A/N: Alrighty I finally got this chapter out! So I'm beginning to go back and edit my previous chapters but I'll still be updating with new ones when I can. If you get the chance and want to read the new revised versions of the other chapters go ahead, I can't really stop you...but please leave a review and tell me what you think. Anyways, enjoy and thanks for reading.
He was injured. She knew it before Amber even told her. She woke up in a fluffy bed, the sheets were warm and there was a wooden table to the left of her. Lilliann accidently slammed her wrist on the edge of the table, a slight bruise formed around the cut as it slowly began to drip blood down her forearm.
"Lilliann, be careful!" Amber instantly put a cold damp rag on the injury, causing Lilliann to jump at the sudden chill.
"What happened?"
"You blacked out from the gun shot."
"I know that much, what else happened?" Lilliann could feel Amber's gaze on her face as her breath hitched in her throat.
"Well, I guess Redneck fell down the gorge got an arrow to the side and when Andrea yelled about the walker she actually say Redneck limping towards the farm. She then shot him."
"She shot at him! Is he alright?" Lilliann quickly sat up causing the rag to slip from Amber's hands. She cursed under her breath and replaced the rag onto the skin but muttered about Daryl being alright.
"He's in the room beside you; Doc says we shouldn't disturb him." Amber said a sigh escaping from her lips.
"Why do you hate him?" Lilliann could feel her eyes buzz with warmth.
"Lilliann?" Amber's voice was just above a shaky whisper as Lilliann finally focused on her azure fear-stricken eyes.
"That's my name, at least that's the name Andrew gave me." A smirk played across her pink chapped lips as she drew her knees towards the mattress, hiding them under her dirt covered indigo dress. She patted away the rim of her dress where the seams were coming undone slowly. Her neckline was ripped slightly showing some cleavage when she moved while the holes everywhere became bigger and bigger.
"We should get some new clothes." Amber claimed, looking at the doorway. Her onyx hair fell into her face, shadowing the fear behind her eyes. Lilliann's smirk grew into a full grin as she realized how terrified everyone could be of her.
"Why do you hate him?" Lilliann tilted her head to the left, allowing her scarlet hair to cascade onto the periwinkle sheets.
"I'm going into to town for some new clothes; you rest up and don't leave this room until you have Adam in you." Amber's eyes iced over as she glared at her friend, making Lilliann's grin dwindle. Amber then left the room, creating a loud slamming noise when she did. Lilliann fell back onto the sheets feeling the air lift her up slightly as she did. There was a window, filtering the sun beams through its laced curtains; beside the window was a cherry wood dresser that had framed photos in different colors and sizes scattered atop of it.
Lilliann got to her feet and waltzed over to the dresser. There were dents and scratches in the wood that she ran her fingers over as she slowly made her way to a frame. Before she was able to get a glimpse at the picture the doors to the barn suddenly began to shake. She turned her gaze to the locked up barn as the doors continued to shake and rattle behind the wooden planks and chains. Lilliann glared at the doors, dying to know what was behind those doors; what animals were causing those doors to shake. She laid her fingers on top of the metal latch, ready to open the window and break those doors down.
"Shouldn't you be gettin' some rest?" His voice caused the vision to vanish as the red head turned around. She could sense him there even if she couldn't feel the vibrations.
"What are you doing up?"
"I heard you talkin' with Amber and I came to see how you were feelin'." She could hear his feet make the wood floor squeak as he took a few steps towards her.
"I'm feeling fine,"
"Don't you lie to me." His breath shifted the bangs from her eyes as he inched closer.
"I'm not lying."
"I heard the way you talked to Amber, your voice turned cold and she was close to yellin' or cryin'; either way it told me that you are not fine." Lilliann could feel fear prickle her skin as he growled at her. She took a step back and fell onto windowsill.
"Why did you listen in on my conversation?"
"Why are you lyin' to me?"
"I lie to protect, it's what I was born to do."
"No one is born to lie."
"No but I was born to protect."
"Ok, well then who are you supposed to be protectin' then?"
"The Splicers, I was supposed to protect them." She felt tears slowly drop down her cheeks and fall onto her feet.
"Wow, now don't cry; it'll be alright. You can, um, still save 'em."
"I already failed, I always fail!" More tears fell as she crumpled to her knees, Daryl's hands barely keeping her steady.
"Lilliann, come on, you ain't a failure you know that."
"You're really bad at comforting people, you know that right?"
"Well I never really grew up with the comforting type of people."
"Neither did I but I still know how to hug someone when they're crying."
"Well shit I don't know how to hug and all that other stuff!" Lilliann's tears soon dried up as she replaced them with a light laugh. She slowly giggled as she imagined Daryl's confused face while he tried to comfort her.
"You're funny Daryl, really funny. Thank you for coming to see if I was alright."
"Um, any time just don't lie to me again, ok?"
"Alright."
"So now tell me the truth." She heard the slight crack of his knees as he kneed down to her level, his breath tickling her face.
"I'm not entirely fine, I'm running low on Adam which means I can become really dangerous." Her voice cracked as fear itched itself back into her body.
"How can you get more Adam?"
"I need to harvest it," she took a deep breath fearful of the next words, "from dead Splicers."
"Then let's go get some Adam then, there have to be some dead walkers around somewhere."
"It needs to be a fresh kill," Daryl grabbed Lilliann's arm and yanked her to a standing position, causing her to whine a little.
"Like I said let's go." He began to drag the blind girl out of the house and into the woods.
"Hey where are you two going? You should be resting!" Dale called as they passed the RV.
"Lilliann's low on Adam so we're going to get it, don't you worry we'll be fine." Daryl called back still dragging the fighting girl by her arm.
"Fine if we're going to do this you have to let me scan the area." She finally got her arm free of the man's grip. She took several deep breaths as she turned her sensibility to the max. There was a Splicer just a few feet ahead of them and from the weight of his steps he must be full of Adam. Lilliann pointed in the direction after Daryl had already shot off his arrow. She heard it fly through the air and come in contact with the Splicer as it fell with a thud. She grabbed onto the rim of Daryl's shirt and tugged on it.
"What?"
"I wasted the last bit of Adam I have on that scan, lead me to the Splicer please." Daryl grunted an 'ok' and began walking towards the corpse. Lilliann fell down towards the corpse, her mouth beginning to water with the anticipation on the Adam sliding down her throat and coursing through her veins. She opened the satchel that always hung around her shoulders and began to search inside. There was the clink of glass vials hitting each other as she pulled out a long metal tool. It felt smooth in her hands as she ran her fingers over pointed tip before she began to stab the corpse relentlessly.
Daryl took a couple steps back as she continued to inject the tip into the body while liquid began to fill the vial on the top. When it was full she would stop and replace the full vial with an empty then she would begin stabbing again. The process took about ten minutes and when she was done Daryl watched as she opened one of the vials and drained it down her throat, gulping every last drop into her mouth. He saw flashes of red and yellow in her clear eyes when her gaze fell on him.
"So, um, are we good to go back?" he asked as she began to clean up the vials and put her syringe away.
"We're good to go back now. Is it still daylight?" she asked as she wiggled her toes in the cool, damp grass.
"Ya it's still daylight, let's head back. You need a guide?" he asked, laying his hand on her shoulder. She felt a layer of warmth pass over the covered area which she quickly removed with the back of her hand. They slowly began their retreat to the camp where Lori was cooking.
The journey didn't take long and soon they were all eating in silence when someone approached the group. Lilliann's ears pricked up as she raised her gaze to the intruder.
"Hey guys, the barns full of walkers." Glenn's shaky voice rang to her ears as did fear at the mention of the Splicers. Everyone looked at each other and she sense them all tense up. Rick led the group towards the barn, Lilliann staying close to Lori and Daryl. She was glad to finally identify mostly everyone in their small group from the way they walked and their voices. Shane walked up to the barn and peered inside.
"Oh God, no…" Lilliann whispered as she fell to her knees. Daryl fell down with her, his hands around her shoulders as he watched her expressions. Her eyes widened and brimmed with tears as her hands drooped over her open mouth in a silent, awe-struck scream.
"Wha's wrong Lilliann?" He asked as she continued to shake under his grasp.
"Th-there's so many Splicers. They're all moving, there's so many." Her voice cracked with fear and her shaking caused her to fall into Daryl's chest. His hands stayed in their position around her shoulders and he slowly tried to coach her to her feet while Rick and Shane began to yell. Daryl was finally able to get Lilliann to her feet and she seemed stable enough when his ears picked up Sophia's name. He instantly joined the yelling as Lori held onto Lilliann and began to pet her hair.
Lilliann let out a shriek when she felt Daryl lunge at Shane. They both barred their teeth and began to throw punches. Lori left Lilliann's side as the girls rushed to the fighting men. Lilliann hung onto Daryl's shirt and attempted to pull the man away from the scene with the help of Carol and Andrea. The men finally calmed down when Rick ran off to talk with Hershel. Lilliann continued to pull Daryl away from the scene against his protests.
"Quit pullin' you damn bitch!" Daryl ripped his shirt from Lilliann's grasp, causing the frail girl to fall on her back. She rubbed her backside and looked up, feeling Daryl's glare on her.
"Why did you start fighting?" she accused.
"I didn't start it! He started it!"
"You're beginning to sound like a child."
"I ain't no child and why'd you keep pullin' me?!" Lilliann slowly began to stand, patting away the fresh dust from her gown.
"I didn't want you to get hurt, you're already injured."
"I'm fine. Why do all you gals think that I'm so hurt?"
"Because Hershel said you need to heal still. Why do you always go out and do stupid stunts?"
"What stupid stunt have I done recently?" his voice was slowly coming down from a yell but his glare never let up.
"You tried to go after the girl again, this morning before visiting me in my room. Carol told me." Lilliann felt her gaze droop towards the ground, like a child being scolded by a parent.
"Of course I was going to go look for her, SHE'S A LIL' GIRL!" he began to yell again, causing the girl in front of him to flinch and cry.
"She's probably dead Daryl!" Lilliann felt her own voice rising, fear and adrenaline coursing through her veins. She swallowed back her next remark as it constricted her throat. The last thing she wanted to do was to hurt Daryl.
"Don't you dare say that. Now I promised to find that lil' girl and damn it I will find her." She felt his breath on her face and his finger between her eyes.
"She's…dead…Daryl." Lilliann felt more tears sting her eyes as she knew her words would wound Daryl but she had to say something, he was going to die if he kept looking for Sophia. Her voice kept breaking as she repeated her words one more time, her shoulder's shivering at painful speeds. She heard Daryl growl as he turned away from her but before she took a step towards him he swung back around, slashing his hand across her face.
"You dirty fucking Redneck!" Amber screamed, running towards the crying, shivering girl who was now on the ground holding her left cheek. Daryl took a few deeps breaths as he continued to stare at Lilliann.
What the fuck was that dumbass thinking? I just get back from collecting Adam to find Daryl slapping Lilliann! I ran over to her while the dumbass continued to stare, his glare changing to pure fright as Lilliann looked up at him. Her eyes were glistening with fresh tears as her left cheek burned a bright red.
"Lilliann," he whispered as he bent down towards her, an apology on his eyes that she couldn't see. His voice broke when he spoke her name, his fingers trying to touch her porcelain skin. She smacked his hands away and didn't look him in the face.
"Get away from me, Daryl." She whispered, whimpering.
"Lilliann I didn't mean to hit you I swear."
"You fucking heard her, Redneck. Leave." I stood over both of them, glaring at the worthless man.
"You get out of here; this is none of your business." Daryl glared back up at me, pure rage in his eyes.
"Or what, you'll hit her too?" Lilliann said, her voice turning harsh. At the tone of her voice Daryl took a step back and finally gave up trying to apologize. He walked back towards the house when Shane stormed into the scene, throwing a gun towards the Redneck as he yelled.
"What's he yelling about?"
"The barn is full of Splicers and I believe they're going to clear it out now." Lilliann claimed as she rose to her feet.
"Let's get you inside." I put my hands around her shoulders and tried to lead her towards the house. She shrugged off my hands and claimed that she wanted to stay outside, the show was only beginning. I stared at her in confusion when she pointed towards five people. Two were connected with poles and kept withering under the other person's grip as Rick and Hershel led the Splicers towards the barn. Shane freaked the fuck out and began running towards them. He took his gun out and circled the Splicers while Lilliann ran towards them. I followed after her as Shane shot the female Splicers in the stomach six times. When we reached the area Shane had already shot the girl in the head and Hershel fell to his knees, the dead girl in front of him.
Shane began to break open the doors of the barn; during the commotion I caught Daryl taking a glimpse at Lilliann as she stared straight ahead. I snorted a little as the doors creaked open and Splicers began to file out. They looked around with crazed clear eyes; their gaze fell onto everyone's face and finally landed on us. I cringed at their looks as they began to limp over towards us.
"Well Daryl, are you going to allow that Splicer to eat me?" Lilliann whispered her question as the Splicer gained more ground towards her. She took a step towards him, Daryl's ears pricked up as he raised the shot gun. He took aim and shot; the bullet whizzed past Lilliann's face and hit the Splicer before it was able to gnaw on Lilliann's flesh. She blinked her blind eyes, turned and walked back towards me.
Soon more Splicers came from the barn all being shot down from the various members of the group. The only one not shooting was Rick.
"Get ready for this excitement, Amber. There's going to be more tears shed, thankfully they won't be mine." Her voice was cold as she sat by my feet. She looked towards the barn, most likely feeling every Splicer as they fell onto the ground with a deadly thud. I was shocked that the bullets didn't affect her the way they did before and that she wasn't unconscious. I was shocked that her red hair was lying in spacious curls on the dirt ground as her blind eyes closed; no she kept staring.
The gun shots soon quieted down as no more Splicers left the barn. I bent down beside Lilliann and whispered when the tears were going to begin. She simply giggled, pointed towards the door and said 'now'. I followed her pointed, white finger towards the barn doors as a girl with dirtied, tangled brownish blonde hair limped out of the barn. I heard Carol scream out and when I looked over she was on the ground, in Daryl's arms, crying and wailing. I glanced back at the girl who recovered from the sudden, burning sunlight and began to move towards us. Her wild eyes searching for nothing in particular as she continued to walk towards us; she kept grunting and growling as she slowly climbed over the corpses in her way.
"Who's going to kill Miss Sophia?" Lilliann quietly sang out as the girl made her way towards Lilliann. This was Sophia, the child that Daryl almost died for. The child that they have been searching for for the last week, this poor, dead, deranged child. I felt tears sting my eyes as Rick walked towards the child, his pistol aimed at her forehead. He took a deep breath then he ended Sophia's life with the pull of his trigger.
"What has this world come to?" I whispered as more tears fell from my cheeks.
"This, this is the new Rapture my dear friend." With those last words Lilliann got to her feet and walked back to the house, slamming the door behind her.