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TWD Chapter 12 – A Broken Heart

"Dad! It's me, Olivia!" The shocked expressions of Carlos and Nick greeted her as she attempted to sprint towards him.

"Olivia, don't!"

She was the happiest she had felt in a long time and nothing, not even Carlos, would keep her away from him. Even with Luke, she hadn't been this happy.

The group had already been close so it didn't take long for her to fully close the distance, but she wasn't greeted with the happy face she thought she would have been and that was her only restraint from throwing her arms around his neck. Carver, the rough looking man and even her father were glaring at her. "Take care of your daughter, Joel. We have business to attend to and she looks like she could use some... guidance." With that, the other three walked off, leaving Joel with Olly, who was trying to mull over what Carver had instructed her dad to do.

Her father hadn't said a word to her and this confused her more. "Dad..."

"You should never have run to me."

"Wha-?" She never got to finish her sentence before the butt of her father's assault rifle struck her cheek, causing her to meet the floor and her hat to been throw off in disarray.

"Now get up and don't make me do it again." Olivia's eyes watered from the impact, her heart aching at how it broke. She looked up at Carlos and the others, sorrowful expressions on their faces. It felt like nothing mattered any more. Everything she had worked for, everything she had done to find her dad... and she discovers this, a man that no longer resembled him at all. "I said get up!"

"D'ya want me to do it, Joel?"

"No, I got it, Troy. She's my problem... Get. Up." Olly attempted to push herself up from the ground, but it caused too much pain inside and she just flopped back down. Her father growled at her before dragging her forcefully off the ground and pushing her forward. Tears fell down her cheeks as she stumbled back towards Carlos. When she reached the group, Carlos placed a soothing hand on her shoulder before Nick took her in to his arms and hugged her against him, allowing her bleeding cheek and tears to soak in to his shirt.

"Now that's sorted, where's Rebecca?" There was a pause in the group, the only sound was Olivia's muffled crying. That was until Carlos spat in Carver's face furiously.

"It's nice to see you too." Carver's words were accompanied with a powerful punch, almost causing Carlos to topple over. A few seconds later, Sarah sprinted out of the lodge, calling her dad's name and landing straight in to his arms. The girl exiting the ski lodge gave Carver the realisation that the rest must be inside. After commanding them silently, his 'team' escorted the captives inside. Olivia hoped that Clementine was well hidden, she didn't want her to have to go through this.

The group were stopped just outside the lodge whilst Troy and Bonnie went inside to scout the place out. This left Carver and Joel to watch over the group. Olivia realised that she still had her sword strapped to her back, maybe she could...

"Joel. Strip them of weapons." Too little, too late. Her father started with Carlos, then Sarita. Nick scowled at him when he came close to himself and Olivia who he was still clutching for dear life. It hurt the way he was holding her, but that pain was the only reminder that this was real. She had to get a grip. Once Nick had given his gun to him, it was Olly's turn. She politely pulled away from Nick and slowly pulled the strap of her katana over her head. Their shared emerald eyes never left each other as they both searched for something to salvage. She reluctantly handed the sword over in which he immediately slung it over his own shoulder. Olivia had to prevent herself from hurting him... she didn't know what she would have done, but she would have hurt him.

"Your gun too."

Olly scowled. "I don't have a gun on me."

"You expect me to believe..."

Carver peered over Joel's shoulder, obviously having overheard the conversation. "I believe her. Last time we met she never had a gun on her either... she would have shot me otherwise."

"As you say, boss."

"Now get them inside. It looks like Rebecca is playing a game of hide-and-seek, and I think it's about time we changed the rules."

The group were pushed inside the lodge with Walter taking the lead. Once they had them in the position they wanted, they were put on the knees and their hands tied behind their back. On either side of Olivia was Sarita and Nick. It comforted her to be near someone who had been friends with Luke for so long, which was pretty pathetic if she was honest. A part of her hoped that Luke would come in and rescue them all... that was the selfish side of her. The other part hoped he had gotten away so he could live freely and not be bound by these... monsters. Somehow though, she knew Luke wouldn't abandon them.

Once everyone had been tied up, Carver began scouting the upstairs with his eyes. When he saw no sign of his beloved Rebecca, he seemed to realise that she wasn't going to come out for him, and he snapped. He grabbed Carlos by the collar and yanked him from his knelt position by his daughter's side. "Let go of him, you fuck!"

"Joel."

Olivia's shrieks were greeted with another hit to the face by her dad, at Carver's command. Olly didn't cry this time, oh no, she raged. She felt like she was on fire and her whole body shook with anger. It did the trick though, she kept quiet... deep inside, however, she was planning her revenge. Anyone who noticed was almost taken aback by how frightening she looked. With out the hat shadowing her face, her fiery red hair was on full show and falling in front of her face as it always had... green orbs scowling from beneath, no longer shining as they usually did. The added blood trickling down her cheek fulfilled the look.

Carver punched Carlos in the stomach this time, provoking him to his hands and knees. His daughter cried for him and he had no way of physically comforting her as he usually did.

"Listen, I'm only gonna ask once. Where's Rebecca?"

Carlos didn't answer, he just turned to his daughter. "Sarah, look at me. It's going to be okay." Sarah almost seemed to believe it before Carver grabbed his wrist and broke one of his fingers which gave a crack that seemed to echo through out the whole lodge, as did his screams.

This infuriated Olivia more. Never before had she wanted someone more dead than she did at this point. With a great effort, she managed to hold her tongue... she was no use to Carlos dead.

"Rebecca?" Silence. "Rebecca. Our baby deserves to be raised in a place of safety." His baby? So this is what all this is about. Damn it. Olivia always knew Rebecca had something to hide. "I know you're out there. And Alvin. And Luke. And the girl." Oh, shit. No. He was not getting Clementine! Let's hope she stays away, otherwise it wasn't going to get pretty. "This is real simple. You want this over quick, you all play nice and show your faces."

Sarah was hysterical now, pleading for her father's life. Olivia knew exactly why Rebecca wouldn't come down and it was selfish. People were going to die if she didn't.

Carver, who was becoming more and more impatient, broke another of Carlos' fingers and the scream was excruciating to hear and Olly had to shut her eyes, in any attempt to try and block it out. Sarah was crying again, begging for Carver to stop. Carlos, the cool, calm, collected man she once knew was gone as he shouted for this to end. "Fuck you. Shoot him! Somebody just shoot hi-" Carver pulled on the man's head, revealing a knife to his neck. They had a matter of seconds to give themselves up or Carlos was going to die.

"Bill, Stop!"

A wicked smile appeared on the man's face. "Ah." He threw Carlos to the ground as Joel pulled him up and bound him again. Olivia got a quick look at his fingers which were bent and crooked and she wondered if he'd ever be able to use them again. The pregnant woman descended the stairs, as did Alvin and... Clementine. Olly died a little inside at the sight of her. Rebecca waddled straight up to Carver, a furious look on her face. He raised his hand to her causing her to flinch as he stroked her cheek. "You all right?"

"Fuck you, Bill." She turned back to where the rest of them where, looking crushed.

Olly turned to see her father pulling on Clementine's arm to try and bind her. "Don't you fucking touch her!"

Joel just ignored her and continued his rough approach, but Carver seemed amused. "Ah, yes. Your 'sister'. You didn't actually think I believed that bullshit, did you?" He knelt before the redhead, both of them not breaking eye contact. "You're goin' to be trouble. I have a way of dealing with troublemakers. Joel had been a troublemaker once too, but now... he's my loyalist friend. He saw the error of his ways and I'm certain, you'll earn my forgiveness too." Olivia smirked at him before mustering all the strength she could to throw her head forward to collide with his. He fell backwards, blood gushing from his nose.

After a few seconds, Carver clambered up from the floor, trying to regain what little dignity he had left and rubbed away the red liquid which ran down his face. Olly just smiled at him. She received a full frontal smack across her injured cheek before turning to Joel and nodding. Then he turned his attention back to the rest of them, particularly Rebecca. Her father dragged her from the ground and slammed her down on the counter. Her vision went dazed and her hearing was muffled. She was pretty certain she heard Clementine call her name, but she couldn't be sure. It took a few seconds for her hearing to return to a volume where she could make out actual words being spoken. Before she knew it, she was being grabbed by the hair and pulled up over the counter. A harsh voice spoke in to her ear. "It's a good job you're my daughter, otherwise you'd be dead right now. I'm the only thing keeping you alive so shut the fuck up and behave otherwis-" Joel was cut off by the sound of a gunshot and shattering glass. Realisation that the bullet had hit her dad in the shoulder came when he suddenly released her. Now both her father and herself had fallen to the ground in pain. The worst part about it all was... she felt no pity for the man. In fact, at that exact moment, she'd have been glad if he died. Olly's eyesight was still gradually returning, but she could hear the commotion just fine.

"You'll be okay, Joel. We'll get this wrapped up real quick and then Carlos can patch you up." It was strange to hear Carver actually sound like he cared. Maybe it was because her father did everything he damn well said... even beat his own daughter almost to death.

Olly could hear the woman saying she "can't see him." She assumed by 'him', she meant Kenny or maybe... Luke! The hope fuelled her and finally she could just make out the figures of Carver and Troy who were hidden behind pillows.

"Watch them." The outlined figure of Bill moved towards the group and plucked one of his hostages from the floor, using them as a human shield. Olivia tried blinking a few times in an attempt to get her vision back. After the fifth time, she could see specific details which made it easy to point out that the human shield was in fact Walter. He was brought back to his knees and instantly shot in the head. Olly shut her eyes tight and in that moment, wished her vision gone again. The shocked gasps and cries of anguish filled the room, but Carver didn't even flinch.

"Please! Stop!" The scared voice of Clementine gave Olivia the strength needed to crawl away from her dad, who was bleeding profusely, and towards the little girl whilst everyone else was preoccupied with the shooter.

"That's for injuring our man! Now, I didn't want to have to do this, but you ain't leavin' me much choice. So here's what's gonna happen. I'm gonna march another one of your friends out here and I'm gonna put a bullet in the back of their head." Sarah was now on the verge of breaking point and it was taking every ounce of Olly's strength to not run up and knock Carver on his ass. Right now, though, Clementine was much more important. Olivia finally reached Clem who had never looked more terrified in her life... she was holding it together though, better than herself actually. "Or you can give up now. It's your choice." Another shot fired, narrowly missing Carver's head. At this point, Olly was certain that this was Kenny and not Luke... Luke would have given himself up right after Walter had been killed. Then, where was he? "Hi, Alvin."

Suddenly, it was Alvin being taken next. "Alvin!" Rebecca made an attempt to pull her husband back, until a gun was thrust in to her face. "Bill, no! Tell him to stop. Kenny, stop!"

Carver ignored her pleas and continued to guide Alvin to the same spot he had just murdered Walter. Olly had liked Walter. One of the few remaining kind people, in this fucked up world, had just been killed... and another was just about to join him. Olivia shook her head and squeezed her eyes shut, trying to block out the images burned in to her mind. She opened her eyes again when she heard a loud thud and a wheeze. Clem had gone to protect Alvin and was now being held at gunpoint and in her attempt to block it all out, she hadn't even noticed! "NO! PLEASE! DON'T DO THIS!" Olly's desperate pleas fell on uncaring ears.

Bill Carver was a ruthless man and did not care for pleas. "We can do this all night. Is that what you want?"

The next few seconds that passed had never felt so long. Olivia's heart was hammering making it difficult to breath. Then the door swung open and Kenny entered, his hands in the air. Finally, Olly's breathing evened at the consolation that Clementine would be safe for another day. Immediately, Kenny was tied up like the everyone else and him and Clem were shoved with the others.

"Where's Luke?" Olivia's eyes scanned over to Kenny who showed no reaction to his question whatsoever, not even an inkling whether he was alive or not. "Finally cut and run, huh? Why am I not surprised? I warned you. I warned you not to follow him. And look where he's led you! But you're safe now. We're going home, as a family."

One by one, a person was taken. In the end, it was just Olly and Clementine... awaiting their turn. They both looked at each other, doing their best to reassure one another. It wasn't long before Joel pulled up his daughter and moved her forward. How had it come to this? She was hostage to a madman and her dad was his trusted lackey... willing to do anything he said. She hated what he had become and yet... part of her hoped it was just a façade and he still loved her.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Okay, so the reunion didn't exactly go to planned, right? Now, I need everyone's help! I'm very indecisive about what should happen next. There are two options really; 1) Joel's aggression towards his daughter continues, but he's aggressive to everyone and has been since a certain event which I will not spoil. This will lead to more upsetting scenes and more confrontation between Olly and Luke in the end and when I say upsetting scenes... I mean it! Option number 2) Joel is still an aggressive character, that can't be avoided due to what he has been through, but he still cares for his daughter and everything he did in this chapter was for a purpose. This will probably lead to a "happier" outcome with Luke and Olivia.

I could really use the feedback because I have no idea which would be preferable to the readers and I won't be able to continue until you lovely people help me. Thanks again!