Escaping Death (TWD Fanfic book 3)

Chapter 2~Shock

Daryl's POV
"Daryl, now just hold up a second. They'll be back. We can't just risk the group like that" Rick says, I scowl at him. "Risk the group? You have got to be fucking kidding me?!" I yell and now Glenn jumps in, "Rick, that's my wife out there. That's Maggie, Jade and Bella, not some piece of trash. We're going to get them or Daryl and I will just go by ourselves" he says and I nod in agreement.
I start packing my stuff to leave, "I don't think you guys have to go anywhere" Carol says, I drop my bag and run outside with my bow loaded just in case.
Maggie steps out of the car first, she's all beat up and bloody. Then comes Bella, equally as bad. But Jade doesn't come out, "Where's Jade?" I ask, "Sh-She's in the car" Maggie says through tears. I walk over to find Jade laying on the seat, blood covers her shirt and is now working its way to the seat. I open the door in a rush and as gently as I can I lift her up and carry her inside.
Carol and Katherine quickly get to work on Jade and I go over to Maggie. "What the hell happened?" I ask, "There was a group of guys at the nursery, they um. We all split up to gather what we could find and a group of guys were there. They had Jade pinned down, god only knows what they were planning on doing. Bella and I pulled our guns on them and then we left. They followed us and shot the truck, they hit the tire and the car spun out of control and we hit a tree. Then Jade told us to shoot and we all took cover behind the truck and shot at them, Jade got hit in the side and I pulled her into the car, Bella took the AK and just started shooting them all. She killed them and Jade walked me through how to hot wire the truck and we drove the peice of shit back. Jade passed put on the ride and i-it scared me to death, I thought she was dead" she says, her voice cracking at the end.
I nod at her and walk back to the room Jade is in. They have her all bandaged up with gauze wrapped around her stomach, she is all bloody and beat up. The scratches on her face have been wiped down and I'm almost certain her nose is broke. I close the door walk over to her. I move the hair off her face and neck and look down at her small, fragile looking frame. It's not fair that she always gets beat up and nobody else in the group gets half as beat as she does.
She stirs in her sleep and her eyes slowly flutter open, my eyes meet hers and she smiles slightly, "Hey" she says. "Hey, how ya' feelin'?" I ask, "Like shit. Everything hurts" she says, her voice cracks at the end and tears start pouring down her face, "Shh, don't cry" I say and sit down next to her, "Maggie!" I yell.
She runs in the room, "What?! What's wrong?" she pants, "She's in pain" I say, "What do I do?" she asks, "Give her some pain killers or somethin'!" I shout back. Jade starts screaming in pain now, her screams are loud and agonizing. I want to just take the pain from her. "We got the bullet out and sewed you up, I don't know what else we can do" Maggie says panicked.
Jade passes out from the pain, I let out the breath I didn't even realize I was holding. Rick and a few others rush in from all the screaming and commotion, "What the hell?!" Rick asks confused. I can't handle this right now, I do what I always do, I grab my bow flee to the woods.
I sit against a tree and slam my head back in anger, I let out a deep growl before running my fingers through my hair. "Why does everyone keep hurting ma' girl?" I ask myself quietly. I hear feet shuffling and aim my bow in that direction, Glenn stands there and throws his arms up surrendering. I lower my bow, "What do you want?" I hiss. "I wanted to apologize" he says.
I stare at the ground, "I didn't mean to get anything between us. I was just doing what I had to in order to save Jade" he says, "I appreciate that" I say honestly, "I just can't fuckin' stand how much she's beat up. And it's not even that, it's how often. And seeing er' in that room like that" I say, "I know, but I also know Jade. She's one badass young lady" he says and I smirk now. "Yeah she is" I agree. "To be totally honest I don't know why she'd be with a redneck like you" he says and chuckles. I laugh at this too, "Do you remember that night at the prison where we were laughin' at Jade for being all dolled up in a dress?" I ask, he snorts, "Yeah. She looked beautiful but I just couldn't see Jade like that. I figured she'd be the one to wear skinny jeans and a tank top or somethint to a prom" he says. I snort this time, I couldn't agree more. But my god Jade look so beautiful in that dress, if only it would've been me with her that night. Oh come on Daryl, stop being a little pus, you don't dance and you certainly don't go to a dance so nut up or shut up I think to myself.
"Come back to the church, Jade's up and she wants you" he says, I sigh and stand up before we walk back to the church.