He turned the corner and had his gun raised. He had a knife underneath it. Maggie and I drew our guns.
"Merle" I say.
He starts to laugh and lowers his gun "wow" he says.
"You made it" I say and shake my head in disbelief. He had all odds against him.
"Can you tell me, is my brother alive?"
I stayed silent.
"Huh?"
"Yeah" I say tersely wanting to leave.
He smiled at the news.
"Hey. You take me to him and I'll call it even on everything that happened in Atlanta. No hard feelings"
I stared at his arm. The knife was attached to it.
"You like that?" He asked me "found myself a medical supplies warehouse. Fixed it up myself. Pretty cool, huh?"
"I'll tell him you're here and he'll meet you"
"You his girl?" He asked me.
I shook his head.
"You?" He asked nodding towards Maggie and she ignored him.
He step forward.
"Hey. Back up!" I yelled
"Come on now. You can trust me"
"I knew you for less than 20 minutes. You can trust me. I'll tell him where you are if you just stay here"
He let out a short laugh and then pulled a gun. He shot the windshield of the car. I fell to one side of the car and Maggie fell to the other. I was up on my feet by time the glass shattered and went to see Maggie. Merle held her in his arms, his knife to her throat.
"Hold up" he says.
"Let her go" I say.
"Put that gun in the car. Now. Or she gets it"
I put the gun down in the car, as instructed.
"There you go. Now, we're gonna go on a little drive"
"Not to our camp"
"No. We're going somewhere else"
I looked at Maggie and knew I had to. I didn't want to, I don't think I could get us there safely but the fear in her eyes told me I had to, for her.
"S-she can't drive" Maggie says
"Why?"
"She's not in the state of mind to drive. What if she drives us off the road. I'll drive"
"Then let's go!" Merle yells and we leave to wherever he tells us.
•••
Ricks p.o.v
"W-where is she?" I ask as I enter the common room.
"Who?" Beth asked
"Isabelle"
"She went on a run with Maggie"
"When?"
"Maybe 20 minutes"
"Shouldn't they be back by now? Is she okay? Are they okay?" I freak out. My heart was racing. I couldn't lose her.
"Rick, it's okay" Hershel says and I turn to him. He held the baby. I walked to him and looked at her, she made me calm down. I picked her up and looked her in the eyes.
"Hey" I mumbled to her and smiled. She looked like Lori and a tear fell. I could only think about how great of a mom Isabelle could be. I'm not gonna let her go, not without a fight.
