Chapter 21
Beth sat in silence. She was suddenly a lot more scared of Carol, now that she's learned that the woman has killed -murdered-people. Daryl was still looking at her intently on the couch while she kept processing the situation, Beth looked up at Daryl again.
"What makes you think she's going to try to kill me?" she asked him. "Why did Carol kill Karen and David? Because they were threatening the group's safety." Beth stood up and faced Daryl. "How am I a threat?!" she almost shouted.
Daryl stood up, too. "I ain't sayin' ya' are. Maybe Carol still thinks that you're not as strong as are. She probably thinks that you still have the experience that you did back at the prison. She think you'll hold everyone back." Beth stopped in her tracks from pacing. She wanted to come clean.
"That's what she said to me. She told me that I was just holding back the group and that when we all left, I should stay here while you guys leave." Beth knew she couldn't be separated from Daryl. They had formed a bond now that was basically impossible to break. Daryl surprisingly grabbed Beth's face in his hands. "I'm not going to let her hurt you." Beth smiled at him. "I'm not either." she replied.
Daryl dropped his hands and had a hint of a smile on his mouth as he walked into his room. A few hours later, they went up to their watch station. Jackson wasn't there, which was surprising because he was usually very uptight with this stuff.
Every time Beth would turn around because of a noise, or someone calling someone's name, she expected to see Carol lurking behind her, ready to jump on her back and put a knife through her skull. Daryl was also looking around, expecting to see her.
When night fell, and their watch was over, the two both walked back to their apartment in silence, on high alert for anything. Beth thought they were being paranoid; if Carol came, she would be able to fight her. Yet, she was still a little frightened.
Beth fell asleep right as her head hit the pillow, despite the situation. She was always exhausted after a long day, especially with all of this stress piling up on her. Daryl found it harder to sleep, but he eventually drifted into a deep slumber.
In the middle of the night, a noise was heard in the living room. Beth quickly woke up and her eyes widened as another crash was heard. She quickly got out of bed and grabbed her crossbow, which is always right by her bed. Just in case.
Beth slowly walked out into the living room, her crossbow aimed in front of her. She found the string to the light bulb in the room. She tried to pull it, then she felt a hand go over her mouth and throw her crossbow across the room. Beth's muffled screams were heard around the living area. She was surprised that Daryl didn't hear when she shouted his name.
Beth roughly stomped on her attacker's foot and she heard a grunt as the hand over her mouth went limp. She sunk her teeth into it as hard as she could. A sharp intake of breath was heard behind her as she spun around. "Daryl!" she yelled. The attacker lunged at her in the darkness as she almost tripped on something.
"Daryl!" She tried again, just as he came racing out of his room, crossbow in hand. "Beth!" She threw a punch in front of her when she saw a shadow, and she felt her knuckles hit a jugular. The attacker stumbled back. Daryl tossed her figure the crossbow in the dark, and she almost dropped it before she aimed.
After the shadow in front of her was back up, Beth fired. She heard the arrow hit flesh, but the attacker was still up on his feet and coming towards them. She fired again and blood squirted on her tank top. The figure fell as Daryl turned the light on.
Beth was still panting as she stared down at the person who had attacked her. It was Jackson. An arrow stuck in his shoulder and neck. Memories from her dream days ago reappeared in her mind. Jackson had held Daryl back when Gareth was attacking Beth. She knew she couldn't trust him when she saw him. She knew now that he was working with the group that had tried to take her and Daryl before.
She remembered the bloody corpse lying on the metal table in the other warehouse about a week ago, hours after dark. There were still two threats out there; Carol, and the unknown group. And both wanted Beth dead.
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