Madison's POV

The twins and I were still doing the laundry when all of a sudden three buckets were thrown at our feet. I jumped. "Go to the well and fill these with water."

"Yes, Sir," The three of said at the same time. We each grabbed a bucket and I looked to the twins.

"Where do we fill the buckets at?" I asked.

"In the woods, just over there," Carrie replied. I nodded and followed her and her sister into the woods, where we found Penny, Nick, and Ben here too. One guy came with us so we wouldn't try and run off.

When we got to the well we each took turns filling the bucket we held. As I was filling my bucket I heard someone fall to the ground then a hand was clamped over my mouth. I immediately squirmed, trying desperately to get away from whoever it was.

"Quiet. It's me, Glenn."

I stopped and turned around. It was indeed Glenn. I smiled in relief. I looked around and noticed held William held Penny, Jack held Ben, Eli held Carrie, Dad held Nick and Adam held Callie. I also noticed that the man from here was unconscious on the ground at my dads feet.

"How did you find me?" I asked.

Glenn took something out of his pocket and held it up. It was my silver bracelet Jack gave me years ago. I smiled. They had found it.

"Let's go, before they notice," Jack suggested. Glenn nodded and together we all ran through the woods, away from that house.

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After a while of running we had came to the Kroger that Jack, Glenn, and I went to. The bus was parked outside of it, the rest of the group inside. They all came running out as soon as they seen us, and my mom scooped me up into her arms.

"Oh, Maddie, thank god you're okay!" Mom said, her face digging into my hair. She pulled back and kissed my forehead, moving my hair from my face. She no doubt seen my bruises from the man. "What happened?"

"I'll tell you later, Mom," I replied, not really wanting my little brother, who was standing behind my mom, to know I was raped and beaten.

"Who are they?" Liam asked, gesturing to Ben, Penny, Nick, Callie and Carrie.

"Everyone this is Penny, Nick. Ben, and the twins Callie and Carrie," I said, pointing to each of them.

"Everyone in the bus, we have to go," Glenn said. We all did what he said and got in the bus. I sat beside my mom and Rose as everyone else found their own seats.

"How come we're not going back to camp?" I asked.

"They could find us, we need to move," Glenn replied. He had a point there.

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After a while it was night and Glenn had stopped the bus, saying we drove far enough away. Almost everyone was asleep. Glenn, Jack, Dad, and I were the only ones awake out of the group. We were on watch for walkers or people. I was standing with Jack while Dad stood with Glenn.

"Do you think the others are out there somewhere, alive?" I asked.

"I hope so," Jack replied.

"I miss Carl," I sighed.

"I know you do," Jack said. After few moments of silence he said, "I miss Beth."

"I know you do," I said. Jack wrapped his arm around my shoulder, causing me to cringe. My shoulder was still killing me.

Jack immediately pulled his arm away. "What's wrong?" His voice dripped with concern.

I sighed. I had already told mom and dad about everything, but not Jack or my other siblings, or the others in the group. "Promise you won't tell anyone."

"Madison—"

"Jack, promise me," I said.

Jack looked hesitant, but nodded. "Okay, I promise."

"I already told mom and dad earlier," I sighed. "While I was there, Penny had this piece of paper with a plan to leave and they found it on her. They didn't believe she was the only one that knew about it, so they tortured us to find out who was in on it with her. The man brought me up to a room...and he..." Tears sprang in my eyes as the images played in my head. "...he raped me, and stabbed me in the shoulder."

"He. Raped. You?" Jack's jaw was clenched tight, eyes blazing with anger, nose flaring.

A sob escaped my lips and I nodded. Jack pulled me into his arms as I cried. He muttered quiet things to me, and after a while my sobs calmed down and I pulled away from Jack.

It was quiet for a while after that...until I heard a buzzing noise in the distance. It was coming from the sky. "Do you hear that?"

Jack nodded. "Yeah." We both stepped aay from the bus and began to search the starry night sky.

"What is that?"

"I don't know," Jack replied. Dad and Glenn came around to our side of the bus and stared up at the sky.

All of a sudden there was bright white light and Jack pulled me close as we squinted our eyes. Dad walked over to us and Glenn stayed close.

"It's a helicopter," Jack breathed as everyone on the bus ran out to investigate the noise.

It landed a few feet away from the bus and Dad put Jack and I behind him to shield us away from harm as footsteps came towards us.

The lights dimmed down so it wasn't blinding us. I could now see half a dozen men with guns coming towards us. They were dressed in military clothing.

"My name is Captain Henry Starr. We're here to take to you to safety."

"What kind of safety?" Glenn asked.

"We have walls built around the entire state of North Carolina. We have been going state-to-state to find survivors and bring them to North Carolina. No infected can enter. The only way you can get in is over the wall or to climb ladders. You will be safe with us," Henry said.

"It's been two years, how did it take you that long to find a cure?" Dad asked.

"It takes a long time to make a cure for a disease like this. Now are you coming? Or would you rather stay here?" Henry asked.

Glenn looked at all of us, then turned back to the man, Henry, and nodded. "We'll come with you."

"Get your stuff and get in a helicopter. And hurry before the infected hear the noise," Henry ordered.

We all nodded and shuffled around to gather up our supplies. We loaded up the helicopters and got in.

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