MAKNAE [twd] *editing*

【48】

"I don't give a shit if you're scared. We're leaving tonight," I growl to Daniel.

"We go out there we're risking our asses," he hisses back.

"We're risking our asses the longer we stay with those pieces of shit!"

Daniel stressfully exhales, running his hand through his hair and looking to see if the others were close before grabbing both of my arms to force me to look at him.

"We have to be smart. If not, we both lose. I saw one of my best friends go through that and I'll be damned if I do the same. You're following my lead. Deal with it."

"To hell with your plan. I'm in charge since you want to pussy out!" I snap, ripping my arms from him.

I turn my back, pulling my bag over my shoulders.

"Hana.. You're name is Hana," Daniel says.

"Just because you know my name doesn't make us friends."

"Who were they? They knew you. You knew them. Who were they?"

I force a deep breath, placing my palms on the table with my back still to him.

"The first was a friend. We were at the same camp until.. Until we weren't."

"The other?"

"A grandmother to my.." I pause, unsure what to call Taeyang, "Friend."

"Friend," he repeats, "That guy in the picture?" 

"Yeah."

Daniel sighs, moving closer, "Look, I'm sorry. Really, I am. If there was something I could have done, I would have."

I force the tears away. I couldn't be weak. I couldn't show weakness. Not when my guard needed to be stronger than ever before. Not when Daniel was the only thing keeping me from.. God knows what those monsters would do to me.

"You can do something now," I say, turning around to face him, "And get us the hell out of here."

Daniel looks to the floor, his mind an internal argument before it's like he was able to see the events that transpired before we met to Jeanette and Youngji's deaths just hours ago.

"Okay," he nods, "We do it tonight."

--

While the other men were sleeping, Daniel and I snuck through the snores and sleeping bags.

"Hana!" he hisses as I step to Harley.

I ignore him, picking up my bat carefully and stepping over the large man. Daniel rolls his eyes, grabbing my free hand to help me over Joe's sleeping form. Once to the door, Daniel hurriedly pushes me out and we begin running down the stairs only to freeze at the sound of a gun being loaded once a floor down.

"Jae.." Daniel warns, holding his hand up.

Jae squints his eyes, an unreadable expression on his face. Was he angry at us for leaving? Was he angry at the other men?

"Look man, we aren't doing this. It's me. Think about what you're doing," Daniel coaxes.

"I'm thinking you're breaking the rules," Jae sneers.

"Man, you see what those assholes do. You really wanna be a part of that?"

"It's keeping us alive," Jae argues.

"Is it? Man, I feel dead inside each morning I wake up and see those pricks. You want that life? From here on out?"

Jae shakes his head, stepping closer with his gun as his glare intensifies.

"Jae, come with us. We're going to find a safer place. Safer people. We can find Ben!" 

"Ben's dead, Daniel. You know that just as well as I do," Jae denies.

Daniel's eyes grow darker, pulling his bag strap off his shoulder and laying it on the ground. Slowly, he eases down the steps to the other guy.

"He's not. He didn't bust your ass out of that hellhole of growlers just for you to pull a gun on his brother over some douchebags that don't give a shit about us!" Daniel growls, keeping his voice low.

"They're our group. Joe is leading things."

"Joe is a self centered shitbag that doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground! He's only going to get us killed. Get you killed, Jae!"

"We've made it this far because of him. He's done right by us, Daniel."

"At what fucking cost? You saw what he did to those women earlier. They were going to make it and he.." Daniel sighs, regaining his composure, "Johnny, too."

"Johnny's dead. Just like you'll be if you go through trying to save some bitch. That's what killed Johnny."

"That rope around his neck killed Johnny when they beat him and strung him from that tree. Not her. Not him saving her."

Jae begins to argue, but Daniel lunges forward, knocking Jae into the wall behind him. They wrestle on the floor for a few seconds, each getting a few hits in on the other until Daniel kicks Jae's side and picks up the gun, pointing it to Jae.

Jae laughs, spitting out a mouthful of blood and clutching his ribs.

"Do it, man. If you got the balls," Jae growls.

Daniel's finger hovers over the trigger, tears of frustration in his eyes.

"You're an asshole. Ben didn't save you for you to do this. To become this," Daniel sneers, waving the gun in his hands.

"Ben was a dumbass that cared more for others than himself that's why he's-"

Jae is cut off when Daniel lays another kick to his side, "He's not dead! We're going to find him."

"You and your bitch?" Jae asks.

Stepping down the rest of the stairs, I pull the gun from Daniel's grasp, pointing it to Jae myself.

"I don't know you. Your people killed my family member today. You think I won't hesitate to put you down like a bitch?" I ask, kneeling beside him.

He swallows, eyes darting between Daniel and I. Daniel shrugs, taking a step back.

"If you wanted to, you would have already," Jae deflects.

"Let me tell you some things about me. I survived on my own when I was twelve out in those woods of walkers and got back to my family. I snuck into a town to kill the main asshole in charge after he killed my friends and family and killed his men while I was at it. When that asshole finally died, I strung him up like a dog on a leash and walked with his undead ass so I knew he would suffer."

Jae scoots back, only to hit the wall behind him.

"I have a brother, so I know what Daniel is going through. I'm helping him and he's helping me. You either be a team player, or I'll shove this gun down your throat until you choke on it and I don't have to waste a bullet. It's your choice."

"I-I'll be a team player," Jae nods.

"Then get up and let's go. We're wasting time."

Jae nods faster, scrambling to pick himself up off the floor.

"Your shit is in there. Guess you'll have to do without it," Daniel shrugs.

Jae glances back to the room with the other men, "I don't have anything useful."

"Good. Let's move."

--

𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓇 𝓇𝒶𝓂𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓈--

the claimed group finding daryl literally the next morning 🧐