Chapter 5.

Daryl eyes snapped open, when he felt someone put their arms around him, trying to pull him up. He looked up into the face of one of Negan's man,

"get your hands off me" Daryl growled.

"we aint got all day, Negan wants to see you."

Daryl growled at that man, while trying to get free. "I don't care what he wants, get of me."

The man didn't listen to Daryl, he just pulled him up and push him out of the van and forced him onto the ground. Daryl knew he didn't have a lot of strength in him, so he just kneeled on the ground looking into the eyes of Negan. "well now I have your attention Daryl we can begin." Negan laughed.

"what you want from now Negan." Daryl growled. Negan just laughed before he answered. "I've told you before want I want, I want you to work for me."

Not this again Daryl though.

"I've told you before Negan I 'aint working for you.

Negan looked at Daryl and laughed as he bought his bat up in the air and pointed it Daryl's face. "well then I think I might just kill you instead, that what you want."

Daryl just looked straight at Negan and said. "do it than if you're going to, cuz I will never work for you." Daryl let himself have one last thought of carol, saying in his mind. I sorry and I love you, while he waited for Negan.

Negan looked at Daryl, laughed and said." ok than"

he brought his arm back ready to hit Daryl on the head. But before he got the chance, he heard a gunshot and someone calling his name. he stepped back from Daryl to look around and saw a woman standing a few feet from him holding a lead which was attached to a tiger. "who are you? And what gives you the right to come in here."

"my name is carol and you have my friend." She answered calmly while point the gun at Negan's face.

Daryl thought he was dreaming when he heard her voice, but as he looked over he could see carol standing there pointing a gun a Negan with a tiger standing next to her.

What the hell does she think she is doing here, and what's she doing with a fucking a tiger. Daryl thought to himself.

He tried to calm himself down and look away because he didn't want Negan to see the look on his face, when he saw her, but it was too late as Negan had already back around to look at him and then again at carol before he said to Daryl.

"it's her isn't it she the reason I couldn't break you, well I be dammed."

Daryl didn't answer him, he couldn't, he still trying process what was happening. Negan didn't need an answer it was written all over Daryl's face. "well this is an interesting turn of events, looks like I have two for one." Laughed Negan.

"Don't you dare touch her." Daryl growled.

Carol was listening to both Negan and Daryl talk, getting more and more angry, she still had her gun pointed at Negan.

"Negan I don't think you're in the position to threaten either of us, I'm the one with the gun." Carol shouted.

Negan turned his attention back to carol, looked at her and laughed. "well lady what do you think you're going to, you might have your gun and a fucking tiger, but take a look around you my men and everywhere, so I don't think you position to say anything."

Carol took a look around while keeping her gun pointed at Negan. When she looked back at Negan she smiled than stated laughing.

Daryl was shocked and thinking to himself. What the hell, what she laughing about.

Negan look at this woman who was laughing at him. "what you find so funny woman." He asked her.

Carol stop laughing look straight at Negan, before calmly answering him. "well Negan the thing is maybe you should have a look around, as they are my men not yours, did you really think I was alone?"

Negan took a look around and couldn't believe his eyes. God dammed he thought the woman was speaking the truth.

Daryl looked around at the same time, he could see rick and his other friends.

Negan turned back to look at carol and said. "well it looks like you came prepared, what is it you want?"

"what I want Negan is for you to let my friend go." Carol answered

Negan laughed at her. "you think I'm just going to hand him over to you, just because you have a gun, some friends and a tiger? I could still kill him before you can even blink."

"you take one step towards him Negan and I shot you." Carol shouted

"oh really" Negan said

"Negan you don't scare me one bit, you have no idea who you are messing with, now I want my friend back and you can't stop me." Carol said as she took a step closer to them.

Carol carried on walking until she was standing right in front of Negan. "step aside Negan no one has to get hurt all I want is my friend and then we will leave."

Negan couldn't believe how clam this woman was, he took a look around him, he could see her people, but he could also see his people slowing making their way over.

"going on than take him, but you won't get very far." Negan laughed.

With her gun still pointing at Negan she drops down onto the floor and looks at Daryl. "are you ok? Are you hurt?" she asked softly.

"I'm fine, what you're doing here" Daryl asks her while looking into her eyes.

"saving your ass again by the looks of it" carol chuckles.

"so I see, we really must stop doing that." Daryl laughs.

"I agree, now come on let's get you up and out of here." Carol says to him as she puts her free arm around him and helps him up. Once they are both up, she looks at Negan with her gun still pointed at him and says. "we be going now."

Negan just laughs and says "I don't think so" as gunshots are heard.

Rick, Dwight and king Ezekiel who have been watching from a distance, make their ways towards Daryl, carol and Negan when the gunshots start.

"carol go get Daryl out of here." Ricks shouts

Carol and Daryl both look at each other than back at rick. "what about you, the others and the tiger?" carol asks.

"don't worry I've got her." King Ezekiel says, as he walks over to where carol left her.

"don't worry about us carol, remember what I told you?" rick says

" yeah ok, stay safe rick we will see you soon." Carol answers.

She looks at Daryl "come we have to go" she tells him. Daryl answers her by giving her a quick nod.

"see you soon" Negan laughs at them. Carol looks at him, lowers her gun points it at Negan's knee and fires. "yeah real soon, you can count on that." Carol says calmly.

As Negan drops to the ground holding his knee, carol and Daryl quickly make their out of the place and into the woods. They can still hear the shouting and the gunshots as they go.