Chapter 7

"TELL ME WHERE SHE IS!"

Daryl landed a punch across the already bloodied face of Randal, picking him up from the ground and pushing him up against the wall of the medical centre. Rick and Glenn stood outside keeping watch letting Daryl do what he does best, while they figured out what they'd do next.
After a few more pleading screams, Daryl emerged wiping blood from his knuckles, onto his dirty white singlet.
"The kid says he's in a group of round 30 men, but from what he told me they ain't real men. They like to take what's not there's – guns, ammo..." Daryl hesitated, not wanting to continue "Women". They all knew what that meant; these men were the worst kind of men.
"They're held up in a warehouse, just on the outskirts of the town shops" Daryl said, pointing in the direction, still catching his breath from beating the crap out of Randal. Rick nodded; they all understood what they had to do.
"We'll head back to the farm, round up T Dog and hopefully Shane and Andrea are back to help out".
Daryl shook his head, disagreeing with Ricks plan feeling his temper rise"We ave' to go now, we can't leave Sam there, not knowin' what they'll do to her!"
Glenn tensed up as Daryl challenged Rick, but he stood his ground and spoke in a calm and reassuring manner
"We're gonna get Sam back, but we can't just go in with guns blazin'... we need more ammo first of all and more back up" He said looking from just Glenn to Daryl "Us three can't take down 30 men, you know that".
Of course Rick was right; Daryl grunted "Well what the hell do ya suppose we do then?" He gritted the words through his teeth; he wasn't going to let anything happen to Sam if he could help it. He would go by himself if he had to.
"Glenn, you're the fastest so go back to the farm and tell them what's happening. Get T Dog to come with you. Daryl and I will scope out the warehouse with the kid and rummage through what's left of the shops, maybe we'll get lucky and find some more ammo. We'll wait for you to return".

Sam awoke in a bed, a proper bed, man she hadn't slept on one of these for god knows how long. It then came back to her, what had happened in the medical centre as she sat up right looking in the corner of the darkened room where someone sat watching her.
"It sure is good to see your face again" the person sitting down said and Sam knew straight away who it was. Dave stood up quietly, revealing his face in the light coming in from the window as he slowly walked over to her. Dave looked pretty much the same as the last time Sam had seen him, accept maybe he had lost a bit of weight and now had scruffy stubble over his chin. Her body tensed as he sat down on the edge of the bed next to her, but it eased when Dave grinned, the same grin that she once loved.
"What happened to ya?" he asked giving her a once over "After we got back to Philli, you split."
Sam then told him she went back home to get her Mum and sister but had no luck with her sister. Dave. Dave looked genuinely sad when Sam told him about losing her Mum a few weeks ago; he had obviously liked the woman but quickly snapped out of it.
"Where have ya been held up then? You look pretty good considerin' the world has gone to hell..."
Sam knew what he was doing; he was fishing about her group. Dave wasn't the same person she once knew, I guess no one was anymore but something in his eyes told Sam not to trust him, even if she once had.
"Is it just you and the redneck?"
Sam said nothing, better than accidently spilling the beans about the farm. Dave nodded, guessing by her silence there were more in her group. Sam decided to do some of her own investigating, asking about where they were and what he was planning to do with her. Dave laughed but it wasn't a normal laugh, there was some danger to it and Sam didn't like that at all.
"Your perfectly safe here Sam, the warehouse hasn't been attacked in weeks. I'll keep you safe, you're not goin' anyway"
The tone of his voice made it out that Sam had no choice in the matter. He brought her out of the room and onto a balcony which over looked the warehouse he talked of. Sam couldn't believe her eyes – there were areas filled with women and children, all huddled together with what little possessions they had. But instead of looking safe and happy, they were miserable and dirty.
"What the hell is this?
Sam turned to Dave, who was watching her reaction with close eyes "My guys get bored easily" he said looking up at the women who were pregnant, being completely honest. Sam knew automatically what Dave meant by that, these women were sex slaves and nothing more.

Fear over took her body, making her hands tremble so she held on the railing to steady herself. Dave moved up behind her, placing his hands on her waist, whispering in her ear as she held back tears
"No other man will touch you. I'm their leader, they follow me. They know the consequences if they'd do anything to you. "
Sam pushed herself away, backing away from him "And what if I don't want to stay here, what if I say no to your deal" She hissed at the last word.
Dave laughed yet again, this time it was cunning like as if he knew she was going to say that "If you refuse..." he said turning back to look over all the women and children "I'll take it out on her... and so will the rest of the guys..." Sam came forward to see what he was talking and nothing could prepare herself for what she'd seen.
A woman with long dark wavy hair who was in the early stages of her pregnancy looked up with the same emerald green eyes Sam had, and her mouth opened with shock. Her sister was alive.

Glenn had made it back to the farm rather quickly and ran to the farm house, leaving the horse outside the stable. He sighed with relief when Shane and Andrea appeared at the front door, followed by the rest of the group.
"Where's the fire Glenn?" Shane asked looking at with Asian with a half cocked grin but soon changed when he saw the look in his eyes.
Glenn didn't have time to waste and got straight to the point, packing in to a duffel bag more guns and ammo.
"We gotta go now; Rick and Daryl are waiting for us to come back... And we know how Daryl is; he won't wait for much longer":

Sam was back in the same room she had woken up in, trying to let everything sink in as Dave hovered over her, and she was only half taking in what he said. Her older sister Lisa was a live, this whole time and was with Dave.
"When you left us, I came after you" he told her "But when I got to your house, after nearly getting eaten alive... You weren't there but I could see from the house being torn upside down, the photo's gone that you had gotten out of there with your mum. I was about to leave when who came back through the door... your sister."
Sam looked up at him, her eyes glassy – she was about to break down any minute "What the HELL happened to you?!"
Dave shrugged casually, smiling back at her and answered sarcastically "The world ended, did you get the memo? A man has needs Sam, I'm sure you remember from our... time together..."
Sam's body shuddered at the memory of Dave and her, it now made her sick. Dave came and knelt down on his knees in front of her.
"You don't have a choice Sam. You can't leave your sister behind... again" Sam locked her eyes with him, wanting so bad to hit him. Dave half smiled, pulling a stray hair from her face and pulled it behind her ear.
"All you have to say is yes".

Sam had obviously said yes, and was now wearing a white lacy nighty, that's all the women were allowed to wear – she gathered for easy access for the men – the thought was making her sick. She made her way down to the other women and children, all watching her, but they were scared of her maybe? She didn't understand why. Dave whistled at her, with the other men watching her as he walked over
"Get back to work" he snarled back at them and Tony, the guy who had original grabbed her winked at her, making the pits of her stomach fall.
"Why are they watching me like that?" she asked him. As soon as Dave looked back at the children and women, they all turned away going back to their own business.
"Your with me, so you're like the first lady..." he then grabbed her hand, taking her away "You remember how we were waiting on that highway, before we had realised what was coming..."
Sam flashed back, her with her mates, with Dave who went off with the others to see what was happening... then she saw Daryl...
"I told you that even though we weren't together anymore" he said with disgust "I'd always love you... and I still do. That is why I brought to back here... we can be together again. Have a family..."
Sam looked at him with confusion when he mentioned a family. He looked around, all the pregnant ladies
"I may have a few barstards, but I guess in the future I need someone to take over this place..." he said patting her stomach. Dave had lost his mind completely. He thought he was some kind of king and she was his queen... and he needed an heir. Sam now understood what this meant... she wasn't going to be shared around like these other women... she was just going to be his... all of her... his...

He left her alone, walking back over to his men and Sam walked over to a small group of women and children who were reading a book together. They stopped talking as she approached. Her sister was the one reading the book as the other two women got up and left with their own kids while two stayed with her sister. They looked petrified as Sam sat down, but she smiled lightly at the youngest, a little girl with light blue eyes and blonde curly locks and the boy had the same eyes with dark brown hair a few years older stared at her. Her sister had taken them underwing, she gathered.
"What are you reading?" Sam softly asked. The little kids began talking, as if it was okay now and Sam leant in to her sister
"Lisa"
Her sister jumped at her own name, turning to face Sam and realisation hit her, she obviously hadn't had recognised her own sister until now
"Sammy..." she whispered looking to see if Dave or the other men were watching "What are you doing here?! I thought you were dead... Dave told me you were dead!"
Sam shook her head; she couldn't help but smile as she peered at her own flesh and blood "It's going to be alright... I'm here now".

Lisa and Sam spent the rest of the afternoon together and Lisa had told her sister the two little kids were siblings they had found on their travels, taking them in. The little girls whose name was Claire sat in Sam's lap, playing with her long wavy blonde hair while her brother Tom stayed by her side the whole time, keeping to himself.
The sister's heads popped up at the same time at the noise of gun fire, coming from outside the warehouse. Dave ran to the window as his men prepared themselves with loading ammo into their guns while the women grabbed their children protectively as they screamed.
"That redneck is back!" Sam heard Tony call to Dave who picked up his rifle "And they've got Randal".
Sam ran to Dave's side, who was looking very pissed off "Daryl" she said to herself, smiling with relief. Dave looked down at her then called out to Tony "Grab the brunette!"
Tony took Lisa, making her squeal and the two children were then held by two other men and Dave turned back to her, grabbing her arm
"If they get in here and try to take you, I will not hesitate to kill every last woman and child, you get me?"

To be continued...

Authors Note - So do ya'll get how Sam and Dave know each other? I'll make it a bit more clear in the next chapter but I hope you all get the gist of it.

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