𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝗼𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧

𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞

narrative

"and where is y'all good people are calling home?" a gun cocked.

all three of them snapped their heads to the voice. aurora eyes widening at the person.

merle dixon.

pulling their guns from the holsters, they pointed them at him.

"merle?" glenn asked with disbelief. merle laughed, putting his gun on the ground, putting his hands, well hand, up into the air.

"wow." he huffed, walking closer.

"hey! back the hell up!" maggie shouted at him.

"okay, okay, honey. jesus." he stopped in his tracks.

"you made it." glenn pointed out. Maggie's gave him a questioning look.

"can you tell me, is my brother alive?" aurora bit her lip. "huh?"

"yeah." she spoke softly. merles eyes snapping over to her.

"well i'll be damned! princess! is that you?" aurora rolled her eyes at the nickname. "you look good, see you gave birth. did it live?"

"don't see how that's any of your damn business, but yeah, they're both alive."

"goddamn! twins! you have to cut 'em out? or you push them out? damn... i bet you're loose if you had to push them out." she cringed at the statement.

"hey," he looked back to glenn. "you take me to him and i'll call it even on everything that happened up there in atlanta. no hard feelings." glenns eyes look towards to knife where merles hand used to be.

"you like that." he laughed, holding it hight up into the air, his green shirt hanging off of it. "yeah, well i found myself a medical supply warehouse. fixed it up myself. pretty cool huh?" he laughed once more.

"we'll tell daryl you're here and he'll come out and meet you." glenn tried to bargain.

"hold on. just hold on." he tried to take a step closer.

"woah. woah." glenn held his hand out for him to stop.

"hold up here. hold up. hey the fact we found each other is a miracle."

"wouldn't quite say that, but ok." aurora said.

"come on, now. you can trust me." glenn shook his head.

"you trust us, you stay here."

"hell, i'll sit here with you. daryl will definitely come if he knows i'm stuck with his brother." aurora said. merle chuckled.

"my brother, he always had a little crush on you. that's why this is gonna suck." he pulled a gun that was tucked behind his back.

"no!" he shot. the three of them ducked and the bullet hit the back window of the car, glass going everywhere. aurora and glenn went on one side of the car while maggie went to the other.

merle took his opportunity and went for maggie. taking her to the ground and pointing a gun to her head. the two of them took in the sight when they rounded the corner.

"hey, hey, hey. hold up buddy hold up." aurora tightened her grip on the gun.

"let go of her. let go of her!" glenn yelled at him.

"put those guns in the car, right now." merle pushed the gun to maggies head. "put it in the car, guys." aurora bit her lip, handing her gun to glenn. he put both guns in the back.

"there you go." he flashed him a smirk. "now we're gonna go for a little drive."

"we're not going back to our camp." aurora shook her head.

"no, we're going somewhere else. get in the car glenn. you're driving!" glenn didn't move, causing merle to push the gun against maggies head more.

"don't, okay." glenn walked to the drivers seat, slamming the back passenger side door on the way. aurora shot a glare to merle before going and getting in the car also.

"get up." he pulled maggie up by her arm. "that's it." he pushed her into the car, slamming the door behind her and getting in the passenger seat. they drove off, leaving the basket of formula behind.

merle kept his gun on glenn as he gave him directions to woodbury. aurora grimaced when she seen a walker hung up like an ornament.

when they got there merle took them to different rooms, each one right next to each other.

"i'm gonna go talk to chinaman, i'll be right back." he said, finishing the knot on auroras restraints.

"he's korean you racist bastard!" she yelled after him. all you could hear were his laughs as he walked out of the room and slammed the door shut.

"you don't even know why you're here, do you? i didn't mean you no harm. i lowered my gun, but you raised yours. you were an asshole out there, just like you were on that rooftop back there in atlanta. what y'all did, leaving me up there- people wouldn't even do that to an animal." merle shook his head.

"we went back for you."

"ain't you thoughtful." merle smirked.

"we did all of us- rick, daryl, t-dog."

"mm, t-dog." merle scratched the stubble on his chin. "yeah, big ol' spear-chucker, the one i was pleading with. mh'hmm, the one that dropped the key. tell me where he's at. i'm sure t-dog would like to bury the hatchet. let bygones be bygones."

"he didn't make it." glenn shook his head.

"well, i hope he went slow. yeah. how about the rest. hmm? how about my baby brother? you can't tell me he's alive and then hold off on where he is." glenn stayed quiet.

"no? maybe the farmers daughter will help me out." he shrugged a little. "tell me something," he smirked. "when she's scared, and she's holding you close, and her trembling skin is close to you." he runs his knife hand up and down glenns neck and face. "her soft lips are touching you, here, all over here, and over here, fells good, don't it?" maggie started to cry from the other room, being able to hear the conversation going on, aurora on the other hand couldn't so she knew nothing.

"i remember you. yeah. you're the sneaky one, the one with nerve. you don't scare easy, do you?" he chuckles a little. "i like that." he got up, walking behind glenn.

"now..." he pressed the blade against his mouth. "i wanna know where my brother is." he put his hand on the other end and pulling to himself. after doing that for a solid 5 seconds he let go and went back in front of them.

"i wanna know where the sheriff is!" glenn moved forward, hitting merles already broken nose with his head.

"ah! god!" merle panted, standing back up. "ah!" he head butted glenn back.

"yeah." he punched him again. "now. i wanna know where they're hiding!" another punch. "where your camp is!" another. "and i wanna know now!" one to the jaw.

"or i'll kill little mama in the other room!" was he actually going to do that. no because then daryl would want nothing to do with him and this whole thing would be pointless.

"i wanna know now! where the hell are they! tell me!" glenns face was all bloody and swollen, he couldn't see out of his left eye.

"fine! be like that!" merle yelled, getting up and storming out of the room.

merle... merle... merle. how rude of you.