I wake up on a cell bed wrapped in blankets, Carol sits across from me on the metal stool, "Are you ok?" she asks, "Where's Daryl?" I ask, "He's out on a run. He found you laying on the ground in the shower-room, he brought you up here and he didn't want to leave but he had to. He's stepping up till Rick gets better" she says, "Yeah. How long was I out?" I ask, "All day, they should be coming back here soon" she says, "Ok. I'm gonna get some more shut eye. I don't feel to good" I say, "Are you running a fever?" she asks, "Jade, I hate to say it but I think you need to go to quarantine, you're getting that illness" she says, I don't say anything. She helps me up and we walks me to the quarantine door. I stand there for a moment, Do I really want to this? "Can you tell Daryl I love him?" I say, "Jade, you'll be just fine. Don't start thinking like that" she says, "Thanks" I say and open the door.
***
"Jade! Why are you in there?!" Daryl exclaims putting his hand on the window, "It's better this way" I say and go into a coughing fit. "Daryl, I can't be in there. I'm sick" I add holding my chest. "How is everyone in there?" he asks, "I'm trying my best to keep them in good spirits, it's hard when everyone is dying in here. Daryl, I love you so much" I say. I see tears welding in his eyes, "Jade, you're gonna make it out of there, stop talking like that. Keep yourself going, no matter what. Promise me?" he says, "I'll try my best. I love you. I need to go. They need my help" I say, he kisses his hand and puts it against the window. I do the same and then I walk away.
"Jade, I can't do this. The coughing is killing me and I'm starting to bleed from it" David says, "Try not to cough so hard. I know it's hard. You'll make it through this" I say rubbing his forehead. "Thank-you" he says, I smile. "No, dad, you can't go in there. You'll get sick. We need you here" I hear Maggie yelling from the window. "Maggie, I have to. They need my help in there. It's what I do. I help people. I'll be ok" Hershel tells Maggie and kisses her forehead, "I love you" he says. "I'll take care of him" I assure Maggie, "Thank-you" she says to me. Hershel comes in and immediately we get to work, "Drink this" he hands me a thermos lid full of something, "What is it?" I ask, "It'll help you. Just trust me" he says, "But you'll need it for everyone else" I say, "Jade, you mean more to me than anyone in here and I'm going to need your help so I'm gonna have to keep you in good health" he says, I swallow the awful tasting stuff and we get to work.
We go to David's cell and he's bleeding out of his eyes, nose, and mouth. I hold back tears, "Hershel, save it for someone else. I'm going to die, you can't help me now" David says, we sit there for a few moments and he takes his last breath. I wipe my eyes. "I'm sorry" I say and plunge my knife in his skull. Me and Hershel put his body on the hospital gurney. I'm already starting to feel fatigued and I haven't been here that long. Hershel takes the body out to dispose it, I continue taking the broth to people. I go into Abe's room, "Here, drink this Hershel made it, it'll help you", "I don't need it. I'm gonna die" he says, "With an attitude like that you most certainly will. You're gonna get better and you're gonna be just fine" I say. "How do you stay so strong, when there is nothing left to hold on to?" he asks, "There's lots of things to hold on to, even if this world is shit" I say, "Yeah. A pretty girl like you, you don't deserve this" he says, "Thanks" I say and offer him the broth, once more he denies. "Ok. I have to go. If you need anything. Let me know" I say and head to tend to other patients.
***
"How ya holdin' up in there?" Daryl asks through the window, "It's only been a day in here and I feel so weak. But I'm holding in ok" I say. He frowns, "How are things going out there?" I ask, "We're holdin' up. It's hard though, we're all exhausted. Half our help is in there so we're all taking on double shifts in everything" he says, "Daryl. So many of these people in here aren't going to make it out. We've already lost 6 today alone" I say, "We'll get past this, just like we get past everything else. Yer gonna make it out, you 'n' Hershel both, you're gonna be just fine. As harsh as it sounds, you guys are the only ones from our group in there, and that's all we need. It would be nice to have other survivors but we'll be ok if not. You just do yer best and save who you can" he says. I hear someone throwing up in the distance, "Someone's dying. I have to go" I say and put my hand to the window before leaving.
Daryl's P.O.V.
I hate to see Jade like that, she's already grieving over Lori, and now she's stuck in there losing people left and right, and watching people die. On top of that, she's sick and exhausted. I sit down on a stool and Glenn falls to the ground. I run over, "Maggie!" I yell. She rushes over and helps me pick him up, "He needs to go to quarantine, Maggie. He's gonna get the rest of us sick" I say, she helps me carry him to the door.
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Never Wake The Dead (TWD Fanfic)
Fanfiction"What did you see?" he asks, "Nothing" I say, "Tell me!" he shouts, I spit in his face, he wipes it off, "You are a beauty, you know that? It would suck to dispose of such a beautiful, spiteful, badass young lady, wouldn't it?" he says and grabs the...
