Safe and sound, Carl Grimes

012. IT'S OKAY, IT'S GONNA BE OKAY

Chapter twelve

"it's okay, it's gonna be okay."

Rick's plan to take Randall out and leave him on the side of the road didn't exactly work seeing as him and Shane came back both with equal injuries and bruises, which was why Daryl was now in the shed with Randall, as he was pacing in front of him, Randall was panting, as Daryl leaned down and punched him in the face, Randall fell to the ground, and as he did, Daryl punched him again and as Randall cried, it only made Daryl punch him again, Randall then spit out blood "I told you.." he said "you told me shit!" Daryl voiced, walking up to him and picking him up, slamming him against the wall.

"I barely knew those guys. I met em on the road." Randall shared "how many in your group?" Daryl asked him, as Randall panted not answering the question right away, Daryl pulled out his knife "uh, no, no, no, no. Come on, man." Randall said, as Daryl lunged forward stabbing the knife into the ground "how many!" he voiced "uh, thirty. Thirty guys." Randall told him "where?" Daryl asked "uh.." Randall said, as Daryl ripped the bandage off his leg, Randall screamed "I don't know. I swear. We were never any place more than a night." he shared, as Daryl began cutting into the wound on his leg "scouting? Planning on staying local?" he asked.

"I..I don't know. They..they left me behind." Randall told him "did you ever pick off a scab?" Daryl asked "come on, man! I'm..I'm trying to cooperate." Randall told him "start real slow at first. Sooner or later, you've just gotta rip it off." Daryl told him "okay. Okay." Randall shared, as he started stammering "they have weapons..heavy stuff, automatics." he shared, as he started stammering again "but I didn't do anything." he told him "your boys shot at my boys, tried to take this farm. You just went along for the ride? You're trying to tell me you're innocent?" Daryl asked.

"Yes!" Randall voiced, breathing heavy "these..these people took me in. Not just guys..a whole group of em." he shared, as Daryl brought the knife back standing up "men and women, uh, kids too..just like you people. Thought I'd have a better chance with them, you know? But..we go out, scavenge..just the men. One night we..we found this little campsite. A man and his two daughters..teenagers, you know? Real young, real cute." Randall shared, and as he did, Daryl stared at him as his mind began to think of every way this story played out and they were all bad "their daddy had to watch while these guys..they..and they didn't even kill em afterwards. They just..they just made him watch as his daughters..they just..just..just left him there." Randall shared.

Breathing heavy, and as he did, all Daryl thought about was Katniss, his daughter, where the idea of that ever happening to her made him sick and filled with rage and Randall must've seen the look on his face "no, but..but..but I didn't touch those girls. No, I swear I didn't to.." he told him, as Daryl kicked him "please. Please. You gotta believe me, man." Randall told him, crying "I'm not like that. I ain't like that. Please. Please, you gotta believe me." he begged him, as Daryl kicked him again, he then leaned down punching him, over and over and over again.

Meanwhile Katniss was standing with the others at the camp, as the weather started to get colder as they stood by the fire, Lori poured hot water into a cup "so what you gonna do? We'd all feel better if we knew the plan." she shared, handing the cup to Carl "is there a plan?" Andrea asked "we gonna keep him here?" Glenn asked "we'll know soon enough." Rick shared, as Daryl began approaching them, they all could see the blood and bruises on his hands "boy in there's got a gang, thirty men. Got heavy artillery and they ain't looking to make friends. They roll through here, our boys are dead. And our women, they're gonna..they're gonna wish they were." Daryl shared.

"What did you do?" Carol asked him, as Daryl looked at his hands "we had a little chat." he shared, stepping toward's Katniss "no one goes near this guy." Rick shared "Rick, what are you gonna do?" Lori asked him "we have no choice. He's a threat. We have to eliminate the threat." Rick shared "you're just gonna kill him?" Dale asked "it's settled. We'll do it today." Rick shared, turning and walking off, Daryl grabbed Katniss's arm and began dragging her off "dad.." Katniss told him "no, you listen to me, okay? You not only don't go near him. You don't go anywhere alone. I don't care what anyone tells you to do, you understand? Your with somebody at all times." Daryl shared.