A/N: You chose Dr Hawke to take the methadone to Merle.
"So you want to take Mr Dixon's drugs to him or not?" Janice asked again. I sighed at least if I took them he'd know I was still willing to help him and that he could come to me when he was ready. And it would get me away from Bryce.
"Yes I'll take them to Mr Dixon." Janice left and Bryce walked in front of him a smirk in place.
"You know that neighbourhood is pretty dangerous." For a second I actually believed that he was concerned for my safety. "But if I come with you no one will touch you with these guns at your side." He smiled flexing his biceps.
"I'll pass." I replied as I rolled my eyes taking Merle's methadone from Janice. "I'll see you tomorrow." I called to them as I picked up my leather jacket and bag, walking out of the building.
As I drove my red Prius away heading towards the trailer park that was a few blocks away from my modest town house I couldn't help but notice the amount of vehicles on the road. Tonight had been the late surgery and I had never known it to be this busy on the roads nor had I ever heard this many siren's, I thought as a police car flew past me. Perhaps there had been a shooting or a bomb threat, but this was Macon the worst thing I had ever seen was a drunken high speed chase.
I pulled up at the trailer park 10 minutes later grabbing my bag and Merle's methadone. The Dixon's trailer, as Merle lived with his younger brother Daryl, was two rows back from the parking area. I spotted Merle's bike, a Triumph Bonneville 650, Merle was quite taken with it to say the least. So I knew Merle was in at least as he never went anywhere without it. I heard distant screams as I left my car and moved towards Merle's trailer, something didn't seem right my skin was crawling and as I moved further back towards my destination and more shadows my heart began to beat faster. I finally reached Merle's trailer and saw the flickering TV, thankful he was indeed in as I knocked on his door.
"Well looky here, if ain't the doc." He was drinking as was apparent with the smell of beer on his breath and the bottle in his hand. "What do you want?"
"Good evening Merle, I was on my way home I brought your methadone prescription. You didn't collect it before you left." I said handing it over to him.
"Thanks." He said taking it from me. "Why? Huh, why do you keep on coming?
"Because I know you can change, you're just lacking the motivation and sometimes I push too hard and expect too much."
"Well you want to keep plying me with methadone, that's fine with me." I had thought I had made a connection with him for a moment then, but clearly not, but I had time and one way or another I'd get through to him. "You want to come in doc? Drink a few beers, have a few laughs?"
"Merle you know I can't do that, I'm your doctor and it's against protocol." He laughed then, but stopped shortly as a piercing scream filled the air. It was close, perhaps someone was being attack. I moved from Merle's door as he stepped out to listen and moved off to the sound of the scream. It was near the parking area as I moved out I could see a woman attacking a man on the floor.
"Help me! Oh god help me! please!" The man screamed at me.
"Ma'am please move away from him, whatever he did I'm sure we can sort this." The woman whose face was covered by her hair made no move to leave the man nor acknowledged me in anyway. I pulled out my cell and dialled the sheriff's number.
"What is it Dr Hawke?" Sheriff Mike Hawthorne demanded. Usually he was mild mannered but he sounded stressed.
"A woman is attacking a man over at the trailer park; I think it might be a drug induced rage." I heard him sigh.
"Ok I'm coming, but Charlie we got a lot of things happening in town, I'll pick her up and we'll have to talk about it tomorrow I'll just lock her and wait for her to sober up." The man screamed again as I ended the call. She had just bitten the man's arm. I needed to get her away now so I pulled out my Taser and tased her, it clearly did its job in shocking her, but she didn't let go of the man.
"Doc?" Merle called behind me.
"Merle, help me get her off him! She's biting him!" He dithered as I pulled on her arm, but someone else moved and grabbed her other arm yanking her from the man I looked up to see it was Daryl, Merle's younger brother.
"Whoa, holy shit." Merle hollered. It wasn't until the woman thrashed that I saw what his reaction was for. A chunk of flesh was missing from the woman's face. I let go of her like I'd been shocked, stumbling over my own feet and landing on my ass. The woman easily pulled free easily from Daryl and lurched for me falling to the floor reaching and grabbing. I screamed and tried to scramble back as she tried to chew on my boot, thankfully Merle moved and with Daryl's help they managed to get a hold of her and stop her from moving. "What the fuck is wrong with her Doc?"
"I-I don't know, maybe a psychotic breakdown of some kind, but her face, I don't know how that happened." I got out pointing at her face. "I need to get my kit." I said more to myself than anyone else as I shakily got to my feet and ran to my car. I jogged back and crouched by the man that had been bitten, I realised he was another patient at my surgery, Roger.
"Roger, I'm going to clean this bite wound and call an ambulance you need to go to the hospital." He nodded shakily his eyes wide with fear. The woman thrashed and struggled against the Dixon brothers as I saw to Roger. "Why did she attack you?"
"I-I don't know, honestly doctor Hawke I was on my way to the store when she stumbled out from over there, I went to help her and she just lunged at me." He sucked air in shakily.
"It's ok Roger, it's not your fault." Flashing lights signalled the arrival of the Sheriff.
"Charlie? You ok?"
"I'm fine Sheriff, Merle and Daryl Dixon have the woman restrained and I've done what I can for Roger here, but he needs to go to the hospital." He looked round appraising the scene before him.
"Hey Sheriff, you wanna do something about this woman?" Daryl growled.
"I'm coming," Mike replied calling in an ambulance for Roger. "Right ma'am I'm going to restrain you for your safety and mine." With much struggling and help from Merle and Daryl the woman was finally situated in the back of the cruiser. Roger also ended up front of the cruiser as the ambulance was called off to a more serious incident. "Charlie I'd recommend staying at a friend's house tonight."
"Why's that Mike?" I asked, I had a feeling that something was being kept from me, but I hadn't the faintest idea what it could be.
"Some strange things are going down and I'd hate for something to happen to you. Or go to the hospital. Hell staying here with the Dixon's would probably be safer." He joked or at least I thought he was joking.
"We could always drop by or give you a call every few hours make sure you're ok." Daryl suggested much to Merle's amusement. "Man I'm just saying. The Doc did you a favour by bringing you you're meds."
"Fine, fine you want to play nice baby brother, you go be a boy scout." Merle laughed at him.
"Charlie, whatever you do just stay safe ok." Mike said climbing in his cruiser and driving away.
A/N: Should Charlie go home and have the Dixon's check up on her? Or should she go to the hospital? The choice is yours.