It was a hot day at the prison, Carl was taking watch while everyone else was fighting on whether or not they should let Merle stay, he didn't really care didn't effect him all he wanted to do was get the hell out of there before the Governor came and killed them all, but no one listened to him he was just the kid who never did as he was told.
"Hey"Carl heard behind him he turned to see the big blue eyes of Beth, he could feel his face get instantly red and hoped she would just pass it off as the heat.
"H-hey"
"Brought you some water"she said handing him the cup, he took it and drank it all in one gulp it was warm but at least it was something.
"Thanks"he said handing her the cup.
"You okay Carl?"she asked sitting down on the concert floor.
" 'm fine, just thinking about getting the hell out of here" he replied looking out over the prison.
"We can't do that, we'll die out there" he heard Beth whisper.
"Oh yeah? And what do you thinks gonna happen here? The governors not just gonna leave us alone and were weak its a death sentence either way" Carl snapped he regretted it instantly but he was tired of people brushing him off like all his ideas were stupid. He heard her sigh then felt a hand on his shoulder.
"It's ok to be afraid you know" she breathed in his ear making all the hairs on his neck stand up.
"Beth"Carl turned he had grown as tall as her now and could look her in the eyes, her breath was hot on his face and she was smiling, god she had the prettiest smile. He was going to say something maybe an apology when her eyes grew wide and she was pointing out to the field.
"Oh god whats that!" she yelled. Carl turned and saw a girl she looked more like a teenager running towards the gate with someone in her arms. She was struggling he could tell and her clothes were stained red.
"GO GET MY DAD" he yelled running down the tower stairs into the field.
When he got close enough he could see she was wide eyed and crying.
"PLEASE YOU HAVE TO HELP ME" she cried Carl could see she was no more then 16, she looked sleep deprived but not nearly as skinny as the girl she was holding i mean she wasn't fat but she was no size 2.
"CARL STAY BACK"He heard his father call, he looked back and saw Rick, Daryl, Carol and Hershel making there way over to them everyone had weapons.
The first to make it to them was Daryl he aimed his bow at the girl.
"WHAT HAPPENED" he yelled at the girl.
"My sister me and her were taken by a man into his town, we thought it was safe until he tied us up and took us to a basement h-he tortured us please, shes dying please"she was sobbing now.
"Did this man call himself the Governor?" Rick asked Carl saw his father put the gun down a bit, not all the way but a bit.
"Ye-yeah the town was called wood bury please i got us out but she got stabbed you have to help her"she begged.
"Rick let them in"Hershel said putting his hand on the leaders back.
"CARL OPEN THE GATE"rick yelled.
Carl ran to the gate and opened it letting the girl in, Rick ran to her and grabbed the girl out of her hands.
"Where was she stabbed?" Hershel asked her.
"I-in the chest"she breathed.
"Ok Daryl come with me get all the medical supply's and a table Rick you come along and take all the girls clothes off of her and try to clean her the best you can we can't have any infection we don't have the medicine for it, Carol and Carl take this girl get her some clean clothes and something to eat"Hershel barked out orders.
"Where you hurt?"Carl asked her.
"N-no"she shook.
"Lets get you inside then"Carol said putting her arm around the girls shoulder.
It been about an hour sense the girl arrived and she was changed had something to eat and even got to wash her face, Carl found out her name was Rebecca and her sisters was Constance, she was 15 the youngest of 4 girls and she was Greek.
"Okay Rebecca i'm gonna need you to tell me everything that happened over this past year, wheres your family? Where were you when the outbreak happened, how did you escape woodbury? That stuff"Rick said Rebecca was lying down in Carls lower bunk they decided it was best to have her sleep with another teenager were she might be more comfortable.
"Were really from Houston Texas but had family up in Atlanta were we would visit every summer. It was going to be me and all my sisters but Mia was the only one who ended up coming the others they had jobs and stuff and couldn't take off. We were in Atlanta for a few days when my uncle wanted to go hunting and asked if any of us wanted to come I always wanted to try it so I came and Mia shes not into all that but i convinced her anyways we were camping when a thing, a biter came out and attacked my uncle me and mia just ran to the car and tried to get onto the highway but it was blocked and th-then"she was holding back tears Carl could tell he sat on the bed and grabbed her hand.
"Its ok you can do it"he whispered smiling encouragingly. She smiled back and he felt his heart flip.
"We saw them bomb Atlanta we didn't know what to do so I called my mom on my cell and I got to talk to her for a few minutes"she was smiling now. "Bu-but then I heard screaming and gun shots and the line went dead."
Everyone was looked around and saw tears streaming down Carol and beths face, Maggie was clutching onto Glenn no doubt thinking about how lucky she was to have him and everyone else's faces were as coled as stone the only people not in the room were Daryl who was hunting, Hershel who was operating on Constance and Merle who was doing god knows what. Before Carl could stop himself he squeezed her hand tighter.
"Anyways we stumbled upon the Governors men three weeks after the outbreak, they told us they would be good that they had a town and we could have food, shelter, I didn't trust it they gave me the creeps but Constance convinced me told me we could live there survive I said okay because I figured it was live there no matter how creepy or die out there I mean I knew a little about hunting but not enough and Constance was making me eat the most said it was better for me because i was younger and I was still growing and I needed it! We got there and were greeted by the Governor he instantly rubbed me the wrong way but then for a few weeks it was good! We were doing high school out of an old barn with other students we were eating we were happy! But one night I got caught out after curfew I just had to use the restroom and didn't want to wake anybody"she was crying again.
"He kicked me to the ground and called it my punishment he punched me until I had a split lip and a black eye and told me if he ever saw me out after dark again I was going to wish I was dead. I ran to my room and told Constance we were getting the hell out of there when two men came in our room and hit me over the head. I woke up the next day in a basement they kept us down there for months hurting us, touching us"she was full on sobbing again shaking so hard it looked as if she might puke.
"You don't have to keep going"Maggie said sitting next to her and hugging her.
'I want to"She breathed shaking her head to try to calm herself.
"He assigned told us that we each got a master that we had to do anything for, I got a man named Martinez he would come and visit me everyday if I didn't do wh-what he asked he would beat me"she was just shaking now Carl felt like he was going to be sick.
'What about Constance? Who did she get?"Glen asked.
"She got the sick bastard himself"she cried.
After that she told us about escaping when Martinez accidently left a knife in the room when he was called away on an Emergency something about terrorist. She had to kill two people to get out and then when they ran out of the town Constance got a knife thrown in her chest, she stopped the bleeding as much as she could, picked her up and ran until she found the had left to left her rest except Carl who was still holding onto her hand. She had stopped crying and Carl decided to leave her be to get some rest so he stood up and started walking out of the room when she grabbed his hand.
"Can you stay?" she asked smiling slightly. Carl looked down at her and really looked at her she was really pretty in an exotic way she had light olive skin long thick kinda crazy kinky hair and big brown eyes.
"Sure"he said sitting back on the bed.
"Your the leaders son right?"she said scooting closer to him.
"Yeah"he replied his heart beating a mile a minute, what was wrong with him anyways? This girl just described how she was raped and torture but the only thing he could focus on was how pink and full her lips looked.
"You look like him, your handsome"she said before smiling and laying down. Carl didn't know what to say so he didn't say anything he just sat besides her still holding onto her hand while she drifted off to sleep.
