When Airon heard that voice, he lowered his head a little, he saw a female face in front of him, if he remembered well this girl should be Elen.
There were not many people that Rick has been able to relate to, so this girl and her sister are perhaps much more useful than some other survivors. They are, after all, people Rick Grimes accepted as a group.
"Hmm..."
Seeing Elen greet him, Airon couldn't help but show an amused expression and, naturally, the high-fiving greeting.
"My name is...."
"You're Airon, I know, Rick and the others mentioned you often and said you're an amazing person, so I came to greet you because I was really curious."
"Well, I'm just an ordinary person, not as good as they say."
"I don't think so. You can say anything silly and other people will listen to you, so it shows that you have entered their hearts, doesn't it?"
Maybe these words to certain people don't mean much, but Airon does care. This girl seems to be very lively and her cheerful personality makes people in no time feel close to her.
Elen has a good choice of words and with just a few sentences, Airon felt at ease and he chatted with her a bit.
Before long he discovered that Elen is just a teenager, constantly asking a lot of questions and inadvertently revealed that there is a guy who can supposedly save the world, but only if he is sent to Washington.
The two chatted for over ten minutes and Elen was still in high spirits, but soon someone walked up and interrupted their conversation.
"Well, we'll talk on a quieter occasion, so you can do what you have to do.You're great, Commander!"
Airon watched as Elen did a military salute, so he simply said, "Oh, you too."
After saying goodbye to the chattering girl, attention returned to Glenn standing next to her.
"What's going on?"
Glenn gave some directions to some people to step aside and wait for the two to finish talking.
"Airon, we just searched the facility again and found these people's arsenal of weapons. We pulled out all the weapons, do you want to know the rest?"
"What else did you find?"
"That thing should have been created by all those inhumans, but it's not that impressive compared to something more important we found elsewhere."
Speaking of which, all the faces of the few people behind Gelnn were a bit indignant and there was a trace of anger.
"Did you know? There were a lot of dolls and stuffed animals in that open space, but we didn't find any signs of children's activities here."
"These beasts didn't even spare the children!"
Airon already knew what was going on here, but at this point he didn't know what to say and could only say a few directions.
"Alright, get ready, we'll be back to the central base after lunch."
"Why...."
...
"Airon, can we talk?"
As soon as Glenn and the others left, Airon turned and walked toward the RV, but heard Lori's voice behind him calling out to him.
Turning around and looking toward the source of the sound, the other party was standing outside the car with a pale face, looking very uncomfortable.
But he wasn't in the mood to ask about the woman's situation, he had done enough by not saying anything so he entered the RV .
But obviously Lori had no intention of giving up, so she followed him into the RV with no intention of stopping until she had to say what she wanted to share.
"I really need to talk to you, can you give me a minute, for Rick's sake, please?"
"If I didn't kill you it was because Rick is my friend, otherwise do you think you would still be alive?"
Airon turned around, only to see Lori kneeling on the ground, tears streaming down her face.
He had already done everything he wanted to do. He didn't sleep at all during the night and made sure to make as many letters as possible for his two children. Airon knows that if she was indeed infected the virus should have already advanced throughout Lori's body, and the weakness along with the fever is a matter of time before it starts to emerge.
But Airon didn't want to ask, he just stepped forward and helped Lori to her feet because of the strange scene. "You only have a minute, I want you to be quick."
"Thank you!"
Lori wasted no time and began to explain at a slightly faster speed.
"I know you won't forgive me, and I don't care if you fail to understand, I know what I told Derek while he was holding me hostage, and this is why."
After she said that, Lori pulled down the sleeve of her blouse exposing her shoulder, and a black wound appeared in front of Airon.
"It was what I was afraid of, you sure are infected..."
Lori sat on a couch with tears in her eyes.
"I'm so sorry, I know this is stupid, I had to get time to write some letters to my kids if I don't make it through, all this time I had only wanted Rick and our kids to be able to have a better life, I just want to tell you not to take your resentment out on my family, they are innocent."
"Go with Rick, cherish for the last time the minutes you have left, I won't say anything about it."
"No, I beg you to promise not to implicate my husband and children. Please, I'm already dead. I don't want to worry about them before I die."
Lori had completely given up her dignity at this point, she knelt on the floor and hugged Airon's leg, crying profusely.
"Wow Lori, even after being bitten you never came to understand me, do you think I will blame Rick and his kids? In your mind, am I that kind of person?"
After hearing his words, Lori realized how stupid she had said and quickly changed her words.
"No, no, I mean, please help me take care of them, I didn't mean that, please believe me, really!"
"Hey... Well, you have my promise."
Seeing Lori's weakness, he finally gave up on being someone cold, otherwise a lot of things would get out of hand. What could he do, shoot Lori and then give an explanation to an unreasonable Rick?
If he does that, he would also have to do something with Rick, and that would be losing a lot in this world. So, since Lori would eventually die, he buried that anger he didn't insist.
"Thank you! Thank you!"
The mood was extremely unstable, added to the fact that she hadn't eaten and apparently had a fever, Lori passed out for a while.
Airon sighed at this and after getting up put Lori on the bed behind the modified RV.
"Morgan, call Rick!"
...
"No! No! Why, why didn't you say so before?"
Rick collapsed and sat down next to Lori's side. By this time, Lori had also woken up, and they both hugged each other as they cried.
Shane was beside her with a complicated expression, usually he had a sharp mouth, but now he couldn't say a single word.
There is a large group of people outside, all in had a bit of sadness on their faces, and Carol who knew Lori also couldn't help but cry.
Even though the people in Washington didn't know Lori yet, they all felt a little sympathy for this kind of thing.
Especially Negan, he hugged his wife and looked towards the modified RV with sympathy. Although he didn't know Rick, that didn't stop him from empathizing with the man's experience. If he ever encountered this sort of thing, he doesn't even want to imagine what he would do.
...
To fulfill Lori's last wish, the convoy left the terminus ahead of schedule and headed towards the central base. Airon let Lori see Carl and Judith for the last time.
Negan was sitting in the tanker, because there was a bed in the back of this large truck, so it was convenient for Lucille to rest, and thanks to this she got a comfortable seat.
Lucille was in a good mood today, she and Negan sat next to each other in the co-pilot, and Glenn was driving.
"That woman was unlucky, because she was bitten, she can only wait to die slowly, Negan, if someday I too..."
"Stop it, I won't let that happen! You can't disappear from my world without my consent.. Do you understand?"
"Oh, right."
Glenn said somewhat sadly, "Lori has been in my group since the end of the world began. It's been so long in the blink of an eye. Really even if she had some differences with her behavior lately, what will happen to her children?"
"Have they had a child?"
"Well, a boy and a girl."
Hearing this, Lucille unconsciously put her hand on her stomach, even though she doesn't have children now, she is already pregnant, which made her more sympathetic to Lori's experience.
Suddenly, Negan's eyes slowly opened and a sound of exclamation came out of his mouth.
"Oh shit, what's that?"