Chapter 1.

Daryl just couldn't believe it. How could he have been so stupid? An easy catch for Governor´s men, that´s what he had been.

- You stupid, dumbass redneck, he told to himself.

He was lying uncomfortably on his side in the back of the van, hands and legs tied up, head covered with black hood so he couldn't see a damn thing. His mouth was covered with duct. Car was moving, he knew that. They've already been driving like an hour or so.

And what was worst of it - he could hear Carol sniveling nearby, probably tied up tightly as well.

He just haven't seen that coming. It has been months since they last saw that madman, and in this world they lived in now more accurate dangers occurred every day.

So his mind was focused elsewhere - getting supplies, finding medication, learning how to deal with new people in the prison.

And this morning he went just for a short round in the woods nearby the prison. He wanted to check the traps in order to find some prey. Carol accompanied him, carrying a little basket on the arm. She wanted to find some late berries to fresh up their monotonous diet. It had been a nice, quiet day - not even walkers anywhere near to be seen.

And there they were, waiting, lurking behind the bushes. Obviously they had that carefully planned. They hit on the moment he was focused on detaching the screaming piglet from the trap and Carol had wandered little further. He put his crossbow on the ground and tried to detach the animal alive - he was thinking of taking it back to the prison, where Rick could grow that thing a little bigger before they would eat it.

Screaming of the pig covered the voices of forthcoming men from his sharp ears. And he was too focused on the task at hand to notice them early enough.

Of course it really was weird to find a living pig in the middle of the woods these days. But not so weird that he would´ve heard the alarm bells in his mind.

Obviously the pig was planted there by the men who suddenly put a gunpoint to his head from behind.

It really was the oldest trick in the book. And he couldn't do a damn thing about it.

There were three of them surrounding him. And the fourth came from the bushes with shocked Carol.

And then came him.

The Governor.