I hope y'all enjoy this chapter, its shorter than the other ones ❤️
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Daryl's POV
I sit on the road, feeling lonely and lost.
Someone took Beth, and I couldn't stop it.
"Well looky here." A male voice rings out, as a group of men surround me. He reaches down and I punch him in the face, aiming my bow at him.
"Hold up!" The man on the ground says as all the guys aim their weapons at me.
"I claim the vest! I like them wings!" A guy says from behind me.
"I said hold up!" The other man says as he starts to laugh, his nose bleeding. He gets to his feet. "A bow man. I respect that. You see a man with a rifle could have been a photographer or a soccer coach. But a bow man is a bow man through and through. What is that? 150 draw back weight? I'll be donky licked if that doesn't fire 300 feet per second. I have been looking for one like that. But instead I got stuck with this one from some stupid girl." He says, pulling out a black and red bow...
Natalie's bow.
My eyes widen a bit.
"W-what happened to her?" Is all I manage to get out.
"Her and another girl, real pretty brunette. I've always had a thing for blondes." He chuckles making a deep growl form in my throat, but I didn't want to test my luck. "They left, without their weapons that we took. Girls are as good as dead." He says to me. I feel my heart drop, not knowing what happened to her or if she is even okay. I keep a steady aim at him. "You pull that trigger my boys here are going to drop you several times over. Come on fella, it's a suicide shot." He says. "The names Joe." I drop my aim, knowing that I needed to know more about them. They had Natalie and Lydia...
"Daryl." I grunt, giving him my name. He grins at me and I nod.
She has to be okay. She has too.
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Natalie's POV
I sit high up in a tree across from Lydia, silent as we watch the horde of walkers shuffle past. After awhile it passes and when it's safe we both climb down.
"We could have taken them!" I exclaim to Lydia once my feet hit the ground and she shakes her head.
"Natalie be level headed. Think. Analyze. Survive. We need to save our energy, and taking on that many walkers isn't the way to do so." She tells me and I nod.
"Okay. We need to find food. Water- You smell that?" I say, the scent of fire smoke in the air. We begin to look around. Soon we come to a railroad. I follow the smell for awhile to a small horde of charred walkers, blackened from being burnt. They are walking infront of us. I put a hand up to her and she stops next to me. Once they get a safe distance away I let out a breath. I open my mouth to say something but hear two high pitched screams.
"Let's go!" Lydia yells as my hand tightens around my knife. We take off running, my instincts taking over. We soon come to the group of charred walkers. The girls still screaming. I notice that it's two girls from the prison, Lizzie and Mika. We both kill multiple walkers. I also see Carol and Tyresse shooting them down. Soon they are all taken out.
"Natalie, Lydia." Carol says to us as we run up. I hug her, feeling my eyes fill with tears. I pull away. "Daryl.?" She asks and I shake my head.
"We got separated at the prison... it's so good to see you." I tell her with a nod. She smiles at me hugging me once again.
They lead us to the house and there I see Judith, making me gasp.
"Oh thank god she survived." Lydia breathes out.
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Last night was the first time I had food in days... the first time I got sleep. Even with the night sweats and nightmares about what happened since the prison...
I just want to find Daryl. I want him to be okay.
I sway with baby Judith in my arms as she coos. I put a finger down and she grabs it with her tiny hand. Making me laugh lightly as she gives me a gummy grin.
"Nati! Come play with me! This is my new doll." Mika smiles at me cheerily. I smile and sit down on the floor next to her as she indulges in a conversation about her doll. She tells me how she wants to live here, and that everything will be okay. Lydia had went off hunting with Carol and Tyresse. I stayed with Lizzie, Mika and Judith.
"Lizzie do you mind watching Judith while I go get some water? Shouldn't take me long." I ask a after awhile and stand up. Carol had asked me to before they left, so I thought I would go ahead and do it before they get back. She nods and takes Judith from me. "Stay in the house until I get back." I tell them, grabbing a bucket and heading to the well which is quite far from the house.
I pick up pecans along the way, finally getting to the well, I start to pump the water. Once I'm done I head back and see a sight that makes my heart drop. The water bucket falls from my hands along with the pecans making the crash to the ground in what seems to be slow motions.
"Lizzie!" I scream as she faces towards Carol, Tyresse and Lydia. Her knife and hands are covered in blood, and their lays Mika... dead. I run forward as she points a gun to Carol. She puts her hand up to me indicating for me to stop. I do so, feeling like a failure.
"No! No! We have to wait! And you'll see!" Lizzie shouts, and I finally realize that this little girl is bat shit crazy. Lydia looks at me in horror in the little girl infront of us and I shake my head.
"Okay okay. We will wait, I promise. Just give me the gun. Give me the gun." Carol tells her, Lizzie slowly hands it over.
"You, Tyresse and Lydia should take Judith back. It's not safe for her." Carol says, trying to be calm.
"But Judith can change too. I was just about to-." Lizzie says and I step forward.
"She can't even walk yet." I muster up to say making her turn to me. She nods.
"You're right." She agrees with a smile... this girl has lost her damn mind.
"So you three take Judith back and we'll have lunch. Me and Natalie will watch over Mika, tie her up to make sure she doesn't go anywhere." Carol tells the girl.
"You promise that's what you'll do?" Lizzie asks making Carol nod. Lydia scoops up Judith as her, Tyresse and Lizzie walk back to the house. I walk up to Carol who breaks down crying, I do the same as she takes out her knife.
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We all talk about the girl upstairs that could possibly kill us and Judith..
"What are we going to do?" I ask, holding Judith who is fast asleep in my arms.
"I can leave with her. Can't have her and Judith under the same roof." Carol says solemnly.
"You won't make it. Not on your own." Lydia says and I shake my head.
"She can't be around other people... other actions need to be taken. She is a danger to us all." I tell them, holding Judith closer to me.
"Maybe we could help her. Talk her out of it some how." Tyresse tries to justify. I shake my head.
"This is just how she is. It was already there." Carol tells him.
"And I didn't see it!" I say, my eyes flooding with tears. "If I hadn't left, it wouldn't have happened. It's my fault." I mumble, a tear falling down my cheek.
"No. She would have done it either way, it was bound to happen. How could you see it?" Carol says shaking her head.
"So where are we going to go? Us and Judith?" Tyresse speaks up.
"You won't make it either. She can't be around other people." Lydia says as Carol nods.
Us all knowing what has to be done.
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We leave that place behind, Judith on my back. Lydia to my right. Carol and Tyresse to my left.
We walk away and don't look back at the horrors that happened past that fence.
The little girls that died...
My mind gets clouded with mix of emotions. Anger, sadness, regret, fear.... depression.
"Natalie." Lydia whispers. I shake my head and walk ahead of her, not wanting to talk. She sighs but doesn't push it. We walk along the tracks for hours. The only sound was the four of the leaves crunching under our feet.
"This Terminus place. I don't trust it. It seems... too good to be true." I mumble breaking the silence. I stop and turn around. "We need a plan." I tell them.
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