Protection (Rick Grimes)

Chapter Forty Six

When I'm pulled out of the truck, I immediately begin trying to get away. But the feeling of a gun barrel being pressed to my temple makes me stop.

"I would cooperate if I were you."

I clinch my jaw and allow the bastard to lead me through wherever the hell we are and into a room.

I instantly notice Danielle in the corner, crying. She has duct tape on her mouth, around her hands and ankles. These people begin putting duct tape around our ankles as well as I stare at Dani.

She looks up at us and her eyes widen. She tries to get to her feet, but she's pushed down by one of the guys. She lets out a squeal, making me step towards the guy but I'm held back.

"Now let's have some fun, shall we?" He suggests and before he continues, he introduces us to everyone in the room. Like we seriously care.

Lloyd drags Danielle to her feet and wraps his arm around her waist from behind. I hear Rick sigh, clearly angry.

"Let her go." Rick demands.

"Or what, hot shot? Last time I checked, you got duct tape on your hands and ankles. What could you possibly do?" Lloyd snaps.

"You don't wanna know." Abraham growls.

"Try something." Lloyd smirks and puts a gun to Danielle's temple. "I dare you."

Rick tries to get loose, but stops when a gun is pointed at him.

"Let her go, you prick!" I yell. Lloyd only smirks at me.

Lloyd rips the duct tape off Danielle's face and she cringes in pain. Her face is red from where the duct tape was ripped off.

"Now, sweetie. I'll give you one last chance to tell me where y'all are hanging y'all's hats before letting them watch you die. Understand?"

Her facial expression remains hard as Lloyd waits for Danielle to answer.

"Why don't we just go ahead and kill them?" Ben sighs.

"Because dipshit, we need their stuff. And sweet little Dani here is going to tell us where that's at. Ain't that right?"

Danielle says nothing and keeps her eyes on Rick. I look over at him and see that he looks like he's ready to kill everyone in here. I don't blame him. I'm ready to do the same.

"Okay. I see. You want to do this your way." Lloyd puts the gun away before pushing Danielle to the ground and kicking her. She groans in pain as he continues to kick her.

"No!" I yell as I try to get out of this guy's grip. I'm going to kill this bastard as soon as I get my hands on him.

"I'm going to kill you!" Rick yells out, reading my mind.

I finally get loose and push the guy off me. But there's only two problems. My hands are duct taped behind my back. And my ankles are duct taped as well. I instantly stop and Tyler grabs a hold of my arm again.

"Dumbass." He grumbles.

Lloyd stops kicking Dani and turns to us. He walks over to us and smirks.

"You're the brother." He points to me. "So who's the lover?" He looks everyone over before his eyes land on Rick. "Ah. You're the lover."

"I'm going to kill you." Rick says plainly.

"Maybe. Maybe not." Lloyd shrugs. "But not before you watch your girlfriend die in front of you. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But she will die if she don't talk." He says. He nods at his people and we're all shoved to the ground and locked into the room. Rick instantly, pretty much scoots his way over to Danielle. Dani leans into his side and cries.