Summary: When Rick and Daryl along with the group arrive at the Greene farm, they aren't expecting to bump into two familiar young who have pasts with them. Daryl and Bailey Greene find that their feelings have changed for each other but with Bailey carrying a painful secret, can Daryl mend her heart. Rick reunites with his old friend Anna who changes his and Carl's world for the better. Rick/OC, Daryl/OC, Merle/Beth, Glenn/Maggie, Carl/Sophia.
Somebody To Die For
Chapter 14
She tried to kick off her boot with her feet to get the knife out, but it was on too tightly and she couldn't get it to budge. She pulled at her bindings with her hands, but they didn't seem to come loose. She felt sick, realizing all she could do was sit and listen as her boyfriend, cousin and friend were tortured in the rooms beside her. She felt tears roll down her cheeks before she heard the door and looked up to see the Governor standing looking at her with an eye patch on.
"Well, well, well, aren't you a beautiful young lady?" The Governor asked with a smirk as he circled around her like a shark and she felt fear run through her heavily.
"Where are your group?" He asked her coldly.
"I'm not going to tell you that," she spat at him, as she heard a horrifying scream coming from the room with Bailey in it, that made her want to vomit on the spot.
The Governor smiled darkly. "Looks like Dave is having fun with his woman. I'm sure you'll tell me eventually," he said as he sat down opposite her.
"Like hell, I will." She snapped at him and he back handed her hard across the face and glared at her as he banged her head against the table and she blacked out.
Bailey felt like she was black and blue from the beatings, Dave was giving her despite her best attempts to kick and fight him off.
She coughed up some blood as she lay weak and limp on the floor, while he continued to slash at her legs with his knife. "Now, I'm going to show you what a real man does," he growled as he pulled her jeans off her legs completely, and sat down on her, pinning her to the ground. "Not like that pathetic little boyfriend of yours. Yeah, he was always hanging about ya like a bad smell, even on our damn wedding night," he snarled, as he unbuckled his jeans and took them off. Bailey felt tears stream down her cheeks as Dave's took the pieces of rope and tied her arms to the table so she couldn't move. "You're gonna make your husband happy."
"I hope you fucking burn in hell, you sick bastard." She spat as she tried to reach for her which was underneath her on the table.
'C'mon Bailey ya can do this.' Daryl told her and she knew she could as she managed to reach her knife as Dave took off his boxers.
She started to cut at the ropes carefully but quickly as Dave came closer to her and she kept calm.
Dave crouched down beside her and looked into her eyes, full of hatred and rage as he pulled her head towards him, his fingers roughly in her hair. "Go on, please your husband," he growled as he pulled her closer. "That's your fucking job!"
Something snapped inside her as she heard him say that and suddenly she managed to cut herself free as she slashed at his chest with her knife causing him to scream in pain.
"FUCKING BITCH!" He yelled clutching his chest as she started to slash at him back as she used up all of the pain, grief, hate and rage she had for him.
"I HOPE YOU FUCKING DIE AND BURN IN HELL FOR WHAT YOU DID TO ME AND THOSE GIRLS!" She screamed as blood sprayed on her clothes and the door was kicked open.
Daryl watched horrified as he saw Bailey in nothing but her underwear, standing slashing at Dave, his blood spraying all over her, as she yelled and cried, with Dave pulling at her hair and trying to get her away from him.
"SON OF A FUCKIN BITCH!" He snarled and ran at him as Bailey moved away and slumped against the wall as she started cry as he beat Dave to death.
"I'm gonna fuckin kill ya for what ya did to her!" He snarled at Dave.
Bailey covered her ears, trying to block out the sounds, before she remembered Maggie and Anna and Glenn. She stood up, and swayed on her feet, there was still blood streaming from her legs, and she knew she had a hell of a lot of blood lost, but she had to get to them. "Daryl..." she croaked out, as she struggled to dress herself. "DARYL! STOP! We need to find the others!"
Daryl stilled and slowly got up as he looked at Bailey and nodded as he went to stich up her legs for the moment and gave her jeans back along with her scythe, gun, knife and a rifle and helped her put on her boots.
"I'm so glad you found me." She said burying her face into his shirt.
Bailey could hear gunfire outside and pushed herself to her feet, breathing heavily as they left the room. They stayed close to the walls outside so they weren't discovered by anyone from Woodbury. She felt a pain in her stomach and doubled over, trying to work out her surroundings. She remembered seeing Connor drag Anna away when Dave was taking her into that room, and she recognized where they had gone. "In there," she choked out, as she pointed at a building in front of them. "Anna. In there. Get her... I gotta find Maggie," she panted, as she looked for the room they had been locked up in the first time.
She hurried in along with Daryl while Rick ran into the room where Anna was only to find it empty and the chair smeared in blood as he heard Anna screaming.
"ANNA, ANNA?!" He yelled as he ran to where she was screaming in agony as the others found Maggie and Glenn.
"Oh god, Bailey are you alright?" Maggie sobbed.
"Fine," she rasped out with tears running down her face. "Anna, we need to find Anna," she choked out. "Her brother.. he's gonna kill her!" she all but screamed at them as she heard moans and groans from behind them, and looked around to see walkers were swarming through a gap in the fence.
"Oh shit." Daryl said as he fired an arrow at one of the walkers and it crumpled to the ground as they saw Rick taking out two walkers with his colt.
"RICK WE HAVE TO LEAVE NOW!" Tyresse yelled at them all as they all hurried away from the walkers that were overrunning the town.
"No, I'm not leaving her here, ANNA!" Rick yelled desperately.
Anna was battered as she felt Connor kick her in the chest making her gasp in pain as he grabbed her by the hair.
"Stop, please stop!" she begged, as she heard something outside. She heard gunshots and firing, as Connor looked out the window to see walkers swarming around.
"Fuck," he mumbled, as he saw the rest of Anna's group get into a car. "Oh, look at that. Looks like they don't care about you. All your little friends are leaving you behind!"
Anna felt something in her break as she tried to refuse the fact that Rick, Daryl and the others would leave her behind when she saw Shane walk in.
"Let's teach this bitch a lesson, hey?" Connor asked him as he pulled off her shirt and ripped off her jeans as she screamed, kicked and hit at him but he laughed at her as he slammed into her hard and rough.
"GET OFF ME!" She screamed as searing pain shot through her body as Shane pounded into her roughly.
Anna's legs shook as she cried tears of shame and pain and sadness as she lay limp on the table, wishing she would just die now. She couldn't take anymore of this, her friends, her family, had just left her, and she was being humiliated by her brother and her once best friend.
She wailed out as she heard cars pull away in the distance, and Connor smiled, as he went and locked the door.
"You're going to like it here, sister."
The ride back to the prison was silent as Daryl pressed his hands on Bailey's legs and arms as they all tried to come to terms with the fact that they had left Anna behind.
Rick was silent as they drove, his face devoid of any emotion but his eyes, his grey eyes held so many emotions it was frightening.
Tyreese looked between them all worriedly, as Maggie and Glenn were curled up in the back. Glenn was bloody and beaten, and Maggie had a bruise on her forehead, but otherwise seemed OK. It was Rick he was most worried about, he seemed almost... unstable, like he was about to snap at any minute. They pulled up outside of the prison, and everyone slowly got out. Bailey had all but passed out, and Oscar was helping to carry her inside when they noticed Rick walk over and pick up an axe that was sitting outside the prison. He stormed past them, without a word and went into one of the unoccupied cellblocks, as the others watched him go.
"Rick, wait, man!" Daryl yelled but he had already run inside the cell block to kill walkers, he hurried into the cell block where Bailey was being tended to by Katjaa.
"Daryl?" She asked her eyes fluttering.
"Yeah," he said quietly, as he looked at where Rick had gone with worried eyes. He was going to do something stupid, he was going to get himself killed, and Glenn was in no fit state to go after him. He knew he was upset that they had to leave Anna, but he couldn't go off the rails. He needed to be sane so they could get Anna back. "Can ya watch her?" he asked Katjaa as he picked up his crossbow.
"Of course, don't you worry." She assured him and he nodded as he hurried after Rick into cell block G.
He found Rick hacking his way through a herd of walkers and smashing in their heads with loud cries for Anna.
"Anna, Anna, no, Anna." He sobbed sagging against the wall.
"Rick!" Daryl called out as he caught up with him. "What the hell are ya doin' man? Yer gonna get yourself killed," he shouted.
"She's gone, Daryl," Rick cried, as he slid down the wall. "She's gone."
"No, she ain't man!" he tried to assure him. "We don't know that! Pull yerself together for Christ's sake!"
Rick slammed him against the wall then, fury on his face as he glared at him with harsh eyes that had grief in them.
"Its easy for you, you've got Bailey and Aoife." He snarled and headed off further into in the hallway as Daryl watched worriedly.
"Fuck." He said as he headed back to where the others were.
"Did you find him?" Maggie asked worriedly as she tended to the cut lip on Glenn's face.
"Yeah, but he ain't takin things very well," Daryl said sadly, as he looked at Carl and the baby with sorrow.
"What are we supposed to do with him?" Lee asked quietly.
"I don't know he blames himself for leaving Anna behind and he wants to go back and get her." He said sighing as Bailey hobbled over helped by Katjaa.
"Hey." She said weakly and Daryl felt his eyes burn with emotion.
"Hey, sweetheart, are you OK?" Carol asked softly, as Bailey slumped into a chair. Carol had Aoife in her arms, bouncing her gently. "You want to see your girl?"
Bailey looked down at her slashed and painful arms. "I'm sorry," she said as a small sob escaped her lips. "I can't."
"Hey, don't worry it's alright." Daryl comforted her as he pulled her into him and she sobbed into him as the others watched sadly.
"He tried to rape me, but I stabbed him in the stomach." She sobbed and he held her tightly to him as he stroked her hair.
No one said anything, as Bailey looked up and sniffled. "We need to go back. We need to go back and get Anna, she should be here! She's with her brother... he's raped her before; he's probably done it again. Why are you all sitting here?!"
"Believe me honey, none of us want to sit around doing nothing and let that animal hurt that your friend but we need to be careful." Hershel soothed her and Bailey sobbed into Daryl.
"It's not fair." She sobbed into his shirt and he held her tightly.
"I'm here, I'm here." He said kissing her forehead.
Beth came in holding the baby, as she made up some of the formula Michonne had brought. She tried to balance but it wasn't working, so Daryl stood up and took the baby from her. He rocked her gently as she cooed up at him, while Beth made up the bottle. She handed it to him, and Daryl began to give her the bottle gently. "She got a name yet?" he asked Carl.
Carl shrugged sadly. "I don't know. Maybe Amy, or Jacqui or something. Anna..." he said, trailing off.
"What about Little Ass Kicker?" Daryl asked, as everyone else smiled sadly. "Ya like that, sweetheart?"
The baby cooed at that and Bailey smiled faintly as she touched her cheek gently and then touched Daryl's right cheek lovingly.
"I love you." She said softly.
"I love ya too, aint gonna let him hurt ya again." He promised as he held her and the baby tightly.
Anna sat slumped on the table as Connor brought over a kitchen knife and smiled down at her evilly as he started to slash at her.
"OW!" Anna cried out as she felt the knife slashing at her skin. "Stop! Please stop!" she screamed, her voice hoarse, as she felt blood tricking down all over her. She was in pain everywhere.
Dave came in looking bloody and beaten as he slumped down on a chair and poured himself a glass of whisky. "Christ, what the hell happened to you?" Connor laughed, as he continued to cut at Anna.
"That fucking ex wife of mine stabbed me with a knife then that boyfriend of hers, beat me up and started kicking me." He said wincing.
"You're a sick bastard, the both of you are." Anna gasped as she felt Connor slash at her chest and arms.
"Shut up, bitch, you don't speak unless you're spoken to," Connor growled at her as he cut into her. "You're going to learn my rules."
"Go to fucking hell." She spat at him.
"Nah, little sister, it's you who's going to hell," Connor sneered at her, as he pressed the knife in deeper to her skin. "Because no one is coming to save you. They left you here. No one cares about you, Anna. No one loves you."
"No, you're wrong I have people who love me, really I do." She said as she blacked out and Connor smiled at Brian who smirked.
"Let's go say hello to the group at the prison, shall we?"
Rick was on watch when he saw a light blonde haired woman standing by four graves, he hurried over to her only for her to disappear but appear outside the fence.
He walked over to where the figure was standing and froze when he'd seen Anna in front of him. "Anna?" he asked quietly as he reached out to touch her cheek. She was wearing a white wedding dress, just like they had talked about. She looked beautiful. "Anna."
"Rick," she said softly, as she gave him a faint smile. "Please find me."
Michonne was out in the yard and frowned when she saw Rick touching nothing but air with a smile on his face.
Anna cradled his face gently in his hands and he breathed in heavily at feeling her hands on his face, her soft hands.
"Why didn't you save me Rick?" She asked sadly as tears fell down her face and slid down onto her cheeks and he thumbed them away.
"I tried, Anna, I'm so sorry," he said as his own tears welled up in his eyes. "I tried so hard, but I couldn't find you. I'm going to find you, and I'm going to make everything OK."
"It's too late for me, Rick," she whispered. "You waited too long."
Rick watched in horror as blood appeared on her neck, face, chest, arms and her dress had blood on it as she looked at him with now dead empty eyes.
"I loved you, I'll always love you, and you take care of Carl and the baby. You have to promise me that Rick, please?" She asked cupping his face.
"No, don't leave." He said pleadingly.
"Promise me, Rick?" she asked more firmly.
"I promise," he said as he choked out a sob as she faded away before him.
If Anna was still out there somewhere, he needed to find her. He needed to find her fast.
He took a deep breath before heading into their cell block where he picked up a rifle and checked the ammo on his gun as the others came over.
"Rick what are you doing?" Glenn asked him worriedly.
"Going to get Anna back."
"Alright, we're comin' with you," Merle told him as he grabbed his gun, and Daryl grabbed his crossbow. "She's family to us too, you know."
Rick nodded as he picked up his car keys. "Well we ain't got all day, let's move!"
Bailey got up then rather unsteadily but much better as she was able to walk, wear jeans and a clean sweater after a nice shower.
"Be careful and bring her back." She told them warmly as she held Aoife in her arms and kissed Daryl passionately.
"I love you." She said honestly.
Daryl touched her cheek gently; she flinched at first, before looking up at him. "I love ya too," he said as he kissed her again gently. "I'll see ya both soon."
The three men hurried out of the prison and into the car, where Rick started the engine, and pulled away as fast as he could towards Woodbury.
The others watched them go in silence when Carl looked up at Bailey and Carol with pained eyes that held sorrow.
"Will Anna be ok?" He asked them as Axel came over looking at them with kind eyes.
"Anything I can get ya'll?"
"Anna's going to be fine, your dad is going to bring her back," Bailey assured him. "She's tough. And Axel, do you have any painkillers around?" she asked softly. "My stomach hurts like a bitch," she said as she lifted her sweater slightly, revealing the large bruise where Dave had kicked her hard.
"Sure can do." Axel said giving her a box of ibuprofen and a bottle of water, she took two of the tablets and drank some water as she felt the pain ease up.
"Thanks Axel." She said as Sophia came over with Charlie and Penny.
"Hey, Bailey," the girls said softly, as they sat down beside her holding Aoife as Charlie climbed up next to them. "The men are going to be OK, you know."
Bailey gave them a faint smile. "Yeah, I know."
"I'm sorry for snapping at you," Rick said quietly as he, Daryl and Merle drove towards Woodbury. "I know you nearly lost Bailey too, I didn't mean it."
"Don't worry about it, I know ya were upset." Daryl assured him as they pulled up near the town and got out as they headed to where a gap was in the wall when they saw Shane talking to Connor.
"You sure did a number on my sister, Walsh." Connor said smirking at the ex cop.
"Bitch deserved it after what she did to Lori." Shane said honestly.
Rick felt rage inside him, as they saw Brian walk over to where Connor and Shane were standing. "Alright, let's hit that prison! Dave's gonna sit this one out."
They'd seen Connor and Shane smile, as they went towards a couple of army trucks, loaded with men and weapons.
"They're gonna attack the prison," Merle said in horror as realization hit him. "We gotta go back!"
"We gotta get Anna out of here first, please," Rick pleaded with them. "We'll go straight back once we have her; I'm not leaving her again!"
"We won't Rick." Daryl assured him as they headed into a room which looked like a torture chamber with knives and other things hanging up.
"Rick?" A voice whispered and they looked around to see Anna lying on a table with leather straps over her body which was stained in blood, she looked pale and her hair fell around her face limply as she choked.
"Anna?!" Rick gasped as he ran over to her and cut the straps off. "Anna, thank god you're alive," Rick spluttered out as he took his jacket off and wrapped it around her, feeling his heart ache when she winced at being touched. "Anna, we've come to take you home, you're going to be OK," he promised her as he gently picked her up into his arms. "We need to get back, they're attacking the prison!"
"You came back for me?" She asked shocked as they hurried into the car and drove back to the prison as Rick wrapped a blanket around her and she curled into him.
"I thought I wasn't going to see you, Carl and the others again." She said touching his face.
"Of course I came back for you," Rick said softly as he kissed her forehead gently and held her in his arms. "I love you, Anna. I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, I won't ever leave you."
"I won't ever leave you either." She said as they reached the prison and heard the sound of gunshots, they watched in horror as Andrew was shot in the head and walkers swarmed the prison yard.
"Oh no," Rick said horrified, as he parked up the car outside. There were so many walkers separating them from the others, they would never be able to get to them, all they could do was stand outside the fence and watch as Brian and his men fired at their group. "CARL!" he yelled through the fence, looking for any sign of his son.
He seen the flicker of a cowboy hat and let out a breath of relief knowing he was OK, as he held Anna tightly in his arms.
He saw all of them holding rifles as they took down the walkers with Bailey shooting one as she took Aoife inside the prison.
They managed to reach the others just as a herd of walkers swarmed around the prison courtyard and Morgan opened the door for them.
"Thanks." He said grateful and they all hurried inside.
Rick carried Anna into the cell block as Hershel and Katjaa tended to her wounds and he stayed by her side when Carl came in looking relived.
"You got mom back?" He asked overjoyed.
"We sure did, Carl." Rick said smiling warmly at him as they each took Anna's hands and she held onto them tightly as the others hurried in to see her.
"Oh god, Anna I am so sorry." Bailey said tearfully as she held Aoife in her arms and Daryl had his arm around her.
Anna shook her head. "I'm OK, I'm here, Are you OK? Maggie? Glenn?"
"We're alright," Maggie assured her as she gave her a small smile.
Anna smiled weakly at them all as she started to fade into unconsciousness.
"Don't let Shane hurt me."
Rick felt his heart ache a little as he sat down beside her. "I'm never going to let him anywhere near you again," he said softly as he kissed her forehead, while Hershel and Katjaa cleaned her up and bandaged her wounds.
Everyone else went back downstairs and sat quietly in the kitchen. Daryl looked up at Tyreese. He had seen a few people going down when Woodbury attacked, but he was unsure if they were Woodbury people, or their people. "Who did we lose?"
"We lost Andrew." Tyresse said sadly as he saw the others sit down on chairs and look up at the leader of the prison.
"We can't go outside, there's walkers and snipers out there." Merle said as he sat down beside Beth who was caring for the baby.
"What do we do?" Carol asked worried.
"Looks like we need to stay inside for now," Tyreese said, unsure of what else to tell them. "It's not safe for anyone to go outside," he added.
"I'll go make something for y'all to eat," Brenda said as she got up and smiled sadly at Glenn, Maggie and Bailey. "Y'all must be starving."
"That's very kind of you, thank you." Bailey said softly as she looked at Aoife and gently picked her up as she cooed at her lovingly.
"Mama, dada." She cooed as Lili Ass Kicker started to cry.
Beth picked her up and began to rock her gently, but everyone could see that she was tired, and Rick had barely looked at the baby since Lori had left her.
"Here, let me," Daryl said as he took her out of her arms. "Hey there, sweetheart," Daryl said softly as he rocked the baby and tickled her stomach gently. "What's all the cryin' about, ya gonna calm down for Uncle Daryl?" he smiled and Lil Ass Kicker seemed to quieten down. Daryl looked up at Bailey with a grin on his face. "See that?"
She laughed then, a proper laugh and beamed at him lovingly.
"Yes I saw that." She said smiling as she stroked the baby's hair as Carl came in looking tired but a bit happier.
"Is ok if I could take her to dad and mom?" He asked softly.
"Course ya can," Daryl said softly as he carefully placed the baby into Carl's arms. "She's yer little sister."
Carl nodded and smiled down at her, before walking back up to the cell where Rick and Anna were.
"I'm glad Anna's alright." Bailey said holding Daryl's hand as they watched Aoife sleep in her arms softly.
"So am I, Rick would have gone crazy." He said kissing her gently.
Carl hovered around in the cell door before hesitantly stepping in. Rick looked up at him, and seemed to notice the baby for the first time. He took her out of Carl's arms and looked down at her, a flicker of a smile crossing his face. He shouldn't hate the baby for what Lori and Shane did, he should be thankful for the new life.
"Daryl named her Lil Asskicker," Carl said with a small smile as he sat down next to Rick and Anna.
Rick couldn't help but smirk a little in amusement. "Did he now?"
"That is one badass name." Anna said with a gentle smile as they looked down at the tiny baby that cooed at them all happily.
"What should we call you then little lady?" Rick asked tickling her stomach.
"I was thinking Jacqui, Amy, Melissa." Carl offered and they all looked thoughtful.
Carl suddenly paused and looked at his dad. "Remember the teacher I used to have that I liked? Her name was Judith... could we call her Judith?"
Rick smiled down at the baby. "Judith Grimes."
"That's a lovely name." Anna said smiling warmly as she smiled at the baby when Katjaa and Hershel came in.
Katjaa sat down on the bed beside Anna, before looking at Carl. "Carl, sweetie, could you give us a minute?" she asked, and Carl nodded and took Judith out of the room. Katjaa smiled sadly at Anna. "Anna, after what those men did to you... we thought you might like the option.. of these," she said quietly, as Hershel set down some packaging.
Morning After Pills.
Anna thought back nausea as she considered the fact that she might be carrying Connor's baby, her older brother's baby.
She felt tears burn her eyes as Rick took her hand and she held it tightly as she looked at Katjaa and Hershel with tear filled eyes.
"I don't know what to do?" She sobbed.
"Do whatever you think is right, we can't decide for you," Hershel said softly. "We can give you some time to think about it if you want."
Anna nodded and looked at Rick.
"I'm so sorry." She said looking numbly at the wall in front of her as Rick pulled her into his arms and stroked her hair gently.
"It's alright, I understand and I'm with you." He comforted her and she sobbed into his shirt.
"I couldn't do it, Rick," she said sadly. "I couldn't love that baby, if I was pregnant. And a child should be loved and wanted. I couldn't do that."
"I know, I know." He said holding her close as she grabbed a tablet and the glass of water and leaning into Rick who held her tightly, she swallowed the pill.
"I feel awful." She said numbly.
"Don't feel awful," Rick said softly as he stroked her hair. "It wasn't your fault. And we're going to have a big family some day, I promise you."
She gave him a weak smile as she stood up with his help and helped her into the kitchen where she sat in a chair.
"I need a shower." She said quietly, seeing her clothes torn and bloody.
"I'll help you in the shower," Rick said with a soft smile. "We can take it easy, don't worry," he assured her, as Brenda gave her some dinner.
"Thank you," she said, to both of them.
"You don't need to thank us, sweetie." She said patting her shoulder gently as everyone ate their food when they all looked at Michonne.
"So what did you do to piss off the Governor?" Allen asked dryly.
Michonne shrugged slightly. "I found out that he fights people against each other in this arena he has. He puts walkers in too, makes it more 'exciting'. I found out where he was keeping them and I killed them. After that I destroyed the fish tanks with the heads in it, and we got into a fight. I took out one of his eyes with my katana."
"So you've brought our group into your shit, got three fucking innocent beat, humiliated and one of them raped?" He asked her disgusted.
"You're leaving NOW!" He told her harshly.
"HEY!" Bailey snapped as she stood up from her chair and wobbled slightly. "If it wasn't for Michonne, you lot wouldn't have even known we had been taken! Not to mention, they wouldn't have known their way around Woodbury to get us back. I'd like to think I owe my life to her! Another five minutes later and I probably would have been dead."
Silence came over the room as she sat down in her chair again and Daryl smiled proudly at her as she rocked Aoife gently in her arms.
"How are we doing on supplies?" Lily asked Tyresse.
Tyreese looked over at where their food was stored. "We probably have enough left for around a week or so. Plus there's still some stuff in the canteen downstairs if we run out for now. There's quite a bit of ammo left, but we could do without another attack from Woodbury, using it all up like we did earlier."
Everyone nodded in agreement as he looked at all of them carefully with kind but sharp eyes as he looked at the kids.
"Does your group know how to shoot and fight?"
Rick nodded. "Yes, we've been training for months now, gun practice, hand to hand combat... we'd be happy to help out in whatever way we can."
Tyreese gave them a small smile. "That would be great, thanks Rick."
"No problem." He said as everyone finished eating and Sasha and Carly headed outside to take watch while Anna headed into the shower room to clean.
She struggled to take off her blood stained when she felt Rick help her out of it and he gently helped her sit down as she caught her breath.
"Take your time," Rick said softly, as he turned on the shower water for her, and gently helped her underneath. He didn't want to scare her, so he remained fully clothed, as he gently washed the blood from her skin and out of her hair.
She leaned into him heavily as she stated to wash her blood stained blonde hair and after that was done; she washed the blood off gently.
"At least I don't look like I've been in a horror movie." She joked weakly as Rick helped her get dry and she leaned into him.
"We're going to be OK, Anna," he promised her as he helped her along to their cell and into bed. "I know it hurts right now, but we're going to get through this. And we're going to have a wonderful family, and we're going to be safe, alright?"
"I know I love you Rick." She said softly as they both fell asleep.
Bailey was curled into Daryl as Aoife slept on the bed beside them, her hand gripping his tightly as they held each other.
"I'm glad you're here and that you made me stronger." She said cupping his face.
"I just wish I coulda been there when ya needed me," Daryl said quietly as he kissed her cheek gently, his stubble scratching against her soft skin. "After the weddin', I kinda abandoned ya, thought ya were alright on yer own."
"It wasn't your fault, please don't blame yourself." She comforted him as he held her tightly as they watched Aoife sleep softly.
"Ya think Anna will be alright?" He asked softly.
"I'm sure she'll be fine," Bailey said as she pulled the blankets up tighter. "She's strong," she added, as she slowly drifted off to sleep.
The next morning everyone was up and in the kitchen eating breakfast as they all talked quietly when they saw Sasha and Maggie hurrying in.
"LORI'S HERE!"