Solitary {2} : The Walking Dead

Chapter Fifty-six.

Captured.

Iris opens her eyes as her feet drag along the dirt floor, her sight is obstructed by the bag over her head, her hands bound by rope she hears another set of feet dragging along the floor behind her, her jaw tightens when she realises it's Daryl.

She stops moving for a minute and hears a door open, the floor under her changes to wood and she gets pushed down into a chair, her hands get pulled back and tied behind her, she hears footsteps leave the room and the door closes. Iris sits in the room alone, the only thing she can hear is her breathing.

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"Let's see if you're right." a man says, Daryl hears the door close, suddenly the bag is pulled from his head, he looks around but notices Iris isn't there, only Leah, "I came back for you. I looked everywhere for you. I'm sorry you ended up with these people." Daryl says to the woman.

"These people are my family. They never stopped looking for me. When they found me, I came home... How about your family, Daryl? The ones you told me about? That who was out on the road?" Leah asks.

"My family picked the wrong fight with the wrong people a long time ago. It's like I told you, I'm alone." Daryl lies, "what about the red head?" Leah asks, "I found her on the road... i was helping her for a while and then she was gonna go on her own" Daryl says.

"Really? She reminds me of what you told me about the woman you loved before me" Leah says, "well it aint her. I told you she's gone" Daryl says, looking down at the floor, Leah looks down at the man, "You're filthy." she says, grabbing a bucket of water and kneeling down in front of Daryl, she starts cleaning him up.

She stands behind him and holds the cloth over his mouth and nose, tightening her grip as Daryl fights back, and everything slowly goes dark.

..........

The door opens and Iris hears someone walk in, the bag is pulled off of her, she looks up at the blonde woman, "who were the people you were with out on the road?" the woman asks, Iris doesn't say anything, she only glares up at the blonde.

"Fine" the woman says, Iris watches her as she walks over to a table of supplies, she picks up a knife and pulls a chair in front of Iris, "what's your name?" she asks.

"I'm not telling you shit" Iris snaps through gritted teeth, she lets out a scream in pain as the blade of the knife is pushed down into her leg, "Daryl said he found you out on the road and is helping you" the stranger says, Iris grits her teeth as the knife is pulled out of her leg.

"I know it's not true... You're her" Iris lets out a sigh "i don't know what you're talking about" she says, "he told me about you... told me how much he loved you. That was before he slept with me" the woman says, she reaches down and digs her finger into the cut on Iris's leg, now she knows who the blonde is.

Iris glares "I don't know what you're on about" Iris says, leaning in closer to the woman, "I met him on the road. I was gonna leave before your people came along" Iris says, ignoring the pain in her leg as Leah presses down harder, "stop lying to me" Leah snaps.

She takes her hand from the cut and drives the knife back down, twisting it slightly, "who's the group?!" Leah shouts, "fuck you!" Iris shouts back, Leah pulls the knife out of the redhead leg, raising her fist and punching Iris across the face, knocking her out.

Iris gasps for air as water gets poured onto her face, "who are they!?" Leah shouts, Iris spits out the water from her mouth, "I dont know" Iris says, the bag on her face stopping her from being able to see and the blood rushing to her head as she gets held upside down.

More water gets poured onto her face, she gets pulled upright again, Iris coughs as she chokes on the water, "Are they still out there?" the bag gets pulled off of Iris's face, Leah grabs her face "Are they close?" she questions.

"I don't know them" Iris mumbles, the bag is pulled back onto her head and the table moves back again, holding her upside down, Iris chokes as water is poured over her head again.

She closes her eyes and zones herself out, thinking of all the ways she can kill these people. She hears their muffled voices as they ask her questions but she doesn't answer, instead she keeps her eyes closed as she chokes on the water.

Iris gets lifted up and the bag is pulled from her head again, she opens her eyes, coughing up the water, "take her to the cell" Leah orders, Iris fights the exhaustion as it starts to catch up to her, the two men grab onto her and start dragging her away.

They throw her into the cell, her body hitting the concrete floor, she slowly sits up as they lock the door and walk away, "hey" Daryl whispers, standing at his cell door and looking down at her, Iris looks up at him, a small smile creeping onto her face, "I'm fine" she whispers, Daryl sits down next to his door, not taking his eyes off of the woman, "you're bleeding" he whispers, pain in his voice.

"I didn't tell them anything" Iris says, laying her head against the cell door, Iris and Daryl go quiet when someone walks in, Iris lets out a frustrated sigh as she watches the men open her cell door, Leah stands watching. Iris is lifted to her feet and dragged off again, they push her back down into the seat, she watches the man with the longer hair wrap cloth around his knuckles, bawling his hand into a fist and connecting it with Iris's cheek.

The force sends her head to the side, "let's try again" he says, Iris looks back at him, "Who's the leader? Is it the woman?" he questions, "what woman? I don't know them" Iris mumbles, the man punches her again, "i don't know anything" Iris says, the man punches her again and again.

"You're lying" he snaps, "you're right" Iris breathes out, she turns her head to the side and sits the blood out from her mouth, she looks up at the man as he waits for her to speak, "i do know something" Iris mumbles, "what?" he asks, "that you're a little bitch" Iris snaps, spitting blood on the man, the man punches her in the stomach, "this is useless" Leah says.

Iris leans her head back, a large smile on her face, blood in her mouth, "what are you smiling about?" the man asks, grabbing her face and forcing her to look at him, "for once she's right" Iris laughs, the man punches her in the stomach again, making her cough. "Where are they?" he asks, "I. Dont. Know." Iris snaps, "We're not gonna get anything from her" Leah says, "fine. We'll let her bleed in the cell for a while" the man says.

They lift her up again and drag her back to the cells, Iris groans in pain as she hits the ground, she hears the men walk away, Iris stays laying on the floor, holding onto her stomach. "Iris" Daryl whispers, panic in his voice, "Iris" he repeats when she doesn't answer, "not dead yet" she whispers, Daryl lets out a relieved sigh to hear her voice.

She slowly sits up and leans against the wall, Daryl's heart aches when he sees the fresh bruises and blood on her face, she closes her eyes and tries to take in a deep breath, she hears a wheeze as the air fills her lungs, telling her that he broke her rib again, "are you okay?" Daryl questions, keeping his voice quiet, "i'll be fine" Iris mumbles, she looks over at her husband.

Iris slowly lays back again as a guard walks into the room, closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep, Daryl sits and watches her, he looks to the cell next to her as someone starts to wake, Frost, Daryl quickly looks away, hiding his face in the darkness.