Chapter 2.
As carol jerked awake she a very deep gut feeling that something was very wrong. She opened her eyes and took a look around the room she had been staying in for 3 weeks, wondering why she was getting the bad feeling everything look ok. Carol took a deep breath trying to settle the feeling and thought back to how she got here in the first place.
3 weeks ago her and Morgan where bought here to the kingdom which was run by some guy who called himself king Ezekiel, she was there because Morgan had saved her life after she was shot twice by some guy when she was trying to get away from Alexandra, she remember how lost she felt and all she wanted to do was give up, as she was finding it hard to cope with the fact that you had to kill to save the ones you loved and carol really didn't have it in her any more to keeping killing, so she did the only thing she thought she could do and that was to leave her family behind. Carol knew she had been struggling with it all ever snice she had to kill Lizzie. She had never told anyone about that, not even Daryl. As she thought of Daryl she got a sharp pain in her chest. She knew that her and Daryl had always shared a deep connection but lately they had drifted apart a bit and she knew that it was her that pushed him away because she didn't want him to see the pain she was in and she also felt like she was changing him a bit as well, that's why she left because she couldn't do that to him as she cared to much about him. Since the 3 weeks she had been here she had been in this bed recovering from her wounds and with Morgan's and kind Ezekiel help she was slowing healing and was starting to see that leaving might have been a bad idea because see missed her family so much especially Daryl.
Carol pushed all thoughts of Daryl a side as she made her way out of bed and got dressed, but she just couldn't get rid of the feeling that something was very wrong, the feeling was getting worse and pain in chest got tighter, her mind went to her family and Daryl and just knew that something was wrong with them.
I have to get to them, even if they don't want to see me I need to know they are ok.
With her mind made up she went downstairs to find Morgan.
Morgan saw carol come down stairs "morning carol are you ok?"
Carol just look at him for a moment trying to get herself to calm down a bit. "No Morgan I'm not we need to get back home as I have a bad feeling that something has happened."
Morgan looked at her and could see that her face and gone white and she was shaking. "ok clam down I will speak to king Ezekiel about as leaving, just stay here a minute and clam down."
Carol looked at him she knew she had to calm down but couldn't help it. "Morgan we really need to leave now."
Morgan made his way to the door. "we will leave carol I promise I have been talking to you now for a while about going back, just take a couple of deep breaths and I will be back in minute."
Carol gave Morgan a nod and watched as he walked out the door.
He right I really do need to calm down there not been anything wrong, maybe you just feeling guilt about leaving them.
Even as see though the words she knew that it wasn't just that, there was something really wrong. She walked into kitchen and got herself a glass of water trying to calm down as she waited for Morgan to come back.
Daryl slowing open his eyes and took a look around letting his eyes adjust to the dark. Negan and his men and kept him in this van for the last 3 weeks even snice he killed Maggie. Just thinking Maggie had Daryl feel sick he still couldn't believe she was dead. As Daryl eyes got use to the darkness he slowing tried to sit up, but his body was hurting so much, Negan's man had been torturing him every day for the least three weeks every part of Daryl's body was in pain and at times he had thought about giving up as he was so drained and didn't have anything left him. But every time he thought of giving up an image of carol come to his mind, just thinking about her was the only thing that got him though the pain as Negan's men had tried to break him, they might have broken his body to the point he could barely move, but his heart and mind they couldn't break as thoughts of carol is what kept him going. He hoped that she was ok and safe and not trying to do anything stupid to save him.
That woman has a bad habit of saving your ass.
He knew no matter how much he wished she would stay away because he wanted her safe. There was a small that part of him that couldn't wait for the day he could see her again and he hope he could so he could tell how he felt about her. Daryl had never been comfortable with letting other people in, but with carol she had slowing got to him, it was like she was part of him. He cared for all of his family as they had all been through so much together already. Daryl could feel the darkness slowing come back and need to close eyes again was strong, with one last though of carol he said to himself
please stay safe.
Carol and Morgan had left the kingdom a few hours ago and where making their way back to Alexandra, the bad feeling carol had still wouldn't go away but now it was fear and guilt that was getting to her, she looked at Morgan.
"Morgan what if they don't want me back what if they hate me for leaving them."
Morgan turned to look at her, "don't be silly they are your family I told you before that rick and came with me to try and find you they will be happy to see you and glad to know that you are ok."
"But it's been 3 weeks Morgan I guess I just feel guilty about it."
As Morgan took carols words in he looked at her again. "carol I know it's been 3 weeks but you have nothing to feel guilty about you was going for a hard time, I know you haven't told me everything but if you just know let them now you were feeling they will understand they are your family and they will just want to help you though it, if your feeling is right about something happing they will glad to have your help."
Carol though about what Morgan was saying she know deep down her family will want to help her and she knew that she should of said something to them before especially to Daryl she knew that he had probably took her leaving the hardest especially after they found each other again after terminus and he had already stop her leaving before, but she also knew that he was the reason she left in first place because she thought she was changing him and she couldn't do that to him, it was Daryl that she worried about the most because she though he might not be able to forgive her for leaving.
A few hours later the pulled up outside of Alexandra gates. Morgan stop the car and look at carol he could see how worried she looked about going in there. "Carol everything will be ok, they will be happy to see you I promise you, now come on let's go."
They got out of car and Morgan walked up to gates. "Hey guys let us please,"
the gates opened and they saw Sasha standing on the other side. "Oh my god carol your back come on in."
Carol and Morgan walked through the gates and waited for Sasha as she closed the gates, once the gates where closed she gave carol a hug. "I'm so glad you are back everyone is going to be so happy to see you."
Carol hug Sasha back "thank you Sasha where is everyone.?"
Sasha let go of carol and stood back to look her "they over at ricks come on I know rick will be happy to see you."
As Sasha started to walk away carol couldn't stop thinking that there was something wrong as she looked so sad when she spoke about rick, carol and Morgan looked at each other both wondering what was wrong. As they started walking over to ricks house, carol saw the door open and carl step outside as he walked down the steps he looked up and saw Sasha, Morgan and carol. Carol saw carl looking at her and froze she didn't know want to aspect, then all of a suddenly carl started running to her he though his arms around her. Carol was shocked as she held onto carl hugging him.
"carol where have you been, we have been so worried about you."
Carol let go of carl and looked at him. "I'm so sorry carl but I'm ok and I'm back now, where is your dad?"
"He is inside and will be so happy to see come on."
As carl started walking away Morgan look at carol. "see I told you it will be ok."
When they got to ricks house carl run in called for rick "dad carol is here."
As carol walked for the door she saw rick standing there looking at her, all the colour left rick's face as he saw carol, he just couldn't believe she was here and he was worried about how he was going to tell about everything that had happen.
Carol saw all the colour leave ricks face and she started to worry." Rick I'm really sorry for leaving and…"
But her words where cut off as rick was suddenly hugging her, "carol clam down there really is no need to be sorry I'm just so happy to see you, we have missed you so much."
Carol was shocked but happy. "I missed you too rick how is everyone?"
Rick let go of carol and moved back a bit to look at her. "Carol so much has happened and it's not good."
Carol looked at rick and all the colour left his face, she knew all along that was something was wrong, but still hoped it was in her head, but nothing would have prepared her for what rick was about to tell her.
Rick looked at carol trying to calm himself down before he told her. "Carol I'm really sorry but Maggie and Glenn are dead."
As carol let ricks words soak in she started crying. "no not Maggie and Glenn what happen Maggie was pregnant?"
Rick took carols hands and looked at her. "Carol I need you to calm down while I tell you this. It was Negan he had us all lined up, he killed Maggie first by smashing her head in with a bat and he didn't even care that she was pregnant. He killed Glenn second just because the guy was so heartbroken that he run to Maggie's body without think. After Negan had killed Glenn he just looked at the rest of us and said I thought I told you all not to move and the next person that does will get the same."
Carol couldn't believe what rick was telling her, her poor family had been going through all of this without her and she felt so guilt. "Rick I'm sorry it's all my fault if you hadn't come after me they would so be here."
Rick couldn't not believe carol though it was on her. "Carol it wasn't your fault we were out there because we were trying to Maggie to the hilltop because she wasn't feeling very well, so please stop feeling guilty if anything I'm glad you weren't here to see it."
Carol knew what rick was saying but it didn't make her feel any better about it. "I'm still sorry rick." Just than carol thought about Daryl and how hard he must be taking it especially after Beth's death, she knew he still blamed himself for it that even know there wasn't anything he could have done, but to have to see Maggie get killed knowing was pregnant, carol knew Daryl must be going through a hard time with it and see knew she had to see him, she took a couple of deep breaths to calm herself down and looked rick in the face. "Rick where is Daryl?"
Rick looked at carol as she asked about Daryl this was the part he was dreading the most as he knew how close carol and Daryl was, he really didn't know what to tell, how was he going to tell her that Negan had taken Daryl and was keeping him a prisoner to get rick and the others to work for him.
Carol was still looking at rick waiting for him to tell her where Daryl was. "Rick where is Daryl?" She saw all the colour leave ricks face and carol fell to the floor her chest hurting and dreaded that rick was going to tell her that Daryl was dead. "please no please tell he is not dead rick."
Rick saw carol fall to the floor and dropped down in front of her and took her face in his hands so she was looking at him, he could see tears felling from her eyes and her body shaking rick spoke softly to carol trying to get her to understand. "Carol I promise you Daryl is not dead, but Negan does have him and we don't know where, all we know is that Negan is using Daryl to get us to work for him, I'm so sorry carol."
Carol took a couple of deep breaths and let ricks words soak in Daryl wasn't dead, thank god, but he was in trouble as Negan had him and was doing god knows what to him. Carol than knew that the bad feeling she was having was because Daryl was in trouble. As she looked at rick she knew that she was going to do everything in her power to bring Daryl back home safe. "Rick we have to help him, he needs us."
As rick looked at carol he suddenly understood, she loves him. He always knew that carol and Daryl were close but now looking at her with tears falling down her face looking so lost and frightened, he remembers seeing the same look on Daryl faces 3 weeks ago when they are all kneeing on the ground. He wonders if the two them realized just how much they both cared about each other. "Carol I promise you we will get Daryl back."
He didn't know how they was going to do, but he knew looking at carol that she was never going to give up until Daryl was safe.