Safe haven, Rick Grimes

110. PRISONERS IN OUR OWN HOME

Chapter one hundred and ten

"Prisoners in our own home."

Sometimes I wonder if it takes more courage to live or die.

We've all done things to still be here.

Things we'd like to forget.

We became whoever we needed to be.

But who we are now, the choices we make now, maybe that's all that matters.

Judith was writing down, as Daryl grabbed her arm, dragging her with him, as Caroline and Rick were running ahead of them through the rioting streets, seeing as he was left in charge while older Daryl had gone to get Eugene because the riot and Sebastian's death was his fault.

The four of them then spent the night alone with dog watching over them, where by morning, the four of them were asleep on the couch with dog lying by the door, where footsteps could be heard outside of it, as dog got up, he turned and headed over to the couch, nudging Daryl in the leg "dog.." Daryl said, sleepily, the window behind them was smashed, as smoke bomb landed on the floor, dog started barking, as Daryl quickly stood up, pulling his siblings off the couch "go, go!" he voiced, heading toward's the bedroom.

The front door was kicked open, as these men came in "if they fight back, knock them out, we need them alive!" a man voiced, as Daryl leaned out from the bedroom shooting at them, a smoke bomb was thrown through the bedroom window, Rick, Caroline and Judith started coughing "drop your weapons and get on the ground!" one of the men voiced, as dog jumped grabbing the man by the arm "ow! Stupid dog!" the man voiced, kicking him off of him, dog whimpered, on him taking him to the ground, a whimper followed, Daryl shot the man in the head, not seeing the one coming up behind him, as he got hit in the head with a gun, he landed on the floor knocked out.

Judith took out her katana, as Caroline got out her bow, Rick brought out his knife, as the three ran out the double doors and into the smoked filled living room, they could see anyone, where a man came up behind Rick and grabbed him, putting a rag over his mouth, as Caroline spun around, shooting him with an arrow, he dropped Rick's unconscious body to the floor and stepped toward's her, grabbing her bow, he swung her across the room, as she went over the couch and landed on the floor, Judith was the only one still standing as she held her katana, one of the men came up behind her and knocked her out with a gun, as she landed down on the floor next to Daryl knocked out.

The five of them were then picked up and began being carried out of the building toward's an armored vehicle, and as they were, older Daryl was walking up "hey. Hey!" he shouted, as he then got jumped by one of the guys, dog was brought into the car, having a collar put around his neck they chained him to the wall and put a muzzle on him, as Rick was put on the seat and his hands zip tied a bag was put over his head, as Daryl was put next to him, his hands zip tied and a bag put over his head, Caroline was then sat across with her hands zip tied and a bag put over her head and lastly Judith was sat next to her with her hands zip tied and a bag put over her head before the doors closed and they began driving off.

Where as the sun began to set and night came upon them, the van stopped and the back door opened, in which Maggie's son Hershel who's hands were already zip tied with a bag over his head was brought in "let me go!" he voiced "believe me kid. The ones already in here put up a bigger fight then you." the soldier shared, shoving him down next to Judith before sticking a needle in his neck and knocking him out, before stepping out of the back and shutting the door, they then began driving again.

The five of them were then in and out for days, where it was almost like clock work when any of them would start to stir awake, they'd be given an injection to knock them back out again, at least long enough until they got to there destination, because soon the armored vehicle came to a full stop, and when the back door was opened, Hershel and Daryl were pulled out from it and thrown to the ground, followed by Judith, Caroline then Rick, while dog was left in the back of the van.

"Get up." one of the soldiers said, pulling Daryl off the ground, he began walking off and as he did, another soldier pulled Hershel up and followed him, and three more did the same to Judith, Caroline and Rick, taking them through Alexandria and toward's the Grimes house, opening the door, they took the five of them upstairs and down the hallway, opening a bedroom door, there were five chairs, as they each were on one and tied to it, the bags were then taken off their heads, where Hershel saw he was with, the Grimes children, the five soldiers then turned walking out of the room, shutting the door behind them, becoming prisoners in their own home.

They had been sitting there all day with no food, no water, not talking to each other, as footsteps could be heard outside the door, as one of the soldiers opened it and walked in, the warden followed in behind him along with another soldier, the warden pointed at Daryl "that one." he said, as the soldier walked up and untied him from the chair "wait..wait..who are you?" Caroline asked, but when she did, she didn't get a response, as the soldier began dragging Daryl out of the room "where are you taking him!" Judith voiced, as the warden walked out, the soldier followed behind him and shut the door.

Having been taken through Alexandria, Daryl was brought down to what used to be Negan's cell and thrown onto his knees, as the two soldiers stood behind him "this is your home right?" the warden asked, as he walked in front of Daryl, Daryl kept his head down, as the warden then crouched down to him, grabbing his chin, he forced his head up "I asked you a question." he told him "fuck you." Daryl told him, and when he did, the warden  let go of his chin and stood back up, motioning to the soldiers behind him, they pulled Daryl off the ground and over to a bucket that was filled with water, as they stuck his head in it, drowning him.

"Okay, that's enough bring him back up." the warden told them, as the two did so, Daryl gasped for air "let's start over shall we? Ever since you came to the commonwealth we've been watching you and your people. And you and your siblings are the few who never seemed to be able to adjust." the warden shared "it's a family trait." Daryl told him, breathing heavy, the warden hummed "and so is killing people?" he asked "yeah." Daryl told him, raising his brows "and I'm gonna kill you. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but I'm gonna kill you." he threatened him, as the warden started laughing, he motioned his hand, where the two soldiers forced him back under the water.