Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 77

Author's Note: You all are giving me a big head with all the reviews and PM's. Keep it coming! Motivation is a good thing! So this morning before work I had written half a page at the prison with Mar and Daryl finding Carol. But the Governor got VERY loud in my head and demanding. Jes is going to help our Jewel. Poor Jewel, I'm sorry for what I'm putting you through but you fight back and you have Rick! So next chapter will be at the prison and Michone.

No chapter tomorrow night, book club Christmas party!

Warning: Governor is being a pervert.

The Governor knocked on Merle's door. "Merle, need to talk to you, out here now," he told the man.

Merle took a breath as he stood up and looked at Jewel before going out. "Governor," he greeted the man.

"Martinez told me you brought people back, three. Two you had him put down in holding, the other one you brought up here. He thinks it's your sister," the Governor told him.

"She's my sister," Merle answered.

"Did she tell you anything about this group she is in? Where they are hiding at?" the man asked.

"No Governor, Jewel and I haven't always had the best relationship. She'll talk eventually, I am her brother," Merle assured him.

"Why don't you let me talk with her? It's been a long time since you've seen her, lots of things happened. You go downstairs, get what you can out of the man. Any way you can, you understand?" the Governor asked.

"I understand. Chinaman and I have a debt to settle anyway," Merle said as he glanced at his hand.

"What happened with Michonne?" the man asked him.

Merle shook his head. "We were ambushed, she killed them all. Tim, Crowley, and the other one," he reported.

"Garguillo," the Governor supplied. "Jesus."

"Yeah she cut Tim down, put the sword right through him. Then the biters' got in the middle of it, then I got her," Merle told him.

"Damn, well we'll dress it up. Give them a hero's funeral. You tell a story. A supply run gone bad. Do you have 'em? Her head? The sword?" the Governor asked.

Merle shook his head. "Got caught in crowd. The kid had the head, Crowly had the sword. They both got all tore up," he reported. "Listen Governor, I know I broke protocol bringing her up here…"

"But she's your family, I get it. Go take care of the two downstairs, I'll talk to Jewel. Make her feel welcome," the Governor told him as he watched him walk away. He walked into the room. "Jewel, you're brother's told me all about you but he never told me how beautiful you were."

Jewel turned and looked at him. "Where is my dear brother?"

"He's taking care of something for me. I'm the Governor, and you're at Woodbury. It always warms my heart when family is united," he told her. "I know you and Merle always haven't had the best of relationships, hopefully you can repair that."

Jewel looked at him. He made her skin crawl. "He shot at me, he's holding members of my family, I think that ship has sailed, Governor…" she told him.

The man smiled. "Well you know Merle, he's a little rough around the edges, but he's a good man. Dependable."

"Maybe for you," Jewel told him.

"Where's your group? Where is your other brother and your daughter?" the Governor asked as he took a step closer to her.

Jewel stepped back. "I'm not telling you where they are," she told him.

The Governor grabbed her by the chin. "That wasn't a request, Jewel. You are going to tell me where your group is."

Jewel tried to fight him as he pushed her against the wall. "Let me go."

"See I didn't want to do this, Jewel. All you had to do was answer a few simple questions. Now, you're going to have to disappear, make a run for it. Merle will believe it, you are his sister. And we will get the information, from your friends," he told her. "But not before we have a little bit of fun Jewel. On your knees," he hissed.

"No," Jewel answered.

"Now Jewel, does it sound like that was a request?" the Governor asked as he pushed her down to her knees and unzipped his pants. "I'm sure you know what to do," he told her as he pressed her head to him.

Jewel took a breath, instantly having a flashback to Clyde. But she wasn't a scared fifteen year old anymore. She knew she was going to die one way or another and by damn she was going down fighting. "Yes, I know what to do," she said soothingly as she took him in her mouth. It just took an instant for her to bite down hard as she heard him yell in pain.

"Bitch!" he yelled in pain as he pushed her against the wall. He kicked her hard several times in the ribs and stomach.

Jewel struggled to grab her knife from her boot as he stepped on her hand, causing her to scream.

The governor kicked her a few more times, causing her to pass out. He fixed himself before he went outside. "Sanchez, London got a job for you."

Mason and Jes both turned. Jes had heard the woman's scream and knew this wasn't going to be good. "Yeah Governor?" she asked.

"Need you to make her disappear. We'll tell Merle she escaped. Go take her to the far pits, and bring me back her head. Use on the vehicles," he instructed.

"No problem Governor," Mason London answered.

"Piece of cake," Jes told him as they went inside. Jes took a breath as Mason tied the woman hands and blindfolded her. "Help me with her, LT."

Jes nodded. "Let's take the back entrance, no one sees us, that way it won't get back to Merle," she told her former lover.

Jes's POV:

Jes glanced back at the woman in the back seat who was in and out of consciousness then over at Mason who was driving. This was wrong, the Governor had went one step to far, and she hoped Merle wouldn't believe the crap he was telling him. Jes took her gun out of it's holster. "Mason, I'm going to need you to stop the vehicle."

"What? We aren't there yet," Mason told her as he continued driving.

Jes pointed the gun at him. "Stop the vehicle and get out."

Mason looked at her. "Jes what are you doing?" he asked as he stopped the vehicle.

"Give me your gun and get out nice and slowly," she told him calmly.

"LT…what the hell?" Mason asked as he gave her his gun.

Jes motioned for him to open the door. "Nice and slow," she told him as she he opened the door and got out. "I'm really sorry about this Mason. I knew a while ago you were buying into what the Governor was selling. Joey he saw it too. This is Merle's sister, the Governor beat her to an inch of her life, the sister of his right hand man. What would he do to one of us? Hopefully they'll find your body and figure that she overpowered us, took the vehicle, made me drive, won't take it out on Joey. He's young, he's smart enough to know what the Governor is selling, but he's also smart enough to know how to bide his time."

Mason looked at her. "You're going to kill me? For her? For someone you don't even know?"

Jes pointed the gun to his head. "I'm doing what has to be done," she told him. "I'm sorry," she said as she pulled the trigger. She threw his gun at the body and made it look like it was a struggle. She jumped in the vehicle and drove further out. She stopped and got in the back. "Easy, I'm going to untie you and take off your blindfold," she told the other woman.

Jewel tried to fight as the other woman took off her blind fold. She tried to throw a punch as Jes grabbed her arm.

"Hey, look at me," Jes told her. "Take my gun," she told her as she put it in the woman's hand and helped her point it at her. "I'm trying to get you back to your family. I'm trying to get your friends saved. But you are going to have to trust me. You are going to have to tell me where your base is."

"You….are one of them," Jewel hissed.

"Never really bought what the Governor was selling, neither did Merle really. Look we aint got much time Jewel. You need help and when I don't return with your head on a stick, they are going to come searching. I gave you my only gun, you can hold it on me. I'll move you to the front seat. It's either you trust me, or we both die. You aren't gonna make it on your own Jewel, and I'm sure the hell not going to go back to that lunatic's lair," Jes told her.

"The…man? The one..who was driving? You shot him?" Jewel asked as she sat up and grimaced.

"Yeah….it was that or let him get to the pits and chop off your head, didn't really like that option," Jes told her. "Come on the biters' are coming," she said as she helped the woman to the front.

"You mean…walkers?" Jewel asked as she struggled to hold the gun up. "Yeah, I'd prefer you not chopping…my head off," she said as the other woman drove.

"Got to tell me where we're going," Jes told her. "You got a daughter, right? Summer? And you are in some sort of relationship with Rick Grimes…right?"

Jewel looked at her as she held the gun straighter. "How…."

"Well Merle told me bout his niece. Andrea's at Woodbury, she told him the two of you were developing feelings for each other," Jes answered. "Now I'd love to chit chat but we aint got a lot of time, and I'm sure you want to get back to your daughter, Rick, your other brother. Plus we need to get your friends out. I know all the weak spots, all the little places that aren't guarded. But you need me and I need you."

Jewel looked at her. "Andrea's alive?"

Jes nodded. "Merle found her with a black woman named Michonne. Andrea got seduced by the Governor, Michonne didn't trust him. Good thing. Now, you going to tell me where your held up or should I just pull over and let the damn biters' get us both? I'd prefer that to what the Governor will do if he catches us," Jes told her.

God help me if I'm…wrong," she told her. "The prison."

Jes nodded. "Let's hope they don't shoot first and ask questions later. Did the Governor…"

Jewel shook her head. "Tried to make me take him in my mouth, I bit him. Hard."

"Good girl," Jes told her.

"What's…your name?" Jewel asked.

"Jes," she answered.

"Thank you Jes…" Jewel answered as she leaned against the window.