Twenty-one
"Come on jus' let 'er go! She ain't done nothin' to you!" I hear Daryl yelling. My mind is a total blur. I don't remember how I got here, tied up, and thrown in a dark room by a man who calls himself "The Governor". I just remember trying to get to Daryl, all of us, not just me, and it all going wrong. Then someone hit my head.
"Hasn't done anything?! She tried to take over our town, kill our people! She's a terrorist, jus like the other people who were with her!" Another man's voice says in response to what Daryl had said.
"Well all of them got away! All keeping her here is gonna do is bring them back here t' get 'er!" Daryl says and I don't exactly agree. I doubt they'll be back for just me.
"Why do you care what happens to her so bad? Merle said you were stronger than this. Why should you care what happens to one measly woman." I flinch at his words.
"Just tell me what yer gonna do to 'er."
"I'll have to decide on that, go talk with the others. You stay here and guard. And don't think of trying anything either." I hear footsteps leaving and after a few moments the door creaks open and a light flicks on. Once my eyes adjust I look up at Daryl with a weak smile.
"Sorry this happened." He mutters and unties me. I rub my wrists and stand up.
"It's okay, it isn't your fault. I shouldn't have been so careless." I say and he kisses me, pulling me close to him. When he breaks the kiss I look at him with a confused smile.
"What was that for?"
"Sorry, for leavin' I mean. I didn't know what Merle was planning. I wouldn't have gone if I did." Daryl explains. I look down.
"I believe you Daryl, I really and truly do. But we have bigger things to worry about; we need to get outta here." I say. "None of the others were captured?"
"No, they got away. But you…didn't." He says with a deep breath. I can see the intense worry in his eyes.
"If we didn't get away…what would they do to me?" I ask.
Daryl looks down. "Who knows, they might just kill you on the spot, or they could torture you, or put in the arena, or…rape you." Daryl hesitates on the last one. I gulp.
"Then I think we need to get out fast." I say and he nods and leads me to the door and peaks outside when he sees nothing, we run.
"They'll notice us if we go outside. A lot of people saw me Daryl, and I'm pretty sure they know who you are, am I right?" I say. Daryl is tapping his foot nervously on the floor and glance behind him every once and a while. I can tell he's thinking of a plan.
"Not if we blend in." He murmurs and throws open a door to a room. I look inside to see various supplies from food to clothes.
"Blend in?" I ask. He simply nods and starts digging through the clothes. "What are you doing?" I hiss.
He rolls his eyes. "They'll notice you more if you're wearing bloody and torn clothes, if you change and put on something they won't recognize you in, or won't think anything of you in, then we can get out without attracting attention." He explains and throws me a messy bundle of clothes.
"This is quite the assortment." I murmur. He sighs loudly.
"Jus' put on the damn clothes Carol." He says.
"Alright alright fine. Do I just change here or…?" I trail off. He glares at me and I giggle.
"Jus' change." He says annoyance in his tone. I do as he says and look down at myself.
"These are the worst clothes I've ever had to wear, even with Ed controlling my wardrobe. Note to self: Don't let Daryl pick out my clothes." I sat with a smirk.
"We ain't goin' to no fashion show, you'll live. Hopefully."
With both of us in our new clothes, we walk out of the room and the building we were in and walk down the sidewalk, our heads down. "How are we gonna get past the guards?" I ask quietly.
"I know a place." He slips his arm around my waist to make me move faster.
"I got lost ya know, in the prison. We were attacked. We lost Beth. Carl saved me."
Daryl stops in his tracks, in the middle of everything. "What?"
"Carl saved me…?" I repeat slowly.
"You were attacked? Ya lost Beth?" He says, his voice raising. I put my hand on his upper arm carefully.
"We're fine Daryl, I just thought you should know, before we get back." I whisper because people are looking now.
"Dammit!" Daryl says loudly and kicks the ground.
"Is everything okay over here?" A random citizen asks us.
I look into Daryl's eyes. "I don't know."
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