Hurricane (Daryl Dixon)

10: Fear

Phoenix's POV
Next morning

"You guys be careful." I tell Daryl as him, T, and Shane all get loaded up to go after Dad, Rick, and Glenn.

They didn't come back last night and Lori also tried to take off and go find them but wrecked a car after hitting a walker head on.

Oh and she's pregnant. That's wonderful. Note my sarcasm.

As they get ready to leave, the suburban pulls back up and Rick, Glenn, and Hershel get out.

Maggie runs straight to Glenn and Lori to Rick, as is Carl. Dad tells Patricia to prepare the shed for surgery and that's when T lets us know something is up.

"Who the hell is that?" T asks

Inside the house, we are in a very heated debate on what to do with the kid and also why Rick brought him back.

"Man you can't be serious! This is our lives man!" Shane yells at Rick who explained why he brought the kid back, just as Dad walks in from the shed.

"He was blindfolded the entire way here! He doesn't know where we are!" Rick yells and Shane scoffs.

"I repaired his calf muscle the best I could. He'll have a limp, be laid up for a week or so." Dad says as I sit beside Daryl.

"When he's able, we take him to the road with a canteen and a weeks worth of supplies and drop him." Rick says and Shane scoffs but Dad basically tells him to shut his trap.

Daryl and I walk outside after a few more minute of the arguing.

"You alright?" Daryl asks and I nod.

"Yeah, just tired of being afraid. Tired of living in fear." I say as he hugs me.

The next morning, Daryl takes it upon himself to question the kid, who we learned as Randall.

I'm standing outside the shed as he does so, and I overhear something Randall says.

"...these guys they....and they didn't even kill him afterwards. They just made him watch. But I-I didn't touch those girls, I swear!" He says and I shudder in fear as I walk away from the shed, my skin crawling with what I just heard.

Beth came out of the shock last night, but still isn't herself. I'm walking inside when I see Daryl going to his group.

Rick relays the message to Dad who tells us to stay away from him.

Lori comes downstairs as I'm going up and waves me closer.

"Is Beth suicidal?" She asks and I shrug.

"After what happened yesterday any 17 year old girl would be, but I honestly don't know. Why?" I ask and she sighs.

"I went after her tray and she tried to keep the knife." She says and I nod as I go to find Maggie.

Maggie comes with me and we go into Beth's room.

Maggie and Beth get into a screaming match from hell and I but my two sense in.

"Bethany Lillian Greene, we both lost our mom yesterday! We all three lost Shawn! You don't see me and Maggie trying to cut ourselves because we're depressed! You never seen me cut myself when I was with Tomàs and he broke me down to nothing, Did you?" I yell and she nods, but looks at us.

"I want to go. Tonight, in this bed with you both. Together!" She says and I groan as Maggie storms off and I'm left to babysit Beth.

Soon, Andrea comes up and says she'll watch her while I go get something to drink.

As I'm filling the glass, I hear glass shatter form upstairs and rush upstairs, Maggie and Lori following me.

"Beth! Sweetie open the door!" I yell as I jiggle the handle, but it's locked from the inside.

Lori comes back to us with a stove tool and prys the door open and I see Beth crying as she cradles her arm, which has blood going down it and I feel anger bubbling up inside me as I go to find that fucking bitch.

As I walk out Andrea comes up to me.

"Hey I just heard what happen-" I cut her off with my fist in her face.

"You fucking left her! My Dad is in there right now stitching her wrist because you left her, you bitch. I almost lost my fucking sister! My baby sister!" I yell as I go back inside, but stopping before I close the door.

"Stay the fuck away from us!" I yell at her and she walks off.