As we reached the stand I saw Merle. Let just say he wasn't very easy on the eyes, he was bald and much more rough looking than Daryl. Once we got to Merle I stayed quiet and avoided speaking at all costs. For all I knew Merle could kill or rape me while Daryl's asleep. No way in hell was I going to let that happen. Merle stared at me as he and Daryl spoke. I was beginning to look off into space when Merle spoke to me.
"What's your name sugar lips?" Merle asked with a sly smile on his face while taking a step towards me
"Sam." I said quietly, unconsicously shuffling toward Daryl.
"Nice name for a hot chick." Merle smirked as he extended a hand to grab my arm until Daryl spoke.
"You leave her alone Merle. You don't touch her or look at her." he said while pushing Merle's hand away from me.
I looked between them, seeing the tension while waiting for Merles reaction. As Merle was about to retaliate, my attention was pulled towards the front doors, which were now filled with walkers that must have followed Merle.
"Damnit! This can continue later, but we need to go. Now!" I said as I pushed Daryl towards his bow and ran to grab as much food as I could. I had found a bag near the cashes, filled it and ran to Daryl who was going to check out the back exit.
"Where's Merle?" I asked
"Up front. Watching the doors up there. He's gonna signal us when they start to break through." He said.
"Right. Is it clear?" I asked as Daryl cracked the door open.
"Clear. Stay here, I'm gonna get Merle. Anythin' happens you run to us. Got it?" He said, stairing down at me.
I nodded, letting Daryl slide through the doors to the front. I glanced out the back door again, seeing nothing. I closed the door, then turned to see if there was anything I could use as a weapon. "Yes." I wispered. I found an axe from that stupid fire thing, which was perfect size for me. As I took it back to the door Daryl and Merle barged through. "Go, go, go!" Daryl and Merle shouted at me. Right as I began to turn I saw the walkers emerge through the swinging doors.
I started running as fast as I could, realizing I had no clue where to go. I turned around to ask which way to run, finding Daryl right behind me and Merle behind him. Daryl grabbed my hand and pulled me in the direction we needed to go until we were far enough away that we could walk. We slowed out pace enough to catch our breaths and have some water.
"What the hell was that?" I asked, looking at both of them.
"What the fuck did it look like princess? A parade of barbies? No. It was a herd of walkers." He answered, giving me a snarl.
Daryl remained quiet, looking through the trees for walkers. Merle turned away, mumbling non-sense, as he left Daryl and I alone.
Looking Daryl in the eyes I asked, "Are you ok?"
Daryl blinked down, not making contact with my eyes and walked the opposite from Merle. "Great, now I'm alone in the middle of no where." Rolling my eyes, I gathered wood for a fire to pass the time. It really didn't take long to find enough wood, before I knew it I had a large pile of broken logs and sticks. I looked around and decided to get some rocks to put around the fire. Once I had the wood all set up I ripped some bark from a tree and used one of the matches I took when we left the store to start it up. I made sure it wasn't very big, but it was one good fire.
I sat down and watched the fire, casually glancing around for any movement or sounds. I looked across the fire into the forest when I heard russling comming from my left. I jumpped up with my axe and slowly approached the sound. It seemed to get closer every time I took a step, leaving my heart beat in my throat. I paused to take a deep breath and I lifted the axe right as Merle walked out of the bushed with Daryl behind him. Letting out my breath I turned around and started walking back to the fire when I felt an arm wrap around my waist.
Looking up over my shoulder while expecting to see Daryl, I saw Merles ugly grin stairing down at me as his hand snaked its way up my torso. "Pig." I spat, grabbing his arm to throw it off and picking up my pace to keep away from him. I reached the fire and sat on the opposite side of Merle, looking everywhere but at him.
"Come on. Lemme cop a feel on those sugar tits." Merle cooed.
"Go to hell." I said, glaring at him through the flames.
"You do what I say now. Dumb bitch!" Merle yelled.
"No. I do what I want. You don't like it you can get the fuck out." I said as I stood up to look down at him.
Merle got up and made his way towards me, planning God knows what. As he was about to grrab me Daryl pulled me behind his back, sheilding me from Merle's wrath.
"Daryl. Get outta my way. I need to deal with this little bitch." Merle said.
"Just go for a walk or somthin'. I told you to leave her alone." Daryl said nervously.
"Get the fuck outta my way or I'll beat you too." Merle threatened.
"Daryl, just let him hit me. He'll go away after that." I whispered into Daryls back.
Anyone could feel the tension between them, it was so bad that Merle just turned around and stomped off into the forest, kicking trees as he passed them. Daryl walked away to follow him, leaving me alone for the second time since we left the store. It must have been around six p.m., because the sun was getting pretty low. "I don't lnow how long they'll be gone for, but I'm gonna make something to eat." I mumbled. I took a package of hotdogs that I grabbed right before we left and stuck them on the end of a stick. I began roasting them, making sure that I made the whole pakage. It didn't take long to cook them all so I ate alone and waited, stoking the fire when it needed to be.
