Chapter 5~ Maddy's POV
I watch as Carl's body hits the ground, one of the 'Governor's' men hit him in the head. I scream his name, is he dead?
"Don't worry, little girl," the Governor says, forcing my chin up to face him, "That hit won't kill him, only knock him out,"
"But he can't defend himself from walkers if he's knocked out!" I shout.
"That's not my problem," then I hear a thud as Jet's body falls to the ground also, and then next I feel a pain too, and the ground. Then everything goes black.
A few hours later…
Slowly everything comes back to normal and I hear my name being called, it was Jet. I wake up and see only black still it feels soft, like a bag or something.
"Jet?" I whisper.
"Oh thank God, I wasn't sure if you were there or not," he says, shakily.
I hear the door open and close, and I feel the bag slide off my head. There stood our two capturers and the Governor.
"Now, you won't be hurt if you do everything I say, basically we are using you two as hostages. Or more like goods, we will be trading you two over for the prison. If they don't accept, we'll kill you, simple really," the Governor says. "And as for you, Jet, my boys need to speak with you in the other room,"
Jet's expression turns to worry and then true fear, a fear that I've never seen plastered on someone else's face.
Were they going to torture him…?
They leave the room but the Governor stays here. I notice that I'm tied up on a single chair, but my mouth was left free. "You said you weren't going to hurt us," I say, through angry, gritted teeth.
"Yes, I did say that. I am not the one who is hurting him though," he says, evilly and smiles a disgusting smile.
"Who are you anyway? I've only been told about your description and name. I can already see how vile you are," I say.
"Oh? They haven't told you their past with me? It's probably because it's their fault," he says. "It all started way back when I was the leader of a town called Woodbury. We were a great survival team; I had many strong soldiers, loving townspeople and many great friends, even a lover. It was all shattered when Michonne snuck in, probably to find Andrea, her friend. Instead, she killed my daughter,"
"Michonne wouldn't kill a child, besides, what makes you think I'd believe a word you say?" I reply.
"Wow, feisty. You think you're brave and cool by talking to me like that? You're just a dumb whiny little child. Remember, I'm the one who's not tied up and I'm the one with the gun," he says.
I instantly shut my mouth and remember Carl. Oh crap! Carl! Did Daryl and Glenn find him? What if they find Carl's half eaten body lying in a pool of blood and guts. No, I can't think like that, not now.
"You want to see your little boyfriend again? I hope he gets ripped apart," he says.
"Don't you dare say that? Why are you so rotten? It's like you're already a walker, but only on the inside!" I shout, and then he pulls out his gun and aims for my head.
"Don't you think that I won't hesitate to pull this trigger, I already have one hostage!" he shouts.
"Yes, but I'm the one Carl loves. You'd think his Dad would care about that, right?" I say, carefully.
He rolls his eyes, well, actually his one eye and then leaves the room. About five minutes later Jet gets shoved back in, and he falls in a heap on the floor in front of my feet.
"Jet! Are you alive?" I ask, and for some reason I feel as if I actually care about this scumbag.
His body was curled up and bloody, he had many cuts over him but none that could let him bleed to death. I'm sure that it would be hurting like hell though.
"Yeah…I'm-I'm alive," he manages to say.
He pulls himself upright and leans on the couch in front of me. "I hope Carl is OK," he whispers.
"So do I…" I say back, I really hope he hasn't died…
"Well shit, I never thought I'd be in this position," he says.
"You deserve it," I say, remembering what he did.
"You saw them, didn't you? You're brother and sister? You didn't admit it though…" He says.
"How could you say something like that! Of course I didn't admit it to the person who murdered them! I saw it happen!" I say, my hate rising again.
"I see my sister all the time," he says, ignoring what I just said.
"I don't care!" I shout.
"Look, let me explain! The Governor would have just captured you as hostage OK? But he saw me and took me. You want to know why?" He asks and I nod in reply
"I used to be one of his 'soldiers'. The Governor is a bad guy! He did terrible things, but I only stayed on his side for the sake of my sister. We went around to different camps, killing the people and stealing their stuff. When we came back to town we'd make up some bullshit lie to cover it up. They made me take over your group, if I didn't they would have shot me! Call me a coward, I don't care but they would have also killed my sister!" he confesses.
Holy crap. I never… I never thought it like that. I just thought he was some lazy, cowardly teenager only thinking of himself, taking everything away from me. I realised now that he had too and that he didn't do it for himself but for his sister, now that I think about it, I probably would have done the exact same thing…
"I…I didn't know, I'm so sorry…" I mumble, trying to keep my tears back.
"The next day I couldn't stop thinking about killing those kids and setting a group of zombies…Or 'walkers' into the house. It has never left me until this day, the nightmares and the dead children. I will never be able to forgive myself and I know you won't able too as well. I decided to leave because I never wanted this to happen again but the Governor found out I was trying to escape. He took my sister and…Killed her. I managed to escape afterwards, but it was my fault she and all those kids died," he continues.
Then I notice the tone of voice and the way he explained things. He was telling the truth and I was still shocked that I believed him but by already meeting the Governor, I wasn't surprised that he would have done that.
"Look, Jet. You can't forgive yourself if I don't forgive you first. The Governor is a vile bastard and I know for a fact that he would have done something like that. It's not your fault they died, it's the Governor's so we're going to fight harder than ever for them, and, I forgive you," I say, suddenly feeling a lot better.
"I promise you that I will fight hard for your brother, sister and mine," he says.
"We'll fight together," I say and Jet smiles for the first time.
Carl's POV
Our car screeches to a stop while we wait for Maggie to open up the gates, then we speed down the road. I jump out as soon as it stops and Hershel comes over, looking for Jet.
"Where's Jet?" Hershel asks, "And Maddy?"
"They were captured by the Governor, I have a feeling that they're going to be used as hostages to get this prison from us," I say as everyone else crowds around to hear the news.
"Dammit!" cries Rick. "Why the hell were they by themselves?"
"Look Rick, I'm sorry! You'd think the Governor would be preparing himself and his army, not searching for us!" Daryl says.
"We're going to have to leave…" I say, of course we have to! Maddy's life is at risk! Oh and Jet's…
"We can't leave without a fight!" Glenn says, with Rick agreeing.
"But Maddy and Jet could die! I'm not losing someone else I care about," I shout, angrily.
Sam and Chelsea pull me away from the argument, and we go to a cell inside.
"It's best if we let the adults take care of this one," Chelsea says. I realise how mature Chelsea is, for a fifteen year old. Sam on the other hand acts like an average sixteen year old and Jet acts as a broken fifteen year old, or was he sixteen?
"How old is Jet?" I ask, curiously.
"He's turning sixteen soonish," Sam says, and I nod. I'm so glad that Maddy and I are fourteen, still got a long way to go…
"So…What happened?" Chelsea asks, worriedly.
I explain them every detail of what happened, except my serious talk with Maddy beforehand.
For the rest of the day we prepare for what's to come. It might end up peaceful and happy, but I seriously doubt it. They're going to try and ask the Governor if he and his group would like to stay at the prison with us. Personally, I think that the Governor will decline, he's a selfish man.
I hope Maddy and Jet are OK. What if the Governor tortured them? What if the Governor… Raped Maddy? Would he seriously do that to a fourteen year old?
I guess I'll just have to wait till' morning, because that's when the battle will start and end.
A/N; Next chapter shall be put on soon, sorry for leaving you on a cliffhanger-ish. The next chapter will focus more on Jet's, Carl's and Maddy's relationships with each other. Hope you liked reading, reviews are much appreciated! x