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Rick could barely think straight as he and Michonne ran in the direction of the main gate. Everything to him was a blur and he could barley catch his breath. The thought of Carl being outside the gates of Alexandria was enough to render him catatonic, however his body seemed to be in auto-drive as one foot after the other pounded on the pavement propelling him forward. They turned the curb and he whistled loudly to get Sasha's attention. As their eyes connected he motioned with one hand over his head to open the gate. Without thinking Sasha ran to the edge of the guard tower and bird called over to Abraham. Confused, Abraham hesitated. He fumbled with the chain till he managed to release the gate and quickly pushed back both gates simultaneously. He stood there looking around for who he was suppose to be letting in or out. The night was eerily quiet and Abraham stood there tense as he waited for further orders. As the sound of boots fast approaching echoed through the compound, Abraham fell back into the shadows with his semi-automatic ready to go. As the two figures from the dark got closer he could tell instantly that it was Rick and Michonne. Abraham let out a sigh of relief, but remained in the shadows waiting for Sasha's next order. Nothing made sense. But he knew, that any moment he might be called on to protect his group.

Before Rick and Michonne reached the gate Glenn pulled up in a pickup truck blocking them in their tracks.

"Stop!" Glenn yelled and jumped out and grabbed Rick by his shoulders as Rick tried to run around.

"I need to get out there. I need to..." Rick trailed off as he tried to move past Glenn.

"Rick, stop. We can't just aimlessly go out there without a plan. He could be anywhere. We don't even know what wall he climbed over or in which direction he ran in." Glenn pleaded as Rick began to fight back against him. "Rick! You're wasting time! We need to track him, how is this not making sense to you?!"

Rick finally nodded, unable to clearly comprehend what Glenn was trying to say, but knew he had to trust in his group. "We...we just need to find him." he finally mumbled.

"And we're going to. But we need to have a plan" Glenn searched his friends eyes before continuing, "We're going to get him, but we can't lose others along the way."

Rick nodded again. Finally falling back onto the hood of the truck. Leaning against it, trying to catch his breath while struggling to listen.

Seeing that he had finally gotten through to Rick, Glenn proceeded to the front passenger side if the truck and opened the door. There he retrieved three back packs and threw them to Michonne, "Please go through them. Double check everything. Amo, food, rope, you know the deal." Turning to Rick he walks up beside him and pulls out a tattered map from his back pocket. Glenn opens it up and places it on the hood next to Rick. "Look, he's been gone for 20-40 minutes, right? And our best tracker isn't here. So we need to work out how far he could've travel on foot before heading out there." Rick nodded, and scanned the map thinking frantically.

#URGENT

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