This is a new story about Rick/OC, it will follow the time line of the show, but not much else. As usual I don't own anything you know. No matter how much I wish I did. I hope you enjoy! And please R&R.

The pain was overwhelming as Ell opened her eyes. She could see the dirt move with every breath she took. Pushing herself away from the ground she groaned. Her whole body hurt. She sat up and scooted until she was up against a wall. It took her a few minutes to finally come to and get fully awake. She tried to take a deep breath but it hurt. Pushing on her side she figured that she had probably received a cracked rib.

Taking a few slow breaths she sat there and looked around. It wasn't hard to tell she was in a restaurant walk in freezer. She herd noise out side the door just before it opened. The sun poured in almost blinding her. When her eyes adjusted she saw three men holding another person with a hood on their head.

The men drug the person in the small room. They threw the person to the floor. Two men began struggling with him while the third man went to Ell. Grabbing her he drug her toward the other person. Ell struggled with him kicking and hitting him, but it didn't stop him. He grabbed her by the foot and drug her on her back to the other men.

She could hear chains rattling around. Looking down she watched as they put a large chain around her ankle then did the same to the other person. There was only about a foot and a half of chain between the two. The three men stood up and walked out of the door shutting it behind them. With a few good holes close to the ceiling there was enough light to see the hood of the person sitting next to her.

Once the men left the person set up quick. Ripping the blood covered hood from their head Ell was surprised to see a man sitting next to her. Short brown hair, blue eyes and what looked to be a week old beard. Ell just watched him as he looked around. "Where are we?"

"We're in a freezer." Ell answered the man. He looked down at his foot and tried to slip the chain off his ankle. He must of struggled with it for five minutes before giving up.

Finally he moved until he was sitting against the same wall as her. "I'm Rick." He said taking a rag from his pocket. Taking a small bottle of water from the ground in front of him he poured a little on the rag. He cleaned the blood from his face.

"I'm Ell." She looked him over. He was wearing black jeans and a tan jacket. When her ankle itched she reached down. Pulling up the leg of her pants she sighed. Her ankle was scabbed and raw, just barley beginning to heal from the last person she was chained to, their name was Jack. And she thought he would be her ticket to getting away from Job.

Job was the man leading the group of men that were currently holding her and Rick. She couldn't remember how long she'd been with them. She was with a group of people that included Job. He was always weird. But one day he snapped. Him and another man from her grouped killed ten people and took her hostage. Since then she had been held by Job. And he'd proved time and time again that he would do anything to keep her.

Job's group grew over time. And they would take people hostage. They would take women to do horrible things to them. And they would take men as walker bait and sheer entertainment. When they took Jack, Ell finally found someone she thought she could trust. Then when Job walked into the room they were being held in and found them holding hands he lost it. Two men came in and drug Jack out of the room. Throwing him on the ground Job shot him.

Ell lost all hope that night. She'd been in that freezer for about a week. Alone with no one. Every day Job would come in and talk to her. The day before she must of said something he didn't like because she woke up this morning bruised. And now she was sitting there chained to Rick.

"How long have you been here?" Rick asked after a long silence.

"I can't remember how long these ass holes have had me." She looked straight ahead.

"We need to get out of here, as soon as we can." Rick looked around for a chance to get out.

"There is no getting out." Ell looked at him like he was crazy.

"I have a son I'm going to get back to." Rick spoke with conviction. Ell respected that he wasn't ready to just give up. But she knew these people. And they weren't just going to let him walk away. And he was chained to her. Which meant that if he went then she had to go to. She'd tried that before and it ended badly.

As the sun began to fade from the freezer Ell watched the door open and Job walk inside. It was time for his nightly talk. He walked to her and knelled down. He reached to brush hair from her face. She jerked away from him. Rick watched their interaction. "I'm sorry about last night. But you really left me no choice." He stood back up and walked to the other side of the room. "You know I don't like it when you tell me no. And then the spitting, oh that nasty spitting. If I didn't long to one day taste that tongue I would cut it right out of your mouth."

He walked to the door then turned back to her. "As soon as we find our palace you will be mine." He blew her a kiss then shut the door behind him. Ell sighed deeply. Happy that he was gone. She knew exactly what he had on his mind. He'd tried to have his way with her once. But she was able to fight him off. Since then he has said that he would wait till they found their palace.

The next morning Ell woke next to Rick. Not that they could get very far from each other. She looked at the man at her side and waited. There was nothing else to do. But then banging on the outside of the door made her jump. "Get up, were moving in ten." A voice yelled from the other side.

"This is our chance." Rick spoke almost trying to convince her to run with him.

"We can't get away. They'll kill you." She pleaded with him.

"Do you want to stay with them?"

"No"

"Then follow my lead." Rick said just as the door opened.

Two men came in and led them out. They pushed Rick witch pulled Ell since they were chained at the ankle. The marched them down the road. The men all had guns. And with the two chain together with a small chain there was no need to tie their hands. Job walked at the front of the group while the others were spread out. A few in front of Rick and Ell and a few behind.

They walked down the road for what seemed like forever. Until they came to a small store. Job ordered three men to stay with Rick and Ell. While he and the others would go into the store to gather what they could find. Rick knew this would be his only chance for who knew how long. And the longer they walked the further he got from his son.

Rick watched the men walk into the store, and Ell watched Rick. She could tell he was going to do something. One of the men watching them walked to the side of the building to pee. With only two men there now this was the moment. As one walked beside him Rick grabbed him around the neck taking him to the ground. The other man came running. With his free leg Rick kicked the other man.

Ell knew she had to do something. She jumped on the man on the ground and began hitting him. Rick began punching the man he took down. After three hits the man was unconscious. As he turned to the man Ell was hitting the third man came running. Ell grabbed a knife from the man she was hitting. Rick grabbed the third man and began to fight with him.

The man Ell was fighting with flipped her to her back. He wrapped his hands around her neck and began to squeeze. With one hand she pushed on his face. She swung her other hand out. Holding the knife she drove it deep in his neck and twisted. Still holding the man up above her she watched the life fade out of his eyes. Turning she could see Rick still fighting with the man on the ground. Pushing the man off of her she got to her knees.

Hurried Ell took the knife and pulled it across the mans throat. Blood squirted upward. Rick leaned back in surprise. The man under him gagged and chocked on his blood before dying. He looked at Ell as he tried to catch his breath. He didn't have time to waste. Getting to his feet he helped Ell up. "We have to get out of here." Rick's left ankle was chained to her right ankle. Taking her by the arm he began to move. Ell didn't have much of a choice.

The two moved as fast as they could. It was a morbid three legged race. Only this time losing meant death. They ran into the trees behind the store. The woods were thick and the brush was high making it very easy to stumble. Rick held tightly to Ell trying to keep her from hitting the ground. All he knew was that they had to keep going. He had to keep her moving. They had to get as far as they could as fast as they could. Rick would get back to his son no matter what he had to do.