There's a murderer among them. With all of the people that they've seen murdered in the last month and a half you'd think that they wouldn't be as scared by the idea of one of them being a murderer. But they were terrified. Carlos, Allan, and Joyce were scared for who it might be and Jemima was scared for her own life; she would need to think of something quickly to get herself out of this one. The group decided that no one was going to leave the gas station until they found out who the murderer is. They were all rattling their brains. Joyce thought it might be Jemima because she never liked Anthony very much (She always said he did too many "shenanigans" that could get someone killed one day. She drove this point behind Anthony's back further when Alexandria died). Allan thought it might be Carlos, you hear all the time about cops that go crazy from the stress and murder a homeless guy or his wife or something terrible like that. A zombie apocalypse could definitely add a lot to any stress Carlos had before as a cop. Carlos wasn't sure what to think. He looked around at the Allan and Jemima when Joyce announced that one of them was a murderer and both Allan and Jemima had nearly identical reactions. All of his investigative training told him that meant that neither of them were the killer... But it couldn't be Joyce... Could it? A cop wasn't supposed to fully rely on facial expressions for assumptions on a case but that was a pretty clear one... And if Joyce was a killer than it'd be perfect... Her medical training could help her hide it perfectly... And telling about Anthony's killing could make people think she's innocent so she gets to watch as the other 3 people kill each other... Carlos just couldn't be sure. But before he knew it Joyce and Jemima were yelling at each other. Joyce said that it must be Jemima, she was the only one to've seen Noah and Beth dying but by the time the rest of the group got to them they had already been killed by walkers. Joyce thought it was an easy cover up for any murders she wanted to commit. Jemima told Joyce that Noah was the only one to see Lynette killed and asked Joyce if she thought that Noah was a killer too (Obviously Jemima knew that this was true but she knew that no one would think that there were 2 killers). Allan just wanted everyone to calm down so that this didn't turn into something ugly that got the wrong person killed. Joyce and Jemima both took their turns yelling at Allan and Carlos joined in on the yelling to try and get the other 2 to stop. Allan couldn't take it. It was just one rambling screamfest, you couldn't understand anything that anyone was saying. They were yelling just to yell. Jemima knew that this was the only way to keep her safe. Maybe someone else would act heatedly and kill someone else and then that person would be the "obvious" killer. Jemima hated them all and wanted to see them dead. She couldn't take 3 at once. But 2... She could take 2 at once... All they needed to do was kill one of their own... Carlos looked over at the counter Joyce slept on last night. Joyce had the only pillow that she had found in a house while they were traveling. She didnt like resting her head on her backpack at night so she brought the pillow (Even though there was no telling who it belonged to before the epidemic. The thought of which grossed out Allan). Carlos stepped over to her pillow while Jemima and Joyce were still yelling to take a look at it. He flipped over the pillow and saw blood. There was dried blood coming out of Anthony's mouth in the same pattern as the pillow. Carlos held up the pillow and asked Joyce to explain herself. Joyce said that the blood could've been from anything, people in the group were bleeding constantly from wounds and especially the redneck firing from yesterday. Joyce said that it wasn't possibly Anthony's blood. Jemima didn't use Joyce's pillow to smother Anthony, she used a shirt from her bag which also had the same blood stain on it. She wasn't sure how the blood stain on Joyce's pillow got so similar but she was ok with it, this was the leverage she needed. She told Joyce that they were passed coincidence at this point. Jemima told Joyce that she had to present real evidence that it couldn't be her or else. Carlos agreed with Jemima and Allan hesitated because he didn't want to believe Joyce was the killer. But the evidence was very incriminating so he decided to agree with Jemima and Carlos' terms. Joyce had nothing to say, she couldn't believe that Carlos and Allan actually could believe that she would kill Anthony. There was no way to prove that the blood on her pillow wasn't Anthony's blood without a blood test. They would need a whole forensics lab to prove her innocence. Joyce told them that she wasn't going to argue it anymore, if they really believed that she could kill Anthony then they could do what they wanted, but she hoped that they could live with it on their conscience when they real killer makes herself known (She said herself to further drive the point that she believed Jemima was the killer) Joyce had pissed off Jemima for the last time and Jemima told Carlos that she was going to end it. Jemima pulled out her knife and lunged at Joyce, but was immediately held back by Allan. Allan told Jemima that they weren't just going to kill Joyce because she was a killer. They would throw away Joyce's crutches and leave her in the gas station, that way she had no way of following them for at least 2 days before her legs healed, that was plenty of time. Jemima broke Joyce's crutches to pieces while Allan and Carlos left barely enough food and water for her to survive the 2-3 days she'd need to recover. Carlos could tell that Allan wasn't a fan of this but Carlos could see right through Joyce's sympathy plea, it was always a criminal's last resort to tell the cops that they would have to live with a guilty conscience knowing that they sent an innocent man to jail. It was always a bunch of crap. The group moved outside the building and Joyce didn't say a word inside. Carlos went to the bathroom and Allan walked up to the window to give Joyce his final goodbye. He told Joyce that there was still a part of his mind that didn't want to believe that she was the killer but he thought that it was just his emotions to get in the way of the truth. Allan got about halfway through his next sentence when Joyce saw the tip of a knife sticking out of Allan's chest. Jemima thought that with Joyce unable to move or fight and Allan and Carlos seperated would make this the perfect time for her to FINALLY dispose of these bastards. She let Allan fall to the ground as Joyce let out a scream and Jemima began to round the corner into the woods to finish off Carlos. Jemima screamed as well to Carlos and told him that Joyce had a weapon and Carlos began sprinting out of the woods. Jemima lunged at him.
If Allan hadn't taken one of the redneck's pistols and slipped it under his jacket then he might not've been able to save Carlos. His first bullet knocked one of Jemima's knees out and his second one took off her right shoulder. Allan wanted to instantly kill her but he learned that it's a little bit difficult to aim when your on the ground and there's a knife wound through your chest. Carlos stood over Jemima as she continued to try and take swings at Carlos' legs. Carlos stomped on the hand holding the knife and asked Jemima who she killed. Carlos was near crying at this point and knew that he had to help Allan but he needed to know who Jemima had killed. Jemima told Carlos about Anthony, Beth, and Noah as Carlos aimed his pistol at her head and right before Carlos could shoot Jemima let him know that she wasn't the only murderer. "Noah was a killer too... We... Helped each other... Lynette... She was his... Noah was as bad as me..."
Carlos stared at Jemima on the ground in awe, he couldn't believe what she was telling him. "You've lied to me for the last time you piece of shit" were the last words that Jemima ever heard out of anyone's mouth. No one would ever know who Noah really was. No one would ever believe who Noah really was.
Carlos ran over to Allan and yelled for him, he saw a tiny response out of him but nothing much. There was so much blood coming out of him... Carlos picked up Allan and began running back towards the woods he was in. Joyce screamed for Carlos to come back because Allan wasn't dead yet. Joyce screamed to Carlos and told him that she could help Allan. Carlos said that he was going to help him more than she could. Carlos was too far away at that point to pick up much of his sentence but the words she did hear were "Valley town... People... Hospital..."
Joyce lay there and hoped that Carlos would return before someone or something else found her... In her mind the same thought kept playing over and over again... "3 people... Only 3... Only 3..."
Quite the cliffhanger. The group is split. Joyce is left to fend for herself with no crutches. Carlos is hurt and Allan is severely injured. Jemima is Finally dead. Excited for the ending.
Today is going to be the finishing day! I will upload the 11th episode in a minute and the final episode will be up later tonight (Or at least it'll be night in EST zone). Be warned, the ending is intense!!!
