Everyone quickly walks inside and looks around confused.
"Hello??" Rick asks
A gun cocks making everyone turn and aim their weapons.
"Anybody infected?!" A guy shouts
"One in our group was...he didn't make it.." Rick says
"Why are you here, what do you want?" He asks
"A chance" Rick says
"That's asking an awful lot these days" The guy says
"I know.." Rick responds
It goes quiet for a little while but then the guy takes a small step forward.
"You all submit to a blood test, that's the price of admission" he says
"We can do that" Rick nods
"You got stuff to get, do it now. Once that door closes it stays closed" he says and lowers his gun
Everyone quickly rushes back outside and back to the vehicles.
T-dog and Dale stay guarding the doors.
We all run back inside with bags and everything else we have.
"Vi, seal the main entrance. Kill the power up here" the guy says into a keypad by the door
He walks us to an elevator so we all get in, it's pretty cramped.
"Doctors always go around packing heat like that?" Daryl breaks the silence
"There were plenty left lying around. I familiarized myself. But you all look harmless enough" Jenner says
"Except you. I'll have to keep my eye on you" he says to Carl
Carl looks up at him and smiles so he chuckles.
We all exit the elevator and head down a hallway.
"Are we underground?" Carol asks
"You claustrophobic?" Jenner asks her
"A little" she responds
"Try not to think about it" he says
He brings us into a big room full of computers and big screens.
"Where is everybody? The doctors, the staff?" Rick asks
"I'm it...its just me" Jenner says
"What about the person you were speaking with? Vi?" Lori asks
"Vi! Say hello to our guests. Tell them...welcome" Jenner says
"Hello, guests. Welcome" A female robotic voice says
"I'm all that's left, I'm sorry.." Jenner says
He takes us to a room and starts to take a sample of blood from each of us.
When it's my turn I close my eyes and Daryl gently squeezes my hand.
I whimper as the needle goes in then take a deep breath in.
"Okay, your good" Jenner puts a bandaid on me.
I slowly stand up and hold onto daryl. I feel a little dizzy.
"See? S'nothing" Daryl smirks
"Shut up" I chuckle and sit down
After the last person, Andrea, gets her blood taken Jacqui helps her stand up as she clearly feels dizzy.
"You ok?" Jenner asks
"She hasn't eaten in days, none of us have" Jacqui answers for Andrea
A while later Jenner comes to get us. We follow him into the kitchen and see plates of food and bottles of wine on the table.
"Oh my god.." I smile
"No way.." Daryl says
Everyone quickly sits down and starts to pour themselves glasses of wine and starts to eat.
°°°
A little while later
Everyone is talking and laughing, enjoying dinner.
"Y'know, In italy...children have a little bit of wine with dinner. And in France" Dale says with a smile as he pours and hands Lori her glass.
"Well, when Carl is in Italy or France he can have some then" Lori says
"What's it gonna hurt? Come on. Come on!" Rick smiles
She raises her eyebrows and smiles then shrugs.
"Alright" she says
"Ayee!" T-dog and the others cheer
Dale pours a little wine into a cup and holds it out to Carl.
"There you are, young man" Dale smiles
Carl grabs the cup and slowly takes a small sip.
"Eww!" His face scrunches up
"That's my boy. That's my boy. Good boy" Lori pats his back
Lori takes his cup and pours the wine into her glass.
"That's nasty" Carl says
I chuckle then look up at everyone with a smile.
"Just stick to soda pop, bud" Shane says
"Not you Glenn." Daryl speaks up
Both Glenn and I look up at Daryl with confused expressions.
"What?" Glenn smiles
"Keep drinking little man. I wanna see how red your face can get" Daryl says
Everyone laughs while Glenn rolls his eyes and laughs too.
Rick taps his fork against his glass to silence everyone.
"It seems to me we haven't thanked our host properly" Rick says
"He is more than just our host" T-dog raises his glass
Everyone cheers and raises their glasses too.
"Booyah!" Daryl smiles and raises his bottle
"Booyah!" I chuckle and raise my glass
I glance down to take a sip from my glass but catch a glimpse of Daryl in the corner of my eye.
His shirt is lifted slightly from his arm being lifted up, revealing a bit of skin and his happy trail.
His gun is tucked into his pants in the front, under the buckle of his belt.
I blush and gulp then look down at the ground.
He joins my side again and leans back on the counter while taking a swig from his wine bottle.
"So, when are you gonna tell us what the hell happened here, doc? All the uh..other doctors, that were supposed to be figuring out what happened. Where are they?" Shane asks
Everything goes quiet
"We're celebrating Shane, don't need to do this now" Rick says
"Woah, wait a second. This is why we're here, right? This was your move- supposed to find all the answers..instead we uh..we found him. Found one man. Why?" Shane asks
"Well, when things got bad a lot of people just...left. Went off to be with their families" Jenner says
Everyone listens intently now
"And when things got worse, when the military cordon got overrun, the rest bolted..." Jenner finishes
"Every last one?" Shane smiles smugly
"No. Many couldn't face walking out the door. They...'opted' out...there was a rash of suicides.." Jenner says
I sigh and shut my eyes, hugging myself slightly.
"You didn't leave. Why?" Andrea asks
"I just kept working. Hoping to do some good." Jenner nods
"What a fucking buzzkill..." I mumble and shake my head
Daryl chuckles and puts his hand on the small of my back.
"Dude, you are such a buzzkill man.." Glenn says to shane
Daryl and I both smirk and I raise my glass slightly towards Glenn.
"Great minds think alike.." I say quietly while pushing myself off the counter.
I grab my plate and put it on the table.
"I've lost my appetite, y'all can have it.." I say
I walk away with my wine glass still in hand.
I walk towards the rooms and lean back on the wall.
I lay my head back and close my eyes with a sigh.
"Ya alright?" Daryl asks
I open my eyes and tilt my head back straight to look at him.
"Yeah.." I look down then sip my wine
He leans against the wall beside me and drinks his wine too.
"God, if Merle were here right now he'd force me to just keep drinking till I pass out" I chuckle
"Probably" Daryl smirks
"He'd be surprised that you're already willingly drinking some. I sure am, ain't never seen you drink more than a few sips of beer" he chuckles
"Yeah well...figured I should ease up now.." I smile
The others come around the corner after a little while.
"Most of the facility is powered down, including housing so you'll have to make do here" Jenner says
"Couches are comfortable, but there's some cots in storage if you like." Jenner continues
"There's a rec room down the hall that you kids might enjoy. Just..don't plug in the video games ok? Or anything that draws power" Jenner asks them
Sophia and Carl nod so he stands back straight up and looks back at us.
"Same applies. If you shower go easy on the hot water" Jenner says before walking away
My face instantly lights up and I glance at Daryl with a grin.
He grins back and takes another swig of his wine.
"Hot water?" Glenn turns to us and asks with a smile
"That's what the man said" T-dog grins
Glenn and T-dog quickly start sprinting to the showers.
They both enter separate rooms and close the doors.
I enter a room too and close the door then quickly put my stuff down.
I gulp down the rest of my wine then put the glass down next to the sink.
I immediately start to undress and toss my clothes onto the ground.
I get slight goosebumps from the air hitting my bare skin.
I turn on the water and step in. I gasp then laugh and grin as the water hits me.
I put my hands out and let the water hit them then I close my eyes.
A few seconds later I quickly start to wet my hair and clean up, to not waste time or water as Jenner asked.
After I'm finished I turn off the water then wrap my towel around myself.
I hear the door open and shut again. My eyes widen and my body freezes.
"Uh, there's someone already in here!" I say
No answer and I don't hear any noises.
I take a deep breath and then slowly start to walk out of the shower.
"Hello?" I ask
Suddenly someone grabs me from behind and pushes me backwards.
I gasp but then look up and realize it's Daryl.
"Shit, Dar. You scared the hell outta me!"
He pulls me closer and presses our chests together, wrapping his arms around me and digging his face into my neck.
"Daryl, what are you-?" I ask
He suddenly grabs the back of my thighs and picks me up then sits me down onto the counter.
I gasp and hold onto his shoulders.
"D-daryl-"
"Goddamn it...I need you.." He mumbles into my neck
"W-what?? Daryl wait-"
He grabs my hips and pulls me closer to the edge then he grinds his hips into mine.
When he picked me up my towel had lifted slightly so his clothed bulge rubbed against my slick cunt, pressing the perfect amount of pressure to my clit.
I grip his wet hair slightly and gasp, digging my face into his shoulder my back arching slightly.
"D-daryl I thought...you said no?"
"Fuck that. Ain't none of those freaks gonna get us in here" he mumbles
He lets go of my waist and quickly starts to try and unbuckle his belt.
"You wanted this didn't you? Practically begged for it" he mutters
"Daryl.." I breath out
"Fuck" He groans and gives up on his pants
He grabs my hips again and goes back to grinding his clothed body against my bare one, only being covered by my towel.
He brings one hand up and grabs my throat gently, tilting my head up.
He quickly presses his lips against mine and kisses me roughly.
I grab at his shirt and push his chest, trying to push him away.
"Fuck...I-I'm- I'm sorry, I..I'm not good at this I..."
"I-i know but that's not...that's not the issue.."
"Then what? Didn't you want this?" He asks softly, his eyes and face red
"Daryl your drunk. We shouldn't-"
"I want this, okay?? i-I..."
He sighs and looks down
"Just...Y/n, it's not that I don't want you it's that I'm scared of losing you" he mumbles and starts kissing my neck and shoulder.
"Daryl, I know I wanted this but now...now that I know you want me too I-"
He growls and holds my waist tighter then quickly pushes me to lay back.
I gasp and instinctively put my hands behind me to balance myself making my empty wine glass roll off the counter and smash on the ground, As well as my back hits the mirror.
He stops and stares blankly at my chest for a second before slowly letting go of me and stepping back.
He hesitantly looks up into my eyes and there's a few tears there.
"Daryl.." I breathe out and sit up, adjusting my towel more over my chest.
"I'm so sorry..." He looks down and shakes his head
He grunts then quickly leaves the room, slamming the door behind him.
I stay sitting on the counter for a minute, my body shaking.
I sniffle then hop off the counter and quickly get dressed.
I look at myself in the mirror and see multiple hickeys on my neck.
I walk down the hallway, and realize every room is taken. Until I find a room that has the door cracked open.
I slowly open it and peek in to find Daryl laying on a cot, on his side and his back to me.
'Of course I have to share a room with him...' I think and sigh
I silently put my things down then head out of the room again.
I open the storage room door and grab a blanket then close it.
My ears perk up at some shouting so of course being nosey as I always have been, I head towards it, the rec room.
My hand reaches out for the door knob but then it arubtly opens.
I look up and see Shane looking at me with wide eyes. He has 3 bleeding scratch marks across his neck.
I glance behind him and see Lori with tears in her eyes and she's sitting on a ping pong table, only in a button up shirt and some shorts.
My eyebrows knit together and I look back at Shane angrily.
"Is everything ok here?" I ask
"Never better.." He mutters and pushes past me
He slams the door shut and shoulder checks me.
"Care to explain?" I ask
He suddenly turns back around and pins me to the wall, his hand gripping my neck.
I dropped the blanket after my back hit the wall.
He takes deep breaths for a few seconds then glances down at my neck.
"Care to explain those??" He asks about my hickeys
"Not that it's your business but Daryl tried to fuck me but I refused. That what you wanted to hear?? Now you tell me what the fuck just happened"
He stares at me shocked but then furrows his eyebrows angrily.
"What you saw in there, stays between us, you hear me?? Or else." He says through gritted teeth
"Or what?" I say back also through gritted teeth
"No. No 'or what' you will NOT tell anyone. Not Daryl, not Andrea or Jacqui, and especially don't tell Rick. I WILL know, and it won't end well for you..." He says
I gulp but continue to stare at him with an angry expression.
He let's go of me and starts to walk away but then he glances back at me.
"Y'know what actually?? Your 'or what' is I'll tell everyone you and Daryl's little...disagreement. A secret for a secret" he says
I breathe in and look away so he walks away.
I quickly enter the rec room and walk over to Lori.
"Jesus, hun, are you alright??" I reach my hands out to her
"I-im alright, I'm fine" she shakes her head
"What the hell was that about??"
"It..I- I don't know. I don't know, I...it doesn't matter"
"It doesn't- are you kidding me?? You have to tell Rick!"
"No! *sigh* I'm sorry but please, no. Don't tell Rick. Don't tell anyone, please..."
"*sigh* Alright.."
"Thank you. And I'm fine, really"
I hug her then walk her to her room, grabbing my blanket off the floor as we leave the rec room.
I leave her room and head back to my room with a sigh. I enter and close the door silently then lay down on the couch.
I drape the blanket over myself and let sleep overcome me.