Lainie's POV
I sat there in complete shock, now knowing what to do. I got that feeling in your stomach that you get after you accidentally skip a step on the stairs but the squeezing and cold grip at the bottom of my stomach didn't go away. I felt my chin slightly drop and my eyes began to widen. His eyes scanned the room, brow furred and eyes slightly squinted, a small and short vein popping just above the surface of his right temple. Before my shock ended, he turned and stared right at me.
"You whore!" Derek yelled as he lunged for me, unfortunately, me and Carl were sitting at the table second from the door so he was fast to catch me. He grabbed my neck and used it to push me down having his right knee up against my body causing an immense crushing pain as he lands on top of me. Everyone still in utter shock, to surprised to move. And as for me, all of my PTSD dreams becoming a reality.
He let go of my neck and grabbed my shirt collar, using it to pull my up to the wall next to me and slam my head into the wall. I felt a warm liquid trickle down the back of my head and down my neck. His hands returned to my neck as he continued to attempt to choke me.
"You filthy, good for nothing, little bitch!" He spat at me, each word becoming more faint as he went on. His face became a cloudy white as my eyes became heavier. Yet I still clung on from passing out.
I heard foot steps in the distance, slowly becoming louder. Derek noticed too, he dropped my causing me to fall to the ground and fall over forward wth my shins on the ground my the weight of my chest soon causing me to slump over to the side.
"Lai!" I heard Carl yell as he ran from the table over to me. Now Derek was the one in shock not knowing what to do and standing frozen, the foot steps sounded not but 30 feet away and as if they were echoing off walls in a hallway.
Carl grabbed my hand, I assumed he thought I had passed out. I reassured him that I hadn't by squeezing his and as his held tightly into mine.
"You touch that girl one more time and I'll be scrubbing your brains off the wall in 30 seconds flat." I heard a familiar voice say as the footsteps stopped. The footsteps belonged to that voice, Rick.
Rick's POV
"Another book," Judith said, she was growing up, looking like her mother.
"Just one more." I said, grabbing a Dr Suess book from her small bookshelf next to her crib in the nursery.
Bang.
A heard door fly open, it sounded to be coming from the dining room.
"You whore!" I heard a man yell in a raspy and slightly insane voice.
"Daddy will be right back." I said to Judith as laid her into her crib putting a small scrap of fabric over her small body.
I ran through the hallway heading another loud bang, this one slightly less loud.
"Lai!" I heard Carl scream right before I reached the end of the hallway that connected with the dining room.
I saw a large boy, not much older than Carl standing near on if the many entrances to the dining room, behind him was Lainie laying on the ground with Carl next to her grasping her hand.
"You touch that girl one more time and I'll be scrubbing your brains off the wall in 30 seconds flat." I yelled at him as he ran for the door. Daryl stopped him and hit him in the back of the head with his crossbow, knocking him to the ground and then making sure he stays down by pushing his book heel into his back.
Lainie's POV
I tried to fight it, my brain becoming more and more fuzzy and telling my to go to sleep. Eventually, I gave in. My grip on Carl's hand loosened and he noticed quickly.
"Lainie!!!" He screamed shaking me, trying to wake me up. I wanted to wake up but I couldn't, my mind has me trapped inside of this cell not letting my escape no matter how much I tell myself how to, my brain just won't allow it.
I was in an odd state, I was unable to control myself but I could still hear everything around me.
"Carl," I heard Rick say calmly. "You need to step away from her."
"No!" Carl yelled. "I have to make sure she's okay!"
I assume Rick came over and took Carl away because I heard Carl screaming in protest.
Did he really care that much about me?
I felt my body being picked up and carried away somewhere else, I assumed to the infirmary.
"Uh, hey Rick!" I heard Daryl say.
"Yes Daryl." Rick replied, astonishingly calm after what had just happened.
"He's bit, should I kill him?" Daryl asked right after Rick spoke.
"He's a killing sonnova bitch, do whatever the hell you want with him." Rick replied.
I felt my body being placed onto one of the infirmary beds.
Five minutes later
I woke up, Carl still by my side, Rick had left. He obviously has a situation to deal with.
Carl let out a slight jump as I opened my eyes.
"L...Lai?" He said.
"Carl!" I said, louder than I should've, sitting up and squeezing him tightly.
"Is everything okay?" Rick asked as he ran into the room, out of breath.
"Lainie!" He said with relief in his voice. "You're okay!"
I nodded and he backed away slowly, a mixture of a confused and angry expression on his face.
"Now tell me," he said, looking me straight in the eyes. "Who the hell just came in here and tried to kill you?"
LONG CHAPTER I KNOW!! What do you guys think so far? I know that Carl and Lainie (Lai which is pronounced like lay) are going to become closer very soon so don't worry👍🏼😉 should I have more long chapters like this or a bunch of ones that are a little longer than the last ones have been? I want to know! But that's just a side note and ps if I ever said Jainie and you got confused it was supposed to say Lainie I went through and fixed most of them but just wanted to let the readers from the beginning know 👍🏼☺️
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