What if
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I sat in the corner, huddled up in a ball. We've been in here for three weeks. Three weeks and none of us know what to do.
What if we all die in here? What if they hurt us? What are they gonna do to us?
I was snapped out of my thoughts when the train cart door opened. Someone was thrown in and the door shut again.
I stood up, ignoring carls and my dad's protests, and walked over to the person standing at the other side of the cart.
"Melissa?" I heard Kayla ask. I walked closer and saw Kayla, beat up and bruised and bloody. I began to cry as I ran up to her and hugged her.
"Why are you in here?" I asked, my Boise hoarse due to the fact that I haven't talked in three weeks. Not a word.
"I used to live here. I escaped. They found me and brought me here. They don't like it when you disobey them. They beat me up. They brought me here." She said, stepping away from the hug. "What are you doing here?" She asked the group.
"We came here for sanctuary. We shot at one of his men-"
"Nah, that was all you, rick." My dad said.
"And they brought us here. We've been here for three weeks. They said they're gonna take Melissa, kill us. Probably kill Melissa too." Rick said.
"But they're not taking her. Not on my watch." Dad informed. I rolled my eyes.
"Don't you think that if they were gonna take me, they'd do it by now?" I asked, annoyed that they're still talking about it.
"Melissa, we're just worrying about you." Maggie said. I scoffed.
"That's a first." I mumbled so only I could hear. I sighed and sat down.
"Mel, what's up?" Kayla asked, sitting down beside me.
"Just... Something happened before we got here... A few things, actually... Still hurts I guess." I shrugged.
"What happened?" She asked.
"I met these two people... One was a bitch, though. He died. Another was a girl, seventeen years old. She died, I had to kill her." I sighed. She looked at me.
"You're not telling me something else." She said.
"We stopped at a truck, I fell asleep and woke up to men aiming guns at all of us. Someone pulled me out of the car and tried to...but we killed them..." I sighed. She hugged me.
"It's alright. Were gonna get out of here." She said.
"I hope so." I sighed.
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"Carl, move over." I said. He moved to the side and I sat down beside him.
"You think we're getting out of here?" I asked, resting my chin on his shoulder and looking at him.
"I know we are." He smiled.
"But it's been four weeks since we were put in here... Almost two month, you really think we're getting out of here alive?" I asked, biting my lip to stop myself from crying.
"I'm not gonna let you die. I'm gonna make sure you get out of here alive. Were gonna be fine." He said softly. I nodded.
"Carl?" I asked
"Yea?" He looked at me
"I love you." I said.
"I love you too." He smiled.
I quickly gave him a kiss and cuddle into him. I hear couple of 'oohh's and 'awww's.
"Look how cute you two are." Glenn joked.
"Shut up Glenn" I laughed.
"Yea, shut up Glenn." My dad said from the other side of the train cart. I could tell he doesn't like me dating, but guess he's out of luck.
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Were all making weapons to escape with. I have my knife in my boot, but I'm making sure everyone has a weapon to escape with.
"Everyone, go for their eyes, then their throats. Don't hesitate, they won't." Rick ordered. I stayed close to Carl and my dad. We all nodded and prepared to open the cart door, when something was dropped into the train cart.
"Everyone move, move, move!" Abraham yelled. We began to run out of the train cart, when the smoke that filled the train cart began to make everything go blurry and it was difficult to breath.
"Dad!" I coughed. "Carl!"
I felt myself begin to fall to the ground. I was tackled. I hit my head off the ground, and soon everything went dark.
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I woke up and I felt myself being dragged across the ground. I had no energy to do anything, so I let them. I felt a gag wrapped around my head and my hands were tied together.
I shut my eyes when I felt myself being placed on my knees. I opened my eyes and saw that I was leaning against a silver metal tub thing. (A/N- bare with me, idk what it's called)
I began to panic. I looked to my side and saw a couple people who were tied up and as scared as I was. One guy at the end looked at me and I saw his eyes grow wider, probably because I'm only fifteen. I looked to my other side and saw Glenn, dad, rick, and bob.
I heard footsteps grow closer, and I soon saw the blonde guy at the end drop unconscious at the end of the tub. My breathing increased. I saw a man walk up to him and slit his throat. I began to shake and tears came from my eyes. I saw the blood run down towards the part of the tub I was on and go down the drain.
I saw them repeat that same procedure with the next people beside me, until the man came to me and loaded the bat, preparing to swing it against my head.
I braced myself for the impact.
I heard my dad's muffled cries and yells. I shut my eyes.
I heard garret begin to walk in and talk, before I was knocked unconscious.
Daryl's POV
I saw the scared look in Melissa's eyes.
They're gonna try to kill my little girl.
Try.
I heard garret walk in. I kept my eyes on Melissa.
"What's your shell count?" Garret asked, before Melissa was knocked unconscious. My eyes went wide as I tried to scream and yell, but it didn't work because of the gag in my mouth.
"Hey! I'm talking to you!" I heard bob say through the gag in his mouth. Garret walked to bob and took the gag out.
"We have a scientist. He knows how to cure this. We can all go back!" He said. Garret shook his head.
"Can't go back, bob." He said and out the gag back in his mouth. Garret walked over to rick.
"I saw you go into the woods with a bag, and you never came out with it. What was in it?" I was glaring at garret now.
"Why don't you untie me and I'll show you." Rick said. Garret chuckled darkly and shook his head.
"Kill the girl," garret said as he stood up. I shook my head, looking back at my unconscious daughter.
I didn't even hear rick talking until I snapped back to reality and looked at him.
"And a-a machete with-with a red handle... That's what I'm gonna use to kill you." Rick said. Garret smirked and stood up, walking out. There was a loud bang that shook the building. The two men were killed by rick.
"Untie us!" Glenn said through the gag. Rick took out the gags in our mouths.
"Melissa has a knife in her boot. Use that." I said. Rick cut us free and we ran out of the building, killing walkers and people. I was carrying Melissa in my arms when we got to the train cart.
Carl saw Melissa in my arms and I could tell he was trying hard not to break down. Poor boy.
Carls POV.
I ran out of the train cart and saw Melissa in Daryl's arms, unconscious. It took everything in my not to scream, but I only allowed one tear to leave my eyes.
We ran from terminus. Someone literally blew it up.
We ran from those bastards. I hope they're all dead.
Melissa's POV.
I woke up on the ground with a major headache. I felt someone's hand on mine. I felt something on my forehead. That is not helping the headache.
I began to hear everything around me. People were crying. Why are people crying?
Then I heard the click of a gun.
They think I'm dead.
I squeezed the persons hand, trying to show that I'm still alive.
"C...ca-Carl..." I mumbled.
I felt the gun being taken off of my head.
"Carl! Come here!" I heard my dad yell.
I gathered the strength to open my eyes. I saw everyone around me. I smiled.
"We made it." I saw Carl nod his head.
"Yea..." He smiled. "Yea we did. I promised you we'd make it." He whispered. I sat up.
"Here, let me help." My dad said. He helped me stand up. I hugged him tightly.
"I'm so glad you're alive..." I heard him mumble.m"I love you." He said. I smiled.
"I love you too, dad." I smiled.
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"Where should we go now?" Kayla asked. Me, her and Carl are walking together in the back of the group.
"Wherever we can, I guess." Carl shrugged. I rested my head on his shoulder.
"I wonder where carol, tyreese, and Beth are..." I said.
"Hopefully alive..." Kayla said.
We all stopped when we heard a noise emerging from the bushes beside us. Someone walked out of the forest and my dad ran up and hugged them. I looked and saw that it was carol.
"Carol..." I smiled. I ran up to her and hugged her. We weren't very close, but we were still all family and she has been there for me.
"You guys have to follow me." She smiled. I took carls hand and we followed carol.
The group stopped once we walked up to a wooden cabin. Tyreese came out of the cabin holding a baby.
"Judith..." Carl smiled. Him and rick ran up to Judith and Sasha ran up to tyreese.
Where's uncle Merle and beth?
I walked up to me dad and tried not to cry.
"I guess Merle isn't here?" I asked, my voice cracked. Carol slowly shook her head and I hugged my dad.
"Don't cry, we will find him." He whispered. "You know why?" He asked. I nodded.
"Because only a Dixon can kill a Dixon." I smiled and wiped tears away from my eyes.
"Where's Beth? Was she here too?" I asked, looking at carol. She shook her head and I looked back at my dad, his head was down.
"She's gone..." He said.
"She's dead?!" Maggie asked, worried. Dad looked up at the group and shrugged.
"She's just gone." He shook his head.