They had been driving for about thirty minutes when suddenly a loud sound was heard. The car started to skip right after, completely out of control. It rolled on itself until the front hit a tree. Daryl and Carol were pretty stunned, they didn't really have the time to understand what had just happened.
"Wow... You okay?" said Daryl in a shaky voice, turning to Carol, afraid she might have gotten hurt.
Luckily, she was okay. She looked at him, still a bit in shock, and gave him a little smile. "Yeah, I'm fine. You?"
He half-smiled back at her, and sighed in relief. "'m okay." He then opened the car door and put one leg out. "I dunno what the hell happen'd. Dam' car!"
Carol got out the car as well, and knelt down near the side of the car. "We must have driven on something. The tire is flat."
Daryl went around the vehicle to join her. At its sight, he kicked what was left of the tire in anger. "Fuck! Dammit!"
Carol stepped back in surprise, but didn't say anything that could have pissed him off even more. As he sat down on the hood of the car, Carol approached him and picked up his crossbow that he had left on the ground. "We can go on foot. We're probably close to the place they were heading to."
"Ya don't know that." he mumbled. She rolled her eyes and handed him his crossbow anyway. "Well, there's only one way to find out."
He finally got up, took his crossbow, and addressed her a small smile. "Thank you..." She smiled back at him and nodded in response.
"We'd better go 'cross the forest to avoid bein' seen." suggested Daryl.
"Forest it is, then." answered the gray-haired woman as she passed by him.
He stood still for a few seconds, staring at her. The conversation they'd had before the car showed up came back to his mind and he couldn't help feeling helpless. If he could take all her pain away and carry it himself, he wouldn't hesitate a second to do so.
"Hey mister daydream, you coming or what?" Carol was standing in the forest, an amused look on her face. Daryl moved forward to meet her, brandishing his crossbow just in case anything happened.
"What were you thinking of?" asked Carol, as they were walking side by side.
"Mhh, nothin'." he mumbled, still focusing on the surroundings.
She was about to tease him about that when they both heard a noise coming from their left. Daryl turned around very quickly and aimed his weapon at the bushes the sound was coming from. Carol grabbed her knife, getting ready to use it. Daryl lifted his arm and put it in front of her in order to make her understand to stay behind. At that exact moment, someone ran out of the shrubs.
She was breathless, both hands on her lap, facing the ground... Daryl couldn't believe his eyes, neither could Carol.
"... Beth?", eventually said Daryl, slowly lowering his weapon.
* I'm sorry, this one is quite small. But I promise the next ones will be longer. I'm just setting up the whole thing. Reviews would be extremely appreciated, I'd like to know what you think of it and also what I could do to make it better?
* I'm sorry, this one is quite small. But I promise the next ones will be longer. I'm just setting up the whole thing. Reviews would be extremely appreciated, I'd like to know what you think of it and also what I could do to make it better?