Comply or Die
"She's awakening. Check her restraints. She looks weak, it shouldn't take much to secure her scrawny little ass in place" Beth could barely hear the scrambled voices through the deafening ring that resonated through her pounding head. Attempting to open her eyes, her world was again blurred- just as it had when she awoke in Grady after that bitch shot her. But this time was different... She wasnt in a hospital bed, and the first face that came into view as the blurry vision subsided wasnt that of Dr. Edwards, but instead a tall, grungy looking woman with two-toned hair and an evil smirk. "Where-who.. What the hell is going-" "Shut it, weakling. I haven't the time for nonsense. Now, where is your stash?" The woman's annoying half smile was deeply disconcerning. Beth felt bile creeping up her esophagus in response to the anxiety and fear that engulfed her. "What? Stash? I-I don't have anythin'. I swear to you, Miss ?" Beth responded as the long-necked woman shot an angry look towards one of her people "Jadis. I'm Jadis and I don't have time for introductions. That shed you holed up in last night had 2 crates of food and blankets. Don't act stupid, just hand them over and you can leave. We take. We don't bother" that smirk again followed her odd dialogue. Beth furrowed her brows in confusion as she noticed Jadis growing more and more impatient. "Ma'am I swear, I ran into the shed for shelter from the storm last night and when I awoke there was nothing but emptiness in that place. I swear to you!" Her head was pounding especially hard at that point as she noticed the others drawing thier guns to aim her direction. "Damn not this again..." Beth thought to herself as she slowly ran her finger over the small entry wound Dawn caused. "Girl I will give u 10 seconds to obey. We have had a long journey from up North and have been surveying this area for months. Watching, waiting. We take, we don't bother. Give them up now, or you will regret your, shall I say, nonactions," she scowled as a low volume of laughs carried around Jadis' people. "Youdon't bother? You just knocked me out! You could have gone about it in a much better way, lady! And as I said already, the place was completely empty when I ran inside last night. If there had been, I wouldn't be cold and hungry right now!" Beth was growing more and more angry by the second. "As you wish, weakling.. Take her now!" Jadis shouted to a bald man with only 1 tooth left in his mouth. Beth wasnt scared now, she was pissed. "Do what u want lady. But I am strong. I am!" Beth emphatically shouted as Jadis grinned and turned to walk away. 2 men and a very stocky woman grabbed Beth to drag her to God knows where. She kicked and screamed, even got a bite in here and there. But she couldn't overpower them, no matter how hard she fought. All she could think about was how much she wished Daryl was there. The pangs in her chest were almost too much as she tried to think of what he would do in this situation. Her mind and body struggled to push the fear she used to have out so she could remember how strong she really had become. But there would always be small traces of the old Beth that rose to the surface, making it more difficult to just be strong.
After pretty much defeating herself instead of making any progress to escape thier clutches, she gave up. They were dragging her back into the forest of pines that she escaped from during the storm the previous night. "Can't go back," she weakly whispered, as a single tear fell from her eye. One of the men heard her, and it made him angry. He came to a complete stop and stood in front of her with a cowl that would scare a ghost. Quickly and painfully he slapped her hard against her face, causing her to release a gasp. Beth stood there, looking so broken, feeling utter hopelessness. They then continued to drag her to what she guessed to be her ultimate demise. She closed her eyes and replayed the memories with daryl, that "oh" she would never be able to fulfill, her sister...her daddy... She even laughed a bit just from the irony of it all. She had survived under impossible odds, made it out, just to die anyways.
Not too long after they began dragging her from the shed, they reached what appeared to be a enclosed area built by, well, anything and everything. Sticks, logs, garbage, etc. "Meet Winslow. He is hungry. This is your last chance to comply, or, die," the whole group laughed in amusement as Beth couldn't believe what she saw... A walker covered in spiked armor... She shook her head and tried to wipe her eyes on her sleeve, and thought, "could I be seeing things?" She couldn't even form a single word she was so shocked. "Throw her to him. Now! What a stupid girl," Jadis ordered and turned to walk back towards the shed. The men tied her restraints tighter to ensure she couldn't fight the beastly abomination. Beth started to cry but didn't put up a fight anymore. Was this really it for her? She again closed her eyes so she could picture him, so she could escape the reality of being torn apart- the very reason she had attempted suicide at the farm. Just as the armour-clad walker reached within a armslength of her, she heard a loud thud which made her eyes open quickly. What she saw was beyond her brains comprehension- the monster was on the ground, in half at the waist.