The Mini Badass

Chapter 44

"Ainsley, what-" Maggie starts but I shake my head cutting her off. "We don't have time." I tell her, moving towards Carl. Using the boy's shoulder for balance I take my knife out of my shoe.

I walk over to the wall of the car, finding a piece sticking out. I slip my blade into the small crevice, slicing down and ripping off a strip of metal. 

Handing the piece to Carl, figuring I've already got my own blade. The rest of the group follows suit, making weapons out of anything we can get our hands on.

"They seemed nice enough." I tune into the conversation with the muscle man and Rick. "But I was ready to go." He tells Rick as I sharpen a piece of metal with my knife. "We just got here, but damn, it was time to go."

"When I told them about DC, a wink and a nod from the head asshole in charge, they pulled their guns and it was right back to our regular scheduled shit storm." Muscle man continues and I slide the pointy metal to Sasha, the woman giving me a small nod.

"Before they brought you in here, you didn't see Tyreese?" Sasha asks us as Glenn sticks sharp metal chucks through his belt, wrapping the non pokey part around his wrist. "No." I tell her with a shake of my head.

"Good."

"Black car, with a white cross painted on it." Daryl tells Maggie, their conversation seeming louder as the rest of us got quiet. "I tried to follow it, I tried." He says, telling her what he told us about Beth being taken.

"But she's alive?" Maggie asks and Daryl nods. "She's alive."

I put my knife back into my shoe as I hear voices approaching. "Shut up!"

"Alright, four of them pricks coming our way." Daryl says, looking out of the small crack. "Y'all know what to do." Rick tells everyone, stepping away from whatever he was doing. "Go for their eyes first, then their throats."

I raise my makeshift knife, standing next to Carl who holds up the piece I gave him. "Put your backs to the walls on either side of the car, now." The voice outside demands but we don't budge.

My eyes dart to the roof as footsteps echo down from it. Suddenly the roof opens and a can is dropped in. 

"Move!" Muscle man shouts, grabbing Carl and I and shoving us down. The can explodes and gas fills the container causing us all to cough.

My throat burns and my eyes start feeling heavy as someone grabs my arm, pulling me up. I stumble a bit but it doesn't last long as someone picks me up

I try to fight back but eventually my eyes roll back and I clock out.

When I wake up its to the sound of metal clanging. Trying to move I find my hands and feet bound together, a gag in my mouth.

I look to my right to find Glenn's panicked face looking back at me. Turning to my left I find Rick, the man glaring at the metal tub we're knelt in front of.

"Alright." A voice from behind me says and I look back, two men standing behind me, one with a bat the other with a long knife.

The two men walk over to the end of the long tub thing, towards a whimpering blonde dude at the end.

One man nods to the other before the bat guy brings it back, swinging it against the blonde man's hand.

The blonde man slumps forward after the collision with his skull but his head is quickly pulled back, the other man using his knife to slit his throat open.

I close my eyes, turning my head away from the sight as some of the other people lined up against the tub start screaming, muffled through their gags.

Bat man moves onto the next guy as I turn to Rick, tilting my head at him. Another crack rings through the room followed by the sound of blood splatting onto the tub.