WITH JONATHAN

It didn't take long for them to reach the place where the ultrasound machine was located. Hershel was amazed by how much this group had, '' You guys have a lot of things here.''

'' When we found she was pregnant, we rushed around the prison to find things that could help in the delivery. We found some tools, the books there,'' Jonathan pointed at the books he studied,'' and some other things.''

Hershel was already looking at all the tools around. '' This will be more than enough. I can deliver a baby here.''

Lori sighed in relief. '' That's good. But now, can we use the machine?''

'' Sure thing.'' Jonathan looked at Hershel, '' I take you know how to use it.''

Hershel nodded.

'' Then it's all yours.''

'' Thank you!'' Hershel went ahead. He was there for a moment when he sensed Maggied looking at him. He called out to her, '' Come here. I know how much you wanted to learn this, so I can teach you some things I know.''

Maggied praticalbey beamed, '' Thanks father!'' She went beside Hershel and watched as he turned on the Ultrasound machine.

Hershel also started to explain some things to her. After a while, he looked at Jonathan, '' Do you have gel here?''

'' We do. Everything we have is on that cabinet over there.'' Jonathan pointed to where he put some of the medicine they had. It was a massive amount, but there was much more in his INVENTORY.

Maggie went toward the cabinet and opened it. When the others saw how much stuff they had there, they were surprised.

Dale asked right away, '' You guys have something that helps in ...vigor?''

Everyone stared at him. Andrea simply looked away. Maggie smiled, said nothing, but still looked around for the Gel and ... the vigor medication.

Maggie found both. She passed the Gel to her father, and then the medication to Dale, '' Here.''

Dale took the medication. He thanked Maggie and Jonathan,'' Thank you.''

''Don't mention it.''

Hershel went straight to the job. '' Lori, can you please sit here and raise your shirt a bit?''

Lori nodded and did as Hershel said. She raised her shirt to the maximum without being topless. No one in the room would've cared if she went topless. Only Gleen might have blushed a little.

Also, Rick didn't mind Lori raising her shirt. It was to see his child too.

'' Ok, I'll start now. Maggie, apply some gel on her belly.'' Hershel took the opportunity to teach Maggie a few things.

'' On it.''

After applying the Gel, Hershel used the ultrasound, '' Ok, now I want everyone in silence, so we can hear the baby.''

It didn't take long for everyone in the room to hear a heartbeat. Rick and his entire group were emotional.

Jonathan and Samantha smiled a little seeing that. Samantha whispered to Jonathan, '' They seem good people. I think we lucked out with them.''

Jonathan nodded, '' We sure did.''

Hershel continued the exam. He looked at the monitor, where it would show the baby. Soon, he pointed at the monitor and said, '' Here it's your baby!''

Lori instantly cried a little. She held Rick's hand, '' See that? That's our new child!''

Rick smiled, '' I can see that.''

Everyone else from the group went to check too, with Lori's permission. They all smiled and chatted.

'' Can we know the gender of the baby as of now?'' Gleen asked.

Hershel hesitated, '' Let me try.'' He tried to find out, but the baby made it difficult. He soon gave up, '' The baby is rebellious. I can't find the gender as of now. But as we will use the machine regularly in the future, to check the baby's health, we can always try to find the gender later.''

Lori didn't mind that, '' I can wait. I'm just happy the baby is healthy.''

Hershel continued, '' I can't say for certain, but I don't see any problem as of now with the baby. We can safely say that the baby is as healthy as he can be.''

Mind you, everyone here still didn't know if the baby would be 'normal' or a mutant, thanks to the zombie virus. So when Hershel said that, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

' Do they know that we all are infected? I remember that in the Comics they found out in the prison and in the TV series they found it out in the 1 season.'

Jonathan thought for a while, ' Ah, fuck it. Let's ask when we leave.'

While Jonathan was thinking, Rick approached Hershel, '' Can you know the age of the baby?''

Hershel hesitated, but soon shook his head, '' No, I can't... I know what you're thinking, but I doubt we would ever find out.''

Rick didn't seem to mind that, '' Thank you.''

This conversation brought Jonathan back, ' So it seems no one really knows if Lori's baby is Rick or Shane... Well, I have a DNA test if they really want that, but I'll only reveal it if needed.'

Maggie suddenly approached Jonathan, '' Do you mind if I take those?'' She showed the books Eve, Nathanael and Jonathan were using to study.

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' Hmm, I don't see why not. I mean, while the book is awesome, the knowledge from the internet is enough... I think.'

'' Sure, you can take those. I promise if I found some other books I'll give them to you.''

Maggie thanked Jonathan.

Glenn watched that interaction, ' I knew she wanted to help Hershel, but I never knew she wanted that bad... Maybe I should've looked out for books when I was outside. I don't know when and if I'll go out there anymore.'

Glenn knew that the prison was secure, so he really didn't want to go out there anymore. The only reason they went out there was to look for food, which the prison has a shit ton and a place to rest. They found both.

'' Okay, I think we are done here. How about we go back to our block?'' Rick said after he saw everyone has done what they came to do.

'' Let's go.''

Dale was holding the vigor medication with dear life. When they passed through the cells, Jonathan remembered something, '' Wait a minute. Rick, Daryl, follow me for a second.''

Jonathan went to a specific cell. The one with the weapons from Rick's group.

When Daryl and Rick arrived at the cell, Jonathan passed their weapons, '' Here, here, and here.''

Both now had their hands full.

'' This is your weapon. You can check them, but I guarantee you we didn't take a single bullet. We have more than enough weapons actually.''

Daryl put the crossbow in his back, while Rick put his weapon on his hip. '' Thank you for your trust.''

Jonathan nodded. After that, the entire group returned to block 2 without any incident.

They returned to the cafeteria of block 2, where Carl and Sophia were joking around with Eve and Nathanael.

Sophia ran to her mother when she noticed she arrived, '' Mom!''

Carl also went close to Rick.

'' Hi, honey. Anything happened while we were away?'' Carol asked Sophia.

Sophia looked at Carl, who nodded at her, '' We played with our new friends. Look, they even have slime!''

When everyone looked at where Sophia was pointing, they noted the slime around the area.

'' ... That's amazing!'' Carol was surprised by what the group had, ' It's almost like they have everything they need.'

'' You can keep all of this. Just don't eat it, okay?'' Eve gave away the slime.

'' Thank you!''

Jonathan looked at the clock and noticed it was almost time for lunch, so he said, '' How about we eat now?''

---

After lunch, Jonathan was direct, '' I know it's only been a day since you guys arrived here, but I can say for all my group, you're welcome to stay for as long as you want.''

'' We will do our best to prove you didn't make the wrong choice.''

''Speaking of that, do you mind telling me your specialty? So that we can put people where they help more.'' Jonathan asked that even though he roughly knew their strengths.

' Well, I think I know their strengths. If this Carol is the Comics contra part, she will kill herself soon. So I need to know more.'

Soon, everyone started to say their weak point and good points.

'' I can cook.'' Lori was the first one who said that.

''My father and I can take care of the injured.'' Maggie said that and Hershel nodded.

'' I can help train your aim.'' Rick.

'' I also want to help with that. Also, I can help with the maintenance of the guns.'' Andrea wanted to help everyone she could. She didn't want anyone to die.

'' I can take care of the cars. If you have any and they have some problems, let me take care of it.'' Dale was an expert in cars.

'' I think me and Daryl are good to explore the outside, in search of supplements. I don't think it will be necessary, but we both can do that.'' Glenn also said his strong point. Daryl grumbled, signalizing he agreed with Gleen.

Carol said slowly, '' I don't think I have a good point. I can help you wherever you need.''

'' I can help with the food. And I can sing too.'' Beth was the last to say.

'' Hey, what about me and Sophia?'' Carl protested.

'' You can train your aim alongside Sophia. You just need to ask your father and mother, to see if they agree.'' Jonathan said that, and Carl's eyes shone.

He turned around and looked at Rick and Lori with puppy eyes, '' Mom! Dad! Please!''

Rick hesitated, while Lori said, '' I don't know...''

Rick asked, '' How much ammo do you have? Can we afford to waste bullets to train our aim?''

' And what the hell are those things surrounding the fence of the prison? And who put that sandbags out there?' Rick had a lot to ask, but he refrained for now.

Jonathan smiled at that question, '' You will be surprised by the amount we have... We even have grenades, courtesy of the prison arsenal.''

'' How much ammo are we talking about?'' Rick was curious.

' Hmmm, how much would be believable? 1 thousand? No, too little. 5 thousand...'

'' We have more than 9 thousand.''

Silence. Everyone in the group was surprised by the amount.

Rick, without noticing, smiled a little, ' With this amount, we don't need to worry about zombies anymore.'

Seeing that everyone now had some role in this new group, Jonathan was at peace, ' We have to make more connection with them. I know some of them died in the process, but in the end, some of them survived until the end of the series. So, making connections with them is good.'

' I just hope what I'm doing is right. By denying fate's actions, I'm also changing their future...'

What happened to them in both the Comics and series would not happen anymore, because of Jonathan's actions. But that also meant they would become someone totally different from their counterpart.

' But, that is the future me problem. For now, I'll do my best.'

'' Okay, now that everything is said and done, we'll leave you guys to rest a bit. Tomorrow you can start doing whatever you like, just be careful.'' Jonathan got up from the table, a gesture Eve, Samantha and Nathanael repeated.

Rick wanted to thank Jonathan again, but he thought it would be too repetitive. He would show his gratitude with actions, '' See you later.''

Jonathan nodded and left alongside Samantha. Eve and Nathanael, who stayed behind a little, said their goodbyes to Carl and Sophia and left too.

When they arrived at Block 1, Nathanael said, '' ... I don't believe I'm saying this, but I think it was a good choice to let them in. I don't trust them 100% yet, but ... I'm more open to starting the process.''

Jonathan smiled, '' They are good people. We all just need time to get to know each other better.''

Eve was curious about one thing, '' How did you trust them so easily? Don't get me wrong, I also did, but I was that way from the beginning... You're just like my brother, who didn't like strangers. What changed?''

Jonathan smiled mysteriously, '' Let's just say ... I saw something good in them.''

It wasn't wrong to say that. Jonathan knew them better than themselves.

Eve still was curious, but she relented, '' Hmmm... ok.''

' I'll find out later.' Eve didn't say this out loud.

'' Now, what do you want to do for the rest of the day? I'll go back to the watchtower.'' Jonathan asked.

''I'll go with you.'' Samantha add.

'' I'll stay here. Seeing as we have a 'doctor', I don't need to study anymore, so I'll use the time to sleep.'' Nathanael was glad that Hershel and Maggie arrived.

Eve though for a while, '' ... I'll continue my routine.''

Jonathan nodded, '' See you guys soon. If anything happens, talk with us through the radio.''

' I should give radios to Rick and the rest.' Jonathan put that on the list.

When Jonathan arrived at the watchtower, it didn't take long for him to start shooting zombies again.

BANG

' Even using a silencer, the rifle is so damn loud!'

Samantha was watching Jonathan, as he continued shooting away, ' How many more secrets do you have...?'

BANG

BANG

After shooting for a while, Jonathan stopped, '' This is it for me.''

'' Samantha do you want to shoot? I'm done!''

Samantha shook her head, '' I'm good. Besides, it's almost 6 P.M., so we should head to bed soon.''

'' Sounds good.'' Jonathan put the rifle away. ' I have to be careful when using the SHOP and the INVENTORY in front of Rick's group.'

When Jonathan sat on the bed, Samantha followed suit, '' Now that we have other members, what are we going to do next?''

Jonathan thought for a while, ' Let me remember the crisis in the TWD universe. Governor, Negan, zombies variants, the Commonwealth... Then we have the other members of the group scattered around... Abraham, Eugene, Rosita, Michonne.'

Thinking about Michonne, Jonathan remembered she should appear in the next couple of weeks at the prison. He put this in the back of his mind and continued thinking.

' The biggest problem right now would be the Governor, seeing as he's close to us... Should I eliminate him now, or later?'

Jonathan looked at Samantha, '' Let destiny takes its course.''

Samantha nodded, '' Good night.''

'' See you tomorrow.''

Thinking about all things that would/could happen, Jonathan went to sleep.