It had been 48 hours since they had left the sanctuary and Carol had been in her room, only leaving to go to the bathroom. She had Knocks on her door occasional and meals left but she hadn't opened the door. She couldn't get it out of her mind, it was like she had started all over again. When she was with Ed she was scared all of the time , he made her have sex with him which was basically rape and the only reason she let him do it to her was because she knew he would do it to Sophia if she said no. She had become a whole new women since the farm, she was cold and ruthless when she wanted to, the loss of her baby done that to her but it Made her tough for the world they were living in. Then those fuckers came and raped her, took turns on her like she was nothing. She felt that same disgust and weakness she did before.

Physically her body hurt, she had bruises on her face that was still purple but slowly turning into a green colour, her ribs hurt where she had been sat on and her vagina burned where they had ripped into her. She wished she could Wallow in pain as long as she wanted but she knew today was the day Negan was coming and she didn't want him shooting anybody if she wasn't at the gates.

Carol rose from the bed and carefully opened her door, she looked down the hallway and when she saw that no one was there , she went into the the bathroom and took a shower.

After she was dressed and asking sure she was presentable she walked downstairs, she stopped at the bottom and saw that Rick ,Daryl and some of the other were having a meeting about something . They all looked tense and she knew they were discussing Negan coming today. Carol didn't know if they knew what had happened to her but she knew she had to face them. She plucked up the courage and walked into the room, they all turned around to face her , she saw Tara and Maggie smiling at her as they hadn't seen her since the night Glenn died. Daryl came over to her put his hand on her shoulder but she flinched at the contact , she saw the hurt in daryl's eyes but she saw understanding within them.

"Are you ok? I'm glad you came downstairs, we was worried" Daryl said in his gruff voice.

Carol put on a smile and nodded, she didn't know what to say to her family. She didn't want to tell them if they didn't know. She knew that Negan was coming to take half of there stuff today and That must have put such a strain on all of them.

Rick looked around and then said,

"Look Carol we just want to say that we won't let Negan have you , you are our sister and I don't know what this creep is doing but he will die, it might not be today or tomorrow but we need to safely plan this , we need to do this for Glenn and Abraham … And for what he let happened to you"

Carol took a deep breath in and nodded 'so they did know' she thought.

"Right well I will go and cook breakfast for everyone , we have a big day in front of us so we need the energy"

She walked into the kitchen feeling everyone's eyes on her , she tried to ignore them and started breaking eggs into a pan.

"Carol you don't need to do this , I can do this"

She sighed and looked Around to see Maggie in the kitchen , she looked behind Maggie and saw everyone had began to get ready for the saviours arrival. She looked at Maggie and saw that she looked different , she had the same look to her that Carol did when she lost Sophia. Carols eyes began to water at the realisation that Glenn and Abe were gone. She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around Maggie, she felt Maggie tighten around her clearly needing this hug.

"I'm so sorry" Carol whispered in her ear, she felt Maggie nodding and felt her tears on her cheek.

They let go and wiped at there eyes , she saw Daryl standing there watching her in the corner of her eye.

She squeezed Maggie's hand and said,

"I'm going to go and get ready , do you mind finishing these off please?"

Maggie nodded and walked to the pans . Carol looked at Daryl and knew she had to speak to him, she walked over to him and grabbed his hand , she gently walked them to the lounge and she sat down. She felt so much emotion seeing Daryl and couldn't help herself so she wrapped her arms around him tight, she felt Daryl stiffen in shock but then he hugged her just as hard , they both let go of there emotions holding each other.

She pulled back and said,

"Are you ok? What did they do to you?"

Daryl sighed and said,

"Nothing too bad , I was in a cell somewhere. Listen Carol I'm going to kill him for this , you don't need to worry"

Carol shook her head and said,

"We will Daryl but please don't do anything stupid , he clearly has no morals and will kill anyone , I mean look at Glenn and Abe I still can't believe there gone, I'm going to miss them so much"

Daryl nodded clearly cut up still.

"I know you don't want to talk about it but when your ready you can , I'm here for you"

Carol smiled at his words and said,

"I know and thank you."

She saw Daryl was having some internal conflict and looked like he wanted to say something, she squeezed his hand to reassure him.

"Look Carol I couldn't stop thinking about you when I was that cell and when that fucker came and told me what them guards had done , I felt like part of me had been ripped open. Me and you have been close since the beginning and I wanted to tell you that… Um… I Love you Carol"

Carol gasped at that and even though she felt empty inside from her ordeal she started to feel some of her self come back slightly, she was so happy he felt the same.

"I love you to Daryl I have since the farm"

They smiled at each other , both of them feeling happiness for the first time in ages , even though all these threats and hurt was still looming over them they both had found happiness in each other.

Daryl leaned over and kissed her cheek , as much as he wanted to kiss her , he had to respect how she was feeling right now and he didn't want to scare her. Carols heart nearly exploded knowing how sweet and considerate he was being.

"Thank you Daryl"

Daryl looked down at there hands in each other's and said,

"The group have been talking and when Negan comes we will have Michonne and Sasha in the church tower with guns just in case , we will give them there shit but we will not let them have you ok, I hate that you have to meet him at them gates but we need to make it look like we are Doing what he says so he doesn't get suspicious"

Carol nodded and they stood up, they walked out of the door and heard someone shout,

"There here!"

Carol sighed and kissed Daryl's cheek, she saw the worry in his eyes and she smiled.

"I have to but it will be ok"

Carol walked up to the gate and glared at the cars that had pulled up. She saw the doors open and the men came out. She felt her heart beat nervously when she saw Negan come out of the car, she glared at him when she saw he had a massive grin on his face.

He walked up toward the gate and said,

"My my my you get prettier every time I see you, I'm glad you decided to listen to me and met me at the gates. I have missed you so much baby."

Carol didn't say anything , she just continued to glare at him. Negan chucked and said

"If anyone else had looked at the me like that I would bash there head in but you just make me so horny with that look!"

He saw Carols glare soften and turn into a scared expression , he sighed and said,

"Fuck! Look Carol that's just my stupid arrogant personality , I won't joke about that shit , I know you still must be so vulnerable"

Carol frowned at him being couldn't work out this man, one minute he's bashing people's head in because there were in there 'territory' then he was avenging her rape by killing the men and then he was apologising for joking about sex?

'He must be schizophrenic' she thought.

"Right well I'm here so what do you want from me" she said bravely.

Negan looked towards his men and nodded to them , Simon and his crew went to Rick and made sure they didn't interfere and try and anything while the other crew grabbed the supplies that had been set out. He leaned against the gate and said,

"Carol I want you. I fell in love with you the minute I grabbed those fuckers off of you. Don't you see I'm going crazy thinking about you. I hate what you have done to me , you have turned me into a pussy who cannot stop thinking about you . Do you know I let all of my wives go last night , I even killed Sherry and she was my favourite , I would kill for you my love"

Carol's mind was reeling , this guy seemed like he was hopelessly in love with her but she knew he wasn't , he couldn't be . Usually she would say it was because they didn't know each other well enough but seeing Negan and having taken psychology in College she would say he had a dangerous obsession with her. She looked at her group and saw that Daryl's eyes were glued on her and the rest of the group were glaring at Simon and the men taking there stuff. Negan frowned when he saw the looks between Daryl and Carol.

"You know Bub, usually I would be killing that redneck for just looking at what was mine but I'm gunna keep him alive so he can see me and you walking into the sunset together, he must be so jealous that you like me and not him"

Carols head snapped round and she stepped back from him,

"Do you actually think I like you? I HATE you, you killed my family , locked me and Daryl up, I got raped by your men and then your taking my groups stuff! I will never walk any where with you , do you understand me !"

Negan smiled and bent back with Lucille over his shoulder and laughed ,

"Haha I love how you play hard to get , you haven't got to and you know what Carol ,you will be mine , ok? I will take you and I will run off somewhere , screw the saviours and my power there . I just want you and me!"

Carol shook her , not believing the shit he was saying . She saw that the men had packed there truck up and was getting into the cars.

Negan stepped forward and shouted out,

"Rick your lucky this beauty distracted me , so I didn't have to beat or shoot anyone but listen to me right now , the same amount and more in 2 weeks or Carol comes back with me cause I'm getting a little Ansy waiting for her to realise she needs me!"

He walked over to the gate and said,

"Remember be at these gate , and Carol I need something to tide me over till next time"

Carol frowned not knowing what he meant until she gasped when he grabbed her and kissed her l she struggled and panicked , feeling the same feeling as before , scared. She quickly kicked her legs , landing them in between is legs. Negan let go moaning in pain but the cocky Bastard still laughed through the pain and said,

"Like I said you turn me right on with all this feistiness"

He winked and then got in the car and banging the door to tell his men to drive.

"2 weeks Carol… 2 weeks"He shouted as they drove away.