96 The Road

On the quiet, desolate roads of Georgia, the sound of a car engine was heard in the distance, and several people in the vicinity quickly ducked down, only to see a pickup van heading toward their side of the road in the distance. 

Looking in the direction where the sound of the engine came from, Martinez fixed his gaze only to see that it was a driver but the supplies in the back of the van were numerous. 

Passing along the road, the van made a right turn not far away and went through a fork before disappearing.

The group looked at each other and then Martinez remarked, "If what I'm thinking is correct, that van may be from the group of people who rescued the helicopter pilot who could not be found. If I'm right, it wouldn't be a bad idea for us to follow the road and look." 

Hearing Martinez's words, Crowley leaned over to Michonne and asked, "If we follow them, what will we do with this woman? Will we just kill her outright?" 

"We won't." Martinez shook his head and then said, "You know the Governor's temperament, and at least one of these two women will be taken back. The other woman had a gun and we had no choice but to kill her. If she is also killed, we will have no way to answer to the Governor when we return." 

"All right!" 

Crowley had no choice but to ask someone to find a rope, and then he tied Michonne's upper body tightly so Michonne wouldn't make any foolish movements, when he was finally done he said to Michonne, "Listen carefully, we won't kill you, but you shouldn't try to escape in your situation either, just take care of following us closely and nothing will happen to you." 

Hearing Crowley's words, Michonne was still sitting on the ground expressionless, not giving an answer to these people about her thoughts for a long time. Seeing this, Crowley wasted no time and picked Michonne up, reached out his hand, grabbed her by the neck and said in a cold voice, "Listen to me good bitch, just follow us closely, don't blame me if you die due to not being able to keep up with us!" 

After he finished speaking, Crowley flashed a mischievous smile, but Michonne just gave him a cold stare and didn't speak, she pursed her lips in indifference and ignored him. 

After some people resolved the situation in this place, Michonne was dragged in the direction of the van and chased the traces of the group that passed a moment ago.  

... 

At that very moment, Airon was sitting in the back of an armored vehicle, after hearing Welles tell him the approximate location of his companions in the morning, he quickly organized a group of people to approach the destination together. 

"Zz..." 

At the same time, the radio in Airon's vest, which remained silent, suddenly beeped again  

"Zz... Airon, it's Rick! We're going back to the prison!" 

Airon calmly opened his eyes, raised the radio with his left hand and said in a slightly paused tone, "This is Airon, I got your message, we're on a mission right now, I'll contact you later!" 

"Understood!" 

Being alerted by the radio, Airon didn't feel like continuing to think about his next plans, mito water the road and asked the driver, "What's the approximate time of arrival at the set point?" 

"About ten minutes or so, Sir!" Said the driver quickly. 

Looking at the endless road ahead, Airon lightly rubbed his tired face, opened a canteen and drank some water before sighing lightly. The tired feeling was stimulated by the water entering his throat, and then he tried to wake up in his drowsy state.

"I hope we resolve this matter as soon as possible, I don't have much time after all." 

The sun in the sky shone on the faces of the people inside the armored car, at this moment everyone inside was fully equipped for the meeting with those military men. Considering that they were deceived by the Governor, Airon could not say the same. 

Consequently, he cannot go with the same calmness as how the Governor did, after all he had faced many enemies and they were not just normal civilians, but police and military who had become truly evil beings. 

Even if this is not the case, he should be prepared for the worst. This is the only way Airon has never been defeated, even in the quietest of times, he has a knife hidden in his boot ready to cut down his enemies if the situation calls for it. 

"Is it safe to take in that group of soldiers?" T-dog asked with a hesitant look. Since following Airon he had learned many things, but now times had changed. 

"That won't be a problem, we have their partner and quite possibly they need our help, we should help them." Glenn replied with an excited expression. 

Hearing what Glenn said in front of him, Airon couldn't help but smile and said, "They are desperate, an allied hand and more if they come from us is the only thing they need, we are going to help them but who said we could trust them..." 

After he finished speaking, he narrowed his eyes and held his weapon in his hands, he would definitely prove today that he would not miss any opportunity that he can still get due to his future knowledge. 

Also, he in turn wanted to train as possible the people inside the prison with incredible potential such as T-dog and Glenn who can become incredibly reliable people. 

At this time, the weather has become quite cold and, although it is not cold inside the car, it is not easy for people on the outside to survive even considering the walkers. 

When the armored car duo slowed down, Airon's group was almost at their destination. 

From a distance, some trucks and Humvee vehicles could be seen in an open space to their left, and some soldiers remained standing guard around them while others were servicing the cars.　　

At some distance from that group of cars and trucks, many dead bodies of walkers were piled up on the ground, indicating that these people had been waiting for a long time in this place.

The armored car duo did not stop and headed straight for the open space where the other party was parked. The leader of the soldiers approached a car and took cover, but immediately discovered that these vehicles belonged to the army, unlike that they had now been painted! 

In the machine guns of the two armored cars were two people who you could only look at their helmets, but if right now those two machine guns would attack them, they would definitely be eliminated. 

There were some people from the group of soldiers who had already realized the situation. Seeing the approaching armored vehicles, a young soldier alerted his superior and said, "Corporal, what should we do?" 

The corporal looked out and got out of the car with some hesitation, the two armored vehicles on the opposite side stopped at a distance of tens of meters, and then he saw a group of people in military uniforms get out from inside the cars, the same military uniform they were wearing, and even their weapons were the same, no, they had much better equipment than his own weapons. 

The corporal raised his gun and stepped forward, shouting to Airon and the others, "Halt, stay back! Report your identities!" 

Airon stepped out of an armored car and slowly approached the group of soldiers without any hesitation and shouted loudly, "My name is Airon, since the chain of command was lost, I have protected civilians with my men successfully, what is your situation?" 

The corporal was surprised to hear Airon's words, and tentatively asked, "Sir, if what you say is true, how could they have found us?" 

Hearing this, Airon raised his hand and a dog tag was placed in full view of everyone, then said, "Corporal, we have Welles, my people found his crashed helicopter, fortunately we managed to get him out." 　 

"Where are they?" the Corporal asked anxiously, it had been a long time since they had expected Welles' arrival, Sergeant Welles had already been out piloting the helicopter for a day, and logically he should have been back long ago. 

Airon pointed in one direction as he approached and then said, "At that address we have a large-scale base. Sergeant Welles was seriously injured, and considering the situation we requested his services to augment security." 

Hearing Airon's words, the soldiers behind the corporal suddenly erupted in celebration, laughing and cheering each other on. 　　 

The corporal stepped forward and took the dog tag from Airon's hand, looked at it and asked with some hesitation, "Where are the others, how are they?" 

Airon looked at the corporal for a moment, then put his hands in his pocket and then said, "I'm so sorry for your losses, we couldn't do much for them." 

The corporal's face also darkened, but he quickly recovered and held out his hand to Airon, "Hello sir, my name is Rayan, I am Corporal Rayan, with whom do I have the pleasure?" 

"You can call me Airon, me and my people were protecting the CDC in Atlanta when the outbreak broke out, when the chain of command was lost I started gathering survivors and soldiers who were in the same situation as you, they were all joining my shelter!" 

Corporal Rayan's face became serious and then he gave a military salute, "Mr. Airon, nice to meet you." 

Airon also returned the military salute, but he no longer intended to continue with the salutes. Looking at Rayan, he said, "Corporal, follow our convoy. We will return to base now, we can catch up once we return." 

Rayan, who heard these words said with an unnatural tone, "Major, our vehicles don't have much fuel. The tanks were full before, but we ran out when we got to that site." 

When Airon heard this, Airon motioned to Shane, and soon T-dog and Glenn came running with how many containers of fuel. 　　 

The Corporal now completely believed Airon's words, because only Welles had no chance of getting this kind of fuel. 

The Sergeant knew that the other party was very well prepared so he must have told them this detail, when he looked at this, the doubts in his heart dissipated, and he helped Glenn and very soon everyone started to refuel the vehicles. 

Seeing that the problem was solved, Airon decided not to waste any more time, and soon a group of people set foot on the way back. 

By this time, Rick and the others had arrived at the prison, ordered the rest of the people to unload the supplies from the car and then made their way to their room. 

Lori is going into labor soon, which makes Rick very excited that she is expecting her second son or daughter very soon! At this point, he just wanted to go to his wife's side to take care of her. Thinking about this, Rick couldn't help but pick up the pace with a smile on his face.