

Me "how about we leave him here?"

Dad looked at me "you sound a little too happy, Ken"

I nodded "i know."

Dad rolled his eyes at me.

I said fake offended "don't roll your eyes at me"

Rendall "i'll help you if you give me a gun"

I shook my head, confused "in what world do you think we would give you a real gun?"

Rendall looked at me.

Dad "let's go. we're going"

He lead Rendall to the car and I followed him. 

I smirked at Shane who was looking at us from the inside of the bus.

Then I waved at him and walked to dad. 

He walked to the benzine truck. 

There were laying two dead walkers next to each other.

Dad "Keep an eye on him, Ken"

He took the guns from the dead bodies.

Me "Dad"

He looked at me.

I sighed "So i take it we are saving Shane?"

Dad nodded "of course we are saving Shane"

I nodded "get in the car. I have an idea"

He nodded and put Rendall in the trunk before getting in the car. 

 I drove past the bus. 

Dad shot the walkers, yelling "Shane! run!"

Shane rand out of the back door. I parked in front of it and Shane jumped inside.

Dad "go!go!go!"

I drove away, back to the farm.