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Home Is With You: Chapter 9

Beth
I couldn't hear Daryl calling for me anymore, so I doubt he could hear me. The Governor pulled me outside of this building and I found us on a street. It was clean and looking like the end of the world hadn't touched it, like nothing had changed. This was a community. The streets were empty and quiet, there were lights burning but you couldn't see too much ahead of you, it was dark, the middle of the night maybe. I tried to take in which way I was being taken, in case I managed to escape and had to retrace my steps to find a way out. There wasn't much in terms of landmarks, it all looked the same; same buildings, same scenery, same everything. I tried to read the names on buildings but between being pulled along so quickly and the fact that it was really dark, it was hard but I did get the names of a couple buildings.

The Governor stopped pulling me and came to a stop. I looked up at the building and then up and down the street, gates were just a small way away, maybe 10 seconds away... if I was quick enough. The Governor took his hand off me to find the right key, he was within an arm's reach of me but this was the only opportunity I was going to get. As he found the right key and started putting it in the door, I turned and ran, I could see the gate getting closer and closer but before I could reach it I was caught. The Governor wrapped his arm around my middle and started pulling me back. I started screaming and thrashing but it wasn't doing any good. We got to the door and he threw me inside before slamming the door closed, he pointed to go up the stairs and I knew I wouldn't be able to get out so I did as I was told.

We went into an apartment, his apartment I'm assuming. It looked like he was doing really well for himself, considering it was the end of the world. He had a robe and slippers! It really was like this whole community hadn't been touched by the end of the world and they had carried on just as before. He had clean clothes; bed clothes that smelly fresh and fruit in a bowl on the table. I couldn't help but be a little jealous of him and his community, we were seriously struggling at the prison to keep everyone alive, Daryl has having to go on hunts more often and although we had running water, we had a pump that we had to clear out when it got full of mud and that was outside the gates.

If this guy wasn't such an asshole, I would seriously recommend us coming here and leaving the prison because it seemed like they had it all figured out here. Hopefully one day, the prison can be just as good as this place and thrive just as much. A loud and fast rapping on the door made me come out of my thoughts, two men came into view and studied me curiously before looking at their leader.

"A prisoner has escaped, he is very dangerous and armed. He's killed people already and will kill anyone to get out. I think he might have some outside help, you need to find them all and bring them to me," He ordered.

"What about her?" One of them asked.

"She's a prisoner as well, don't let her angelic looks fool you, she'd kill you if she got the chance," He said.

"No I wouldn't! You kidn-"

I didn't get to finish my sentence as The Governor slapped me around the face and pushed me to the floor.

"You've been given your jobs, let everyone know; wake everyone up and tell them to keep their doors locked and families close," He told them and they left.

"Daryl isn't dangerous, you are," I argued as I got up from the floor "You know, if Daryl has got out then I warn you; he will come for me," I warned.

"Oh I'm planning on it," He said with a sick smile "Now sit down." He indicated to a chair and I sat down, he taped up my hands "We're going to wait here for lover boy." He told me and stood behind me with his hands on my shoulders.

Twenty minutes of waiting and nothing. I could hear a lot of commotion going on outside on the streets, there was screaming and gunfire and if it was Daryl making all this chaos then I just pray he didn't hurt or kill any innocents to get to me. I hope he's not working on his own, I hope Rick found us and brought back up because Daryl was really in no fit state to be taking on an army of people, and he didn't even have his crossbow anymore. The Governor was still stood behind me with his hands on my shoulders. Having his hands on my, even over clothing, made me feel sick to my stomach.

A loud bang from downstairs made me jump, The Governor's hands tightened on my shoulders and he sucked in a breath, he removed one hand and grabbed a gun that he had in the back of his pants and took the safety off, the all too familiar click filling my ears and then I felt the cold hard metal being pressed into the side of my head... this was how he was going to end me, he was going to kill me in front of Daryl or Maggie or Rick or someone I cared about. He was about to start a chain of events that would cripple him, my family will not just let me death slide, especially Daryl. I just wish none of them had to see it.

The door opened and instead of it being my family it was a woman, the first thing I noticed about her was the Katana she was holding up, it was covered in blood.

"You," The Governor said in a low voice "You caused all of this," He accused.

"You're going to let her go." She told him sternly.

Was this woman on my side?
Who was she?
Does she know my family?
Does she know Daryl?

"If you don't let her go, I'll kill Penny," The Katana swinging woman threatened and I really don't think she's bluffing.

"Then I'll kill her anyway," The Governor replied.

"But could you kill her and stop me first?" She asked.

The woman took a couple of steps closer but The Governor pushed the barrel into my head harder.

"Your new friends won't like that you got her killed," He warned.

"Let her go!"

Daryl appeared from behind the woman with Rick and Maggie in tow. They all had guns and were pointing them at The Governor. I locked eyes with Daryl and I smiled at him, he looked away from me and back to The Governor.

The barrel of the gun was taken away from my head and the gun lay down on the table, I let out a huge breath as Daryl came to untie me from the chair. He was in pain, it was obvious but he was doing his best to hide it. I know him better than anyone, maybe even better than he knows himself. I locked eyes with him again and smiled but he looked away again.

Was he disgusted with me?
Can't he look at me now that another man has touched me?
Was he angry with me?
What have I done?

Daryl helped me out of the chair and brought me back to Maggie who wrapped her arms around me and we started leaving the apartment.

"Too much blood has been spilt already. If we see your face or any of your people again, we will kill them all. This is your only warning," Rick told The Governor.

We made it to the car that Rick and the others had come in without a problem, we managed to sneak out of the back and then after a couple of minutes everything at Woodbury went quiet. The only problem was that all of the noise had attracted a lot of walkers to the area, Rick, Maggie and the Katana woman killed at least 30 walkers to get us to the car.

"Thank you," I said to the woman "You saved my life," I added.

"I didn't do anything," She replied.

"Yes you did. Thank you," I said again "I'm Beth," I introduced.

"Michonne." She answered and got into the car.

Maggie wanted to sit in the back with me and Michonne, Daryl took the passenger seat and Rick got in the driver's seat and we started the drive back to the prison. Maggie wrapped her arms around me and I laid my head down on her shoulder, I wanted to be with Daryl right now but it wasn't an option, I planned to speak to him when we got back to the prison, I want to know why he's angry with me.

I must have fallen asleep because when I opened my eyes we were back at the prison and everyone was standing outside the cell block waiting for us, I saw my daddy first. He was crying as the car came to a stop and he saw that everyone had made it back. I got out of the car and straight into his awaiting arms, he hugged my tight and it hurt but I was so happy to be back with him.

"I'm so glad you're back," He said and kissed my head "What happened?" He asked me.

"Inside." I said and everyone started making their way inside.

We sat around one of the tables and I noticed that Daryl decided to sit on the other side to me, I tried to sit next to him but he didn't seem to want me there.

I decided to explain as it didn't look like Daryl wanted to.

"Daryl and I were in the woods, he was teaching me to track. Everything was fine. Daryl noticed that someone was watching us then this guy appeared with two others, they had weapons on us from the second they saw us, we didn't stand a chance. They asked us if we had a group and where, we didn't tell them, he called us liars and took us," I explained.

"Who is he?" Glenn asked.

"He called The Governor," I answered "We were brought back to his community and kept in some basement dungeon. He tortured both of us," I looked at Daryl but he was looking at the table with Carol trying to comfort him "He kept us separate so we couldn't speak to each other. I could hear them hurting Daryl and he could hear them hurting me," I told them and they gasped in horror.

"Animal," Maggie muttered but I'm sure everyone heard her.

"He brought Daryl into my holding room and started asking us questions, we didn't tell him anything. He threatened to do horrible things if we didn't answer and he hurt us more. I tried to fight him away but he knocked me out, when I came around I was alone," I said.

"What did he threaten to do?" Carol asked.

"Bad things," I answered.

"Like what?"

"He threatened to rape me and make Daryl watch," I told her and I couldn't hold it together anymore.

I burst into tears and Maggie wrapped her arms around me, daddy wrapped his arms around both of us and Glenn had his hand on my shoulder comfortingly.

"We shoulda killed him!" Daryl shouted and stood from the table. Everyone looked at Daryl as he slapped his hand on the table "That piece of shit deserved to die!" He shouted again.

Judith, who was asleep in Carl's arms, started crying.

"Daryl's right... we need to kill him." My daddy said.

I'm sorry!

I know it was the perfect opportunity to kill him but I want to keep him around a little bit longer, I have some plans.

Just to warn you guys, the next chapter is going to be heavy. Daryl and Beth are going to talk about what happened to them and there are going to be some very exposed emotions and I have to admit, I nearly cried writing some of it.

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