Beautiful Mistakes~ A Rick Grimes Love Story

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I had never really given much thought of how I would die. I knew when I became FBI, there was always a chance I'd loose my life on duty. Everyday, I put my life at risk. I was willing to do that to protect my city, my daughter. Then, the world fell. A new enemy was among us. The concept was still the same. I was willing to protect my husband, my kids, and my group, even if it meant loosing my life. I was prepared to die, but it wasn't gonna happen today.

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I stepped outside to get some fresh air. I was hoping we were making the right decision by going to see Aaron's camp. It was a big decision and I just needed to come outside to think and catch my breath.

I hear a twig snap, and before I know it, a man came up behind me. His hand covered my mouth. Another appeared in front of me, holding a gun pointed at me. The man behind me whispers in my ear, "Scream, and you die. We've waited a long time to get you."

I bite onto his hand, and bite two of his fingers off, and his hand squirts blood all over my jacket. I spit out his fingers and blood from my mouth, wanting to gag. I quickly take my jacket off and throw it on the ground. "You bitch." he says, grabbing his hand. The other guy takes the back of his gun and knocks me out. They grab me and run away into the woods.

When I come to, I was tied to a tree. Great, now I was walker bait, too. I knew these guys were idiots. The question is, who the hell were they and what did they want with me?

"She's finally awake." one man said.

"Let's just leave her here, man. Let's go. They have more people than us." the other man says.

"This bitch bit off two of my fingers. She ain't going no where." the man says. He looks at me. "Tell me everything about your group. How many..."

I start to laugh. "You'll have to kill me." as I piss off the guy even more. He takes his fist and punches me near my eye. I was already cut and bleeding above my eye where the man had used the back of the gun to knock me out.

"You're tough. You won't be once I'm done with you." he says.

"Billy, stop! Let's just let her go, man." the other man says.

"Nah, she's pretty and I'm gonna keep her." Billy responds.

"I'm not yours to keep." I say.

"You are now, sweetie." Billy says.

I didn't care what they did to me. As long as he didn't hurt my baby or my family, I could handle this. I had almost freed myself from the rope, then I was gonna kill them.

"Let's just go and let her go." the other man says.

"He's right. You should let me go. My husband, Rick... if he finds you, he will kill you." I say.

"Let's just go man." the other man says.

"Shut up Caleb!" Billy yells.

Billy takes a knife to my throat. "How many people?"

I don't say anything. He continues to move the knife down.

"Where are you from? Do you have a camp other than the barn?" he asks. I don't answer.

He moves the knife to my stomach. No, the baby.
"If you don't give me answers, I'll gut you from the inside out, bitch!" Billy yells.