Beth POV
It had been only two days since Beth had joined the Bandits, and she was miserable. She'd been brought to a large warehouse, where she was kept with around 50 or so other girls.
The Bandits were awful to them. They starved and beat the girls. They made them scrub the floors and walls with toothbrushes - Beth was doing that right now. She had been assigned to floor duty with another young girl who was around her age. From what she could gather, the girl's number was 52.
"What's your name?" Beth whispered to the girl, continuing to work.
The girl looked terrified. "Anna," she whispered back. "But please, be quiet. We don't want them to hear us." The girls weren't supposed to talk to each other.
"I'm Beth," she told Anna. "Don't worry. I know someone who's going to get us out of here. He's going to come real soon." I hope, she thought silently to herself.
Daryl POV
They were finally in the city, and had scouted out a few areas where Beth could easily have been taken to. They included a hospital, a large run-down supermarket and a large brick building on the outskirts of the city. Daryl was skeptical about the last one.
They tried the hopsital first. A woman and man, both dressed in police uniforms, met them. The two children, Josie and Max, had snuck around to the back of the hospital with Emily to see if they could find anything. Daryl and Earl were approaching the hospital in an attempt to gather information.
"Hello," the woman said. "May we help you?"
"Yes," Earl began. "My name is Earl, this is Daryl. A few days ago Daryl's friend - she goes by the name of Beth - went missing. We think she might have ended up around this area, and we're very scared for her." He gave the people a description of Beth and asked if they had any information.
Daryl could tell by the looks on their faces that they knew exactly who Beth was. Before he could ask where she was, however, the male spoke up. "Sorry, we don't know anything about her. We'll keep an eye out." He turned on his heel to leave.
The female police officer made sure he was on his way inside before speaking in a hushed voice. "Beth was taken here. However, a few of my associates-" she grimaced and glanced back at the retreating officer- "thought it best to trade her off to supplies. You'll find her in a warehouse a couple blocks east of here. That's all i can say." Then she too turned, and headed back in to the hospital.
The two then went to go find Emily and the kids, and relay the information to them. Daryl figured they would deal with the people in the hospital later. They were well on their way to getting Beth now.
Beth
She laid down on the very uncomfortable cot at lights out. Not wanting to cry, Beth took a deap breath and let out a sigh instead. Where was Daryl?
Her question was answered when a bright flash, followed by a small boom sounded near the warehouse entrance. Many of the girls cried out in fear and Beth could hear the Bandits crying out in alarm.
She made out a few figures-two males, it looked like-making their way in the warehouse from the hole they'd blown in the entrance. "Daryl!" she cried out, recognizing the redneck thanks to the crossbow slung across his back. Looking around, she called out for Anna. She eventually found the frightened girl still sitting on her cot.
"Anna! Come on, he's here! I told you he'd come!" She grabbed the girl by the arm and pulled her towards the entrance.
Beth ran and crashed into Daryl. "You're here - i knew you'd come!" she sighed happily into her chest. "C'mon, we gotta get out of here."
"Papa!" Anna yelled, hugging the other unfamilliar male.
"That's Earl. And i assume that's his granddaughter," Daryl told Beth. "I'll explain later. We gotta go." The group of four escaped the warehouse in the wake of the confusion the explosion had caused.
A/N : I know this is a really short chapter but i hope you guys enjoyed! I've been spending a lot of time working and doing (more) university stuff so again i apologize for my delay. Thank you to all my loyal readers!