Sunlight streaked through the dusty windows as the group slowly woke from their slumber. Carol was feeding the screaming child while Beth and Carl made breakfast. Maggie was patching up Glenn's wounds and Rick was no where to be seen. Amber strolled into the tiny cell and sat on the edge of her bed.
"Lilliann, are you awake?" Amber delicately rocked her friend's legs back and forth, slowly waking the girl. Lilliann let out a groan and tried to sit up in the tiny space, she was just short enough that her head didn't bash against the metal railing of the top bunk.
"I'm awake Amber." she quietly called out, wiping the slumber from her eyes.
"How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine, Amber. You don't have to check on me every minute." Lilliann's voice grew cold even though she was fully stocked with Adam, which worried her friend.
"I'm not checking on you every minute but everyone is worried about you. You've been back for a day now and haven't said anything. You're really scaring me Lilliann." Amber placed a hand on Lilliann's shoulder and smiled when Lilliann placed a pale hand over hers.
"I'm sorry, I don't mean to worry you."
"Come on let's go get some fresh air." Amber helped the blind girl to her feet and the two walked out into the sunlight.
"Glad to see you moving around, Lilliann." Hershel smiled towards the two as he limped over to them.
"I'm also glad to see you moving around." Lilliann smiled in the man's direction and the two shared a light conversation before Hershel dismissed himself to go and find Rick.
"Can you tell me which direction he is in?" Hershel asked, his breath becoming staggered. Lilliann closed her eyes and lifted her arm in one direction pointing outside the fence.
"That way, on the other side." Hershel gave them a quick thanks before hobbling over towards the confused leader. Lilliann's smile faltered as she remembered hearing about Hershel's leg. It was the second story she heard upon her arrival to the prison, the first being the new baby. It was so strange for her, granted she only knew these people for a limited time it was still odd for her to walk around comfortably knowing they could all die at any moment. T-Dog, Lori and various others were all killed in this prison and Lilliann was sure it would see many more deaths.
"Get down!" Before Lilliann was able to register who called out to them Amber's arms were wrapped around her and she was in full armor. The cool metal rested on top of Lilliann until she felt her own protection form.
"We need to find safety, we can't maintain these forever." Amber called out as bullets bounced off their armor. They ran through the grass towards the fences as more and more bullets were fired in their direction.
"If only we had ammo then we could fire back," Lilliann claimed, her armor loosing its power with every step she took. One stray bullet lodged itself into her right shoulder, causing the girl to fall to the ground.
"Lilliann!" Amber cried out her name and picked up the twitching body of the blind girl and continued to run to safety. Blood dripped down the silver armor as Amber continued to deflect bullets. Finally Amber's armor disappeared and she able to put Lilliann somewhere safe just as Maggie came screaming out of the prison, guns in her arms. She threw a machine gun towards Amber then handed one to Beth who was crouched near Carl behind a wall, the food forgotten.
Lilliann clutched her injury, trying to stop the bleeding as everyone around her began to fire off their weapons. She slowly opened her eyes and began to scan area.
"Amber, there's someone in the guard tower." Lilliann pointed in the direction the man was standing and Amber quickly shot at him. In no time Lilliann saw the man fall to the ground, dead.
"Where else?"
"There's no one close by, they're all behind the fences. Wait, what is that?" Lilliann pointed towards the road and Amber followed her arm, looking out into the distance as a truck came into view.
"Is that Glenn? I know he drove off somewhere when we came outside but I'm not sure that's him." Amber squinted her eyes to get a better look but the sun's glare still blinded her. The truck busted through the first fence and stopped in the grass. Lilliann heard a loud crashing noise and then felt the fear rise in her throat as Splicers began to unload from the back of the vehicle.
"What is going on?" she asked, her voice and body shaking.
"I have no idea, but it doesn't look good." Splicers began to ravage through the grass, trying to find food as Michonne sliced their heads off one by one.
"Michonne won't survive, fighting on her own and Hershel's down there too!" Lilliann cried out, Amber cursed under her breath but no one could move with the bullets still flying around. They were all sitting ducks until the bullets stopped and another truck drove through the horde.
"Oh thank God, its Glenn! He saved Hershel and Michonne!" Amber claimed, relief flooding over her body as the intruders retreated. Carl and Beth opened the gates to allow the truck through. Maggie ran over to the door and helped her father out, hugging and crying into his chest; Beth joined her sister and they all rejoiced at almost everyone being safe. Lilliann walked over to a corpse she didn't recognize and bent down beside it.
"That was Axel." Carol's voice was soft when she spoke and held more than a hint of sorrow.
"You liked him?" Lilliann asked, looking in Carol's direction.
"He was a nice guy," Carol bent beside the blind girl and caressed Axel's dead body.
"Is there a bullet in his head?" Lilliann asked, the questioned shocked the woman and she stopped her stroking.
"Yes, there are multiple bullets in his head."
"Very well." Lilliann stood up and left the woman to her grieving.
"Rick?" Maggie's voice sounded out from her crying as she ran over the fence. Carl just closed it as three people walked into the area. Lilliann turned when she felt his steps as he walked closer and closer.
"Lilliann..." his voice was just above a whisper and Lilliann felt more tears sting her eyes as she turned and walked away from him. Amber was by her side, giving the man a deep angry glare. Lilliann shoved her friend aside and entered the cell block, shutting out everything.
I can honestly say I was shocked. First we were randomly attacked and Lilliann was shot in the shoulder and now Redneck is back. Also there's this new guy who smells of alcohol and doesn't seem to have a hand. A part from the attack I was shocked about Lilliann's reaction to Redneck returning. I know she has feelings for this guy and I thought she would've ran straight to him with open arms but instead she paid no attention to him even when he said her name. The look on his face was priceless, I wish I had a camera and a way to develope the film so I could stare at it for the rest of my life. His eyes opened wide in shock and his mouth almost dropped to the concrete; it was joyous.
"Well Redneck all I can say is you fucked up, real bad." I took the silence to get a good look at this new person that entered the grounds. He was a few inches taller than Daryl and he seemed to have barely any hair at all, one of his hands was cut off and wrapped in metal and he had a semi-muscular build. He could almost be considered handsome if he didn't reek of booze and never opened his mouth.
"Let's all regroup in the foyer, we're too exposed out here." Rick ordered, already making his way inside. We slowly filed behind him and we all stood in a circle, debating.
"First things first, we need to do something about Merle." Glenn spoke up, his eye was still red and swollen and his lip didn't look any better. I looked over at the man beside Redneck and saw them both tense up, ready to fight.
"I'm ahead of you on that, Merle you are going in the cell and we're locking you up." Rick was already pushing the man, who was fighting back and slinging curse words around, into an open cell. When he threw Merle back and onto the ground Rick locked the cage, securing that Merle couldn't get out.
"So what's the plan now?" Lilliann asked, her voice was shy and fragile as she walked from her room. I strolled over to her and put my arm around her shoulders, making sure Redneck wouldn't make a move towards her. He just gave me a sideways glare and continued to walk back and forth above us.
"We can't stay here." Maggie began, her voice holding tears that shimmered in her eyes.
"We're not running," and with those words the war began. People shouted out their answers and Rick tried to walk away until Hershel finally found his voice and called out to Rick.
"We should set up guards, we're defenseless right now." Carol spoke out, softly rocking the child in her arms.
"I'll take first watch," I spoke out already grabbing an automatic and making sure it was loaded.
"I'll go with you." His voice slurred a bit and my eyes glared up at the stairs as he made his way down the steps. He loaded his crossbow and we both shared a deep glare before heading towards the watch towers.
"So why did you want to come out here with me?" I asked, staring at the ground below.
"How can I get back on Lilliann's good side?"
"Way to get to the point but in all honesty I don't think you'll ever get back on her good side and talking to me won't help."
"You know her better than anyone else here, I thought maybe you could give me some advice. Worthless bitch."
"Listen Redneck, I'm not the one that abandoned Lilliann. I'm not the one who tries to push everyone away and when they finally go away you want them back. Look at yourself, Daryl because honestly you're the bitch." with those final words we sat there in silence. I kept raising and lowering my gun, trying to get a better feel for it, Daryl was beside me, sulking. I almost felt bad for him, here he was trying so hard to get Lilliann back and I just totally told him there was no way in Hell that'll happen.
"You're right." he muttered.
"What?"
"You're right, I push 'em away then want 'em back its my fault Lilliann won't talk or look at me."
"Redneck, I've got one question for you and if you answer it truthfully then I'll help you get Lilliann."
"A'right what is it?"
"How do you feel about Lilliann and I mean like do you like her or love her?"
"Well, I'm not sure. I know during the winter I was worried about her day in and day out. When we first met all I cared about was how she could help us find Sophia and then...I don't know how I feel all I really want to do is see her smile and to protect her."
"Redneck, I'm pretty sure you love Lilliann otherwise you wouldn't be up here with me trying to get her back." a smile hit my lips as I looked over at him and saw realization light up his eyes.
"I guess that's true."
"It is true, so now go and tell Lilliann how you feel."
"Just get down and go tell her?"
"No, get down ask Maggie to take over and then go tell her."
Lilliann laid on her bed, anger swirling in her blind eyes. People passed her door every once in a while, some even stopped to chat but they mostly left her alone. She was glad for the silence it helped her collect her thoughts and emotions. The prison was almost peaceful on the inside, apart from Glenn twitching every time he got near Merle. Lilliann noticed that everyone grew angry and nervous around Daryl's older brother and she had no idea why.
Lilliann finally sat up and began to walk out of her room when she heard the soft sound of someone walking towards her. She turned towards the noise and felt his steps draw closer. She gave him a deep glare and turned to walk away when he shot out his hand and grasped her wrist.
"Listen to me, Lilliann." Daryl said, pulling her into his chest as she tried to fight him.
"No, you're just going to abandon me for your brother again!"
"No I'm not I promise."
"And how do I know I can trust you?"
"Because...because I...Fuck it, its because I love you!" Lilliann's body went limp in his arms and she slowly turned to face him, their faces inches apart.
"What?"
"I'm not good at expressing myself, you know that, but I love you Lilliann."
"You're just sayin-" her words were cut off by his lips as they pressed lightly against hers. Lilliann felt herself melt into the kiss as she put her hands around his neck and tried to draw him closer.
A/N: YES after thirteen chapters they finally kiss and make up! Sorry I'm really happy they're back together and I hope you all liked this chapter. Please leave a review if possible. Thanks.