"Tell me, Glenn." Molly hissed as she dragged the Asian alongside her, not stopping for anyone. "Why the actual fuck has it taken you so long to come back? You do know I spent the whole of last night on that roof, freezing my backside off and listening to Merle's bitch ass moan about every shitty decision he's ever made, which by my books, is every fucking decision!"

"He's okay then?" Glenn found himself asking, turning to look down at Molly who raised a brow. "We went back to the roof to get you both but you weren't there… We, uh… We found Merle's hand." He noticed the wince that had left her almost instantly as she came to a stop inside the building.

Glenn took a look around at his surroundings, his eyes widening every time he looked at something else or rather, someone else. His brows lifted higher upon his face as he watched an old couple play a game of cards before he moved to see another couple eating bowls of fruit.

"Merle's gone." Molly spoke up, shrugging as though she didn't care. However, Glenn could see the sadness, annoyance and nervousness that had filtered her face. "He was a fucking dick anyway… Prick only had to do as he was told but no, the ugly bastard couldn't handle being told what to do." Glenn wasn't sure if he had ever heard someone call someone else so many names in one mouthful. He fought hard against the snort that was threatening to leave his mouth. "Jacob, is he alright?"

"He's was fine when we left." Glenn told her, easing her into slight contentment. "I'm not sure if he even realised what was going on. Shane made him sleep in his tent with him because we thought it was a bad decision to let him sleep in your tent so far from camp alone."

"Course he didn't realise what was going on, idiot." Molly snorted, shaking her head as her brows furrowed slightly. She turned to face Glenn with slightly narrowed eyes. "He's three… Anyway, who's we?"

"Oh, Rick, T-Dog, Daryl and me." Glenn told her, not noticing the way her shoulders tensed. "We volunteered to come and get you both… Didn't go as planned though. How did you end up here? Did they take you too?"

"Take?" Molly repeated, a loud laugh filling the corridor as she shook her head. "You think I'd let someone take me against my will? How weak do you think I am? Let…" she trailed off, noticing the way his cheeks resembled cherries. "Oh… You were, uh… Anyway, I met Guillermo back at the store early this morning. Merle bailed on me as soon as he saw the car pull up… Guillermo had already seen me you see." she told him after seeing the look of confusion on his face. "Merle must've thought they were a bad lot or something… Doesn't ease the fact that he left me there though."

"I'm sorry we didn't come sooner." Glenn muttered, shaking his head with a deep sigh. "I'm sorry we even left in the first place… You're not mad are you?" Molly laughed quietly as she shook her head.

"Molly!" Guillermo called from the other end of the corridor. "La va cuesta abjo muy rapido... Come! And bring the Asian boy with you!" With her brows slightly furrowed, Molly made her way back down the hall, Glenn at her heel.

"Fuckin' Asian boy made all this shit, G!" Was the first thing Molly heard as she entered the courtyard, her eyes widening at the men that all seemed to be directing their anger at Glenn who had come to a stop beside her. "Should've thrown him from the roof, Amigo!"

"Wow, wow!" Molly exclaimed loudly as she slid in front of Glenn, her arms out in front of her. "Back off! What's going on?" She knew that if anyone wanted to attack Glenn, her body could do very little to keep him safe. "I'm sure we can work this all out without any need for throwing someone off the goddamn roof!"

"Just got word from outside patrols that the boys your Asian friend was with are close... Probably just outside the gates by now." Guillermo said, looking as though he was utterly pissed off with what was happening. Molly watched as he raised his gaze, tilting his head at the roof before he looked back to Glenn. "Take h-"

"No, wait!" Molly interrupted, shaking her head. "Just let me talk to them... Please, you've gotta let me try. You and I both know that this will only end in death if you so much as think about pushing him from that roof." She could see that she was getting to him, noticing the discomfort that had taken of his face upon hearing the roof once more. "Just let them into the courtyard and we can talk like civil people."

Guillermo gave a stiff nod, turning to face the men surrounding him as he nodded once more. "Dejalos pasar... Sin embargo, manten tus armas cargadas. Si pasa algo, mata a esas perras." Molly couldn't help but wince at the words he spoke, internally thanking her Spanish teacher for teaching her when no one else bothered.

"No se derramara sangre. Te doy mi palabra." Molly muttered to Guillermo just as three of his men made way for the small group to enter. Her breath hitched in her throat, trying her hardest to keep her gaze focused on Rick and not on the other who accompanied him. She noticed that they seemed to have a boy with them, someone she had seen in the courtyard before.

"You okay little man?" Guillermo asked as the three of them came to a stop. Molly smiled softly at Rick whose brows raised higher on his forehead at seeing her.

"The gonna cut off my feet, carna! The boy exclaimed, looking as distraught as he possibly could've gotten. Molly felt her mouth drop open slightly and had to fight hard to close it. She eyed Rick in mild suspicion, wondering why he had threatened the boy in the first place. However, as Guillermo asked if cops did that, she realised instantly who had actually implied the threat. "Not him. This redneck puta here. He cut off some dude's hand, man... He showed it to me!"

"Fucking disgusting..." Molly muttered under her breath, folding her arms across her chest as she fought hard against the gag threatening to make a move. For a second, she had forgotten that she hadn't spoken to him in years as she turned her fiery gaze to Daryl and opened her mouth. "You picked it up? Man, what the fuck is wrong with you."

She could see the slight shock at being addressed so aggressively take over his face before he wiped it clean and snorted angrily. Just as he was about to open his mouth, another voice spoke from behind them. "Hey! That's that vato right there! He shot me in the ass with an arrow!"

Molly laughed dryly out loud as she shook her head. "Oh man, this just keeps getting better and better doesn't it? I always knew you were a bloody idiot, Daryl but this beats anything you've ever done!"

"You think yer' one ta' talk?" Daryl growled under his breath, his nose flared as he made an awkward move towards her. "Walkin' round without a care in tha' world? Hangin' out with these pricks? Thought you were better than tha', Molls." He shook his head, trying to clear the anger that had filled him so suddenly. "Where's Merle?"

Molly snorted as she too, began to fill with anger. "Merle? Fuck me, I knew you must've tagged along for some stupid reason! Your pitiful excuse for a brother ditched my ass and waltzed off on his own." She told him, feeling slightly guilty that she had put it so. Just as she was about to turn around and continue trying to calm the situation, she raised a brow at him. "Oh, and before you go getting any funny idea's, it had nothing to do with me... His hand I mean."

"My people got attacked." Guillermo stated, shrugging his shoulders at Rick who looked about ready to put a bullet through his head. "Where's the compensation for their pain and suffering? More to the point... Where's my bag of guns?"

Molly noticed Rick's arm shake slightly as his brows furrowed. "Guns?"

"The bag Miguel saw in the street." Guillermo told him, face as neutral as it had been the whole time. "The bag Felipe and Jorge were going back to get. That bag of guns."

"You're mistaken." Rick softly spoke with a shake of his head.

"I don't think so." Guillermo offered up, his shoulders tensing slightly.

Rick sighed deeply. Molly had no choice but to wait for how he was going to put it. "About it being yours." He said, motioning down to his uniform. "It's my bag of guns. I brought them with me-"

"Bag was in the street." Guillermo told him, a light chuckle leaving his mouth as he continued. "Anybody could come around and say it was theirs... Besides, what's to stop my people unloading on you now and taking what's mine?"

"Hey, c'mon now!" Molly hissed, shaking her head. "We don't need this, I told you to let me talk to him." She felt the change in mood almost instantly as Guillermo's men loaded their guns. She felt it difficult to not glare at them.

"You could do that..." Rick trailed off, looking unfazed by the whole ordeal. Molly raised a brow at him following his eyes towards the top of the courtyard walls. She snorted under her breath as a chuckle arose from deep within her. "Or not."

T-Dog had a riffle loaded in his grasp and pointed at Guillermo. Though she didn't want to, she had to have a second to clap in her mind at the bravery of it all. However, the second quickly vanished when she remembered just who was inside. "Fuck this shit..." She muttered, shaking her head as she moved to stand in front of Rick. "Look, this place isn't what it seems."

"Molly! Chica tonta, shut the fuck up or I'll shut your mouth for you." A man next to Guillermo spoke up, backing down slightly as he noticed the glare he received from both Daryl and Rick.

"It's a care home." She spoke with a sigh, shaking her head as though she was disappointed in Guillermo for not telling them. "There's old people living here and these guys look after them. They need to guns to do that which is why you're going to give them half. It's more than they deserve for the way they've handled stuff..."

"You lost yer' fuckin' mind, Molls?" Daryl muttered, shaking his head as though he didn't believe what she was saying. She went to open her mouth once more, however, she broken from her thoughts when an elderly woman came from the building, calling for Guillermo.

Everything seemed to happen in a flash as she watched Rick wave out to T-Dog who lowered his weapon and made his way down to the courtyard. She watched as Rick followed after Guillermo, a look of upmost annoyance on his face.

Glenn went to follow after him, taking a look over his shoulder before he left, he sighed and leaned in to Molly. "I'm going to go keep everything calm... Or somewhat calm, you should talk to him." He nodded towards Daryl who scoffed at everything that had happened within a minute. "You don't have to tell him about... Well, tell him whatever you feel like." With a final pat to her shoulder, Glenn motioned for T-Dog to follow him, carrying the guns inside too.

For the first time in a while, Molly felt anxious. She sighed and moved to take a seat on car that had ran out of gas. She noticed the way Daryl fiddled with his crossbow as though he would rather be anywhere but where he was at that point. "Do you remember the time Merle and I got arrested?" She found herself muttering.

Daryl's head shot up as he surveyed her. He was shocked that he had even been addressed by her, let alone the tone in which she spoke. After years of being without her and learning to be alone again, Daryl scolded himself for moving closer to her. It was almost as though he couldn't help it. "Wha' of it?"

"I remember how angry you were that I'd gone with Merle knowing what he was gonna do... I remember the way you yelled at me and told me I was an idiot for thinking I could even grasp onto anything good he might've been able to do." She muttered, staring off into the distance with a sigh. "I'm not even going to apologise like I tried to back then because I know it wouldn't count for anything."

"Tha' fuck yeh' goin' on about, Molls?" He all but muttered, trying not to look at her. Though he didn't want to admit it, he knew four years had done hardly anything to her appearance. She was still the hottest woman he'd seen in his eyes.

"I... I left you and I know it was wrong of me to do so without talking to you." She said, finally bringing her gaze to his. "I want you to know that there were times when I regretted it... I felt stupid for thinking that I could ever do it on my own but you don't get how difficult it was for me to stick around knowing what I did."

Daryl knew that it was his time to ask her questions. He knew that if he wanted to know why she left that it was the time to ask her. However, he found it difficult to form the words that he had practiced over and over again for the last for years. Though he knew he didn't always show it, he had given the woman beside him his love and in return, he thought she had given him hers.

"I'm not asking you to forgive me." She told him, shaking her head as a dry laugh left her mouth. "I never would... I'm just asking you to give me a chance to explain before you decide on what you want to feel, regarding me. You have all the right in the world to shout at me right now, hit m-"

"Yeh' know I'd never lay a 'and on ya'." Daryl interrupted quietly. If there was one thing he'd never do it was hit her in any shape or form. No, that was his dad's way of doing things.

"I just... There's more to the picture than you think." She muttered to him, noticing that Rick, T-Dog and Glenn had returned with a grinning Guillermo. "It's not just the two of us anymore." Was the final thing she said as she pushed herself from the car and made her way to the men.

"It's sorted." Rick said, motioning to the gun bag that looked lighter than it had done before. "We're ready to set off." Molly was quick to follow after him after saying her goodbyes to Guillermo. She was eager to get back to Jacob, wanting to see for herself that he was okay.

Though the walk back to the van was fairly silent, any small talk the men shared Molly blocked out. She was to busing thinking about how much she missed the makeshift camp to worry about anything that was being said. She walked a couple feet in front of them, following the directions Glenn shouted out ever now and then. However after ten minutes of walking, she came to a stop with a blank look.

"Thought you said here?" She asked, turning to face Glenn who stopped in shock. The small patch of grass where he had left the van was clear. The ground had tire marks on as though someone had made a speedy escape.

"Oh my god…" Glenn trailed off, finding it difficult to grasp just how serious the issue had become. "We left it right there, I swear! Who would take it?"

Molly groaned as she let out a whine of annoyance. In that moment, she knew what it was like to be Jacob when he had one of his tantrums. "Idiots… who'd you think took it? Merle!"

"He's gonna be takin' some vengeance back ta' camp…" Daryl trailed off as he fought hard to close his mouth. "Suns startin' to set. Best get a move on."

Molly sighed deeply as she nodded, agreeing with what he had to say. The last thing she wanted was to be stuck in the city another night. She also didn't want to be walking through the night either.

Together, the four of them took off in a jog. Preferring not to walk due to the fact that if Merle had taken the van, the people back at camp were most likely unaware and unsafe from his wrath. Those she was by no means unfit, Molly couldn't help but feel as though the van being taken could've been prevented. After the night she had been forced to live through, the last thing she wanted was to have to jog all the way back to camp.

At least the other three had gotten a somewhat decent sleep the night before. Every time she tried to close her eyes, Merle would pipe up and annoy the everlasting fuck out of her. However, Molly knew she was just picking for a fight and she also knew that the camp wasn't even that far away. Which was one of the reasons she had kept her mouth shut.

Molly grumbled a few choice words under her breath which must've been at least the seventh time she had done so. Her heart beat rapidly against her chest as she held the gun Rick had given her loosely in her dominant left hand.

It happened just as she was about to ask Glenn if he wouldn't mind helping her out with her tent when they got back. A loud rumble of screams and gunshots filled the air around her as she turned from side to side, trying to pinpoint just where they noise was coming from.

It took her longer than she liked to admit to realise just where it was actually coming from. Her wide eyes met that of Daryl's as the two of them took of after the other three for camp.

To say her eyes were wide was an understatement. As she broke through the trees and got a good look at everyone and everything, she began to breath deeply that the sight.

The dead were everywhere. Molly began to feel the sickness rising within her as she noticed bodies belonging to residents of the camp littering the ground, most dead. The screams and gunshots never once died down as she surveyed the area for one little boy in particular.

"Molly, duck!" Daryl shouted out as he met her eyes across the fire pit. Instantly, she ducked, feeling one of his arrows fly through the air above her head. A moment later, she heard a sickening thud and twisted around to see one of the dead on the ground. "Keep yer' fuckin' head on, Molls!"

Though in reality, the dead fell quickly once the group had returned with the guns. To Molly it felt like a lifetime as she continued to look around, ever second that passed seemed to knock more and more fear into her. Jacob was nowhere to be seen. She looked up as she saw Carl running to Rick, tears running down his face.

However, against all the fear she was feeling, Molly felt anger build inside her as she noticed Lori making her way to her family. She waited a few moments, wondering if she had kept her word and looked after her son. Moments past with no sign of him. "You!" She exclaimed loudly, not caring that everyone who had survived seemed to look at her. "You stupid fuc- Where's my boy?" She demanded, noticing instantly how Lori's eyes grew and she looked around.

"Molly, I swear he was right here." She told her, motioning to her side as she looked back at Shane who began to look through the small pack of people for the boy. "He was eating with u-"

"I ASKED YOU TO DO ONE THING!" Molly screamed, trying to throw herself around Rick at her. However, she didn't have the chance to when Rick grappled her waist and pushed her back slightly. "CAN YOU EVEN DO ONE SIMPLE THING? WHERE THE FUCK IS MY BOY?"

"Molly, calm down!" Rick demanded, his hands shaking as he looked around. "We'll find him! If you calm down we can look, I'm sure he's here somewher-"

"Easy for you to say when your boys right there!" Molly hissed, spinning on her heal and searching frantically for the little boy. "Jake? Jacob! Baby I promise it's okay to come out!"

Though she noticed that a few of the others began to help her search, calling out his name as they searched through tents, she didn't pay them any attention. Her heart felt as though it'd been ripped from her chest.

"Please, Jacob!" Molly tried to shout out, her voice cracking as she brushed her hair from her face. "Mumma's not mad, I just want to know that you're okay!"

"Molls…" Daryl muttered, choosing to ignore the fact that she had referred to herself as a mother. He motioned towards a set of footprints he had uncovered, small enough to be that of the young boys. "He set off tha' way." He told her, pointing in the direction she had walked in so many times.

"The truck…" she trailed off, a sudden spark of hope lighted within her as she took off running towards her makeshift camp. She heard a few sets of feet behind her but didn't bother to look. As she neared her camp, she noticed that the tent had been trampled on but the car seemed to be untouched.

Saying a silent prayer to whoever was willing to listen, she moved around the car and pulled the door open. Instantly, a sob left her mouth as she finally let the tears full down her face. A grin was plastered across her face as she reached out and pulled the toddler into her arms, holding him close as the two of them cried.

"I'm here, it's okay." She mumbled into his hair, turning around to meet the gaze of the three who had followed. Though Shane and T-Dog had also followed, her eyes seemed to glue to Daryl's who stood with a blank expression as he took in the view before him.

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