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"Enid."
She blinked, lost in her thoughts. Glenn was holding out a water bottle to her. She looked around, everyone else looked just as thirsty as her. The group had been on the road for at least a week now. They had nowhere to go, and wandering aimlessly seemed pointless to her. She thought about leaving several times, and already tried to sneak away during the night. Of course, Glenn had caught her.
"Give it to someone else." Enid rejected his offer, nodding her head towards the people in front of them. Her voice sounded rough and her throat was painfully dry.
"Enid." Glenn pressed, his voice more demanding than offering.
She looked at him before grabbing the bottle from him and taking a drink. The water was warm but it didn't matter, the liquid soothed her parched throat effectively. She thrust the bottle back into Glenn's hand roughly, taking a giant step forward to avoid walking next to him. Unfortunately he caught up almost immediately, matching her strides once again.
"Shouldn't you be with your wife?" Enid questioned, looking at Maggie who was walking with Tara and Eugene.
"She's fine right now."
"Okay, well why are you walking with me?" Enid continued, hoping to find a way to get rid of him.
"I thought you said we didn't have to talk." Glenn smirked at her.
Enid rolled her eyes, pointedly refusing to look at him. She didn't have anything to say.
The group walked a few more miles before Rick decided that they should find shelter. There were no houses around, all they had were trees as coverage. Enid shook her head at Rick's decision making. They should have stopped a mile back when they'd come across that abandoned farm.
"Great place to stop." Enid muttered under her breath, trying to find a suitable tree to climb. There was no way she'd be sleeping on the ground, just waiting to wake up with a chunk bitten out of her arm.
She surveyed the people around her, not wanting to be surrounded by the people from Alexandria. They didn't know anything, no matter how much Rick tried to teach them. Most of Rick's group were clumping together, with the Alexandrians around them. She met Glenn's eyes and looked away quickly, hoping he wouldn’t call her over.
Deciding to not give him the chance, she picked a tree and started climbing.
Michonne took first watch, and Enid hooked her backpack onto a tree branch. She sighed, leaning back against the tree, the bark tough on her skin. Still, she fell asleep easy.
***
She woke up startled, a loud siren blaring though it sounded far away. Down on the ground, people were starting to wake up.
"What is that?" Enid called down, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"We need to move!" Rick yelled, shaking Carl awake.
"Where? There's no where better to go!" Enid protested, tired of running from things that weren't an immediate threat.
"Enid! Get down here now, let's go!" It was Glenn, who was throwing on his backpack.
Enid started to retort when a boom echoed throughout the air. Everyone froze, and then the ground shook violently. The force knocked Enid to the right, and she fell out of the tree. Her body hit the ground with a hard thud, the air rushing from her lungs. Her ears were ringing, and hands grabbed under her arms, forcing her up. Glenn's face came into view, blurry and unfocused. He was yelling but she couldn't make out the words.
The wind was overpowering, blowing her hair around in a miniature tornado.
"Come on!" Glenn shouted over the wind, pulling Enid along with him.
To the right were people she didn't recognize, wearing military uniforms. She pulled away, trying to get her arm out of Glenn's grip.
"No." Enid choked out, her voice hoarse.
"We have to go!" Glenn protested, continuing to drag Enid along.
As they approached the multiple helicopters, all Enid could hear were three words. It's over now. The military people were assuring everyone that it was over. Glenn pushed her into the helicopter before climbing in as well. It's over now. A needle pricked her arm and she shuffled back against Glenn, trying to push the military officer away.
"Hey, hey, it's okay!" Glenn reassured.
They injected her with something unknown, and it was okay?
"No, no!" Enid panicked, not seeing a way out when a different military officer sat down next to her.
Maggie, Michonne, and Ron were sitting on the other side, all looking on edge. Enid purposely didn't spend too much time looking at Ron, mostly wanting to avoid him. Everyone seemed to be on edge, but Enid was freaking out the most. Was no one else concerned about where they were taking them?
"No, I'm not going, I'm not going." Enid pushed off the floor of the helicopter, ready to jump out before they took off.
Glenn immediately grabbed her and pulled her back down. She pushed away from him.
"Let go! We don't know them!" Enid protested, put Glenn wasn't budging.
"Enid, just calm down." Maggie soothed, leaning towards Enid who was still struggling against Glenn.
"Hey, wait." Michonne hissed, trying to get the military officer that was coming towards the helicopter with a needle away.
"It'll be easier this way." The officer said, stabbing Enid with the needle and quickly injecting the serum into her arm.
Black was pooling into her vision and she felt unsteady. The helicopter was rising off the ground.
It's over now.