vi. escape route.

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quiet voices. chapter five.
SUMMARY ; darcey and toby decide they're going to leave.

and then i found me a lover
who could play the base
he's kinda quiet, but his body aches
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DARCEY HASN'T changed her opinion on the sanctuary, it would take a lot more than being shown its fresh fruit to do that — especially when not everyone even got the privilege to consume them. the points system was ridiculously unfair, people worked eight-twelve hour shifts to under minimum wage, they weren't rewarded nearly enough for their hard work, and darcey guessed that was why the saviours were miserable people.

after her and negan's private lunch in the empty cafeteria he returned her to her bedroom, where toby was waiting for her. she wondered how he knew where she was staying, then quickly remembered that he was the one to bring her there the first day they arrived at the sanctuary, she had forgotten he knew where she slept. toby practically smothered the girl in questions, overwhelming her even. he was persistent on asking if negan had hurt her, or tried to talk her into doing something she didn't want to.

darcey had a look of disgust on her face, and she maybe even seemed a little offended at toby's questions. negan hadn't hurt a hair on her head, he showed no interest in harming her, though darcey was worried he wanted something from her the whole few hours she was forced to stick to his side, all was well at the end of the day, proving that maybe he wasn't such a violent monster after all. if he wanted to hurt her he surely would've done it by now, he had so many opportunities to do so, what was he waiting for if that was his intentions?

darcey shook her head at toby with a frown on her face. "no. he didn't try to hurt me, he actually gave me strawberries." darcey spoke one last time, deciding she was over answering the same question time and time again. she pulled the blanket up to her chin as she rolled over onto her side to face away from the boy, and that was the end of that conversation.

toby was extremely skeptical about the situation, he was worried for his friend, he was scared out of his mind that the leader may have wanted what all men wanted nowadays from any girl. he knew darcey wasn't stupid, that wouldn't be the problem, but comparing her size to negan's, she wouldn't have stood a chance against the man if he tried to hurt her.

though the one thing that could keep him from flipping out over the situation was that he knew darcey wouldn't ever trust someone like negan, she would constantly have her guard up, and the girl was good at getting out of sticky situations before they escalated. he could only hope that negan wouldn't talk to her again, hopefully it was a one time thing and he would find another new girl to fawn over. how much fun could he have possibly had with darcey when she refused to even speak to him? toby decided not to worry about it much, he knew guys like negan, and he wouldn't be back for her.

darcey wasn't sure what to think of the day, or the situation with the leader. she didn't find herself special in any way, she was shy, nervous at all times, and mute to everyone besides toby. surely negan wouldn't return, she was positive the next time she saw him roaming the sanctuary he would walk right past her without recognizing her. darcey figured he had so many girls do what she did that day it meant nothing to him. she wondered how high the number of girls he said you're gonna be my little shadow for the day was.

darcey couldn't wait to be back out in the open, she refused to have her sprit dragged down with everyone else's in the sanctuary. it wasn't a place to call home, it was a smelly, scary, stuffy building filled with depressed middle aged men and women who somehow managed to get stuck into a place where they still had to work scheduled jobs for mediocre pay. darcey ached to be out in the fresh air with anywhere and everywhere to go, even if that meant sacrificing a roof over their head.

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