chapter 48

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I trashed and yelled, trying to get over to Daryl, but the Governor's grip on me tightened and the gag in my mouth made it hard for me to curse him out. I saw Daryl struggle to get over to me, but only received the same tight grip on him that I have on me. I also noticed that there was Merle standing in this weird arena with us, unarmed.

"It was you." The Governor pointed at Merle. "You led them here.. Lied. Betrayed us all." What the hell was he talking about? I looked back over to Daryl and saw that his face was frantic and full of anger as he looked wide eyed at Merle and then at me. 

Gasps of the people standing around the small arena filled my ears. "What should we do with them? Huh?" The Governor yelled out. All the citizens of this jacked up down all started to call out "Kill them!" All the guards that had guns on us said nothing, but i knew they were thinking the same thing. 

I frantically looked around from face to face while I struggled against the grip on my arm, but I froze when I saw Andrea in the crowd. Her eyes were wide and she was staring right back at me, she was part of this?! I started to trash out more, but it only resulted in me getting thrown to the ground by the Governor. He then came over and put his foot on my throat so I couldn't get up. "WHAT SHOULD WE DO?!" He yelled out, asking the same question again.

The people started to scream 'kill them' louder and louder while they angrily threw their hands in the air. I tried to squirm out from the governor's foot, but he pressed down harder before he finally released. He kicked me hard in the side, causing me to let out a groan and a cough, but then he walked over to Merle. I quickly crawled backwards away from him and bumped into something. I spun around, but realized it was Daryl. He reached down and helped me stand up as we watched the governor make his way to Merle.

"You wanted your brother...Now you've got him."

Merle, Daryl, and I jut frantically all looked at each other with anger and shock in our eyes. Daryl was trying to catch his breath, breathing hard as he tried to step in front of me each time the governor would circle around to us. Some man came up and cut the zip ties off of our wrists and I yanked my arms free, then ripped the gag out of my mouth.

"I asked you where your loyalties lie... You said here." The Governor said to Merle as he walked in front of us. Having his hands free, Daryl put his arm out and pushed me behind him as he looked around. Andrea tried to come running up, but she was held back and got a gun pointed at her. 

"A fight... To the Death." The Governor said, causing the people to break out in cheers and more yells. "Winner goes free." 

I highly doubted that....

I tried to take a step forward, but Daryl pushed me back again, keeping me behind him for protection. I saw him look over at Merle, but Merle had a different look in his eye. "Y'all know me!" He yelled out, walking in front of Daryl. "I'm gona do what I have to do" He said taking a step forward. "To prove.." He lunged forward and punched Daryl right in the gut, causing him to double over and then fall forward. "That my loyalty is to this town!" He continued on and then kicked Daryl in the ribs.

My blood boiled with anger and I quickly stepped over Daryl and went over to Merle. His back was to me as he faced the crowd, raising his hands in the air. I came over and kicked him square in the back, causing him to fall. He quickly turned so he was facing me and tried to sit up, but I punched him right across the face as hard as I could, letting my anger out at him from today's events. 

I didn't stop when his head fell back to the ground, instead, I kicked him as hard as I could manage in the ribs. How did he like it? He let out a grunt of pain and I saw Daryl get up off the ground out of the corner of my eye, but I quickly focused back on Merle, laying another punch on his face out of pure anger.

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