Chapter 10

As soon as Beth saw the open door, she raced to it before it slammed on them again. They ran out of the building and into another alley, then into a bigger are. They were trapped in between the fence and the buildings. There was no way out of this. Beth loaded her crossbow and was ready to fire when she saw dozens of barrels of guns stick out if the fences.

"Put your weapons down!" Gareth's voice boomed around them. The group all glanced at each other, then slowly dropped their weapons in the concrete. There were snipers on the roof, too. Beth shifted so she was closer to Daryl, and he also moved a bit closer to her.

"Ring leader! Go to your left and stand in front of the train car!" And sure enough, next to them was a red train car with the letter A painted on the side facing them. "Now the archer!" Beth gave Daryl a panicked look as he turned around and walked away in the direction Rick went in.

"The teenage archer, now!" Beth almost sighed in relief, but she remained tense as she slowly made her way to the train car, also. As Gareth called off Michonne, Beth stood in line behind Daryl. She felt insecure without any weapons on her.

She snapped to attention so quickly, she was certain she was going to topple over. She'd forgotten about the knife in her back pocket, now feeling as if it weighed a thousand pounds. She kept her face normal, though, careful not to give anything away.

"Stand in line in this order: ring leader, archer, Blondie, samurai. Ring leader, open the door and walk inside. Everyone else follow him in." Beth's scraped up hands balled into fists at the name Blondie, but she knew that if she tried to do anything, the only outcome would be lead in her brain. Rick hesitated.

"My son!" He yelled. Daryl felt sympathy towards Rick. He knew that Rick didn't want to be separated from Carl again. "Go, kid." Gareth said to Carl. He tentatively started the journey towards the rest of his group members. Rick talked again. "I'll go in with him." "Don't make us kill him now!" Gareth shouted back.

A shudder ran down Beth's back as she remembered what the Governor had done to her dad. She didn't want anyone else to experience anything close to that. Rick slid open the door of the train red train car and slowly stepped inside. Everyone else followed until Carl was the last one inside.

Beth felt somebody grab her wrist. She jumped and spun around to face Daryl. "Ya' alright?" She was breathing heavily and her body was aching more than ever, but she was fine. "I'm still alive, aren't I?" She answered. Then she did something that surprised the both of them

Beth reached up and flung her arms around Daryl's neck, putting her forehead on his shoulder, standing on her toes. He went stiff for a second. He wasn't used to anything like this. Daryl and Merle had never hugged like this, so it's not like he was skilled in this department.

After a while, he finally hugged her back in a sort of awkward position. He put one hand on her shoulder and one on her back, but didn't draw her any closer or farther away. "I'm really worried about Maggie now." Beth voiced. It was muffled again Daryl's shoulder. "She can take care of herself. I've seen it." Beth nodded, but said nothing.

"Rick?" They heard from the other end of the car. Beth and Daryl slowly stepped away from each other. Who they saw made Beth want to cry of relief. It was Glenn. "You're here," Rick answered. More people stepped out of the shadows, and Daryl realized just how dark the area was. You could barely see anything.

Beth felt hope when she saw Glenn. She wanted to ask if Maggie was here. That would be one question answered. And when she saw Maggie step forward, she didn't hesitate to step forward and wrap her arms around her and squeeze her in a tight hug. "Oh, my God, Beth. You're here, too?" Maggie asked. Beth nodded her head against her sister's shoulder.

They pulled away and gripped each other's hands as they looked at Rick again. Daryl was glad that Beth had found her sister. he was very happy for her. He knew how much Beth had missed her sister. "They're gonna feel really stupid when they find out," Rick said. Abraham, a new member of the group that Glenn had been with, asked, "Find out what?" Daryl and Beth both knew what he was going to say. It was true. "They're screwing with the wrong people.

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