A/n: You are all so incredibly kind! I was SO surprised to see there were comments, and it took me 5 minutes to work up the courage to read them… I was shaking! This is the first time anyone has ever read what I've written. I wasn't expecting such nice things at all. Thankyouthankyouthankyou. I love you guys. Thank you for the encouragement, and I promise I'll work hard and get better at writing!
~ Never Evermore
Backlash.
How long have I been here? She thought as she lay her head on the hard floor. It was cold and damp, the only sound that resonated through the pitch blackness was the chattering of her teeth. She couldn't remember how she got there. The last memory she has is Daryl…
Oh, Lord! Daryl… Please, please keep Daryl safe Lord… She prayed silently to herself as tears fell inaudibly to the ground. She needed to get out of here. She needed to find him and make sure he was safe. All those walkers… Oh, Lord….
Her prayers were abruptly interrupted.
Screeeeeeeeeeeech.
Light fluttered into the room as a very large, very heavy steel door scraped across the stone floor. It opened slowly, screeching and scraping until it hit the wall with a THUD. Beth squinted as her eyes adjusted. Standing in front of the door was a silhouette of someone… Walker! She mentally screamed as she fumbled around, pushing herself to her feet and searching for something—anything she could use as a weapon.
Nothing.
Lord, please, I don't wanna leave yet. Not when he's alone out there. Tell Daddy to wait for me.
She decided to make a run for it. Walkers are slow; she'll give it a kick and maneuver around it! She took a shallow breath, getting ready to run… Her mind was clear and ready for what was to come.
She leapt forward.
WHACK.
Her head lay flat on the stone floor. Somehow she had flung backwards.
What in the name of…?
The room spun around her, but it was at that moment she realized her feet were chained.
It was that same moment she heard deep, airy laughter as she drifted off into unconsciousness….