Struggles In The Dark (A Carl Grimes Fanfiction)

A Strange Community

Carl's P.O.V
"What's for breakfast?"

"What do you think is for breakfast? The same as always. Biscuit, eggs, and toast. Why do you always ask the same damn question every morning?" I say to the middle aged man.

"Lose the tone. You're a servant. You don't get to talk to people like you're somebody. Because you're not. You're nothing. Now get me my damn breakfast!"

I sigh and walk towards the kitchen to fetch some breakfast for the man, but Dwight stops me.

"Carl! Go to the supplies room and get me two boxes of ammunition. Don't worry about getting the breakfasts. This is more important."

I'm so sick of being ordered around. I'm told what to do from the minute I wake up until the minute I'm told to go to bed.

I exit the common room and walk down a hallway to the supplies room. When I get close, I hear people talking. It's Negan and Derek.

"...about eight hours from here. They're located relatively close to The Hilltop. Maybe a two to three hour drive from there. The community is smaller than The Hilltop and ours, but it's well protected," Derek informs Negan.

"Are you saying they're well set up with supplies then?" Negan asks.

"From what I can tell, yes. I think we should raid them and find out what exactly they have."

"Alright, I'll give it some thought."

"How's the boy in the basement?"

"Suffering."

Luke is in the basement! And he's still alive!

"The other boy is listening to us, he's right outside," Derek says nodding to the door.

Negan swings the door open and sees me. Oh shit. What do I do?

"Run!" my brain tells me.

So I run away.

"Dammit Carl! Get back here!" Negan says chasing after me.

He's faster than I am so he catches me.

"What the hell are you doing?! Spying on me! You think it's fun to spy on me?!" he yells squeezing my arms tight.

"No! Dwight told me to get some bullets for him! I didn't know you were in the supplies room! I promise! I'm sorry!"

He slaps me hard across the face.

"Next time don't stand there and eaves drop on me. Now get the damn bullets!"

He pushes me back towards the room and walks away with Derek by his side.

                           ___________

"Dwight, what's The Hilltop?" I ask.

"It's a community we take supplies from. We take more than half from every community, that's why we have it so good here.. well, except for you."

"And Luke."

"That kid is still alive? Damn he's tough. Negan's been torturing him every day since he's been down there. He hasn't been fed either."

"Yeah, Luke is tough. You don't seem ruthless. It makes me wander why you stay here and let Negan boss you around. He trusts you, you could easily escape."

"My wife is here. I won't leave her."

"You said Negan made your wife one of his wives, right?"

"Yeah."

"You should leave her. All of the women he 'rapes' like it. It's not even rape actually."

His face hardens when I tell him this.

"I know, I just don't like to believe it."

"Dwight, can I trust you?"

"Only when Negan or his people aren't around."

"Good."

"Go clean the common room, Carl. Breakfast just ended. Dwight, let's head out," Derek says.

"I'll be back later, we're going to scope out the area around this new community," Dwight quickly says before leaving.