Disclaimer: See chapter one.
Father Daughter Duo: The New Duo
Chapter 2- Step one of decomposition.
The next morning things got bad fast. I woke up to people screaming in the cell block that our room was close to. "Stay here and don't open that door for anyone." Next thing I knew Daryl had grabbed his bow and ran out the door toward the yelling and screaming.
I did as I was asked and stayed in our room until Daryl came back, hours later. "Bay, it's me, don't open the door." He sighed when I asked why. "Ev-Everyone that was in D is either dead or… sick." I didn't understand. How could they all be dead, and what did he mean they were sick? I didn't have the words to say anything back to him. "Doctor S. says that it is some kind of flu. It killed them before they even knew it was serious." He stopped talking; giving me time to absorb what he was telling me.
"Daryl…I… I don't know what to say." I pressed my hand to the door, wishing I could see his face. "Are you sick? I know Patrick was sick yesterday and you shook his hand." I asked him and I heard him sigh yet again on the other side. "Daryl, please open the door. I need to see you."
"I'm sorry Bay, I can't. I've been exposed and I can't risk…I can't risk losing you." I could tell that he was having trouble telling me no. I'm sure he wanted to see me too, but it was too dangerous.
"Okay, I…I understand." I was trying to keep my nerves under control, but that's easier said than done. "I love you and please try to stay safe."
"I love ya too Bay." He said and I could hear his footsteps walking away.
I sat in that cell until night fall when Daryl came back and knocked on the door letting me know it was him. "I'm sleepin' in our old cell tonight. Seth is gonna spend the night with ya. Lucas wanted to, but he has to help doc. S. with the sick people."
"Thank you." I said, grateful that I wouldn't be in here alone. "How are you feeling?" I asked him only to get a sigh from the other side. "Daryl, please answer me."
"I'm fine, promise. What about you?" he asked.
"Same old, same old." I answered as I pressed my hand to the door wishing I could touch him. "I just wish you could be in here with me tonight."
"Yeah, me too." She said with a sigh. "It's late. I'll get going so you and Seth can get some sleep. Goodnight and I love ya."
"Love ya too Daryl. Goodnight." I said as I pressed my forehead to the door and he knocked once letting me know he heard me before I heard his footsteps as he walked away.
A few minutes later Uncle Seth knocked on the door and I let him in. "How you holdin' up Tot?" he asked as he laid his hand on my shoulder and gave it a light squeeze.
"I'm fine. It's everyone else that I'm worried about. How are things really looking out there? Daryl hasn't told me much." I asked.
"Well, a lot of people are sick, but we're handling it." He said with a sigh as she sat down on the chair across from the bed that I was sitting on. "I haven't been near any of the sick. If I had I wouldn't be in here around you." He cleared things up with his hands raised defensively in front of him.
A/N: Sorry that this chapter is so short. Wasn't much I could do with a pregnant woman in this part of the show.